I thought with the delay they might have added filler video info for anyone coming to the site at the originally scheduled time. Guessed wrong. At least for me the delay is still for a reasonable viewing time considering it's a Sunday night before the work week. Not so much for you guys further east.
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Nikxice
Active Member
A few quick screen grabs from tonight while we wait for second stage startup. I think John Insprucker is my favorite of the announcers. Just like his voice on the play-by-play. I loved the look tonight going up through the clouds.
The fairing release happened so fast I almost didn’t see it. Hope we get to see the final landing photo posted on the drone ship.
The fairing release happened so fast I almost didn’t see it. Hope we get to see the final landing photo posted on the drone ship.
Nice views of earth. And another payload successfully deployed. Congrats SpaceX team!
Thanks Grendal, had to go find that last image to include.
Thanks Grendal, had to go find that last image to include.
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Congrats. You guys rock.
This all seems so normal and boring. That is EXACTLY how it should be and how Elon wanted it to be.
This all seems so normal and boring. That is EXACTLY how it should be and how Elon wanted it to be.
anticitizen13.7
Not posting at TMC after 9/17/2018
Thanks for the screen captures SMAlset. I wasn’t able to watch live.
Congrats on another mission success, SpaceX!
Congrats on another mission success, SpaceX!
Mayhemm
Model S P85+ "Lola"
Hey Telesat, how about you make some of that broadband available here in Canada? I'm still stuck on 5mbps service that frequently reduces to less than 2mbps and pay more for it than most people pay for Fibre. The local ISPs constantly complain that it's too expensive to offer faster speeds to rural communities but that shouldn't be a problem for a satellite.
SpaceX typically makes their launch webcasts available on YouTube after the launch. For this mission, see
You are very good at picking the best moments of a launch SMAIset. Thanks.
Question: what exactly does the Octograbber do? Guessing it somehow secures the upright Stage 1 on the deck so it doesn’t tip over? I’ve seen a photo of it but not I guess when it’s in use and can’t picture how it works.
BTW I did feel a bit nervous when we were waiting to hear if the satellite was in a successful orbit. Seemed like forever. Kind of like when Stage 1 is landing and the images goes out ...
and you wait to hear applause from mission control. It’s really amazing how quickly these satellites get deployed. Realize we get spoiled when then it’s something with a different orbit. I was still glued to the screen for the Roadster though and it was so worth it.
BTW I did feel a bit nervous when we were waiting to hear if the satellite was in a successful orbit. Seemed like forever. Kind of like when Stage 1 is landing and the images goes out ...
and you wait to hear applause from mission control.
It’s really amazing how quickly these satellites get deployed. Realize we get spoiled when then it’s something with a different orbit. I was still glued to the screen for the Roadster though and it was so worth it.
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Moved a bunch of posts discussing Optimus Prime/Octograbber to a dedicated thread. Based off of SMAIset's last post here.
That thread is here: Discussion of Optimus Prime/Octograbber Machine for F9 Securing
That thread is here: Discussion of Optimus Prime/Octograbber Machine for F9 Securing
