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The last boring starlink launch thread got like 20 replies total. But you still join in anon, right?

https://twitter.com/GregScott_photo/status/1317454490006654982 no remote cameras set up by launch photographers for this one?

Also whoops this is the correct article: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/10/spacex-falcon-9-launch-next-starlink/
OP one is the older one

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1317796498784931842

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM8CDDAmp98&ab_channel=SpaceX

>>12245125
I applaud OP’s autism

>>12245121
Starlink? Based

stream is live, just music for now

Ok so when does it start????????

>>12245168
Why don't they play some sabaton instead of this elevator music

live live live

>Tran
ehhh alright stream hoster

>tran

>>12245175
No Kate or Jessie

starlink europe when? i want high speed internet in my shithole village

Wonder how long before they stop doing webcasts. hopefully stsrship gets so routine it no longer makes sense

>>12245182
later 2021 should be the general rollout for most places. depends on licenses in your country, of course. Some places aren't cooperating/approving use

>>12245184
Yeah. Weekly launches

>>12245182
Whenever your shitty politicians feel like they've been sufficiently enriched.

>>12245184
The youtube videos alone are pretty popular and I think based on the views they can easily afford to keep making them well into the future.

heavy waves it seems

>>12245184
They'll stop when they make the SpaceX Launch Channel, which will be 7/24 launches.

>>12245189
Doesn't cost them fucking anything to produce and it's practically free advertising.

>>12245185
>Some places aren't cooperating/approving use
literally why though? i think poland will be happy to have it
>>12245188
what do you mean by that?

>>12245191
They'll probably let them land in the ocean. Fairing's are pretty well used at this point.

>>12245196
>what do you mean by that?
The only reason you can't have it is political. The satellites are already up there to serve the European latitudes.

>>12245196
telecoms are incredibly entrenched and corrupt

>>12245196
>what do you mean by that?
Do you know how politics work? The national ISPs can/will pay off politicians to disallow spacex to compete with them in order to keep their monopoly on internet subscriptions.

>>12245196
don't know the situation with Poland. If you have a searchable company database, look for one called TIBRO; it's what spacex is hiding under for creating starlink fronts across the world

And she's off. Slow ass livestream.

>>12245205
yay

American flag roll kino

this launch also confirms that the engine issue delaying GPS III / crew-1 is for new production engines

Is this the first time for a sixth landing?

>>12245214
2nd, also 2nd 3rd use of fairings I think (but first for having BOTH halves be used?)

800 sats confirmed.

>>12245216
both halves be flown twice, I mean

welcome back booster-kun

Eagle has landed

6th landing!

TOUCHDOWN

>not even an applause

>>12245224
doubt there are many employees at the hawthorn cafeteria at this hour

very nice

They should add maneuver nodes to that earth shot with the predicted path lines

That landing stability tho

>>12245226
They've gotten very good at nailing those landings.

>>12245216
7th landing when?

meanwhile when the FUCK is DIVH going to launch

>>12245228

Yeah, landed with next to no wobble whatsoever. Impressive really.

>>12245232
probably some upcoming starlink. crew 1, sentinel 6, GPS are all new

Und zis is zee part of SpaceX vere ve TANZ!
oh yeah muh subwoofer...

ok , place your bets on fairing recovery:
Catch 1 half, catch 2 half, catch both, catch neither.
1 half broken, 2 half broken, both broken, neither broken.

>>12245226
So casual
And no one is even trying to do anything close to this past some vague plans for the next like 10 years

>>12245239
they'll let em just drop in the water I assume

>>12245233
Never, Tory and Shelby are now on suicide watch KEK

>>12245239
CATCH BOTH, NEITHER BROKEN

>>12245240
let's see;
europ has a tech pathfinder f9 clone they want to test in like 12 years. china has a f9 clone that will be tested in like 6 years. Russia says they want to build a f9 clone in like 4 years but have no money to do so

the problem is they're all aiming for F9 clones rather than starship clones. Even blue origin is gonna be left in the dust with their new glenn

>>12245240
didnt u hear? reuse is stupid bc u have to carry extra fuel

>>12245246
russia wants to do a lot of things

>>12245248
and you can't just build a couple rockets and then shut down production, the horror. how will the rocket builders make a living then?
t. arianespace

>>12245251
oof

by the way, next f9 launch is on the 21st. another starlink batch

>Launched 835 satellites [1]
not even deployed yet but wikipedia page is already updated lol

spooky song rn

>>12245251
Every time
Just put them on welfare until they can find a new job ffs, it will be cheaper than pretending they do something useful

Which launches first: D4H or F9 GPS3

hey guys
want to hear a joke
....


OmegA

>>12245265
had a better chance winning a competition than boeing's hls bid

>>12245265
>OmegALUL

>>12245246
So basically never since they all rely on gov't funding which is always cut down and subject to political climate. Except maybe china, but they got to blow up quite a few villages before they figure it out

>>12245240
they also have the world's only full-flow engine that is actually flying, and everything that's happening in boca chica now. can't believe how far they've gotten

only 8 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzXlUw2WhcE

>>12245272
new Armstrong, whatever the fuck it actually is, might be a strong contender. But don't count on sloworigin to do it any time soon

>>12245236
Why would anyone want a new Falcon when a flight proven one is cheaper and more reliable?

>>12245265
Like NG cares now they got that GBSD contract.

>>12245274
if new glenn is anything to go by, we can expect new armstrong by 2045

>>12245275
future GPS, and crewed missions will be on used boosters actually. NASA and Air Force recently approved their use

>tran
did that one announcer girl get fired for posting starlink on instagram?

>>12245289
nope she was in the last stream I think

>Still mentally struggling thanks to the Space Orange Pencil being built.

OH LOL FAIRING CAUGHT LMAO. That was just a freaking second

>>12245296
source?

>>12245296
i didnotsee

>>12245296
The fairing went through the net though.

this song's a banger

>>12245314
OH NONONO

>>12245314
Checks out, you can go back in the livestream. Looks pretty unstable in that position

>>12245314
T+ what

>>12245321
it's in the image lmao

>>12245320
Doesn't seem that damaged though.

>>12245314
fuug, i missed that

>>12245322
i'm more retarded than i give myself credit

>>12245314
Spicy catch, but a catch nonetheless. Looked intact.

>>12245314
OHHHH YEAAAH
BLASTED

>>12245321
nigger it's in the image

>>12245330
nigga it's already been pointed out

>>12245314
Rip net. You can see the Chute b4 they changed the scene and it was still intact so either it landed in a bad spot or hit the support pole.

>>12245314
can't they use steel wires to make the net?

Bruh this music sum kinda experimental shit, it slaps

AOS... tasmânia?

>>12245333
Depends on why this one broke though. Maybe aif it was a bad angle they can just reinforce those areas.

>>12245343
yūs

Y E E T

>>12245314

FUCKING MS. TREE
GET IT TOGETHER FFS

>>12245354
You can't watch this and NOT see that SpaceX is fucking finished. How unprofessional can you get? Elon is putting lives in danger

>>12245357
It was a bad angle. All the weight on one arm.

>>12245354
I don't understand this reusable catching net meme

>>12245359

>>12245368
Those fairings are pretty fucking expensive

>>12245359

>>12245359
but it's a droneship

>>12245359
Go see BO's ship. Now THAT'Sputting lives in danger.

>>12245368
fairings are fucking expensive, and if they touch sea water they're unsalvagably fucked

>>12245378
The fairing catchers are crewd vessels.

>>12245379
>>12245378
>>12245376
>replying to it

>>12245374
>>12245381
I didn't say anything about fairings though

>>12245381
SpaceX is using fished out fairings though. Might as well try to catch it while you have boats on standby fishing it out.

>>12245359
Yeah, exactly! They should do like us in BO and do away with fairings all together!

>>12245381
You mean that they can easily break on impact with water or drown, right? Or does sea water actually corrode them?

>>12245379
seems pretty safe to me, not like they'd ever launch a rocket anyway. no risk of landing if it dont launch

>>12245387
What better mechanism should they use then? Wings and wheels on the fairing? That adds weight to the vehicle

>>12245393
corrosion sets in quick, which is also why the STS SRBs were more expensive to refurbish than just making new ones

>>12245381
Actually they've been reusing fished out fairings for a while now when they don't manage to catch them, it's certainly cheaper if they catch them but it's not the end of the world.

>>12245393
corrosion

>>12245393
https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/29794/why-cant-falcon-9-fairings-touch-the-water

>>12245399
fairings are carbon fiber, they don't corrode

>>12245403
ummmmm they do. retard

>>12245403
They have lots of stuff that will corrode

>Niggas in here losing their minds over fairings

>>12245396
The net that doesn't break after some use? Or maybe just replace it with new one before it wears out? >>12245368

>>12245408
this should concern you. the fact that it doesnt proves you're a spacex stan

>>12245399
>>12245401
>>12245402
Huh. One would think that a piece of a rocket would be a little waterproof, but alright then.

>>12245403
only the inner shell is CF. the outer shell is composites I think and everything else can corrode easily, due to them already being protected by the fairing

corroding poo poo due to pee pee poo poo

>>12245421
You have it completely reversed you dumb nigger
>>12245407
That stuff doesn't take a saltwater bath. It would corrode if you left it there for a while sure, but even when they hit the water they have the ships waiting. They've reused fairings after a dunk multiple times.

>>12245414
Should have been more specific. Was primarily talking about the anons with fairings lack of knowledge.

>>12245425
based

God, launch threads always attract retards

Congrats NASA for other successfully launch and landing.

>>12245428
>but even when they hit the water they have the ships waiting
This, it's EXTREMELY rare, practically a unique event to this day they show us the CREWED ship/s that fish the fairings on a livestream but these ships have been there since day one

Niggers who say fairings are trashed when they hit the water, unironically kys yourselves please. They've been reusing fished out fairings for a while now.

>>12245446
no. they require MONTHS more refurbishment you braindead cocksucker. they are absolutely trashed. they also break you dumb FUCK

>>12245449
Cheaper than paying 3 mil per half for new ones though, regardless

>>12245451
who cares, i'm right and you aren't

What the fuck is going on in here

>>12245463
fuck irings

>>12245463
Unironically, niggers.

>>12245449
I don't think SpaceX provides any numbers on fairing refurbishment to make that statement, but no one ever said it was optimal to begin with

>>12245458
They don't always break on landing, so kys nigger

>>12245487
>n-not always
well it's safe to say i destroyed you in this argument

>>12245451
Some missions require pristine fairings with no contamination of any sort. Starlink just needs it to punch through the atmosphere, so it's fine with just hosing them down to get the salt water off.

So you guys think they'll make it in time to reattach the net for the next Starlink mission? Or they'll just send Ms. Chief out just to fish out a half?

>>12245522
They'll redesign the nets, no way they send them back out until they do

>>12245526
They have another Starlink mission this month. I doubt they'll want to rip out the parafoils now so they won't leave the fairings out at sea. The catchers will still need to be out there.

>>12245546
They'll just be on standby to fish them out, or they won't send them out (wouldn't be the first time they abandoned a fairing). Very much doubt they will just slap on a repair and go again given that the net has proven to need a higher safety factor.

Post saltly from Astrofags

>>12245494
You're a fucking faggot who's speaking out of his ass

>>12245121
Based launch threads OP. Plz don't stop.

>>12245557
>BOO HOO MY NIGHT SKY
He said, as he posted it from his penthouse apartment in the middle of a world metropolitan city that never sleeps.

>>12245820
I don't intent to!