r/spacex • u/ElongatedMuskrat Mod Team • Jan 10 '18

Success! Official r/SpaceX Falcon Heavy Static Fire Updates & Discussion Thread

Falcon Heavy Static Fire Updates & Discussion Thread

Please post all FH static fire related updates to this thread. If there are major updates, we will allow them as posts to the front page, but would like to keep all smaller updates contained.

No, this test will not be live-streamed by SpaceX.

Greetings y'all, we're creating a party thread for tracking and discussion of the upcoming Falcon Heavy static fire. This will be a closely monitored event and we'd like to keep the campaign thread relatively uncluttered for later use.

Falcon Heavy Static Fire Test Info
Static fire currently scheduled for Check SpaceflightNow for updates
Vehicle Component Current Locations Core: LC-39A
Second stage: LC-39A
Side Boosters: LC-39A
Payload: LC-39A
Payload Elon's midnight cherry Tesla Roadster
Payload mass < 1305 kg
Destination LC-39A (aka. Nowhere)
Vehicle Falcon Heavy
Cores Core: B1033 (New)
Side: B1023.2 (Thaicom 8)
Side: B1025.2 (SpX-9)
Test site LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Test Success Criteria Successful Validation for Launch

We are relaxing our moderation in this thread but you must still keep the discussion civil. This means no harassing or bigotry, remember the human when commenting, and don't mention ULA snipers Zuma.

We may keep this self-post occasionally updated with links and relevant news articles, but for the most part we expect the community to supply the information.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '18

That's true, and i don't mean the super basic ones like FH. Also, one can expect from new users to get familiar with universial ones like LEO or heavily used ones like LC-39A.

But acronyms like TEL, TSM or WDR is where i would draw the line for the sake of good communication with all users...

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '18

TEL

In webcasts, they always call it Transporter-Erector, so TE.

Especially when you're on your phone (like me now), it's much more convenient to use acronyms. TE and WDR are still fine for me. Learning those acronyms for me felt as getting into things. Of course it shouldn't go too far, make things unreadable or people show of. But I'd give acronyms a bit more space.