Author Topic: NSF SpaceX Starlink v1.0 L8 B1059.3 "Super 8 " Landing Bingo (Read 32612 times)

pb2000 · « **Reply #140 on:** 06/16/2020 05:52 pm »

Looks like I'm in the running, but it's still tough to tell because a lot of the paint markings seem to have been cooked off by the parade of boosters finding the deck.

tleski · « **Reply #141 on:** 06/16/2020 10:43 pm »

Quote from: SpaceXFleet on 06/16/2020 03:45 pm

https://twitter.com/Adams_Away/status/1272917050822967296

I do not endorse this photo as it was definitely taken with a drone - which is banned at Port Canaveral - but it should help with the bingo results.

Edit: The drone might technically be over the beach with the camera zoomed in but no way to be sure.

The link above does not work, but this one seems better:

https://twitter.com/Adams_Away/status/1272974777741979650

RocketLover0119 · « **Reply #142 on:** 06/18/2020 04:12 pm »

Have we been able to declare a winner yet?

Being ancy because my spot is in the running

pb2000 · « **Reply #143 on:** 06/18/2020 07:01 pm »

I've tried a few different triangulation methods, but can't get much more precise than somewhere in this circle. Helodriver, have you had anymore luck?

the_other_Doug · « **Reply #144 on:** 06/25/2020 02:51 am »

It's been a week... anyone feel like declaring a winner?

Nevyn72 · « **Reply #145 on:** 06/25/2020 04:01 am »

Is there going to be one for L9?

CJ · « **Reply #146 on:** 06/25/2020 06:39 am »

I'm speculating that there haven't yet been enough photos (from the needed angles for triangulation) to allow the F9's location to be determined with sufficient accuracy. Also complicating the task greatly (I'm guessing) is the dearth of paint on the ASDS deck.

Speaking as someone who is (I think, maybe) in the running, IMHO if the needed photos don't show up for this landing, Helodriver's task becomes impossible, so we can't expect a winner on this round unless the needed photos find their way to Helodriver. If that's the case (that no winner can be determined), my suggestion would be to roll the prizes over into a new future bingo.

I'd again like to thank Helodriver, NSF, and all involved in the landing bingos, because this was a fun round, no matter how it ends.

Helodriver · « **Reply #147 on:** 06/25/2020 07:56 am »

After a bit of delay caused by a wait for the right images to turn up and other factors, the winner of Starlink "Super 8" Bingo has been determined!

Sometimes judging is super easy, one of the dedicated corps of local space photographers charters a helicopter and flies right out over the ASDS and with one image precisely fixes the location on deck.

Sometimes SpaceX televises the landing via the onboard rocketcam and the deck is imaged looking downward from the interstage lining up deck markings, grid fins, and leg tips.

Sometimes as the droneship sails into the harbor, videographers on the piers and seawalls capture a level image from a fixed spot as the vessel glides past, catching the centermark just above the waterline and the antenna towers on the opposite corners lining up to make triangulation lines with the standing rocket body.

Sometimes none of that happens at all, but an oblique somewhat illegal drone shot briefly appears on twitter from someone who does not know or care about the rules for flying around Port Canaveral and you gotta go with that, even if its a weird angle and kind of far away.

Even such an image contains all the information needed for determining position and orientation, even when the deck markings haven't been repainted for quite a while, you just have to use other references, in this case the known positions of the deck perimeter safety guardrail posts, which are fixed and don't change from mission to mission.

A virtual grid was drawn across the deck by lining up every other pair of opposing posts, and voila, rotation and X axis was revealed. Y axis was determined from the blast wall camera as shown during the webcast.

So without further ado the square B1059.3 checked into for its offshore stay was L-24 chosen by unitx

Quote from: unitx on 06/12/2020 04:09 pm

L-24

A suitable SpaceX artifact prize will be on its way!

Congratulations to all the players and congratulations to SpaceX for a successful mission and keeping the landing streak alive!

Landing Bingo Will Return!

CJ · « **Reply #148 on:** 06/25/2020 06:01 pm »

Congratulations Unitix!

And Thanks, Helodriver, for the explanation of how you discern the F9's location. That's amazing that you can do that, with so little to work with.

unitx · « **Reply #149 on:** 06/26/2020 05:44 am »

Quote from: Helodriver on 06/25/2020 07:56 am

After a bit of delay caused by a wait for the right images to turn up and other factors, the winner of Starlink "Super 8" Bingo has been determined!

Sometimes judging is super easy, one of the dedicated corps of local space photographers charters a helicopter and flies right out over the ASDS and with one image precisely fixes the location on deck.

Sometimes SpaceX televises the landing via the onboard rocketcam and the deck is imaged looking downward from the interstage lining up deck markings, grid fins, and leg tips.

Sometimes as the droneship sails into the harbor, videographers on the piers and seawalls capture a level image from a fixed spot as the vessel glides past, catching the centermark just above the waterline and the antenna towers on the opposite corners lining up to make triangulation lines with the standing rocket body.

Sometimes none of that happens at all, but an oblique somewhat illegal drone shot briefly appears on twitter from someone who does not know or care about the rules for flying around Port Canaveral and you gotta go with that, even if its a weird angle and kind of far away.

Even such an image contains all the information needed for determining position and orientation, even when the deck markings haven't been repainted for quite a while, you just have to use other references, in this case the known positions of the deck perimeter safety guardrail posts, which are fixed and don't change from mission to mission.

A virtual grid was drawn across the deck by lining up every other pair of opposing posts, and voila, rotation and X axis was revealed. Y axis was determined from the blast wall camera as shown during the webcast.

So without further ado the square B1059.3 checked into for its offshore stay was L-24 chosen by unitx

Quote from: unitx on 06/12/2020 04:09 pm
L-24

A suitable SpaceX artifact prize will be on its way!

Congratulations to all the players and congratulations to SpaceX for a successful mission and keeping the landing streak alive!

Landing Bingo Will Return!

I can't believe it. That's amazing, especially as it's only my second time playing this. Thank you to Helodriver and all at NSF for adding an extra layer of excitement to the booster landing process. I especially look forward to digging into the rich L2 content that I've only dreamed about until now.