There's already a perfectly useful word for the F9 expendable configuration: expendable. We really don't need more terms for it.
Quote from: gongora on 04/07/2017 06:41 pmThere's already a perfectly useful word for the F9 expendable configuration: expendable. We really don't need more terms for it.Why does everyone dwell, ad nauseam, on minutia? Are the EXPENDABLE F9FT's at the cape or not? And FYI Slick comes from Aircraft terminology, meaning "Nothing Hanging", External Stores, or pylons/hardpoints. An F9 S1 can have Legs and Fins and still be expendable.
Quote from: gongora on 04/07/2017 06:41 pmThere's already a perfectly useful word for the F9 expendable configuration: expendable. We really don't need more terms for it.Why does everyone dwell, ad nauseam, on minutia?
Are the EXPENDABLE F9FT's at the cape or not?
And FYI Slick comes from Aircraft terminology, meaning "Nothing Hanging", External Stores, or pylons/hardpoints. An F9 S1 can have Legs and Fins and still be expendable.
Does it not make business sense to say well, Inmarsat has leapfrogged you now, NROL, because you missed your booked date?
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Inmarsat 5 is now PRIME.What's the window?
Target Orbit: SSTO
Quote from: BabaORileyUSA on 05/01/2017 02:49 pmTarget Orbit: SSTOAs this is a Geosynchronous bird, I think the target orbit is GTO.
Quote from: NX-0 on 05/01/2017 12:27 pmInmarsat 5 is now PRIME.What's the window?Window Open: 15/23:20:46 GMT May 2017Window Close: 16/00:10:16 GMT May 2017Target Orbit: SSTO1st Stage RTLS: No (expendable)
Under the terms of its agreement with SpaceX, Inmarsat expects to use the Falcon Heavy launch vehicle, but will retain the possibility of using a Falcon 9 as an alternative, providing further launch flexibility.
SSTO = super sync transfer orbit, aka similar to GTO but higher energy (likely as partial compensation for the delays).
Quote from: macpacheco on 05/02/2017 11:44 amSSTO = super sync transfer orbit, aka similar to GTO but higher energy (likely as partial compensation for the delays).Ahhh, I thought the acronym meant Sun Synchronous Transfer Orbit! :-)
Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 05/02/2017 12:19 pmQuote from: macpacheco on 05/02/2017 11:44 amSSTO = super sync transfer orbit, aka similar to GTO but higher energy (likely as partial compensation for the delays).Ahhh, I thought the acronym meant Sun Synchronous Transfer Orbit! :-)These acronyms are uninformative when they can be interpreted more than one way.