SpaceX F9 : Nusantara Satu (PSN VI)/GTO-1/SpaceIL : Feb. 21/22, 2019: Discussion

[Alvian@IDN]

I'm sorry... they're still removing the legs? Man oh man, what happened with that whole redesign?

The next flight of this booster will have no legs (in-flight abort) so taking them off makes sense. This case is no indication of if they could have folded them.

Plus the reasons we already know about, like focusing more to Starship architecture, lay off possibly several from the Falcon & Dragon development, making a folding legs (leading to fast turnaround) seems not important because Starship (and its fast turnaround design) is getting closer

[Alexphysics]

I'm sorry... they're still removing the legs? Man oh man, what happened with that whole redesign?

The next flight of this booster will have no legs (in-flight abort) so taking them off makes sense. This case is no indication of if they could have folded them.

They would have removed it anyways as they still need to redesign the legs for them to flod up properly. They have had problems with that and since then they have been removing them anyways. No point on trying it if you know it won't work.

[gongora]

https://twitter.com/ChrisJohnsonEsq/status/1164569433634988033

The 30 July 2018 FAA Payload Review & Determination letter for SpaceIL’s @TeamSpaceIL February launch of #Beresheet with @SpaceX was #FOIA’d last week by @LauraMontgome18 & now posted on her blog

https://groundbasedspacematters.com/index.php/2019/08/22/no-tardigrades-here/

Interesting the FAA requested SpaceIL not turn on cameras until past GEO, DoD is paranoid about anyone seeing US satellite designs.

[zubenelgenubi]

Interesting the FAA requested SpaceIL not turn on cameras until past GEO, DoD is paranoid about anyone seeing US satellite designs.

https://groundbasedspacematters.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/SpaceIL-Payload-Review-Determination-Letter-07_30_201812_compressed.pdf
Under "Additional Information"

Is that a DoD directive to protect their secondary payload on this flight, or is it a NOAA directive re: their regulatory control of Earth imagery?  Or both?