Author Topic: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - CASSIOPE - Sept. 29 - LAUNCH UPDATES  (Read 312382 times)

Offline JimO

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Now that TLEs are available for stage-2, can anybody work out quick&dirty ground visibility locations/times/directions for early revs, to seek out serendipitous visual sightings related to fuel dump and other post-insertion dynamic events.

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SpaceX has a video up on their Youtube channel:




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We'll be looking for TLEs from 12 objects:
  Falcon 9 stage 2, CASSIOPE, DANDE, two CUSATs, three POPACS spheres, and four POPACS deployer parts.
Eventually a thirteenth when DANDE jettisons its adapter on day 14.

I'm not clear when the two CUSats are intended to separate.

Thanks. I didn't know about the DANDE adapter (is there a paper or something that describes this?)
And I don't know when POPACS and CUSAT do their thing - was guessing POPACS separation happens shortly
after ejection but CUSAT is commanded at a later date.

In any case, we now have 20 objects cataloged, so I wonder if the extra ones  are debris associated with the second
stage restart problem.
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Here is a couple video's from the ground.

[youtube]myV3zRP6N-Y[/youtube]

Thanks for posting and lovely to hear a member of the next generation of space enthusiasts commenting the lift-off!

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Recorded this from Ocean ave. Amazing!

www.youtube.com/embed/moK-2_obFic

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Some pictures are up on the SpaceX website

http://www.spacex.com/gallery/falcon-9-demo-flight

Including my new desktop background  :D

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a video uploaded on SpaceX's vimeo account, showing footage taken from the ground:


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And one of the passengers, DANDE, has TLE's and has seen spacecraft beacons.

http://spacegrant.colorado.edu/boulderstudents/boulderprojects/dande

DANDE
1 99999U 00000U    13272.68162153  .00000351  00000-0  12139-4 0 00004
2 99999 080.9969 315.2113 0796928 158.5047 042.9913 13.96429132000014
« Last Edit: 09/30/2013 12:37 am by Silmfeanor »

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And one of the passengers, DANDE, has TLE's and has seen spacecraft beacons.

http://spacegrant.colorado.edu/boulderstudents/boulderprojects/dande

DANDE
1 99999U 00000U    13272.68162153  .00000351  00000-0  12139-4 0 00004
2 99999 080.9969 315.2113 0796928 158.5047 042.9913 13.96429132000014
I get a 328 x 1493 km x 80.97 deg orbit, close to the planned 324 x 1,500 km x 80 deg.  The biggest divergence is inclination.

 - Ed Kyle
« Last Edit: 09/30/2013 02:38 am by edkyle99 »

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And one of the passengers, DANDE, has TLE's and has seen spacecraft beacons.

http://spacegrant.colorado.edu/boulderstudents/boulderprojects/dande

DANDE
1 99999U 00000U    13272.68162153  .00000351  00000-0  12139-4 0 00004
2 99999 080.9969 315.2113 0796928 158.5047 042.9913 13.96429132000014
I get a 328 x 1493 km x 80.97 deg orbit, close to the planned 324 x 1,500 km x 80 deg.  The biggest divergence is inclination.

 - Ed Kyle

Also, this doesn't match any of the currently cataloged objects - would be interested to know if this is actually based on LV telemetry or just a prelaunch estimate
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Has anyone found a link to audio for the media teleconference that followed the launch today?

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It's worth posting this video taken from the ground, as it shows the first stage firing in puffs shortly after stage separation - our first look at the first stage deceleration burns! (from 4:00 onwards)

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I'm of the mind that those mystery puffs we are seeing in that video are not first stage related, but are rapidly expanding gas from the exhaust of the MVac on the second stage. Based on when the call over countdown net referenced the relight of the first stage engines, that happened much later than this.

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Seems to be originating from the first stage  (lower right) as the second stage continues on to the upper left.

Reminds me of Shuttle ET venting. Look for " ET-Sep venting" in the L2 video section

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« Last Edit: 09/30/2013 05:18 am by Hooperball »

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Maybe sun light glinting off of the inner stage?
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I notice F9 v1.1 staging is at about T+ 2:54. A few seconds before staging occurs flight control announces the rocket is at 61 km altitude, 45 km downrange and moving at 1.8 km/s. At about T+ 8:00 they announce "First stage is ... relighting at this time." Is the T+ 8:00 burn the supersonic retro burn or the landing burn? What is the time is the burn that wasn't announced?

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Looks like the attempted second stage re-start was seen over Reunion Island, on the opposite side of the Earth from VAFB: http://wikkit.tumblr.com/post/62684205892/tracking-a-new-space-ufo / http://www.reddit.com/r/Astronomy/comments/1ne46k/saw_this_tonight_in_reunion_island_what_is_it/

 I wonder if the stage broke up while attempting that? (due to the very high number of objects found related to this launch by NORAD, currently at 20)
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I'm of the mind that those mystery puffs we are seeing in that video are not first stage related, but are rapidly expanding gas from the exhaust of the MVac on the second stage. Based on when the call over countdown net referenced the relight of the first stage engines, that happened much later than this.
From the SpaceX broadcast this morning you can actually see the RCS system firing on S1 right after separation.
« Last Edit: 09/30/2013 06:00 am by Nydoc »

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Using the latest TLEs for the 20 objects now in the catalog (A to T):
- perigee altitudes range from 235 km (F) to 444 km (M)
- apogee altitudes range from 1350 km (A) to 1590 km (S)
- inclinations range from 80.961° (A) to 81.035° (K)

EDIT: 1590 should read 1598
« Last Edit: 09/30/2013 08:34 am by input~2 »

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Using the latest TLEs for the 20 objects now in the catalog (A to T):
- perigee altitudes range from 235 km (F) to 444 km (M)
- apogee altitudes range from 1350 km (A) to 1590 km (S)
- inclinations range from 80.961° (A) to 81.035° (K)

So that's confirmation that it disintegrated?

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