Falcon 9 Flight 45 - Koreasat-5Apayload mass: 3,700 kilograms, orbit: GTO [186]delivered orbit: 285 x 50185 km x 22.0° [158]core number: B1042 - Droneship landing - Pad 39A F) 2017-10-26, Successful static fire (5 second burn) [156] L) 2017-10-30, Successful launch (the one which landed with its pants on fire) [157] BR) 2017-10-30, Successful landing on OCISLY [157]
Falcon 1 flight 01 - FalconSAT-2 S) 2005-05-?? (Vandenberg SLC-3W), Igniter sensor failure [159] S) 2005-05-?? (Vandenberg SLC-3W), Incorrectly closed helium ground supply valve [160] F) 2005-05-27 (Vandenberg SLC-3W), Successful Static Fire [161] C) 2005-11-26, Manual vent valve incorrectly set to vent [162] C) 2005-12-19, Draining tank during weather hold, valve caused vacuum, deforming the tank [163] S) 2006-02-09, Various technical issues [164] F) 2006-02-10, Successful Static Fire [165] LF) 2006-03-25, Launch failure (the one with the corroded nut) [166]Falcon 1 flight 02 - DemoFlight 2 D) 2007-01-19, Second stage TVC pitch actuator issue [167] D) 2007-02-07, Delay due to range availability [168] D) 2007-03-07, Installing upgraded TVC boards [169] F) 2007-03-15, Successful static fire [170] C) 2007-03-19, Aborted during range source telemetry switchover [171] C) 2007-03-20, Abort on chamber pressure 1% low [172] LF) 2007-03-20, Launch failure (the one with too much slosh) [173]Falcon 1 flight 03 - Trailblazer, NanoSail-D, PRESat, Explorers D) 2008-06-23, Range availability after finding weld defect [174][175] F) 2008-06-25, Successful Static Fire [176] C) 2008-08-02, Parameter about 1% out of range (turbopump purge pressure) [177] LF) 2008-08-02, Launch failure (the one that hit itself for lack of a few seconds' delay at stage sep) [178]Falcon 1 flight 04 - RatSat F) 2008-09-20, Successful Static Fire [179] D) 2008-09-23, Replacing a 2nd stage LOX supply line component [180] L) 2008-09-28, Successful launch (the one that finally made it to orbit) [178]Falcon 1 flight 05 - RazakSAT F) 2009-04-15, Successful static fire [181] D) 2009-04-20, Delay for "Potential impact of predicted vehicle environments on the satellite" [182] L) 2009-07-13, Successful launch (the one that orbited the first real satellite) [183]->Falcon 9 v1.0Falcon 9 flight 01 - Test flight 1 S) 2010-03-09, Abort at spin start T-0:02[44] X) 2010-03-11, Weather Scrub of Static Fire Attempt [184] F) 2010-03-13, Successful Static Fire [185] C) 2010-06-04, Out of range engine parameter, sensor error T-0:01[43] L) 2010-06-04, Successful launch (the one with the rolling second stage) [144]
I have my own spreadsheet which compares flight rates of a subset of similar EELV class launchers (although it's a little out of date right now) in a similar way.
Possible to flip the X and Y axes on that one? I don't know if it's me but my brain usually does time on the horizontal left->right and quantity on vertical. Thanks for these great infographics.
I'm open to trying... IFF someone can explain how to do this in Excel. My data is really quite simple... a first set of rows for each line of dates (not important here) and then a second set for the days starting at zero for each, e.g.:HII 0 206 408 926 1393 ...Ariane 5 0 513 869 1284 1386 ...Atlas V 0 265 330 849 933 ...Delta IV 0 111 282 762 1281 ...ULA* 0 98 216 247 276 ...Falcon 9 0 187 718 857 1001 ...Generating the chart I have is as simple as selecting the rows and inserting a Line chart. Swapping the X and Y axis has so far proven to be as elusive as finding a Unicorn . Swapping row/column data is not the answer... it's not a scatter plot so I can't swap X and Y axes... As usual with M$ software trying to do the simplest and most obvious things is sometimes hair-pullingly frustrating.
The ULA data on that graph really doesn't fit with the rest of the data. ULA already had mature launch vehicles, and all of the other lines start from first launch.
Quick note re nomenclature: seems like we stopped keeping track of block 4/5, even though we noted 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2 FT.The way I understand it, in terms of version number, we've had/we're expecting:F9 1.0F9 1.1F9 FT (1.2)F9 Block 4 (1.3)F9 Block 5 (1.4)
Falcon 9 Flight 40 - CRS-12 was the debut of Block 4https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/08/falcon-9-block-4-debut-success-dragon-station-berthing/but I don't know what rocket was used for Falcon 9 Flight 41 - Formosat-5Falcon 9 Flight 42 - OTV-5 (X-37B Spaceplane)Falcon 9 Flight 43 - Iridium NEXT-3Falcon 9 Flight 44 - SES 11/Echostar 105Falcon 9 Flight 45 - Koreasat-5A
So everything after Orbcomm OG2 M2 (except Jason 3) is F9 v1.2, there is no v1.3 or v1.4. Within the “version” nomenclature, it would be easiest to represent Blocks with another decimal (ie Block 5 is F9 v1.2.5)....NROL-76 used the first Block 4 S2, but CRS-11 and BulgariaSat-1 used the last two Block 3 S2s after the introduction of Block 4 S2.CRS-12 used the first Block 4 S1, but FORMOSAT-5, SES-11/EchoStar 105, Iridium-4, and maybe Iridium-5 used a Block 3 S1 after that (a couple of those are reflights of Block 3 S1s).Block 5 S1 should be leaving Hawthorne relatively soon, within a month or two.
This is a thread that has grown out of the SpaceX Scrubs thread into a stand-alone launch log. With your help I will try to capture everything interesting about each launch, including payload info. The first post will have the full log, while new info and discussion can happen in subsequent posts. (snip)
"the one with the pinstripes" or "the sooty one"?