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#280
by
titusou
on 23 Aug, 2017 13:01
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HYDROPAC 2814/2017 (29,76,83)
SOUTH PACIFIC.
DNC 06, DNC 29.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 2046Z TO 2154Z DAILY
24 THRU 27 AUG IN AREA BOUND BY
25-49S 161-58W, 25-49S 156-56W,
62-04S 168-58W, 62-02S 178-36W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 272254Z AUG 17.
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Launch is planned as Aug24 1850 UTC
And stage2 hazard zone starting on Aug24 2046 UTC to 2154 UTC (daily till Aug27).
I assume that means stage2 is planned for re-entry +116mins ~ +184mins ?
Based on NSPO chart, Formosat5 planned separation on +66.5mins at 723km alt (circular orbit?).
So... 50mins after separation = beginning of stage2 re-entry hazard warning
A simple de-orbit burn or something else?
A nice image made by Paul is here to show stage2 hazard zone:
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=43396.msg1714946#msg1714946Titus
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#281
by
Norm38
on 23 Aug, 2017 13:58
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^^^Payload is 475kg and booster is landing at sea. If they are going to do S2 reuse experiments, they won't get more mass to work with than this. (FH demo excepted)
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#282
by
Lar
on 23 Aug, 2017 14:13
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^^^Payload is 475kg and booster is landing at sea. If they are going to do S2 reuse experiments, they won't get more mass to work with than this. (FH demo excepted)
Good point. The only question is, were they ready to try things? The short S2 debris window time (if I am interpreting that correctly) after launch suggests maybe not, just a straight deorbit?
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#283
by
stcks
on 23 Aug, 2017 14:20
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#284
by
titusou
on 23 Aug, 2017 15:51
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Based on NSPO chart, Formosat5 planned separation on +66.5mins at 723km alt (circular orbit?).
Are you referring to your previous post regarding the chart? http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=21984.msg1698438#msg1698438
If so, that doesn't match the press kit which shows a single second stage burn and deployment at +11:18. I'd bet that chart is quite old.
Could be, that chart been on NSPO website quite long time already.
Eitherway, we are looking at +116mins ~ +184mins stage2 hazard zone warning window... I just wonder if it's straight de-orbit or something else...
Titus
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#285
by
Ben the Space Brit
on 24 Aug, 2017 09:51
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Are the five stars on the mission patch for successful west coast launches?
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#286
by
SmallKing
on 24 Aug, 2017 09:57
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Are the five stars on the mission patch for successful west coast launches?
Formosat-
5
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#287
by
SciNews
on 24 Aug, 2017 10:04
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SpaceX Formosat-5 mission: Falcon 9 static fire test
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#288
by
SmallKing
on 24 Aug, 2017 10:04
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Interesting to note Taiwan's flag was not decal'd on the fairing, just the name.
It's a political issue about One-China policy
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#289
by
ZachS09
on 24 Aug, 2017 13:50
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Why, according to the press kit, is there not a boostback burn event listed?
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#290
by
nukie19
on 24 Aug, 2017 13:54
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Why, according to the press kit, is there not a boostback burn event listed?
Because there isn't a boostback burn.
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#291
by
cppetrie
on 24 Aug, 2017 13:55
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Why, according to the press kit, is there not a boostback burn event listed?
No RTLS. Downrange landing on ASDS. So no need for boostback burn.
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#292
by
old_sellsword
on 24 Aug, 2017 14:00
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Why, according to the press kit, is there not a boostback burn event listed?
No RTLS. Downrange landing on ASDS. So no need for boostback burn.
The Iridium landings have boostback burns and they’re ASDS landings as well. But maybe that’s a misnomer because they’re less “boostback” burns and more “limiting downrange distance” burns.
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#293
by
Joffan
on 24 Aug, 2017 14:00
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Why, according to the press kit, is there not a boostback burn event listed?
No RTLS. Downrange landing on ASDS. So no need for boostback burn.
It's still a little surprising to me that there is no burn after separation, for targeting. You can't assume that the launch will hit nominal separation conditions. Perhaps there is more cross-range ability on the re-entry burn than I thought.
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#294
by
Jarnis
on 24 Aug, 2017 14:24
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Why, according to the press kit, is there not a boostback burn event listed?
No RTLS. Downrange landing on ASDS. So no need for boostback burn.
It's still a little surprising to me that there is no burn after separation, for targeting. You can't assume that the launch will hit nominal separation conditions. Perhaps there is more cross-range ability on the re-entry burn than I thought.
Guess the trajectory is a really high lob, which would match the reported single-burn direct insertion to 700km-ish orbit.
So it directly falls to the ASDS location without a boostback burn. Re-entry burn will probably be longer then?
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#295
by
gongora
on 24 Aug, 2017 14:26
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I guess the FAA will get around to posting the launch license on their site sometime in the next month or so.
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#296
by
bsegal
on 24 Aug, 2017 14:43
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Apologies since I know this has been addressed before and elsewhere, but I'm not recalling why there isn't yet an on-shore landing zone that's available at Vandenburg instead of needing the drone ship?
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#297
by
Herb Schaltegger
on 24 Aug, 2017 14:48
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Apologies since I know this has been addressed before and elsewhere, but I'm not recalling why there isn't yet an on-shore landing zone that's available at Vandenburg instead of needing the drone ship?
Not 100% clear but likely still waiting on final approval from the Western Range, for whatever internal reasons they have. There are L2 photos that show it essentially complete except for painting, as well as a bit more info (but not much). (PLUG, PLUG - L2 membership is worth it, even if not for this tiny bit of non-info, lol!)
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#298
by
oldAtlas_Eguy
on 24 Aug, 2017 16:21
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Thanks Chris for the picture on the Updates thread. A BTW that's the VAFB "security blanket" (old VAFB space hand joke about the almost ever present heavy marine layer).
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#299
by
StuffOfInterest
on 24 Aug, 2017 16:39
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What times do the launch window open and close? The opening time is usually in the update thread title, but appears to be currently missing.