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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3000 on: December 28, 2023, 09:11:04 AM »
Okay, lets try this Falcon Heavy thing again

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Scheduled for Dec 28, 2023
SpaceX's fifth Falcon Heavy of the year is set to liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center carrying the US Space Force X-37B spaceplane.

Falcon Heavy - USSF-52 (OTV-7)

Window Opens: December 28th at 8:07PM EST (01:07 UTC on the 29th)
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Current T0: December 28th at 8:07PM EST (01:00 UTC on the 29th)

 SpaceX Launches Falcon Heavy for the USSF-52 / X-37B Spaceplane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqeM-CWz2Eo
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3001 on: December 28, 2023, 05:22:55 PM »
Scott Manley takes a detailed look at the Booster 1058 mishap

SpaceX's Loses Its Best Booster - 1058 - 19 Launches, 260 tons!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sG8msSS6Mg
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3002 on: December 28, 2023, 06:43:16 PM »
Quote from: WLJ on December 28, 2023, 09:11:04 AM
Okay, lets try this Falcon Heavy thing again

 SpaceX Launches Falcon Heavy for the USSF-52 / X-37B Spaceplane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqeM-CWz2Eo

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T-01:24:00 at time of posting
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3003 on: December 28, 2023, 08:21:06 PM »
Good launch of the FH. No views of the 2nd stage due to this being a mil payload.
Next up is a F9 just 3 hours from now.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3004 on: December 29, 2023, 09:12:04 AM »
OP notice at Starbase and the tank farm is active.
Some confusion at the moment whether it's for S28 or B10 or both

Live  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWYZ90lAUOk
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3005 on: December 29, 2023, 10:04:54 AM »
S28 getting frosty
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3006 on: December 29, 2023, 10:22:48 AM »
S28 static fire
OLM is active so a B10 static fire may be coming up
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3007 on: December 29, 2023, 11:27:46 AM »
Frosty booster
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3008 on: December 29, 2023, 11:48:14 AM »
Static fire and a long one at that.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3009 on: December 29, 2023, 12:14:38 PM »
They don't seem to be de-tanking like they normally do.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3010 on: December 29, 2023, 03:54:25 PM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3011 on: December 29, 2023, 05:32:33 PM »
That was a long static test fire, almost ten seconds.  Looked cool.  Hope it went well.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3012 on: December 29, 2023, 05:38:29 PM »
Quote from: RocketMan on December 29, 2023, 05:32:33 PM
That was a long static test fire, almost ten seconds.  Looked cool.  Hope it went well.

Word is all 33 fired which would make it the first static fire in which all 33 fired. Combine that with all 33 firing on B9 going uphill I think SpX is starting get this Raptor thing to work
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3013 on: December 30, 2023, 09:53:16 AM »
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Falcon Heavy transits the 98.2% illuminated moon on its way to space with the X-37B mini-shuttle
https://twitter.com/JerryPikePhoto/status/1741087490415755554
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3014 on: December 30, 2023, 05:41:27 PM »
Elon! Buy some grease!

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1741204821913346320

BTW: B10 is off the OLM and on a transport stand
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3015 on: December 30, 2023, 07:00:31 PM »
Quote from: WLJ on December 30, 2023, 05:41:27 PM
Elon! Buy some grease!

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1741204821913346320

BTW: B10 is off the OLM and on a transport stand

You sure that wasn't someone with bagpipes nearby?
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3016 on: December 31, 2023, 10:06:51 AM »
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Bonus photo for the year: an alligator watches a rocket launch. In nearly 20 years of setting up cameras around the pads, I have never captured a gator in an image before. And more than just the eyes, they seem to be watching!
https://twitter.com/LaunchPhoto/status/1741470404995166255/photo/1

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3017 on: January 01, 2024, 09:13:05 AM »
New Year's rocket in India

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India will begin 2024 with the launch of the XPoSat X-ray astronomy satellite aboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

The PSLV C58 mission is due to lift off at 9:40 AM local time (03:40 UTC) on Monday, Jan. 1.

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LAUNCH:

Livestream:
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3018 on: January 01, 2024, 10:25:46 AM »
That Indian rocket just leaps off the pad.  No waiting a few seconds for thrust to build up like with liquid fuel rockets that don't have solid fuel boosters.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3019 on: January 02, 2024, 01:03:27 PM »
B10 rolling down the road
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3020 on: January 03, 2024, 09:54:19 AM »
B10 at the production site getting prepped.
Looks like they may be getting ready to move S28.
A launch could be coming soon, say maybe later this month. So far a time table hasn't been announced
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3021 on: January 03, 2024, 10:02:17 AM »
This is a fun little diversion from the Space X news. I actually felt a swell of emotion at the end. Cool stuff.

https://youtu.be/4QsEPEhq5yk?feature=shared

actually a year or so old, Kip Daugirdas & Mesos rocket launch
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3022 on: January 03, 2024, 12:10:05 PM »
Quote from: Ron on January 03, 2024, 10:02:17 AM
This is a fun little diversion from the Space X news. I actually felt a swell of emotion at the end. Cool stuff.

https://youtu.be/4QsEPEhq5yk?feature=shared

actually a year or so old, Kip Daugirdas & Mesos rocket launch

Very cool. Hopefully they'll come up with a way of stabilizing the camera
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3023 on: January 03, 2024, 01:58:12 PM »
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ULA's new rocket is days away from its maiden launch. Vulcan will launch Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander from SLC-41 on January 8, 2024, at 2:18 AM EST.

Overview by Sawyer Rosenstein (@thenasaman
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https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1742609109533257861
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3024 on: January 03, 2024, 03:38:16 PM »
Quote from: WLJ on January 03, 2024, 12:10:05 PM
Very cool. Hopefully they'll come up with a way of stabilizing the camera

They would have to keep the rocket from spinning, and that is something very hard to do.  Fin alignment, surface finish and surface contour has to be pretty much perfect.
It's also possible they spun the rocket on purpose.  That's done sometimes for stabilization, makes it fly straighter.
Though at the Mach 3 plus speed it was moving, doubtful it was spun on purpose.
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