Quote from: BabaORileyUSA on 10/05/2017 06:55 pmSES-11 has moved to the 11th.....SES-11 launch is scheduled to 11.11, hope they make the launch time at 11:11. The space geeks would go nuts!
SES-11 has moved to the 11th.....
Quote from: Semmel on 10/05/2017 07:18 pmQuote from: BabaORileyUSA on 10/05/2017 06:55 pmSES-11 has moved to the 11th.....SES-11 launch is scheduled to 11.11, hope they make the launch time at 11:11. The space geeks would go nuts!Missing the point here. The question is given SES-11 has moved to the 11th, will Iridium need to be delayed in lock step as before?
QuoteWith #Iridium-3 now 6 days away, we're excited to share the official launch patch! Check it out along w/ other gear bit.ly/2yFW0dMhttps://twitter.com/iridiumcomm/status/915239432869089282
With #Iridium-3 now 6 days away, we're excited to share the official launch patch! Check it out along w/ other gear bit.ly/2yFW0dM
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 10/06/2017 07:39 amQuoteWith #Iridium-3 now 6 days away, we're excited to share the official launch patch! Check it out along w/ other gear bit.ly/2yFW0dMhttps://twitter.com/iridiumcomm/status/915239432869089282What's with the "6 days away" stuff?
Looks like the boat DM Tapper is off shore for the Iridium flight:https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:424351/mmsi:366053000/imo:0/vessel:DM_TAPPERQuoteOffshore for the week! #spacex #dmtapper
Offshore for the week! #spacex #dmtapper
Quote from: Ronsmytheiii on 10/08/2017 01:17 pmLooks like the boat DM Tapper is off shore for the Iridium flight:https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:424351/mmsi:366053000/imo:0/vessel:DM_TAPPERQuoteOffshore for the week! #spacex #dmtapperNow THAT is interesting... SpaceX chartered a sightseeing passenger boat?... Or who and why?...
Quote from: John Alan on 10/08/2017 03:30 pmNow THAT is interesting... SpaceX chartered a sightseeing passenger boat?... Or who and why?...The boats look nothing alike. Something doesn't quite add up here.That being said, is there anything stopping a private vessel from going out to watch the show?
Now THAT is interesting... SpaceX chartered a sightseeing passenger boat?... Or who and why?...
According to the picture embedded in https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/917127765555503104, this Falcon 9 that will launch Iridium-NEXT F3 is using the aluminum grid fins again.My best guess is that there are a stockpile of these grid fins which will be used up first before the titanium type stays in place.
Different angle:https://www.instagram.com/p/BaAGV8CDAsQ/
From the webvast: I cant remember seeing the second stage bleed off LOX from two ports simultaneously. This is entirely possible to be a failure of my memory, but can anyone confirm this is the usual case or is this new?
Second. Stage altitude is plummeting??