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Launch at 1:25 delivering 10 satellites for Iridium. Droneship repositioned due to extreme weather. Will be tight. http://spacex.com/webcast
Launch at 1:25 delivering 10 satellites for Iridium. Droneship repositioned due to extreme weather. Will be tight. http://spacex.com/webcast
dhanson865
Well-Known Member
Weather was rough at the point of the natural arc destination. They had to move the drone ship away from a storm requiring a boost back to shorten the arc.
The consensus was that the booster had enough fuel to do a partial boostback burn. That gets the booster in a better position for recovery.
NikeWings
Active Member
Most of the satellites were stacked out of camera view.......clear shot of #9, but the rest were either a partial view of the drift or nothing. They must have more camera(s) views than they are broadcasting to us?
dhanson865
Well-Known Member
Elon's tweet was:
"Launch at 1:25 delivering 10 satellites for Iridium. Droneship repositioned due to extreme weather. Will be tight."
Fuel limited how far they could reposition but it was the weather that made them do so.
It was interesting to see the second burn of the second stage. It was only about 1 second long or so.
Nikxice
Active Member
Looking back at the graphics from the SpaceX webcast, JRTI did appear to be positioned closer to land. As others have stated, this likely created the need for a boost back burn.
In another recent tweet Elon mentioned the new titanium grid fins working better than expected. Was there ever any doubt that this would be a better fix!
In another recent tweet Elon mentioned the new titanium grid fins working better than expected. Was there ever any doubt that this would be a better fix!
The launch was awesome! Since you can't see the pad from off base some people were tracking the countdown through their phones and when it got to zero, the crowd hushed and everyone just watched and waited. For about 3 seconds nothing happened from our point of view. Then the sound started to hit us and we could hear the roar of the rocket engines. A second later the F9 appeared above the hills blasting straight up!
The incredible sound washed over us: a deep rumble combined with a crackly high-pitched static sound that was amazing. The crowd found it's voice and there was a lot of excited cheering and yelling. The rocket slowly arched up and away from us so the first stage engines were pointing towards us and they were amazingly bright!
We watched it get higher and higher and suddenly a plume trail appeared, probably due to the characteristics of the atmosphere up higher. Then we saw the trail flare out, then MECO, then second stage ignition, and then it slowly disappeared into the blue. My spouse says she saw the second stage boost back burn ignite but I couldn't see it.
I did not take any photos during the launch, I just wanted to experience directly it with my eyes and ears. I did take some photos before the launch, and had the opportunity to meet many people including some SpaceX employees. Highlights were meeting Bill Carton who runs the SpaceX fans Facebook page and also SpaceX employee and webcast presenter Kate Tice! She is super nice and Bill is a true enthusiast and very friendly.
I estimate over 2,000 people were in just the area where we were (there are other places people congregate for launches) lining the sides of Ocean Ave and Renwick Ave which is almost exactly 4 miles from the pad. Clear skies and 72 degrees. What a day!
With Kate:
With Bill:
SpaceX enthusiasts showing off their attire, including a custom made SpaceX skirt! But my favorite is the on the left "Stand back. I'm doing science."
Flying the F9 pirate flag! And future Mars colonists.
The incredible sound washed over us: a deep rumble combined with a crackly high-pitched static sound that was amazing. The crowd found it's voice and there was a lot of excited cheering and yelling. The rocket slowly arched up and away from us so the first stage engines were pointing towards us and they were amazingly bright!
We watched it get higher and higher and suddenly a plume trail appeared, probably due to the characteristics of the atmosphere up higher. Then we saw the trail flare out, then MECO, then second stage ignition, and then it slowly disappeared into the blue. My spouse says she saw the second stage boost back burn ignite but I couldn't see it.
I did not take any photos during the launch, I just wanted to experience directly it with my eyes and ears. I did take some photos before the launch, and had the opportunity to meet many people including some SpaceX employees. Highlights were meeting Bill Carton who runs the SpaceX fans Facebook page and also SpaceX employee and webcast presenter Kate Tice! She is super nice and Bill is a true enthusiast and very friendly.
I estimate over 2,000 people were in just the area where we were (there are other places people congregate for launches) lining the sides of Ocean Ave and Renwick Ave which is almost exactly 4 miles from the pad. Clear skies and 72 degrees. What a day!
With Kate:
With Bill:
SpaceX enthusiasts showing off their attire, including a custom made SpaceX skirt! But my favorite is the on the left "Stand back. I'm doing science."
Flying the F9 pirate flag! And future Mars colonists.
N5329K
Active Member
dhanson865
Well-Known Member
That's the bottom of a Tesla with a titanium shield busting up road debris instead of letting it puncture the battery pack.
Tesla Adds Titanium Underbody Shield and Aluminum Deflector Plates to Model S
edit: added link to Tesla announcement with actual gifs
Took me a while, but I believe it's pictures of a Model S with the titanium plate (Tank Mode) driving over various kinds of debris.
(dhanson beat me).
swaltner
Active Member
That's good to hear. I remember you saying you were going to be there for the launch, so During the webcast, I was hoping the fog we saw on the webcast wouldn't impact your viewing ability. Visibility looked really bad at the launch pad.
Good choice on just taking in the experience and not messing with the camera. For the only Shuttle launch I saw, I did very little with the camera, had it set for some wide shots and just used the remote trigger to keep snapping pictures. Wanted to enjoy the experience. On a recent ride in a 1940's Stearman biplane that I had been trying to talk one of my neighbors into for a couple years, I consciously left the iPhone in my pocket to force myself to just enjoy the ride. I'll take photos on my next ride. I'll probably do the same with viewing the upcoming Total Solar Eclipse as well.
Thanks for the on-site report. I'm happy that it worked out for you.
Nikxice
Active Member
Oh boy, I guess if a SpaceX/Tesla related titanium joke needs explanation it must be bad. Thanks for the save, I'll try and stick with my day job!
Instagram from Elon. A sped up version of the booster reentry and landing.
Instagram post by Elon Musk • Jun 25, 2017 at 9:41pm UTC
Instagram post by Elon Musk • Jun 25, 2017 at 9:41pm UTC
Wow, super cool. Almost too fast because at the end things happen very quickly. I would like to see that somewhat slower.
larmor
Active Member
Needs some benny hill/yakity sax background music...
e-FTW
New electron smell
That landing looked a bit bouncy (at normal speed). Looking at how badly the drone ship was rolling, am not surprised!
Good thing they had moved it away from the storm.
Good thing they had moved it away from the storm.
