Author Topic: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon CRS-1 (SpX-1) LAUNCH UPDATES (Read 178281 times)

jcm · « **Reply #320 on:** 10/08/2012 02:42 am »

Objects cataloged:

38846 2012-054A (Dragon) 203 x 326 km x 51.7 deg
38848 2012-054D (solar array cover) 204 x 328
38849 2012-054E (solar array cover) 204 x 324

54B (Orbcomm) and 54C (Falcon 9 stage 2) will be in a different orbit and haven't been cataloged yet

rdale · « **Reply #321 on:** 10/08/2012 02:44 am »

BigDustyman · « **Reply #322 on:** 10/08/2012 02:52 am »

looked like somthing let loose with a fair bit of force good thing for kevlar between engines

tehwkd · « **Reply #323 on:** 10/08/2012 02:52 am »

Lift-off at 4:03
Engine 1 anomaly at 5:21

catdlr · « **Reply #324 on:** 10/08/2012 02:53 am »

Since the SpaceX YouTube Video was pulled, I found an alternative posting of the same video.

The event occurs at 5:20.

Artyom. · « **Reply #325 on:** 10/08/2012 02:59 am »

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2370.html

Jason1701 · « **Reply #326 on:** 10/08/2012 02:59 am »

Quote from: zephyrus on 10/08/2012 02:58 am

I have made a slow motion video of the anomaly. Please tell me if I this is not fair use and I will remove it immediately.

Of course we will have to wait for an official assessment but I would say that something has definitely happened and it is not just some clouds.

That will be very helpful, thanks.

rdale · « **Reply #327 on:** 10/08/2012 03:03 am »

Just a reminder, this is the updates thread. Where people post information that updates the launch. There is a thread for discussion of possible events.

friendly3 · « **Reply #328 on:** 10/08/2012 03:05 am »

Quote from: zephyrus on 10/08/2012 02:58 am

I have made a slow motion video of the anomaly. Please tell me if I this is not fair use and I will remove it immediately.

Of course we will have to wait for an official assessment but I would say that something has definitely happened and it is not just some clouds.

Hey I heard some tribbles at the beginning of your video, they must be the source of the problem !

corrodedNut · « **Reply #329 on:** 10/08/2012 03:17 am »

Do we have a good GNC door deploy yet?

corrodedNut · « **Reply #330 on:** 10/08/2012 03:20 am »

SFN reports:

"Falcon 9 detected an anomaly on one of the nine engines and shut it down," Musk wrote in an email... "As designed, the flight computer then recomputed a new ascent profile in realtime to reach the target orbit, which is why the burn times were a bit longer."

tehwkd · « **Reply #331 on:** 10/08/2012 03:46 am »

Full coverage:
Lift-off at 35:32
Engine 1 anomaly at 36:52

corrodedNut · « **Reply #332 on:** 10/08/2012 03:46 am »

Quote from: corrodedNut on 10/08/2012 03:17 am

Do we have a good GNC door deploy yet?

Bump. Should've happened about 45 min ago, do we know?

Bubbinski · « **Reply #333 on:** 10/08/2012 04:28 am »

Good question. I haven't seen anything on Twitter or other websites about the GNC door yet, either way.

Jason1701 · « **Reply #334 on:** 10/08/2012 04:55 am »

SpaceX has sent a statement confirming successful completion of the launch (not mentioning the engine anomaly). I wonder if we can correctly infer that the GNC door worked.

rickl · « **Reply #335 on:** 10/08/2012 05:38 am »

I do wish they would announce the GNC door deploy, since that's a pretty critical event in the mission. I remember wondering and worrying about it last time, too.

Lars_J · « **Reply #336 on:** 10/08/2012 05:50 am »

Some quotes from a SpaceX statement re: the engine anomaly found at SFN's mission status page: http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/004/status.html

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"Falcon 9 detected an anomaly on one of the nine engines and shut it down," Musk wrote in an email to Spaceflight Now. "As designed, the flight computer then recomputed a new ascent profile in realtime to reach the target orbit, which is why the burn times were a bit longer."

The first stage burned nearly 30 seconds longer than planned.

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"Like the Saturn 5, which experienced engine loss on two flights, the Falcon 9 is designed to handle an engine flameout and still complete its mission," Musk said. "I believe Falcon 9 is the only rocket flying today that, like a modern airliner, is capable of completing a flight successfully even after losing an engine. There was no effect on Dragon or the space station resupply mission."

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A company spokesperson said more details on the problem would be released Monday.

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #337 on:** 10/08/2012 05:55 am »

Quote from: sdsds on 10/08/2012 02:13 am

Shotwell: Orbcomm deploy successful.

Could be a problem. Standby. (NORAD now tracks 6 objects from the launch (probably Dragon + second stage + Orbcomm + 2x Dragon solarr array blankets + Dragon nose cover), all seems to be in a ~ 200 x 330 km orbit)

Jason1701 · « **Reply #338 on:** 10/08/2012 06:01 am »

Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 10/08/2012 05:55 am

Quote from: sdsds on 10/08/2012 02:13 am
Shotwell: Orbcomm deploy successful.

Could be a problem. Standby. (NORAD now tracks 6 objects from the launch (probably Dragon + second stage + Orbcomm + 2x Dragon solarr array blankets + Dragon nose cover), all seems to be in a ~ 200 x 330 km orbit)

Dragon nosecone is deployed soon after lower stage separation. What else could the 6th object be?

QuantumG · « **Reply #339 on:** 10/08/2012 06:45 am »

There were satellites other than the ORBCOMM onboard.