** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **

[Penfold101]

"A little ostentatious don't you think...?"
"What was I thinking? You're usually so discreet."

 

[JRS]

"A little ostentatious don't you think...?"
"What was I thinking? You're usually so discreet."

"Tell you what. Throw a little hotrod red in there."

 

[Malevolence]

Interesting launch coming up in a couple of day.

 

[Colonel_Klinck]

I'm sure we'd all like to know what its actually doing up there for all that time it remains in orbit.

 

[Penfold101]

I'm sure we'd all like to know what its actually doing up there for all that time it remains in orbit.

Science!

 

[Malevolence]

I'm sure we'd all like to know what its actually doing up there for all that time it remains in orbit.

Pretty much guaranteed that it's being used as the single most effective spy satellite ever deployed into orbit. That said though, it's not what the X-37 itself is doing that gets me curious, it's what the satellites it deploys are doing that's the true mystery.

 

[Grim5]

SpaceX looses $900 million in subsidies from US government due to Starship's failure to meet delivery deadlines for Starlink launches

https://twitter.com/x/status/1735098045401051491

 

[Malevolence]

 

[darkgen]

That video is quite odd, almost as if it skipped the atmosphere as there are two phases of what I'll assume is the heatshield heating up.

 

[Penfold101]

That video is quite odd, almost as if it skipped the atmosphere as there are two phases of what I'll assume is the heatshield heating up.

It’s the same sequence, just two different cameras one after the other.

 

[darkgen]

It’s the same sequence, just two different cameras one after the other.

Oh! Silly me!

 

[drakulton]

If that banging noise is thruster fire, I wasn't expecting it to sound like that. on Apollo they said it was like hammering a trashcan.

 

[Penfold101]

Oh! Silly me!

Unless they did it properly Kerbal and aerobraked on the first pass to reduce the speed enough to get into the atmosphere on the second…

 

[drakulton]

 

[Richie]

First UK Vertical Spaceport now it has been issued a licence:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-67741864

 

[Chuk_Chuk]

First UK Vertical Spaceport now it has been issued a licence:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-67741864

Excellent news. I couldn’t find it in the article, is this site predominantly for the smaller rockets or could we potentially see some full behemoths? ( is it too far north for those types of launches?)

 

[Malevolence]

Excellent news. I couldn’t find it in the article, is this site predominantly for the smaller rockets or could we potentially see some full behemoths? ( is it too far north for those types of launches?)

Launching Smaller rockets putting micro and cube sats into polar orbits will be the bread and butter operations.

 

[Colonel_Klinck]

I'd love to attend a rocket launch. Thought about going to Florida for a Falcon launch but I think I'll wait for a Starship one now.

 

[steve45]

Another attempt to launch Falcon heavy tonight (X-37B). Attempt No.4 with a "planned" launch time of:

Fri Dec 29, 2023 01:07 GMT

Fingers crossed for a successful launch, I will be following along with Everyday Astronaut.

 

[steve45]

Jeez Falcon heavy dosnt hang about!!!! The sheer power and acceleration off the pad, so impressive!

What a shot!!!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1740541251454460360