What was the splash that happened in the top right of the feed at T=+8:53 (27:58 in the webcast)
I believe that was a digital hitch in the video, because it disappeared instantly.
Here is a comparison of the public booster telemetry from Starlink L22 and L23.
Love your graphs! Keep it up, please.
One suggestion: post them in PNG format for sharpness and smaller file size.
What was the splash that happened in the top right of the feed at T=+8:53 (27:58 in the webcast)
YouTube time-links don't work when embedded by the forum software.
One workaround is using the full "youtube.com/watch?v=...&t=..." format without the leading "www." to suppress embedding:
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=Uy9Jn-3vuPs&t=1671 (Linked a few second earlier.)
As for your "splash" ... I don't know, but I think it may just be a compression artifact.
Note how it disappears entirely from one frame to the next, three frames prior to T+09:00.
(However the sudden disappearance could itself be a compression artifact.)
Whatever it is, if forms from left to right and is present for about five seconds, and if I didn't know any better I'd say it was the booster venting inline with the visible horizon. But while the F9 booster does vent from a number of locations shortly after landing, I don't think it does so at that location.
What was the splash that happened in the top right of the feed at T=+8:53 (27:58 in the webcast)
YouTube time-links don't work when embedded by the forum software.
One workaround is using the full "youtube.com/watch?v=...&t=..." format without the leading "www." to suppress embedding:
* https://youtube.com/watch?v=Uy9Jn-3vuPs&t=1671 (Linked a few second earlier.)
As for your "splash" ... I don't know, but I think it may just be a compression artifact.
Note how it disappears entirely from one frame to the next, three frames prior to T+09:00.
(However the sudden disappearance could itself be a compression artifact.)
Whatever it is, if forms from left to right and is present for about five seconds, and if I didn't know any better I'd say it was the booster venting inline with the visible horizon. But while the F9 booster does vent from a number of locations shortly after landing, I don't think it does so at that location.
It was accompanied by a venty/splash/fizzy type noise.
What was the splash that happened in the top right of the feed at T=+8:53 (27:58 in the webcast)
YouTube time-links don't work when embedded by the forum software.
One workaround is using the full "youtube.com/watch?v=...&t=..." format without the leading "www." to suppress embedding:
* https://youtube.com/watch?v=Uy9Jn-3vuPs&t=1671 (Linked a few second earlier.)
As for your "splash" ... I don't know, but I think it may just be a compression artifact.
Note how it disappears entirely from one frame to the next, three frames prior to T+09:00.
(However the sudden disappearance could itself be a compression artifact.)
Whatever it is, if forms from left to right and is present for about five seconds, and if I didn't know any better I'd say it was the booster venting inline with the visible horizon. But while the F9 booster does vent from a number of locations shortly after landing, I don't think it does so at that location.
It was accompanied by a venty/splash/fizzy type noise.
It's compression artifacts. End of story.
Consecutive Frames, 5 artifacts instantly introduced and develop before disappearing.
It was accompanied by a venty/splash/fizzy type noise.
That does come at about the right time, doesn't it? But unfortunately, we don't get any sound from those cameras. The noise is either coming from the Hawthorne production floor, or from a cartload of dishes being bussed to their cafeteria scullery. (It is quite common to hear cafeteria background noises during launch commentary.)
Here is a comparison of the public booster telemetry from Starlink L22 and L23.
Love your graphs! Keep it up, please.
One suggestion: post them in PNG format for sharpness and smaller file size.
Thanks for the feedback. I used to post them as .png files, but a couple of months ago there were some display issues with .png on the site, so I swapped to .jpg. Perhaps a mod can tell me the preferred site format?
Thanks for the feedback. I used to post them as .png files, but a couple of months ago there were some display issues with .png on the site, so I swapped to .jpg. Perhaps a mod can tell me the preferred site format?
By the way, the files you posted are in BMP format, not JPG (despite the extension being JPG), which explains the large file size. Here are the file sizes with different formats for "StarlinkS1-L22-23.bmp".
BMP: 6.4 MB (original file size and type)
JPG: 133 KB
GIF: 62.8 KB
PNG: 105 KB
So, I would recommend posting using GIF, which does not add artefacts like JPG and has better compression than PNG for images with simple colours and shapes. I use IrfanView to convert the various images. Just open the file using IrfanView -> File -> Save As... -> Save as type: -> GIF - Compuserve GIF -> Save. The File -> Save as... operation can be called by just typing S on your keyboard.
https://www.irfanview.com/
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