Draggendrop Veteran Posted January 17, 2016 Veteran Share Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) Yes...and the beefed up legs and locks may have worked if FT used... edit...NASA TV off now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 @nasa Jason3 satellite ready for science operations! Solar arrays deployed & power positive. https://t.co/3avbEwM78gF https://t.co/qN8AiZvcMz Draggendrop and Unobscured Vision 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted January 17, 2016 Veteran Share Posted January 17, 2016 YES...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted January 17, 2016 Veteran Share Posted January 17, 2016 Looks like we had help at mission control.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted January 17, 2016 Veteran Share Posted January 17, 2016 Jason-3 is Healthy, Receiving Commands Quote ason-3’s solar arrays are out, the spacecraft is power positive and engineers are beginning to send it commands, reports Spacecraft Mission Director Parag Vaze. “The spacecraft looks great,” he confirmed. The satellite’s arrival in orbit came on the heels of a successful countdown and launch today aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, with liftoff at 10:42:18 a.m. PST / 1:42:18 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. “Getting to today was a long journey,” said NASA Launch Manager Tim Dunn, pointing out that this was the first time the agency’s Launch Services Program flew a mission on a SpaceX rocket. It was an active countdown, Dunn said, but the NASA and SpaceX teams worked together, culiminating in an on-time launch and a healthy spacecraft in orbit. https://blogs.nasa.gov/jason-3/2016/01/17/jason-3-is-healthy-receiving-commands/ Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted January 17, 2016 Veteran Share Posted January 17, 2016 Post launch press release.... Jason-3 Launches to Monitor Global Sea Level Rise http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/jason-3-launches-to-monitor-global-sea-level-rise Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted January 17, 2016 Veteran Share Posted January 17, 2016 /s at one point during the video loss on landing...both u-tube SpaceX channels had almost 50,000 people listening to space elevator music... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DocM Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 CNES: We just got full orbital parameters for SpaceX Falcon 9 injection of Jason 3: W/in 1 km of bull's eye. Bravo SpaceX. https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/6888337567576473 Draggendrop and Unobscured Vision 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 Yeah, baby! Hit that bulls eye!! Unobscured Vision, Draggendrop, Jim K and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beittil Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Heh, accuracy is stellar for sure with those stages. Hawtdaaamn, to bad its yet another tech glitch screwing them over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted January 17, 2016 Veteran Share Posted January 17, 2016 1 minute ago, DocM said: Yeah, baby! Hit that bulls eye!! I had 2 feet off port side with flag pointing north, on reddit pool, and outer circle starboard on NSF..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted January 17, 2016 Subscriber² Share Posted January 17, 2016 Landing stage 1 almost worked; I'm pretty sure they'll get it right at the next attempt. What SpaceX are doing here is nothing short of impressive. Plus the stage they managed to land works for the most part: http://gizmodo.com/spacexs-returned-rocket-still-fires-mostly-1753442217 Draggendrop and Unobscured Vision 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulRocket Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Picture of stage: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beittil Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Lets have a minute of silence Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted January 17, 2016 Veteran Share Posted January 17, 2016 Monty Python...it's dead....no, it's not...it's just sleeping..... Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 Upside: they may have the leg to examine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted January 17, 2016 Veteran Share Posted January 17, 2016 That's one tough deck....sweep her off, throw some paint at it...and we're off to the races again. On another note, there are a lot of parts to obtain data from analysis...I feel real confident on the SES-9 landing, weather permitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 Played with the image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beittil Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Looks like the explosion after the topple blew entire engine section overboard or something, with the legs to. Except maybe the failed one that could be underneath the rubble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthdci Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 I presume there will have been backup cameras so we might just see what happened with the landing and how close it was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted January 17, 2016 Veteran Share Posted January 17, 2016 /s my back up camera is not working....it's showing this.... anthdci and Unobscured Vision 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Draggendrop Veteran Posted January 17, 2016 Veteran Share Posted January 17, 2016 Good media coverage so far... A SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying the Jason-3 satellite lifts off in foggy conditions at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on Jan. 17. Credit: NASA http://spacenews.com/falcon-9-launches-jason-3-satellite-landing-attempt-fails/ http://spaceref.com/commercial-space/spacex-puts-jason-3-in-orbit-and-almost-lands-first-stage-on-a-barge.html http://www.space.com/31649-spacex-rocket-landing-jason3-satellite-launch.html http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2016/01/spacex-launch-jason-3/ http://spaceflight101.com/jason-3-launch-success/ http://www.americaspace.com/ http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/missions/earth-science/jason-3-satellite-launched-orbit-successfully-falcon-9-booster-landing-unsuccessful/ http://www.popsci.com/watch-here-as-spacex-attempts-to-make-history-by-landing-on-drone-ship http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/go-for-launch/os-spacex-falcon-9-delivers-jason3-satellite-orbit-20160117-story.html to name a few.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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