Quote from: ruthsarian on 01/14/2017 05:52 pmWill S2 conduct another engine firing to deorbit itself or will it keep going until its orbit decays on its own?It will do a deobrit burn and splashdown in the southern Pacific, very near Antartica.
Will S2 conduct another engine firing to deorbit itself or will it keep going until its orbit decays on its own?
Quote from: old_sellsword on 01/14/2017 05:54 pmQuote from: ruthsarian on 01/14/2017 05:52 pmWill S2 conduct another engine firing to deorbit itself or will it keep going until its orbit decays on its own?It will do a deobrit burn and splashdown in the southern Pacific, very near Antartica.Can you confirm this? There is an 11th object cataloged in the deployment orbit, with TLE epoch of 2030 UTC (launch plus 2h30, 1 orbit after deployment complete). Possibly a late TLE for second stage if it made 1.5 orbits and got a catalog number before the deorbit burn.
Quote from: jcm on 01/14/2017 09:51 pmQuote from: old_sellsword on 01/14/2017 05:54 pmQuote from: ruthsarian on 01/14/2017 05:52 pmWill S2 conduct another engine firing to deorbit itself or will it keep going until its orbit decays on its own?It will do a deobrit burn and splashdown in the southern Pacific, very near Antartica.Can you confirm this? There is an 11th object cataloged in the deployment orbit, with TLE epoch of 2030 UTC (launch plus 2h30, 1 orbit after deployment complete). Possibly a late TLE for second stage if it made 1.5 orbits and got a catalog number before the deorbit burn.Raul says S2 has already deorbited.
Quote from: old_sellsword on 01/14/2017 10:50 pmQuote from: jcm on 01/14/2017 09:51 pmQuote from: old_sellsword on 01/14/2017 05:54 pmQuote from: ruthsarian on 01/14/2017 05:52 pmWill S2 conduct another engine firing to deorbit itself or will it keep going until its orbit decays on its own?It will do a deobrit burn and splashdown in the southern Pacific, very near Antartica.Can you confirm this? There is an 11th object cataloged in the deployment orbit, with TLE epoch of 2030 UTC (launch plus 2h30, 1 orbit after deployment complete). Possibly a late TLE for second stage if it made 1.5 orbits and got a catalog number before the deorbit burn.Raul says S2 has already deorbited.That's not a confirmation that it actually happened, just a link to the NOTAM warning to look out for raining 2nd stage bits over the South Pacific around 20:00 GMT.
Does anyone have an edited highlights version of the launch?
It was a good turn-out including several Model X's putting on a show with their gull-wing doors.
Quote from: envy887 on 01/14/2017 10:53 pmQuote from: old_sellsword on 01/14/2017 10:50 pmQuote from: jcm on 01/14/2017 09:51 pmQuote from: old_sellsword on 01/14/2017 05:54 pmQuote from: ruthsarian on 01/14/2017 05:52 pmWill S2 conduct another engine firing to deorbit itself or will it keep going until its orbit decays on its own?It will do a deobrit burn and splashdown in the southern Pacific, very near Antartica.Can you confirm this? There is an 11th object cataloged in the deployment orbit, with TLE epoch of 2030 UTC (launch plus 2h30, 1 orbit after deployment complete). Possibly a late TLE for second stage if it made 1.5 orbits and got a catalog number before the deorbit burn.Raul says S2 has already deorbited.That's not a confirmation that it actually happened, just a link to the NOTAM warning to look out for raining 2nd stage bits over the South Pacific around 20:00 GMT.I provided confirmation that there was a planned S2 deorbit burn (as was requested), and noted that others said it was already deorbited as some extra info.
Could it be one of SpaceX's test sats for their constellation?There would be nothing forcing them to announce it in advance, right?
Quote from: AncientU on 01/15/2017 01:20 pmCould it be one of SpaceX's test sats for their constellation?There would be nothing forcing them to announce it in advance, right?The FAA launch license and/or an FCC broadcast license would have to authorize it. Space-based RF emitters and ground-based tracking, telemetry and control stations are very highly regulated.
Didn't see any comment on this so I thought I'd ask.Watching the launch yesterday I noticed the number 29 on the lower part of the rocket, just above the octoweb. Does anyone know what that number is? The 29th rocket?
Is it just me or did the landed stage seem to be less on fire after landing than previous stages?
Quote from: Robotbeat on 01/15/2017 02:13 pmIs it just me or did the landed stage seem to be less on fire after landing than previous stages?I thought the same. Someone reported a call out of no fire on the ASDS so I'm hoping that SpaceX have made some improvements that are having a positive effect.