SpaceX Eutelsat117W B & ABS-2A

Also
https://spacexstats.com/missions/eutelsat-117w-b-abs-2a

https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/
Looks like June and July will be packed with launches

Will Musk be the god-emperor?

>>8142268
Who is the guy in the middle of that picture anyway?

>>8142419

Jeff Bezos

it will blow up screencap this

>>8142449
kek. makes sense

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>>8142466
>inb4 launch postponed

>>8142472
>Be richer than Musk
>Still Make less of an impact

When will he kill himself?

>>8142503
His own space project Blue Origin is doing a lot of good things. New Shepard with custom engines for suborbital tourism, and designing engines for ULA's next generation Vulcan launcher.

Amazon itself may last a while. What else does Bezos invest in?

>>8142274
SpaceX is settling in to a three week launch cadence. If all goes well, the Vandenberg range opens up again, and they start using the old Shuttle launch pad after the Falcon Heavy debut, they can retire a lot of their backlog this year.

>>8142633
Isn't vandenberg just for polar launches? How many of those would people even want...

>>8142503
The BE-4 should be ready for 2019, so I think he might go straight for a big rocket.

>>8142629
Im looking forward to more news regarding that engine.

>>8142503
bezos wants to do real space colonies and not send lunatics to die on mars

i think he'll have the last laugh really

>>8143199
>send lunatics to die on mars
Thats MarsOne, not SpaceX

>>8143172
The raptor is gonna be better than the BE-4 anyways
bezos btfo

2 hours 13 minutes

>>8143337
BE-4 will be simpler and cost less and will be ready before Raptor. BlueOrigin has found a way to simplify the full flow gas engine concept.
However I dont think he can catch up to spacex as long as Musk lives.

>>8143500
You got any links? I've been struggling to find any recent writing about both the Raptor and the BE-4

>>8143500
be-4 will be full flow?

>>8142268
It'll fail

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>>8142268
>01:22:57

Setting timer.

What's going on? Where's the link?

Eutelsat/ABS Mission Hosted Webcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLNmtUEvI5A

Eutelsat/ABS Mission Technical Webcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckjP8stlzxI

Sheeet.

20% chance of weather violation

http://www.patrick.af.mil/Portals/14/documents/Weather/L-1%20Forecast%2015%20June%20Launch.pdf?ver=2016-06-14-091006-907

46 mins

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>>8142410

musk will die on mars and be reborn as a sandworm

>>8143542
25 mins left the SpaceX logo is up now

COMMENCING FUNKY SPACE MUSIC

GET IN HERE

stream about to start

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B O A T
O
A
T

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>>8143611

which stream?
Hosted or Technical?

Hosted Feed has begun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLNmtUEvI5A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckjP8stlzxI

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>>8143625
Technical unless they bring this guy back.

IT LL BLOW UP

TECHNICAL INCIDENT

Loading liquids! 10mins till launch

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T-

10 MINUTES

T-9 MINUTES SENPAI

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>tfw the rocket is chilling out now

WASP WHERE ARE YOU ????????

are they talking landing this time?

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5 MINUTES

>>8143645
Look at the time bar at the bottom of the picture.

[spoiler]Yes.[/spoiler]

why are we getting hyped over this when it's like the fifth time they do it

FOUR.... THREE... TWO... ONE...

PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

ITS REACHINF MACH 3 MAXIMUM STRESS ON THE ROCKET

BURGER CLAP CLAP CLAP

erection confirmed

Strongback is being removed!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckjP8stlzxI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLNmtUEvI5A

>>8143650
People like you got the final Apollo missions cancelled

>>8143650
Why do people watch NASCAR when it's just a bunch of cars going in circles?

>>8143650
>>8143652
a fag wouldnt understand

holy fuck boys any second now

1 MINUTE

FULLY ERRECT

It's like waiting for food to warm in the microwave now.

WE DID IT REDDIT

wtf is going on?

>>8143665
rocket is going off

>>8143668
I mean with the fucking timer

ABSOLUTELY NOMINAL

>>8143656
because they are retarded

>>8143655
The republicans canceled the Apollo missions.

Fucking politics

I like how while the rocket is going straight up, the kerbal diagram shows the fall-over curve slowly growing.

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>Stage 1 starts falling back to Earth

REENTRY BURN

oh boy

Fuck m8, I thought they will show 1st stage entry burn

why are they not showing the rocket camera as it comes down?

lol are you enjoying the NASA CGI channel ? More round earth propaganda bullshit and you're all eating it.

A brief frame of the landed stage! but no further word...

LOL FAIL

lol, nobody cares about the 2nd stage

BOOM

if this post ends in 5-9 it landed successfully

>>8143684
Probably can't keep the downlink going during re-entry. They'll get the SD card from the GoPro later.

Not sure why the ground camera latched up like that, though. At least we saw enough to know it happened.

So...did it survive the landing? the fucking feed cut out again...

They really need to work on that drone signal, seems like every time they land it cuts out

>>8143685
I was about to make a very similar shitpost :^)

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>>8143693
At least it launched on time this time.

>>8143689
That is the most interesting part, I can't wait for them to try relaunching one.

>>8143693
It looked like the falcon 9 was more on fire than usual and lots more smoke, I think it went bang.

>>8143687
like every fucking landing

i'm starting to agree with the tinfoil people

>>8143693
I saw a lot of smoke and flames

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>denise I still love you

>>8143692
>>8143687
>>8143700
>Not sure why the ground camera latched up like that, though

The sound of the rocket causes mega vibrations in the area.

you can see the cursor in the screen

>>8143693

If the cut doesn't feed, you must quit

>>8143701
>>8143698
yeah, same...

THE LEGS ARE ON FIRE

>>8143695
yeah, pretty weird for a fucking space agency to not get things like that working

>>8143702
*of course

>>8143628
Nice to see that Earl has found himself a decent job

what is the velocity of the ejected gas ?

how can the rocket keep accelerating, even when it's at 10000 km/h ?

no way the ejected gas is going faster than 10000 km/h

>>8143703
Which is something NASA solved like 60 years ago but I guess SpaceX is just doing shit by the cheapest bidder
Probably some fucking off the shelf camera

This is why only the government should be allowed to play in space

>>8143698
yeah, thats what I meant. The 1st stage is the most interesting aspect of those missions

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>>8143713

>>8143695
The video is fed from the drone ship via satellite.
I imagine it's not easy to keep the dish steady when the boat is rocking, and then you've got vibrations from a giant rocket landing.

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it's dead, jim

>>8143695
any particualr reason they have to use satellite video ? they can't beam to a ship->satellite->hq?

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>>8143713

It cuts out because of the interference from the plasma from the engine

OF COURSE I STILL LOVE YOU, BRUH

>>8143722
They can't have any crewed ships near the landing zone, in the event that the rocket goes off course.

>>8143714
>camera locks up
>yea this is why you shouldn't allow others to into space
>because of a camera

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>>8143721
No, seems fine. Nothing moving, just a little smoke and flame.

>>8143721
You can see the first stage tipping over for a few frames.

>>8143721
*remember*

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>>8143731
>>8143732
In this frame you can see it standing still. That "tipping" is just the leg itself.

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>>8143731
FUCKING CONFIRMED 0

>>8143730
We want no mexican cameras in our beautiful space

2nd stage going over africa

better not get space aids now

>>8143732
The barge was rocking a bit, dunno.

>>8143712
It was a shame about Randy, though.

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>>8143731

>>8143713
You should file a bug report.

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if this post ends in 7, a safe landing occurred
if this post ends in 3, we had a RUD
if another number, ask again later

>>8143747
:OOOOOO

You've saved it!

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>>8143747

SAFE LANDING CONFIRMED

>>8143747
AYY

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>>8143747

>>8143747
Thank you, meme magic

>turban pump

NOBODY GIVES A FUCK ABOUT THE 2ND STAGE YOU ABSOLUTE CROWS!

NOOOOOOO

vehicle lost rofl spacex on suicide watch

ded

falcon 9 is ded

LOST
ALL IS LOST

First stage is kill

>>8143764
PAY ATTENTION THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DATA

THE REALLY VALUABLE DATA

EVERYONE CARES ABOUT THAT

NOOOO

god damn it!

So how much money does a successful landing save SpaceX? Are they actually reusing these stages, I can't imagine there not being any structural damage on reentry

SpaceX says 'unfortunately, it seems we lost the first stage'

but what if flacon 9 was not kill

>>8143778
Then Elon would need a bigger garage.

>>8143776

First reuse attempt will be in October

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Rest in peace sweet prince

>>8143776
they want to do their first reuse in like september or something

All of the rockets landed so far are perfectly fine to relaunch

AWW HELL NAH

>>8143776
30% right now

Theoretically 90%+
Only 2% of the cost is fuel. Future SpaceX rockets will be designed with more emphasis on reusabiltiy.

Elon actually said that the first recovered stage could have been reflown the same day it landed - they found literally nothing wrong with it

>>8143781
old image?

I knew something was wrong when the first stage just suddenly appeared in frame. Usually it takes a few frames to land, so this meant it was going too fast.

>>8143747
/sci/ was wrong again. Who'd have thought.

Funny how the stream ALWAYS works when it lands fine...

it getting higher and losing velocity

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ololololololololololol

>>8143793
it's because they cut it off but they say they don't

>>8143788

yes

>>8143790
It seemed to land fine, so it's probably those fucking legs again.

How hard is it to build a reliable landing gear?

>>8143788
yes.

No image of the new one. It look like it landed, but they say it was lost.

>>8143790
well in >>8143731 the few frames I can see, it isn't moving and is upright so maybe something happened inside the rocket to blow it up?

>>8143793
No it doesn't, JCSAT glitched out for a few seconds on landing

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>>8143793

everything is fine goy, I mean guy

>>8143798
It came in too fast probably

>>8143795
Did Rodman give you a boost to reach the keyboard, Kim?

MUSK CONFIRMS RUD

why do they use a fish eye lens?

>>8143780
>>8143787
>>8143782
I can't fuckin wait, If they can successfully relaunch a launched stage I can see other space agencies making use of that. Considering Musk tends to make patents free use. International space race coming soon

>>8143808
wider angle = bigger field of view

duh

Elon press conference next?

>>8143800
Well looks like a fire is burning, might have compromised a landing leg

So where do we go to see the landing later when it is released? Like the helicopter footage? Like where they upload it?

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Fell off the edge

the fuck?

Show footage of the landing aftermath!

3 out of 4 so far. nice.

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>>8143805

butt mad your rocket got BTFO Elon ?

how's the divorce going on bro ?

>>8143812
Oh true. Structural failure due to heat maybe.

>Elon Musk Verified account
>@elonmusk
>Looks like thrust was low on 1 of 3 landing engines. High g landings v sensitive to all engines operating at max.

Begs the question, will the BFR have engine out capability for landing? How will they make it more safe & durable?

>>8143814
same place you just watched the livestream

>>8143812
Probably this + it is a bit close to the edge. The amount of fire and smoke was a lot more than before, so probably something failed with the re-entry engines and that caused the fire. Still an impressive feat, 3/4 worked fine and this one was almost successful as well.

>>8143823
So, you're saying 4chan since 4chan seems to get it before it pops up there.

ITT : armchair rocket landing scientists

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https://twitter.com/SpaceX

>>8143825
4chan didnt host the livestream. you most likely saw it here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckjP8stlzxI

I don't see you launching rockets from your armchair

>>8143828
wasnt that rapid desu

>>8143829
No, I mean in the past 4chan always posts the rocket webms of it landing or crashing before the actual stuff is released on youtube. Not the live stuff, the stuff from the helicopter.

>>8143832
thats just people convereting their vids into webms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jEz03Z8azc

>>8143831
https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/743098357728444418

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I missed it. How'd it go ?

Elon says this was the hardest landing to date; will post video of crash landing once they can get to the cameras on the droneship. Droneship confirmed to be ok.

>>8143857
Satellite orbited OK, first stage tipped over on the barge and got rekt (probably a landing leg).

>>8143857

it landed while on fire due to engine damage and then fell off the side of the boat, it seems

>>8143870
>>8143867
cant wait for footage from the helo

>>8143837
That's not what I mean, faggot.

>>8143893
thats exactly what you mean. check out their channel. they have all the landing/crashing videos you are talking about

Think it'll have exploded from falling off, or can they fish it out of the ocean and salvage?

>>8143900
Jesus fucking christ, brainlet, I mean someone uploads it to 4chan before it appears on youtube. How is that so difficult yo comprehend?

>>8143911
>or can they fish it out of the ocean and salvage?

No.

>>8143913
well, that doesnt happen. you just dont know how to internet

>>8143925
or maybe someone from SpaceX browse's 4chan

>>8143913
>>8143938
or myb ur a retard because all people are doing is making webms from the technical stream

So what's the spacex count? How many falcon 9 first stages have they lost, and how many successful landing have they pull off? Also, have they ever used the same first stage to launch two rockets?

>>8143874
I think they have been steadily pushing how hard the stage reenters to set some maximums and limits and see what fails first

This is not their fully reusable vehicle, this is just a means to an end after all.

>>8143964
read the thread, nigger.

>>8143812
>>8143821

>jet fuel cant melt steel legs

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>>8143970
But how about rocket fuel?

>>8143970
jet fuel/rocket fuel

It doesn't need to. It only needs to heat it up enough to cause thermal expansion problems.

Anyway it was RUD.

>>8143962
You new? The tech stream never has the helicopter cam.

>>8143985
>>8144062

yeah, I just wanted to make that joke.

The legs are probably some composite that doesn't melt anyway.

Both jet fuel and the rocket fuel that spacex is using are kerosene though.

>>8144062
where were you all the time to not know that meme?

[math]{\mathfrak{SpaceX\ BTFO}}[/math]

>reading reddit
>some guy asks if LOX is flammable

my lord

>>8144132
only when bagels are around, amirite?

>>8144132
>reading reddit
why would you do that?

Was this the first time they a landing on a geostationary transfer orbit insertion launch?

>>8144129
>The main thing they were trying to launch got launched
>"BTFO"
Go to bed Bezos.

>>8144132
Is it?
It's just an oxidizer right?

>>8144155
?????
is air flammable??

>>8144144
They already succeeded twice with that, although one of those the center engine got knocked around a bit.

According to Elon, this time the problem was that one of three engines wasn't running at proper power during the landing.

>>8144157
Okay I didn't think it was.
That oxygen is inflammable is a pretty common misconception.

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>>8142268
AARRRR!
I know, here there are some folks from SpaceX.
Somebody, show this pic to Elon Musk. He is totally pissing me off, crashing his rockets on the droneship and upgrading them for new crasings. He need to improve this terrible platform, not rockets!
Take two old philippine barges, make big catamaran and raise the platform 15-20 meters up! Put many springs (maybe pneumatic springs to prevent rebound) under it, and many arrestor gears from decommissioned aircraft carriers. Rocket needs pretty cool shock-absorber! It needs to extend shorty time of landing overload fckin much longer.

To prevent falling to the side, use top amortized ropes. And "jungle hunter" rope trap which is activated when rocket touches the floor.

Regards from Russia.

>>8144187
do the barges have to be pinoy?
Suppose they were thai instead?

>>8144190
Does not care. They must be simple, cheap to not overspend 9000 billion dollars.

>>8144187
The point of the current landing setup is so he can land rockets anywhere.

>>8144199
the point of the current landing setup is to get test data from ballistic reentries, practice different landing techniques, stress the rocket to failure, and because it can't return to landing site while lofting the payload.

Obviously in your next gen rocket you'll need to build with ample payload so you can do a nice soft landing back at your launch site.

>>8144199
>The point of the current landing setup is so he can land rockets anywhere.
Anywhere, where is special infrastructure for it, anyway.

>>8144204
They could land the first stage in a wal mart parking lot if they wanted to.

The barges are necessity due to fuel limitations and government worrying.

>>8144187
You don't know the 1st thing about engineering do you?

>>8144101
It was blatant misuse of a meme, kid.

>>8144307
that tends to be norm in these treads

>>8144307

always using lube ?

>>8144308
no
it was an obvious variation

>>8144307
>>8144311
Getting rid of your gag reflex?

Where is the video of the crash?
SpaceX confirmed China/USSR level secrecy if things go wrong!

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>>8144397

>>8144452
I wasnt the one, who came up with this retarded idea:
>>8144187

>>8144478
eeeh...good for you?

>>8144517
so it was totally unrelated to this? cool

>>8143780
Probably October 2017

>>8143790
The first stage "suddenly appeared" on the last two launch streams.

so do we know anything about the next rocket they are building right now?

>>8145071
What do you mean - the next 9, or the next design (Heavy)?

>>8143790
The video feed hangs immediately prior to landing every single time. Recovered video from the platform and possibly onboard camera if it survived will likely be available later.

>>8144525
More like a comment towards >>8144397
which seemed like the typical "how far down your troat is Elon's dick?"-post. The picture was in regards to that fucking stupid idea.

>>8145263
the methane thing

when video ?

>>8145328
>"how far down your troat is Elon's dick?"-post
it wasnt. how new are you?

>>8145634
Well then why bring up gag reflex? Am i completely missing a mene or something. Also, 1 year so that probably makes me newfag?

>>8145662
>1 year so that probably makes me newfag?

Yes, but that poster is a tard.

>>8145662
>Am i completely missing a mene or something
yes

>>8145662
*pats head*

>>8145688
>>8145692
Aaah, mind filling me in? Teach the poor newfag?

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>>8145699
It's one of the few /sci/ memes.
It is pretty straight forward:
We make bad jokes about engineers being gay

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>>8145609

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>>8142503
>Bezos made less of an impact than Musk
>founded amazon

>>8145907
yes

>>8142629
>>8143172
Speaking of news, New Shepard is going to have its fourth test flight this Sunday, to test the redundant parachute scenario. This time with a live stream!

>>8145710
As an engineering student in a 95% male class, that sounds more plausible than i'm comfortable with...

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>>8146518
Anon, dont be hesitant.
Let yourself go.
It is in your nature...

>>8146547
Well, if you put it like that...