Quote from: intelati on 08/18/2020 03:25 pmQuote from: Prettz on 08/18/2020 03:20 pm"Miss Chief is in route to scoop it out of the ocean."So they're still not making catch attempts on both at once?One fairing missed. That's what I gathered.Perhaps, but weather conditions can be highly localized. Ms Tree might have had good conditions while Ms Chief, five or ten miles away, could have been close enough to a squall to call off the catch attempt.Has anyone subscribed to offshore AIS reported how close the sisters are during dual catch attempts?
Quote from: Prettz on 08/18/2020 03:20 pm"Miss Chief is in route to scoop it out of the ocean."So they're still not making catch attempts on both at once?One fairing missed. That's what I gathered.
"Miss Chief is in route to scoop it out of the ocean."So they're still not making catch attempts on both at once?
Quote from: intelati on 08/18/2020 03:25 pmQuote from: Prettz on 08/18/2020 03:20 pm"Miss Chief is in route to scoop it out of the ocean."So they're still not making catch attempts on both at once?One fairing missed. That's what I gathered.No, the ship couldn't be "in route" to the fairing if it missed a catch and it fell next to ship. Alternative explanation is they totally bungled the wording during the broadcast.
Er no. It splashed in the ocean, probably not far from the second ship - so now it's on-route (probably talking about hundreds of meters and not miles) to the splash location and will fish it out. Quote from: Prettz on 08/18/2020 05:25 pmQuote from: intelati on 08/18/2020 03:25 pmQuote from: Prettz on 08/18/2020 03:20 pm"Miss Chief is in route to scoop it out of the ocean."So they're still not making catch attempts on both at once?One fairing missed. That's what I gathered.No, the ship couldn't be "in route" to the fairing if it missed a catch and it fell next to ship. Alternative explanation is they totally bungled the wording during the broadcast.
Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief were both deployed on this recovery mission; each boat was to capture one of the two fairing halves.Ms. Tree made a successful net capture of one fairing half.Ms. Chief did not make a successful net capture, and is retrieving or already has retrieved the other fairing half, floating on the ocean. Have I got this right?
Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 08/18/2020 06:00 pmMs. Tree and Ms. Chief were both deployed on this recovery mission; each boat was to capture one of the two fairing halves.Ms. Tree made a successful net capture of one fairing half.Ms. Chief did not make a successful net capture, and is retrieving or already has retrieved the other fairing half, floating on the ocean. Have I got this right?Correct. And that is all we know.What we don't know is if Ms. Chief missed her catch, or if they decided to waive off and not attempt a catch with that ship.
Er no. It splashed in the ocean, probably not far from the second ship - so now it's on-route (probably talking about hundreds of meters and not miles) to the splash location and will fish it out.
Wow. Check out the vapor cone on Falcon 9. We caught a little telescope slow-mo as it went supersonic.Congrats @SpaceX on your record 6th re-flight!🔊 Sound on for max rumble.🙏 Scope crew @Erdayastronaut, @astroferg & @OPT_Telescopes #Starlink cosmicperspective.com/starlink/
Ms Tree catches fairing in her net
Fairing chute control & ship control are closing the loop locally. Both operating on (SpaceX) autopilot.
Congrats to the SpaceX team and B1049 for flight and landing #6. Starting to put up real numbers now. On to #7!This is where Starlink and reuse reinforce each other. For what they're saving on boosters, they can easily afford to lose a payload at the rate they're cranking out Starlinks. A commercial customer probably isn't willing to sign up for Flight 7, but Starlink is.
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When it looks like bad CGI, but isn’t...
Falcon 9 must have been secured because Of Course I Still Love You droneship is on the move!Recovery teams got underway at around 4:30pm EDT.
CelesTrak now has SupTLEs for 36 of 58 #Starlink satellites launched 1431 UTC today (Aug 18), generated from ephemerides provided courtesy of @spacex. We expect the remainder to be out within the next couple of hours. STARLINK-1611 currently leads the pack for pass calculations.
SpaceX nails multiple milestones with today’s Starlink launch! Congrats @SpaceX and @elonmusk 🙌🏻Personally I photographed my 50th launch!Merlin 1D engines throwing fire 🔥#spacex #rocketlaunch
The SpaceX recovery fleet is returning to Port Canaveral with several special deliveries!Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief are due tomorrow morning, sometime after 4am EDT. OCISLY and B1049.6 should be arriving on Friday morning.