Author Topic: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - SES-8 - Dec. 3 - THIRD LAUNCH ATTEMPT UPDATES (Read 174222 times)

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #180 on:** 12/03/2013 10:35 pm »

Here's a shot before and after fairing separation.

IRobot · « **Reply #181 on:** 12/03/2013 10:36 pm »

Quote from: macpacheco on 12/03/2013 10:33 pm

I'm under the impression that to execute a mission like this while recovering the first stage, a Falcon Heavy would be necessary, right ?

No, F9R is enough. SpaceX just did not want to risk it and gave full 1st stage performance.

marshal · « **Reply #182 on:** 12/03/2013 10:37 pm »

Congratulations SpaceX

StephenB · « **Reply #183 on:** 12/03/2013 10:37 pm »

Congrats SpaceX! It appeared that the cold gas thrusters were functioning on the first stage after separation.

Occupymars · « **Reply #184 on:** 12/03/2013 10:38 pm »

Quote from: Robotbeat on 12/03/2013 10:32 pm

Congratulations, SpaceX, SES, and Orbital!

I second that. big thumbs up to all who had a hand in the mission
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guckyfan · « **Reply #185 on:** 12/03/2013 10:39 pm »

Quote from: padrat on 12/03/2013 10:23 pm

A lot of forgetting to breathe on my end....I'll sum it up with THANK GAWD! and ABOUT FRIGGING TIME!

carry on........

Congratulations, padrat and SpaceX.

Sean Lynch · « **Reply #186 on:** 12/03/2013 10:39 pm »

Congrats to SpaceX and SES!
Looks like they nailed the second stage restart issue.
Can't wait for first stage reentry details...and CRS-3 in Feb.
Go SpaceX go, and thanks NSF Team and Mr. Bergin for frequent updates!

MP99 · « **Reply #187 on:** 12/03/2013 10:41 pm »

You beauty. Ripper!

Cheers, Martin

SpaceX_MS · « **Reply #188 on:** 12/03/2013 10:41 pm »

Thank you for the congratulations. Such a great day for all of us.

Thank you also to Chris for his fair coverage, to L2 for being amazing, and this site for having so many of our fans in one place.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #189 on:** 12/03/2013 10:42 pm »

Here's the MVAC firing with what I believe is the Moon showing above the engine.

Elmar Moelzer · « **Reply #190 on:** 12/03/2013 10:42 pm »

Congrats SpaceX, thanks Chris!

Helodriver · « **Reply #191 on:** 12/03/2013 10:43 pm »

Sun, lots of IR energy from that point.

topsphere · « **Reply #192 on:** 12/03/2013 10:45 pm »

Congratulations SpaceX, and thanks to everyone who posts here and keeps me up to date.

Very very interested now to see how Thaicom 6 goes.

John.bender · « **Reply #193 on:** 12/03/2013 10:45 pm »

Just fantastic. A new age. Now, how many days to the next launch. Still in December (doubtful)?

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #194 on:** 12/03/2013 10:46 pm »

The new Waiting for Downlink page. Much better than the old one! I'm not exactly sure what the red dot is, but it might be showing the vehicle relative to the receiving antenna in the middle (or maybe the other way around).

Lar · « **Reply #195 on:** 12/03/2013 10:46 pm »

Quote from: SpaceX_MS on 12/03/2013 10:41 pm

Thank you for the congratulations. Such a great day for all of us.

Thank you also to Chris for his fair coverage, to L2 for being amazing, and this site for having so many of our fans in one place.

Hopefully that's not so that you can round us all up for a forced vacation to Venus or something!

I KID. I KID.

Go SpaceX, start driving costs down and down and down...

Best of luck with the next one!

TrueBlueWitt · « **Reply #196 on:** 12/03/2013 10:47 pm »

Quote from: Robotbeat on 12/03/2013 10:32 pm

Congratulations, SpaceX, SES, and Orbital!

Can't wait for CRS3 and its hopefully-to-be-approved RTLS first stage recovery attempt! At that point, it won't be hyperbole to say the launch industry has been changed forever (okay, maybe you'd draw the line at when that first stage is reflown...).

Quote from: macpacheco on 12/03/2013 10:33 pm

FANTASTIC !!!!!

I'd say if they can launch Thaicom, next CRS and Falcon Heavy demo all successfully, the aerospace world will tremble (as in some launch companies going out of business, others offering crazy discounts).

I can't wait for the Congress hearings on why ULA launches are sooooo expensive. Hehehehehehe !

I'm under the impression that to execute a mission like this while recovering the first stage, a Falcon Heavy would be necessary, right ?

Not necessarily correct, in this case Elon stated that their contract with SES agreed to deliver 100% performance... essentially burn till depletion). If contract had been written for a traditional GTO instead of a super-sync GTO they might have had enough deltaV to recover S1.

Silmfeanor · « **Reply #197 on:** 12/03/2013 10:47 pm »

Quote from: SpaceX_MS on 12/03/2013 10:41 pm

Thank you for the congratulations. Such a great day for all of us.

Thank you also to Chris for his fair coverage, to L2 for being amazing, and this site for having so many of our fans in one place.

Thanks for providing tonight's entertainment ( and much, much more of course ).

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #198 on:** 12/03/2013 10:48 pm »

Quote from: SpaceX_MS on 12/03/2013 10:41 pm

Thank you for the congratulations. Such a great day for all of us.

Thank you also to Chris for his fair coverage, to L2 for being amazing, and this site for having so many of our fans in one place.

Thank you sir. And please pass on our congrats from everyone on the site to Elon when you see him next.

Orbiter · « **Reply #199 on:** 12/03/2013 10:49 pm »

Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 12/03/2013 10:42 pm

Here's the MVAC firing with what I believe is the Moon showing above the engine.

I'm pretty sure the object in question is Venus, just past its greatest elongation.

I'm sure it'll generate a UFO video, or two, though.