sevenperforce Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 This is the first time I have watched a launch live in ages! Was it just me or was the vehicle slower off the pad with that heavy, heavy payload? Glorious ground tracking view of pitchover. Reused fairings handle Max-Q without incident. We have good stage separation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Woot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Fairings deployed successfully!! So cool to see the soot lining the inside of the interstage. Gritty. I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sevenperforce Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Entry burn startup. Eye of sauron descending. Entry burn shutdown. This one is gonna come in hot, I think. Landing burn startup. And.....a perfect touchdown!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 YEAH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 We got video all the way down on the droneship. Fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignath Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Amazing footage of that landing...finally one without losing signal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Those seas look really rough! Anyone know if Octagrabber is operational? OCISLY has precious cargo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Wotansen Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 That landing was epicly casual, lol. The booster was like "man, I got this." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 I was watching the actual SpaceX feed and I didn't see the signal on the booster at all after entry burn? Where did you guys see the landing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terwin Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 On 11/11/2019 at 3:05 PM, Ignath said: Amazing footage of that landing...finally one without losing signal! Expand It takes a lot of practice to stick the landing without jostling the camera or uplink too much. I think Sooty did quite well managing it on only the 4th try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Nice, I tuned in just in time for a picture-perfect launch and landing! Looks good to go for Flight 5! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 On 11/11/2019 at 3:07 PM, Geonovast said: I was watching the actual SpaceX feed and I didn't see the signal on the booster at all after entry burn? Where did you guys see the landing? Expand They popped to the landing from the ASDS at the last seconds. Never saw F9 cam after entry burn, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 On 11/11/2019 at 3:09 PM, StrandedonEarth said: Nice, I tuned in just in time for a picture-perfect launch and landing! Looks good to go for Flight 5! Expand It blows my mind that SpaceX just pulled off an entire launch, for itself, for the cost of propellant, an upper stage, and recovery/refurb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 BTW, SpaceX rocks the coverage. On 11/11/2019 at 3:13 PM, sevenperforce said: It blows my mind that SpaceX just pulled off an entire launch, for itself, for the cost of propellant, an upper stage, and recovery/refurb. Expand Yeah. Their costs on these sats are incredibly low. I'd wager that including launch, even with just F9 they are a couple orders of magnitude (or more) cheaper in per sat cost than their not yet flown competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Nerd Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 I totally missed that.(was doing homework) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 On 11/11/2019 at 3:25 PM, Space Nerd said: I totally missed that.(was doing homework) Expand Well, you can still see payload deploy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 If they could have just delayed five minutes, I would have been able to see it live At least I'll be able to see SES-2 and payload deployment. Well, whatever. That was a flawless launch and booster landing. Sad that they didn't recover the fairing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 On 11/11/2019 at 3:35 PM, RealKerbal3x said: That was a flawless launch and booster landing. Sad that they didn't recover the fairing... Expand They are recovering the fairings the same way they did last time -- splash-down and fish-out. Seas were just too heavy after yesterday's weather to have the nets out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technical Ben Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 On 11/11/2019 at 3:35 PM, RealKerbal3x said: If they could have just delayed five minutes, I would have been able to see it live At least I'll be able to see SES-2 and payload deployment. Well, whatever. That was a flawless launch and booster landing. Sad that they didn't recover the fairing... Expand I logged in 20 mins after launch to see... I missed the live launch. I'm wondering, if these get to shoebox size (or a bit bigger, solar/antenna depending), what are the de-orbit/kessler situations for them? Is it like the sea, where the particles hang around for ages, polluting, or would it disperse quickly? Would we end up with launch windows in a similar way aircraft do (though for aircraft it's for the runway safety, but for orbit it would be to find the gaps in starlink to get through safe ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 On 11/11/2019 at 3:45 PM, Technical Ben said: I'm wondering, if these get to shoebox size (or a bit bigger, solar/antenna depending), what are the de-orbit/kessler situations for them? Is it like the sea, where the particles hang around for ages, polluting, or would it disperse quickly? Would we end up with launch windows in a similar way aircraft do (though for aircraft it's for the runway safety, but for orbit it would be to find the gaps in starlink to get through safe ). Expand They deorbit rapidly enough if not orbit-controlled. A few days if they don't do their initial orbit raise; 5 years if they lose power on orbit. There are plenty of gaps during ascent. Because they are at an orbit where anything uncontrolled will deorbit in a few years, there's not much debris for them to interact with. Coplanar collisions are more likely than normal ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Anyone here have clear skies in Europe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 And deployed!!!!! Right at sunrise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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