Author Topic: Starship SN8 Test Launch Campaign - UPDATES (Read 728683 times)

vaporcobra · « **Reply #160 on:** 12/08/2020 05:25 pm »

Quote from: rory on 12/08/2020 05:21 pm

The WB-57 flight plan has been updated:

To clarify, departure is now scheduled NET 2:12 pm, a 12-minute delay. Should arrive on-station around 3:10 pm if that's the case.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA927/history/20201208/2000Z/KEFD/KEFD

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #161 on:** 12/08/2020 05:29 pm »

Working on the flight termination system.

cscott · « **Reply #162 on:** 12/08/2020 05:34 pm »

It appears that NASA is using the DyNAMITE system to film SpaceX missions.

See https://airbornescience.nasa.gov/flight_reports/WB-57_927_07_14_14 (a previous mission to film reentry of a F9 using DyNAMITE, with resulting image included in https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2015/pdf/2087.pdf ).

Some nice pictures of DyNAMITE on the nose of the WB-57 in the article at http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/nasa-wb-57-chase-totality-great-american-eclipse.html -- I'm not attaching those because they are pictures from AV8PIX (Jack Beyer would be jealous!).

"The optical instrument is a 13” primary telescope called the Day Night Airborne Motion Imagery for Terrestrial Environments (DyNAMITE), gimbal mounted on the nose cone of the WB-57. DyNAMITE is a full motion, two independent co-bore sighted system, with a visible color HD video camera system, combined with a mid-wave (3-5 μm bolometer) infrared videocamera.The gimbal has a pointing stability of < 5 μRad @ 20 Hz RMS."

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #163 on:** 12/08/2020 05:37 pm »

Flaps are opening. Signal is a bit poor.

StevenOBrien · « **Reply #164 on:** 12/08/2020 05:39 pm »

Clearer view. Top left flap is still strapped down for some reason.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #165 on:** 12/08/2020 05:48 pm »

Screen shot for Chris B.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #166 on:** 12/08/2020 06:29 pm »

New view from Mary!

vaporcobra · « **Reply #167 on:** 12/08/2020 06:33 pm »

NASA's WB-57 departure was moved back to 2 pm CST from 2:12 pm

Landing is now NET 5 pm CST, adding around 60-90 minutes of loiter time.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA927/history/20201208/2000Z/KEFD/KEFD

ne · « **Reply #168 on:** 12/08/2020 06:35 pm »

Chery picker going up, hopefuly to remove the fin chain and expand it!

From LabPadre stream

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #169 on:** 12/08/2020 06:36 pm »

Lift to untie forward-port flap.

ne · « **Reply #170 on:** 12/08/2020 06:50 pm »

Chain removed. We are a step closer!

From LabPadre stream

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #171 on:** 12/08/2020 06:53 pm »

Flap should be released.

Stimbergi · « **Reply #172 on:** 12/08/2020 06:55 pm »

https://twitter.com/joroulette/status/1336393992305577984

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Musk tells Wall Street Journal in a live chat that "we're hopefully going to do a launch later today" of Starship, affirming the plan still stands for today.