Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 : Iridium NEXT Flight 2 (June 25, 2017) : Discussion (Read 165454 times)

EspenU · « **Reply #220 on:** 06/25/2017 08:13 pm »

Nothing negative about John, but I miss Kate, Lauren and the technical webcast..

HVM · « **Reply #221 on:** 06/25/2017 08:18 pm »

Lot of wind induced vibrations in the cams.

gongora · « **Reply #222 on:** 06/25/2017 08:27 pm »

Bad thing about KSC: weather delays. Good thing about KSC: you can see the rocket.

Mapperuo · « **Reply #223 on:** 06/25/2017 08:27 pm »

Pretty poor views today.

Marine_Mustang · « **Reply #224 on:** 06/25/2017 08:30 pm »

Quote from: Mapperuo on 06/25/2017 08:27 pm

Pretty poor views today.

Glad I decided not to drive up to see it. It's about 4 hours up the coast.

Kosmos2001 · « **Reply #225 on:** 06/25/2017 08:31 pm »

No descending velocity and time today.

IdeallyNotOnImpact · « **Reply #226 on:** 06/25/2017 08:32 pm »

Long time lurker, something I haven't noticed until last two launches on S2, anyone know what the white mass accreting at the top of the bell is?

gongora · « **Reply #227 on:** 06/25/2017 08:34 pm »

Lol, nice window wiper on the drone ship

fatdeeman · « **Reply #228 on:** 06/25/2017 08:35 pm »

Great landing! Still amazes me they can pull it off with such a mobile target.

Also, is it just me or has there never been a loss during reentry, only landing?

ugordan · « **Reply #229 on:** 06/25/2017 08:35 pm »

Quote from: IdeallyNotOnImpact on 06/25/2017 08:32 pm

Long time lurker, something I haven't noticed until last two launches on S2, anyone know what the white mass accreting at the top of the bell is?

Almost definitely oxygen ice.

VulpesJack · « **Reply #230 on:** 06/25/2017 08:37 pm »

Quote from: fatdeeman on 06/25/2017 08:35 pm

Great landing! Still amazes me they can pull it off with such a mobile target.

Also, is it just me or has there never been a loss during reentry, only landing?

I think every landing attempt has landed, some just fell over afterwards

kevinof · « **Reply #231 on:** 06/25/2017 08:37 pm »

it's the shock and interference generated by a large rocket descending at speed! :-)
Very difficult to keep a lock on a sat link.

Quote from: fatdeeman on 06/25/2017 08:35 pm

Great landing! Still amazes me they can pull it off with such a mobile target.

Also, is it just me or has there never been a loss during reentry, only landing?

jaredgalen · « **Reply #232 on:** 06/25/2017 08:37 pm »

Looks like a hard landing again, seems quite close to the deck. Thought the last 1 or 2 seconds showed the engines cutoff and a what felt like a vertical drop via the camera feed.

May have just been the droneship's deck shifting before touchdown. Looks pretty wavey out there.

Welsh Dragon · « **Reply #233 on:** 06/25/2017 08:37 pm »

Watched the landing a few times, looks to me like the engine cut out a bit above the deck and there was a short drop for the stage to land, with a bit of a bounce. Didn't seem too violent though. EDIT: As above....

Ictogan · « **Reply #234 on:** 06/25/2017 08:38 pm »

Quote from: fatdeeman on 06/25/2017 08:35 pm

Great landing! Still amazes me they can pull it off with such a mobile target.

Also, is it just me or has there never been a loss during reentry, only landing?

The initial F9 1.0 flights carried parachutes but were lost in reentry, if that counts.

cebri · « **Reply #235 on:** 06/25/2017 08:38 pm »

So far very smooth. Just realized if the mision is succesful this is already their best year ever, (in terms of successful launches) and we have just passed mid year.

Star One · « **Reply #236 on:** 06/25/2017 08:39 pm »

Quote from: Welsh Dragon on 06/25/2017 08:37 pm

Watched the landing a few times, looks to me like the engine cut out a bit above the deck and there was a short drop for the stage to land, with a bit of a bounce. Didn't seem too violent though. EDIT: As above....

Same here. At least this one hit dead centre it looked like to me.

OnWithTheShow · « **Reply #237 on:** 06/25/2017 08:40 pm »

Concur with those that observed it seemed to reach 0 velocity a few feet above the deck and drop the last couple feet after cut off.

jimbowman · « **Reply #238 on:** 06/25/2017 08:40 pm »

Very nice. New fins took re-entry like a champ.

Star One · « **Reply #239 on:** 06/25/2017 08:41 pm »

Quote from: cebri on 06/25/2017 08:38 pm

So far very smooth. Just realized if the mision is succesful this is already their best year ever, (in terms of successful launches) and we have just passed mid year.

Shush don't jinx it.