sevenperforce Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 1 hour ago, regex said: Until I see that thing light its engines on the pad and lift off into space, it's a unicorn I will make no assumptions about. E: Then, AND ONLY THEN, does it deserve a space on "Rockets of the World" posters. What about when it lights its engines on the pad, fires for a minute, and then shuts down because it's the static fire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regex Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 8 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: What about when it lights its engines on the pad, fires for a minute, and then shuts down because it's the static fire? That doesn't prove its flight capability. It will be less of a unicorn but a unicorn THAT STILL DOESNT BELONG ON A ROCKETS OF THE WORLD POSTER nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 16 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: What about when it lights its engines on the pad, fires for a minute, and then shuts down because it's the static fire? Then I, for one, will cheer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 According to SpaceFlightNow.com, CRS-13 delayed till the 9th. Lets all just hope it doesn’t get delayed till the 13th. Very, very bad juju there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 It looks like it has landing legs? Is this going to land on its first flight too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 All 3 FH boosters will land. Side boosters are RTLS, the core lands on Of Course I Still Love You. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 It's an obvious comparison I guess, given its shape, but that nearly assembled Falcon Heavy reminds me of a Y-Wing. Here's hoping it stays intact longer than most Y-Wings seem to. "I'm gonna launch it along the planned vector and hope it doesn't explode. Cover me, Tom." "Right behind you, Gold Leader." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Kerman Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 3 landings simultaneously made me wonder, does SpaceX plan for secondary landing sites? What would happen if the barge or the launch site was not an option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 16 minutes ago, KSK said: It's an obvious comparison I guess, given its shape, but that nearly assembled Falcon Heavy reminds me of a Y-Wing. Here's hoping it stays intact longer than most Y-Wings seem to. "I'm gonna launch it along the planned vector and hope it doesn't explode. Cover me, Tom." "Right behind you, Gold Leader." I'm so glad I left my coffee on the counter when I went to wake up the kids, else there'd be snot-mixed coffee on my keyboard right now. 6 minutes ago, James Kerman said: 3 landings simultaneously made me wonder, does SpaceX plan for secondary landing sites? What would happen if the barge or the launch site was not an option. 2 will be simultaneous (LZ-1 and LZ-2), and the core with be a little later on OCSILY. There is no backup landing site. RTLS boosters have a trajectory off the beach that gets corrected to the LZ (so they take a bath with a failure), and any failure at an ASDS... we have video of that, lol. Boom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Baron Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 That brings me to the question, what kind of infrastructure is needed at the ground for an automated booster landing. I assume some sort of dgps and a "Hi i am here" beacon at least ? Or do we not know ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaff Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 That FH picture gets me tingling! MOAR BOOSTERS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 The added a radar reflective material to the LZ landing pad as I recall, and the booster has a radar altimeter at the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IncongruousGoat Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Pinstripes in the soot? I like it. White paint is all well and good, but I'm a sucker for Saturn-style black and white patterns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wumpus Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 2 hours ago, Green Baron said: That brings me to the question, what kind of infrastructure is needed at the ground for an automated booster landing. I assume some sort of dgps and a "Hi i am here" beacon at least ? Or do we not know ? Presumably a low power beacon is all that is needed (I'd have more than three around the pad for better accuracy) as it will first head back to just offshore in case of failure and they can make contact for the final correction (I'm guessing there is too much plasma during the burn to offshore). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightside Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 (edited) As long as it doesn’t blow up the pad, actually takes off, and successfully separates, yeah it will probably land. with only ~1 ton of cargo they shouldn’t need to go expendable. I do wonder how much further down range the core stage will travel. Edited December 5, 2017 by Nightside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piatzin Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 SPAAAAAAAAAACE Also, whatever happened to Falcon Heavy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncongruousGoat Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Just now, Earthlinger said: SPAAAAAAAAAACE Also, whatever happened to Falcon Heavy? It's happening. Static fire sometime this month, launch January 2018 (I think). The schedule was delayed by Zuma being delayed, among other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regex Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 I'm gonna get my daughter for the FH launch (next year sometime, late spring ) and play the MLP theme song in the background during the launch so we can properly celebrate the coming of the unicorn. She loves watching the landings so three will hopefully hold her attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 2 minutes ago, regex said: I'm gonna get my daughter for the FH launch (next year sometime, late spring ) and play the MLP theme song in the background during the launch so we can properly celebrate the coming of the unicorn. She loves watching the landings so three will hopefully hold her attention. Probably won't catch all three of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regex Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Just now, sh1pman said: Probably won't catch all three of them. Two will happen almost simultaneously, the third will cut out like always. Which is fine, we can always replay barge landings later in 360. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncongruousGoat Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 3 hours ago, regex said: Two will happen almost simultaneously, the third will cut out like always. Which is fine, we can always replay barge landings later in 360. *insert obligatory rant about BulgariaSat-1 here* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kerbal01 Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Static fire today, expected noonish local time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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