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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #950 on: December 08, 2021, 05:48:55 PM »
Last night

REPLAY: Launch of Yusaku Maezawa (#DearMoon) to the ISS on Soyuz MS-20! (8 Dec 2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKAn3ENUnGU

And then today

REPLAY: Yusaku Maezawa (#DearMoon) arrives at the ISS! (8 Dec 2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQbjRLzKnV8
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #951 on: December 08, 2021, 05:50:51 PM »
LIVE: Electron launches BlackSky 14 & 15 "A Data With Destiny"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4yeSmUsevc


Launch time: 7:02 pm EST on 8th (00:02 UTC on 9th)
Launch site: Launch Complex 1A, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch two small second-generation satellites for BlackSky’s commercial fleet of Earth observation spacecraft in a mission designated "A Data With Destiny". Delayed from September and October due to COVID-relayed restrictions. Delayed from Dec 6 due to weather.

ELECTRON ROCKET INFO:
Core components of the 1st, 2nd, and Kick Stage engines are 3D printed!
Engine print time: 24 hours
Height: 17 m
Diameter: 1.2 m
Stages: 2
Nominal Payload: 150 kg
Max Payload: 225 kg
Nominal Sun-Synchronous Orbit: 500 km
Fuel (stage 1 & 2): RP-1 + LOX
1st Stage Engines: 9x Rutherford
1st Stage Initial Thrust: 162 kN (34,500 lbf)
1st Stage Peak Thrust: 192 kN (41,500 lbf)
1st Stage Specific Impulse (ISP): 303 sec
2nd Stage Engine: 1x Rutherford
2nd Stage Total Thrust: 22 kN (5,000 lbf)
2nd Stage Specific Impulse (ISP): 333 sec
Kick Stage Total Thrust: 120N
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #952 on: December 09, 2021, 09:51:45 AM »
Dare it, miss read the time and missed it.

Looks like they nailed it again.

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches IXPE for NASA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwZVY-oLtHE

A SpaceX Falcon 9 is launching the IXPE mission for NASA. Liftoff is scheduled for 1:00 a.m. Eastern (06:00 UTC) from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #953 on: December 13, 2021, 12:36:11 PM »
LIVE: Super Heavy Booster 4 Lift to Orbital Launch Mount
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4Gp5E2ElXs
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #954 on: December 13, 2021, 05:31:28 PM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #955 on: December 14, 2021, 04:40:43 PM »
 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #956 on: December 17, 2021, 01:52:28 PM »
LIVE: Booster 4 Cryogenic Proof | First Test With Orbital Launch Mount
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXFVrPFrCJU
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #957 on: December 18, 2021, 09:12:36 AM »
Ship 21 Rolled Out of the Mid Bay | SpaceX Boca Chica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHTQATW6C94
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #958 on: December 18, 2021, 08:19:24 PM »
LIVE: SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Turksat 5B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoWYFMGmjEM
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #959 on: December 19, 2021, 09:37:56 AM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #960 on: December 19, 2021, 09:38:29 AM »
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Each Raptor 1 engine above produces 185 metric tons of force. Raptor 2 just started production & will do 230+ tons or over half a million pounds of force.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #961 on: December 19, 2021, 03:37:58 PM »


Perhaps Raptor 2 should be named Roc.

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #962 on: December 20, 2021, 07:00:24 PM »
James Webb Telescope to Launch Christmas Eve!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnGhe19f5Ws

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #963 on: December 21, 2021, 07:08:15 AM »
And while most of use were Zzzzzzzz

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches CRS-24 to the Space Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfG-qfVzjwY
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #964 on: December 21, 2021, 03:40:52 PM »
LIVE: Booster 4 Cryogenic Proof Testing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1IbMBhococ
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #965 on: December 24, 2021, 07:38:51 PM »
"Dear Lord, please don't let me *expletive deleted*ck up"

LIVE: Launch of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rARTOhbLDg

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An Ariane 5 rocket is launching NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). JWST is the largest and most advanced space telescope ever built and will study every phase of cosmic history. Liftoff is scheduled for 7:20 a.m. Eastern (12:20 UTC) from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #966 on: December 25, 2021, 08:20:43 AM »
"Dear Lord, please don't let me *expletive deleted*ck up"

LIVE: Launch of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rARTOhbLDg

A successful launch and vehicle separation of the James Webb telescope.  The first of many deployment steps was achieved with the successful unfolding of the solar array.  Over three hundred more deployment steps must occur before and after the telescope arrives at its LaGrange orbit parking spot.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #967 on: December 25, 2021, 08:44:32 AM »
Was cool to see the solar array begin deploying just as the second stage camera rotated away.

Also, JWST basic tracking info.

https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html

It's headed out at a leisurely 1.4509 miles (2.3359 Km) per second.

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #968 on: December 26, 2021, 08:24:55 PM »
From the Scientific Woke American

The James Webb Space Telescope Needs to Be Renamed
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-needs-to-rename-the-james-webb-space-telescope/
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #969 on: December 27, 2021, 07:52:14 AM »
~20 min to launch at time of posting

LAUNCHING SOON! OneWeb12 #OneWeb #Arianespace #Roscosmos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8UWiqvTlIY
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #970 on: December 28, 2021, 07:35:36 AM »
First image received from the James Webb

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #971 on: December 28, 2021, 09:16:43 AM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #972 on: December 28, 2021, 09:18:32 AM »
First image received from the James Webb


And it's out of focus.  I wonder if the red streamer attached to that cover is flapping around in the solar wind?  :laugh:
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #973 on: December 28, 2021, 09:20:26 AM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #974 on: December 28, 2021, 09:23:49 AM »
And it's out of focus.  I wonder if the red streamer attached to that cover is flapping around in the solar wind?  :laugh:

The one I saw was in focus.
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