SpaceChampion Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 ETA on the hop now 6:55pm CST / 7:55 EST. Aborted. Might be still time to try again within the hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share Posted August 4, 2020 Aiming for about 40 minutes from now... Update: Not today! Detanking now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altherion Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 After a couple of scrubs, they finally did it roughly 15 minutes ago. There was some debris coming from the launch pad, but the rocket itself went up and landed seemingly without problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 About 36 minutes into this stream.. A wider angle here: Louder and 90 degree angle differance in view: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SpaceChampion Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 Best view from the drone: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 10 hours ago, SpaceChampion said: Best view from the drone: Was it me or did it look like a piece of the engine (not the engine bell) caught fire right before the landing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altherion Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 34 minutes ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: Was it me or did it look like a piece of the engine (not the engine bell) caught fire right before the landing? It looks like some of the fuel was combusting where it wasn't supposed to be. It didn't appear to impeded the landing, but I'm pretty sure that's not supposed to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 Starlink launch Apparently there are over 700,000 requests to join the beta test of Starlink internet service. SpaceX has asked FCC to quintuple the amount of ground terminals they can use to 5 million. I signed up for the beta test but I don't know if I'd actually use it. Depends on pricing. I'm happy with my ISP so no impetus other than the cool factor to try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share Posted August 9, 2020 Starlink prototypes starting to be retired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share Posted August 10, 2020 How SpaceX and NASA overcame a bitter culture clash to bring back US astronaut launches Worth reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 SpaceX Starship SN6, SN7.1 & SN8 updates, Crew 1/2 update & US launch service contracts awarded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ithanos Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Not launch news, but astronomy news. Thanks 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 On 8/15/2020 at 6:20 PM, ithanos said: Not launch news, but astronomy news. Thanks 2020. All part of the aliens' plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 11th Starlink mission. 14th mission of 2020. 90th Falcon 9 launch (I think 93rd if you include Falcon Heavy) 100th launch overall. 6th use of this specific first stage booster. ~600 Starlink sats in orbit so far. Also, in engine development news: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Northman Reborn Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 And Elon is now worth $90B - having overtaken Warren Buffet and a bunch of other top ten billionaires in the last few days. Musk is now ranked number 4 in the world, and next target is Mark Zuckerberg at $99B, currently in third place. Mars funding is looking secured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Northman Reborn Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 On 8/19/2020 at 5:58 PM, Free Northman Reborn said: And Elon is now worth $90B - having overtaken Warren Buffet and a bunch of other top ten billionaires in the last few days. Musk is now ranked number 4 in the world, and next target is Mark Zuckerberg at $99B, currently in third place. Mars funding is looking secured. Well, it’s a day later and my $90B valuation of Musk’s net worth is outdated. It has now increased to $95B, according to Bloomberg. ”The main reason I’m personally accumulating assets is to fund this (Mars colonization)." Elon Musk, 2018. Mars getting closer every day. (Just need to keep the Bernster out of power, else he will happily tax it all.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 Starship SN6 might be flying this week, possibly as early as Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 SN6 static fire test of the engines yesterday after 2 scrubs earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 SAOCOM 1B mission -- with on-shore landing at KSC. First polar launch by SpaceX from the East coast. Watching the booster passing through the clouds and seeing the grid fins trail cloud vapour was quite cool. Here's the landing: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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