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2 minutes ago, DevTech said:

Why is there no camera feed from the vehicle as it moves further away to the point we see the entire planet?

 

There will be, if I'm right (someone correct me if I'm not) it's going to coast for a little while to prove something to the Armed Forces, then set off again after a few hours.

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1 minute ago, Astra.Xtreme said:

Because the Earth is flat.  Or because that's a lot of dataflow that would be pointed at a satellite that's not designed to take incoming data from that direction.

It just seems weird they streamed the launch which had a camera showing the Earth gettign smalled and then abruptly, nothing.

2 minutes ago, John. said:

There will be, if I'm right (someone correct me if I'm not) it's going to coast for a little while to prove something to the Armed Forces, then set off again after a few hours.

Wait? We are in the "Redacted" part of the mission?

2 minutes ago, DevTech said:

Wait? We are in the "Redacted" part of the mission?

I don't want to say too much in case I dreamt this, but I think S2 is coasting for between 2-6 hours before it sets off? @DocM? @Unobscured Vision?

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2 minutes ago, DevTech said:

Wait? We are in the "Redacted" part of the mission?

That actually might be playing a part in this, now that I think about it ....

1 minute ago, ctebah said:

Anyone know the timeline for commercial flights of Falcon Heavy?

Now that it's been proven to work, they'll be lining up around the blockhouse to book flights on it.

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2 minutes ago, ctebah said:

Anyone know the timeline for commercial flights of Falcon Heavy?

3-6 months, with 2 candidates

 

USAF STP-2, which will qualify FH for national security payloads

 

ArabSat 6, a commsat for Saudi Arabia

 

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