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Is it weird that starlink launches are boring to me now?

>>12706523
nah they're the same thing over and over.
Now, if they live-streamed the fairing catch attempt that would be exciting. those are still iffy.

>>12706530
True

>>12706538
only 29,000 more starlink satellites to be sent up, so at least it's a consistent source of launches going forward.
Would be nice to go to the cape and have a guaranteed launch to watch on the beach on a given day.

>>12706453
Don't forget about the Soyuz launch a half hour after this one anons.

>>12706523
That's sort of the point, isn't it? To make this shit so easy it becomes boring.

>>12706540
Yeah if they were in person they wouldn't get old

>>12706523
Well, they don't go all Michael BaySplosions like the other SpaceX rockets do, so that's probably why.

I'm fully invested in these launches now, waiting for my starlink dish to show up.

>>12706840
it works great anon

>>12706847
Nice, I'm still in the pending order stage. Didn't get my invite until the 9th. I'm at 42 degrees. It'll be a couple weeks until I get the dish. DSL for me until then.

>>12706453
It's gon explode

>>12706847
Are you using the supplied router or your own? From what I've heard the supplied one is is pretty bad.

>>12706873
nah it's fine, but my folk's are using a different one for failover mainly

I want to sign up for starlink but the address finder won't find my bumfuck rural hick no street number property. I can't find any email or support on the website, what do?

>>12706878
lol that's a recent change, used to be you could drop a pin wherever on a map.
did the plus code not work either?

>>12706878
Their site let's you input coordinates. My address is miles away from where google maps thinks it is and it let me drag the marker to my actual location.
>>12706877
Ahh you're the guy I was talking to on /g/

>>12706878
I think they allow you use Google to pick address.

>>12706878
Use Plus Codes, it explains it right underneath the input field.

Starlink working great even under snow storm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH8XLjPsFY8

83 bings to go

NSF is live with pad views
https://youtu.be/WpCSnYM0Oac

Scrubbed confirmed.

FECK, scrubbed.

now targeting Monday, February 15 at 10:59 p.m. EST

I got 30grand for the starlink ipo.

>>12707230
Based

>>12707230
Now put it into something else for the next year

would be a shame if someone installed an accelerometer upside down haha

2 mins to soyuz launch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18MbMywHtg0

>>12707350
Boy you're late as hell.

>>12707350
Why they aren't contracting more falcons or other American launch systems is beyond me.

>>12707675
Make the Russians feel good since they're butthurt about spacex already

11 hours till the next attempt

>5 bongs to go
same stream link as last night's attempt

>>12709998
Dank, I'll be on the beach for this one

>>12708639
snowstorm, won't happen

>>12710734
Not in Florida. I'm north of it on the coast (SC) and it's raining hard here, so I won't be on the beach for this scrub.

>>12710717
post pics

>>12710769
No it's shit outside

>>12710771
prove it with a pic

>>12710734
>snow
>in florida

ONE BONG

>>12706453
Bros...the weather is a maybe for tonight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8vGBgcAGH8
control room audio

>>12706453
how long till theres a constant continuous stream of these things fucking up the night sky in every direction?

>>12710894
they're only a problem at dusk and dawn. but, a few years

go for prop load

>>12710903
thats another question, when they get 20k+ of these things up (let alone other entire sat-constellations), will they still only be visible at dusk/dawn?

>>12710913
yeah

We live

>music starts playing
>it's the TSS/EDA collab
he's officially made it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0dkyV09Zso

God damn I can't keep up with all these starlink launches.

>IT'S LIVE

>>12710998
there's another one two days from now

>>12710998
At this point, they're really not worth making time for

ayyy jessie

Is jessie drunk

>>12711014
Probably just too excited.

>>12711014
I think I remember her stumbling like this recently

>>12710998
And that's a good thing!

Why is Kermit the Frog narrating the SpaceX stream?

>welcome back to our 100000000th falcon 9 stream, let's explain how the rocket works for the millionth time so the average normie can try to understand

>no catch attempt

>>12711014
she's excited. Load'n'go type of girl

>>12711028
Gotta keep that commoner attention so they don't complain about feeding the poor

>/sci/ anon gets selected for the Dragon mission

>>12711033
I would Load'n'go her

If you know what I mean

They're not even bothering with the Starlink promo now that these are so common

>>12711030
I miss Jim.

>reflying SN9
the madlads

This better be good.

>>12711039
>he bites his tongue for the entire launch
>turning read from holding something back
>orbit reached
>he quickly unbuckles
>heads straight for the camera
>spaghetti is flowing from all of his pockets
>"n-n-ni-"
>starliner out of nowhere slams into the dragon 2

>>12711047
they sort of did, saying that you can sign up

>>12711054
>Elon autistic laughter

Glad they've seemingly brought back trajectory on mission control stream.

WE GAAN

>-0.0km

>>12711070
You took the words right out of my fingers.

DO YOU EVEN LIFT?

Go little spacekikes, GO!

spooky plume there for a sec

SpaceX should hire mexican soccer announcers, or Texas auction announcers for their next streams

>>12711071
>>12711073
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

>>12711082
>F9 lands
>GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL

>>12711082
>>12711085
>F9 lands
>THERE IS BEAR CUM THERE IS BEAR CUM

>You can see the preburner start before the main ignition

ULA snipers have been off their game recently

>>12711091
>The PREBOORNER

>>12711082
*BANG BANG*
>CAM ON SPAESECKS
*BANG BANG*
>LAUNCH SOM FACKIN ROCKETS
*BANG BANG*

>>12711094
SpaceX has been conducting anti sniper operations.

BLUNDERF00T BTFO'D AGAIN

stage 1 looking toasty there

RIP BOOSTER

um did it just blow up

OH NO NO NO NO NO

Hm Elonbros??

Rip

>>12711102
The SpaceX ninjas are always hard at work

>birds on the drone ship

>>12711106
RIP seagulls.

Are those bird about to get fucked up?

F

IT'S THE BIRD'S FAULT

OHNONONONONONONO

sacrifice the booster the save the birds
based elon

FFFFFFFFF

ULA BIRDS INTERCEPTED

>birds on the drone ship
>booster failed lol

F

LOST BOOSTER first time since 2019??

I think it missed.

OOF NOT A GOOD START TO THE YEAR SPACEX BROS

F B1059

BOAT NUKED

R.U.D.

this is actually a big fucking deal, spacex has been ramping down stage 1 production. they've been planning carefully how many they need to hold them over till starship

the landings are the only part that's cool to watch, pack it in friends

>>12711101
*BANG BANG*
>CAM ON SPAESECKS
*BANG BANG*
>LAND SOM FACKIN ROCKETS
*BANG BANG*

Bro just retropropulsively land a hundred people on another planet lmao

ULA MESSENGER PIDGEONS

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>alternate universe where the booster didn't get cucked by seagulls

>>12711146
No drone ships on mars

DAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYUMM

he didnt land so good .......

Been a while since a landing failure, almost has gotten too routine

B1059 was so young

THE FALCON FEARS THE SEAGULL

F

>>12711134
No, they have had a few each year. Problem now is I think they need to build a new booster to keep up with contracts, they haven't built a new one in a year or so.

wonder what this was about post-shutdown

>>12711133
yeah, the light from the landing burn was visible.

GOD DAMN MERLIN ENGINES, STOP SMOKING SO MUCH, DON'T YOU KNOW THOSE WILL CLOG YOU PIPES???

Those seagulls almost got roasted. I guess they destroyed stage 1 because they didn't want to get PETA on their ass.

NANI

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

>>12711163
>they haven't built a new one in a year or so.
they probably have 1 or 2 in the barnyard

>>12711158
Only 6 launches, RIP

>>12711169
>flying sea rats
nothing of value would have been lost

>>12711165
yeah looked like they didn't shut down properly or something, not sure if the light on drone ship was it going POMF on impact or the engines relighting but running out of fuel and then going sploosh

>>12711184
birds first move because of Sonic boom then because of Rocket go boom

>>12706453
G-GUISE... IT DISAPPEARED IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE

>Falcon 9 just saved three little birds.
F

prior losses were bad wind data and fluid in a sensor tube

>>12711198
And non redundant hydraulics

BROS??

Does this mean they can't keep up the Starlink spam?

you could see the plasma before the entry burn. Maybe it was pushed a bit too far.
>>12711184
it looked like the light was coming from above. Telemetry and feed cut at the same time after the aft was apparently on fire for a few seconds, so maybe it did just break up. Will be interested to hear the diagnosis on this one.

Booster telemetry looked fucked up though, still displaying like 5000km/h and 20km height when it crashed.

*inhale*

SPACE

IS

>>12711206
here's a take on that

>>12711165
he glowing looks like ablated material from an extra toasty reentry, with enough of the heatshield damaged to damage the engines. Maybe they were trying to push the envelope with this profile and got burned.

Crazy it only takes 20 mins from Florida to Ireland by rocket.

We should let the SpaceX investigation complete before jumping to conclusions about F9

>>12711206
at some point F9s are going to start reaching a point where end of life is just an ever increasing chance of recovery failure. They probably hope that number is much higher than 10, but if it is around 10 then they're going to need to seriously look at their remaining boosters and decide to ramp back up production if they can't risk it.

I'm guessing no starlink-17 in two days then

>>12711238
Why? Different booster.

>>12711242
gotta investigate. they can't be losing boosters like this

>>12711244
6 flights. Shit happens.
Didn't slow them down in the past.

>>12711217
It was literally the same a week ago within 2 m/s and 2 km in altitude something happened on the dancefloor or glide slope was too steep as booster was moving at 1.5 km/s at only 20 km up

if they lop off like 20 of the 60 sats they can to a RTLS. surely the savings and reduced booster wear would be worth it?
but then 25% more stage 2's needed and fuel etc

>>12711247
this is the fleet. not a ton of wiggle room on that

>>12711238
No reused booster for Crew 2 now, that's for sure.

>>12711254
They are on a strict schedule as to when they need X satellites flying or they lose their bandwidth license.

>>12711257
thank god it wasn't the DM-2 aka worm booster that flew today, that one is too precious

>>12711257
The Chad B1051

>>12711244
nah, fuck it they are going 5 blades

>>12706523
APOLOGIZE

you never know what's gonna happen

>>12711217
As of the previous Starlink mission (starlink 18) they did, in fact, change their trajectory to be more demanding. Shallower with a more difficult reentry: https://old.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/ldkz7c/starlink18_first_stage_telemetry_and_analysis/

Here is Starlink 18's entry burn: https://youtu.be/fe6HBw1y6bA?t=1223
The telemetry looks very similar to the one we just saw. 19's entry burn occurred perhaps at a very slightly lower altitude. Visually the current mission (19) had more plasma, specifically a large flare just before entry burn posted here >>12711207.

>>12711257
I love how they have a random worm booster in their fleet and still use it. Also B1051, the Titan

>SpaceX tries to reuse the worm logo booster for next Crew Dragon
>Hmm sorry sweety but that logo is problematic

good orbit at least

>>12711286
yep.
I think people keep forgetting that these starlink launches are the heaviest payloads F9 can lug, basically

>F9 sacrificed so anon could shitpost on /sci/ through Starlink

>>12711284
OMG FALCON 9 JUST CRASHED INTO JEFF'S HOUSE NEWS ON 6

Good deploy

>>12711244
>>12711238
They'll launch

>>12711238
It’s cursed to never launch

B1059 profile missions

>>12711453
>

made a post comparing differneces in telemetry relative to entry burn start >>12711477. Not huge differences.

>>12711268
yeah I was worried for a sec that this was that booster