Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 - Iridium NEXT Flight 1 DISCUSSION (Jan. 14 2017) (Read 450054 times)

old_sellsword · « **Reply #560 on:** 01/14/2017 05:54 pm »

Quote from: ruthsarian on 01/14/2017 05:52 pm

Will S2 conduct another engine firing to deorbit itself or will it keep going until its orbit decays on its own?

It will do a deobrit burn and splashdown in the southern Pacific, very near Antartica.

matthewkantar · « **Reply #561 on:** 01/14/2017 05:57 pm »

Quote from: Ben the Space Brit on 01/14/2017 05:46 pm

At the risk of being identified a pendant

No one wants you to risk becoming a piece of jewelry. Smily face.

Matthew

Ben the Space Brit · « **Reply #562 on:** 01/14/2017 06:00 pm »

Just out of interest, where are the ground stations during this orbit? I'm guessing that they're out of range of Madagascar right now.

karki · « **Reply #563 on:** 01/14/2017 06:03 pm »

Quote from: Ben the Space Brit on 01/14/2017 06:00 pm

Just out of interest, where are the ground stations during this orbit? I'm guessing that they're out of range of Madagascar right now.

Not super surprised that the somalia/middle east coverage is spotty.

Orbiter · « **Reply #564 on:** 01/14/2017 06:03 pm »

Anyone hear if the SECO-1 orbital parameters were announced? ~166x628km?

Alastor · « **Reply #565 on:** 01/14/2017 06:05 pm »

Is ZachS09 high ? He's calling out things that even People at misson control do not seem to know, in the updates ...

old_sellsword · « **Reply #566 on:** 01/14/2017 06:06 pm »

Quote from: Alastor on 01/14/2017 06:05 pm

Is ZachS09 high ? He's calling out things that even People at misson control do not seem to know, in the updates ...

He's guessing based on the timeline given. They're not real updates so I don't think they belong in the updates thread.

Nomadd · « **Reply #567 on:** 01/14/2017 06:08 pm »

Quote from: Alastor on 01/14/2017 06:05 pm

Is ZachS09 high ? He's calling out things that even People at misson control do not seem to know, in the updates ...

He likes to see himself post.

Alastor · « **Reply #568 on:** 01/14/2017 06:09 pm »

Quote from: old_sellsword on 01/14/2017 06:06 pm

Quote from: Alastor on 01/14/2017 06:05 pm
Is ZachS09 high ? He's calling out things that even People at misson control do not seem to know, in the updates ...

He's guessing based on the timeline given. They're not real updates so I don't think they belong in the updates thread.

Seems like Chris is in the process of correcting said posts to make correct use of hypothetical formulations. Much better !

Jarnis · « **Reply #569 on:** 01/14/2017 06:09 pm »

Should never use such terms as "confirmed" when posting completely unconfirmed guesses based on pre-launch timeline.

Greg Hullender · « **Reply #570 on:** 01/14/2017 06:11 pm »

He's a super-enthusiastic college kid. Give him a break.

francesco nicoli · « **Reply #571 on:** 01/14/2017 06:12 pm »

does anyone have any clue about what kind of debris can be seen at T+5.35 (the landing sequence) on the left side of the screen? it looks like a solid piece flying away from the stage, it stays there for quite sometime going of its own downground and rotating on itself...

llanitedave · « **Reply #572 on:** 01/14/2017 06:13 pm »

Quote from: Greg Hullender on 01/14/2017 06:11 pm

He's a super-enthusiastic college kid. Give him a break.

Nah, he needs to be broken, like the rest of us old cynics.

Alastor · « **Reply #573 on:** 01/14/2017 06:15 pm »

Quote from: Greg Hullender on 01/14/2017 06:11 pm

He's a super-enthusiastic college kid. Give him a break.

It's not a problem of being enthousiastic. What we're calling him out on is making people believe that things have been confirmed to have happened when they actually haven't been confirmed.
It's bordeline an ethics question. People rely on us for actual information.
He should provide only information he actually has ! Otherwise he's missleading people !

ZachS09 · « **Reply #574 on:** 01/14/2017 06:16 pm »

Quote from: Alastor on 01/14/2017 06:05 pm

Is ZachS09 high ? He's calling out things that even People at misson control do not seem to know, in the updates ...

You're out of your mind. I do not do drugs or drink.

matthewkantar · « **Reply #575 on:** 01/14/2017 06:17 pm »

John I photo bombing. "He's got legs!"

Matthew

meekGee · « **Reply #576 on:** 01/14/2017 06:22 pm »

Jesus. A bit of proportion. It's happened before, it's a moderated forum, it's been fixed...

He's just a poster, so it's not an ethical problem any more than any other industry insider that posts opinions as facts.

People are allowed to talk, and Chris B has to walk the line of keeping the site reputable.

In discussion threads, things usually self-moderate. In update threads, the mods fix it.

And now, rockets.

Alastor · « **Reply #577 on:** 01/14/2017 06:22 pm »

Quote from: ZachS09 on 01/14/2017 06:16 pm

Quote from: Alastor on 01/14/2017 06:05 pm
Is ZachS09 high ? He's calling out things that even People at misson control do not seem to know, in the updates ...
You're out of your mind. I do not do drugs or drink.

That's good to hear ! Please make proper use of conditionnals next time and all will be great !
You got me really confused for a moment as I couldn't say where you got your infos ...

Robert827 · « **Reply #578 on:** 01/14/2017 06:24 pm »

Quote from: francesco nicoli on 01/14/2017 06:12 pm

does anyone have any clue about what kind of debris can be seen at T+5.35 (the landing sequence) on the left side of the screen? it looks like a solid piece flying away from the stage, it stays there for quite sometime going of its own downground and rotating on itself...

fairing?

Hankelow8 · « **Reply #579 on:** 01/14/2017 06:26 pm »

Quote from: Saabstory88 on 01/14/2017 05:34 pm

Quote from: Hankelow8 on 01/14/2017 05:33 pm
obviously have been working on de-fogging the decent camera, clear picture all the way down.

Well this stage likely had a less rigorous decent regime than the GTO birds.

I believe all previous decent camera videos covered all types of decent regimes.