After launching SAOCOM 1B and two rideshare payloads to orbit, Falcon 9’s first stage returns to Earth and lands at Landing Zone 1 — completing SpaceX’s first polar orbit mission from Florida
There and back again. SpaceX delivers #SAOCOM 1B to orbit and returns the first stage to Earth for reuse. See more at bit.ly/2Gg7XjD @spaceteam @Rachael_Joy @AntoniaJ_11 #falcon9
Absolutely stunning Falcon 9 launch of SAOCOM 1B — and a first stage landing — from Cape Canaveral this evening.This was the first polar orbit launch from the Cape launch since the 1960s, and boy was it incredible.📷: Me for @SuperclusterHQ
Sunset liftoff of Falcon 9 and SAOCOM 1B — the first polar launch from Cape Canaveral since the 1960s.📷: Me for @SuperclusterHQ
Falcon 9 booster landings at Cape Canaveral are always a feast for the eyes.Captured by @johnkrausphotos for Supercluster.
Moments before tonight's touchdown at LZ-1 shot by @erikkuna for Supercluster
Streak shots capture the launch and landing of the #SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as it successfully completes the delivery of SAOCOM 1B for Argentina.This was the booster's 4th launch and recoveryPhotos by @johnkrausphotos for Supercluster
SpaceX required seven years to go from its first to its 10th launch. In seven more years SpaceX has gone from its 10th launch to its 100th. This is what acceleration looks like.
I don’t know if this is the correct thread but it does pertain to this thread.Did anybody notice the following?Before the launch 1 (I believe it is the more northern antenna) of the 2 tracking antennas in Boca Chica was pointed what looked to be due east, toward Florida. The 2nd antenna (the more southern of the 2) was at Nader.This changed shortly before launch. The northern antenna went to Nader and the southern antenna was now pointed east. At launch, the southern antenna appeared to track an object traveling south on the horizon. At about this time there was a call out for Texas acquisition of signal. The antenna appeared to track until it was west of due south. The antenna paused for a considerable amount of time then changed its orientation as if to pick up tracking and object east of due north. It now appears to be tracking an object on the horizon traveling south.
The satelite #SAOCOM1B it is in space, making its first orbits. With its launch, Argentina completed the most important space mission in the country! We have a great team! #ArgentinaUnida#HaciaElFuturo
Here is the telemetry from the SAOCOM-1B mission. Some points of interest are:1. A small amount of the dogleg manoeuvre was accomplished by the first stage, as you can see from the attached still of MECO from the Mission Control Audio video.2. On the mission video you can see the second stage yaw manoeuvre stop at the T+03:30 (210s) mark, and this coincides with the increase in acceleration at 210s in the plot.3. The mission profile used direct injection to a nearly circular orbit of 620 x 603km. I had mistakenly assumed the payload would be too heavy for direct injection, and assumed MECO would occur about 70km downrange. MECO was actually much closer to 40km downrange, and so I've attached my predicted and corrected ground tracks below.4. The second stage throttled back quite substantially from the 360s mark until SECO.5. There is a data glitch at 560s that can safely be ignored.
What does each colour represent in the predicted/actual groundtracks?
Quote from: KTigress on 08/31/2020 07:53 amWhat does each colour represent in the predicted/actual groundtracks?Congratulations on the launch! The red ground track and landing area is in case of a failed boostback burn of the booster. The orange ground track and landing area is for the fairing halves. The yellow line is the second stage ground track.
Southbound with SAOCOM-1B 🚀SpaceX Falcon 9 B1059.4 makes a historic step and dashes south, completing the first polar launch from Cape Canaveral since 1969.Mission Story: nasaspaceflight.com/2020/08/spacex…📸 A @ChrisG_NSF & @NASA_Nerd production.
Ms. Chief was underway from the SAOCOM 1B LZ by 2am ET this morning.Because of the inconsistent reporting by Ms. Chief's tracker, it will be extremely difficult for me to provide ETA updates. I will try my best...SpaceX has not provide any updates on fairing recovery yet.
A closer look at the #SpaceX Falcon 9 deploying its landing legs as it returns home to Cape Canaveral. Captured during the SAOCOM 1B mission by @erikkuna for Supercluster.No trees were harmed.
Has there been any chatter about the sonic booms? The reentry was heard in my neighborhood 40 miles inland, which was outside any of the graphics that I'd seen posted.
