tater Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 CA starlink launch moved 24 hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tater Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 https://www.supercluster.com/editorial/the-man-who-wrangles-the-workhorse-falcon-9 Quote It did, and aside from the cost savings of reusing rockets—once considered a one-and-done technology—Edwards said it has given SpaceX a tremendous reliability advantage over its competitors. The majority of work the Falcon team does between flights does not involve actually changing anything, but rather, inspecting the hardware that just flew. “We're trying to learn what we can,” he said. “That's one of the things about recover-and-reuse that's often overlooked: it's an incredible advantage in terms of reliability to get your hardware back and be able to look at it and learn stuff you didn't know or expect. I'm convinced that companies that don't recover their rockets have issues they don't know about that someday will bite them.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Think I might drive down to Boca Chica during my kid's spring break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Coverage in an hour, launch in 2 hours: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 T minus 3 minutes for Crew 6 launch Liftoff. Good staging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoVampire Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Crew-6 enroute to iss. 234103012023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 First stage entry burn... Entry burn shut down. Looks good. SECO. Booster landed. Dragon sep from stage 2. Good job, Falcon 9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Another boring ride to space (and back). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 12 hours: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 (edited) I logged on and ended up getting the wrong stream and thought it was still ongoing Edited March 2, 2023 by sevenperforce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Starlink moved to later in the window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Hubble/Polaris hint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RyanRising Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 4 hours ago, RCgothic said: Hubble/Polaris hint. those are almost completely separate issues, aren't they? Feels like the decaying orbit is a red herring here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 1 hour ago, RyanRising said: those are almost completely separate issues, aren't they? Feels like the decaying orbit is a red herring here. Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 (edited) Hubble was deployed at ~80km higher than it is now, and currently Hubble is below the 550 km Starlink shell vs being above it as it was at the original orbit. Boosting it might make Starlink interference less likely. (assuming they boost it back up to 615km) Edited March 3, 2023 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Docking. Some great pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 launch in about 15 min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tater Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Hopefully this is just more testing as I was trying to be there in a more timely fashion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 So Zack Golden, eta l did their Youtube show today, and I watched some of it (skipped around). This armor to the pad is moving quickly (the above image is a couple days old), but they are thinking late March is more likely. They threw out the 27th, a week after the Monday I was gonna try to be down there (for a non-random reason ). Gonna have to watch and see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 2 hours ago, tater said: So Zack Golden, eta l did their Youtube show today, and I watched some of it (skipped around). This armor to the pad is moving quickly (the above image is a couple days old), but they are thinking late March is more likely. They threw out the 27th, a week after the Monday I was gonna try to be down there (for a non-random reason ). Gonna have to watch and see. Aw I was hoping for the 23rd, that's my birthday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AckSed Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 I see how it is, you have to advance the tech tree to "Armoured Launch Platform" before "Reusable Heavy Lift". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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