The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond

Delvis · 31 Jan 2022 at 21:05

Malevolence said:
Why would I have I said launch failed when I posted the video some time before the launch was scrubbed and the countdown was still actively ticking away? They didn't scrub until control was handed over to internal systems, at the T- 1 minute mark. Or do you think I'm some sort of seer?

I clearly didn't see it as a live post, did I? Hence my original question

Malevolence · 31 Jan 2022 at 23:08

T- 4 minutes

Malevolence · 31 Jan 2022 at 23:15

That tracking shot from the ground. :eek:

bliss · 31 Jan 2022 at 23:23

That launch just might have contained some of the best footage spacex have ever captured. Utterly stunning.

Grim5 · 31 Jan 2022 at 23:49

bliss said:
That launch just might have contained some of the best footage spacex have ever captured. Utterly stunning.

Yep, I was in awe at that tracking - insane Image quality tracking an object 65km away moving at 6000kmph. The lens on the camera must be nuts. If you pause the stream, you can see the stripes on the USA flag that's printed on the side of the 2nd stage!

Flibster · 1 Feb 2022 at 14:29

That was from a ground camera? Holy crap. I thought they'd borrowed one of NASA's WB-57's for camera duties.

And the shots of the landing... Wow.

Malevolence · 2 Feb 2022 at 20:20

T- 8 minutes

Malevolence · 2 Feb 2022 at 20:27

Crystal clear skies and a landing back at Vandenberg. Should be a good one.

Malevolence · 2 Feb 2022 at 20:36

That never gets old.

Grim5 · 2 Feb 2022 at 20:37

Yep, seen so many falcon 1st stage landings now but I still get super excited every time

Malevolence · 3 Feb 2022 at 18:04

And another launch today. T- 9 minutes

Malevolence · 4 Feb 2022 at 19:07

Malevolence · 6 Feb 2022 at 05:50

Calm · 10 Feb 2022 at 04:41

They're currently lifting starship onto the booster using the tower

Malevolence · 10 Feb 2022 at 04:54

Starship looks so strange just hanging there betwixt the chopsticks. Looks right out of a sci-fi movie.

bliss · 10 Feb 2022 at 09:50

Time-lapse of the stacking event.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1491662106042593284

darkgen · 10 Feb 2022 at 09:54

Where is the stream showing this?

Minusorange · 10 Feb 2022 at 11:54

Malevolence said:
And another launch today. T- 9 minutes

Looks like they mostly perished

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-60317806

Apart from cost, why didn't they just put them in a higher orbit ? Surely a storm like this would be calculated and the drag and resulting deorbit predicted ?

VaderDSL · 10 Feb 2022 at 14:01

Minusorange said:
Apart from cost, why didn't they just put them in a higher orbit ? Surely a storm like this would be calculated and the drag and resulting deorbit predicted ?

from what I’ve read, and I might be wrong, they do it for a fail safe, if a satellite fails the pre orbit checks they can dispose of them. I think the failure here was they didn’t anticipate the extra drag on them, maybe

PlacidCasual · 10 Feb 2022 at 15:32

Scott Manley discussed tis in his latest video. Apparently the problem was they didn't have enough gyroscope force to overcome the drag and orient them satellites to extend the solar panel and fire the ion thruster. I think they miscalculated the effect of the atmosphere on their ability to orient the satellites rather than their ability to boost into the correct orbit.

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