Be sure to zoom in to the portion after first stage engine cut off. Among other things at various places in this photo you can see all three of the returned launchpad burns, and you can even detect the sequence from one engine to three engines back down to one engine for the reentry burn.
[edit: this is actually a composite of three separate long-duration photographs each of two to three minutes duration, and with considerable differences in sensitivity to adjust for the varying light levels of the primary target of interest]
Falcon 9 Heavy (the three tube model) had a first try at a possible static firing today. It got pretty far along, with propellant loaded, but they cut things short without lighting the candle. Sources commenting on their plans assert that this static firing is planned to be several times longer than typical for Falcon 9 at the Cape--12 or 15 seconds have been mentioned.
The next approved opportunity for static firing is currently stated to be Friday Florida time anytime between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. local time (1500 to 2100 UTC).
Most recent estimates of the soonest likely launch dates are very late January to very early February.
The Dragon Capsule coming from the ISS, splashdown in the Pacific. It will be a bit before the next one. Just wondering if there is footage of any of them.
Someone took a fabulous
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Someone took a fabulous long-duration high-resolution photograph of the Zuma launch.
https://i.redd.it/8jkukgakvq801.jpg
Be sure to zoom in to the portion after first stage engine cut off. Among other things at various places in this photo you can see all three of the returned launchpad burns, and you can even detect the sequence from one engine to three engines back down to one engine for the reentry burn.
[edit: this is actually a composite of three separate long-duration photographs each of two to three minutes duration, and with considerable differences in sensitivity to adjust for the varying light levels of the primary target of interest]
Zuma satellite failed to
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Zuma satellite failed to separate from 2nd stage and is presumed "lost". Damn!
According to
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According to https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/9/16866806/spacex-zuma-mission-failure-northrop-grumman-classified-falcon-9-rocket However, a previous report from Wired noted that Northrop Grumman provided its own payload adapter for this mission. And if that payload adapter failed, it would have left the satellite still attached to the upper portion of the rocket. That’s certainly a mission failure, but it wouldn’t necessarily be the fault of the Falcon 9.
Richard
Kavanagh wrote: According to
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Not looking to place blame. Just shocked that something we take for granted doesn't always go as planned.
Or it is the preference of
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Or it is the preference of the owner of the payload to construct a certain narrative ..... complete with plausible backstory .... ;-)
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
Mike Hewson wrote:Or it is
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Yes, yet one more option to the "lost" payload - it really isn't lost.
Is there a live stream for
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Is there a live stream for the splash down?
Falcon 9 Heavy (the three
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Falcon 9 Heavy (the three tube model) had a first try at a possible static firing today. It got pretty far along, with propellant loaded, but they cut things short without lighting the candle. Sources commenting on their plans assert that this static firing is planned to be several times longer than typical for Falcon 9 at the Cape--12 or 15 seconds have been mentioned.
The next approved opportunity for static firing is currently stated to be Friday Florida time anytime between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. local time (1500 to 2100 UTC).
Most recent estimates of the soonest likely launch dates are very late January to very early February.
Gary, what splash down do you have in mind?
The Dragon Capsule coming
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The Dragon Capsule coming from the ISS, splashdown in the Pacific. It will be a bit before the next one. Just wondering if there is footage of any of them.
Gary Charpentier wrote:Just
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Not much, but there is this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4R0raX02vw