Is this stage backward from 'normal' for some reason? My recollection is that the engines have always been in the back for transport, but in this pic, they appear to be in the front.
Another core spotted enroute to the cape.
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 07/01/2017 07:13 pmThis will be 1023, right? FH Side Booster arriving at the Cape:https://twitter.com/theepicspoon223/status/881227686995267585Yep, that's 1023, nice spotting You can see a nose cone on the right
This will be 1023, right? FH Side Booster arriving at the Cape:https://twitter.com/theepicspoon223/status/881227686995267585
Quote from: IanThePineapple on 07/01/2017 07:37 pmQuote from: Chris Bergin on 07/01/2017 07:13 pmThis will be 1023, right? FH Side Booster arriving at the Cape:https://twitter.com/theepicspoon223/status/881227686995267585Yep, that's 1023, nice spotting You can see a nose cone on the rightSo all the pieces for FH are now at the Cape, correct? Seems like if 1029 didn't go back to McGregor before the BulgariaSat reuse, is it reasonable to assume that 1025 won't go to McGregor either? It's a slightly older booster than 1029, but the same vintage. Of course 1023 would also be similar vintage, right? Perhaps they wanted data from one of the side boosters and fired 1023 since it was ready first?This timeline fits with Elon's tweet from a few weeks ago that FH parts would all be at the Cape soon.
Quote from: cppetrie on 07/01/2017 08:01 pmQuote from: IanThePineapple on 07/01/2017 07:37 pmQuote from: Chris Bergin on 07/01/2017 07:13 pmThis will be 1023, right? FH Side Booster arriving at the Cape:https://twitter.com/theepicspoon223/status/881227686995267585Yep, that's 1023, nice spotting You can see a nose cone on the rightSo all the pieces for FH are now at the Cape, correct? Seems like if 1029 didn't go back to McGregor before the BulgariaSat reuse, is it reasonable to assume that 1025 won't go to McGregor either? It's a slightly older booster than 1029, but the same vintage. Of course 1023 would also be similar vintage, right? Perhaps they wanted data from one of the side boosters and fired 1023 since it was ready first?This timeline fits with Elon's tweet from a few weeks ago that FH parts would all be at the Cape soon.Shotwell recently said on the Space Show that 1025 will go through McGregor before final checkouts back at the Cape, just like 1023 did. However, it's currently unknown whether it's still at the Cape, or if it has moved on to McGregor yet.
It appears we have a Falcon Heavy side booster at the Cape. @elonmusk @SpaceX can you confirm this? Is it Thiacomm?
I know this isn't a core, but an unidentified upperstage is leaving Hawthorne:
CRS11 Falcon 9 first stage 🚀is all cozy and wrapped for its truck trip to Texas? Hawthorne? Florida?
CRS stages seem lightly used, and CRS-9 will be an FH#1 booster, so Hawthorne for conversion to a FH #2 booster?
QuoteCRS11 Falcon 9 first stage is all cozy and wrapped for its truck trip to Texas? Hawthorne? Florida?https://twitter.com/sandymazza/status/884250826641883136
CRS11 Falcon 9 first stage is all cozy and wrapped for its truck trip to Texas? Hawthorne? Florida?