Author Topic: SpaceX FH : Falcon Heavy Demo : Feb. 6, 2018 : Updates (Read 630114 times)

NWade · « **Reply #760 on:** 02/07/2018 01:43 am »

Quote from: clairm on 02/07/2018 01:42 am

The live view is still up directly on the SpaceX site.

I believe that's a replay of the last 2 hours of the Livestream (if you're referring to the YouTube link on Spacex.com/webcast ).

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #761 on:** 02/07/2018 01:44 am »

T+5 hours 58 minutes. We're past perigee at 180 km and 7.8 km/s. The burn should be happening now.

Flying Beaver · « **Reply #762 on:** 02/07/2018 01:44 am »

SpaceX Official Pictures.

www.flickr.com/spacex

Zach Swena · « **Reply #763 on:** 02/07/2018 01:44 am »

The official Spacex Starman feed has finished, as mentioned above. It is currently an unlisted video,but still at this link.

I assume other live feeds were getting their footage from this one, so they are probably on replays right now.

Quote from: clairm on 02/07/2018 01:42 am

The live view is still up directly on the SpaceX site.

That is an archived version of the live stream linked above.

chawleysnow · « **Reply #764 on:** 02/07/2018 01:45 am »

Quite possible I just watched Burn 3 over LA. I don’t have a legit camera, so my only picture is awful. Seemed to be a pretty significant duration, didn’t get a new exact time though. Too busy looking up!

AStick · « **Reply #765 on:** 02/07/2018 01:48 am »

I was coming back to finish the cataloging for heliocentric when I saw a red glowing dot in the sky. So, yes, So Cal definitely saw it (if they were looking for it).

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #766 on:** 02/07/2018 01:50 am »

OK, here's the current position in its old elliptical orbit (assuming the burn went well). The car is over South America.

matthewkantar · « **Reply #767 on:** 02/07/2018 01:57 am »

A friend in Southern California texted me to ask about a weird light in the sky, from her description and direction, 99 percent sure it was Roadster TMI burn.

theinternetftw · « **Reply #768 on:** 02/07/2018 01:59 am »

Transcript of the Post-Launch Press Conference:

https://gist.github.com/theinternetftw/a2ca9540e099621aef851c2ecbbd82fb

Flying Beaver · « **Reply #769 on:** 02/07/2018 02:00 am »

Probably was in a ground station blind-spot. Coming up on African ground stations now (those used for GTO missions)

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #770 on:** 02/07/2018 02:04 am »

Quote from: Flying Beaver on 02/07/2018 02:00 am

Probably was in a ground station blind-spot. Coming up on African ground stations now (those used for GTO missions)

That's the elliptical orbit. The orbit should now be hyperbolic and so should be above the horizon.

spacetraveler · « **Reply #771 on:** 02/07/2018 02:08 am »

Michael Baylor posted on his twitter that he heard from a SpaceX employee that the TMI burn has occurred.

Zach Swena · « **Reply #772 on:** 02/07/2018 02:12 am »

Quote from: spacetraveler on 02/07/2018 02:08 am

Michael Baylor posted on his twitter that he heard from a SpaceX employee that the TMI burn has occurred.

Link for above tweet

https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/961070902304739328

Edit: fix link, remove embed.

Michael Baylor · « **Reply #773 on:** 02/07/2018 02:15 am »

Quote

Congratulations @ElonMusk and @SpaceX on the successful #FalconHeavy launch. This achievement, along with @NASA’s commercial and international partners, continues to show American ingenuity at its best!

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/961073467784421382

Keep the political commentary to a minimum please. Just posting this here for documentation purposes.

pmonta · « **Reply #774 on:** 02/07/2018 02:24 am »

Took these photos of what I think is the TMI burn, from Palo Alto, California, around 6:31 PM Pacific time. Sorry for the potato quality, but these were taken with an iPhone held up to binoculars.

There is a background star visible in all three photos (showing the progress of the spacecraft). The brownish blotch is a reflection from a streetlight; it's the white V-shaped object that's the spacecraft.

A minute or two before, the object was dimmer and looked like a diffuse hourglass with a bright center.

Johnnyhinbos · « **Reply #775 on:** 02/07/2018 02:30 am »

Quote from: Michael Baylor on 02/07/2018 02:15 am

Quote
Congratulations @ElonMusk and @SpaceX on the successful #FalconHeavy launch. This achievement, along with @NASA’s commercial and international partners, continues to show American ingenuity at its best!

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/961073467784421382

Keep the political commentary to a minimum please. Just posting this here for documentation purposes.

Elon just responded.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/961079361234497537

ChrisC · « **Reply #776 on:** 02/07/2018 02:40 am »

Quote from: Johnnyhinbos on 02/07/2018 02:30 am

Quote from: Michael Baylor on 02/07/2018 02:15 am
Quote
Congratulations @ElonMusk and @SpaceX on the successful #FalconHeavy launch. This achievement, along with @NASA’s commercial and international partners, continues to show American ingenuity at its best!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/961073467784421382

Keep the political commentary to a minimum please. Just posting this here for documentation purposes.

Elon just responded.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/961079361234497537

For the record, Elon's response:

"Thank you on behalf of SpaceX. An exciting future lies ahead!"

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #777 on:** 02/07/2018 02:46 am »

T+7 hours. The initial 30 second burn has a perigee speed of 9.0 km/s (for 180x7000 km) compared to 7.8 km/s (180x180 km). That's an increase of 9-7.8 = 1.2 km/s. TMI is at least 3.8 km/s, so the third burn needs to add another 2.6 km/s, but only burned for between 10 to 20 seconds. I don't think that is enough. We've also not heard from SpaceX or Elon in the last hour. Looks like Starman is still in Earth orbit.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #778 on:** 02/07/2018 02:47 am »

Spoke too soon!

"Elon Musk
‏Verified account @elonmusk
32s33 seconds ago

Third burn successful. Exceeded Mars orbit and kept going to the Asteroid Belt."

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/961083704230674438

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #779 on:** 02/07/2018 02:49 am »

Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 02/07/2018 02:47 am

Spoke too soon!

"Elon Musk
‏Verified account @elonmusk
32s33 seconds ago

Third burn successful. Exceeded Mars orbit and kept going to the Asteroid Belt."

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/961083704230674438

0.98 x 2.61 AU solar orbit with C3 (Earth) = 12.0 km^2/s^2