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#2251 |
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Kansas City
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Less than 24 hours till next spacex launch bump. Will be a F9 launch for this one, but another falcon heavy is coming in 12 days.
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#2252 | |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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#2253 |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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Bumpity bump bump.
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#2254 |
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Kansas City
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Looks like we confirmed that the visibility near ground level can be absolute crap and everything go off without a hitch anyway. I would say it was another cool launch/landing, but I sure couldn't see anything to confirm it
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#2255 |
New and Improved
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Springfield, Mo.
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Pretty cool watching it come up out of all that fog.
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#2256 |
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Join Date: Jan 2013
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#2257 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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Going down too. I had always been under the impression that it had to go with visual guidance in the final seconds to hit the bullseye, but I sure couldn't see the target until it was practically on the ground. Clearly their GPS systems are pretty precise.
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#2258 |
(Sir/Yes Sir/Aye Aye Sir)
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Diving
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Yes, we needed a twist to the most awesome people's standard cast where, well. it's usually perfect. The fog was COOL!
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#2259 |
Supporter
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Spink, SD
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They have really gotten their shit together.
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#2260 |
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Location: Donkey Land
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#2261 |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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24-hour bump for Falcon Heavy. I'm stoked for the night time launch (and landing). Seeing two boosters coming down side-by-side in the dark is gonna be fun. Window opens at 11:30pm Eastern tomorrow night (Monday).
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#2262 | |
TACO SALAD
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: yes
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#2263 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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Wow. I hadn't really paid attention to how complex this mission is. Here's the timeline from the press kit:
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00:00:42 Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket) 00:02:27 Booster engine cutoff (BECO) 00:02:31 Side boosters separate from center core 00:02:49 Side boosters begin boostback burn 00:03:27 Center core engine shutdown/main engine cutoff (MECO) 00:03:31 Center core and 2nd stage separate 00:03:38 2nd stage engine starts (SES-1) 00:04:03 Fairing deployment 00:07:13 Side boosters begin entry burn 00:08:41 Side booster landings 00:08:38 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1) 00:08:53 Center core begins entry burn 00:11:21 Center core landing 00:12:55 Spacecraft deployments begin 01:12:39 Second stage engine restart (SES-2) 01:13:00 Second stage engine cutoff (SECO-2) 02:07:35 Second stage engine restart (SES-3) 02:08:04 Second stage engine cutoff (SECO-3) 03:27:27 Second stage engine restart (SES-4) 03:28:03 Second stage engine cutoff (SECO-4) 03:34:09 Final spacecraft deployment |
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#2264 |
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#2265 |
(Sir/Yes Sir/Aye Aye Sir)
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Diving
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