Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : CSG-2 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 31 January 2022 (23:11 UTC) (Read 161516 times)

JuaniX · « **Reply #320 on:** 02/01/2022 02:12 am »

Hi! Here I come with my little times table for this launch.

From this tweet, this in this occasion, for the 'to the second' lift-off time (if you know of a more precise source, I'll be thankful):
https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1488273976568725505

And the official livestream:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=zBxHrNIzp9w

T+min:sec      UTC         Event
00:00         23:11:14      Lift-off
01:03         23:12:17      Supersonic
01:15         23:12:29      Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
02:19         23:13:33      1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO)
02:23         23:13:37      1st and 2nd stages separate
02:28         23:13:42      2nd stage engine starts
02:33         23:13:47      1st stage boostback burn begins
03:25         23:14:39      1st stage boostback burn complete
03:50         23:15:04      Fairing deployment
06:11         23:17:25      1st stage entry burn begins
06:34         23:17:48      1st stage entry burn complete
07:14         23:18:28      Transonic
07:18         23:18:32      1st stage landing burn begins
07:53         23:19:07      1st stage lands on Landing Zone 1
08:51         23:20:05      2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO)
56:04         00:07:18      2nd stage engine restarts
56:09         00:07:23      2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
60:10         00:11:24      COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 deployment

SPKirsch · « **Reply #321 on:** 02/01/2022 02:22 am »

https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1488294721655029765

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Incredible post-sunset display as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket performs its boostback burn to return to land at Cape Canaveral after launching the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 mission this evening!

https://twitter.com/JennyHPhoto/status/1488295139483082759

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CSG-2 finally lifts off at 6:11 PM ET from SLC-40!

📷: Me for @SuperclusterHQ

https://twitter.com/JennyHPhoto/status/1488314935985725440

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CSG-2 launched with booster 1052.
Booster 1052 have now completed 3 flights, landing at LZ-1 every time.

📷: Me for @SuperclusterHQ
@elonmusk

Chinakpradhan · « **Reply #322 on:** 02/01/2022 03:49 am »

Quote from: Chinakpradhan on 02/01/2022 01:30 am

First time seen 2nd right till 10 second after fairing deploy clearly amazing I will remember this

imagine how tiny this 2205 kg payload is

whitelancer64 · « **Reply #323 on:** 02/01/2022 04:08 am »

Is the second stage deorbiting? Or is it venting fuel and passivating?

Lots of pictures of the second stage making a bright spiral in the sky over the US, appearing to vent fuel.

whitelancer64 · « **Reply #324 on:** 02/01/2022 04:46 am »

https://twitter.com/wxbrad/status/1488323478516289541

Apparently, it was the orbital circularization burn.

Does anyone know, if the second stage is deorbiting sometime later?

Chinakpradhan · « **Reply #325 on:** 02/01/2022 06:00 am »

Quote from: Chinakpradhan on 01/31/2022 04:09 am

bad luck
I have to wait for the arrival of this booster after it's 1st droneship landing and recovery or a high definition close image of this launch as it is no image of the booster aft till now
For prelaunch I can get to this much only due to transporter erector spoiling the show
https://mobile.twitter.com/therealjonvh/status/1487159000533721091
In the transporting of booster for slc40 we would have seen it if the engines were not covered
https://mobile.twitter.com/HomemDoEspacoBr/status/1486803834714443785
Case left open till launch of B1052.4 if it is a droneship landing

though no confirmation through images this article may tell that the struts connections at booster's aft are removed
https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/02/01/italian-radar-satellite-rides-spacex-rocket-into-polar-orbit/

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #326 on:** 02/01/2022 06:53 am »

Quote from: whitelancer64 on 02/01/2022 04:46 am

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Pretty cool to see the spiral vapor trail from the orbital burn for COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation satellite over the middle of the U.S.

No, the burn and dump visible over the US Midwest was the deorbit burn.

Orbit circularization occurred half an orbit earlier, followed by spacecraft separation.

See the maps in this post up-thread.

Chinakpradhan · « **Reply #327 on:** 02/01/2022 08:25 am »

Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 02/01/2022 06:53 am

Quote from: whitelancer64 on 02/01/2022 04:46 am
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Pretty cool to see the spiral vapor trail from the orbital burn for COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation satellite over the middle of the U.S.
No, the burn and dump visible over the US Midwest was the deorbit burn.

Orbit circularization occurred half an orbit earlier, followed by spacecraft separation.

See the maps in this post up-thread.

https://mobile.twitter.com/AlteredJamie/status/1488345582523588609

jacqmans · « **Reply #328 on:** 02/01/2022 08:40 am »

SpaceX photos

jacqmans · « **Reply #329 on:** 02/01/2022 08:41 am »

SpaceX photos

CorvusCorax · « **Reply #330 on:** 02/01/2022 08:41 am »

@Chris - where's all that awesome footage you showed during the lifestream? NSF must have had at least 3 cameras pointed at the rocket, but the actual life-stream switched back and forth between them and - due to time lag - missed some of the best moments (for example stage separation had not yet happened in one, and after the cut, S1 was already in boostback burn)

I looked here, I looked in S2, I looked on the NSF youtube channel - but there's nothing. Could you please upload some of that awesome rawfootage to youtube?

Semmel · « **Reply #331 on:** 02/01/2022 09:05 am »

Wow, thank you SpaceX team and especially ground camera operator for these stunning views! That was a job well done! I think this was the first time I have seen a fairing separation from the ground.

Chinakpradhan · « **Reply #332 on:** 02/01/2022 10:31 am »

Quote from: Semmel on 02/01/2022 09:05 am

Wow, thank you SpaceX team and especially ground camera operator for these stunning views! That was a job well done! I think this was the first time I have seen a fairing separation from the ground.

and a exposed Falcon payload

Quote from: Chinakpradhan on 02/01/2022 03:49 am

Quote from: Chinakpradhan on 02/01/2022 01:30 am
First time seen 2nd right till 10 second after fairing deploy clearly amazing I will remember this
imagine how tiny this 2205 kg payload is

Jakusb · « **Reply #333 on:** 02/01/2022 10:41 am »

https://twitter.com/florida_today/status/1488233132344098823?s=21

Investigation started into incident with cruise ship

Citabria · « **Reply #334 on:** 02/01/2022 01:32 pm »

My view from Michigan was not spiral but I saw two bright fans spreading from the central spot. My sky was hazy with high cirrus so either I missed the spiral arms, or they hadn't spread yet, or my view was from the side. I guess the two fans are from LOX vents on either side of the stage, so-called non-propulsive vents. As the stage rotates, the fans form a spiral. Anyway, it was pretty cool!

https://mobile.twitter.com/AlexDing2/status/1488480123112214528

Oersted · « **Reply #335 on:** 02/01/2022 03:00 pm »

Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 02/01/2022 01:17 am

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We demand to see this shot in full resolution from launch through fairing separation!!!

Using please and thank you...
Please, we ask to see this shot in full resolution from launch through fairing separation!!!
Thank you.

Elon and Tim are pretty close so I think Tim's way of putting it is just humorous and not disrespectful.

Chinakpradhan · « **Reply #336 on:** 02/01/2022 03:12 pm »

Quote from: Chinakpradhan on 02/01/2022 06:00 am

Quote from: Chinakpradhan on 01/31/2022 04:09 am
bad luck
I have to wait for the arrival of this booster after it's 1st droneship landing and recovery or a high definition close image of this launch as it is no image of the booster aft till now
For prelaunch I can get to this much only due to transporter erector spoiling the show
https://mobile.twitter.com/therealjonvh/status/1487159000533721091
In the transporting of booster for slc40 we would have seen it if the engines were not covered
https://mobile.twitter.com/HomemDoEspacoBr/status/1486803834714443785
Case left open till launch of B1052.4 if it is a droneship landing
though no confirmation through images this article may tell that the struts connections at booster's aft are removed
https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/02/01/italian-radar-satellite-rides-spacex-rocket-into-polar-orbit/

https://twitter.com/ABernNYC/status/1488541913426898946?s=20&t=F-NWDWGXfCDK5QYzZ0-fzw h8
https://mobile.twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1488530494786609160

Conexion Espacial · « **Reply #337 on:** 02/01/2022 05:13 pm »

SpaceX teams have already secured Falcon 9 B1052 before it is brought to the Hangar.
https://twitter.com/FarryFaz/status/1488566925831643140

TJL · « **Reply #338 on:** 02/01/2022 05:39 pm »

Quote from: Jakusb on 02/01/2022 10:41 am

https://twitter.com/florida_today/status/1488233132344098823?s=21

Investigation started into incident with cruise ship

"Good things come for those who wait".

markbike528cbx · « **Reply #339 on:** 02/01/2022 07:10 pm »

Quote from: catdlr on 01/31/2022 10:48 am

LInk to the Cruise Critic Internet Forum on this topic with maps.

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2827556-harmony-just-caused-space-x-launch-cancellation/page/2/

Thanks for the link. It is interesting to see non-space nerd perspectives on this happening.
Those people were even more harsh on the captain than the crowd here.

There was understandable confusion on why SpaceX didn't abort earlier.
I guess they don't talk about instantaneous launch windows/ subcooled propellant over at cruisecritic ;-).

I realized Harmony of the Seas was a big (over rowboat sized) but at 226,963 tonnes, it is twice the displacement of a nuclear aircraft carrier.

vesselfinder.com locks the max/min draft values, but maybe the skipper didn't turn due south(ish) from the Port Canaveral Channel due to draft concerns?