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#340
by
Chris Bergin
on 30 Aug, 2020 23:34
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#341
by
Chris Bergin
on 30 Aug, 2020 23:34
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#342
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 30 Aug, 2020 23:34
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T+15 minutes. Taking a break until next Tyvak and Gnomes speration.
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#343
by
xyv
on 30 Aug, 2020 23:39
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Finally! This was supposed to be the Lollapalooza of launches this last 4 days. 5 launches and a hop. The last possible one finally happened...and the weather window only opened up 4 minutes before the attempt. We really need to figure out how to launch in wind...
eta: whoops...forgot the Kiwis haven't missed their shot yet. For some reason I thought all of the others had pushed windows or had aborts.
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#344
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 30 Aug, 2020 23:39
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T+20 minutes. Good solar array deploy.
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#345
by
jabe
on 30 Aug, 2020 23:41
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not sure if i should ask it here..what was the spinny thing at T+4:06 mark in 1st stage camera angle?
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#346
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 30 Aug, 2020 23:43
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Sunset on B1059.4.
LOS Peru expected.
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#347
by
mlindner
on 30 Aug, 2020 23:43
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not sure if i should ask it here..what was the spinny thing at T+4:06 mark in 1st stage camera angle?
Ice or frozen oxygen. They form on the vents and break off from time to time.
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#348
by
AstroBrewer
on 30 Aug, 2020 23:44
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Was that a fairing half and parachute opening just to the left of the grid fin in the video at T+4:25?
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#349
by
wannamoonbase
on 30 Aug, 2020 23:46
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#350
by
AstroBrewer
on 30 Aug, 2020 23:46
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#351
by
aviators99
on 30 Aug, 2020 23:46
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Ground track complete hugs the coastline of Florida. Miami just had some amazing views.
Unfortunately we saw nothing here in Miami. We had 100% cloud cover.
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#352
by
Comga
on 30 Aug, 2020 23:47
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Was that a fairing half and parachute opening just to the left of the grid fin in the video at T+4:25?
No
At 4:25 the first stage has conducted it's boostback burn and is far from the ballistic trajectory of the fairing halves, which were pushed further downtrack by
over a minute of the second stage burn.
edit: typo and added a few words
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#353
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 30 Aug, 2020 23:49
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T+30 minutes. New Zealand on the left will also be launching a rocket today.
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#354
by
jabe
on 30 Aug, 2020 23:50
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not sure if i should ask it here..what was the spinny thing at T+4:06 mark in 1st stage camera angle?
Ice or frozen oxygen. They form on the vents and break off from time to time.
thns...that's what i thought but seemed too symmetrical
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#355
by
groundbound
on 30 Aug, 2020 23:51
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not sure if i should ask it here..what was the spinny thing at T+4:06 mark in 1st stage camera angle?
Ice or frozen oxygen. They form on the vents and break off from time to time.
thns...that's what i thought but seemed too symmetrical
S2 Mvac stiffener ring?
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#356
by
Comga
on 30 Aug, 2020 23:51
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Ground track complete hugs the coastline of Florida. Miami just had some amazing views.
It looks like they may have actually even overflown Miami directly slightly, but given the momentum from the dogleg it also likely never had an IIP over Miami either.
Good graphics of the IIP and more in
this post
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#357
by
AC in NC
on 30 Aug, 2020 23:52
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not sure if i should ask it here..what was the spinny thing at T+4:06 mark in 1st stage camera angle?
Ice or frozen oxygen. They form on the vents and break off from time to time.
thns...that's what i thought but seemed too symmetrical
S2 Mvac stiffener ring?
No. It was spinning next to the S1 grid fins which deploy after boostback burn.
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#358
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 30 Aug, 2020 23:59
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T+40 minutes. Over Antarctica.
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#359
by
AstroBrewer
on 31 Aug, 2020 00:01
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Was that a fairing half and parachute opening just to the left of the grid fin in the video at T+4:25?
No
At 4:25 the first stage has conducted it's boostback burn and is far from the ballistic trajectory of the fairing halves, which were pushed further downtrack by over a minute of the second stage burn.
edit: typo and added a few words
I am aware of that. The fairings should be way in front of the first stage. But I've watched it several times and it sure looks to me a lot like a parafoil opening with something hanging underneath it. Amazing coincidence?