Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : Intuitive Machines IM-1 : KSC LC-39A : 15 Feb 2024 (06:05 UTC) (Read 469559 times)

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #300 on:** 02/15/2024 05:59 am »

Lunar Data Network has really big antennas!

catdlr · « **Reply #301 on:** 02/15/2024 05:59 am »

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1758022639111823662

Quote

The lander is now beginning its multi-day journey to the Moon’s South Pole

sdsds · « **Reply #302 on:** 02/15/2024 06:01 am »

IM spokesperson mentions Kalman filters.

Vehicle over Perth. Downlink but not yet uplink.

catdlr · « **Reply #303 on:** 02/15/2024 06:01 am »

https://twitter.com/_mgde_/status/1758023076220997698

Quote

Falcon 9’s careful dance between MECO, stage separation, boostback, and entry.

RTLS trajectories never disappoint.

IM-1 is off to the moon!

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #304 on:** 02/15/2024 06:02 am »

Telemetry should be received from Australia.

Getting Telemetry!

catdlr · « **Reply #305 on:** 02/15/2024 06:03 am »

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1758023644008288296

Quote

Today’s mission to the Moon is just the first our Falcon fleet will launch for @NASA's CLPS program which will help enable humanity to explore the Moon, Mars, and beyond, bringing us one step closer to making life multiplanetary

catdlr · « **Reply #306 on:** 02/15/2024 06:04 am »

https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1758023716309524663

Quote

F9/IM-1: Intuitive Machines reports it's capturing telemetry from the Odysseus lander, an indication the probe's autonomous activation sequence is underway

catdlr · « **Reply #307 on:** 02/15/2024 06:05 am »

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #308 on:** 02/15/2024 06:06 am »

NASA wrapping up.

Launch replay.

On the way to the Moon!

End of NASA coverage.

Congratulations to SpaceX, Intuitive Machines and NASA for the successful launch!

catdlr · « **Reply #309 on:** 02/15/2024 06:08 am »

https://twitter.com/Gwynne_Shotwell/status/1758024561181000003

Quote

IM-1 is on its way to be the first American spacecraft to land on the lunar surface since the Apollo program ended more than 50 years ago!

catdlr · « **Reply #310 on:** 02/15/2024 06:09 am »

Congratulations to Steven Pietrobon, for covering 4 launches today. Remarkable.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #311 on:** 02/15/2024 06:29 am »

https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1758014284875935849

Quote

Falcon 9 streaks to orbit at 1:05am ET with the Intuitive Machines IM-1 lunar lander headed toward the Moon and the rocket’s first stage returns to land at Cape Canaveral

https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1758015991940837637

Quote

Long exposure closeup of Falcon 9 stage separation and boostback burn during this morning’s 1:05am ET launch of the Intuitive Machines IM-1 lunar lander headed toward the Moon

https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1758028878881136860

Quote

Falcon 9 stage separation ‘nebula’ as the Intuitive Machines IM-1 lunar lander headed toward the Moon during this morning’s 1:05am ET launch from Florida

jcm · « **Reply #312 on:** 02/15/2024 06:31 am »

In the absence of public trajectory info I've attempted to guess TLEs for IM-1. They are likely to be off by a significant amount;
consider it a challenge to do better.

1 58963U 24030A 24046.25833333 .00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 15
2 58963 26.5000 69.6383 0053420 89.5789 2.3827 16.29056756 07
3 58963 1 JCM OSC TEME Earth SECO-1 guess
1 58963U 24030A 24046.28263889 .00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 15
2 58963 26.5000 69.4433 9710806 234.9288 0.0009 0.07957479 07
3 58963 1 JCM OSC TEME Earth SECO-2 guess

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #313 on:** 02/15/2024 06:51 am »

Quote from: catdlr on 02/15/2024 06:09 am

Congratulations to Steven Pietrobon, for covering 4 launches today. Remarkable.

I was in the perfect time zone. All the launches were from 9 to 5!

spacexplorer · « **Reply #314 on:** 02/15/2024 08:23 am »

Trajectory centered on Moon.

https://win98.altervista.org/space/exploration/3d/space-explorer-tracker.html?orbiter=-229&body=@301&start=2024-02-16%2007:07&stop=2024-02-22%200:0&step=300&3dzoom=1

eeergo · « **Reply #315 on:** 02/15/2024 08:46 am »

Thanks for the coverage, and congratulations for the successful launch!

Do we have a detailed description of how the methane fueling was performed for Odysseus? Fairings are reused, look to be standard, and as far as I could see there were no special umbilicals in the area, so were the cryogens loaded somehow through second stage umbilicals, and routed (how?) into the fairing, up the vehicle?

sdsds · « **Reply #316 on:** 02/15/2024 08:52 am »

Quote from: eeergo on 02/15/2024 08:46 am

Thanks for the coverage, and congratulations for the successful launch!

Do we have a detailed description of how the methane fueling was performed for Odysseus? Fairings are reused, look to be standard, and as far as I could see there were no special umbilicals in the area, so were the cryogens loaded somehow through second stage umbilicals, and routed (how?) into the fairing, up the vehicle?

Yes, it was discussed in the media telecon (link somewhere way above). Gerstenmeier described a system much as you suggest. It apparently included SpaceX GSE controlling valves on the lander. So not just prop, but signals as well.

eeergo · « **Reply #317 on:** 02/15/2024 09:15 am »

Quote from: sdsds on 02/15/2024 08:52 am

Quote from: eeergo on 02/15/2024 08:46 am
Thanks for the coverage, and congratulations for the successful launch!

Do we have a detailed description of how the methane fueling was performed for Odysseus? Fairings are reused, look to be standard, and as far as I could see there were no special umbilicals in the area, so were the cryogens loaded somehow through second stage umbilicals, and routed (how?) into the fairing, up the vehicle?

Yes, it was discussed in the media telecon (link somewhere way above). Gerstenmeier described a system much as you suggest. It apparently included SpaceX GSE controlling valves on the lander. So not just prop, but signals as well.

Interesting, thanks. Signals is probably just a matter of routing an extra cable from the P/L adapter, but for cryo fluids (especially one that isn't already present in the LV) must be harder. Were any diagrams shared or more details added? Maybe you remember the point in the telecon where it was discussed?

sdsds · « **Reply #318 on:** 02/15/2024 09:27 am »

I went looking for it:

It is in response to a question by Will Robinson-Smith, which is at 20m 5s in the video. "Modified 39A" ... "spent a lot of time qualifying the disconnect" ... "route the lines up through the second stage and through a payload adapter fitting."

sdsds · « **Reply #319 on:** 02/15/2024 10:46 am »

The JPL Horizons system now has data for IM-1, possibly pre-loaded from Intuitive. If it is to be believed, the lander is now 71812 km from the center of the Earth, moving away at 2.8642 km/s.
https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons/app.html#/


***************************************************
 Date__(UT)__HR:MN                delta      deldot
***************************************************
 2024-Feb-15 11:35     7.1812412254E+04   2.8642172