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glonass btfo edition

Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wufXF5YKR1M
Launch: Thursday, November 5 6:24 PM EST / 23:24 UTC (15 minute window)

Probability of violating weather constraints: 40% (https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20GPS%20III-4%20L-1%20Forecast%205%20Nov%20Launch.pdf?ver=fnupM6EKuHHH7Bb5e965ug%3d%3d))
Backup launch: Friday, November 6 6:20 PM EST / 23:20 UTC
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 with first stage B1062.1 (prior launches: N/A)
Launch pad: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Fairings: New
Fairing recovery: On fairing recovery vessel 'Ms. Chief''
First stage landing: On autonomous spaceport droneship ‘Of Course I Still Love You’
Payload: GPS-III-SV04 'Sacagawea'
Payload mass & deployment orbit: ~4000kg; 1,200 x 20,000 km @ 55°
>https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/gps.html
>https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/11/spacex-line-launch-fourth-gps/
>https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/navstar-3.htm

Launch viewing guide for Florida: http://www.launchphotography.com/Delta_4_Atlas_5_Falcon_9_Launch_Viewing.html
SpaceX twitter: https://twitter.com/SpaceX

This will be the 65th landed first stage, and 98th Falcon 9 launch. It is the 20th SpaceX orbital launch of 2020.

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>> No.12309072

Scrubtober is over. Let the launches begin!

>> No.12309079

>>12309072
except divh. It is never gonna launch

>> No.12309113

>>12309072
November wasn't exactly off to a good start with yesterdays ULA attempt.

>> No.12309126

NSF is LIVE:

https://youtu.be/dV82gxNY4DQ

They usually listen in to the launch comm net and provide early updates

>> No.12309134

>>12309079
Is there a scrub record book? They've got to be up there by now

>> No.12309140

>>12309032
this launch today is more important than usual. After the recent Merlin issues NASA is looking for this launch to be successful to give the go-ahead for the upcoming dragon launch.

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At last, a launch.

>> No.12309182

SpaceX audio is LIVE

https://youtu.be/0grfP_u3cM4

>> No.12309219

SCRUB NOTHING WRONG WITH ME

>> No.12309226

>>12309113
United Losers Association isn't exactly the par for launches.

>> No.12309233

>>12309226
Their curse might rub off.

>> No.12309243

>cuckforce no longer providing launch forecasts since they updated their webpages
God damn annoying.

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>>12309032
eurofags dont need to stay up until 4 am to watch this american event

>> No.12309254

MUSIC STARTING

>> No.12309268

>>12309243
yes they do?
https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Weather/

>>12309246
yes you do

>> No.12309271

>>12309268
Me being blind then and OP being a fag then.

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Back to watching real progress being made, god I love SpaceX. There future is bright

>> No.12309277

We're live!

>> No.12309278

LIVE

>>12309271
how is Op a fag?

>> No.12309282

>>12309278
OP is always a fag.

>> No.12309283

Jessie hosting again

>> No.12309287

oh, Jessie didn't get fired I guess

>> No.12309291

Arise, arise, Launchers of Mars!
fuel shall be burned, depots shall be fueled,
a rocket-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!
Launch now, launch now, ride! Launch for ruin and the world's ending!
Death! Death! Death!

>> No.12309296

INSPRUCCCCKKKKEEEERRRRR

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>Relatively few minor issues
Uhhhhh

>> No.12309304

>>12309283
>>12309287
>Broke her NDA to boost her Instagram followers and her rap career.
>Still gets to host

SpaceX is retarded for not firing her, they're just going to attract other attention whores trying to use their position as a springboard to something else.

>> No.12309311

>>12309126
fuck NSF

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>>12309304
>He couldn't tell it was a planned advertisement

>> No.12309315

>>12309304
what NDA did she break?

>> No.12309316

Man, that was powerfully 90s

>> No.12309323

>ON THE RAAAWKET
I just love his accent.

>> No.12309325

>>12309315
Starlink beta contents

>> No.12309326

>>12309315
just showing the starlink kit unboxing which wasn't a big deal considering now they're all being sent to beta customers w/o an NDA. Lots of people showing off the kit.

https://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1323348368870047744

>> No.12309327

>>12309312
>Planned advertisement is a shitty vertical video that makes the product look awful, posted by a literal who instead of on Musk's twitter account.

>> No.12309334

>>12309326
>Simping for some dumb thot
It was literally the first look at the Starlink terminal.

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GO BASED FALCON

>> No.12309342

the big q

>> No.12309343

go f9!

>> No.12309344

I opened the stream at T-0 lets fucking gooooo

>> No.12309349

>ULA took a month to replace a sparkplug and still had problems
>SpaceX had turbopump issues and solved it within a month
Why is SpaceX so based? Are other companies even trying?

>> No.12309352

Does mvac always take that long to start?

>> No.12309355

TOASTY WAFFLES

>> No.12309357

>>12309349
Why try if you get paid anyway

>> No.12309359

>>12309352
Looked completely normal to me. They're not hot staging them.

>> No.12309360

Are they gonna catch those fairings? Didn't say

>> No.12309361

Gotta love that twilight glow on the first stage

>> No.12309364

>>12309360
they said they're going to fish them out of the water

>> No.12309365

So how often has this first stage been flown so far?

>> No.12309366

>>12309360
No. Fishing them up. The boats are undergoing upgrades, so it's only Ms. Tree out.

>> No.12309367

>>12309352
yeah it does, it s a gentle opening of valves, then spinup (green flash) then ramping up to 100% power.

>> No.12309369

>>12309365
brand new

>> No.12309373

>>12309365
Brand new. Next one will be the first time Space Force will let them reuse a booster and it will be this one.

>> No.12309379

I wish they would show us the speed and altitude of the first stage also.

>> No.12309380

Kino plasma reentry

>> No.12309389

This is getting too routine. God damn it.

>> No.12309393

nice and scorched from re-entry!

>> No.12309394

SUCCESSFUL TOUCHDOWN!

>> No.12309395

Another flawless
Elon wins again

>> No.12309396

And just like that

>> No.12309397

yawn another landing

>> No.12309401

nice, so the merlin is officially back in business. Time for crew dragon next!

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>>12309032
>This will be the 65th landed first stage, and 98th Falcon 9 launch. It is the 20th SpaceX orbital launch of 2020.
blunderf00t btf00 again

>> No.12309403

Now we..... Dance?

>> No.12309404

>>12309395
feels like he's winning too much
something bad is probably going to happen during crew 1

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>>12309389
Just imagine what 2025 will be like

>> No.12309408

>>12309389
Shelby?

>> No.12309409

I used to get so nervous during the landings. Now it's fucking routine baby

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>>12309403
Ja. Ve tanzen.

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>>12309402
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-6RLDB70cA

>> No.12309414

>>12309402
Jessie said it is the 64th landing. I must have messed up my OP stats counting recently.

>> No.12309415

>>12309367
>>12309352
the green flash followed by blue/white light looked cool as shit

>> No.12309418

>>12309403

Yep, another successfull launch and landing party.

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>>12309403

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>>12309403
Yes. There has been a distinct lack of dancing in these threads recently.

>> No.12309424

>>12309408
lolno. It's just starting to feel like commuting if you know what I mean.

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>>12309424
It's something to fill the time between Starship firings.

>> No.12309433

>>12309415
green is TEA-TEB hypergolics igniting, white is LOX/RP-1 combustion as normal. and yeah its cool looking down the nozzle!

>> No.12309434

>>12309409
>>12309389

The fact that it is becoming routine is the greatest BTFO of old space though. This is what they fear the most, that reusable rockets become the norm, not the exception.

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>>12309403

>> No.12309444

>>12309434
If more would follow suit that'd be great, but they're all sucking off that government pork teat. So that's not fucking happening.

>> No.12309452

>>12309405
Beautiful

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>> No.12309466

>>12309405
that's pretty incredible

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>> No.12309479

>>12309405
why has this year had so many drone ship landings? Just consistently heavier payloads?

>> No.12309480

>>12309479
Or shit that needs to go into higher orbits.

>> No.12309481

>>12309405
I wish I could see the faces of the people who thought that SpaceX would go out of business from launching too much.

>> No.12309484

>>12309479
Starlink

>> No.12309485

>>12309479
probably just more faith in the system/easier to sell to clients with all the data backing up how reliable it is.

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>>12309433
thanks! Is there a reason there's a bit of blue there?

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>>12309481
We can only imagine

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>> No.12309505

>>12309487
Blueish white = oxygen, the orange is hydrocarbons.

>> No.12309509

>>12309487
Why is the second stage not reusable? What a waste of metals.

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>> No.12309530

>>12309509
Would you care to share with the class how to bring a flimsy upper stage down safely?

>> No.12309544

>>12309509
on the falcon 9 they found that 2nd stage reuse would impact payload performance too much to be worth the cost savings. Starship will be able to pull it off, though.

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>>12309500
Kino green flash

>> No.12309559

>Falcon 9 reliant on GPS for accurate landing
>gets to loft more GPS satellites

Thanks for always helping me out, senpai. Now I've got your back!

>> No.12309560

Why does the vacuum engine have a big balloon above the nozzle?

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>>12309509

>> No.12309564

>>12309500
I wonder if they've ever considered etching a message or picture into the niobium engine bell, only visible as the engine is heating up?

>> No.12309566

>>12309560
space jiffy pop

>> No.12309568

>>12309560
>big balloon
It's just a thin film to keep lumps of lox slurry from getting into the finer parts of the engine and fucking up shit.

>> No.12309571

>>12309505
nice. Thanks, anon.

So gps III is heading to medium earth orbit. Does the satellite itself perform the orbit raising? Is that how this usually works? Sorry for all the questions; trying to learn.

>>12309568
why would there be lumps of lox floating around outside the engine?

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>>12309456
>>12309477
>>12309500
>>12309513
Naisu, ty anon.

>> No.12309584

>>12309530
Chutes???

>> No.12309587

>>12309571
Because it's a gas generator engine with a dump valve and every time you fire it up you have to prime the fucker. You always see some lumps forming along the extension (remember the famous space mouse?) and you always see some lox "snow".

I'm not sure if the satellite itself will raise much orbit, but it should have some station keeping shit on board to at least maneuver it a bit.

Right now they're coasting for a second burn to raise the orbit further. Should be a couple of minutes for a relatively short burn.

>>12309584
A lump of coal with chutes? Great idea.

>> No.12309589

john assburger is my favorite boomer host

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>>12309530
Retropropulsive landing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWFFiubtC3c

>> No.12309594

>>12309571
Did you see that lump that flew off at ignition? That was a lump of lox and RP-1 that had come out of the dump valve while they were priming for ignition.

>>12309590
Was too heavy to be put into use so they dropped it.

>> No.12309600

1 hour 27 minutes for deployment

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i like how it illuminated the water around the ship

i bet it would look great from the air

>> No.12309618

>>12309615
>SpaceX stopped bothering trying to repaint the X since every stage lands directly in the center of it

>> No.12309621

>>12309615
they should really hook up a drone with the drone ship and fly it around video recording when the falcon lands.

>> No.12309624

deploy coming up

>> No.12309627

>>12309618
they've come a long way. Oh and by the way here's a cool website that details all of SpaceX's maritime vessels if anyone is interested: https://spacexfleet.com/fleet/ They really do have a small fleet there.

>> No.12309629

>>12309621
Sonic boom is a bitch.

>> No.12309632

oh yeah, shit. I guess the drone would have to be too far away to be useful.

>> No.12309635

>>12309624
~9 minutes.

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>>12309632
>>12309629
fug

>>12309590
this was posted earlier today

>> No.12309640

>>12309587
>A lump of coal
The thing can probably survive a reentry from LEO if it reenters engine-first.
Works in Kerbal.

>> No.12309645

>>12309640
>Works in Kerbal
That's not how you get a job in the aerospace industry in reality.

>> No.12309646

>>12309590
just use a damn chute

>> No.12309649

>>12309632
>>12309621
The only way SpaceX got decent footage from their air was when NASA had a plane recording footage from a distance

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>>12309615
>>12309621
there's gonna be some real kino views when they start landing starships on those repurposed oil rigs

imagine the purple flame of 28 raptor engines lighting up the night

>> No.12309676

deployed, webcast ended. success!

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cute!

>> No.12309686

next launch thread will either be the 15km hop or crew-1, whichever comes first!

>> No.12309691

>>12309686
>Elon does both at the same time

>> No.12309710

Congrats NASA and Boeing for a great misson.

>> No.12309713

>>12309710
I think everyone at #TeamSpace deserves some props for another successful launch

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>>12309679
you're cute!

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missed the launch

best girl is back!

im cooming

>> No.12310399

>>12310373
potato face

>> No.12310627

>>12309640
okay, so entry into Kerbin's atmosphere is easy peasy
Earth aeroentry is much more like entry into Jool's atmosphere