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.
Thanks for the FANTASTIC play by play Zach. Are you an intern at SpaceX? If so, I wish you a great career.
Quote from: testguy on 01/14/2017 05:17 pmAnyone 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.I saw it too starting at T+05:33 in the little triangular wedge of earth visible between the left grid fin and the fuselage. If you are still connected to the live stream you can back up to see it again. It's clearly tumbling and certainly looks like a fairing segment to me.
obviously have been working on de-fogging the decent camera, clear picture all the way down.
Quote from: testguy on 01/14/2017 05:17 pmAnyone 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.If you're referring to the object at about 5:40 , that cannot possibly be fairing. The fairing was released well before than, and both S1 and S2 have accelerated from that location since.Much more likely, its a smallish, close object. Possibly a cover for the gridfin vents or somesuch. (they were opened just a few seconds before this)
A bit premature, but still....FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE From: 30th Space Wing Public Affairs, www.vandenberg.af.milFALCON 9 LAUNCH SUCCESS
The F9 is back online, and landings don't get any better than that. Congrats SpaceX on a great RTF.
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 01/14/2017 05:41 pmA bit premature, but still....FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE From: 30th Space Wing Public Affairs, www.vandenberg.af.milFALCON 9 LAUNCH SUCCESSTo be fair, the *launch* part was successful
Mission timeline: 00:52:31 2nd stage engine restarts00:52:34 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)So the second S2 burn is only three seconds??What is the purpose of this burn, as it will impart only a very small amount of orbit change in such a short time. At most some 150m/s, likely a good bit less?
Quote from: Pete on 01/14/2017 05:45 pmMission timeline: 00:52:31 2nd stage engine restarts00:52:34 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)So the second S2 burn is only three seconds??What is the purpose of this burn, as it will impart only a very small amount of orbit change in such a short time. At most some 150m/s, likely a good bit less?Circularization.