FloatingFatMan Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 7 hours ago, Draggendrop said: I'm still going for a 3 engine hover slam.....and (fingers crossed), it will land.....it just might not stay upright if bounced....all valuable data, particularly the stage heating on re-entry. As much as I'd love a landing to work, I'd kinda like to see them piledrive that sucker into the deck... BOOM! But yeah... Landing, pls! Draggendrop 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 (edited) OCISLY and tenders have left Port Canaveral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 I'm hearing the bird is upwards of 5,400kg wet.https://twitter.com/flatoday_jdean @flatoday_jdeanSpaceX SpaceX on next landing attempt: booster "will be subject to extreme velocities and re-entry heating, making a successful landing unlikely." Draggendrop 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted May 4, 2016 Author Share Posted May 4, 2016 NOTAM posted http://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_6_8123.html Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted May 4, 2016 Author Share Posted May 4, 2016 Rumors of a 24 hour weather scrub. T-0 may be OK but bad weather for rollout. Waiting for conformation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted May 4, 2016 Author Share Posted May 4, 2016 Confirmed. New date May 6, with a backup of May 7. Time still 0121E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted May 4, 2016 Author Share Posted May 4, 2016 Double confirmed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 Updated mass: 4,700 kg Draggendrop and Unobscured Vision 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted May 5, 2016 Veteran Share Posted May 5, 2016 1 hour ago, DocM said: Updated mass: 4,700 kg Yes...Just saw that, in a round about way...reddit to a German space forum then NSF.......tough piece of data to get. Overall, still a tough landing...but not as bad as SES...but getting near. I am still with 3 engine landing...and with this extra fuel....she's landing. (just touched wood, crossed fingers and glued rabbits foot back on the rabbit). Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted May 5, 2016 Veteran Share Posted May 5, 2016 Here is a wider version of the prior Instagram image.... SpaceX From... Weather delays Falcon 9 Launch with JCSat-14 to early Friday Window http://spaceflight101.com/falcon-9-jcsat-14/weather-delays-falcon-9-launch-with-jcsat-14-to-early-friday-window/ Unobscured Vision and Jim K 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Draggendrop Veteran Posted May 6, 2016 Veteran Share Posted May 6, 2016 From.... Live coverage: Falcon 9 poised for launch of Japanese satellite http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/05/05/falcon-9-jcsat-14-mission-status-center/ Quote 23:21 T-minus 2 hours A check of all SpaceX launch team stations at T-minus 2 hours indicates all is ready to proceed with tonight's flight. Checks of the rocket's propulsion system are complete, and there are no open issues being tracked at this point in the countdown. The launch pad has also been cleared for tonight's liftoff. Quote 23:15 SpaceX's launch crew is evacuating the pad at Cape Canaveral as the countdown ticks toward liftoff at 1:21 a.m. EDT (0521 GMT). The launch window extends for two hours. The launch team is on console at the launch control center this evening to run the Falcon 9 through prelaunch tests at the Complex 40 launch pad, then begin fueling the two-stage booster with super-chilled kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants about 35 minutes before liftoff. Forecasters predict favorable weather during this evening's launch window, with a better than 90 percent chance conditions will be acceptable for liftoff. Clear skies are in the forecast. Winds will be from the northwest at 12 to 17 mph, and the temperature at launch time is forecast to be 57 degrees Fahrenheit. ----------------------------- Falcon 9 flight timeline with the JCSAT 14 satellite Quote SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral early Friday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the JCSAT 14 communications satellite into orbit 32 minutes later. The 229-foot-tall rocket is poised for launch from Complex 40 at 1:21 a.m. EDT (0521 GMT) Friday at the opening of a 120-minute launch window. Perched atop the rocket is the JCSAT 14 communications satellite, an approximately 5-ton spacecraft made by Space Systems/Loral, ready to beam television programming, data services and Internet connectivity to homes, and businesses in the Asia-Pacific, Russia and parts of Australia. The timeline below outlines the launch sequence for the Falcon 9 flight with JCSAT 14. It does not include times for the experimental descent and landing attempt of the first stage booster, which SpaceX says is unlikely to succeed due to the high speed required for the launch to reach geostationary transfer orbit. SpaceX’s landing platform is positioned about 400 miles (650 kilometers) east of Cape Canaveral for the first stage landing attempt, which is expected around 10 minutes after liftoff. timeline at the link... http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/05/05/falcon-9-flight-timeline-with-the-jcsat-14-satellite/ -------------------- Photos: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 on the pad at Cape Canaveral Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/05/05/photos-spacexs-falcon-9-on-the-pad-at-cape-canaveral/ It's that time again..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted May 6, 2016 Veteran Share Posted May 6, 2016 Quote 23:46 T-minus 1 hour, 35 minutes. SpaceX will attempt to land the 156-foot-tall first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket downrange aboard a recovery vessel, extending the company's experiments with rocket re-entry and reusability. The drone ship, christened "Of Course I Still Love You," is positioned about 400 miles (650 kilometers) east of Cape Canaveral in the Atlantic Ocean. SpaceX says a successful landing is unlikely on this mission because of the higher speed the rocket needs to reach with the JCSAT communications satellite, which is heading toward an orbit with a high point thousands of miles above Earth. “Following stage separation, the first stage of Falcon 9 will attempt an experimental landing on the ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ droneship,” SpaceX said in a post on the company’s website. “Given this mission’s GTO destination, the first-stage will be subject to extreme velocities and re-entry heating, making a successful landing unlikely.” http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/05/05/falcon-9-jcsat-14-mission-status-center/ // This may have been a job for.... I still have hopes for a "landing" and "standing"..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 AGo for fueling T-34 @elonmusk Rocket reentry is a lot faster and hotter than last time, so odds of making it are maybe even, but we should learn a lot either way Draggendrop 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted May 6, 2016 Veteran Share Posted May 6, 2016 Interlude.... SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch | JCSAT-14 | KNews #39 video is 4:35 min of Kerbal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted May 6, 2016 Veteran Share Posted May 6, 2016 Quote 00:51 T-minus 30 minutes and counting. Today's launch is timed for 1:21 a.m. EDT (0521 GMT) at the opening of a 120-minute launch window. SpaceX's webcast is due to begin shortly after 1 a.m. EDT (0500 GMT), and you can watch it here. The JCSAT 14 satellite team is being instructed to switch the spacecraft to internal battery power. 00:48 SpaceX confirms fueling of the Falcon 9 rocket is underway. 00:46 Quote 00:55 T-minus 25 minutes and counting. Here are some statistics on today's flight: 24th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket since 2010 29th launch of Falcon rocket family since 2006 22nd Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral 4th launch of the upgraded Falcon 9 1st SpaceX launch for SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. 3rd Space Systems/Loral satellite launched by Falcon 9 11th Falcon 9 night launch 4th Falcon 9 launch of 2016 5th launch from Cape Canaveral in 2016 http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/05/05/falcon-9-jcsat-14-mission-status-center/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted May 6, 2016 Veteran Share Posted May 6, 2016 Quote 01:06 The JCSAT 14 spacecraft is reported on internal power at this point in the countdown. 01:06 There is a pause point available in the countdown at T-minus 10 minutes, 30 seconds. But the SpaceX team so far has reported no problems in the countdown. http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/05/05/falcon-9-jcsat-14-mission-status-center/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted May 6, 2016 Veteran Share Posted May 6, 2016 Quote 01:11 T-minus 10 minutes T-minus 10 minutes and counting. The terminal countdown autosequence has started. Any hold after this point will result in an automatic abort and recycle. Quote 01:12 T-minus 9 minutes, 30 seconds. Prevalves leading to the Falcon 9's Merlin 1D first stage engines are opening, permitting super-cold liquid oxygen to flow into the engines to condition the turbopumps for ignition. http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/05/05/falcon-9-jcsat-14-mission-status-center/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted May 6, 2016 Veteran Share Posted May 6, 2016 Strongback moving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted May 6, 2016 Veteran Share Posted May 6, 2016 Quote 01:19 T-minus 2 minutes and counting. The rocket's Merlin 1D engines have been chilled down for ignition. The Falcon 9 rocket is confirmed on internal power. Quote 01:19 Final GO for launch T-minus 90 seconds and counting. The SpaceX launch director and the Air Force Eastern Range have given their final approvals for liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket at 1:21 a.m. EDT (0521 GMT). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 Liftoff!! Draggendrop 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted May 6, 2016 Veteran Share Posted May 6, 2016 MVac chill has begun stage separation fairing separated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 S1 entry burn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 S1 landing burn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted May 6, 2016 Global Moderator Share Posted May 6, 2016 So far so good.... yes!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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