This was the first time I have heard the grid fins are powered by nitrogen. Was this known previously?Matthew
Best ever view of landing!EDIT: looked to be a bit of movement after landing, and maybe a bit of a list on the stage following landing? Not sure, might be a camera angle artefact.
Quote from: Welsh Dragon on 01/14/2017 05:03 pmBest ever view of landing!EDIT: looked to be a bit of movement after landing, and maybe a bit of a list on the stage following landing? Not sure, might be a camera angle artefact.Movement yes, but this seems to be pretty normal, perhaps a ground effect kicking in at the last moment. List no, that's just a fish-eye camera effect.Congratulations to SpaceX for a very nice looking launch so far. Obviously the most important part is yet to come.
Although the initial deployment orbit of the Iridium-NEXT satellites will be at an altitude of 667 kilometers and an inclination of 86.4 degrees to either side of the Equator, the satellites will actually raise their altitude to 780 kilometers once they move a safe distance away from the second stage.
Any possibility of trouble from the South Atlantic anomaly on the other side of the pole?
Anyone see and know what the tumbling thing was to the left and below the first stage during the reentry burn? It was so fast I couldn't tell. Would be surprised if it where a fairing segment.