Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 : Es’hail-2 : Nov 15, 2018 : KSC 39A - DISCUSSION (Read 60775 times)

matthewkantar · « **Reply #60 on:** 11/15/2018 07:59 pm »

It was ice or something that came off the booster.

Helodriver · « **Reply #61 on:** 11/15/2018 08:07 pm »

The cladding panel was semitransparent as light and structure could be seen through it. Seems to be a metallic mesh.

DaveJes1979 · « **Reply #62 on:** 11/15/2018 08:08 pm »

Quote from: matthewkantar on 11/15/2018 07:59 pm

It was ice or something that came off the booster.

It seems unlikely that any ice build-up could have made it all the way to MECO. Someone ask Elon what his unidentified falling object is.

CraigLieb · « **Reply #63 on:** 11/15/2018 08:09 pm »

Here are a couple screen caps of it

Lar · « **Reply #64 on:** 11/15/2018 08:09 pm »

A few posts moved from the update thread. You guys know better.

Comga · « **Reply #65 on:** 11/15/2018 08:11 pm »

Screen cap of object being passed by descending first stage near 6 minute mark
Dark dot over blue sky near limb on right.

apace · « **Reply #66 on:** 11/15/2018 08:12 pm »

A few seconds later you had a second object passing on the other side of the rocket. Barely visible.

DaveJes1979 · « **Reply #67 on:** 11/15/2018 08:14 pm »

People are posting comments and pics of the object under Elon's twitter post.

ugordan · « **Reply #68 on:** 11/15/2018 08:17 pm »

Quote from: DaveJes1979 on 11/15/2018 08:08 pm

Quote from: matthewkantar on 11/15/2018 07:59 pm
It was ice or something that came off the booster.

It seems unlikely that any ice build-up could have made it all the way to MECO. Someone ask Elon what his unidentified falling object is.

You know, there's that whole matter of GOX venting post-MECO near the engine nozzles to condition the engines for the reentry burn. If ice flakes can form on a MVac, who's to say ice can't form at the base of the first stage at those bleed vents?

This was hardly the first time such bits were seen cruising by, people have attributed them to pieces of TPS in the past.

dcporter · « **Reply #69 on:** 11/15/2018 08:18 pm »

Video of it going by.

Comga · « **Reply #70 on:** 11/15/2018 08:19 pm »

Spacecraft separation
Another success, both launch and landing
Congratulations to SpaceX and all involved

Lars-J · « **Reply #71 on:** 11/15/2018 08:21 pm »

Quote from: dcporter on 11/15/2018 08:18 pm

Video of it going by.

Obviously a tiny bit of ice or debris knocked loose by the engines or thrusters. People who think it is a balloon do not grasp how fast the stage is falling at this point.

Brovane · « **Reply #72 on:** 11/15/2018 08:21 pm »

Quote from: DaveJes1979 on 11/15/2018 08:14 pm

People are posting comments and pics of the object under Elon's twitter post.

And people wonder why Shotwell doesn't have a Twitter account.

daveglo · « **Reply #73 on:** 11/15/2018 08:22 pm »

Satellite picked up a noticeable rotation upon separation. Would that be expected? Seemed higher than past missions.

Lars-J · « **Reply #74 on:** 11/15/2018 08:23 pm »

Quote from: daveglo on 11/15/2018 08:22 pm

Satellite picked up a noticeable rotation upon separation. Would that be expected? Seemed higher than past missions.

No, that is a pretty usual deployment rotation.

Lars-J · « **Reply #75 on:** 11/15/2018 08:25 pm »

Quote from: DaveJes1979 on 11/15/2018 08:08 pm

Quote from: matthewkantar on 11/15/2018 07:59 pm
It was ice or something that came off the booster.

It seems unlikely that any ice build-up could have made it all the way to MECO. Someone ask Elon what his unidentified falling object is.

Believe it or not, but some ice does stay attached to the booster all the way from launch to landing.

DaveJes1979 · « **Reply #76 on:** 11/15/2018 08:25 pm »

Quote from: Brovane on 11/15/2018 08:21 pm

Quote from: DaveJes1979 on 11/15/2018 08:14 pm
People are posting comments and pics of the object under Elon's twitter post.

And people wonder why Shotwell doesn't have a Twitter account.

I'm not saying it was aliens...but it was aliens.

punder · « **Reply #77 on:** 11/15/2018 08:26 pm »

The USAF has posted a definitive identification of the object. Just a weather balloon.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #78 on:** 11/15/2018 08:32 pm »

Congratulations to SpaceX and Es'hailSat for the successful launch!

This leaked through before the webcast started.

Rocket Science · « **Reply #79 on:** 11/15/2018 08:36 pm »

Quote from: punder on 11/15/2018 08:26 pm

The USAF has posted a definitive identification of the object. Just a weather balloon.

Another notation for Project Blue Book...