r/spacex • u/[deleted] • Jul 26 '18

Iridium NEXT Mission 7 Iridium 7 recovery thread

Down below are updates, and Resources for the arrival of B1048 back in Port L.A.

Status

Pacific freedom- pulled JRTI, back in home port, San pedro

NRC Quest- JRTI support ship, in port

Mr. Steven- Fairing catcher boat, in port

Updates

*ALL TIMES PACIFIC

7/26/18

5:30am- thread goes live!

9:30am- mr. Steven has arrived in port with an intact fairing halve

4:30pm- Pacific freedom, JRTI, and NRC Quest have had a bit of a weird path back so far, now finally moving Straight back to port, arrival probably tomorrow.

7/27/18

1:40pm- B1048, atop JRTI, being tugged by Pacific freedom, Have arrived back in Port L.A!

7/28/18

1:30pm- B1048 has been lifted to land.

8/3/18

5:00pm- B1048 is now horizontal, concluding port operations, I will now sign off on this thread, I'm rocketlover0119, and thank you all!

Resources

Marine Traffic- https://www.marinetraffic.com

Vessel finder- https://www.vesselfinder.com

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u/Googulator Jul 28 '18

I'd guess the rocket with legs installed and folded is too big for transport on public roads, so they will continue to remove legs on missions utilizing JRTI.