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WKTaylor wrote:I thought that their business concept was to build the 1st stages [and any boosters] cheap-enough that recovery and refurbishment was not 'value added' or 'value saved'.
WKTaylor wrote:Using a heavy helo for 'airborne recovery' is a sketchy proposition.
AirlineCritic wrote:WKTaylor wrote:Using a heavy helo for 'airborne recovery' is a sketchy proposition.
Indeed. I'll be interested to see how that goes.
Return to Sender’ will deploy 30 satellites to a 500 km circular LEO
For the first time, Rocket Lab will also attempt to bring Electron’s first stage back from space under a parachute for a water landing. The mission will be the first time Rocket Lab has attempted to recover a stage after launch and is a major milestone in Rocket Lab’s pursuit to make Electron a reusable rocket to support an increased launch cadence for small satellite missions.
For every person who watches the live launch webcast via http://www.rocketlabusa.com/live-stream, Valve’s Gabe Newell will donate $1 to Starship children’s hospital
texl1649 wrote:Launching from Virginia I certainly don’t get but as indicated I’m sure there are reasons for it.
Avatar2go wrote:Said the loads on the helicopter were greater than expected, so as a precaution, they let it go for secondary splashdown and retrieval. But still a major success. They will improve on that and showed the idea is viable.
GDB wrote:
Yes, just watched the webcast after seeing a headline, Space X had plenty of near misses, in fact they did a tribute video of them.
Still, the he pilot dropped the booster near the secondary recovery ship so they’ll have it soon enough to inspect.
Avatar2go wrote:GDB wrote:
Yes, just watched the webcast after seeing a headline, Space X had plenty of near misses, in fact they did a tribute video of them.
Still, the he pilot dropped the booster near the secondary recovery ship so they’ll have it soon enough to inspect.
Actually they posted photos of the heat shield on recovered booster late last night. Looked to be in good shape.
GDB wrote:Avatar2go wrote:Said the loads on the helicopter were greater than expected, so as a precaution, they let it go for secondary splashdown and retrieval. But still a major success. They will improve on that and showed the idea is viable.
Yes, just watched the webcast after seeing a headline, Space X had plenty of near misses, in fact they did a tribute video of them.
Still, the he pilot dropped the booster near the secondary recovery ship so they’ll have it soon enough to inspect.
Nomadd wrote:
SpaceX didn't cut away and try to present the landings as successes for several hours when they crashed.
GDB wrote:They are getting some significant contracts for a young company, considering the customer;
https://www.theguardian.com/science/202 ... ew-zealand
The previous launch;
GDB wrote:Another NRO away;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij94xGiXB5Q
SpaceX and Rocketlab provide the most accessibly watchable launches, with the added almost surreal touch of commentary and countdown in New Zealand accents.
(Reminds me of a pub off Soho in London, late 1990's it was Kiwi Central).
GDB wrote:Another NRO away;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij94xGiXB5Q
SpaceX and Rocketlab provide the most accessibly watchable launches, with the added almost surreal touch of commentary and countdown in New Zealand accents.
(Reminds me of a pub off Soho in London, late 1990's it was Kiwi Central).
Kiwirob wrote:GDB wrote:Another NRO away;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij94xGiXB5Q
SpaceX and Rocketlab provide the most accessibly watchable launches, with the added almost surreal touch of commentary and countdown in New Zealand accents.
(Reminds me of a pub off Soho in London, late 1990's it was Kiwi Central).
The Polar Bear, it morphed into a gay bar around 98 and It’s now called the KU.
GDB wrote:Kiwirob wrote:GDB wrote:Another NRO away;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij94xGiXB5Q
SpaceX and Rocketlab provide the most accessibly watchable launches, with the added almost surreal touch of commentary and countdown in New Zealand accents.
(Reminds me of a pub off Soho in London, late 1990's it was Kiwi Central).
The Polar Bear, it morphed into a gay bar around 98 and It’s now called the KU.
Don't recall that one, around 97-98, didn't quote a name as I wasn't sure, Crown and Two Chairmen the more I think about it, certainly went in there.
Right location and certainly it looks 'restored' since then, don't recall any media types, it being a place known for food (common enough now for survival), though the upstairs bar was full of Kiwis.
https://www.designmynight.com/london/pu ... o-chairmen
Avatar2go wrote:RocketLabs has another launch today at 12:09 CDT, for the Argos-4 satellite payload. They are now hitting a launch cadence of about one per month.
https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-mission/
https://www.rocketlabusa.com/live-stream/
zanl188 wrote:
Orbit appears to be retrograde. Do we know why?
Avatar2go wrote:zanl188 wrote:
Orbit appears to be retrograde. Do we know why?
Earth-observing satellites use a retrograde sun-synchronous orbit so their observations are invariant with respect to solar time. They observe the same area at the same solar time of each orbit, so the illumination angles don't change. That allows direct comparison, image to image.
GDB wrote:They made another attempt at booster recovery today, unfortunately it ended up in the drink though with recovery assets to hand.
More importantly of course the payload was deployed.
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/11 ... f-you-can/
Avatar2go wrote:RocketLab is about to launch their Electron rocket for the first time from Wallops Island. Coverage on their YT channel, begins in about 2 hours.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wCxZHrSgcAc