In related news, 1025.2 was finally just spotted heading east towards McGregor for its post-conversion firing.
Quote from: old_sellsword on 08/20/2017 07:46 pmIn related news, 1025.2 was finally just spotted heading east towards McGregor for its post-conversion firing.I may be confused, but was it going east or west?
Presumably CRS-12 / B1039 ?
I guess those are cores that won't be used in actual launches.
The one with two flight on log could be good enough for the Smithsonian (or some other museum if they already have one).
Transport X-37B in fairing to LC-39A HIF
Quote from: Raul on 09/05/2017 07:27 pmTransport X-37B in fairing to LC-39A HIFIn that video, we can see 1033.1 on the left side of the hangar, and 1023.2 on the right side. You can also see 1040.1 on the pad.An F9 (likely 1041.1) just left McGregor heading west, so it's probably on its way to VAFB for Iridium-3.
Quote from: old_sellsword on 09/05/2017 07:53 pmQuote from: Raul on 09/05/2017 07:27 pmTransport X-37B in fairing to LC-39A HIFIn that video, we can see 1033.1 on the left side of the hangar, and 1023.2 on the right side. You can also see 1040.1 on the pad.An F9 (likely 1041.1) just left McGregor heading west, so it's probably on its way to VAFB for Iridium-3.Is the nosecone removed during storage? That was what I was using to judge the core on the right, didn't want to assume it was 1023.2 in spite of that being the logical conclusion. With 1033.1, you can easily see the pink shrink-wrapped side booster connection point.
Neither core to the sides of the TEL in the hanger has a nosecone attached. The booster on the right hand side for sure has a pusher inside the interstage area if that helps at all.
Quote from: jjyach on 09/06/2017 01:09 pmNeither core to the sides of the TEL in the hanger has a nosecone attached. The booster on the right hand side for sure has a pusher inside the interstage area if that helps at all.The TEL isn't in the hangar. It's out on the pad.
Quote from: douglas100 on 09/06/2017 03:45 pmQuote from: jjyach on 09/06/2017 01:09 pmNeither core to the sides of the TEL in the hanger has a nosecone attached. The booster on the right hand side for sure has a pusher inside the interstage area if that helps at all.The TEL isn't in the hangar. It's out on the pad.The TEL is still in the hanger right now. Also the booster to the left of the TEL has some pink square next to the raceway at the top. Any chance 1033 is the one to the right and 1023 is to the left? Or any chance they kept the pusher in 1023 to keep under the nose cone?
Quote from: jjyach on 09/06/2017 03:59 pmQuote from: douglas100 on 09/06/2017 03:45 pmQuote from: jjyach on 09/06/2017 01:09 pmNeither core to the sides of the TEL in the hanger has a nosecone attached. The booster on the right hand side for sure has a pusher inside the interstage area if that helps at all.The TEL isn't in the hangar. It's out on the pad.The TEL is still in the hanger right now. Also the booster to the left of the TEL has some pink square next to the raceway at the top. Any chance 1033 is the one to the right and 1023 is to the left? Or any chance they kept the pusher in 1023 to keep under the nose cone?1033 has an interstage and is covered in pink tape, it's on all the new separation mechanisms. So if the booster on the left has and interstage and is covered in pink tape, it's probably 1033.1023 doesn't have an interstage, it has a nosecone. If that booster on the right side has an interstage and a center pusher inside that interstage, it can't be 1023. It could however, be any of the myriad of other F9 S1s that are lying around the Cape (1021, 1039, 1035, etc.).