Wow, I thought that SpaceX had overcooked that one. But yet another great landing.
Must have roasted the video downlink! Maybe that's what one of those sparks flying was. Wow! I can't wait to see what it looks like in daylight.
This mark's the first time two 1st stage Falcon's are on barges out on the ocean at the same time.
Quote from: catdlr on 10/11/2017 11:03 pmThis mark's the first time two 1st stage Falcon's are on barges out on the ocean at the same time.I think it’s the second time - there was BulgariaSat-1 and Iridium 2 in late June, also only 2 days apart.
Could also be the amount of plasma that was wrapping around the stage probably caused the dropout... I am impressed the hardware on the bottom of the stage handled that... I wonder if they were doing some kind of different entry profile to test the edge scenarios of what these stages can handle in the build up to the Block 5? That definitely looked different than past high energy entries.
Was it just because it was dark out the heat on the grin fins was more visible? Was the Iridium launch using titanium?
I was thinking the same thing about the plasma, but then got worried when it didn't pick up again. Held my breath until I started hearing the descent callouts.I was really amazed to see that it was showing 6,000 km/h when the entry burn ended, is that a record?
Quote from: mvpel on 10/11/2017 11:04 pmMust have roasted the video downlink! Maybe that's what one of those sparks flying was. Wow! I can't wait to see what it looks like in daylight.Could also be the amount of plasma that was wrapping around the stage probably caused the dropout... I am impressed the hardware on the bottom of the stage handled that... I wonder if they were doing some kind of different entry profile to test the edge scenarios of what these stages can handle in the build up to the Block 5? That definitely looked different than past high energy entries.
Quote from: clegg78 on 10/11/2017 11:06 pmCould also be the amount of plasma that was wrapping around the stage probably caused the dropout... I am impressed the hardware on the bottom of the stage handled that... I wonder if they were doing some kind of different entry profile to test the edge scenarios of what these stages can handle in the build up to the Block 5? That definitely looked different than past high energy entries.I was thinking the same thing about the plasma, but then got worried when it didn't pick up again. Held my breath until I started hearing the descent callouts.I was really amazed to see that it was showing 6,000 km/h when the entry burn ended, is that a record?