I noticed a U shaped tube on the MVac 2nd stage engine glowing red in one of the two camera views, have not seen that before on other launches. Probably normal, or maybe they were running the MVac engine a little harder than usual?
Quote from: Alexphysics on 05/24/2019 12:52 pmQuote from: CJ on 05/24/2019 03:00 amThat was one heck of a light show with the grid fins right after the entry burn, up until loss of video. I wonder of this was their most difficult landing yet, at least for block 5 (due to the high mass of the payload)? I can;t recall seeing the ASDS this far out before. To be honest, I would not have been surprised had this landing failed. I'm also wondering if this was a 3-engine landing. I am hoping that the sat deployment goes well, and that there is video.This was probably like a normal GTO landing. If you can't recall seeing landings this far out from the launchpad you may have missed a ton of GTO missions...GTO missions use a due east launch azimuth which puts them far out at sea. This was a more northerly launch up the East coast, like an ISS launch but most ISS launches are RTLS. The only recent similar launch would have been DM-1.
Quote from: CJ on 05/24/2019 03:00 amThat was one heck of a light show with the grid fins right after the entry burn, up until loss of video. I wonder of this was their most difficult landing yet, at least for block 5 (due to the high mass of the payload)? I can;t recall seeing the ASDS this far out before. To be honest, I would not have been surprised had this landing failed. I'm also wondering if this was a 3-engine landing. I am hoping that the sat deployment goes well, and that there is video.This was probably like a normal GTO landing. If you can't recall seeing landings this far out from the launchpad you may have missed a ton of GTO missions...
That was one heck of a light show with the grid fins right after the entry burn, up until loss of video. I wonder of this was their most difficult landing yet, at least for block 5 (due to the high mass of the payload)? I can;t recall seeing the ASDS this far out before. To be honest, I would not have been surprised had this landing failed. I'm also wondering if this was a 3-engine landing. I am hoping that the sat deployment goes well, and that there is video.
Never bet against Elon...
https://twitter.com/marco_langbroek/status/1132064132390379520QuoteVIDEO! Prepare to be mind-blown!The train of @SpaceX #Starlink satellites passing over Leiden, the Netherlands, some 25 minutes ago. Camera: WATEC 902H with Canon FD 1.8/50 mm lens. I was shouting when they entered FOV!@elonmusk
VIDEO! Prepare to be mind-blown!The train of @SpaceX #Starlink satellites passing over Leiden, the Netherlands, some 25 minutes ago. Camera: WATEC 902H with Canon FD 1.8/50 mm lens. I was shouting when they entered FOV!@elonmusk
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 05/24/2019 11:31 pmhttps://twitter.com/marco_langbroek/status/1132064132390379520QuoteVIDEO! Prepare to be mind-blown!The train of @SpaceX #Starlink satellites passing over Leiden, the Netherlands, some 25 minutes ago. Camera: WATEC 902H with Canon FD 1.8/50 mm lens. I was shouting when they entered FOV!@elonmuskVery nice. I counted about 54 (wasn't trying too hard) and a couple were bigger blobs that could have been two sats still close together.edit: some were very faint, I wonder if a few hadn't deployed solar arrays yet (either intentionally or otherwise).
Is there any satellite tracker that has the ground track of the sats?
Quote from: Semmel on 05/24/2019 06:09 pmIs there any satellite tracker that has the ground track of the sats?Yeah, with the videos popping up, I REALLY want to see this. With the orbit raising already in progress, I don't know how long these will be visible like this.
Quote from: ChrisC on 05/25/2019 03:51 amQuote from: Semmel on 05/24/2019 06:09 pmIs there any satellite tracker that has the ground track of the sats?Yeah, with the videos popping up, I REALLY want to see this. With the orbit raising already in progress, I don't know how long these will be visible like this.Flight Club @flightclubio 59m59 minutes agoMoreEVERYBODY in the USA!!!You can import and plot TLEs in Flight Club without being a Patron! Get out and spot #Starlink tonight in just over 30 minutes!TLE here: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/May-2019/0193.html …Copy+paste it into here: https://www2.flightclub.io/dashboard https://twitter.com/flightclubio/status/1132118284600520707
Something I notice it happens recently is that they dump something from the Falcon as you can see from minute 1:00 ().What is the liquid/vapour coming from the engine/valves? Do they dump the propellant when the Falcon 9 Lands? Is there any public document for the steps after landing?
STARLINK TRAIN1 70002U 19999A 19144.94244262 0.00000000 00000-0 00000+0 0 002 70002 53.2862 172.0411 0001500 47.9022 312.2115 15.45905383 01
Something I notice it happens recently is that they dump something from the Falcon ... What is the liquid/vapour coming from the engine/valves? Do they dump the propellant when the Falcon 9 Lands? Is there any public document for the steps after landing?
The Youtube video got embedded into the middle of your sentence, not your intention. When you want to post a reference to Youtube, remove the "www." and that will trick the forum software into NOT doing the embed. Like this: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9ljTZeaP3MM
I looked twice. Didn't see them either time, even though I looked in the right spot. I need a darker sky, I guess....I guess there goes the "oh no, it'll pollute the nightsky" argument.
