lpam Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 http://www.newspacewatch.com/articles/grasshopper-flight-scheduled-for-wednesday-.htmlLooks like someone screen captured the launch in time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaran Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 It went 250m up or just over 820 feet.Source is L2 on NASASpaceflight via a SpaceX employee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NannerManCan Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Sweets can't wait to see video, that's over 3 times as high as last time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefeeblespark Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 WOWDas really freaking high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardBoardBoxProcessor Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Elon Musk â€Â@elonmusk 1h@dbhyslop Will post a video of the latest Grasshopper flight tomorrow (taken from the camera on our new hexacopter). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NannerManCan Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 New hexacopter? :0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpam Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Im guessing he means a little RC vehicle, like this http://www.horizonimaging.net/rcgroups/hexacopter/complete/hexacopter_complete_1.jpgEither that or Elon has been very busy!! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NannerManCan Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 (edited) Grasshopper flight video released. Goes pretty high this time! Almost looks like the animations spacex made where they show the falcon 9 landing. Also elon said it held up against winds on this one.Also btw with with Falcon 9 v1.1 they will start doing propulsive landings over water, so that should be interesting! Edited April 23, 2013 by NannerManCan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefeeblespark Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Dude...that rockets so high right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefeeblespark Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Dude...that rockets so high right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itsdavyjones Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimer4 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 i've got to say, that is pretty damn impressive. seeing a rocket hovering in the air that high is amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwojo1210 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 snip Also btw with with Falcon 9 v1.1 they will start doing propulsive landings over water, so that should be interesting! snipThe core or dragon?? I assume the core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B787_300 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 The core or dragon?? I assume the core.the core . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefeeblespark Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 I may make my way up to Vandenberg to see that happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B787_300 Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 I may make my way up to Vandenberg to see that happen.to see the first falcon heavy launch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardBoardBoxProcessor Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Yeah if you are going to take a trip to see a launch wait for the heavy. Though... recently watching Antares lift off... that is a rocket worth launching. it stays in view for so long. I goes up 3 miles before it even does gravity turn lol and that takes 75 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BioSehnsucht Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Is that not really inefficient? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaran Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 (edited) Is that not really inefficient?Not all Rockets work in the same way like they kinda do in KSP. Antares has such a low Thrust to Weight ratio at liftoff (something like 1.2:1) they have to run the main engines at 108% power for the first 30-40 seconds of flight to get the thing off the pad.I have this noted down from launch day, Orbital stated all this:What to expect during Antares early trajectory. If you are accustomed to the rapid acceleration of Orbital's solid-fueled launch vehicles following lift-off, today's Antares launch will be very different, especially during the early phase of its trajectory.Even though it will consume close to 1 ton of prop every second after lift-off, the early acceleration will be surprisingly slow.When the engines first ignite, the rocket will not lift off from the pad for two full seconds.At 10 seconds after Stage 1 engine ignition the vehicle will have accelerated to about 40 mph and climbed to 230 feet altitude.At 20 seconds after ignition, #Antares will be traveling at 100 mph at be about 1,250 feet above the pad.Even after 60 seconds, the vehicle will still be subsonic (about 460 mph) at just over 3 miles in altitude.Antares achieves Mach 1 about 75 seconds after lift-off, when it will be at about 30,000 feet in altitude. Edited April 27, 2013 by Zaran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwojo1210 Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 (edited) Spacex google + page posted yesterday grasshopper made a launch yesterday with the altitude of 820ft. They only have pictures right now but I expect a video by Wednesday Edited April 27, 2013 by ajwojo1210 typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefeeblespark Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 to see the first falcon heavy launch?Defiantly gonna see the Heavy launch. I was thinking of going to see the Falcon 9 V1.1 and find where the do the powered water landing and catch, if just a bit of that. Though in all reality, it will probably be too far off shore to see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaran Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Other news, SpaceX PR sent out an email, warning locals to the Texas test site that starting Tuesday 30th April SpaceX will be making "a lot more noise" than usual from their test site in Texas. The first Falcon 9 v1.1 core is ready to be tested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefeeblespark Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 other news, spacex pr sent out an email, warning locals to the texas test site that starting tuesday 30th april spacex will be making "a lot more noise" than usual from their test site in texas. The first falcon 9 v1.1 core is ready to be tested.hazzah! Circle rockets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B787_300 Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 or they are testing the falcon heavy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpam Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 (edited) Latest tweet by Elon Musk:"Elon Musk (@elonmusk) tweeted at 6:54 AM on Sun, Apr 28, 2013:First test of the Falcon 9-R (reusable) ignition system. Not long now before the hold down fire"https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/328386732934430720/photo/1 Edited April 28, 2013 by lpam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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