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SpaceX Dragon CRS-6 Launch Webcast

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Re: SpaceX Dragon CRS-6 Launch Webcast

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Post by grecy »

jerf wrote: post #6

Will we also see the attempt to land the rocket in this stream?

At about +1:30 I heard "Recovery platform has acquisition signal"

and then:

"Stage separation confirmed. Good luck stage 1"

and "We have stage 1 boostback startup" then a little while later "stage 1 boostback shutdown" (sounded good)

"stage one entry burn has started" then "stage one entry shutdown"

"stage one is transonic"

"stage one landing burn has started"

"LOS of stage one"

(From reddit: waiting for stage one confirm..... Waiting for tweet from Musk)

officially waiting for word from the landing ship... webcast over.

(From reddit: "We falcon punched the barge" )

(From reddit: "Rumors that the Falcon 9 booster landed on the drone ship, but not softly. At this point, who knows.")

(From reddit: Not a successful landing today.)

Musk Tweet: "Ascent successful. Dragon enroute to Space Station. Rocket landed on droneship, but too hard for survival."

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/588076749562318849

Re: SpaceX Dragon CRS-6 Launch Webcast

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Post by Cshelton »

grecy wrote: post #12
jerf wrote: post #6

Will we also see the attempt to land the rocket in this stream?

At about +1:30 I heard "Recovery platform has acquisition signal" and then: "Stage separation confirmed. Good luck stage 1" and "We have stage 1 boostback startup" then a little while later "stage 1 boostback shutdown" (sounded good) "stage one entry burn has started" then "stage one entry shutdown" "stage one is transonic" "stage one landing burn has started" "LOS of stage one" (From reddit: waiting for stage one co…

If it's successful I hope they'll show a quick replay for stage 1. Probably reasons why they don't want to show it live...

Re: SpaceX Dragon CRS-6 Launch Webcast

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Post by delibes »

That stage 2 engine nozzle really glows hot! Looks hot enough to melt, but holding together impressively. Also, the exhaust into the vacuum looks like a messy grey cloud, not the bright cone I might have expected. Very cool. Or hot.

Re: SpaceX Dragon CRS-6 Launch Webcast

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Post by bowmessage »

Cshelton wrote: post #15

"Stage 1 has been saved"!!! Edit: Apparently it's not what I hoped, http://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/2swnth/how_well_does... 'saved' and 'safed' are pretty similar on stream...

I heard "Stage 1 FTS has been saved" and shortly after, "Stage 2 FTS has been saved".

Not sure what FTS means but hopefully its capture was a success!

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