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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1700 on: September 12, 2022, 08:37:18 AM »
In case you hadn't noticed the above Firefly launch was scrubbed
So if at first you don't succeed.....

Set to go live 3:00 pm EDT

[4K] Watch Firefly's Second Orbital Launch Attempt Of Their Alpha Rocket!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pics_iuBv9s
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1701 on: September 12, 2022, 11:17:11 AM »
Overpressure notice and tank farm activity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJRzQsLZGg
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1702 on: September 12, 2022, 11:49:34 AM »
Meanwhile Jeff's ______ had an issue during launch
Thankfully no one was on board just some experiments.

"It appears we experienced an anomaly on today's flight, this wasn't planned"

Blue Origin capsule blasts away from booster after anomaly during launch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v09RCNChe-w

Blue Origin's New Shepard suffers anomaly during launch, capsule lands safely
https://www.space.com/blue-origin-ns-23-mission-launch-preview

On the bright side it appears the escape system works.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1703 on: September 12, 2022, 12:03:32 PM »
Link for B7 testing with commentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44YbJ-7gnx8
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1704 on: September 12, 2022, 12:25:42 PM »
Scott Manley on the BO whoopsie
He wonders if anyone is going to cancel now. The Gs on that separation looked intense

MaxQ ABORT! - Blue Origin's New Shepard Has Fiery Engine Failure In Flight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoRp7nRIOpo
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1705 on: September 12, 2022, 12:57:22 PM »
New Shephard anomaly on launch causes in-flight abort with passengers onboard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v09RCNChe-w

Edit:  Evidently it didn't have passengers onboard, only experiments as payload.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1706 on: September 12, 2022, 05:02:31 PM »
In case you hadn't noticed the above Firefly launch was scrubbed
So if at first you don't succeed.....

Set to go live 3:00 pm EDT

[4K] Watch Firefly's Second Orbita  Launch Attempt Of Their Alpha Rocket!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pics_iuBv9s

Weather scrub  =(
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1707 on: September 12, 2022, 05:18:22 PM »
Meanwhile Jeff's ______ had an issue during launch
Thankfully no one was on board just some experiments.

"It appears we experienced an anomaly on today's flight, this wasn't planned"

Blue Origin capsule blasts away from booster after anomaly during launch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v09RCNChe-w

Blue Origin's New Shepard suffers anomaly during launch, capsule lands safely
https://www.space.com/blue-origin-ns-23-mission-launch-preview

On the bright side it appears the escape system works.

Kind of reminiscent of, "Go at throttle up." 
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1708 on: September 13, 2022, 11:22:52 AM »
FAA has grounded the New Shepard while they investigate what happened. SOP
3 "crewed" flight were planned for later this year.

FAA grounds Blue Origin New Shepard after emergency abort during launch
https://www.wesh.com/article/blue-origin-abort/41169216#
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1709 on: September 13, 2022, 08:32:37 PM »
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Scheduled for Sep 13, 2022  Falcon 9 is launching the Starlink 4-34 mission with 54 Starlink internet satellites onboard. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:10 PM EDT (02:10 UTC) from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngQG-iL-gnI
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1710 on: September 13, 2022, 10:12:34 PM »
Comes up as a private video.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1711 on: September 14, 2022, 08:13:10 AM »
Link was confirmed good and running during countdown but seems after the weather scrub it was taken down for some reason.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1712 on: September 14, 2022, 08:26:55 AM »
S25 is stacked
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1713 on: September 14, 2022, 08:44:34 AM »
Last night's Starlink launch rescheduled to 21:48 tonight

Haven't seen a link to a video feed yet
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1714 on: September 14, 2022, 09:43:45 AM »
That's a big fat NO from me

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1715 on: September 14, 2022, 09:48:39 AM »
Can you imagine how much that must rock and sway?

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1716 on: September 14, 2022, 09:51:23 AM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1717 on: September 14, 2022, 10:36:30 AM »
That's a big fat NO from me


I went up 125 feet in a cherry picker one time years ago.  That one time was quite enough.  The forty footers where I used to work wobulated all over the place.  I can't imagine what that tall sucker they're using at SpaceX must be like.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1718 on: September 15, 2022, 01:42:59 PM »
Suppose to go live in a couple of hours

Rocket Lab - The Owl Spreads Its Wings Launch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9aYHnHaFAk

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1719 on: September 15, 2022, 04:20:30 PM »
Suppose to go live in a couple of hours

Rocket Lab - The Owl Spreads Its Wings Launch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9aYHnHaFAk

Live
19 minutes to launch
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1720 on: September 15, 2022, 05:53:38 PM »
According to the streamed video, they had a successful flight to orbit.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1721 on: September 15, 2022, 09:24:00 PM »
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SpaceX is targeting Thursday, September 15 for a Falcon 9 launch of 54 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is at 9:27 p.m. ET (01:27 UTC on September 16).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzWSYJBSAl4
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1722 on: September 15, 2022, 09:27:48 PM »
Weather scrub with 27 seconds to go
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1723 on: September 16, 2022, 07:35:00 AM »
Never seen this before
Big flashing lights on the Orbital Launch Tower, like big warning? alarm? lights. And I don't mean the usual aviation lights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJRzQsLZGg
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1724 on: September 16, 2022, 11:07:18 AM »
Overpressure notice and tank farm activity. Chopsticks have been moved out of the way, could mean static fire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fglxsgSY00
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