Falcon first stage finished

So far so good!

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"Vince Cate" wrote:

So far so good!

Yep! Looked smooth as silk. Fairing separation also went smoothly.

The video feed cut out at about T+5 minutes though, at least on my
machine. Hopefully that doesn't indicate an unplanned rapid disassembly.

On Mar 20, 9:19 pm, Joe Strout wrote:
The video feed cut out at about T+5 minutes though, at least on my
machine. Hopefully that doesn't indicate an unplanned rapid disassembly.

I wondered if my post got too many people trying to watch the feed for
their server...

On Mar 20, 9:21 pm, "Vince Cate" wrote:
On Mar 20, 9:19 pm, Joe Strout wrote:

The video feed cut out at about T+5 minutes though, at least on my
machine. Hopefully that doesn't indicate an unplanned rapid disassembly.

I wondered if my post got too many people trying to watch the feed for
their server...

My feed is out too. Man that engine bell was lit up like a lantern.

Joe Strout wrote in news:joe-
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The video feed cut out at about T+5 minutes though, at least on my
machine. Hopefully that doesn't indicate an unplanned rapid disassembly.

This looks bad. There was some oscillation during second stage
operation before I lost video feed. Reports are that telemetry was
lost. I'd say it's a bust.

However, they got this far and no doubt learned some lessons, and
showed a surprising system robustness in being able to recycle for
launch on short order.

We'll have to wait for data analysis to determine what went wrong
with the second stage; guidance platform or hydraulic control of
the engine seem likely culprits.

--Damon

Datacide wrote:
My feed is out too. Man that engine bell was lit up like a lantern.

It certainly was - is that "normal?" Didn't look that way to my
untrained peanut-gallery eyes.

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Rick Jones wrote in
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Datacide wrote:
My feed is out too. Man that engine bell was lit up like a lantern.

It certainly was - is that "normal?" Didn't look that way to my
untrained peanut-gallery eyes.

That would be normal for a radiatively cooled engine like this
design. I've seen others heated to a yellow glow.

The video we did get was most dramatic!

--Damon

Damon Hill wrote:
Rick Jones wrote in

It certainly was - is that "normal?" Didn't look that way to my
untrained peanut-gallery eyes.

That would be normal for a radiatively cooled engine like this
design. I've seen others heated to a yellow glow.

OK - I guess I was just expecting it to be a bit more uniform. Is it
just the first stage engine then that is ablatively cooled?

The video we did get was most dramatic!

That is certainly true. Well worth the price of admission

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Seems it made it into space, but does not say orbit. Kind of sounds
like there might have been a problem. No matter what, this is much
better than the other launch, so there is real progress.

http://kwajrockets.blogspot.com/

http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon/f2/status.html

"Vince Cate" wrote in
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Seems it made it into space, but does not say orbit. Kind of sounds
like there might have been a problem. No matter what, this is much
better than the other launch, so there is real progress.

http://kwajrockets.blogspot.com/

http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon/f2/status.html

I'd have liked a fully successful launch, but a lot of hardware
was validated. I agree, it's definite progress. We'll have to wait
and see if range tracking could confirm a successful trajectory or
not.

--Damon