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Spacex Launch Webcast: Formosat-5 Mission

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Re: Spacex Launch Webcast: Formosat-5 Mission

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Post by spookyuser »

roesel wrote: post #4
cjnicholls wrote: post #2

Successful landing on Please read the instructions. 15 consecutive landings

And as always, the live video feed of the landing was clunky :). They should nail one with a steady stream.

The live feed is usually a little clunky when it's landing on the boat. The one from last week was crystal clear https://youtu.be/vLxWsYx8dbo?t=19m42s

Re: Spacex Launch Webcast: Formosat-5 Mission

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Post by Diederich »

cjnicholls wrote: post #9
roesel wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And as always, the live video feed of the landing was clunky :). They should nail one with a steady stream.

It wasn't their best stream, others have been better. The achievement of landing and potentially reducing the cost is enough.

> potentially reducing the cost

Aren't we getting close to being safe to assume that this is actually true? They've already re-used a number of boosters. (:

Re: Spacex Launch Webcast: Formosat-5 Mission

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Post by greglindahl »

imaginenore wrote: post #14

They were supposed to attempt to land/rescue some other part of the rocket this time. There was nothing about it in the webcast.

People speculated that SpaceX might do something interesting with the second stage, but it's just speculation. The last time it was rumored something interesting was done with the second stage -- a test of longer-duration operations on the NROL-76 mission -- nothing was said before or after.
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