Falcon 1, The World's Lowest Cost Rocket to Orbit |
Falcon 1, The World's Lowest Cost Rocket to Orbit |
 Nov 19 2005, 06:28 PM
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I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but here goes:
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=18353 http://www.spacex.com/ Looking forward to launch videos... 
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ugordan Falcon 1 Nov 19 2005, 06:28 PM
ElkGroveDan put the screen in your front window and move back ... Mar 20 2007, 11:37 PM djellison With a monitor that large, you're seing Falcon... Mar 20 2007, 11:47 PM ElkGroveDan You have five minutes to get your mocha Doug. Mar 21 2007, 12:01 AM djellison I'm not falling for that one again...see
... Mar 21 2007, 12:04 AM helvick Oooh. I've no fingernails left. How do people ... Mar 21 2007, 12:04 AM ElkGroveDan darn Mar 21 2007, 12:06 AM helvick Oops - someone didn't realise his mike was sti... Mar 21 2007, 12:07 AM djellison I assume once they've done an ignitiion they c... Mar 21 2007, 12:08 AM dvandorn Like I've been saying all along -- I'll be... Mar 21 2007, 12:08 AM helvick And again. Someone really needs to tell that guy h... Mar 21 2007, 12:08 AM djellison You don't hear that during an Atlas V launch ... Mar 21 2007, 12:10 AM ElkGroveDan I too would think once they entered ignition seque... Mar 21 2007, 12:11 AM djellison SFN agrees with you..
"main engine chamber pr... Mar 21 2007, 12:16 AM helvick I herd that too. I thought I heard the same guy (h... Mar 21 2007, 12:16 AM dvandorn Yep -- the last thing I heard, here, was "Ver... Mar 21 2007, 12:17 AM djellison I think we're seing a symptom of them bringing... Mar 21 2007, 12:18 AM helvick I don't know, I could live without the dropout... Mar 21 2007, 12:22 AM ElkGroveDan Now it looks like the weather is taking a turn. Mar 21 2007, 12:22 AM Zvezdichko What is that BBC supposed to mean? Mar 21 2007, 12:35 AM djellison They're asking if they can do a new 01:10 laun... Mar 21 2007, 12:35 AM Zvezdichko Wow! Fuel loading is underway! Mar 21 2007, 12:39 AM Rakhir Will the weather cooperate until then ?
Anyway, re... Mar 21 2007, 12:41 AM
Zvezdichko QUOTE (Rakhir @ Mar 21 2007, 12:41 AM) Wi... Mar 21 2007, 12:43 AM dvandorn They're recycling to T-16:00 and trying for a ... Mar 21 2007, 12:47 AM Zvezdichko QUOTE (dvandorn @ Mar 21 2007, 12:47 AM) ... Mar 21 2007, 12:49 AM Rakhir QUOTE (dvandorn @ Mar 21 2007, 01:47 AM) ... Mar 21 2007, 12:50 AM ElkGroveDan Countdown is set to 16:00 30 minutes left in this ... Mar 21 2007, 12:48 AM dvandorn By my figuring, that means the count ought to rest... Mar 21 2007, 12:49 AM dvandorn Interesting. I wondered why they went through a d... Mar 21 2007, 12:52 AM Zvezdichko The counting has been resumed. Mar 21 2007, 12:55 AM djellison I'm guessing the kerosine cools down quite qui... Mar 21 2007, 12:59 AM djellison That water supression looks like a small garden sp... Mar 21 2007, 01:10 AM helvick Go baby go. Mar 21 2007, 01:11 AM djellison I think this camera might be on the second stage..... Mar 21 2007, 01:13 AM Zvezdichko I just saw first stage separation! Mar 21 2007, 01:13 AM helvick They should have had this camera on the ground. Sw... Mar 21 2007, 01:14 AM djellison It's getting a bit divergant on the engine poi... Mar 21 2007, 01:16 AM Zvezdichko QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 21 2007, 01:16 AM)... Mar 21 2007, 01:17 AM Rakhir From SFN : Telemetry has been lost, SpaceX spokesw... Mar 21 2007, 01:19 AM Zvezdichko The last thing I say is a strange shaking and goin... Mar 21 2007, 01:19 AM djellison The engine pointing was going around and around in... Mar 21 2007, 01:20 AM Cugel At separation I thought the first stage actually h... Mar 21 2007, 01:20 AM dvandorn I saw the engine bell start to describe small circ... Mar 21 2007, 01:20 AM djellison I saw that 'nudge' Cugel - the nozzle got ... Mar 21 2007, 01:24 AM Rakhir I saw this ring falling too. Mar 21 2007, 01:25 AM Rakhir At least, they opened the champagne :
"I jus... Mar 21 2007, 01:27 AM helvick I also saw the knock and the "ring" fall... Mar 21 2007, 01:27 AM helvick Did they post any success criteria for the demofli... Mar 21 2007, 01:31 AM Zvezdichko Maybe the mission will be declared as a partial su... Mar 21 2007, 01:33 AM djellison The First Stage seemed great ( apart from trying t... Mar 21 2007, 01:37 AM helvick I'd be giving that effort a strong B+ as a dem... Mar 21 2007, 01:51 AM Zvezdichko Musk confirmed the "roll control anomaly... Mar 21 2007, 01:56 AM dvandorn This launch, while impressive, illustrates why lau... Mar 21 2007, 02:21 AM djellison Or - from another perspective, from SFN
Musk says... Mar 21 2007, 02:24 AM um3k I recorded the web feed of the launch, but it... Mar 21 2007, 02:28 AM ElkGroveDan I'd be interested in seeing the video if you f... Mar 21 2007, 03:18 AM elakdawalla How large is "fairly large?" Mar 21 2007, 04:03 AM djellison http://spacex.com/video_gallery.php Mar 21 2007, 08:07 AM helvick Seems pretty clear to me that the Stage 2 engine g... Mar 21 2007, 12:02 PM ugordan Launch video on YouTube.
What would be the functi... Mar 21 2007, 12:04 PM djellison That ring is supposed to detach remember - so I wo... Mar 21 2007, 12:35 PM MahFL Falcon 1, The World's Lowest Cost Rocket to Or... Mar 21 2007, 12:53 PM helvick Doug do you have a reference that shows that the r... Mar 21 2007, 01:39 PM djellison http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon/f2/07...fingq... Mar 21 2007, 01:42 PM Littlebit Odd to rely upon a temperature sensitive bonding a... Mar 21 2007, 02:07 PM dvandorn What we saw in the video could be caused by a numb... Mar 21 2007, 02:16 PM ugordan I've seen things like wiring break loose off D... Mar 21 2007, 02:24 PM babboxy "The second test launch of Falcon 1 took plac... Mar 21 2007, 02:48 PM Littlebit QUOTE (babboxy @ Mar 21 2007, 08:48 AM) ... Mar 21 2007, 09:57 PM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Littlebit @ Mar 21 2007, 01:57 PM)... Mar 21 2007, 10:09 PM djellison The glow on the Kestrel engine was very similar to... Mar 21 2007, 02:52 PM dvandorn For a test flight, it was certainly not a complete... Mar 21 2007, 03:02 PM djellison QUOTE (dvandorn @ Mar 21 2007, 03:02 PM) ... Mar 21 2007, 03:04 PM lyford Doug - is there something you want to tell us abou... Mar 21 2007, 03:47 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (lyford @ Mar 21 2007, 11:47 AM) Ar... Mar 21 2007, 04:33 PM djellison I wish DougSat is still a pipe dream. Mar 21 2007, 04:27 PM lyford Maybe we should all pitch in for a pongsat ad....
... Mar 21 2007, 05:27 PM helvick QUOTE (lyford @ Mar 21 2007, 05:27 PM) Ma... Mar 21 2007, 08:38 PM um3k The video I recorded is about 150 mb. It starts ha... Mar 21 2007, 07:09 PM ElkGroveDan I grabbed this point-of-impact image from the hi-r... Mar 21 2007, 07:50 PM ugordan Looks to me their biggest problem was attitude con... Mar 21 2007, 08:44 PM nprev I agree with ugordan's observations re control... Mar 23 2007, 12:58 AM edstrick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE4HkniM3Vc...ted... Mar 23 2007, 09:26 AM lyford QUOTE (edstrick @ Mar 23 2007, 01:26 AM) ... Mar 23 2007, 03:25 PM djellison Bits of 'white', I've seen in LOADS of... Mar 23 2007, 10:05 AM ugordan And by the time that rectangular piece of white st... Mar 23 2007, 10:18 AM djellison A linear piece wouldn't be unusual either - pr... Mar 23 2007, 10:29 AM lyford Very nice - I can never get enough of onboard vide... Mar 23 2007, 09:53 PM RJG So, just why did SpaceX cut the feed? Clearly the ... Mar 24 2007, 09:35 AM centsworth_II QUOTE (RJG @ Mar 24 2007, 05:35 AM) So, j... Mar 24 2007, 11:16 AM djellison Jim - Ugordan... if you're going to have a bit... Mar 24 2007, 05:32 PM edstrick Interview with Elon Musk on
http://www.nasaspacef... Mar 25 2007, 08:56 AM nprev ...well, I'll be. Definitely a plausible failu... Mar 26 2007, 12:20 AM The Messenger Falcon engineers baffled by sloshing fuel...and al... Mar 26 2007, 03:02 AM edstrick They flew live-broadcast TV cameras inside Saturn ... Mar 26 2007, 05:43 AM Jim from NSF.com QUOTE (edstrick @ Mar 26 2007, 01:43 AM) ... Mar 26 2007, 11:55 AM nprev Jim, if I understand nutation in this context corr... Mar 27 2007, 01:52 AM  |
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