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Re: SpaceX

#101 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Sep 15, 2020 11:01 am

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

Would the payload allow for your booze?
"Yes" to the former and "I doubt it" to the latter... =))
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Re: SpaceX

#102 Post by Boac » Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:15 pm

Another Starlink launch scheduled for 1819Z today. No update on the Starship launch but 4 astronauts off to the ISS on 23/10

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#103 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:24 pm

Boac wrote:
Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:15 pm
Another Starlink launch scheduled for 1819Z today. No update on the Starship launch but 4 astronauts off to the ISS on 23/10
Much to the dismay of some fellow Saffer astronomical types I have become a nimby when it comes to Starlink (no matter how much I think the technology is fantastic). Elon leave our skies free from your light and love of the $.
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#104 Post by Boac » Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:31 pm

I understand he has been persuaded to paint the sats black and arrange some sort of 'covers'?

Launch scrubbed today and now 1757Z Friday.

Other news - Indian mission to the moon scheduled for July 22nd.

NASA prepare to land on asteroid Bennu in October for sampling while Japan is on its way back with samples from another, due to land Dec 6th.

Amazing times.

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#105 Post by Boac » Fri Sep 18, 2020 4:10 pm

Starlink weather delay.

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#106 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Sep 18, 2020 4:32 pm

Boac wrote:
Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:31 pm
I understand he has been persuaded to paint the sats black and arrange some sort of 'covers'?

Launch scrubbed today and now 1757Z Friday.

Other news - Indian mission to the moon scheduled for July 22nd.

NASA prepare to land on asteroid Bennu in October for sampling while Japan is on its way back with samples from another, due to land Dec 6th.

Amazing times.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswith ... 3af75e4ccc


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#107 Post by Boac » Wed Sep 23, 2020 2:49 pm

Next (delayed from 22/9) Starlink launch now 27/9 with the first 'regular' ISS crew lift still scheduled for 23/10

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#108 Post by Boac » Mon Sep 28, 2020 9:57 am

Not sure what happened to yesterday but having another go today. https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/laun ... th-mission

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#109 Post by Boac » Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:48 pm

30 minutes to go. Forthcoming Starship launch will only aim at 50,000ft now.

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#110 Post by Boac » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:34 pm

"The Falcon 9 launch has been scrubbed due to weather violations." Dreadful behaviour- the weather should be locked up :))

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#111 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Sep 28, 2020 5:46 pm

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#112 Post by Boac » Mon Sep 28, 2020 5:59 pm

Now, having studied that very carefully I can declare it is A METAR!! Thanks, TGG.

PS I'd launch in that weather.......... :))

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#113 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Sep 28, 2020 6:12 pm

Boac wrote:
Mon Sep 28, 2020 5:59 pm
Now, having studied that very carefully I can declare it is A METAR!! Thanks, TGG.

PS I'd launch in that weather.......... :))
;)))

Suspect that the launch fell foul of one of these criteria!
Do not launch
through a cloud layer
greater than 4,500 feet
thick that extends into
freezing temperatures,
unless other specific
criteria can be met.
Do not launch within
10 nautical miles of
cumulus clouds with
tops that extend into
freezing temperatures,
unless specific height-
associated distance
criteria can be met.
Do not launch within
10 nautical miles of the
edge of a thunderstorm
that is producing
lightning within
30 minutes after the last
lightning is observed.
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#114 Post by Boac » Mon Sep 28, 2020 6:19 pm

Yes - I'd quit there too! :)) Call me chicken..............

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#115 Post by Boac » Thu Oct 08, 2020 9:24 pm

Falcon finally away with Starlinks aboard (and back onto the boat) and ISS crew launch now rescheduled for 31/10.

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#116 Post by Boac » Sun Oct 11, 2020 8:59 pm

ISS Crew launch now delayed until mid-November to allow investigation of the engine problem that caused the recent launch abort of a Falcon9.

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Re: SpaceX

#117 Post by Boac » Wed Oct 14, 2020 6:01 pm

A timely update on the progress of the Tesla and the David Bowie track
https://www.airlive.net/starman-in-his- ... anet-mars/

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More bloody satellites...

#118 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:16 am

More light pollution! ;)))

https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-s ... ct-18-2020

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX successfully launched a full stack of Starlink internet satellites into today (Oct. 18) and capped off the mission with a successful rocket landing at sea.

A two-stage Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from NASA's historic Pad 39A here at NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 8:25 a.m. EDT (1225 GMT) carrying 60 new Starlink satellites for SpaceX's growing constellation in orbit.

Approximately 9 minutes later, the booster's first stage returned to Earth, landing on one of SpaceX's drone ships in the Atlantic Ocean in a smooth touchdown. The massive ship, called Of Course I Still Love You, is one of two in the company’s fleet of recovery vessels that catch falling boosters and return them to port.
All credit to SpaceX they really have nailed the process of reusability and reliable launches...
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STARLINK SPACE INTERNET ATTACHED TO MICROSOFT

#119 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Thu Oct 22, 2020 7:34 am

Microsoft has launched its cloud computing capabilities, Azure, into space by partnering with Elon Musk.

The company developed Azure Space so that it might be used to simulate space missions, or analyse satellite data.

Microsoft is teaming up with SpaceX Starlink, the endeavor to create a network of satellites in low-Earth orbit that could send broadband signals to almost everywhere on Earth.

It says that as well as the space industry, the fields of agriculture, energy, telecommunications, and government will also benefit from the project.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-styl ... 06439.html
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Re: SpaceX

#120 Post by Boac » Thu Oct 22, 2020 7:40 am

"STARLINK SPACE INTERNET ATTACHED TO MICROSOFT" That'll be the kiss of death, there, then.

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