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As for the first stage: "Following stage separation, the first stage of Falcon 9 will attempt an experimental landing on the “Of Course I Still Love You” dron
by manaskarekar 10y ago
As for the first stage:
"Following stage separation, the first stage of Falcon 9 will attempt an experimental landing
on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship. As with other GTO missions, the first-stage will be subject to extreme velocities and re-entry heating, making a successful landing difficult."
Mission Press Kit : http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/spacex_eutelsat_abs_press_kit.pdf http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/spacex_eutelsat_abs...
EDIT: Sounds like they lost the first stage, still not very clear on the details.
EDIT2: Confirmed loss of first stage by Elon Musk.
"Ascent phase & satellites look good, but booster rocket had a RUD on droneship"
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/743096769001578498 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/743096769001578498
- AliCollins 10y agoDid the "experimental landing" work this time?
- manaskarekar 10y agoNo clear word yet. Feed froze as usual and whatever was on the screen was covered in black smoke. I did see something upright though, so who knows. Meanwhile, for anyone looking for one of the most epic moments: https://youtu.be/L0bMeDj76ig?t=29m28s https://youtu.be/L0bMeDj76ig?t=29m28s
- krallja 10y agoIt's not clear. The video feed cut off at landing. There was a lot of smoke, and possibly a standing rocket.
- atonse 10y agoFeed died. I hope the next-gen of communications satellites improves the broadband-over-satellite situation. If only there was a company in this day and age that is launching satellites often and at lower cost. :)
- bisby 10y agoApparently the broadband out there is great. The issue isn't lack of satellites or speed. The issue is that when you have a Merlin 1D (or 3) firing directly at a mobile platform, it's going to shake violently. And when you have sensitive equipment on that platform shaking, you're going to have a satellite misalignment and signal cut outs while the lock is reacquired. Considering this is a pretty unique scenario (I would imagine 99% of satellite internet connections don't have rockets landing on them), I doubt it's a high priority to resolve somehow.
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- EA 10y agoOn the telecast they just said it appears the vehicle was lost.
- vvanders 10y agoSeems like one engine was low on thrust: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/743097337782763521 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/743097337782763521
- jefurii 10y agoI love the commentator's wording: "We'll see whether yes, we landed, or no, we've got more experimental data."
- dtparr 10y agoNo. It appeared briefly on the deck, but Elon tweeted it was a RUD, and that they'll be releasing video once they get access to it later today.
- lallysingh 10y agoI had to look it up: RUD is "Rapidly Unscheduled Disassembly"
- larrywright 10y agoThis might be my favorite acronym of all time.
- dopamean 10y agoRapidly or rapid? Is in the unscheduled part that is rapid or the disassembly?
- nraynaud 10y agothat would be a rapidly scheduled disassembly. "yeah, we totally planned that in half a second".
- outworlder 10y agoWas it caused by a lithobraking maneuver?
- mikeash 10y agoI believe in this case it was a skafobraking maneuver. Not many lithos out in the Atlantic to brake with.