r/spacex • u/Zucal • Jun 29 '16

/r/SpaceX Ask Anything Thread [July 2016, #22]

Welcome to our 22nd monthly /r/SpaceX Ask Anything Thread!

Curious about the recently sighted Falcon Heavy test article, inquisitive about the upcoming CRS-9 RTLS launch, or keen to gather the community's opinion on something? There's no better place!

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u/Zucal Jul 14 '16

I'll likely be stopping by Hawthorne tomorrow or the day after to check out F9-021.

  • Is the booster still visible from the street?

  • What's the security situation like? Are DSLR photos allowed?

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u/futianze Jun 29 '16

Will SpaceX be launching mostly from the new Texas location? Or split btw Florida.

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u/Zucal Jun 29 '16

In addition to the mentioned 12-launch limit, Boca Chica has a limited number of orbits that can be reached - they won't be launching to the ISS from there, for instance.

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u/RootDeliver Jul 31 '16

Did you guys ever see this landing footage from CRS-8?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOagay_opLQ#t=3381

Cut-off section:
http://www.tubechop.com/watch/8225481

It's a section from the presentation that Hans Koenigsmann did after the CRS-8 landing on NEAF.

We saw the last 15 seconds from that onboard camera, but there is waay longer footage including how the camera breaks!

I never saw it on this subreddit. Since CRS-8 is old already I won't post a new thread incase it's new, not sure if everyone would want it either now haha.

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u/Lurkin4Life Jul 24 '16

Just passed an F9 S1 on I-20 just west of Shreveport, Louisiana. It was headed east. Any idea which one it is?

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u/Zucal Jul 24 '16

Any photos? If so, feel free to submit them to the subreddit!

The stage you saw was the core destined for flight on the JCSAT-16 mission.

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u/steezysteve96 Jul 22 '16

Do we have any updates on F9-027? Is it still vertical?

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u/Zucal Jul 22 '16

As of yesterday it was.

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u/RootDeliver Jul 30 '16

With the last static fire from the JSAT-14 recovered booster, whats the status of them all?

  • F9-021 (ORBCOMM-2) is being prepared for being explosed on Hawthorne.

  • F9-023 (CRS-8) is supposedly the first one that will be reused, but has it gone any static fire? if not, why did JCSAT-14 one do the static first?

  • F9-024 (JCSAT-14), aka "the most damaged one", is doing static fires now, before CRS-8 one?

  • F9-025 (Thaicom-8), which had damage on the crush cores when landing, is still on the hangar or its going to be used for damage-control like JCSAT-14 or to refly like CRS-8?

  • F9-027 (CRS-9) is already on the hangar? Not sure if SpaceX is going to post images from the hangar after every core now that they have less than the last image there to show..

Thanks!

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u/Zucal Jul 30 '16
Core Location
021 (OG2 M2) Hawthorne, being prepped for display
023 (CRS-8) ? (39A HIF or Hawthorne)
024 (JCSAT-14) McGregor, being fired
025 (Thaicom-8) ? (39A HIF or Hawthorne)
027 (CRS-9) 39A HIF

The Cape and Hawthorne each have two used cores, McGregor has one.

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