Author Topic: Miura 1 SN1 [TF-1] - El Arenosillo, Huelva, Spain - October 07 2023 - 00:19 UTC (Read 39507 times)

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #100 on:** 10/07/2023 12:22 am »

1:22 local. Something was released inside the nose cone.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #101 on:** 10/07/2023 12:24 am »

Some things floating in the nosecone.

Back to the launch site.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #102 on:** 10/07/2023 12:25 am »

Back to the commentators. Did they terminate the flight?

russianhalo117 · « **Reply #103 on:** 10/07/2023 12:26 am »

They celebrated with confetti so declaring it a Mission Success as reached MaxQ which is minimum success milestone.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #104 on:** 10/07/2023 12:28 am »

Crowd watching the launch.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #105 on:** 10/07/2023 12:29 am »

"We made it! We'll be back shortly."

russianhalo117 · « **Reply #106 on:** 10/07/2023 12:30 am »

https://www.pldspace.com/en/launches
The timeline was 6 minutes MET is Apogee and 12 minutes MET to splashdown of TF-1 followed by recovery.

Edited for typo.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #107 on:** 10/07/2023 12:33 am »

Quote from: russianhalo117 on 10/07/2023 12:30 am

https://www.pldspace.com/en/launches
The timeline was 6 minutes burn time and 12 minutes MET to splashdown of TF-1 followed by recovery.

The burn was only about two minutes.

russianhalo117 · « **Reply #108 on:** 10/07/2023 12:36 am »

Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 10/07/2023 12:33 am

Quote from: russianhalo117 on 10/07/2023 12:30 am
https://www.pldspace.com/en/launches
The timeline was 6 minutes burn time and 12 minutes MET to splashdown of TF-1 followed by recovery.

The burn was only about two to three minutes.

MaxQ was their minimum success criteria for SN1.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #109 on:** 10/07/2023 12:41 am »

Some screen grabs of the launch.

The engine flame disappears in one frame.

We then see a light streak.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #110 on:** 10/07/2023 12:42 am »

Commentators are back.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #111 on:** 10/07/2023 12:47 am »

The engine flame seemed to be rotating.

Sam Ho · « **Reply #112 on:** 10/07/2023 12:47 am »

Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 10/07/2023 12:33 am

Quote from: russianhalo117 on 10/07/2023 12:30 am
https://www.pldspace.com/en/launches
The timeline was 6 minutes burn time and 12 minutes MET to splashdown of TF-1 followed by recovery.

The burn was only about two minutes.

As per the press kit (page 10), the nominal burn duration is 110 seconds.

https://www.pldspace.com/investors/images/contenido/08-landing/presskit-final-ingles.pdf

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #113 on:** 10/07/2023 12:49 am »

End of webcast.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #114 on:** 10/07/2023 12:56 am »

Looks like a deck of cards was released inside the nose cone, which then settled at the tip as vehicle re-entered the atmosphere.

Alexphysics · « **Reply #115 on:** 10/07/2023 01:30 am »

Those were photographs of PLD Space workers.

Left a brief summary on twitter based on what was said on livestream. Might have underperformed but gathered data from all the phases of flight they wanted. Still, we'll wait to see what they release once they look through all the data and more importantly, the rocket made it back. Now to see if they can find it in the dark Atlantic

https://twitter.com/Alexphysics13/status/1710456269767680341

catdlr · « **Reply #116 on:** 10/07/2023 01:37 am »

Thanks, Steven and russianhalo117 for the launch coverage. Were are indebted to you, despite the language challenges.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #117 on:** 10/07/2023 01:44 am »

https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1710450033093447837

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LAUNCH PLD Space MIURA1 SN1 maiden launch!

youtube.com/watch?v=jszhir…

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MECO and a deck of cards is their zero G indicator? 😅

https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1710451889953771529

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Ah, photos of their workforce. Looks like an underperformance on the rocket, but a great first launch.

Satori · « **Reply #118 on:** 10/07/2023 01:52 am »

Why is this on ESA section?

trimeta · « **Reply #119 on:** 10/07/2023 02:57 am »

MIURA 1 successfully launched, although it did not achieve its target altitude of 80km, instead topping out at 47km. I'm sure the team got a ton of useful data nonetheless, and they do plan to recover the vehicle itself for further investigation.