OCISLY and B1049 are underway too and due at the Port of Long Beach between 5 - 9am PT, Thursday morning.
Falcon 9 B1049-11 lifted by crane off droneship Of Course I Still Love You, and back onto dry land. @NASASpaceflight
Ahhh, the sweet smell of rocket reusability… Landing leg removal has begun on booster 1049 at Port of LB. @NASASpaceflight
Ahhh, the sweet smell of rocket reusability… Landing leg removal has begun on booster 1049 at Port of LB. https://twitter.com/w00ki33/status/1438944120785936384
Anyone know why removal instead of closing/folding up?
Quote from: r8ix on 09/17/2021 08:59 pmAnyone know why removal instead of closing/folding up?Someone on this site (I forget who, sorry!) speculated that the legs would be removed because the booster would be too wide to transport otherwise. Presumably they are refurbished at Hawthorne, so quite a bit further to go than at the Cape.
Quote from: abaddon on 09/17/2021 09:17 pmQuote from: r8ix on 09/17/2021 08:59 pmAnyone know why removal instead of closing/folding up?Someone on this site (I forget who, sorry!) speculated that the legs would be removed because the booster would be too wide to transport otherwise. Presumably they are refurbished at Hawthorne, so quite a bit further to go than at the Cape.Then by road back to Vandenberg, also sans legs?
Do we have a thread for the next Vandenberg launch? I have already heard a launch date has been set.
Quote from: attathomeguy on 09/18/2021 03:55 pmDo we have a thread for the next Vandenberg launch? I have already heard a launch date has been set.There is as yet no date on the SpaceX Manifest.If you have a source you can quote, please post it.
Quote from: Comga on 09/18/2021 04:29 pmQuote from: attathomeguy on 09/18/2021 03:55 pmDo we have a thread for the next Vandenberg launch? I have already heard a launch date has been set.There is as yet no date on the SpaceX Manifest.If you have a source you can quote, please post it.I'm sure attathomeguy would also be more than welcome on L2 if he isn't comfortable sharing information quite so publicly