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Fine day, Sunday edition

Livestream: https://youtu.be/COraGXFb1lo
Launch window: Sunday December 13 11:22 AM EST / 16:22 UTC (1:59 window)

Probability of violating weather constraints: 40% (https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20SiriusXM-7%20L-1%20Forecast%20-%2013%20Dec%20Launch.pdf?ver=meSFiTJtbO9GvYOtyYt0Gw%3d%3d))
Backup launch window: Monday December 14 11:22 AM EST / 16:22 UTC (1:59 window)
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 with first stage B1051.7 (prior launches: DEMO-1, Radarsat, Starlink-L3, Starlink-L6, Starlink-L9, Starlink-L13)
Launch pad: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Fairings: One half used, from ANASIS-II mission
Fairing recovery: Possible, on fairing recovery vessel 'Ms. Tree'
First stage landing: On autonomous spaceport droneship 'Just Read the Instructions'
Payload:
>https://blog.maxar.com/space-infrastructure/2020/maxar-delivers-high-power-digital-audio-radio-satellite-to-launch-base-for-siriusxm
>https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/sxm-7.htm
>https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/12/11/spacex-plans-to-cap-busy-week-with-launch-of-satellite-for-siriusxm/
Payload mass & deployment orbit: 7000 kg; GTO

Launch viewing guide for Florida: http://www.launchphotography.com/Delta_4_Atlas_5_Falcon_9_Launch_Viewing.html
SpaceX twitter: https://twitter.com/SpaceX

Stats
>69th booster landing
>25th Falcon 9 launch of the year (24th orbital launch)
>102nd F9 launch
>47th re-flight of a 1st stage booster

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>> No.12460330

Thanks for the launch-thread, OP. Here's for a successfull launch.

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>> No.12460336

>>12460330
weather a bit worse than Friday, but I'm hopeful.

>> No.12460391

>>12460309
>https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil
at least make it sf.mil

>> No.12460443

12 bings til stream

>> No.12460450

https://youtu.be/I2TSGX0UaMo

SpaceX announced new target of 12:30 EST

2 hour launch window today

>> No.12460453

>>12460450
yeah spacex stream now says 77 min

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Bless this thread and this rocket. May the winds be fair and the burns clean.

>> No.12460458

https://youtu.be/DRtIrBUwc5k

SpaceX audio now live

>> No.12460476

GTO? I thought that was falcon heavy's job

>> No.12460479

>>12460476
Satellite bus has its own thruster.

>> No.12460482

>>12460476
yeah for 26000kg payloads, not a dinky 7000

>> No.12460499

>>12460482
I see...
That explains why FH flies so few missions. His little brother is getting a share of his jobs.
Superheavy will render it useless, because of fairing diameter.

>> No.12460504

>>12460476
https://satcatalog.com/datasheet/Aerojet%20Rocketdyne%20-%20R-4D-15%20HiPAT%20445N%20Dual%20Mode%20High%20Performance%20(375-to-1).pdf

Enjoy. There's one of these one that satellite. That's why this F9 doesn't even need to hit the barge for this mission.

>> No.12460506

>>12460499
FH was only built for Air Force contracts that they couldn't bid on with F9. It was more to put pressure on Boing than actually ever make money.

>> No.12460510

>>12460504
Whoops, that was a generic catalogue.
R-4D-15 HiPAT is the one strapped on.

>> No.12460518

Does Falcon 9 use the same type of fairing for all satellites?

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>16M vs 50M
B..bros?

>> No.12460527

>>12460518
As far as we can tell, yes. They seem to reuse the recovered ones for all kinds of payloads. I don't think they have a different size or width of fairing

>> No.12460529

>>12460506
It was only 500M USD dev cost, so literally "nothing" for a big rocket such as FH. In contrast, Starship dev will cost ~2B minimum, 5B realistic and 10B worst case scenario.

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>>12460518
Yes, but a long fairing is being developed for the USAF.

>> No.12460541

>>12460531
You mean USSF?

>> No.12460567

>>12460541
No, Airforce. USSF may want to use Falcon Heavy but it will need to contract it.

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You can see a dent in SN9 getting literally buffed out kek https://youtu.be/q57reL6NMFc?t=19

I doubt she is flying. Truly the shinji of starships

>> No.12460570

>>12460531
>>12460541
I think the contract was awarded officially under USAF (also shown by the official render showing USAF emblem)

>> No.12460572

>>12460541
United States Special Forces

>> No.12460598

>>12460572
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Force_Station

>> No.12460604

>>12460568
>boeing does same thing
>they get gov to give them 2 billion dollar to remake it

>> No.12460625

SpaceX confirms they are GO for propellent loading in 3 min

>> No.12460694

music!

>> No.12460695

Music time.

>> No.12460697

>>12460695
https://youtu.be/COraGXFb1lo

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>> No.12460703

>>12460598
OH NO NO NO NO CHAIR FORCE BROS WE GOT TOO COCKY

>> No.12460706

>SpaceX pre-launch music is better than SiriusXM music

>> No.12460710

>>12460697
AHHHH THE SPACEX STREAM IS AT 1080P BROS

ITS HAPPENING FINALLY

>> No.12460711

>at cape canaveral air force station
It's SPACE FORCE station now

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This better be good.

>> No.12460721

>giraffes
why do burgers use units like that
>football fields
>refrigerators
>747s

>> No.12460723

>>12460710
yawn...wake me up when it's 4k

>> No.12460724

why are spacex broadcasts so comfy?

>> No.12460725

>69th booster recovery
nice

>> No.12460726

10 min

>> No.12460727

>>12460524
>handing your payload over to China
I'll take things that will never happen for 500, Alex. Russia won't. America companies absolutely won't. EU ones won't. Japan would rather take hammers to their own sats. Their only potential customers would be Africa and South America.

>> No.12460729

>>12460725
Kate smiled about that

>> No.12460734

>>12460721
Most people don't have an intuitive sense of scale when reading measurements. Relating the measurement with something people can see helps.

>> No.12460735

>>12460711
no it isnt

>> No.12460738

>>12460735
yes it is

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>>12460723

>> No.12460742

>>12460729
I smiled about that

>> No.12460744

>>12460735
https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2020/12/09/vice-president-pence-announces-official-name-change-patrick-space-force-base/6506564002/

>> No.12460749

>>12460524
>4 tons into LEO
lol
I think it's cool that they're naming their rockets after asteroids though.

>> No.12460753

>>12460721
virgin arbitrary measurements vs chad real world examples

>> No.12460759

Kate's stumbling a lot today

>> No.12460764

wtf kate

>> No.12460766

Tice is floundering, bring in Insprucker

>> No.12460767

>>12460759
It's buttplug day.

>> No.12460769

(((siriusxm)))

>> No.12460771

>>12460766
Insprucker is recharging

>> No.12460775

>>12460759
First time watching? The only person at SpaceX who's worse at speaking is Elon

>> No.12460778

is the commentator getting buttfucked right now ?

>> No.12460781

>>12460775
there was that one young flubbing employee who did a Starlink launch, never did another one

>> No.12460785

>>12460771
Will Insprucker eventually commentate starship flights?

>> No.12460786

Godspeed little satellite of garbage media!

>> No.12460788

here we go, 30 seconds

>> No.12460789

>>12460759
Her voice is pleasant to hear for me so I don't care much.

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>> No.12460794

max-q

>> No.12460796

When will launch commentators stop explaining max q

>> No.12460801

>>12460789
I want her to fart on my face

>> No.12460803

ground views not great today

>> No.12460804

>>12460796
never

>> No.12460805

>>12460796
thats not very nominal of you anon

>> No.12460806

>>12460781
When you're hot you can get away with it

>> No.12460807

well we see any lox rats?

>> No.12460811

>>12460803
wispy clouds today

>> No.12460812

>>12460801
or shit in my mouth, diarrhea style

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>>12460759
>>12460764
>>12460766
>>12460775
>>12460778
pls be more forgiving towards others and yourselves anons

>> No.12460817

>>12460796
Just so everyone in this thread is on the same page, could you explain for the folks at home what max-q is?

>> No.12460821

>>12460817
like bags of sand

>> No.12460822

I'd let her expose my S-sex-M satellite if you catch my drift

>> No.12460825

>>12460817
It's when you binge watch all of Star Trek's Q episodes

>> No.12460826

i'd let her strangle me to death with her thighs 2bh

>> No.12460829

>>12460817
some sort of pedophile conspiracy about trump or something

>> No.12460830

after today B1051 will be flight leader along with B1049 iirc

>> No.12460831

i want her to poop on me bros

>> No.12460832

>>12460697
i wish we could get telemetry on the first stage as well, would be cool to see the delta-v during the entry burn and so on

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>>12460826
same tbqh

>> No.12460837

Is it me, or is the second stage shedding a LOT of ice today?

>> No.12460839

>blue screened
OH NO

>> No.12460841

landed

>> No.12460842

it fucking crashed bros....

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>the falcon has landed
>7th landing
>69th overall recovery

>> No.12460845

>69th
LMAO Dirty bitch

>> No.12460847

whew, I thought it was ded for a minute

>> No.12460851

solid landing, little to no crush core used it seemed. right on the money

>> No.12460853

Great landing. Cool that's the standard now

>> No.12460855

Oh sure, the video ALWAYS cuts out at the landing! Why can't Elon invent a camera that keeps working during a rocket landing?

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n i c e

>> No.12460857

>>12460821
Not salty coins?

>> No.12460859

>we're losing it
>cut the feed and go put up the prop

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L A N D E D

>> No.12460863

They seriously need to beef up those camera's on the drone ship.

>> No.12460862

for those tuning out before deployment, next f9 launch is the 17th with a NRO payload. that means
>RTLS!
>awesome ground tracking views!

don't miss it

>> No.12460865

>>12460859
>Put up the 44 ton 40 meter tall prop

>> No.12460866

>>12460856
that landing surface has seen some shit

>> No.12460867

>>12460855
>always
Not always, good chunk gets proper feed.

Cameras that are vibration proof are hard to make on cheap budget.

>> No.12460868

>>12460855
Probably too low priority. I bet someone is tasked to look for better cameras that already exist on the market, though. Among other things.

>> No.12460869

>>12460855
becasuse its jsust cgi. retards bekieve anything elon tels them

>> No.12460870

>>12460863
OCISLY is fine, it's JRTI who has crappy connection

>> No.12460871

>>12460863
It's not a camera issue. It's an antenna issue.

>> No.12460873

>>12460867
It's not the cameras. It's the uplink. If it's 100% calm seas, you might have signal when that fucker comes rumbling down with a sonic boom in tow. Add in some waves and you're likely to lose the uplink as often as not.

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>> No.12460879

>>12460865
>he doesn't think they have a tiny 1 by 2 meteres drone ship, a lego sized Falcon 9 and Elon's spycam to wsitch feed too just in case

>> No.12460882

>>12460876
JEFF WHO YOU BALD ASS MOTHERFUCKER

>> No.12460887

Pretty sweet that they now have two boosters with 7 flights

>> No.12460891

>>12460887
the first 10x will be a big moment, I think that's the cutoff Tory said for cost effectiveness

>> No.12460894

i still can't get over the landings, it goes to fucking space and back to earth like it's no big deal

>> No.12460900

>>12460891
How would Tory know what the costs are to maintain reusable rockets?

>> No.12460901

>>12460891
Are there any hints as to how much work is done on each booster between launches? F9 is "supposed" to need nothing beyond a basic inspection until the 10th launch but I wonder how close they've actually come to that.

>> No.12460906

>>12460901
pretty darn close according to the cape falcon hangar manager dude

>> No.12460908

>>12460894
It's the precision that's so impressive. They gave up trying to repaint the giant "X" because it keeps getting burned off with all the nailed landings. Even SN8 nailed its pad, it was only five seconds of fuel flow away from a perfect landing.

>> No.12460917

>>12460894
Same. I never really was one of the space is hard fags. More like space makes me hard.

>> No.12460919

what are you gifting your SpaceX waifu for Christmas anon

>> No.12460925

>>12460900
he doesn't and elon hinted that 3 flight was enough

>> No.12460926

>>12460919
Sending her my cum in a box

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>>12460917
>we choose to go to the moon
>we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things
>not because they are easy but because they make me hard

>> No.12460927

good orbit

>> No.12460938

this sped-up test shot starfish makes me uncomfortable

>> No.12460943

Nominal orbit insertion called out

>> No.12460944

>>12460925
That's what I was getting at

>> No.12460946

WHEN IS ELONG GOING TO PAY FOR A PROPER INTERNET CONNECTION ON THE DRONE SHIP
SOMEONE SEND HIM A 4G SIM CARD

IT IS RIDICULOUS

>> No.12460950

>>12460946
it has two starlink terminals, the issue is vibrations

>> No.12460957

aaaaaandddd complete mission success. No news yet on the fairing recovery

>> No.12460958

>>12460873
Oh, cmon. This ship is off Florida. It is not the middle of the Pacific.

>> No.12460965

>>12460958
I don't think you understand how satellite uplink works.

>> No.12460973

>>12460965
Except it clearly doesn't work.

>> No.12460977

Maybe a giant drone with a big camera hovering serveral hunderd meters away to film the landing?

>> No.12460983

>>12460973
Not in a bit of waves when you have a 40m object breaking the sound barrier incoming, no. That was indeed my point. Satellite internet is shit.

>> No.12460988

>>12460977
It's simpler to fly an aircraft with a long range camera in the area like how NASA did for a few CRS landings

>> No.12460994

>>12460977
Or a second boat keeping a precise uplink connection free of vibrations acting as a relay fir the drone ship.

But I still refuse vibrations are a problem. Rather, Elon's censoring finger on the button is.

>> No.12460998

>SN-9 Christmas launch and landing

>> No.12461005

>>12460983
It is not shit for the hundreds of ships that cross the Atlantic daily.
Imagine the cruiser industry offering tourists bad internet in the XXI century.

>> No.12461009

>>12461005
How many of them have 40 meter objects breaking the sound barrier landing on them on a daily basis?

>> No.12461012

>>12461009
That is a poor unscientific excuse.

>> No.12461016

>>12461012
The shockwaves from that object are what's causing the uplink to not link up anymore you dumb fucking cretin.

>> No.12461044

>>12461016
The real answer is SpaceX doesn't care about this, because there are clearly solutions to this problem.
There is a support ship nearby that can be used as a relay. There is also something called false direct. Camera can record offline and stream it 20 secs later, like a football replay.
Stupid conformist shill.

>> No.12461059

>>12461044
You done spouting buzzwords? I've done nothing but explain why shit works the way it does.
Why the fuck would they record it and play it back in a live broadcast? So the conspiracy theorist retards can have some shit to screech at?

Get the fuck out of here.

>> No.12461075

Pls post hayabusa girl pics.

>> No.12461116

What happened to SN9 sorry not thread related

>> No.12461147

>>12461116
Tipped over on Friday. Crews pulled it back on Sunday morning

>> No.12461158

>>12461116
It just got a little tired

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On one hand, working here may be one of my only opportunities to work on something close to space exploration, but on the other...
>2b over 24 years
fuck man

>> No.12461191

>>12461147
>>12461158
Know why just a fuckup?

>> No.12461247

No word on fairings. You know what that means.

>> No.12461390

>>12461191
Stand gave up on them. Looks like top right wing/flap is damaged and small dents.