Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 : PAZ & Microsat 2a/2b : SLC-4E : Feb 22, 2018 : DISCUSSION (Read 207695 times)

AncientU · « **Reply #260 on:** 02/22/2018 12:45 pm »

Hope we get first views of MicroSats during/after Paz deployment.

jjyach · « **Reply #261 on:** 02/22/2018 12:54 pm »

Quote from: AncientU on 02/22/2018 12:45 pm

Hope we get first views of MicroSats during/after Paz deployment.

I believe they should be showing them in the run up video before launch. Saw the photo of the sats on the dispenser they wanted to use for the broadcast

mrhuggy · « **Reply #262 on:** 02/22/2018 01:06 pm »

SpaceX webcast has 2 video channels that you can switch. normal and the control audio

cscott · « **Reply #263 on:** 02/22/2018 01:10 pm »

From the broadcast, after S2 separation, "no burns will be performed"... but there are grid fins on S1. Very high speed reentry test?

vanoord · « **Reply #264 on:** 02/22/2018 01:13 pm »

Quote from: cscott on 02/22/2018 01:10 pm

From the broadcast, after S2 separation, "no burns will be performed"... but there are grid fins on S1. Very high speed reentry test?

Best not to end up with a floating core again...

Star One · « **Reply #265 on:** 02/22/2018 01:19 pm »

Talk about ridiculous good luck I was just watching another video on You Tube which finished & I turned over to Space X channel literally to the second as the F9 was just lifting off the pad T-0. And that’s without knowing the exact UK launch time.

Guess I should put some money on the lottery now!

Davp99 · « **Reply #266 on:** 02/22/2018 01:26 pm »

IMO Most Satellites are Really Beautiful when Deployed .. Go Spacex Good Luck on Fairings recovery

Lar · « **Reply #267 on:** 02/22/2018 01:26 pm »

Quote from: AncientU on 02/22/2018 12:45 pm

Hope we get first views of MicroSats during/after Paz deployment.

Quote from: Craftyatom on 02/22/2018 01:14 pm

First look at the Microsats on the Hosted Webcast!

Very fluffy looking with a fair bit of empty space... I had expected something denser and more wedge shaped...

sevenperforce · « **Reply #268 on:** 02/22/2018 01:26 pm »

We've seen videos of the fairing from sep to entry before; any idea when we would expect fairing EDL?

Star One · « **Reply #269 on:** 02/22/2018 01:28 pm »

They’ve barely mentioned the secondary payloads & conveniently for technical reasons they aren’t showing them deploying.

Davp99 · « **Reply #270 on:** 02/22/2018 01:29 pm »

Good deployment of PAZ Congrats SpaceX

Star One · « **Reply #271 on:** 02/22/2018 01:30 pm »

Quote from: Davp99 on 02/22/2018 01:29 pm

Good deployment of PAZ Congrats SpaceX

Bit early secondary payloads not confirmed deployed yet?

Davp99 · « **Reply #272 on:** 02/22/2018 01:32 pm »

And Thanks to NSF & Steve P & Chris B and Chris G for your Posts ... Great Launch

HVM · « **Reply #273 on:** 02/22/2018 01:34 pm »

docmordrid at UPDATE thread: "Congrats to SpaceX & HisdeSat! Clean as whistle."

Oh we have a rogue here...

But Congrats too!

Edit/Lar: Not for long, I nuked it Bwhahahaha

Bargemanos · « **Reply #274 on:** 02/22/2018 01:35 pm »

Quote

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/966682218411143169

Elon Musk‏
Made it back from space and fairing parafoil just deployed. Now trying to catch it ...

That sounds like a cool job!

neoforce · « **Reply #275 on:** 02/22/2018 01:36 pm »

Quote from: Star One on 02/22/2018 01:30 pm

Quote from: Davp99 on 02/22/2018 01:29 pm
Good deployment of PAZ Congrats SpaceX

Bit early secondary payloads not confirmed deployed yet?

I wouldn't expect much news. I suspect they are going to continue being low key on anything about Starlink until they are much farther along.

drzerg · « **Reply #276 on:** 02/22/2018 01:39 pm »

looks like spacex could pack at least 8 their sats on one layer of the payload adapter

ugordan · « **Reply #277 on:** 02/22/2018 01:44 pm »

It seemed to me that they made fairing 2.0 tumble much faster than 1.0 did immediately after separation, i.e. the top half starts separating much faster than the bottom half.

Also, watching the Earth's horizon during S2 burn, I noticed that that the ascent profile wasn't as much a gradual pitchover as it looked like a series of discrete pitch steps. I don't recall seeing something similar in previous launches, not something this noticeable anyway. For a while I thought it was propellant sloshing that made it appear like that.

Also #2, quite a lot of apparent wind shear all the way up to MECO.

Lar · « **Reply #278 on:** 02/22/2018 01:55 pm »

EXCELLENT pic of GO something at speed with nets deployed

https://www.instagram.com/p/BfgHKDNAplx/ (from Elon's tweet)

cleonard · « **Reply #279 on:** 02/22/2018 02:05 pm »

Really great conditions for viewing from socal. I'm just north of Low Angeles and it was super clear this morning. 100 plus mile visibility.

The first stage, the fairings and the second stage were all easily visible. Lost the second stage just before engine cutoff in the increasing dawn light.

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