Meecrob Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 (edited) Look, I apologize for the derail. Mea culpa. Clearly we are not mature enough to discuss a controversial figure. So who is pumped for the X-37 Falcon Heavy launch? Seventh launch for the vehicle, eighth launch for Falcon Heavy, NET Dec 28th. Any bets on how long the X-37 will stay up? I'm guessing over 1000 days this mission. Edit: Thanks, @Geonovast Edited December 20, 2023 by Meecrob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spaceception Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 (edited) Ship 28 had a static fire about two hours ago. Some tiles on the flaps have been damaged And on top of that, they may squeeze in some cryo proofing for B10 Edited December 20, 2023 by Spaceception Updated time, added info about B10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 The acoustics, etc, at that low static fire pad are pretty terrible. Not sure there's a decent test of tile for launch better than launch, or a stacked static fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceception Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Confirmation by SpaceX it was all 6 engines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 6 hours ago, Meecrob said: Look, I apologize for the derail. Mea culpa. Clearly we are not mature enough to discuss a controversial figure. So who is pumped for the X-37 Falcon Heavy launch? Seventh launch for the vehicle, eighth launch for Falcon Heavy, NET Dec 28th. Any bets on how long the X-37 will stay up? I'm guessing over 1000 days this mission. Edit: Thanks, @Geonovast Here, here. If the ISS can continue functioning with all that is happening, this forum can surely do the same. I bet they don't talk politics much on the ISS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 (edited) i reply as i read, unfortunately i made my posts before i got to the moderator comment. my bad. Edited December 21, 2023 by Nuke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceception Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Huh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exoscientist Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 9 hours ago, Spaceception said: Confirmation by SpaceX it was all 6 engines I really dislike this phrasing of SpaceX of calling a burn “full duration” to mean it lasted the planned time of the burn, even if it was only 5 seconds. It used to be the term “full duration” meant the length of an actual flight burn, which will be several minutes long. If you want to say the burn lasted the planned length just say it lasted the planned length. It’s hard to believe that both the FAA and NASA would be effected by this “Jedi mind trick”: just call it “full duration” and that means the engines have been fully flight qualified for a full burn time in flight. Bob Clark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 18 hours ago, Meecrob said: So who is pumped for the X-37 Falcon Heavy launch? Seventh launch for the vehicle, eighth launch for Falcon Heavy, NET Dec 28th. Any bets on how long the X-37 will stay up? I'm guessing over 1000 days this mission Flight Vehicle Launch date Landing date Launcher Mission[57] Duration Notes Status OTV-1 1 22 April 2010 23:52 UTC 3 December 2010 09:16 UTC Atlas V 501 USA-212 224 days, 9 hours, 24 minutes First launch of Atlas V 501 configuration First American autonomous orbital runway landing First X-37B flight Landed at Vandenberg AFB Runway 12 Success OTV-2 2 5 March 2011 22:46 UTC 16 June 2012 12:48 UTC Atlas V 501 USA-226 468 days, 14 hours, 2 minutes First flight of second X-37B Landed at Vandenberg AFB Runway 12 Success OTV-3 1 11 December 2012 18:03 UTC 17 October 2014 16:24 UTC Atlas V 501 USA-240 674 days, 22 hours, 21 minutes Second flight of first X-37B Landed at Vandenberg AFB Runway 12 Success OTV-4 2 20 May 2015 15:05 UTC 7 May 2017 11:47 UTC Atlas V 501 USA-261 (AFSPC-5) 717 days, 20 hours, 42 minutes Second flight of second X-37B First landing on the Shuttle Landing Facility Runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center Success OTV-5 2 7 September 2017 14:00 UTC 27 October 2019 07:51 UTC Falcon 9 Block 4 USA-277 779 days, 17 hours, 51 minutes Third flight of second X-37B First launch of an X-37B on SpaceX's Falcon 9 vehicle Landed at Shuttle Landing Facility Runway 33 Success OTV-6 1 17 May 2020 13:14 UTC 12 November 2022 10:22 UTC Atlas V 501 USA-299 (USSF-7) 908 days, 21 hours, 8 minutes Third flight of first X-37B Carried most experiments to date First X-37B launch by USSF Longest X-37B mission Landed at Shuttle Landing Facility Runway 33 Success OTV-7 2 12 December 2023 Falcon Heavy USSF-52 First launch of an X-37B on SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Fourth flight of second X-37B Planned Exactly 24, 26, 30 months, and day-in-day 13 months between the previous landing and the current launch. Definitely an integer amount of months, probably 36 now. And definitely to expose something decaying. (That's why integer months.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 B10 testing, road closed, pad clear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Aw, yiss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royalswissarmyknife Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 1 hour ago, tater said: B10 testing, road closed, pad clear Is the static fire thing in the stream wrong? They surely must mean a spin prime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 27 minutes ago, tater said: Aw, yiss *adds another photo to the wallpaper folder* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 15 minutes ago, Royalswissarmyknife said: Is the static fire thing in the stream wrong? They surely must mean a spin prime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Do they issue overpressure warnings for spin primes? It would make sense as ignition may possibly accidentally occur I suppose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royalswissarmyknife Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 (edited) 11 minutes ago, darthgently said: Do they issue overpressure warnings for spin primes? It would make sense as ignition may possibly accidentally occur I suppose Maybe. I wouldn't want anybody near a booster if it does this I doubt accidental ignition would occur though. Most likely to be a static fire. Edited December 21, 2023 by Royalswissarmyknife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, Royalswissarmyknife said: Maybe. I wouldn't want anybody near a booster if it does this This post really confused me for a second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royalswissarmyknife Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 10 minutes ago, tater said: This post really confused me for a second. I re-read it I can 100% agree. Methane load seems to be starting. Booster Getting frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Quickly checked NSF to see if I could find old OP notices from last July, but it's hard to search for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 2 hours ago, Royalswissarmyknife said: Maybe. I wouldn't want anybody near a booster if it does this I doubt accidental ignition would occur though. Most likely to be a static fire. Yeah, that FAE post spin-prime was what I was recalling. I remember it being a spin-prime test anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kerbiloid Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 20 hours ago, Royalswissarmyknife said: My water heater is doing this too, when the charge is low. They should replace the ignition battery. Spoiler I use these ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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