totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread

[tater]

 

 

[tater]

They apparently pulled the TFR tomorrow.

<shrug>

[tater]

LIVE

 

[tater]

Liftoff!

 

MaxQ

MECO

Sep

SES-1

Fairing

 

Entry burn

Landed!

[sevenperforce]

OOOOOMF that is an amazing landing 

[tater]

 

[sevenperforce]

Just now, tater said:

 

NGL I always get chills when the signal drops right before the touchdown

[tater]

Apollo monument, with a tweet by the photog:

"A #SpaceX #Falcon9 launches yet another batch of Starlink satellites as seen at the Apollo Program Monument in

@Titusville

RIP Michael Collins "

 

3 minutes ago, sevenperforce said:

NGL I always get chills when the signal drops right before the touchdown

After watching that terrible Vega launch, SpaceX stream is a joy. It's 2021, all rockets need rocket cameras!

[tater]

 

[RCgothic]

Nose cone survived its first day of testing:

 

 

 

[Nothalogh]

17 hours ago, sevenperforce said:

 

I am now imagining an entire technical manual written in redditspeak

[kerbiloid]

Are they going to ram the crystal sky dome with the nose?

[zolotiyeruki]

Is it normal for the 1st stage to burn until 2:35 or so?  I was under the impression that MECO is usually around 2:20.

[GuessingEveryDay]

18 minutes ago, zolotiyeruki said:

Is it normal for the 1st stage to burn until 2:35 or so?  I was under the impression that MECO is usually around 2:20.

@tater has the answer:

 

14 hours ago, tater said:

 

 

[zolotiyeruki]

43 minutes ago, GuessingEveryDay said:

@tater has the answer:

I didn't see anything there about the duration of the first stage burn, only that SpaceX are basically going to keep reusing boosters until they break.

[tater]

29 minutes ago, zolotiyeruki said:

I didn't see anything there about the duration of the first stage burn, only that SpaceX are basically going to keep reusing boosters until they break.

Yeah. Normal 1st stage burn is until 2:39 or so, right?

[SOXBLOX]

29 minutes ago, zolotiyeruki said:

I didn't see anything there about the duration of the first stage burn, only that SpaceX are basically going to keep reusing boosters until they break.

That's how I read it, too.

[tater]

2 minutes ago, SOXBLOX said:

That's how I read it, too.

Me, too.

I checked a starlink launch in March and MECO was 2:38. Last night they had the internal cam on and called MECO at 2:38 as well.

 

[RCgothic]

Starlinks are pretty heavy payloads, so it would make sense if MECO is a little later than for lighter payloads. Booster has to do more work.

[RCgothic]

The FAA has granted launch licenses to SN 15, 16 and 17.

 

 

 

[RealKerbal3x]

I wonder if these launch licenses allow them to go any higher? Unless they find a new major issue, I don't see them needing two more 10km flights after SN15.

[JoeSchmuckatelli]

5 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said:

I wonder if these launch licenses allow them to go any higher? Unless they find a new major issue, I don't see them needing two more 10km flights after SN15.

Didn't they authorize 'up to space' in the FAA closure - or is that something else entirely? 

[RealKerbal3x]

7 minutes ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said:

Didn't they authorize 'up to space' in the FAA closure - or is that something else entirely? 

That's just the temporary flight restriction - the area where aircraft aren't allowed lest they endanger the launch. 

The launch license is a different thing and actually represents formal permission to launch from the FAA. Thus far the licenses have only allowed a maximum apogee of 12.5km.

[JcoolTheShipbuilder]

12 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said:

That's just the temporary flight restriction - the area where aircraft aren't allowed lest they endanger the launch. 

The launch license is a different thing and actually represents formal permission to launch from the FAA. Thus far the licenses have only allowed a maximum apogee of 12.5km.

Question, since the license allows 12500m altitude for now, what happens if a prototype exceeds that by 1m?

[RealKerbal3x]

Just now, JcoolTheShipbuilder said:

Question, since the license allows 12500m altitude for now, what happens if a prototype exceeds that by 1m?

I think that would technically be in violation of the license