StrandedonEarth Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 46 minutes ago, Xd the great said: Wait, dragon uses its superdracos and dracos for manouvering? Call me ignorant, but i never knew that. Dragon 1 does not have SuperDracos, and yeah, what else would they use the Draco’s for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 1 minute ago, StrandedonEarth said: Dragon 1 does not have SuperDracos, and yeah, what else would they use the Draco’s for? Wait, so if a dragon 2 aborted, they will not have enough fuel to dock with the ISS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 10 minutes ago, Xd the great said: Wait, so if a dragon 2 aborted, they will not have enough fuel to dock with the ISS. ? A crew Dragon would only abort if there was some issue (a RUD), then yeah, it's not going to orbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 11 minutes ago, Xd the great said: Wait, so if a dragon 2 aborted, they will not have enough fuel to dock with the ISS. If you abort its because you have an catastrophic fail of a stage, you will not get into orbit. Now Dragon2 probably has decent with spare fuel so it could handle an launch with issues like the first dragon 1 flight better. Newer Falcon9 also has far better fuel margins because of reuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Stp-2 delayed to early next year. https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/09/07/air-force-releases-new-target-dates-for-upcoming-military-launches/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 (edited) From a couple pages back (looks like NSF was right): So we have a launch Saturday night at the Cape, and that's it for September. Oct there is: Oct. 7 Falcon 9 • SAOCOM 1A Launch time: TBDLaunch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California October ? Falcon 9 • Iridium Next 66-75 Launch time: TBDLaunch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California "4th Quarter" there is: 4th Quarter Falcon 9 • Es’hail 2 Launch window: TBDLaunch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida November: November ? Falcon 9 • Spaceflight SSO-A Launch time: TBDLaunch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California November ? Falcon 9 • Crew Dragon Demo 1 Launch window: TBDLaunch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida Nov. 29 Falcon 9 • SpaceX CRS 16 Launch window: TBDLaunch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida Quote NET Nov. 30 NET March 2019 Falcon Heavy • STP-2 Launch window: TBDLaunch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida ^^^ NSF has this as NET March 2019. The above is from Spaceflightnow (edited,above) November ? Falcon 9 • Radarsat Constellation Mission Launch time: TBDLaunch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California December: December ? Falcon 9 • GPS 3-01 Launch window: TBDLaunch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida Quote Late 2018 (?) Falcon Heavy • Arabsat 6A Launch window: TBDLaunch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida ^^^NSF has this as Q1 2019. Edited September 8, 2018 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 11 minutes ago, tater said: So we have a launch Saturday night at the Cape, and that's it for September. It’s Sunday night, now. Also, I swear I saw that Iridum slip to November somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 I'm kinda stunned they delayed given that weather is not improving any time soon, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 5 hours ago, tater said: I'm kinda stunned they delayed given that weather is not improving any time soon, lol. Probably switching out the copv tanks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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.50calBMG Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 12 hours ago, Xd the great said: Probably switching out the copv tanks? Why would they need to? That would take months even for SpaceX to do because they reside in the LOx tank, which means they would have to take the second stage apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 BTW, I posted the video link 22 hours ahead of time because there is apparently some issue with the SpaceX youtube channel not sending updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Wow... if the launch and landing goes off without a hitch, that’s gonna be quite the steeple chase to get it back ahead of the hurricane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 11 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Wow... if the launch and landing goes off without a hitch, that’s gonna be quite the steeple chase to get it back ahead of the hurricane. I was thinking the same thing looking at the weather map. OCISLY will have to give the hurricane a wide berth. Obviously. But where she should go, sandwiched between the coast and approaching storm? Problem with tropical storms is their unpredictability. There's no telling if Florence will slam straight into Florida, swing north along the coast, or actually go south and continue to the Gulf of Mexico. I do not envy the skipper of the tug his (or her) job now - his (or her ) stress level must be climbing up steeply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IncongruousGoat Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 @tater Do you have a more up-to-date link for the livestream? The one you posted doesn't seem to point to the stream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 23 minutes ago, IncongruousGoat said: @tater Do you have a more up-to-date link for the livestream? The one you posted doesn't seem to point to the stream. (the embedded one on their page works) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 2 hours ago, tater said: Water... collection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 1 minute ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Water... collection? The fairings are bowl shaped, and thus can collect water when improperly landed. These surface samples are useful for learning about the composition of Earth. In all seriousness, I believe they're referring to the fact that they usually fish them out of the water even if they don't land on Mr. Steven. This time, they are just going to let them be, most likely because of the encroaching storm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 14 minutes ago, cubinator said: The fairings are bowl shaped, and thus can collect water when improperly landed. These surface samples are useful for learning about the composition of Earth. In all seriousness, I believe they're referring to the fact that they usually fish them out of the water even if they don't land on Mr. Steven. This time, they are just going to let them be, most likely because of the encroaching storm. You've taken a sample of the water. It appears to dramatically increase the surface humidity of anything it touches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 38 minutes ago, cubinator said: The fairings are bowl shaped, and thus can collect water when improperly landed. These surface samples are useful for learning about the composition of Earth. In all seriousness, I believe they're referring to the fact that they usually fish them out of the water even if they don't land on Mr. Steven. This time, they are just going to let them be, most likely because of the encroaching storm. I thought they land bowl side up. So yeah, rainwater collection even on mr steven landing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Meaning they're gonna let the fairings do whatever everyone else's fairings do, and no have crew chasing around to grab them out of the drink with a hurricane bearing down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Fairing recovery is kinda proving to be as hard, if not harder, than booster recovery. Maybe they should try something different, like redesigning the fairing to be water resistant. It's probably not very practical though, because of opportunity costs. F9 R&D will take resources and time that could be used for BFR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Numerous tweets, launch pushed back a half hour to midnight EDT, 930 PDT due to lightning alerts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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