Nicely done. Watched from backyard. Seemed to follow the flight path of the shuttles, i.e., south easterly. May not be a recoverable mission but SpaceX is demonstrating its ability to successfully launch in quick succession.
Nicely done. Watched from backyard. Seemed to follow the flight path of the shuttles, i.e., south easterly. May not be a recoverable mission but SpaceX is demonstrating its ability to successfully launch in quick succession.
I envy you. Must be a great thing to see. It certainly nicked off quickly.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
CRS-11 which is Dragon resupply to ISS is scheduled for June 1 21:55 UTC.
Just noticed over at r/SpaceX - if that happens on time - and weather permitting, we in Northern Europe be able to look at ISS pass virtually directly overhead followed about 20-40 minutes later by Dragon and its space flotsam.
I think it will pass straight through the Plough (aka Big Dipper aka Ursa Major) from where i am - rare to catch the ISS directly overhead here...
See Heavens Above website for ISS passes and skycharts.
That should be good. Reminds me of the Gemini days, pretty much 50 years ago. There was a joint mission with 6 and 7, 6 was launched after 7 because of the failure of another craft. Anyway 7 was transiting over the Cape as 6 was being launched and the crew of 7 got to witness the exhaust plume from that. 6 caught up from below in a few orbits and they did lots of rendezvouses etc after that. Timing is everything.
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) Via Twitter : side booster testing for Falcon Heavy last week, that booster already used for Thaicom 8.
( edit ) The upcoming Falcon Heavy test launch per Elon : "One way or another, launch is guaranteed to be exciting ..."
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Looks like there is a lot of
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Looks like there is a lot of stuff going up in the next couple months.
http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/launch-schedule/
Not all of it SpaceX.
SpaceX's finding employee and
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SpaceX's founding employee and engineer Tom Mueller on a one hour skype chat.
Inmarsat-5 Flight 4 Launch
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Inmarsat-5 Flight 4 Launch Webcast
in a few hours time, one way ticket to space - no return.
Nicely done.Cheers, Mike.
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Nicely done. Feels a bit weird that it is unusual to throw away the stage ! ;-)
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Nicely done. Watched from
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Nicely done. Watched from backyard. Seemed to follow the flight path of the shuttles, i.e., south easterly. May not be a recoverable mission but SpaceX is demonstrating its ability to successfully launch in quick succession.
robl wrote:Nicely done.
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I envy you. Must be a great thing to see. It certainly nicked off quickly.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
A chance to send your
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A chance to send your relatives into a "Sun-synchronous orbit" by Spacex.
https://www.engadget.com/2017/05/16/elysium-space-launches-remains-into-orbit/
Richard
Kavanagh wrote:A chance to
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Oooops. My mistake. It said 'loved ones', plus I think they implied they must be dead first. Darn. I had other ideas ..... :-)
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
CRS-11 which is Dragon
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CRS-11 which is Dragon resupply to ISS is scheduled for June 1 21:55 UTC.
Just noticed over at r/SpaceX - if that happens on time - and weather permitting, we in Northern Europe be able to look at ISS pass virtually directly overhead followed about 20-40 minutes later by Dragon and its space flotsam.
I think it will pass straight through the Plough (aka Big Dipper aka Ursa Major) from where i am - rare to catch the ISS directly overhead here...
See Heavens Above website for ISS passes and skycharts.
That should be good. Reminds
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That should be good. Reminds me of the Gemini days, pretty much 50 years ago. There was a joint mission with 6 and 7, 6 was launched after 7 because of the failure of another craft. Anyway 7 was transiting over the Cape as 6 was being launched and the crew of 7 got to witness the exhaust plume from that. 6 caught up from below in a few orbits and they did lots of rendezvouses etc after that. Timing is everything.
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) Via Twitter : side booster testing for Falcon Heavy last week, that booster already used for Thaicom 8.
( edit ) The upcoming Falcon Heavy test launch per Elon : "One way or another, launch is guaranteed to be exciting ..."
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal