There was a great shot of the second stage motoring away from the perspective of the 1st stage looking "up", and since there was no boostback burn it didn't rotate away for the duration of the shot. Not sure if we've seen something like that before? But in any case, it was very cool to see.
Quote from: abaddon on 06/23/2017 07:56 pmThere was a great shot of the second stage motoring away from the perspective of the 1st stage looking "up", and since there was no boostback burn it didn't rotate away for the duration of the shot. Not sure if we've seen something like that before? But in any case, it was very cool to see.
Quote from: dorkmo on 06/23/2017 07:34 pmQuote from: Star One on 06/23/2017 07:28 pmQuote from: dorkmo on 06/23/2017 07:28 pmQuote from: Lars-J on 06/23/2017 07:24 pmIt did only appear like it was hovering above water before the transmission cut briefly, but keep in mind that the stage is coming in at an angle (see other drone ships landings shot from a distance), and a 3 engine landing burn will reach a bit further and impinge the ocean more. looks like there is a soot trail clear from one side of the asds to the other. will be interesting to see the non-live video releaseI noticed that the soot trail runs from the edge of the ship inwards. I didn't think it ran from both sides but just from the right.this is what i seeDark marks on the right I think are shadow of the upper part of the booster and grid fins. It did leave a trail across the deck though.https://gfycat.com/ThinSphericalAbalone
Quote from: Star One on 06/23/2017 07:28 pmQuote from: dorkmo on 06/23/2017 07:28 pmQuote from: Lars-J on 06/23/2017 07:24 pmIt did only appear like it was hovering above water before the transmission cut briefly, but keep in mind that the stage is coming in at an angle (see other drone ships landings shot from a distance), and a 3 engine landing burn will reach a bit further and impinge the ocean more. looks like there is a soot trail clear from one side of the asds to the other. will be interesting to see the non-live video releaseI noticed that the soot trail runs from the edge of the ship inwards. I didn't think it ran from both sides but just from the right.this is what i see
Quote from: dorkmo on 06/23/2017 07:28 pmQuote from: Lars-J on 06/23/2017 07:24 pmIt did only appear like it was hovering above water before the transmission cut briefly, but keep in mind that the stage is coming in at an angle (see other drone ships landings shot from a distance), and a 3 engine landing burn will reach a bit further and impinge the ocean more. looks like there is a soot trail clear from one side of the asds to the other. will be interesting to see the non-live video releaseI noticed that the soot trail runs from the edge of the ship inwards. I didn't think it ran from both sides but just from the right.
Quote from: Lars-J on 06/23/2017 07:24 pmIt did only appear like it was hovering above water before the transmission cut briefly, but keep in mind that the stage is coming in at an angle (see other drone ships landings shot from a distance), and a 3 engine landing burn will reach a bit further and impinge the ocean more. looks like there is a soot trail clear from one side of the asds to the other. will be interesting to see the non-live video release
It did only appear like it was hovering above water before the transmission cut briefly, but keep in mind that the stage is coming in at an angle (see other drone ships landings shot from a distance), and a 3 engine landing burn will reach a bit further and impinge the ocean more.
I've been meaning to ask, and this seems like a good opportunity with your excellent gif of the action (thank you!) but what exactly (or approximately) is that structure seemingly made out of the tubular metal(?). I cant even wrap my head around which stage it is on, I kind of think it is on stage 1, and lives in the interstage, but can anyone help clarify or help me get my bearings? Thanks!
There was a great shot of the second stage motoring away from the perspective of the 1st stage looking "up", and since there was no boostback burn it didn't rotate away for the duration of the shot. Not sure if we've seen something like that before?
I was too young to see the flight of our second Bulgarian cosmonaut and I was not yet born when our first satellite and our first cosmonaut launched.Today, however, I feel privileged to see the launch of our second satellite in space. Although Bulgaria is a space country - bulgarian instrument is currently flying aboard ExoMars-2016 around Mars, and we've launched a similar instrument aboard Chandrayaan-1 to the moon, the fact that we have a private satellite in space is significant.Thank you, SpaceX, for making us, Bulgarians, feel proud.
Looks to me like its leaning about 3 degrees. Time will tell of course.
i was just thinking, with 3 engines, they could have all been gimbaled in different directions/thurst levels. would there be any advantage to that? landing might have been more tame that it looks?
Was this the first successful 3-engine landing? - Ed Kyle
Quote from: edkyle99 on 06/23/2017 08:49 pmWas this the first successful 3-engine landing? - Ed KyleJCSat 14 used a 3-1 landing burn while Thaicom 8 used a 1-3-1 landing burn, so both can technically count as the first successful 3-engine landings.