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#520
by
envy887
on 27 Dec, 2017 20:53
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Yeah.. Not getting any better than this 
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Is that the top of the second stage, or is it the interstage? It looks white and convex like the cap normally atop the upper stage during static fires, not shadowed and hollow like the interstage.
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#521
by
RocketLover0119
on 27 Dec, 2017 21:06
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If you look reeeeaaaalllyy hard I think I can make out the cap on top..... Maybe, maybe not, may just be seeing things
Yeah.. Not getting any better than this .
Is that the top of the second stage, or is it the interstage? It looks white and convex like the cap normally atop the upper stage during static fires, not shadowed and hollow like the interstage.
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#522
by
russianhalo117
on 27 Dec, 2017 21:16
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If you look reeeeaaaalllyy hard I think I can make out the cap on top..... Maybe, maybe not, may just be seeing things
Yeah.. Not getting any better than this .
Is that the top of the second stage, or is it the interstage? It looks white and convex like the cap normally atop the upper stage during static fires, not shadowed and hollow like the interstage.
AFAIK, FH was fully integrated minus payload unit for WDR/SF ahead of transfer and mate to the TEL.
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#523
by
ketivab
on 28 Dec, 2017 10:38
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Chris Bergin in update thread: We understand the big rocket is going to be on the pad very soon, or at least rolled out (fit checks can take a fair amount of work). Will be the full stack, per the fit check requirements. ...
Does 'full stack' mean 'with payload fairing'?
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#524
by
nacnud
on 28 Dec, 2017 10:39
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I think so. It's not a full fit check without it.
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#525
by
Chris Bergin
on 28 Dec, 2017 11:07
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Yep, full stack is launch configuration.....including the car.
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#526
by
ketivab
on 28 Dec, 2017 11:46
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Thank you!
I can't wait!
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#527
by
RocketLover0119
on 28 Dec, 2017 12:01
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So just to clarify, this is simply a rollout/erect test, not a WDR?
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#528
by
Jakusb
on 28 Dec, 2017 12:19
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So just to clarify, this is simply a rollout/erect test, not a WDR?
Could be anything...
- Photo-op
- Fit test with GSE
- WDR unlikely on first roll-out
I am going for combo of first 2...
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#529
by
RocketLover0119
on 28 Dec, 2017 12:24
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My other question s how "soon?" Today? Few hours?
Yep, full stack is launch configuration.....including the car.
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#530
by
cro-magnon gramps
on 28 Dec, 2017 12:42
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I created a rough time line on Friday. The TEL integration was pre CHRISTMAS day with TEL fit check happening after boxing day. That led into a roll out around the weekend before NewYears Day. The static fire won't happen before ZUMA launches because they will be into pad Fit checks and the danger posed by an explosion on the pad at 39A. That leads to a Net of Jan 11th to 15th for launch. AT LEAST that's my rationalization:
I'm looking for WDR / SF at about the 7th - 8th of January, 3 days after Zuma Launches... with LRR finalized 2-3 days later, and launch NET January 11th ranging to January 15th... keeping eyes, fingers, and toes crossed...
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#531
by
RocketLover0119
on 28 Dec, 2017 13:39
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Julia Bergeron on twitter said that roadblocks are in place and the bus tours to 39a are not taking their normal behind the hanger route, indicating rollout is indeed today
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Good work! First sighting is likely to be on base, with the HIF door open and the FH at the base of the ramp on the TEL. Getting up the ramp and vertical is a lot of work, so the trick will be to get confirmation when FH is out of the barn
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Hard shot to get since roadblocks are up and no bus tour there. First shot may come from somebody that works at KSC...if they dare...
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#532
by
RocketLover0119
on 28 Dec, 2017 13:47
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GOING VERTICLE!!!!!!! According to SFN- Falcon Heavy is going vertical for the first time at pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.
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#533
by
loki
on 28 Dec, 2017 13:59
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Stand up Heavy!!
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#534
by
RocketLover0119
on 28 Dec, 2017 14:04
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SFN reports a fully vertical FH!
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#535
by
AncientU
on 28 Dec, 2017 14:12
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Fast. Barn to vertical.
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#536
by
Herb Schaltegger
on 28 Dec, 2017 14:26
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This is where the geometric dimensioning and tolerancing training for your engineers and drafting staff come into play. Difficult enough for a single linear structure like a TEL. All those hold-downs and service masts for three cores has got to be ... tricky.
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#537
by
AncientU
on 28 Dec, 2017 14:34
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This is where the geometric dimensioning and tolerancing training for your engineers and drafting staff come into play. Difficult enough for a single linear structure like a TEL. All those hold-downs and service masts for three cores has got to be ... tricky.
We'll see how long they stay on the hill for fit checks... should tell us something.
Didn't waste much time between TEL heading into the HIF* (+ Christmas) to roll-out and vertical.
* Assume all the hold-downs and tail service masts are mated to the boosters in the HIF, and TSMs were previously mated to their plumbing on the pad last week or two.
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#538
by
cebri
on 28 Dec, 2017 14:41
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#539
by
PahTo
on 28 Dec, 2017 14:54
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Might just be the angle or an artifact of the photo (or the earlier renders), but the interstage/2nd stage looks longer/taller than renders over the past years...
(that is, the PLF appears higher/farther from the side boosters)
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