Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 - Iridium NEXT Flight 1 DISCUSSION (Jan. 14 2017)  (Read 442132 times)

Offline Kaputnik

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obviously have been working on de-fogging the decent camera, clear picture all the way down.

Well this stage likely had a less rigorous decent regime than the GTO birds.

I believe all previous decent camera videos covered all types of decent regimes.

It was pretty decent of them to show the entire descent.
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does anyone have any clue about what kind of debris can be seen at T+5.35 (the landing sequence) on the left side of the screen? it looks like a solid piece flying away from the stage, it stays there for quite sometime going of its own downground and rotating on itself...

fairing?

Good catch ! It does look like a piece of fairing to me. It would make sense to see it there, too, I think.
By the way, did anyone catch something that would look like RCS jets on the fairings ? I wonder where they are with the fairing recovery project !
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obviously have been working on de-fogging the decent camera, clear picture all the way down.

Well this stage likely had a less rigorous decent regime than the GTO birds.

I believe all previous decent camera videos covered all types of decent regimes.

It was pretty decent of them to show the entire descent.

I guess that makes you the docent of proper descent decency.

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I think that object is a lot closer, it seems to be flipping around a lot faster than it would if it was the fairing.

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When is the de-orbit burn?

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I think that object is a lot closer, it seems to be flipping around a lot faster than it would if it was the fairing.

Is it common for the upper stage to shed bits of thermal blankets or bits of insulation from the engine piping during flight?
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Booster is tagged '29'.
I saw that and the whole room (I'm at a LEGO meeting, and I talked them all into watching) was impressed because I had predicted what number it was but said it probably wouldn't be actually on the booster.
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Grey 29 under the legs, I thought F9-29 was AMOS-6?
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Perfect day for a launch.  Was out at Ocean Ave and got a few good pictures.

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Grey 29 under the legs, I thought F9-29 was AMOS-6?

You're right, Amos-6 was F9-029. However the 29 on this booster is a serial number for the first stage, 1029. This was flight F9-030 using first stage 1029-1.

Use this page as a guide.
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Have the satellites been heard from yet?  Or is that another thread?

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Have the satellites been heard from yet?  Or is that another thread?

SpaceX reported all 10 satellites are reporting in.

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According to the twitter account of Iridium's boss, all 10 satellites are talking to them and are the post-launch health-checks seem good.
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Here is to them having a smooth orbit maneuvering and final orbit insertion with functional checkouts successful so the next batch would launch in about 3 months. NET April 15.

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hey - I am not sure about this, but did previous landing come in oriented so the legs are at 45 degrees?

This one landed at a random angle.

With grid fins, controlling rotation should be very easy, and not at the expense of anything else - but landing "straight" gives the most amount of tolerance to X-Y errors.

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hey - I am not sure about this, but did previous landing come in oriented so the legs are at 45 degrees?

This one landed at a random angle.

With grid fins, controlling rotation should be very easy, and not at the expense of anything else - but landing "straight" gives the most amount of tolerance to X-Y errors.

The first stage is very tightly roll-controlled via ACS and grid fins, as seen in the Thaicom 8 landing video below. It seems to keep itself "facing the ground" (0º pointed at earth/launch site) during reentry. However they never land in any specific orientation to the ASDS because the ASDS orientation is based purely on local wave motion.

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Will these satellites become an operational part of the existing constellation, or will that have to wait until they are all flown?
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They are replacing the old with the new as they launch them. There is a video (probably in the update thread) about the process.

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The first stage is very tightly roll-controlled via ACS and grid fins, as seen in the Thaicom 8 landing video below. It seems to keep itself "facing the ground" (0º pointed at earth/launch site) during reentry. However they never land in any specific orientation to the ASDS because the ASDS orientation is based purely on local wave motion.

Good evidence of the roll control at about T+7:30 (just before start of landing burn),when the stage starts rolling, only to be swiftly kicked in the behind by the RCS at T+7:35, quickly nulling rates.
« Last Edit: 01/14/2017 08:16 pm by Welsh Dragon »

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My old workhorse computer got so excited it crashed and rebooted back up with 15 seconds to launch... :o  Just what I needed, more nail-biting... Thanks to all for the coverage and discussion to catch up on especially the ever enthusiastic Zach! :)
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