Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L18 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 4 Feb 2021 (0619 UTC) (Read 56545 times)

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #100 on:** 02/04/2021 07:08 am »

twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1357225604974788608

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Stunning Falcon 9 launch of 60 Starlink satellites on a crisp, cold, moonlit Florida night.

https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1357228168202113024

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(Two-frame stack, captured sequentially with the same camera. One frame exposes for the stars and moon; next frame captures the much brighter launch.)

ugordan · « **Reply #101 on:** 02/04/2021 09:23 am »

Starship_SpaceX · « **Reply #102 on:** 02/04/2021 11:41 am »

STARLINK V1.0-LAUNCH 18

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #103 on:** 02/04/2021 12:34 pm »

https://twitter.com/spacexfleet/status/1357321432980725761

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Ms. Tree looks to have finished fairing recovery work at the Starlink LZ and appears to be en-route to Port Canaveral.

If this is the case, and the other Starlink mission launches tommorow, Ms. Tree won't take part. Unsure on Ms. Chief's current status as tracker is offline.

OneSpeed · « **Reply #104 on:** 02/04/2021 12:54 pm »

Quote from: AC in NC on 02/04/2021 06:01 am

Forgive me if I missed it but I don't recall them ever giving us S1 telemetry all the way to the drone ship.

We've had complete S1 telemetry for the NROL-76 RTLS mission, but you are correct, never for an ASDS mission, and never for both stages. I hope this innovation continues.

ChrisC · « **Reply #105 on:** 02/04/2021 02:06 pm »

Hey, some of you might want to take a close look at the Mission Control audio feed here:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=dzxSKe7TF0I

The ground track graphic system was messed up and the regular coverage stream switched away from it for about 30 minutes, but the MC audio stream stayed on it the whole time. At 49m into this video you can see them trying to troubleshoot it, especially for the first few minutes. At one point you see them messing with URLs at the top of the screen (internal "launchx" server, sorry). Finally at 1h19m they got it to stabilize.

At a couple points it shows them switching between the -17 and -18 flights, so I wonder if the order reversal exposed an existing bug in that handling. Or maybe it's just a newer system (witness the new Stage 1 telemetry that One Speed discusses above) and it just had a new bug. Anyway, we only have to wait a day to see it again

EDIT: nope, several more days ...

(thanks Starship_SpaceX for the cryptic tip)

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #106 on:** 02/04/2021 02:43 pm »

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1357353522866524161

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Falcon 9 launches 60 Starlink satellites to orbit – mission from pad 39A on deck

twitter.com/spacex/status/1357353526163197953

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This mission marked the fifth launch and landing of this booster; it last flew less than one month ago

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1357353527169798144

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Rapid reusability is key to reducing the cost of traveling to space

Jansen · « **Reply #107 on:** 02/04/2021 02:45 pm »

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1357353527169798144

wannamoonbase · « **Reply #108 on:** 02/04/2021 07:34 pm »

A 27 day turn, especially for a ASDS landing is amazing.

It will be fun to see how this proceeds across the booster fleet.

Lars-J · « **Reply #109 on:** 02/04/2021 11:27 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 02/04/2021 05:33 am

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1357214634911166466

When I first saw the landing on the livestream, I did not expect the landing burn come from so far left of the pictures... I was thinking "oh no it will miss the barge!". But no, I had forgotten how the first stage can approach from a 30-45 degree angle when the landing burn ignites, which then cancels out the horizontal velocity as well as the vertical.

Jansen · « **Reply #110 on:** 02/04/2021 11:47 pm »

https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1357479463081168900

Jansen · « **Reply #111 on:** 02/04/2021 11:48 pm »

https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1357442071066529794

Jansen · « **Reply #112 on:** 02/05/2021 12:30 am »

Based on a 7kn speed, I’m estimating OCISLY and B1060 to arrive at Port Canaveral around 4-6pm EST on Saturday Feb 6, just before sunset.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #113 on:** 02/05/2021 09:08 am »

https://twitter.com/spacexfleet/status/1357632128910000128

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Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief will be arriving at Port Canaveral with the fairing halves from the recent Starlink mission in the next two hours.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #114 on:** 02/05/2021 11:15 am »

Arriving now on NSF Fleetcam

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #115 on:** 02/05/2021 11:37 am »

https://twitter.com/spacexfleet/status/1357667627825573889

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Arrival! Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief have returned from the recent Starlink mission.

Ms. Chief's half appears to be in good condition under the blue tarp. Ms. Tree's half looks damaged and is sitting at an unusual angle

As captured live on @NASASpaceflight Fleetcam