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#40
by
envy887
on 26 Oct, 2017 20:35
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They are still in port.
That's potentially sad news, splashing a new one, rather than a block 3...
If true though, while sad, it is the right thing to do for the customer
KoreaSat-5A is only 3500 kg, a Block 4 F9 can easily send that to supersync GTO with a barge landing. Why wouldn't they try to get it back?
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#41
by
IanThePineapple
on 26 Oct, 2017 20:35
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They are still in port.
That's potentially sad news, splashing a new one, rather than a block 3...
If true though, while sad, it is the right thing to do for the customer
They still have some time left AFAIK, might be rushing to finish up repairs
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#42
by
king1999
on 26 Oct, 2017 20:51
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They are still in port.
That's potentially sad news, splashing a new one, rather than a block 3...
If true though, while sad, it is the right thing to do for the customer
They still have some time left AFAIK, might be rushing to finish up repairs
If they do a partial boost-back burn to return near the coast, the droneship won't take too much time to get positioned.
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#43
by
Lar
on 26 Oct, 2017 20:55
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If they do a partial boost-back burn to return near the coast, the droneship won't take too much time to get positioned.
Nod. I wonder how much time they need to reconfigure things or if they have already calculated 5 or 10 different parameter loads for different landing points or even expendable with different things tested or ?
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#44
by
deruch
on 26 Oct, 2017 21:17
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If they do a partial boost-back burn to return near the coast, the droneship won't take too much time to get positioned.
Nod. I wonder how much time they need to reconfigure things or if they have already calculated 5 or 10 different parameter loads for different landing points or even expendable with different things tested or ?
They've used a "contingency landing location" that repositioned the ASDS on at least 1 previous occasion, IIRC it was on one of the Iridium launches. Which tells me that they likely have at least 2 or 3 targeted locations set up well before hand.
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#45
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 29 Oct, 2017 07:30
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Taken by VIP-badged guests at KSC earlier today! No obvious TEL changes that I can see.
Looks like the wings at the top of the TEL have been removed.
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#46
by
rockets4life97
on 29 Oct, 2017 13:12
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Looks like the wings at the top of the TEL have been removed.
I see them wrapped around the top of the rocket.
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#47
by
Johnnyhinbos
on 29 Oct, 2017 14:00
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Looks like the wings at the top of the TEL have been removed.
I see them wrapped around the top of the rocket.
No - those are the stabilizer arms.
But I do think the wings are still there, just very hard to make out
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#48
by
cppetrie
on 29 Oct, 2017 14:03
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Looks like the wings at the top of the TEL have been removed.
I see them wrapped around the top of the rocket.
No - those are the stabilizer arms.
But I do think the wings are still there, just very hard to make out
Right here minus the yellow insert?
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#49
by
vanoord
on 29 Oct, 2017 14:24
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They are still in port.
As far as it appears:
Hawk with OCISLY left Port Canaveral on Friday morning and was last noted far enough offshore to be pretty much confirmed as heading to the landing area.
Go Quest left port on Saturday.
Go Searcher is in Puerto Rico, but they only need one ship to back up OSCILY (per west coast practice).
Unless I’m mistaken, everything is in place for an ASDS recovery.
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#50
by
Scylla
on 29 Oct, 2017 14:50
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Screenshot from video by AmericaSpace.com I posted on update thread.
Wings are still there.
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#51
by
FutureMartian97
on 29 Oct, 2017 19:57
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Does this Falcon 9 have titanium grid fins? If not, how many more flights until they have used up there supply of aluminium fins?
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#52
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 29 Oct, 2017 20:04
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Does this Falcon 9 have titanium grid fins? If not, how many more flights until they have used up there supply of aluminium fins?
It does not.
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#53
by
ZachS09
on 29 Oct, 2017 20:39
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When will they post the webcast? The launch is supposed to be tomorrow. They seem to be getting later and later on posting.
I'm guessing about 12 hours before launch is when SpaceX will post the webcast.
Technically, it's when they begin promoting the upcoming webcast.
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#54
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 29 Oct, 2017 23:49
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When will they post the webcast? The launch is supposed to be tomorrow. They seem to be getting later and later on posting.
I'm guessing about 12 hours before launch is when SpaceX will post the webcast.
Technically, it's when they begin promoting the upcoming webcast.
Normally SpaceX don't update the webcast page on their website until after the vehicle is vertical on the pad, as they like use a photo showing the pad with the vehicle in launch position on their frontpage.
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#55
by
Pete
on 30 Oct, 2017 02:53
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When will they post the webcast? The launch is supposed to be tomorrow. They seem to be getting later and later on posting.
I'm guessing about 12 hours before launch is when SpaceX will post the webcast.
Technically, it's when they begin promoting the upcoming webcast.
Normally SpaceX don't update the webcast page on their website until after the vehicle is vertical on the pad, as they like use a photo showing the pad with the vehicle in launch position on their frontpage.
Well, they have the webcast link up, and its showing "live at 3:34am gmt-7" (6 hours from now)
So I'm guessing someone needs to update his pc's clock, or remember what timezone he is in, as this does not agree with the previous Notams, etc, issued for this launch.
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#56
by
Craftyatom
on 30 Oct, 2017 02:54
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I'm assuming that whoever posted it accidentally put "7:34 UTC" without specifying PM (since the listed time is 12 hours before the actual time), and that the actual launch time hasn't changed.
Edit: Changed from 10 to 7 UTC, my mistake - I myself have trouble with time zones sometimes.
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#57
by
vanoord
on 30 Oct, 2017 08:41
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I'm assuming that whoever posted it accidentally put "10:34 UTC" without specifying PM (since the listed time is 12 hours before the actual time), and that the actual launch time hasn't changed.
Per SpaceX's website:
The primary launch window opens on Monday, October 30 at 3:34 p.m. EDT, or 19:34 UTC and closes at 5:58 p.m. EDT, or 21:58 UTC.
A backup launch window opens on Tuesday, October 31 at 3:34 p.m. EDT, or 19:34 UTC and closes at 5:58 p.m. EDT, or 21:58 UTC
10:34 / 22:34 it certainly ain't!
Could be a typing error for 19:34 UCT substituting a 0 for the 9 (they are side-by-side on a laptop keyboards) ?
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#58
by
Bargemanos
on 30 Oct, 2017 09:10
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SpaceX photos
Wings and extra hold down clamps for FH?
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#59
by
Danny452
on 30 Oct, 2017 11:09
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In the SpaceX photos on the updates thread there is a band around the left landing leg but not around the right one. Why the difference between legs?