darthgently Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Here are the Zulu times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 31 minutes ago, darthgently said: Here are the Zulu times Same date as Starship, maybe trying to take a bit of the publicity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 1am? Really? WHY? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Minmus Taster said: Same date as Starship, maybe trying to take a bit of the publicity Maybe. New Glenn going up at 0 dark thirty and IFT-7 in the evening around 16 hours later, so big gap in between. NG will be 9th for MST and west coast (if I’m temporally squinting correctly) Edited January 6 by darthgently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Seriously, they're flying a mass simulator. Why the first flight at OMG-o'clock? Maybe they want it to show less if something goes wrong? Explosion would be big either way, but at night, Poof! then nothing, vs Poof! then debris raining down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 1 minute ago, tater said: Seriously, they're flying a mass simulator. Why the first flight at OMG-o'clock? Could be weather at launch and landing barge. Maybe it’s PR. Night launches are so pretty. And if something goes wrong fading to black will be easier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 4 hours ago, tater said: Seriously, they're flying a mass simulator. Why the first flight at OMG-o'clock? Maybe they want it to show less if something goes wrong? Explosion would be big either way, but at night, Poof! then nothing, vs Poof! then debris raining down? It is weird how many new rockets have been going up in the middle of the night. I’d think especially for a maiden flight they’d want daylight for better video data, if the payload doesn’t demand elsewise. SLS, Vulcan, now Nooglin…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 7 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: It is weird how many new rockets have been going up in the middle of the night. I’d think especially for a maiden flight they’d want daylight for better video data, if the payload doesn’t demand elsewise. SLS, Vulcan, now Nooglin…. SLS had launch window constraints for the Moon given that it's a piece of junk, and can't get there with a circular parking orbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deddly Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Plus, if you're going to the Moon, you have to go at night when it comes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuessingEveryDay Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 29 minutes ago, Deddly said: Plus, if you're going to the Moon, you have to go at night when it comes out. Can confirm this, moon was out when I was there. Unrelated Orion under Orion. Moon was further over to the left of this image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 43 minutes ago, GuessingEveryDay said: Orion That's a nice Orion. Fun fact - it's one of the very few constellations you can reliably see from Los Angeles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 19 hours ago, tater said: Seriously, they're flying a mass simulator. Why the first flight at OMG-o'clock? Maybe they want it to show less if something goes wrong? Explosion would be big either way, but at night, Poof! then nothing, vs Poof! then debris raining down? Dumb theory, but maybe Bezos wants to see the launch and has other things going on during the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tater Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 There's talk about maybe sending their payload cislunar (hence window timing)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 59 minutes ago, tater said: There's talk about maybe sending their payload cislunar (hence window timing)? This would be cool, and explains things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 (edited) On 1/7/2025 at 12:54 AM, tater said: There's talk about maybe sending their payload cislunar (hence window timing)? That would be impressive... but where does it go after? Elon's car isn't likely to crash into someone's house, given it's in a solar orbit. Tesla Roadster - Live Orbital Position Cislunar keeps it in the neighborhood, doesn't it? Edited January 8 by JoeSchmuckatelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 2 hours ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: That would be impressive... but where does it go after? Elon's car isn't likely to crash into someone's house, given it's in a solar orbit. Tesla Roadster - Live Orbital Position Cislunar keeps it in the neighborhood, doesn't it? If they aim for an moon flyby they can either send it into deep space with an moon slingshot: classic KSP moon satellite mission where you forget to add solar panels. Or an free return trajectory where it impact some planned place on earth, might even an moon impact. All is nice to show you can control second stage for days I assume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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StrandedonEarth Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Sunday 1am means Saturday 10pm my time. While I usually want to be asleep by then, it’s a Saturday so I don’t have to be. Hopefully they can launch at the start of the window; because I may not be able to stay awake for the whole window Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 26 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said: Sunday 1am means Saturday 10pm my time. While I usually want to be asleep by then, it’s a Saturday so I don’t have to be. Hopefully they can launch at the start of the window; because I may not be able to stay awake for the whole window Take a nap prior. Steep yourself in the mysterious arcane arts of the elderly and toddlers for the win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GuessingEveryDay Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 2 minutes ago, tater said: The shiny bits are still just stainless steel, right? Interesting that they would show it in bronze instead of the conventional silver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 31 minutes ago, GuessingEveryDay said: The shiny bits are still just stainless steel, right? Interesting that they would show it in bronze instead of the conventional silver. No, that is their composite TPS I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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