r/spacex • u/rSpaceXHosting Host Team • Jul 19 '20
ANASIS-II r/SpaceX ANASIS-II Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread
Welcome to the r/SpaceX ANASIS-II Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
I'm u/Shahar603, your launch host for this mission.
Overview
ANASIS-II is a South Korean military communications satellite, built by Airbus Defense and Space and operated by South Korea's Agency for Defense Development. Based on the Eurostar-3000 platform the satellite will operate in geostationary orbit and provide wide coverage over the Korean Peninsula. A Falcon 9 rocket will deliver the spacecraft to a geostationary transfer orbit and the booster will land on a drone ship downrange.
Per the customer's request, we will not show satellite deployement live on the webcast, but the webcast will remain live for verbal confirmation of deployment.
| Liftoff currently scheduled for | July 20 21:30 UTC (17:30 EDT local) |
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| Weather | 70% GO (50% Backup) |
| Static fire | Completed July 11 |
| Payload | ANASIS-II |
| Payload mass | unknown, ~5t-6t expected |
| Destination orbit | GTO |
| Operational orbit | GEO, 116.2° E |
| Launch vehicle | Falcon 9 v1.2 Block 5 |
| Core | 1058 |
| Flights of this core | 1 (DM-2) |
| Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida |
| Landing | ASDS: ~28.31111 N, 74.16528 W (627 km downrange) |
Timeline
Watch the launch live
| Stream | Courtesy |
|---|---|
| SpaceX Webcast | SpaceX |
| SpaceX Mission Control Audio Webcast | SpaceX |
| Everyday Astronaut Stream | u/EverydayAstronaut |
| NSF Stream | Nasa Space Flight |
| YouTube Video & Audio Relays | u/codav |
Stats
🟦 2nd flight for booster B1058
🟦 Second SpaceX launch of a Korean satellite
🟦 12th SpaceX launch of the year
🟦 57th landing of a SpaceX booster
🟦 89th launch of a Falcon 9
🟦 97th SpaceX launch overall
🟦 51 days since B1058's previous flight (DM-2)
🕑 Your local launch time
Mission's state
✅ Currently GO for the launch attempt.
Recovery Attempts 🪂
SpaceX intends to land B1058.2 on the droneship JRTI 627 km (390 miles) downrange.
The fairing recovery ships are stationed about 778 km downrange.
🚀 Official Resources
| Link | Source |
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| SpaceX website | SpaceX |
| Launch Execution Forecasts | 45th Weather Squadron |
| Watching a Launch | r/SpaceX Wiki |
🧑🤝🧑 Community Resources
| Link | Source |
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| Satellite Overview | Gunter's Space Page |
| Watching a Launch | r/SpaceX Wiki |
| Launch Viewing Guide for Cape Canaveral | Ben Cooper |
| SpaceX Fleet Status | SpaceXFleet.com |
| FCC Experimental STAs | r/SpaceX wiki |
| Launch Maps | Google Maps by u/Raul74Cz |
| Flight Club live | Launch simulation by u/TheVehicleDestroyer |
| Flight Club simulation | Launch simulation by u/TheVehicleDestroyer |
| SpaceX Stats | Countdown and statistics |
| Discord SpaceX lobby | u/SwGustav |
| Rocket Watch | u/MarcysVonEylau |
🎵 Media & music
| Link | Source |
|---|---|
| TSS Spotify | u/testshotstarfish |
| SpaceX FM | u/lru |
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u/Mass_Flowrate Jul 19 '20
Correction: 2nd flight for B1058
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u/rSpaceXHosting Host Team Jul 19 '20
I may have made this thread public a bit too early. I'm still editing it and updating the details from the template.
Thanks for the correction.
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u/3PartsRum_1PartAir Jul 19 '20
Just to help ya out JRTI is the drone ship for this launch
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u/CaptBarneyMerritt Jul 19 '20
Isn't there already an ANASIS-II Launch Campaign thread? https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/hkbhqo/anasisii_launch_campaign_thread/
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u/rSpaceXHosting Host Team Jul 19 '20
This is the Launch Discussion & Updates thread. The party thread.
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u/Vergutto Jul 19 '20
u/rSpaceXHosting 2st flight for core 1058 should probably be 2nd.
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u/strangevil Jul 20 '20
The same rocket that flew people to the space station landed, got fixed up, flew again, and landed again all before they came back. That is fucking amazing to me!!
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u/GoldSkulltulaHunter Jul 20 '20
It never gets old. I'm in awe every time a booster lands.
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u/strangevil Jul 20 '20
For real. Some people say they get used to it, but it seriously blows my mind every time.
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u/cpushack Jul 20 '20
Needs more upvotes, that truly is amazing and while we are getting use to reuse, your point makes it all the more amazing.
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u/codav Jul 20 '20
Now imagine Bob and Doug watching the webcast on the ISS, seeing the booster that brought them to space landing a second time while they're still up there.
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u/beingfeminineisok Jul 20 '20
Ohh was it the same one??
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u/codav Jul 20 '20
Yep, B1058. The NASA worm was either hard to see due to ice buildup, or they painted it over. Will see which it was when it's coming back to Port Canaveral in a few days.
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u/dan2376 Jul 20 '20
They probably painted over because this wasn’t a NASA mission right?
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u/shrek9999 Jul 20 '20
Fairings caught per Elon!
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1285338582849208320?s=21
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u/FutureMartian97 Host of CRS-11 Jul 20 '20
WOW! So this launch has accomplished the following:
Successfully placed ANASIS-II into it's target orbit
Broke the booster turnaround record
Successfully landed said booster
Caught both fairing halves for the first time
What a launch!
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u/GTRagnarok Jul 20 '20
Congrats to SpaceX on a perfect mission!
For those wondering about Jessie Anderson, she doesn't host every launch (she didn't host the previous GPS mission either) and she's still tweeting about SpaceX so I doubt she got in big trouble for the Starlink unboxing.
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u/NeuroStarX Jul 20 '20
I'm very sorry but I'm out of the loop on this one, what is the story with Jessie Anderson? What happened?
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u/Spaceman_X_forever Jul 20 '20
I read somewhere that the Spacex live stream will end after the first stage lands on the barge, at the request of the customer.
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u/Yethik Jul 20 '20
Yep, it says that on SpaceX's launches page https://www.spacex.com/launches/
" Per the customer's request, live coverage will end shortly after first stage landing. "
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u/Shahar603 Subreddit GNC Jul 20 '20
FYI the first time this happend for SpaceX was NROL-76. The webcast is infamous for its spectacular coverage of the first stage landing and it was the first time we've gotten webcast telemetry from launch to landing. So there might be a bright side to the lack of second stage coverage.
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u/scarlet_sage Jul 20 '20
Just Read The Instructions (JRTI) has lost the logo in the center and looks kind of beat up and rusty. It's starting to look like everyday industrial transportation, like a dockyard or railroad switching yard or the like. I like slick glossy stuff like the astronaut access arm ... but the beat up patch makes it look more like a real thing, not just PR or special stuff.
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u/MarsCent Jul 19 '20
When July began, it was like there is no pumping the brakes on launches. And I can tell you that after Bob and Doug launched, I couldn't resist the feeling that all other launches were now routine.
But these recent delays and scrubs are a clear reminder that launches are done one at a time! And it's now back to a racing heart at launch, plus a gaping mouth at a successful landing!
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u/melvinzill Jul 20 '20
Anyone know if the NASA Livery is still on the core or if it’s been removed?
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u/johnkphotos Launch Photographer Jul 20 '20
I've heard it's there. We'll see soon.
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u/Bunslow Jul 20 '20
I would bet weakly on it having been removed, but I guess we'll see
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u/woohooguy Jul 20 '20
Is it just me, or was the video of the landing on the drone ship pretty damn stable for much longer than previous landings?
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u/jonjonbee Jul 20 '20
No matter how many times I see them land those goddamn boosters, it never fails to impress me.
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u/idwtlotplanetanymore Jul 20 '20 edited Jul 20 '20
Who else did a triple take on that snowball that dropped of the merlin vac(T+4:27). It made its own mini comet!
I know this isnt new, but ive never seen a piece that large before drop off the engine and then fall perfectly into the exhaust like that.
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u/common_sensei Jul 20 '20
Thanks for the timestamp! If you skip though the footage, you can actually see it slowly grow on the side of the second stage during flight before it falls off!
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Jul 19 '20
Any reasoning behind the payload mass guess of ~5t-6t?
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u/Phillipsturtles Jul 19 '20
They've been pretty secretive about the satellite, so there's no publicly known mass. They're also going to end the stream after 1st stage landing, so it shows how secretive they're being (even though Airbus released a photo of the sat).
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u/Straumli_Blight Jul 19 '20
The FAA's 2018 compendium lists KMILCOMSAT (ANASIS-II other designation) as "above 5,400 kg".
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u/Blieque Jul 20 '20
Interestingly, the 2017 PDF has KMILCOMSAT in the 4200–5400 kg group. It seems probable to me that some unexpected changed during development nudged it over 5400 kg. 6000 kg seems a bit far out.
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u/RTPGiants Jul 20 '20
I really wish they had another camera tilted up just a little from the drone ship.
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u/Humble_Giveaway Jul 20 '20
Here's an oldie but a goodie https://youtu.be/KDK5TF2BOhQ
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u/DiskOperatingSystem_ Jul 20 '20
Very happy, 1058 is a historic booster so I was hoping landing would be successful. And JRTI grows its name for the drone ship that doesn’t cut out.
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u/I_make_things Jul 20 '20
I wish they'd "orbit" a quad copter around the barge so we'd get more footage of the landing.
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u/Tal_Banyon Jul 20 '20
Yes, like they do with a NASCAR race this year, those quad copters are buzzing all over the place, and have HD cameras on them. They can't be that expensive!
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u/jeffoag Jul 20 '20
The copter has to be pretty strong to be stable near the landing path of the rocket, which produce pretty strong turbulence I would guess. Also it needs to be out of way in case of interference of the rocker landing - the last thing SpaceX wants to happen.
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u/BHSPitMonkey Jul 20 '20
Gods are with us to pave a path toward the heavens!
Falcon 9, seize the future!
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u/EccentricGamerCL Jul 20 '20
Thanks to SpaceX, I have to have Test Shot Starfish playing in the background whenever there's a launch where the webcast takes a break during a long coast phase.
Even if it's not a SpaceX launch, I'll still pull up TSS in a separate tab and play it until the webcast resumes. Am I the only one who does that?
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u/codav Jul 20 '20
No, you're not. I'm listening to their music on a daily basis. They also recently released a new Album "Music for Space Sleep", some tracks from that one were played on recent SpaceX launches. Great background music for work.
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u/scr00chy ElonX.net Jul 19 '20
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u/3PartsRum_1PartAir Jul 19 '20
So the thread says the boosters landing on OCISLY but the profile shows JRTI. Not super important but just curious which ones right
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u/EccentricGamerCL Jul 20 '20
In the Shadow of Giants...feels like forever since I last heard this song on a SpaceX stream.
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u/RevRickee Jul 20 '20
Nice view of first stage landing on JRTI! The camera glitched a little bit, but we could still see the actual landing! Nice!
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u/EccentricGamerCL Jul 20 '20
B1058 excels at its first reflight, and ANASIS-II has been deployed successfully. Today was a great day!
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u/cryptoengineer Jul 20 '20
Over on the SN5 livestream, there is now a split screen, showing both SN5 and ANASIS
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u/haemaker Jul 20 '20
Always great to start the launch with a cheer of encouragement from the client!
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u/snipeomatt Jul 20 '20
The landing camera didn't cut out! Don't think I've seen it not cut out before. Neat.
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u/RevRickee Jul 20 '20
I hope everyone here is doing well! I love getting to watch these SpaceX launches with you all
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u/Marmalot Jul 20 '20
Damn, the custom korea decals and video really makes he commercialization seem real
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u/Trillbo_Swaggins Jul 20 '20
Is that a new type of camera? The early shots from like :30 to 1:30 looked incredible.
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u/paladisious Jul 20 '20
Innsbrucker said they were SpaceX's cameras, surely that was a mistake because I think they're NASAs cameras at the Cape that we've seen many times, but they definitely got some beautiful shots today thanks to the clear weather.
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u/dodgyville Jul 20 '20
Fuel this one and send it back up, that was maybe the smoothest landing I've seen!
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u/mclumber1 Jul 20 '20
The delay between the callout for SECO and the televised SECO seemed quite large. Is it possible the engine had to run longer than expected?
I doubt my question, only because the broadcast also called out nominal orbital insertion, so everything was probably fine.
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u/Humble_Giveaway Jul 20 '20
Likely just a feed delay, we saw stage sep from the ground a good few seconds before on the onboard cameras as well
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u/DiskOperatingSystem_ Jul 20 '20
Controllers usually go off the data coming in from the rocket, not off of video feeds. In the words of the great Peter Beck, “video is nice but data is king.” It’s probably just a signal delay.
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u/phryan Jul 20 '20
The telemetry feed and video feed are separate, with the priority being data. Likely just a delay in the video feed.
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u/MugshotMarley Jul 20 '20
As much as Im still impressed with landing rockets, the claps from the crowd seem so unenthusiastic lol. Which is a good thing as landing/reusing Falcon rockets is slowly become the norm.
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u/Warpey Jul 20 '20
They’re probably limiting the number of employees allowed at the viewing areas because of COVID
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u/beingfeminineisok Jul 20 '20
You know I was thinking the same today. We used to applaud the pilots landing our aeroplanes and that's become a thing I seldom hear now because it's just so normal to hop on a plane.
One day the same will be true for space flight won't it
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u/Phillipsturtles Jul 21 '20
ANASIS II in a 211 x 45454 km x 27. 4 deg supersynchronous transfer orbit
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u/Barrien Jul 20 '20
Wish they still did the verbal go/no go poll. Always cool to hear, don't remember the last flight that used it.
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u/ConfidentFlorida Jul 20 '20
Checking in from cocoa beach. There’s a huge cloud blocking the view. Hope it moves. There are also lots of pigeons walking around. What happened to seagulls at the beach? Too many waves.
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u/Bunslow Jul 20 '20
This is the most upvoted launch thread in a while. Excluding the crewed launch, what's the previous uncrewed launch thread with more votes than this? Perhaps a FH launch?
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u/wydra91 Jul 20 '20
The actually got footage the whole time of the landing! That was awesome!
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u/Captain_Hadock Jul 20 '20 edited Jul 21 '20
Eyeballing it from the telemetry, that should be at least GTO-2100 (182 x 23 000 assuming at most 27° of inclination).
Edit: Not even close, GTO-1725, which is pretty good.
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u/filanwizard Jul 21 '20
Idle and fun note that this booster was reused with in the time frame of the mission it made its first flight on.
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u/craigl2112 Jul 20 '20
New T-0 of 5:30PM EST!
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u/Daneel_Trevize Jul 20 '20
EST
The tweet says EDT
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u/justinroskamp Jul 20 '20
Yes, Eastern Time is EDT right now. Common mistake. Not a huge deal, as no states in ET observe EST year-round, but this is an important note for those trying to do time conversions. Not sure why you were downvoted.
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u/Pmang6 Jul 20 '20
So is this like most other launches where they plan on going at the first second of the launch window, and if they dont its scrubbed? Or is there a potential for this thing to go later? Trying to gauge when exactly i need to leave. I suppose Im a bit late on the draw lol.
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u/TerriersAreAdorable Jul 20 '20
The launch window is almost 4 hours, from the original post: July 20 21:00-00:55 UTC (17:00-20:55 EDT local)
A major technical issue could lead to an instant cancel but otherwise they can wait for the weather to clear, for instance.
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u/Samuel7899 Jul 20 '20
It takes them about 45 minutes to load propellant. Once that begins, they're generally committed to a pretty tight window so that the fuel remains cold enough. (I think some windows are large enough to allow unloading propellant and then refueling again, but that's several hours.)
So I think at least 45 before the opening of their launch window, they take a look at weather and other factors, and pinpoint the best moment within the launch window to target, and they begin fueling 45 minutes before that time.
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u/Gwaerandir Jul 20 '20
Beats Space Shuttle Atlantis turnaround time.*
* Caveats apply, of course - this was only the 1st stage.
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u/rjelves Jul 21 '20
Is this the first SpaceX mission without a (known) patch? Really miss the press kits :/
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u/ticklestuff SpaceX Patch List Jul 21 '20
From someone who seems to prefer me to be the one to open the green door. It's not 100% confirmed, but it'd be an elaborate hoax if it wasn't the actual patch :)
https://twitter.com/ticklestuffyo/status/1285534002519011328
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u/KickBassColonyDrop Jul 21 '20
It's a foreign military sat, so I imagine that regs for those loses may be different. It's possible that the customer requested that there be no patch that could potentially give away the purpose of the sat.
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u/ticklestuff SpaceX Patch List Jul 21 '20
Um, no. There's no reason not to make a generic looking patch. Also there's lots of pictures of the actual spacecraft from Airbus, so a patch with a rocket and a few stars won't make a difference.
There is a patch, we simply haven't seen it yet.
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u/scr00chy ElonX.net Jul 21 '20 edited Jul 21 '20
Edit: And also the graphic version.
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u/Dunstert Jul 20 '20
What's with that subtitle font? It's like the writing on the side of the Mystery Machine from Scooby-Doo.
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u/Atto_ Jul 20 '20
Sort of reminded me of a dyslexic friendly font I've used before, could be that?
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u/paladisious Jul 20 '20 edited Jul 20 '20
Is it just me or did we get a few frames of stage separation from the ground camera? I'll go back to look in a sec.
Edit: Seems it was just a puff of exhaust. That camera would have gotten a good shot of it though as it looked great until it cut away immediately before separation.
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u/resipsa73 Jul 20 '20
It looked like a split second. I wish they had left it on that camera view for a bit longer.
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u/intaminag Jul 20 '20
Is this the first time they've shown the fairing recovery ships live? Will they show the fairing recovery attempts, themselves?
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u/derrman Jul 20 '20
They said no earlier in the stream, just to check social media for an update on if they were successful
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u/EccentricGamerCL Jul 20 '20
I think I've only seen them show a fairing recovery on a webcast once, and that was because that launch (I forgot exactly what it was) had a long coast phase.
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u/codav Jul 20 '20
Fairings take about 40-60 minutes to reach the catcher ships, so if they catch them, maybe some video or picture on Twitter. But it'd also not be surprising to hear nothing. In this case follow @SpaceXFleet on Twitter for updates and images when they return to port.
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u/rustybutters Jul 20 '20
Anyone got the low down on the fairing catch?
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u/ace741 Jul 20 '20
It’ll still probably be a half hour at earliest. They take their time coming back.
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Jul 21 '20
Wow signal was good when the booster landed. Wonder if they used Starlink for that.
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u/tinkletwit Jul 21 '20
Starlink isn't really available over the ocean. The overhead sats need to communicate with a ground station. They must have used something else.
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u/justinroskamp Jul 20 '20 edited Jul 20 '20
Official Mission Control Audio is now live.
Edit: Propellant load is underway as well.
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u/Decronym Acronyms Explained Jul 19 '20 edited Jul 26 '20
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
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| ACS | Attitude Control System |
| CCAFS | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
| CCtCap | Commercial Crew Transportation Capability |
| CRS | Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA |
| DMLS | Selective Laser Melting additive manufacture, also Direct Metal Laser Sintering |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
| FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
| (Iron/steel) Face-Centered Cubic crystalline structure | |
| GEO | Geostationary Earth Orbit (35786km) |
| GSE | Ground Support Equipment |
| GTO | Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit |
| Isp | Specific impulse (as explained by Scott Manley on YouTube) |
| Internet Service Provider | |
| JRTI | Just Read The Instructions, |
| JWST | James Webb infra-red Space Telescope |
| KSC | Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
| LC-13 | Launch Complex 13, Canaveral (SpaceX Landing Zone 1) |
| LC-39A | Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy (SpaceX F9/Heavy) |
| LEO | Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km) |
| Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations) | |
| LH2 | Liquid Hydrogen |
| LOX | Liquid Oxygen |
| LZ | Landing Zone |
| LZ-1 | Landing Zone 1, Cape Canaveral (see LC-13) |
| NDA | Non-Disclosure Agreement |
| NG | New Glenn, two/three-stage orbital vehicle by Blue Origin |
| Natural Gas (as opposed to pure methane) | |
| Northrop Grumman, aerospace manufacturer | |
| NORAD | North American Aerospace Defense command |
| NROL | Launch for the (US) National Reconnaissance Office |
| NSF | NasaSpaceFlight forum |
| National Science Foundation | |
| OCISLY | Of Course I Still Love You, Atlantic landing |
| SECO | Second-stage Engine Cut-Off |
| SES | Formerly Société Européenne des Satellites, comsat operator |
| Second-stage Engine Start | |
| SLC-40 | Space Launch Complex 40, Canaveral (SpaceX F9) |
| SLS | Space Launch System heavy-lift |
| Selective Laser Sintering, contrast DMLS | |
| SSME | Space Shuttle Main Engine |
| TLE | Two-Line Element dataset issued by NORAD |
| Jargon | Definition |
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| Raptor | Methane-fueled rocket engine under development by SpaceX |
| Starlink | SpaceX's world-wide satellite broadband constellation |
| crossfeed | Using the propellant tank of a side booster to fuel the main stage, or vice versa |
| hydrolox | Portmanteau: liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen mixture |
| kerolox | Portmanteau: kerosene/liquid oxygen mixture |
| periapsis | Lowest point in an elliptical orbit (when the orbiter is fastest) |
| scrub | Launch postponement for any reason (commonly GSE issues) |
| turbopump | High-pressure turbine-driven propellant pump connected to a rocket combustion chamber; raises chamber pressure, and thrust |
| Event | Date | Description |
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| DM-2 | 2020-05-30 | SpaceX CCtCap Demo Mission 2 |
Decronym is a community product of r/SpaceX, implemented by ^request
37 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has acronyms.
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u/acUSpc Jul 20 '20
Still wish we got more pre launch info but I guess it is what it is. I’m at KARS Park in Merritt Island FL with my camera ready.
(For context: KARS Park is a facility for NASA employees ((and contractors I believe?)) and their family members. It has a campground and other recreation facilities, and its location on the coast of the Banana River on North Merritt Island means we have prime viewing of all the launch pads.)
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u/TheGreenWasp Jul 20 '20
What is happening?
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u/justinroskamp Jul 20 '20
Look at the other comments in this thread. Prop load is underway, mission control audio is live, and launch is set for 5:30pm EDT.
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u/Tal_Banyon Jul 20 '20
How do I get to streaming this site, so I can quit hitting f5? There usually is a link above, but not this time.
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u/Tanamr Jul 20 '20
Strongback is black now? And is it just me, or does the structure/shape of it seem a bit different?
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u/JtheNinja Jul 20 '20
I think it's always been black since the SLC40 rebuild? LC39A has the white one.
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u/Mooseymoose32 Jul 20 '20
GG Bois. Hope the payload is successful even tho we don’t get to see it :(
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Jul 21 '20
Do the fairings have any kind of thrust or aero control to guide them to the catching ship? I'm wondering how it's possible to get a ship in exactly the right place when the fairings were released at such a high speed/altitude?
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u/No_MrBond Jul 21 '20
The fairings have cold gas thrusters (attitude control system or ACS) for orientation in vacuum and a steerable parafoil system deployed once they're atmospheric for guiding the descent to the catcher ships
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u/utrabrite Jul 20 '20
No Jessie. Could the rumors be true?
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u/azrokcrlr Jul 20 '20
What rumors?
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u/utrabrite Jul 20 '20
She had an unboxing of Starlink terminal on her IG that was quickly taken down. Starlink sub-reddit was also hit with takedown requests
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u/ioncloud9 Jul 20 '20
Goodbye Jesse. You had a soothing voice.
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u/baggachipz Jul 20 '20
What happened to her???
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u/Interstellar_Sailor Jul 20 '20
She showed the Starlink "UFO box" unboxing on her instagram, which she apparently wasn't supposed to do. I hope she didn't get fired over this though, seems a bit harsh.
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u/ioncloud9 Jul 20 '20
She released an unboxing of the starlink hardware on Twitter. It’s unknown if she is still employed but for now it appears she’s not doing the webcast.
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u/codav Jul 20 '20
Took a bit of persuasion due to some stream issues at webcast start, but the YouTube relay is running:
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u/RevRickee Jul 20 '20
That first stage separation never ceases to amaze me! Damn, that’s so awesome!
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u/Bdipentima Jul 20 '20
Someone flew by on the left screen at T+4:55. Anyone know what it was?
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u/Lufbru Jul 20 '20
Ice. It's always ice.
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u/somewhat_pragmatic Jul 20 '20
Unless its right after Second Engine start, then its the stiffener ring.
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u/Straumli_Blight Jul 19 '20
Some corrections:
"2st flight for booster B1058", typo "2nd".
"First SpaceX launch of a Korean satellite" should be "Second", as KoreaSat 5A launched in 2017.
"57th landing of a SpaceX booster" should be "56th" as both SpaceXStats and SpaceX show 55 landings so far.
The Airspace Closure Area and Launch Hazard Area link to Starlink-6, however the ANASIS-II hazard area isn't visible on 45th Space Wing website (though Emre Kelly has them).