Author Topic: LIVE: SpaceX/Falcon 1 - 23rd March: launch coverage thread (Read 118877 times)

Zachstar · « **Reply #260 on:** 03/24/2006 10:02 pm »

Indeed right now they need to be very humble and quickly get this problem figured out. Hope that payload was covered.

Any ideas on what caused it?

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #261 on:** 03/24/2006 10:02 pm »

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Flightstar - 24/3/2006 10:48 PM

Oh my, she was spinning out of control before the webcast cut out?? Only got a few glimpes.

Well spotted, Flight. I lost the webcast as I was trying to take an image...then saw that comment and thought "f--k"

rhwinger · « **Reply #262 on:** 03/24/2006 10:03 pm »

Hang in there team. We're all with you.

hyper_snyper · « **Reply #263 on:** 03/24/2006 10:04 pm »

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Hope that payload was covered.

That would be quite a trick.

mkirk · « **Reply #264 on:** 03/24/2006 10:05 pm »

That sucks!!!

I really wanted them to succeed!!!

eeergo · « **Reply #265 on:** 03/24/2006 10:06 pm »

One of the last images from the rocket in spaceflightnow.com:

http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon/f1/images/onboard.jpg

amon · « **Reply #266 on:** 03/24/2006 10:06 pm »

If it was spinning then might it have been the RSO terminating the flight?

Avron · « **Reply #267 on:** 03/24/2006 10:06 pm »

We have started a new world of space exploration.. that is the good news... I am sorry that the lauch did not turn out beter...

I have a good feeling we will be back

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #268 on:** 03/24/2006 10:09 pm »

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amon - 24/3/2006 11:06 PM

If it was spinning then might it have been the RSO terminating the flight?

According to an e-mail from an Aerospace engineer...just in...it's either than or the spin would have terminated the flight with fireworks

braddock · « **Reply #269 on:** 03/24/2006 10:10 pm »

Just a small correction. Gwynne Shotwell's name is spelled with an "e"...I've been misspelling it this entire thread.

hyper_snyper · « **Reply #270 on:** 03/24/2006 10:10 pm »

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Chris Bergin - 24/3/2006 6:09 PM
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amon - 24/3/2006 11:06 PMIf it was spinning then might it have been the RSO terminating the flight?
According to an e-mail from an Aerospace engineer...just in...it's either than or the spin would have terminated the flight with fireworks

With fireworks? You mean it would have self-disintegrated, right?

NASA_Twix_JSC · « **Reply #271 on:** 03/24/2006 10:12 pm »

Very sad.

Thanks for the superb coverage here, as always. Certainly the best live update site.

AndyMc · « **Reply #272 on:** 03/24/2006 10:13 pm »

It launched and it flew (for a whie). That's progress!

Thanks to Chris and the team for the coverage. Good luck to Elon and his team at SpaceX for the next time.

Jamie Young · « **Reply #273 on:** 03/24/2006 10:13 pm »

Damn

amon · « **Reply #274 on:** 03/24/2006 10:13 pm »

First thing I think of for spin is thrust vectoring and software. Just a guess without being able to see what happened!

hyper_snyper · « **Reply #275 on:** 03/24/2006 10:15 pm »

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amon - 24/3/2006 6:13 PMFirst thing I think of for spin is thrust vectoring and software. Just a guess without being able to see what happened!

Yeah, same here. So many new and untried systems, especially the new avionics and engine, if a failure would to happen it would probably be there.

nacnud · « **Reply #276 on:** 03/24/2006 10:16 pm »

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With fireworks? You mean it would have self-disintegrated, right?

The falocn 1 has thrust termination not vechicle destruction as a safty measure.

Tap-Sa · « **Reply #277 on:** 03/24/2006 10:18 pm »

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eeergo - 25/3/2006 1:06 AM

One of the last images from the rocket in spaceflightnow.com:

http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon/f1/images/onboard.jpg

Earlier in the SFN mission status center:

"Some rockets turn faster than others, depending upon the trajectory. In this case it is going to go almost straight up until it is out of sight," SpaceX founder Elon Musk said, predicting how the launch will appear.

The last image looks anything but straight up. TVC failure?

gladiator1332 · « **Reply #278 on:** 03/24/2006 10:19 pm »

Deffinatly nice work with the live updates! This site is truly great for them.

SpaceX deffinatly has the determination to bounce back from this. They'll get one up there!

nacnud · « **Reply #279 on:** 03/24/2006 10:19 pm »

Ablative nosile + hot fire tests = spin maybe