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#160
by
Mapperuo
on 29 Sep, 2013 16:09
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Dont get why they dont cut to a tracking camera on the ground when theres no onboard available.
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#161
by
Silmfeanor
on 29 Sep, 2013 16:10
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Anyone know anything about the 1st stage recovery yet?
just confirmed for relighted
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#162
by
Jarnis
on 29 Sep, 2013 16:13
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If the biggest problem of this flight is that they can't keep a high quality video streaming down from the rocket 100% of the time, I'd say they are doing pretty damn good...
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#163
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 29 Sep, 2013 16:15
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Commentary back, they look really happy as they should!
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#164
by
psloss
on 29 Sep, 2013 16:17
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Commentary back, they look really happy as they should!
Yes, looked like a beaut through the end of coverage...hopefully we'll get to see some other views of the liftoff, climbout, and maybe some (pseudo) recovery operations down the road.
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#165
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 29 Sep, 2013 16:19
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Do they have booked assets downrange (usually a plane for VAFB IIRC) this time? This might explain the laggy downlink...
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#166
by
Herb Schaltegger
on 29 Sep, 2013 16:20
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...hopefully we'll get to see some other views of the liftoff, climbout, and maybe some (pseudo) recovery operations down the road.
I bet if that first stage relight/"water landing" went well enough to get some dramatic photos or video clips, it'll get released in pretty soon. After all, to most space enthusiasts/hobbyists/interested observers, THAT stuff is what was really sexy about this launch.
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#167
by
ChrisWilson68
on 29 Sep, 2013 16:22
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I watched it lift off from just over the hill on Ocean Avenue. It was beautiful!!
When it was high up and far away, I could see two different spots in the binoculars, and there were some spurts of something. I don't know if I would have been able to see the boost-back relight of the first stage.
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#168
by
Helodriver
on 29 Sep, 2013 16:31
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I saw that same event, not sure if it was first stage related.
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#169
by
johng
on 29 Sep, 2013 16:33
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AS a former booster recovery guy, really interested to see anything about the 1st stage recovery on this...
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#170
by
Robotbeat
on 29 Sep, 2013 16:50
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Is this the first in-flight relight of a first stage ever in history?
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#171
by
AS-503
on 29 Sep, 2013 17:02
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Is this the first in-flight relight of a first stage ever in history?
Didn't the atmosphere *re-light* all of the previous Falcon9 stages?
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#172
by
douglas100
on 29 Sep, 2013 17:04
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Is this the first in-flight relight of a first stage ever in history?
Quite possibly. Can't think of another example, off hand. (But this is the place to ask!)
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#173
by
simonbp
on 29 Sep, 2013 17:14
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DC-X did a relight on the swan-drive flight:
Masten also did a relight with Xombie:
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#174
by
JBF
on 29 Sep, 2013 17:18
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Heh I'll be picky here and say that neither one of those carried a payload on it's way to orbit.
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#175
by
Robotbeat
on 29 Sep, 2013 17:19
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I knew someone would bring those up... Neither were first stages on multi-stage vehicles and neither were they orbital flights.
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#176
by
Lars_J
on 29 Sep, 2013 17:36
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So... A November launch, somebody said?
Awesome launch!!!
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#177
by
JBF
on 29 Sep, 2013 17:44
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So... A November launch, somebody said?
Awesome launch!!!
They said a few weeks, that implies October to me.
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#178
by
simonbp
on 29 Sep, 2013 17:47
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I knew someone would bring those up... Neither were first stages on multi-stage vehicles and neither were they orbital flights.
Never said they were; just that they were the only two other relights of a first stage-like rocket.
Of course, if you count Shuttle's OMS as a first stage (a stretch, I know), then you have count most of the later Shuttle flights...
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#179
by
Robotbeat
on 29 Sep, 2013 18:27
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I knew someone would bring those up... Neither were first stages on multi-stage vehicles and neither were they orbital flights.
Never said they were; just that they were the only two other relights of a first stage-like rocket.
Of course, if you count Shuttle's OMS as a first stage (a stretch, I know), then you have count most of the later Shuttle flights...
arguably oms are the third stage (!).
