Comments on: SpaceX launches two Intelsat communications satellites

By: sippin_bourbon

sippin_bourbon — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 16:40:28 +0000

GaryMike

That is half the middle east in a nut shell.

The other half is still 14th century.

It was odd seeing mud huts with satellite dishes.

By: GaryMike

GaryMike — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 10:19:49 +0000

Resisting modernity, the government of Iran has to embrace modernity to defeat modernity.

It’s only a matter of time before Iranians are finally free.

By: Jeff Wright

Jeff Wright — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 01:54:37 +0000

Iran is trying to jam satellites
https://www.space.com/iran-eutelsat-jamming-broadcast-satellites-accused

By: Ray Van Dune

Ray Van Dune — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 17:26:24 +0000

SpaceX’s experience with recovery of Falcon Heavy cores has been mixed. The twin side boosters were recovered on land in all three flights, but on the first and third flights the center cores malfunctioned, and missed the drone ship.

This has to be understood in the context of the center core flying unusually long distances, since the side cores are operated at full throttle to use their fuel as quickly as possible, while the center core operates at reduced power, and then shoulders the load after the side cores have exhausted their fuel and separated. This makes the return flight of the side cores easier, but that of the center core more demanding.

In the second FH flight, the center core successfully landed on the ASDS, but then toppled overboard during the long sea trip home, and was lost. So no FH center cores have been completely recovered to date.

By: geoffc

geoffc — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 16:40:44 +0000

And end of the month we may get to see what kind of photos they can get from the double side core landings from the Falcon Heavy on ASDS’s. That could be cool, or terrible.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 10:30:53 +0000

Mike Borgelt said – “…shot of the booster just after landing… – Awesome!”

Agree 100%. There was a short video shot just before landing where you could see the second stage climbing up to orbit. First stage video showed the flood lights on the barge just before landing burn. Incredible views that I’m sure will be replayed multiple times. I want a poster of that post landing shot.

On the Spaceflight Now video there was a great telescopic shot of the fairings maneuvering, along with the first stage as the second stage powered away.

By: Mike Borgelt

Mike Borgelt — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 09:49:46 +0000

Take a look at the livestream. The shot of the booster just after landing at around 9:00 to 9:30, lit up by floods on the barge with the twilight background and the sun lighting up the booster contrail distorted by the high altitude winds with the gases from the entry burn (the guys at Peenemunde called it “frozen lightning”) peeking out from above a small cloud. Awesome!

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 01:54:26 +0000

In reply to geoffc. geoffc: I just double-checked SpaceX's email announcement and discovered I had miscounted. I will correct.

By: geoffc

geoffc — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 00:58:04 +0000

I think 1060 had flown 13 times and this was 14 not 15 for it. Cannot find a good reference to prove that though.