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#81 Post by Boac » Tue Jul 28, 2020 9:26 pm

57th successful first stage recovery on 20th following the South Korean satellite launch. Staggering!

Aug 2nd is planned splashdown for the 2 SpaceX Iss'ers.

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#82 Post by CharlieOneSix » Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:55 pm

Dragon capsule separation due at 1745 GMT, splashdown due at 1842 GMT. Should be good to watch on NASA TV.
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#83 Post by Karearea » Sun Aug 02, 2020 7:52 pm

Watching - have seen the splashdown. Now crew is aboard the recovery vessel awaiting egress from the capsule.

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#84 Post by Undried Plum » Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:03 pm

:YMAPPLAUSE:

Bloody brilliant!

Elon Musk does it again!!

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#85 Post by Boac » Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:04 pm

Yes, talk about impressive!

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#86 Post by CharlieOneSix » Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:22 pm

Very impressive! Even so, they had roughly a two minute delay in the broadcast.....just in case it went wrong.
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#87 Post by Pontius Navigator » Mon Aug 03, 2020 7:16 am

Looking at the control room you can see it is austere compared with the original NASA controls with all their purpose built consoles, now it is just ordinary tables and chairs. No frills just essentials.

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#88 Post by Boac » Mon Aug 24, 2020 8:50 pm

SpaceX have now flown the same booster on 6 launches. Next SpaceX launch (Thursday) is on a southerly polar orbit and they will attempt one of the rare land recoveries of the booster.

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#89 Post by Boac » Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:53 pm

Delayed until 30th.

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#90 Post by Boac » Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:57 pm

Worth watching this clever bit (ad. video first, I'm afraid)

https://www.space.com/spacex-rocket-pay ... nk-11.html

Busy times at SpaceX https://eu.floridatoday.com/story/tech/ ... 647472002/

SpaceX hopes to 'hop' another Starship prototype this weekend. A rocket named, simply, SN6 is on deck to make a short flight over Texas.

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#91 Post by Boac » Sat Aug 29, 2020 12:27 pm

Spy satellite launch aborted at launch after all 3 engines lit. Re-scheduled next week.

2 Falcon9 launches planned from Florida on Sunday.

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#92 Post by Boac » Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:13 am

Successful recovery of (one) first stage on land. Phenomenal!

Starlink launch re-scheduled for Tuesday.

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#93 Post by G-CPTN » Mon Aug 31, 2020 11:12 am

Boac wrote:
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Successful recovery of (one) first stage on land. Phenomenal!
You wouldn't contemplate this method of retro recovery.

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#94 Post by Boac » Mon Aug 31, 2020 12:30 pm

"You wouldn't contemplate this method of retro recovery." ?? It would appear to be extremely cost-effective and a necessary step in exploration of other worlds. What do you see wrong with it?

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#95 Post by G-CPTN » Mon Aug 31, 2020 12:32 pm

Boac wrote:
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"You wouldn't contemplate this method of retro recovery." ?? It would appear to be extremely cost-effective and a necessary step in exploration of other worlds. What do you see wrong with it?
Difficult 'stability'.

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#96 Post by Boac » Mon Aug 31, 2020 12:33 pm

But - it works. How else would you land a machine on, say, the moon or Mars that can return?

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#97 Post by Boac » Fri Sep 04, 2020 1:22 pm

A successful week so far. Another Starlink launch and boat recovery and a second 'hop' of SN6. SN9 is being 'assembled' now and may well fly this year.

Musk is 'expecting' 100Mbps broadband from the Starlink network.

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#98 Post by Boac » Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:22 am

!Hopefully! within a week, SpaceX will launch a 'proper' Starship test vehicle https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-s ... -soon.html

The two previous 'hops' were just that, short-range tests with just one of the 'Raptor' engines. The next launch is planned to have 3 engines and aims to go to 60,000' plus before returning to land back. That will be worth watching!

The ultimate plan is to launch the 'real' Starship with 30 Raptor engines, going on to the moon/Mars with a 6-engine vehicle.

Takes me right back to the days of waiting for the next week's copy of 'The Eagle' to see what Dan Dare was up to! :))

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#99 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:53 am

Boac wrote:
Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:22 am
!Hopefully! within a week, SpaceX will launch a 'proper' Starship test vehicle https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-s ... -soon.html

The two previous 'hops' were just that, short-range tests with just one of the 'Raptor' engines. The next launch is planned to have 3 engines and aims to go to 60,000' plus before returning to land back. That will be worth watching!

The ultimate plan is to launch the 'real' Starship with 30 Raptor engines, going on to the moon/Mars with a 6-engine vehicle.

Takes me right back to the days of waiting for the next week's copy of 'The Eagle' to see what Dan Dare was up to! :))
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#100 Post by Boac » Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:54 am

Do I start crowd-funding.....? :))

Would the payload allow for your booze?

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