SpaceX F9 : SpaceX Transporter-1 Rideshare : 24 Jan 2021 (15:00 UTC)

[Rondaz]

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

[Jansen]

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

LOS Bangalore, next signal acquisition around +1:15:00

[gongora]

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)

[litton4]

Just caught a shot of 2 faring halves on the respective recovery vessels!

[Jansen]

Both fairing halves confirmed recovered.

AOS Cordova

[cscott]

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

[gongora]

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

[Jansen]

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

A2 D-orbit deployed

All rideshares deployed

Short coast phase before Starlink deployment

[SMS]

https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1353376925109030916

[Guillerz]

What about thisk image ?


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[Rekt1971]

What about thisk image ?


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That is 2nd stage LOX tank.

[Jansen]

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.

[mlindner]

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

[russianhalo117]

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

They have to given the configuration of the whole stack.

[gongora]

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.

[litton4]

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......

[mlindner]

"Loss of signal New Hampshire: Unexpected"

Well that's interesting.

[Jansen]

Starlinks successfully deployed

[mlindner]

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.

[gongora]