Space X

padyjoe

Spot on Stage 1 landing. And the video feed didn't drop that much this time, the onboard camera clearly showed as the engine touched down on the target.
My mind blown. This never gets old. Me very likey rockets! :-)

Hmmzis

The lack of ablative coating on the new titanium grid fins helps with keeping the camera lens clean. The previous fins used a white thermal protective coating over the aluminium that got blasted off during reentry (hence the 'ablative' in the description) and deposited right onto the camera lens.

Looked like a hard landing, the legs appear to be very compressed and there is very little clearance from the bells to the deck. Given the state of the seas there it's impressive that it landed at all! The roll in the video was the worst I've seen on a Falcon landing so far.

Ghost Train

I guess this was Fridays landing

https://twitter.com/CaliaDomenico/status/878341451532218368

Hmmzis

Ghost Train wrote: »

I guess this was Fridays landing

https://twitter.com/CaliaDomenico/status/878341451532218368

Nope, that's an old one (CRS-8?). The latest two haven't been released yet. Also, I don't think they had airborne cameras for the landings this time. That's usually done by NASA chase planes for NASA missions (CRS, respectively).

Ghost Train

Hmmzis wrote: »

Nope, that's an old one (CRS-8?). The latest two haven't been released yet. Also, I don't think they had airborne cameras for the landings this time. That's usually done by NASA chase planes for NASA missions (CRS, respectively).

Well that explains why sea looked rougher. Probably saw the video before myself

Stan27

Really getting to the stage where all rockets are expected to land now.
Regarding the rocket that was disposed last Monday, the new version block 5 comes at the end of the year, there should be no more wasted falcon 9 cores.

Stan27

Heavy launching November !!!

josip

X-37B away before Irma.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/sep/07/spacex-us-air-force-shuttle-mission

Capt'n Midnight

josip wrote: »

X-37B away before Irma.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/sep/07/spacex-us-air-force-shuttle-mission

It took a long time , but the USAF finally got their Dyan-Soar after manned space was given to NASA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-20_Dyna-Soar

josip

I just read that they're going to remove the landing legs from the Falcon 9.

...with its perfection of its Falcon 9 first stage landings to the point where the next mod of the rocket will eliminate the landing legs

SuperTortoise

Just watched the latest Elon presentation on the Spacex channel on YouTube, awe-inspiring!

They have actually started building BFR already!

Thargor

SuperTortoise wrote: »

Just watched the latest Elon presentation on the Spacex channel on YouTube, awe-inspiring!

Cringe-inducing at the same time, the constant pauses for applause and the smugness, it was a bit nauseating.

Kuva

SuperTortoise wrote: »

Just watched the latest Elon presentation on the Spacex channel on YouTube, awe-inspiring!

They have actually started building BFR already!

Is it not shrinking in size?

SuperTortoise

Slightly smaller that the version proposed last year, they seem to have settled for the latest design.

Whats interesting is they plan to remove the landing legs and land the stages directly back on their launch platform, will need immense accuracy.

ricimaki

The CRS-13 launch has got some really good footage of the Booster separating, boost-back burn and landing. I'd recommend looking at around the 18:20 mark of this video. Don't think ground camera's ever caught that in as much detail before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPHbqY9LHCs

Beeker

ricimaki wrote: »

The CRS-13 launch has got some really good footage of the Booster separating, boost-back burn and landing. I'd recommend looking at around the 18:20 mark of this video. Don't think ground camera's ever caught that in as much detail before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPHbqY9LHCs

I have to say that was a great launch and recovery. Can't get enough of these launches.
Check out the NASA footage below. fantastic close up view of the stage one landing burn and sonic booms starting at 07:48. Magnificent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDQ3Y9iPARY

Thargor

Beeker wrote: »

I have to say that was a great launch and recovery. Can't get enough of these launches.
Check out the NASA footage below. fantastic close up view of the stage one landing burn and sonic booms starting at 07:48. Magnificent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDQ3Y9iPARY

Ha, look at the dolphin @ 00:24, hope it wasnt too loud for him.

josip

Won't be long now.

https://newatlas.com/elon-musk-falcon-heavy/52711/

Nate--IRL--

That footage of the Stage separation and the Stage 1 doing a U-turn mid-flight was amazing.

Nate

Beeker

josip wrote: »

Won't be long now.

https://newatlas.com/elon-musk-falcon-heavy/52711/

Can't wait for this, should be quite the show

Thargor

Look at this launch footage, its straight out of science fiction, also a car crash:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff7wbSwTuEk

namloc1980

Musk's red Tesla being encapsulated in the Falcon Heavy:

namloc1980

Fully stacked Falcon Heavy on the launchpad.

namloc1980

Comparison shot between FH and STS for scale

Stan27

is the exact launch time out yet ?
really excited !!!

MOH

Stan27 wrote: »

is the exact launch time out yet ?
really excited !!!

Three hour window starting at 18.30 GMT, from what I can find.
Anyone know of any TV coverage?

Firefox11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk338VXcb24

Sabre0001

Test flight today

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/960910705808609280

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/960915618865274880

MOH

Streaming starts at 18.30 (GMT) on SpaceX.com

They're using youtube, so in case of any bandwidth capacity issues on the SpaceX site, direct YouTube link
(You've no idea how hard it was not to throw a rickroll in there)

[edit] Launch delayed to 19:20 "due to upper level wind shear".
Although there's one report saying 19:50, but I think they misread a tweet.
(Window closes at 21:30 so if it's not launched by then it's postponed to 18:30 tomorrow)

[edit2] Launch now 20:05 earliest (based on the SpaceX webcast page). Window closes at 21:00, not 21:30.

Jawgap

Delayed until 20:05.

Live feed from the pad

MOH

8:45PM now. That's pretty much last chance before tomorrow if the window closes at 9

Water John

No, there is another hour onto that. We are at GMT.

Capt'n Midnight

http://www.spacex.com/webcast says
Live in 91 minutes for the video feed

pleas advice

live feed should start in about 5 mins

irishgeo

live now t- 20mins

4068ac1elhodqr

T-12, Will it be visible from Europe after takeoff?

Saw something here just minutes (7 or maybe 17 I think) after launch, a few years ago,
think it was a ISS docking thingymajig.

958,793 watching the utube live feed.

Itssoeasy

Johnathan Moldy Joker wrote: »

T-12, Will it be visible from Europe after takeoff?

Saw something here just minutes (7 or maybe 17 I think) after launch, a few years ago,
think it was a ISS docking thingymajig.

958,793 watching the utube live feed.

ISS docking thingymajig ? The shuttle you mean ? And no it won't be visible over Europe.

Jawgap

Now comes the tricky bit......

lord lucan

That was feckin awesome!!

IanOBo

Amazing!!!

IanOBo

Amazing!!!

Capt'n Midnight

SLS really, really looks like a white elephant now.

Pat Dunne

Marvellous stuff!

ricimaki

https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/960980313173196800

Now that's impressive!

Water John

That was magnificent. Don't know if the main thruster landed vertically but so many coordinated parts to the launch. The two boosters landing in synch, must be nearly impossible.
Great nights viewing.

irishgeo

wow just wow. going back to visit cape Canaveral in April. cant wait. i doubt the space x platform is on the tour anymore though.

brevity

That was amazing. The synchronized landing was like something from Iron Man.

What happened the main thruster?

4068ac1elhodqr

Water John wrote: »

That was magnificent. Don't know if the main thruster landed vertically but so many coordinated parts to the launch. The two boosters landing in synch, must be nearly impossible.
Great nights viewing.

Indeed for 2million on a single utube live-feed, millions more on other networks, channels and sub-channels.

Get ready to pack the bags for Mars. Someone said you can grow potatoes up there, on the red soil. (subject to a few atmospheric modifications, and special poly tunnels).

Jawgap

brevity wrote: »

That was amazing. The synchronized landing was like something from Iron Man.

What happened the main thruster?

Lands on a barge/drone ship out at sea.

irishgeo

the lack of updates suggests it didnt make it.