SpaceX will launch the Thaicom-8 satellite on top of a falcon 9 rocket. It's the 5th launch of the year and they will attempt to land the first stage on their drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You"
This is the 2nd attempt, probable launch time: 21h40 UTC (4 hours from now)
Links:
Hosted webcast aka rocket view + commentary from SpaceX staff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBYC4f79iXc
Technical webcast aka rocket view only
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPYOtCFSLKw
What happened yesterday?
>>54770636
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/735965207625932801
>>54770674
nothing but inane comments under that post
>>54770539
YES, this is what /g/ should be all about.
Got my beers ready.
Is there a chatroom for this anywhere? Youtube comments are disabled.
Welp I prepared a nice thread text but you posted before me. Imma posting it here.
>>54772485
SpaceX will launch the Thaicom-8 satellite on top of a falcon 9 rocket.
Probable launch time: 21h40 UTC (convert to your time zone fag)
It's the 5th launch of the year and they will attempt to land the first stage on their drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You"
This will be a three engine burn because of tight fuel margin.
The satellite is launched on a super-synchronous geostationary transfer orbit.
A geostationary orbit is a circular orbit 35,786 kilometers (22,236 mi) above the Earth's equator and following the direction of the Earth's rotation.
A geostationary transfer orbit is an elliptical orbit where the highest point of the orbit is at ~35,786 kilometers (22,236 mi).
The first and second stage will put the satellite on a 200x200 km parking orbit. Once the orbit is confirmed to be correct, the second stage will reignite to boost the apogee to the correct altitude. The second stage will then release the satellite.
Once the satellite is on the transfer orbit, it'll boost itself to its final circular orbit.
The launch was canceled yesterday due to a "tiny glitch in the motion of an upper stage engine actuator".
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/735965207625932801
Links:
Hosted webcast aka rocket view + commentary from SpaceX staff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBYC4f79iXc
Technical webcast aka rocket view only
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPYOtCFSLKw
SpaceX website
spacex.com
Website that list future launches from various space agencies in the world
https://launchlibrary.net
ULA > SpaceX
0 LAUNCH FAILURES AND COUNTING
>>54772513
This faggot again
>>>/reddit/
>>54772513
ULA also is heavily dependant on large government contracts that pay more than just flight costs, have merely a concept for any sort of recovery with no real steps towards making it happen, is horrendously expensive for small sat launches, and is currently dependant on Russian engines since they didn't design and build their own in house.
ULA was king for a long time, but they can't compete for these kinda of launches.
>>54772552
>>54772560
Elon shills can suck my dick.
>>54772513
you're rocketfu a shit
>>54772513
>>54772552
>>54772560
Anyone wants to bet how long this takes to turn into a /pol/ tier politics "argument"?
>>54772552
>>54772560
Nice launch.
>>54772485
>>54772509
That's a good summary, sorry about that. I took the text from your thread yesterday and made it a bit shorter
>>54772695
No problem m8
40 minutes until the livestream starts
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/736282796361060352
>Weather trending at 60% favorable for today's launch window. 2-hour window opens at 5:39pm ET, 9:39pm UTC
>>54772513
Hosted webcast is live. Get in here >>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBYC4f79iXc
STREAM UPPPPP
Hype video started
GET IN THE STREAMS NIGGERS IT HAS STARTED
Yes come on, land that shit on that droneship.
Rooting from Belgium
I am erect
>>54773727
did you use the erector
>john federspiel
>federspiel
>SpaceX uses HP ZBooks
CuckPads BTFO'ed
>spaces only employs faggots
dangerously cloudy
It's T-3 minutes faggots
THREAD OFFICIAL LAUNCH THEME:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fra-m7RNMrU
Strongback is best back
>>54773803
That's one big motherfucking wasp
get the fuck off the camera, wasp
A bug's life
Why is there so much steam coming off the rocket?
Is it overheating?
When are they going to assemble that bigass booster thingy in low earth orbit which is supposed to travel to mars?
>Wasps
LIFTOFF!!!
>mfw I time posting countdown to launch countdown
WE HAVE LIFT OFF
It exploded.
it's going to crash isnt it
goddamn is Michael J Fox holding that camera
WE'RE NOMINAL AND ON THE LINE
WE DID IT REDDIT
UPVOTE ME
>>54773895
>▶
I believe it's a very cold oxygen that was condensating. They said at the beginning of the stream.
>>54773895
looks like liquid nitrogen to keep everything cold
>>54773895
That's actually coolant to keep it nice and cold until the last minute, as it's going to get very hot during ascent.
Max Q is clear faggots!
>>54773895
>>54773940
>>54773943
>>54773950
POWERED BY NVIDIA
>>54773895
the fuel for the rocket is super cooled liquid oxygen, it boils off as they fuel the rocket
First stage separation successful.
>lol let's just dig some black bitch up to fill our diversity quota all at once :^)
they really stepped up the camera quality on the 2nd stage, didn't they
>>54773969
Shows over it didn't blow up.
If you're in this thread you'll probably enjoy Kerbal Space Program if you don't already.
>>54773963
kekaroo
>>54773993
not yet, the landing of the first stage can always turn into a giant fireball
GRID FINS deployed.
Come back home Falcon.
>spacesex
>>54773993
Not so fast, it could still blow up on landing!
>>54774002
>gaymen
please kill yourself, anime is the only acceptable hobby on /g/
Also
>not watching the technical webcast without any faggots screaming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPYOtCFSLKw
>live landing footage
holy shit my dick
>>54774021
>not woodworking and making lots of little parens with the shavings
>>54774024
>not enjoying the USA USA USA chants
atleast the second stage blew up
>>54774021
>>54770539
What are the 4 towers around the rocket used for?
>>54774042
>chuckles sensibly
THEY FUCKING DID IT
They got another one.
>>54774024
>not watching both in multi-monitor setup while shitposting from my comfy linux
Also, landing a success.
USA USA USA USA USA USA
FUCKING YES!
THE FALCON HAS LANDED!
THANKS BASED ELON
First stage landing successful, show's over guys!
WE DEM BOYZ
>>54774058
Even the camera is teary
Landed the 1st stage
GOD I FUCKING LOVE BEING AMERICAN
>>54774047
lightning towers to protect the rocket, sometimes rockets sit on the pads for days through storms
Aaand it didn't exploededed
>>54773987
That's a bit rude 2bh phamily
>>54774042
>>54774051
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmO0V82cvoQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZNSIGZvWyo
USA USA USA USA
>>54774024
How would I know things are going well without the clapping?
>video cuts off
>first stage shows up landing right as the stream goes back up.
I'm not buying it.
>>54774094
was thinking the same thing
>>54774094
me too pal
>>54774077
Thanks.
>>54774094
"Our stream might cut out due to the rocket shaking our satellite too much causing it to lose connection"
They'll post the full uninterrupted video tomorrow on YouTube ya dip
>>54774094
Yeah that was a little bit too convenient for my liking. Hopefully they have some other feed.
>>54774075
Enjoy it while it lasts because your time is coming to an end.
Also most "american" corporations don't even pay taxes in north american soil. You're an obese cuck.
>>54774094
It's a sat link on the barge and the rocket landing throws things off enough the link breaks up until it fixes its alignment, hence the couple second cutout on landing.
>>54774094
>>54774102
>>54774106
>>54774111
>>54774113
>>54774118
>>54774094
The suicide burn is pretty extreme, the heat alone is probably enough to fuck up any radio signals in the area while it's landing.
they could literally cg a fake vid that would look more real than the real one if they wanted
y'all're bakas
>>54774118
Why not have a cable link from the barge to another support ship with sat links?
Okay, now they have 4 Stage ones lying around, what now? Any ETA on re-use?
Lol what does that say next to stage 1? <something> I still love you, lol?
>>54774094
gee I wonder who's behind this post
>mfw I'm not even american
>>54774147
Of Course I Still Love You
All the barges are named after sci-fi books from some author
>>54774147
the name of the barge is `because i still love you'
>>54774135
Good goy, better give SpaceX more contracts so we can deprive hardworking Americans at ULA decent jobs to support their families.
>>54774116
On a scale of 1 to 10 how angry are you at their success right now?
>>54774147
is the name of the Drone ship that the 1st stage lands on
>>54774094
You at least saw the landing burn enter the top right just before it cut out didn't you?
>>54774147
Thats the drone barge, "Of course I still love you"
pic related
>>54774094
>ITS AN ILUMINATI A CONSPIRACYYYYYYY
>>54774142
Why would you bother? The live video link is for entertainment purposes and not something that is mission critical and needs perfect uptime.
>>54774147
Of course I still love you
It's a reference to a book. The other ship is called "just read the instructions"
>>54774147
>>54774142
>cable links between ships
Nothing could ever go wrong.
>>54774142
Because its not worth it just for a live video feed.
>>54774146
Well one stage from their previous GTO launch is useless because it took too much damage but the other two should be usable. When they plan on trying them out I have not heard.
>>54774162
>implying SpaceX doesn't keep everything in the USA
ULA is the most globalist company, they barely give any jobs to Americans
>>54774116
Your tears are delicious, Yurocuck.
>>54774165
Honestly 0.
I'm from Spain, but as far as I'm concerned, we're all in the same boat as far as space exploration goes.
I'm pretty happy space is still a thing, even though I'd rather it be free from corporate interest.
>>54774147
Its a ship name from some of Iain M. Banks' Culture series.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spacecraft_in_the_Culture_series
>>54774173
>>54774189
>>54774197
What about a helicopter?
>>54774215
You are pretty shallow if you're being serious.
See
>>54774216
>>54774238
There is one, but it has the same problem with latency, and they are also only allowed within a certain distance which isn't great for gathering footage.
>>54774238
They had a drone last time, that worked pretty well.
>>54774238
>helicopter flying next to landing rocket
>nothing can go wrong
>>54774249
>America: landed on the fucking MOON, landed a fucking robot on MARS
>Spain:
Thought so, cuckboy.
>>54774238
They probably have a chase plane out there anyways as we normally get video from them afterwards, I guess getting the live video from there is too much work though.
You have to remember this is more than a few miles out into the ocean.
>>54774238
because that's the safer option?
a helicopter flying around an experimental landing of a rocket
>>54774267
That would've been really cool!
>>54774274
What about a drone?
realistically the way they did it was safe and effective enough so why fucking bother with this argument?
>>54774284
They had that last time, but it's not something mission critical so maybe they just didnt want to do it this time around.
>>54774272
*kiss*
I love you too big strong american
>>54774274
A drone with a nice zoom would be perfect and also inexpensive
>>54774272
We're all in this together.
>>54774238
Look at the earlier footage of the rocket launch
The forces from the launch were shaking the camera miles away.
Now imagine a helicopter at close range.
The thing would probably be like a drowning surfer in the middle of a tsunami.
>>54774286
Welcome to 4chan
>>54774238
>Helicopter
>a more stable platform for a satellite link
>>54773855
>put picture of hot girl on shirt
>>muhsoginny
>put picture of beefcake on shirt
>>u go girl ;)
>landing a rocket on a ship
Big fucking deal, who cares
Give me the year of the Linux desktop and I'll be impressed.
>>54774274
>he thinks a helicopter can go 650KM off the coast
>>54774296
The chase plane was NASA's. NASA oversees every part of a mission they are apart of, including landings.
>>54774301
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPGUQySBikQ
>>54774216
Corporate interests is literally the driving force behind technological advancement.
If it cant turn a profit then its not habbening.
>>54774338
Drink bleach
>>54774338
Well, son. You're going to live your entire life disappointed, because at least landing a rocket on a ship is physically possible.
>>54774322
kek you rite
>>54774216
>I'd rather it be free from corporate interest.
NASA and other government agencies are slow as fuck. Literal molasses
Letting the private sector take care of relatively menial tasks like getting satellites in to orbit leaves them time to work on the actual science and exploration,While spacex is motivated by profit to make their launches as fast and efficient as possible.
Its the best thing to happen to the space industry in a long time
>>54774116
fuck off ahmed
reported to fbi
>>54774319
It's not landing with full thrust, it's only a single engine instead of all nine. So that's a bad comparison.
>>54774355
War is a greater force for basically any kind of advancement, including technological.
What we need is another cold war.
>>54774366
Given the current circumstances, this is true.
>>54774366
Agreed.
>>54774216
Like it or not, corporations will most likely be the ones to colonize Mars first. They don't have billions of tax payers to answer to and can use their money whichever way they want.
any other cool stuff gonna happen on the stream?
>>54774400
2nd burn of 2nd stage, and the satellite separation event
>>54774391
>What we need is another cold war.
That wont help anything, and unless governments block internet access like China and North Korea, it wont happen.
>>54774361
>>54774362
>muh rockets
literally fucking useless to 99% of society
>>54774386
actually it depends on the burn, I believe they have used up to 3 on the burn.
Also there is very little throttle control, it's basically 0%, 70%, or 100%, that doesn't leave you with very fine granularity meaning you have to make your burn as short and as powerful as possible.
>>54774428
Linux is useless to 100% of society
[spoiler]oh wait thats wrong nvm[/spoiler]
>>54774428
So more useful to society than Linux.
What was all that shit flying around after the 2nd stage shutdown?
>>54774428
year of the linux desktop on the other hand...
>>54774428
>useless
Making a backup of humanity doesn't seem fucking useless to me.
>>54774428
Say the guy who use internet, probably a smartphone and a GPS
>effectively plug a wireless charger into the sun and harvest that energy
Worst description ever.
>>54774428
If we as a species want to continue our existence we basically HAVE to leave the planet and eventually the solar system just do to the fact shit happens sometimes its planet destroying. If we as a species survive long enough we will face one of these events.
>>54774477
most people are too dumb now to understand anything else
>>54774428
This is why we can't have nice things.
4/10 bait, you got me.
>>54774391
War machines today are still created by companies though. They dump everything into R&D so they can turn a profit with better tech.
It's fucking dark out there, man...
Like... Really dark, man.
>>54774498
Literally 0/10 bait
You're just retarded.
what happens to the 2nd stage after separation? does it stay in orbit
>>54774488
I would like to think that most people have an idea that solar cells generate electricity without having to try to explain it in a stupid way.
Why no space jam? What's this techno shit.
>>54774452
>>54774453
>>54774468
>>54774470
>>54774476
>>54774479
thanks for the free (You)s
It's been nice hanging out with you americunts. I'm going to play some vidya. Keep sending those motherfuckers up there.
>>54774220
>Lightly Seared On The Reality Grill
I need to get around to those books sometime.
>>54774513
for a while, but the orbit will decay after a few weeks and then it reenters and dies
>>54774513
I doubt it has enough fuel left to be able to decay its orbit to re-enter quickly, but I also doubt it is in a stable orbit, so it will likely re-enter sometime in the future.
>>54774543
I wonder if they'll ever go back to their plans of reusing the 2nd stage as well. Though that will probably cut the payload down to another 50% of the 50% it is from reusing the 1st stage.
>>54774199
Both companies are subject to ITAR restrictions and thus employ mostly American citizens.
>>54774559
>50% it is from reusing the 1st stage.
http://aviationweek.com/blog/nasa-cnes-warn-spacex-challenges-flying-reusable-falcon-9-rocket
“The mass of the recovery hardware is not a dramatic impact on payload performance,” Shotwell said in a February interview. “Conservatively, if I put 1,000 lbs on the first stage, I'm only losing 100 pounds of payload or so to orbit. What impacts is the fuel we need to reserve to execute the reentry and the landing burns.”
Second stage would would be a different story though.
>>54774529
They really are pretty good. The series changed Musk's views on AI so he has some hope of it turning out right as the books are based on the Culture basically being run by a bunch of computers called Minds that are embedded in ships and orbitals (think small ringworlds).
Sure its just fiction but so is the doom and gloom AI will destroy humanity sentiment.
Any news on the payload?
>>54774604
Successfully deployed and on its way.
>>54774599
sure, for the hardware, but you also need to consider the fuel required for landing
for instance, their quoted payload capacity is about half when going reusable instead of expendable
Anybody remembers the amount of times the first stage is projected to be reusable?
>>54774694
they plan to reuse them about 10 times, although actual numbers will have to wait until there's some statistics on reusability
>>54774708
Kthx
>>54774708
Any rough projection on the saved costs per launch compared to an otherwise identical non-recovered launch?
>>54774094
Since when is /g/ that retarded?
>>54770539
>"Of Course I Still Love You"
Iain M Banks has a lot to answer for...
>>54774778
I don't recall any official quote on this, but basically you save maybe 80-85% on the cost of the 1st stage (since there's still some cost for inspections and recovery, and possibly minor repairs).
Musk said that the hardware accounts for 95% of a launch and fuel is only 5%, and let's say that the first stage is 60% of the hardware, so you save 80% of 60% of 95%, or in total about 45%.
I guess reusability could cut prices down to about half then, which is still 30 million bucks per launch.
>>54774778
I may be wrong but musk said it was about 10 orders of magnitude cheaper or something.
>>54774094
>Pointing a rocket directly at your router
Naw, everything will be fine.
>>54770539
Well..
That is good to know...
>>54775889
>Implying 1/10000000000 the total cost
If the cost was originally $10 billion, then 10 orders magnitude cheaper would be $1
>>54774094
if all that's being simulated in this universe is our planet and the whole space exploration thing is just a way to mislead us then adding things that make us doubt it wouldn't make much sense
>>54775889
I think you mean 1 order of magnitude, which is 10 times cheaper.
