Author Topic: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - Thaicom-6 - January 6 - LAUNCH UPDATES  (Read 164531 times)

Offline Jcc

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Is there a replay of the pre-launch webcast available yet?

Offline mfck

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Congrats, SpaceX and Orbital! Thanks to Thaicom for waiting that year and trusting SpaceX to deliver.

Now it's time to do something about that onboard camera windshield, Elon, so we can properly watch the thing land. What you have now is inappropriate for the historic footage it is about to deliver.

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« Last Edit: 01/06/2014 11:03 pm by mfck »

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At 5:06pm ET, Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, delivering THAICOM 6 to a perfect orbit.

Welcome to 2014! pic.twitter.com/PyGzUwa0b5
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Congrats spaceX, another launch well done to revolutionizing the space industry.
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Congrats to SpaceX!  Watching this is a good reason not to get anything done at work!

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Our secret feline overlords approve it!
« Last Edit: 01/06/2014 11:16 pm by gospacex »

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Congrats, another picture perfect launch. This could become habit forming.

Offline luinil

Well this seems to have gone smoothly, congrats to all :-)

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Well done, SpaceX.  Well done.
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Well done! :)

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Very good show, SpaceX.  Let's hope this becomes a trend.

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Great job SpaceX!  Great way to start the new year!

Offline luinil

I hope we will soon have some post separation first stage videos :)

Offline TrueBlueWitt

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Congrats to SpaceX and Thaicom teams! 

Any word on the first stage re-entry? Same as last flight?

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« Last Edit: 01/07/2014 12:27 am by Avron »

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First orbit parameters from NORAD for an object from this launch looks good: 509 x 93117 km x 22.46 degrees.
« Last Edit: 01/06/2014 11:52 pm by Galactic Penguin SST »
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Well done SpaceX!  Getting into a nice routine now

9 more of those please. I voted for 10 launches in the poll thread.

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Congrat's to SpaceX on making it a hat-trick for the Falcon 9 v1.1 All the best wishes for a bumper year of successful launches like this one.

Now let the speculation begin as to what the first stage really did after MECO-1  ;)

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I have trouble trying to decipher these timings due to the built-in webcast delays, so check me, but it seemed to me that the first stage burned for about 177 seconds, following by a 10 second period for stage separation and second stage startup, with the second stage first burn then lasting about 350 seconds, which is about 15 seconds longer than the time listed in the press kit.  The initial parking orbit was stated to be 173 x 497 km x 27.3 deg.

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Extremely pleased, this was well done; congratulations to all the extraordinary folks at SpaceX; I voted 6, but knew I was being pessimistic.. now prove me wrong in a big way... crow (black birds) doesn't taste all that bad in a (SpaceX) pie; get cooking Molly ;D
 
 
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