Wjolcz Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 The legs do feel very iffy in the current design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightside Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Wjolcz said: The legs do feel very iffy in the current design. The legs have never looked right on this series. They need to be able to withstand “off-nominal” and be ready to fly again. They like to talk about booster landing like it’s a solved problem but it seems like the legs get pretty trashed on many of the barge landings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wjolcz Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Nightside said: The legs have never looked right on this series. They need to be able to withstand “off-nominal” and be ready to fly again. They like to talk about booster landing like it’s a solved problem but it seems like the legs get pretty trashed on many of the barge landings. That's because the barge bobs up and down and the height at which F9 cuts its engines differs. It's much less of a problem if the booster or Starship lands on a landing pad on land. IIRC they haven't lost a single booster landing at LZ-1 and LZ-2 (or whatever they are called) and AFAIK those boosters didn't have any leg issues. Edited March 17, 2020 by Wjolcz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinimumSky5 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 14 minutes ago, Wjolcz said: That's because the barge bobs up and down and the height at which F9 cuts its engines differs. It's much less of a problem if the booster or Starship lands on a landing pad on land. IIRC they haven't lost a single booster landing at LZ-1 and LZ-2 (or whatever they are called) and AFAIK those boosters didn't have any leg issues. CRS-16 failed a landing at LZ-1, though to be fair, that was a hydraulics issue with the grid fins, not the legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flavio hc16 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 1 hour ago, tater said: insane, the speed at wich they build them is just insane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 10 minutes ago, Flavio hc16 said: insane, the speed at wich they build them is just insane IKR? The idea that they could slam stuff out in a week from Elon was met with sniggers, but they're not that far off even with these effectively bespoke test articles. Fun to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Music started Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Liftoff!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Forgive me my ignorance, do they always do entry burns with 3 engines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 There was something circular flying past the first stage at around 6:50 What could it be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 No landing burn? I guess the stage is done for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 (edited) 1 minute ago, Scotius said: There was something circular flying past the first stage at around 6:50 What could it be? Ice? Spoiler Boeing secret drone Edited March 18, 2020 by Xd the great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Hmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Landing takes longer than usual? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, sh1pman said: Forgive me my ignorance, do they always do entry burns with 3 engines? Yes. 1 minute ago, sh1pman said: Landing takes longer than usual? It either already landed a while ago or not, probably lost it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elthy Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 The first stage is definetly back to earth by now, but propably not in one piece. It seemed to make quite drastic movements with its grid fins directly before loss of uplink... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, tater said: Yes. Ok, didn't pay attention to it before. So, what are the odds that it's just an issue with signal from drone ship? Edit: booster loss confirmed. Edited March 18, 2020 by sh1pman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignath Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 1 minute ago, sh1pman said: Ok, didn't pay attention to it before. So, what are the odds that it's just an issue with signal from drone ship? I'd say 0...just had confirmation that they lost the 1st stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Confirmation of failed landing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtremeSquared Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Expensive disposable satellites given the non-recovered booster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 1 minute ago, ExtremeSquared said: Expensive disposable satellites given the non-recovered booster. Fifth use, and the first customer paid for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 They also had a rather... funky(?) S2 camera with a few exposure problems! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtremeSquared Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Not really that cut and dry. The whole point of starlink is ultra low satellite cost and losing a booster increases that whether it's this one or the next one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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