Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : SpaceX Transporter-1 Rideshare : 24 Jan 2021 (15:00 UTC)  (Read 236850 times)

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Ah, the Maverick Mercury deployer turns out to be attached to the aft end of the second stage, that's something new for Falcon 9. It has just deployed @zacinaction' s three V-R3X 1U cubesats.

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1353372464886243334

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Port C3 deployment (Nanoracks’ Eyries-1 mission's 9 payloads)

LOS Bangalore, next signal acquisition around +1:15:00
« Last Edit: 01/24/2021 03:12 pm by Jansen »

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Now we know the port numbering scheme a little better.  Ring A on the bottom, then go up from there (Ring B in middle, Ring C on top)

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Just caught a shot of 2 faring halves on the respective recovery vessels!
« Last Edit: 01/24/2021 03:15 pm by litton4 »
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Both fairing halves confirmed recovered.

AOS Cordova

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So are those both from Transporter-1? (ie, where did the starlink fairing(s) go?)
« Last Edit: 01/24/2021 03:18 pm by cscott »

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Capella sats seem to have been on the top ring ports 5 & 6

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C3 B3, B2, C5 & C6 (Capella), A4 Sherpa deployed

A2 D-orbit deployed

All rideshares deployed

Short coast phase before Starlink deployment
« Last Edit: 01/24/2021 03:20 pm by Jansen »

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What about thisk image ?


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That is 2nd stage LOX tank.

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So are those both from Transporter-1? (ie, where did the starlink fairing(s) go?)

The confirmation from SpaceX is that both fairings from Transporter-1 were recovered. We don’t know if what was shown was from that, or from the earlier Starlink launch.

However, there is room for another fairing  amidship, but just off camera. Will have to wait fo r port return.
« Last Edit: 01/24/2021 03:24 pm by Jansen »

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Are they going to jettison all 3 ESPA rings into space as well?
LEO is the ocean, not an island (let alone a continent). We create cruise liners to ride the oceans, not artificial islands in the middle of them. We need a physical place, which has physical resources, to make our future out there.

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Are they going to jettison all 3 ESPA rings into space as well?
They have to given the configuration of the whole stack.

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Are they going to jettison all 3 ESPA rings into space as well?

Yep.  Everything above the Starlink, plus the tension rods, are all going to be in that orbit.

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So are those both from Transporter-1? (ie, where did the starlink fairing(s) go?)

The confirmation from SpaceX is that both fairings from Transporter-1 were recovered. We don’t know if what was shown was from that, or from the earlier Starlink launch.

However, there is room for another fairing  amidship, but just off camera. Will have to wait fo r port return.

I thought that one of the ships had already come back empty.......Go Quest?

....Ok MS Tree went straight from Starlink LZ to this zone......
« Last Edit: 01/24/2021 03:35 pm by litton4 »
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"Loss of signal New Hampshire: Unexpected"

Well that's interesting.
« Last Edit: 01/24/2021 03:32 pm by mlindner »
LEO is the ocean, not an island (let alone a continent). We create cruise liners to ride the oceans, not artificial islands in the middle of them. We need a physical place, which has physical resources, to make our future out there.

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Starlinks successfully deployed
« Last Edit: 01/24/2021 03:37 pm by Jansen »

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Are they going to jettison all 3 ESPA rings into space as well?

Yep.  Everything above the Starlink, plus the tension rods, are all going to be in that orbit.

Interesting, that's a lot of very large debris.
LEO is the ocean, not an island (let alone a continent). We create cruise liners to ride the oceans, not artificial islands in the middle of them. We need a physical place, which has physical resources, to make our future out there.

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