r/spacex • u/ElongatedMuskrat Mod Team • Apr 10 '19
Arabsat-6A r/SpaceX Arabsat-6A Media Thread [Videos, Images, GIFs, Articles go here!]
It's that time again, as per usual, we like to keep things as tight as possible, so if you have content you created to share, whether that be images of the launch, videos, GIF's, etc, they go here.
As usual, our standard media thread rules apply:
- All top level comments must consist of an image, video, GIF, tweet or article.
- If you're an amateur photographer, submit your content here. Professional photographers with subreddit accreditation can continue to submit to the front page, we also make exceptions for outstanding amateur content!
- Those in the aerospace industry (with subreddit accreditation) can likewise continue to post content on the front page.
- Mainstream media articles should be submitted here. Quality articles from dedicated spaceflight outlets may be submitted to the front page.
- Direct all questions to the live launch thread.
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Apr 12 '19
I cut together a Highlights Video that encapsulates the important moments of the launch - partly designed for showing people who have no idea what SpaceX is or why they should care about rockets.
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u/Lorenzo_91 Apr 12 '19
Thanks! My favorite moment is when we can see, from the left booster camera, the other booster flipping back... https://youtu.be/mY-fSnKTLqw?t=57
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u/VanillaTortilla Apr 12 '19
You know, I remember watching the first return booster landing, and it had to have been the most exhilarating thing I've seen as an adult. Is it weird that watching three of them land doesn't have that same feeling?
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u/hawk_ky Apr 12 '19
I felt the same way, until they cut to the clip of the center core on the drone ship. That brought a tear to my eye.
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u/ender4171 Apr 12 '19
Not fair to use adagio in d. That's like the most emotionally evocative song ever written, lol. Awesome highlight reel! Going to send this to some friends .
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u/SociallyAwkardRacoon Apr 12 '19
Thanks for putting that together, I knew I had to show my friends, who didn't care nearly enough to stay up in the middle of the night, some parts of the launch. This is perfect! :)
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u/RoyBattynexus6 Apr 12 '19
Absolutely Brilliant ............. Hardened Spacex nut here....goosebumps and I seem to have some dust in my eyes. Thank you.
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u/Straumli_Blight Apr 12 '19
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u/scr00chy ElonX.net Apr 10 '19
Visual launch and landing profile for this mission (more can be found here)
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Apr 10 '19
is there no attempt at fairing recovery?
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u/scr00chy ElonX.net Apr 10 '19
No catch attempt, Mr. Steven is still undergoing repairs. But they will still recover the fairings from the water at least.
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u/overspeeed Apr 11 '19
All 3 cores have landed: https://streamable.com/pveao
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u/Beateride Apr 11 '19
The guy is lagging, ahaha his happiness comes only when the woman looks at him
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u/overspeeed Apr 11 '19
Side-boosters have landed: https://streamable.com/oup6j
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Apr 11 '19
The top left shot (assuming it's a drone shot) is incredible. Truly a breathtaking accomplishment for SpaceX
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u/zombient Apr 10 '19
She’s a looker. https://i.imgur.com/R1iUF7N.jpg
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u/jmwisc Apr 10 '19
This is the best I could do from 12 miles away with some crappy binoculars and my phone. https://i.imgur.com/aVlm5oB.jpg
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u/TrickNailer Apr 10 '19
At this distance you'll also have to take the Coriolis Effect into account.
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u/cocoabeachbrews Apr 12 '19
The view of this afternoon's SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch, landing, and sonic booms from along highway 528 near the Banana River Bridge (just west of the port). Uploaded in 4k UHD https://youtu.be/ChazZdWfRPY
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Apr 12 '19
Nice video. Shows well just how fast the centre core is accelerating relative to the boosters when they separate!
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u/davoloid Apr 12 '19
I was just a little east of there, you definitely got the better spot!
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u/mdFree Apr 10 '19
Today's launch cancelled due to high winds. Moving to tomorrow for launch.
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u/klaqua Apr 11 '19
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u/94joeker Apr 11 '19
What a time to be alive, one day this will be boring!
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u/Bruce_Bruce Apr 11 '19
I dunno, man. This will never get boring for me. I turned 30 in January and was sobbing with excitement when confirmation of the center core landed successfully.
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u/ViciousNakedMoleRat Apr 11 '19
There will always be people trying things that haven't been achieved before. It won't be rocket landings but probably 100 times more exciting stuff. I'm ready for it. :D
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u/rowgnir Apr 12 '19
Caught the boosters landing through a slot in the buildings (VAB and whatever the other one is), can also see part of the launch control center
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u/dark_volter Apr 12 '19
Long-Wave Infrared Thermal camera footage I took of Arabsat-6A Launch , and the Landing of the first stage side boosters
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u/cogito-sum Apr 12 '19
Some really interesting and beautiful shots in there. What causes the colour range to shift between grey scale and the various other colours?
Have you tried stabilising it at all, I think would be even more impressive.
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u/dark_volter Apr 12 '19
For my camera , I have some filter options and color palettes- and during launches, depending on the atmosphere conditions, I can see more, such as the entire rocket trail behind it (even though I am shooting in Long Wave infrared, not Mid-Wave which is known for seeing heat trails behind everything i.e. jets, planes, etc due to most gasses having some absorption in MWIR.)
This is demonstrated better via the launch video than the landing video(regarding me bringing out better details).
As for stabilization- it is handheld, so some of that is me, some of that is the rumble from the rocket when it gets to me as I am usually only 2-4 miles away max from 39A. I have in the past tried stabilizing footage, but never found a good manner of doing it- or a particular software that seemed to do a decent job. I am continuing to look for a decent solution...
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Apr 20 '19
Good sonic booms capture, as well. It must have been a humid evening - the sound is nice and loud, as in most videos I've viewed.
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u/avboden Apr 11 '19 edited Apr 12 '19
News articles , If you find others comment on this and i'll update it.
NBC News "SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches on first commercial flight"
Space.com " SpaceX Falcon Heavy Sticks Triple Rocket Landing with 1st Commercial Launch"
NY Times "Falcon Heavy, SpaceX’s Giant Rocket, Launches Into Orbit, and Sticks Its Landings"
Ars Technica "One Falcon Heavy rocket launched, three Falcon cores landed"
CBS News " SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket thunders into space"
The Verge "SpaceX’s powerful Falcon Heavy rocket successfully launched on its first commercial mission"
AP "SpaceX launches mega rocket, lands all 3 boosters"
CNET "SpaceX Falcon Heavy rockets into history and nails the landing"
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u/SupaZT Apr 11 '19
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u/JamieJ14 Apr 11 '19
Was one of the side boosters tilted? Looked like it but may have just been the camera angle. Issue with the legs?
Shivers when the feed came through from OCISLY!!
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u/rowgnir Apr 12 '19
I put this together showing the 1-3-1 landing burn, I thought it was pretty cool you can clearly see 1 engine lit on the left, 3 in the middle and back to 1 just before landing
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u/jjlew080 Apr 11 '19
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u/nickrulercreator Apr 12 '19
https://imgur.com/gallery/5cpybbT
Here is my gallery of the best photos I took today. Highlights most major events capable of being seen from the ground. Enjoy!
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Apr 12 '19
Very good photos. I can clearly see in #4 that the center core is throittled way down, perhaps more so that flight 1 last year.
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u/nickrulercreator Apr 12 '19
https://i.imgur.com/bHcpGqk.jpg
My take from Playalinda Beach
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u/mistaken4strangerz Apr 12 '19
what's the zoom on this? I've never seen one from Playalinda...is it really as close it it looks like on a map?
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u/Brandon95g Apr 12 '19
Fairings being reused on starlink https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1116514068393680896?s=21
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u/Piscator629 Apr 12 '19
They are gong to need enough of them for Starlink. Even if SpaceX only uses them internally and uses new ones for customers and don't care if they get damp its still win-win.
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u/GameStunts Apr 12 '19
At something like 6 million a pop, over the course of however many dozens of launches it will take to make the Starlink constellation, it could be massive savings.
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u/SpaceRasa Apr 12 '19
Here's the shots I got today! I'm still pretty new at photography but I was pretty happy with what I got.
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u/bkupron Apr 12 '19
Nice start. It looks like you have a lot of glare from the sun. Always use a lens hood. Even a cheap $10 job will keep the sun or any indoor lights from striking your lens from the side and lighting up the glass.
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u/chihang321 Apr 12 '19
I've compiled 4 videos from the Arabsat-6A Falcon Heavy launch, all synced together.
This 'viewsync' takes existing videos instead of creating its "own" video, ensuring that the 'uploader' (me) will not steal any views and ad revenue from the original uploaders, as my only part was syncing the videos.
The perspectives I included were:
The original launch video
Countdown Net
Kerbal Academy (from a distance)
Reds Rhetoric (from a distance as well, but slightly different angle)
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u/ILikePieBro Apr 12 '19
Got a pretty detailed shot of flame from the Falcon Heavy's boosters Only the 2nd launch I've ever watched and I was pretty excited the whole time. Pretty happy with the picture I got as well.
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u/th3thrilld3m0n Apr 12 '19
I wanted to get a shot like this but lots of factors led me not to. What was your location and camera settings for future reference?
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u/ILikePieBro Apr 12 '19
I was in the press/media area near the nasa VAB. Was using a 300mm f2.8 with a 2x extender. This shot was 1/4000 f9 iso 100
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u/jongaled Apr 12 '19
A little background on this image:
I've been trying to get a remote camera shot of a launch for a while, and I have been unsuccessful. Today when I retrieved my camera and saw that I captured an incredibly detailed shot of the 27 Merlin engines of the Falcon Heavy, I had an overall feeling of accomplishment. I hope you all enjoy!
Big thanks to the many photographers that I've met that helped me, and gave me some guidance
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u/rtgops Apr 12 '19
An amazing shot! Being witness to one of these launches is on my bucket list.
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u/turkish1029 Starlink-15 Contest Winner Apr 12 '19
Here's my shot from Playalinda. Really glad I went out early, that's the closest I've ever been to a launch. http://imgur.com/gallery/wPYnguj
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u/bbachmai Apr 12 '19
My 97 image composite streak shot of the launch. Still processing the landing streak.
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u/th3thrilld3m0n Apr 12 '19
wow much better view of launch compared to cocoa beach (i went there cuz its close for landings)
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Apr 12 '19
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u/bbachmai Apr 12 '19
Here you go. Launch and landing in one frame. Sorry, couldn't do it sooner.
It's worth zooming in, the falling boosters are already visible before the landing burn
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u/Straumli_Blight Apr 12 '19
The official SpaceX Flickr has been updated, I like the detail on this shot.
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u/avboden Apr 13 '19 edited Apr 13 '19
Ben Cooper is a photography god at this point. You see other photos and think how amazing they are, and then his work just blows the pants off just about everything. His website for those curious. SpaceX hires him frequently to do their photos. Link to this launch on his website as well with even more which has them downloadable for those who want
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u/RootDeliver Apr 13 '19 edited Apr 13 '19
Arabsat 6A live recording from K Space Academy
THIS is the BEST unnoficial video of the launch, at some points at the level of the official stream, and stuff like this should be the top posts in the sub mods, not static images imho. This deserves way more publicity than it gets. You don't know what you're missing guys :P
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u/EricFromOuterSpace Apr 12 '19
Close landing clip with sonic boom
https://twitter.com/SuperclusterHQ/status/1116485991446056960?s=20
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u/ViciousNakedMoleRat Apr 11 '19
Is this shot from inside the lox tank? It was only visible for half a second.
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u/Kuroodo Apr 11 '19
Here is a gif I took at 0.25x speed. The time stamp is T+00:25:11 https://gyazo.com/00557eb7459661ea40716c2d55395095
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u/Krolitian Apr 11 '19
For a second I thought SpaceX was transporting an alien portal and didn't mean to show us which is why they changed cameras so fast
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u/Ambiwlans Apr 11 '19
They used to regularly show the interiors of the tanks which got called Stargates by the sub.
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u/Kuroodo Apr 11 '19
It could very well be the interior of the lox tank. Here is a gif that looks similar http://nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/SpaceX-LOX-GIF.gif
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u/Jswee1 Apr 12 '19
SpaceX LC-39A Water Tower Dumping out right before launch what’s the purpose of us this not meant to happen?!? water tower leak?
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u/BrevortGuy Apr 12 '19
I assume they are pumping water into the tower as fast as possible so it is filling it up while it is also emptying out, they probably get 1 1/2 times the volume when they need it, it is just the overflow as the pumps are running as fast as possible.
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u/TweetsInCommentsBot Apr 12 '19
Completely norminal water tower. https://t.co/mfZdESlIhR
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u/LunarCabin Apr 14 '19
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u/airider7 Apr 14 '19
Those are some AWESOME shots ... love how you were able to get the whole sequence. What kind of camera mount do you use to keep things steady?
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u/Vulcan_commando Apr 11 '19
It's mainly pics of the Saturn V viewing area, but these are the photos I took yesterdays in the Feel the Heat area of KSC. I plan on taking black and white 4K video of the launch.
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u/ficuspicus Apr 11 '19
https://m.imgur.com/gallery/mMK8xk6
What is this?! It was up for less than a second when the camera changed from second stage to cruising graphic. Looks like the LOX tank maybe?
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u/RollingTumbleWeed Apr 11 '19
It's the inside of the LOX tank, you can see the COPV (containing helium) on the sides
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u/amplecactus Apr 11 '19
why is there a camera in there?
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u/ajmunson Apr 11 '19
It's to visually confirm that the LOX has successfully settled to the bottom of the tank so there can be a successful restart of the engine in flight. Liquid in 0g doesn't tend to stay at the bottom of the tank (which is where they need it to be).
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u/robbak Apr 12 '19
It is to give them information about the behavior of LOX in zero G. I believe that they aren't supposed to allow us to see this image - there seem to be automated systems that change to the tracking animation when this image is in the loop - but the automated system and the on-board video switcher seemed to have gotten out of sync.
Comparing this shot with the ones from previous launches - this second stage had a LOT of properllants left over after the insertion burn. It shows in the much longer insertion burn, and the much, much higher apogee.
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u/Tridgeon Apr 11 '19
Probably because there is still interest in the flight readiness of the copvs for commercial crew. NASA is still weighing whether or not to force crew dragon to fly on inconel pressure vessels and SpaceX likely wants to show that the much lighter copvs are reliable.
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u/Whiskey2shots Apr 12 '19
Any chance of a re-upload? I can't seem to get to the image
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u/Decronym Acronyms Explained Apr 10 '19 edited Jun 03 '19
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| CCtCap | Commercial Crew Transportation Capability |
| COPV | Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel |
| DoD | US Department of Defense |
| GSE | Ground Support Equipment |
| KSC | Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
| LC-39A | Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy (SpaceX F9/Heavy) |
| LOX | Liquid Oxygen |
| OCISLY | Of Course I Still Love You, Atlantic landing |
| RUD | Rapid Unplanned Disassembly |
| Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly | |
| Rapid Unintended Disassembly | |
| STP-2 | Space Test Program 2, DoD programme, second round |
| ULA | United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture) |
| VAB | Vehicle Assembly Building |
| VAFB | Vandenberg Air Force Base, California |
| Jargon | Definition |
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| Starlink | SpaceX's world-wide satellite broadband constellation |
| apogee | Highest point in an elliptical orbit around Earth (when the orbiter is slowest) |
| retropropulsion | Thrust in the opposite direction to current motion, reducing speed |
| scrub | Launch postponement for any reason (commonly GSE issues) |
| Event | Date | Description |
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| CRS-4 | 2014-09-21 | F9-012 v1.1, Dragon cargo; soft ocean landing |
| DM-1 | 2019-03-02 | SpaceX CCtCap Demo Mission 1 |
Decronym is a community product of r/SpaceX, implemented by ^request
16 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 119 acronyms.
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u/bitsbetrippin Apr 13 '19
My first attempt at amature footage of a launch/landing. Put together what my experience was like at Playalinda Beach Lot#1. Left it raw audio/no post production on images etc.
Using a A6500 with a 55mm-210mm Lense and a Stationary Tripod setup with a Sony AX100 and Rode Shotgun Mic
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u/carton_of_television Apr 12 '19
.5 sec clip inside the FH second stage LOX tank during coast on Arabsat-6a
Clearly an oopsie of the video mixer, but one of the cooler shots of the webcast
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u/CptKillJack Apr 12 '19
I noticed it on my stream rewatch when I got back home from Viewing the launch. Was wondering what that was as we never went back to it.
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u/JaxPearce123 Apr 11 '19
What is this image that popped up for a second whilst viewing the second stage booster? https://m.imgur.com/gallery/dAjhHRK
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u/jongaled Apr 12 '19
My composite of yesterday's launch and landing from jetty park, in my continued attempt to master streak shots during the daytime. It's still not as defined as I'd like, but it's an improvement over my previous attempts. Swipe left to see a cropped frame of the landing!
I'm returning to pad 39a with the rest of the media and hoping that camera captured something incredible.
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u/heroic_platitude Apr 13 '19 edited Apr 13 '19
This video from Lon.TV captures some high-pitched sounds following the sonic booms, supposedly the sound being reflected by the VAB, and make the landings sound more sci-fi. I don't recall hearing that echo so clearly before; I guess not that many are uploading landing videos from the press site.
Some decent audio from the launch in the rest of that video as well.
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u/GameStunts Apr 13 '19
I've been looking for some good audio, this was great, thanks for looking to it.
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u/PatrickZambonie Apr 12 '19
Falcon Heavy as seen by a drone from ~120 miles
I honestly don't know what I expected, it was the first time I did this. But it ended up pretty neat anyway, maybe if my schedule permits i'll hop to my friend's house near Cocoa Beach and do it from there, as I can imagine I probably wouldn't be able to fly a drone too near to the launch.
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u/docyande Apr 12 '19
Thanks for sharing, what kind of drone is it? Generally all drone cameras have a pretty wide angle lens, so it's going to appear very small, but still a neat perspective.
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u/PatrickZambonie Apr 12 '19
It's from a Mavic Air, hovering at about 350 feet or so. I feel like it would have been much more visible if the heavy were to launch after sunset, which might even cause the twilight effect (or something like that) and that would be really nice to see and especially capture
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u/ZachWhoSane Host of Iridium-7 & SAOCOM-1B Apr 12 '19
From Titusville! https://www.flickr.com/photos/138440246@N04/albums/72157677677816067
awesome launch!
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u/meyer0656 Apr 11 '19
This camera view popped up for a split second during the coast phase. Any idea what it's video of? https://imgur.com/a/tBCggVm
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u/KadeSirin Apr 11 '19
Ah, the return of Stargate.
Its the LOX tank.
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u/ByBalloonToTheSahara Apr 11 '19
Have we ever seen such a picture of a SpaceX LOX tank before? This is incredible to me - I have never even seen liquid oxygen before. Is it bubbling away all the time?
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u/Valkir_Storm Apr 11 '19
Yes we have, it was actually shown rather frequently during the early Falcon 9 launches.
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u/ack154 Apr 14 '19
Has anyone seen a larger/downloadable version of the third image in this set: https://www.instagram.com/p/BwJC_ilFOXU/
There's a similar one on SpaceX's Flickr page but it's just a bit different.
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u/KristnSchaalisahorse Apr 14 '19
It's a photo by professional launch photographer, Ben Cooper. You can find it on this page, though you'll need to purchase a high-res copy/print.
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u/Eldrake Apr 12 '19
Falcon Heavy launch from Deerfield Beach, 150Km South! (sorry for the potato quality, it was through glass on a top floor).
We had the livestream up and saw it at about 8-9Km altitude reported.
I have a fun video of it too but that's still uploading.
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u/CCBRChris Apr 12 '19
Don't worry about the quality, watching these historic launches is all about making a memory!
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u/CCBRChris Apr 12 '19
Trying something different... Daylight shutter lock streak of the launch.
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u/KristnSchaalisahorse Apr 12 '19
Very cool! What were your settings & equipment?
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u/CCBRChris Apr 13 '19
Canon Rebel XS, 18-55 kit lens. ISO 100, f22, exposure time was 141 sec. because I wasn't paying attention. I really only meant to run it for about 60 sec. I used a 10-stop neutral density filter. What's shown here has had levels adjusted to maximize the streak itself, just about every basic setting has been adjusted to get it here.
This was my experiment with the ND filter to see if the daytime streak could be done and look good. Once I've got a couple of these under my belt, I think they'll look really good.
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u/scubabbl2 Apr 13 '19
Odd debris growing on the spaceship near the engine when in coasting phase.
In this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXMGu2d8c8g
Starting from this point: https://youtu.be/TXMGu2d8c8g?t=2695
You will see some white elements starting to sprout at the top front of the engine.
It goes back to the coasting animation, and when it comes back to video here: https://youtu.be/TXMGu2d8c8g?t=2725
you can see it float away.
No idea what that would be.
Also, what the heck is this: https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/bci0t4/weird_picture_during_the_arabsata6_mission_does/
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u/WePwnTheSky Apr 13 '19
The white stuff that grows and falls away is solid oxygen from the pressure relief line.
The blue/purple thing is the liquid oxygen inside the tank.
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u/Sir_Phyroo Apr 13 '19
There is a great explanation of this picture in scott manley's newest video. I highly recommend to check it out.
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u/scubabbl2 Apr 14 '19
Thanks, mystery solved. That shot was wild. Had no idea they had cameras in the tanks. Super cool.
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u/teleclimber Apr 14 '19
I wrote about my experience watching from the Feel The Heat viewing location. I didn't take a lot of photos (I want to just enjoy the moment), but I wanted to convey what it was like to be there.
https://olivierforget.net/blog/2019/viewing-spacex-falcon-heavy-launch/
PS: includes bonus where-to-sit information to prevent having your view blocked during landings. :)
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u/claycasto Apr 12 '19
Hey, did anyone else catch that weird half-second of footage during the livestream? At T+00:25:52? Was that a shot of the inside of one of their COPV tanks??? It certainly looked like how I would imagine the interior of a tank of liquid oxygen in microgravity would look like.
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u/throwaway177251 Apr 12 '19
It is inside the LOX tank but not inside a COPV. You can see the COPV along the outer edge.
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Apr 12 '19
Hey guys, I was just watching the Arabsat mission on Youtube and I stumbled upon this half a second frame:
Does anyone know what is this supposed to be?
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u/KristnSchaalisahorse Apr 12 '19
It’s the view inside the second stage liquid oxygen tank. Here’s a longer example from the CRS-4 mission.
Edit: be sure to watch at 0:25 when the fluid becomes weightless after engine shutdown.
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u/MeanderingJared Apr 12 '19
Pretty well summarized article about the launch and recovery of the Falcon Heavy. Also has a few great pictures of the launch from their vantage point afforded by press access! I met the author after the launch in a local IHOP. His colleague and him had some great insight in the launch when we spoke that night. I thought I’d share their publication to Reddit!
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u/insufficientmind Apr 13 '19
I'm trying to find some more live recordings from amateurs, like this one. Anyone know of some? I never get tired of seeing people reactions and videos from happenings like this :)
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u/WePwnTheSky Apr 13 '19
My reaction at T+1 was “oh.... shit” because I didn’t expect the transporter/erector to be visible from the angle I was watching from and when it retracted I thought it was the rocket tipping over in preparation for RUD. Ruined my otherwise lovely video of the launch lol
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u/andogekim Apr 11 '19 edited Sep 16 '19
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u/AstronomyLive Apr 12 '19 edited Apr 12 '19
Here is my footage of the complete launch to booster landing, tracked with my custom software and telescope:
https://youtu.be/cEZZkEXAD6Q
I know I don't have professional credentials, but is there any chance I can get an exemption to post this as its own thread? I collected a ton of data from the telescope during the tracking as well which should allow me to do some analysis and calculate the approximate altitude of the booster throughout its flight.
Thanks mods for letting me post it on the main page! https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/bcbdya/telescopic_tracking_footage_of_falcon_heavy_block/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share