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#280
by
douglas100
on 27 Jul, 2012 16:06
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Yeah, looks comparatively undamaged.
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#281
by
John-H
on 27 Jul, 2012 18:28
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Looks like a winged reusable vehicle
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#282
by
sdsds
on 27 Jul, 2012 19:05
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Any guesses on how it survived impact so well? Is the Pegasus first stage expected to glide into a landing?
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#283
by
Jim
on 27 Jul, 2012 20:34
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It probably went into a flat spin and it's impact speed was much less than 100 mph
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#284
by
Robotbeat
on 27 Jul, 2012 20:41
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It's a solid stage, so that means it doesn't crush like the usual tin-can liquid stages. And, of course, it's a first stage (of a three stage vehicle) so it doesn't see the high heating rate that an upper stage sees or even what the first stage of a two-stage vehicle like Falcon 9 would see.
Also, the stage is small (thus less likely to break up) and has those wings which increases greatly the surface area and reduce the terminal velocity.
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#285
by
kevin-rf
on 28 Jul, 2012 00:41
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Though, unless it is a vine to the right of the patrol man, it looks like the case cracked.
How much you want to wager Antonioe and Orbital would love give that booster a real good post flight once over.
Edit: The patrol man's right, the reader's left.
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#286
by
Kabloona
on 29 Jul, 2012 02:14
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It does look like a crack in the case, about mid-segment, not surprising given the mass of the wing when the segment hit water. Looks like the tail section broke off.
What would be most interesting would be an inspection of the wing to see how well it handled the flight and impact loads. That thing is so beefy, it probably didn't even notice the water impact. I doubt there's even a crack in it.
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#287
by
Brian Copp
on 29 Jul, 2012 02:35
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What propellant does the Pegasus use? Ammonium perchlorate?
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#288
by
Kabloona
on 29 Jul, 2012 19:25
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What propellant does the Pegasus use? Ammonium perchlorate?
AP/HTPB. Not toxic, and there's none of it left anyway.
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#289
by
Kabloona
on 15 Oct, 2012 04:37
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Just curious...anyone at Orbital know if this stage was retrieved? The article link on the previous page said that the Marshall Islands requested the State Dept to remove it. Wondering what happened to it.
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#290
by
strangequark
on 15 Oct, 2012 16:47
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Just curious...anyone at Orbital know if this stage was retrieved? The article link on the previous page said that the Marshall Islands requested the State Dept to remove it. Wondering what happened to it.
I know we removed unexploded ordnance and other hazardous items. Not sure if the bulk of the structure has been removed yet.
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#291
by
Kabloona
on 15 Oct, 2012 23:20
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Just curious...anyone at Orbital know if this stage was retrieved? The article link on the previous page said that the Marshall Islands requested the State Dept to remove it. Wondering what happened to it.
I know we removed unexploded ordnance and other hazardous items. Not sure if the bulk of the structure has been removed yet.
Thanks for the update.
