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DaFace 05-27-2016 03:45 PM

Holy shit - real time video from the first stage!

eDave 05-27-2016 03:45 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPYOtCFSLKw has a stage one cam onboard.

Donger 05-27-2016 03:47 PM

Stick it geeks!

eDave 05-27-2016 03:48 PM

Boom.

Donger 05-27-2016 03:48 PM

Yes! Another 5 x 5

DaFace 05-27-2016 03:48 PM

Damn - they're getting good at this!

DaFace 05-27-2016 03:49 PM

http://i.imgur.com/3NUqgIB.jpg

eDave 05-27-2016 03:51 PM

They might have recovered the fairing as well.

DaFace 05-27-2016 03:52 PM

That view of the first stage thrusters firing followed by the entry burn was epic. I'm anxiously waiting on a gif of that.

DaFace 05-27-2016 03:58 PM

Less than 3 minutes after this, it was standing stationary on a boat.

<iframe src="https://streamable.com/e/1216" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen scrolling="no"></iframe>

DaFace 05-27-2016 04:02 PM

Looks like at least one of the grid fins got pretty toasted.

eDave 05-27-2016 04:06 PM

https://cdn.streamable.com/video/mp4-mobile/1216.mp4

aturnis 05-27-2016 04:09 PM

What their current recovery rate for the year? I know they were shooting for 70%, seems pretty likely now.

eDave 05-27-2016 04:13 PM

Payload delivered.

No "USA, USA, USA!" chants this time...

DaFace 05-27-2016 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aturnis (Post 12248973)
What their current recovery rate for the year? I know they were shooting for 70%, seems pretty likely now.

If you go back to when they resumed launches in December after the failure last spring...

Orbcomm OG2 - Landed at LZ-1 successfully. (success)
Jason 3 - Landed on OCISLY, but leg didn't lock out. (failure)
SES-9 - Landed hard on OCISLY. Made a big hole in the boat. (failure)
CRS-8 - Landed successfully on OCISLY. (success)
JCSAT-14 - Landed successfully on OCISLY. (success)
Thaicom-8 - Landed successfully on OCISLY. (success)

So they're at 67% right now, but the fact that they've landed three in a row, twice in the most difficult scenarios (GTO missions), bodes well.

Now they just have to re-launch one...


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