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Night rocket landings are so beautiful. Check out this screencap from the livestream: http://i.imgur.com/FonyaMv.jpg http://i.imgur.com/FonyaMv.jpg

• joecasson 10y ago
  Great shot. I hadn't watched a night landing before, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Shoot, when I sat down and saw the 43 minute video time, I didn't think I would make it. Time flew ;D
• iamcreasy 10y ago
  Today was even better. On most drone ship landing the ship looses satellite connection because of the extreme vibration cause by approaching Merlin engines.
  • frgewut 10y ago
    I don't quite get why video feed is such a problem. Can't it be recorded and then transmitted a few minutes later?
• luke_s 10y ago
  Actually, check out this long exposure: http://i.imgur.com/sy6cSDV.jpg http://i.imgur.com/sy6cSDV.jpg It shows all 5 burns, in one shot. From a /r/spacex comment [1], we have: 1 - The ascent burn of the 9 Merlin-1D engines: the long bright arc upwards, 2 - the single Merlin-1D-Vac second stage burn: the thin, short line starting after the short pause of MECO, 3 - the 3-engine 'boostback burn' of the first stage, the upwards arcing thin 'fish hook' part that is overlaid with the thin second stage arc - which sent the first stage on a return trajectory towards Landing Zone 1, 4 - the 3-engine 're-entry burn' of the first stage at an altitude of about 50 miles: the bright vertical line above the ascent arc, 5 - and the final 1-engine 'landing burn' of the first stage: the lowest bright vertical line ending at the landing pad! It's a fantastic photo! [1] - https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/4tdi30/heres_my_long_exposure_photograph_of_the_falcon_9/d5gh4v3 https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/4tdi30/heres_my_lon...