SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1/Thaicom-6 Pad Thai Party Thread

[Chris Bergin]

SpaceX not losing any charm with the site busy as heck again (remember, this is just the forum, not even everyone - as it doesn't count everyone and not even the news site):

[Lars_J]

Not quite correct. The timing of the SECO1 and restart will be the same on ALL GTO launches from CCAFS - independent of the final destination in geosynchronous orbit. The engine restart will happen as it crosses the equator.

Another minor quibble, wouldn't the time that the vehicle crosses the equator (measured in seconds post launch) be determined by things such as when the vehicle pitched over, how long the first stage burn was, what the elements of the initial orbit are, and so forth?

That is, the time is going to be "roughly" the same but may vary a bit due to these factors, no?

I may be confused.

True. The main point was the the 2nd stage 2nd burn will always occur as it passes over the equator the first time.

[smoliarm]

I'm wearing my lucky SpaceX shirt. 3 for 3 now on v1.1 launches, and no I wasn't wearing it for both SES-8 scrubs. So that clinches it. I have to wear it for every launch this year.

Yes, but don't wash it - you'll wash off the luck

[Ben the Space Brit]

I'm wearing my lucky SpaceX shirt. 3 for 3 now on v1.1 launches, and no I wasn't wearing it for both SES-8 scrubs. So that clinches it. I have to wear it for every launch this year.

Yes, but don't wash it - you'll wash off the luck

You can DO that? Now I know what I'm doing wrong!

[Jarnis]

Taking far too long to tweet an one-liner. Spacecraft sep should have been already over ten minutes ago.

Don't think everything went nominally 

[Lar]

I'm wearing my lucky SpaceX shirt. 3 for 3 now on v1.1 launches, and no I wasn't wearing it for both SES-8 scrubs. So that clinches it. I have to wear it for every launch this year.

It's only weird if it doesn't work.

[Mader Levap]

SpaceX not losing any charm with the site busy as heck again

Everyone waits for fate of second burn and spacecraft sep, obviously.

Taking far too long to tweet an one-liner. Spacecraft sep should have been already over ten minutes ago. Don't think everything went nominally 

Start being sad when failure is confirmed, not earlier.

[Stellvia]

"What up, 2014. We got a lot more where that came from. #SpaceX #Thaicom6" @Molliway https://twitter.com/Molliway/status/420326405889474560

[Robotbeat]

Taking far too long to tweet an one-liner. Spacecraft sep should have been already over ten minutes ago.

Don't think everything went nominally 

wrong, it usually takes a while. And a couple Spacexers posted positive tweets just now, so I'd bet it's mission success.

[Ben the Space Brit]

Spaceflight Now's reporter is getting a bit twitchy on Facebook. Tho I think it might be partially because the SpaceX people in the launch viewing area left without comment.

[StephenB]

https://twitter.com/Molliway/status/420326405889474560

@Molliway:

What up, 2014. We got a lot more where that came from.

Doesn't sound like she thinks things went bad at all.

[kevin-rf]

Sigh, image people if they had to wait for tomorrows paper to come out to find out the launch result... They will take as long as they like... like someone said, maybe they are waiting for Mr. Musk to get the time to tweet first.

[Stellvia]

"HUGE congrats to the Falcon teams. There are too many to contain in a Tweet, but I assure you their powers of awesome know no bounds."

https://twitter.com/Molliway/status/420328140531957760

[Ben the Space Brit]

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/420328476076277760

Falcon 9 has successfully deployed THAICOM 6 into its target orbit

Well, now we know... about 20 minutes after the event but, still... Congratulations to all the teams at Hawthorne, McGreggor and SLC-40. May this be the start of a year of similar success!

[MATTBLAK]

Phew!! 

[Mader Levap]

SpaceX twitter says success. It is sufficiently official for me.

CONGRATULATIONS NABBING YET ANOTHER NUT, OUR DEAR BLIND SQUIRREL!

[Wetmelon]

HURRAY!  Another notch in the belt

[VulcanCafe]

Taking far too long to tweet an one-liner. Spacecraft sep should have been already over ten minutes ago.

Don't think everything went nominally 

Ah ha ha ha ha, you must be so embarrassed! 

[Lars_J]

Taking far too long to tweet an one-liner. Spacecraft sep should have been already over ten minutes ago.

Don't think everything went nominally 

This should be a lesson for most of us to chill out a bit. The absence of notification of an event is not evidence that the event did not occur.

[Jarnis]

Taking far too long to tweet an one-liner. Spacecraft sep should have been already over ten minutes ago.

Don't think everything went nominally 

Ah ha ha ha ha, you must be so embarrassed! 

Nope. Relieved.

Didn't think they would hold back announcing success for almost 30 minutes (reportedly spacecraft sep was 5:37 local time and their tweet came like 25min later.