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#180
by
pmenstrom
on 01 Feb, 2018 17:58
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You can't keep a good rocket down!
Congratulations to all involved!
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#181
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 01 Feb, 2018 21:51
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Yet more images from SpaceX
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#182
by
Targeteer
on 02 Feb, 2018 00:52
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Hmm... no orbital data published
43178 SES-16/GOVSAT-1 2018-013A PAYLOAD
43179 FALCON 9 R/B 2018-013B ROCKET BODY
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#183
by
catdlr
on 02 Feb, 2018 05:02
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4K video of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching the GovSat1 satellite.
AmericaSpace
Published on Feb 1, 2018
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#184
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 03 Feb, 2018 06:10
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According to MarineTraffic.com Go Quest is currently about 9 NM east of Port Canaveral doing a bit over 7 kts. So won’t be long before we know whether the booster the refused to be expended has made it back or not.
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#185
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 03 Feb, 2018 07:27
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Go Quest is now in the port, a few hundred metres from usual SpaceX berth
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#186
by
Req
on 05 Feb, 2018 05:57
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https://twitter.com/CowboyDanPaasch/status/960385808086822913@CowboyDanPaasch
Re-enforcement's on site, off the Bahamas, per #SpaceX's very likely tow of a spent, but unexpectedly survived, 30-ton rocket core back to port. #GovSat1 #SpaceX
Go Searcher has been moving very slowly toward the Bahamas, and it looks to be meeting up with a larger ship about 70 miles from Marsh Harbor now.
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#187
by
Req
on 05 Feb, 2018 22:44
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#188
by
Lar
on 06 Feb, 2018 00:17
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Do we have any intelligence assets in the Bahamas that can get us some VisInt?
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#189
by
CraigLieb
on 06 Feb, 2018 03:13
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Do we have any intelligence assets in the Bahamas that can get us some VisInt?
Find out if any cruise ships are in Bahamas port and have cams on them
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#190
by
Req
on 06 Feb, 2018 05:31
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#191
by
Ben the Space Brit
on 06 Feb, 2018 06:31
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Edit: The tug Manisee appears to have met up with Go Searcher and is arriving near Marsh Harbor now at 7.5 knots. Does 7.5 knots seem too fast for a successful recovery?
The presence of a second vessel does suggest to me that they are towing
something; whether or not it's
intact is another issue altogether.
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#192
by
John Alan
on 06 Feb, 2018 08:34
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GO Searcher just averaged 6 knots down the length of the channel in Port Canaveral...
Later add
And has just (4:45 EST) come to a full stop pier-side NW of where OCISLY is parked on her days off...
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#193
by
cscott
on 06 Feb, 2018 15:05
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#194
by
Demidrol
on 08 Feb, 2018 11:07
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#195
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 08 Feb, 2018 14:25
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Confirmed. It was destroyed. There was no safe way to tow it back without risk to land, sea, and people.
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#196
by
cscott
on 08 Feb, 2018 19:20
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Confirmed. It was destroyed. There was no safe way to tow it back without risk to land, sea, and people.
Did you confirm the "it was destroyed" part or the "USAF air strike" part? The latter is the sensational part of this story.
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#197
by
Star One
on 08 Feb, 2018 20:12
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Confirmed. It was destroyed. There was no safe way to tow it back without risk to land, sea, and people.
Did you confirm the "it was destroyed" part or the "USAF air strike" part? The latter is the sensational part of this story.
ChrisG goes into more detail here.
https://mobile.twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/961622795900866561
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#198
by
Elthiryel
on 09 Feb, 2018 21:00
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Well, it seems that we have some contradictory reports now.
https://twitter.com/EmreKelly/status/962079238361894914Emre Kelly @EmreKelly
Statement from SpaceX on reports surrounding #GovSat1 booster:
“Reports that the Air Force was involved in SpaceX’s recovery efforts are categorically false.”
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#199
by
Nehkara
on 09 Feb, 2018 21:26
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It broke apart on its own.
https://twitter.com/EmreKelly/status/962089727871643649Full SpaceX statement on #GovSat1: “While the Falcon 9 first stage for the GovSat-1 mission was expendable, it initially survived splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean. However, the stage broke apart before we could complete an unplanned recovery effort for this mission.”
