SpaceX

[Tank]

4 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Fascinating stuff.

Wild solar weather is causing satellites to plummet from orbit. It's only going to get worse.

 

That was interesting and worrisome. I had no idea there was an 11 year solar cycle.

[gotbeer]

4 minutes ago, Tank said:

That was interesting and worrisome. I had no idea there was an 11 year solar cycle.

 

Makes you wonder if global warming isn't a manmade thing, but a much bigger cosmic thing.  

[gotbeer]

Well thats a good start for missions to the moon.  /sigh 

NASA's CAPSTONE satellite has gone dark

 

[gotbeer]

Ballistic missile test launch from Vandenberg ends in explosion seconds after launch

 

[Tank]

On 7/5/2022 at 3:26 PM, gotbeer said:

Well thats a good start for missions to the moon.  /sigh 

NASA's CAPSTONE satellite has gone dark

 

It’s back online and communication has been restored.

[gotbeer]

Live coverage: SpaceX launch from California delayed to Friday

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SCRUB. SpaceX's launch team confirms there won't be an opportunity to launch the Falcon 9 rocket today after at last-minute abort. Teams will target launch from California at 10:39 a.m. EDT (1:39 p.m. EDT; 1739 GMT).

7:39 am launch.  

[gotbeer]

32nd launch this year, breaking their yearly record.

 

[gotbeer]

Damaged SpaceX Rocket Delays NASA’s Next Astronaut Mission

Makes me wonder if this is the incident that makes SpaceX move production from Calolfornia to Texass.  

[AngelsLakersFan]

Is this where this story should go?

https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-affair-sergey-brin-wife-divorce-11658674840?mod=hp_lead_pos7

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Elon Musk’s Friendship With Sergey Brin Ruptured by Alleged Affair

Tesla chief’s liaison with Google co-founder’s wife led to couple’s divorce filing

If I was going to place bets on what was going to crash and burn first, I'll take Elon before any of his SpaceX rockets.

[gotbeer]

Fears grow that massive debris from Chinese rocket could crash in populated parts of the US this weekend

[AngelsLakersFan]

On 7/29/2022 at 9:48 AM, gotbeer said:

Fears grow that massive debris from Chinese rocket could crash in populated parts of the US this weekend

I hope it hits LA

[gotbeer]

54 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I hope it hits LA

Landed in the Indian Ocean.

[Blarg]

56 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I hope it hits LA

A certain stadium in Anaheim would have been good. 

[gotbeer]

39 minutes ago, Blarg said:

A certain stadium in Anaheim would have been good. 

At this point, the only way we will get a new stadium, is if the old is part of an insurance settlement.  

[katie]

4 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Landed in the Indian Ocean.

[gotbeer]

Elon Musk sets expectations for SpaceX’s first orbital Starship launches

 

 

[gotbeer]

NASA postpones Artemis 1 rocket launch after issues emerge during countdown, delaying mission to the moon

That's too bad.  I wanted to see it go boom.

[Tank]

11 hours ago, gotbeer said:

NASA postpones Artemis 1 rocket launch after issues emerge during countdown, delaying mission to the moon

That's too bad.  I wanted to see it go boom.

Bummer. They’re looking at possibly Friday for their next attempt.

[gotbeer]

Pretty light alert.  Tonight, 10:40 pm.

Fourth Falcon 9 Rocket Launch Planned for Tuesday Night at Vandenberg SFB

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Vandenberg Space Force Base will send its eighth batch of Starlink satellites into orbit on Tuesday night aboard a Falcon 9 booster.

Liftoff of the Space Exploration Technologies rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 on South Base will occur at 10:40 p.m., according to the company.

 

[gotbeer]

I thought this was kind of funny.

SLS fuel leak likely to delay Artemis 1 launch to October

Artemis 1 is made by Boeing.

 

SpaceX launches 51 Starlink satellites and a space tug to orbit

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Also on board with Starlink Group 4-20 was Sherpa-LTC2, a space tug provided by Seattle-based company Spaceflight. The tug is carrying a payload for Boeing's Varuna Technology Demonstration Mission (Varuna-TDM), which "aims to test V-band communications for a proposed constellation of 147 non-geostationary broadband satellites," according to SpaceNews(opens in new tab).

 

[gotbeer]

Meanwhile at Blue Origin.  Although, you got to give them credit.  For a failure of a launch, the emergency systems seemed to have worked perfectly.  If it was a manned trip to space, that's probably the result you'd want for a failure.

Blue Origin’s uncrewed capsule safely escapes after midflight anomaly

[gotbeer]

NASA requests 2 new private astronaut missions to International Space Station

This is a funny article.  Goes through the song and dance, and props up Axiom.  Then gets to the punchline at the end.

 

[gotbeer]

Might be worth the watch, even if it's midday.  A week from Saturday.

Delta IV Heavy set to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base

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The launch window is scheduled to open at 1:50 p.m. on Sept. 24.

 

[gotbeer]

SpaceX Is Testing Out Starlink Internet in Antartica Using Space Lasers

[gotbeer]

Chance of a fireworks in the sky, high.

After three delays, Firefly announces new launch date for Alpha rocket out of VSFB

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The launch window is Friday, Sept. 30, from 12:01 a.m. - 2 a.m. If that launch does not take off a backup window is set for Saturday, Oct. 1, at the same time.