Quote from: photonic on 04/08/2018 09:41 pmElon posted a new picture from the landed Iridium-5 fairing on twitter:QuoteElon Musk (repyling to @Teslerati)Oh yeah, forgot to mention it actually landed fine, just not on Mr Stevenhttps://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/980647734888681472Looks like new, but at least some of the foam got wet.Looks like the hull of a boat just sitting there on the water. Just integrate an outboard motor and drive it home!
Elon posted a new picture from the landed Iridium-5 fairing on twitter:QuoteElon Musk (repyling to @Teslerati)Oh yeah, forgot to mention it actually landed fine, just not on Mr Stevenhttps://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/980647734888681472Looks like new, but at least some of the foam got wet.
Elon Musk (repyling to @Teslerati)Oh yeah, forgot to mention it actually landed fine, just not on Mr Steven
Quote from: Swedish chef on 04/06/2018 05:00 pmSome information on page 77-78 of Draft Environmental Assessment for Issuing a Reentry License to SpaceX for Landing the Dragon Spacecraft in the Gulf of Mexico contains information to the parachute used in the fairing recovery that some of you might find interesting.64/113 ft2 drogues with 1782/3000 ft2 canopies with 42-50ft line lengths! They are not messing around small canopies! The best guesstimate I can find for the mass of a fairing half is 875kg (several sites have the full fairing at 1750kg), which puts the wing-loading on those parafoils at a distinctly un-sporty 1.08 and 0.64 lbs/ft2 respectively, those things are going to be floaty with a very slow to negative ground-speed in off-shore wind conditions...and being so lightly loaded I would have thought are very susceptible to parasitic drag issues. Colour me surprised again...but my experience is all with sport parachutes...For reference, the main canopy (loaded at 2.55) in my profile pic is the same size as their Type 2 Drogue (which is loaded at 17 lbs/ft2!). Edit: to add wing-loadings
Some information on page 77-78 of Draft Environmental Assessment for Issuing a Reentry License to SpaceX for Landing the Dragon Spacecraft in the Gulf of Mexico contains information to the parachute used in the fairing recovery that some of you might find interesting.
And word on fairing survival down to an ocean landing for the TESS mission?
That, my friends, appears to be a complete half fairing on board GO Pursuit. Quick grab off my preview screen. Some of the Falcon 9 has arrived at Port Canaveral #SpaceXFleet
GO Pursuit, with what appears to be a complete fairing half on deck, arrived into Port Canaveral approx. 3:15 am EDT this morning. In a few short hours we should be seeing OCISILY being led in by Hawk and GO Quest after cruise ships are safely docked. #SpaceXFleet @SpaceX
Looks like it #Tess #Falcon9 #SpaceX
Great, thx for sharing. They’re getting better...Does anyone have an informed opinion on the effects of salt water on these fairings?
I can’t quite work out from the shape of the tarpaulins if the fairing half is in pieces or if there’s more than one fairing half recovered?
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 04/21/2018 12:01 pmI can’t quite work out from the shape of the tarpaulins if the fairing half is in pieces or if there’s more than one fairing half recovered?I was thinking the same thing. What’s the OTHER thing under the tarp...?Edit to add - this GO ship doesn’t have an A-frame. So if she was in the recovery area unsupported then the fairing was probably winched in through the transom, which is probably not overly good for the fairing either.
When we see them flying hardware on both halves we'll know they are getting close.My 2 cents: I bet they are only a few more attempts (iterations) from success.
Quote from: wannamoonbase on 04/22/2018 03:28 pmWhen we see them flying hardware on both halves we'll know they are getting close.My 2 cents: I bet they are only a few more attempts (iterations) from success.I wonder if we'll end up with S2 and fairing recovery competing for boats.
Getting more boats is relatively easy/cheap (considering cost of fairing and value or recovered 2nd stage)
Quote from: Rebel44 on 04/22/2018 09:08 pmGetting more boats is relatively easy/cheap (considering cost of fairing and value or recovered 2nd stage)I was wondering if S2 recovery attempts were started before fairing recovery had been nailed, and a second/third boat bought. Clearly this would not be a usual operation going forward.
Fariing reuse seems to be a quite late addition, when Musk realized how much a bag of cash they cost and how difficult S2 recovery is likely to be without a drastic cut in payload to begin with.