RealKerbal3x Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 SES-2 successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Just now, tater said: There it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Ouch. That's worse than having to fish it out from the sea. Stronger net needed. Or maybe two nets one under another? First to slow the fairing, second to save it from smashing into hard elements protruding from the deck, if first net fails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 both fairings caught. Ms.Tree's corner gave way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deddly Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Scotius said: Ouch. That's worse than having to fish it out from the sea. Stronger net needed. Or maybe two nets one under another? First to slow the fairing, second to save it from smashing into hard elements protruding from the deck, if first net fails. Hehe, staged fairing capture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Scotius said: Ouch. That's worse than having to fish it out from the sea. Stronger net needed. Or maybe two nets one under another? First to slow the fairing, second to save it from smashing into hard elements protruding from the deck, if first net fails. Spoiler Attach the middle of the rubber string to the ship. Upd. Or to the 1st stage. Edited October 18, 2020 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtremeSquared Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 That fairing screenshot doesn't do it justice. It's only about 1.5 seconds of video, but go watch that thing dancing around on the deck. That fairing is toast. And that ship's crew deserves a raise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Next Starlink launch in 3 days, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, tater said: Next Starlink launch in 3 days, lol. And if it launches on time it will shave I think 3 days off the fastest turnaround. Wikipedia says B1058 Demo-II to ANASIS-II was 1m 20d, but that month includes May 31st (51d). B1060 L11 to L14 would be 1m 18d but September was only 30d long, so 48d. At least until B1058 reclaims the title in November with CRS21! Edited October 18, 2020 by RCgothic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) Road closed (and pad possibly cleared). It may be static fire time (or at least a preburner test)! Edit: Tank farm now venting. Edited October 19, 2020 by RealKerbal3x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treveli Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 They lit up something. Not sure if static or preburner test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, Treveli said: They lit up something. Not sure if static or preburner test. Seemed to be a preburner test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Yup, that definitely wasn't the full fury of even one Raptor. Preburners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, RCgothic said: Yup, that definitely wasn't the full fury of even one Raptor. Preburners. Hopefully it was successful and they can move on to the first 3 Raptor static fire! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 The plate on the right side is a small counterweight for the lifting operation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Moar testing, not sure whether it'll be another preburner or a static fire... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 (edited) Appears to have been a preburner test. No detanking yet. May recycle for additional testing later in the window. It has also been noticed that the "triangle" venting usually starts really close to 12 minutes before the test. EDIT: Literally right as I posted I heard them say "Detanking now" lol Edited October 20, 2020 by Ultimate Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, Ultimate Steve said: Appears to have been a preburner test. No detanking yet. May recycle for additional testing later in the window. It has also been noticed that the "triangle" venting usually starts really close to 12 minutes before the test. EDIT: Literally right as I posted I heard them say "Detanking now" lol Still several hours left in the window, and detanking appears to have stopped. They might recycle and go for a static fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Static Fire! And then nothing exploded! Looks successful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Darn, I missed it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 34 minutes ago, RCgothic said: And then nothing exploded! Looks successful! Looks like fireworks failed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceception Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 If you watched the Labpadre cam, it looks like it blew up for a moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, Spaceception said: If you watched the Labpadre cam, it looks like it blew up for a moment Yeah, I think that camera is a little overexposed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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