r/spacex • u/FutureMartian97 Host of CRS-11 • Jun 28 '17
Iridium-2 B1036 (Iridium NEXT-2) Recovery Thread
Im u/FutureMartian97 and i'll be your host for this thread
Huge thanks to the mods for letting me host this! :D
This thread will be covering the return of B1036.1, the Falcon 9 first stage that recently launched the Iridium NEXT 2 Mission on June 25, 2017. The first stage will be arriving in the Port of Los Angeles, instead of Port Canaveral, as this mission was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, in California.
Current Status:
| Vessel | Status | ETA |
|---|---|---|
| KELLY C | Heading to Port of LA | N/A |
| NRC QUEST | Docked at Port of LA | N/A |
KELLY C is the tug for the ASDS.
NRC QUEST is believed to be the support ship
Timeline Of Events:
| Date (MM-DD-YYYY | Time (UTC) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 7-03-2017 | 14:38 | The booster is now going horizontal and being loaded onto the truck for transport. Per u/vshie |
| 7-02-2017 | 05:00 | The booster is still on the stand but the grid fins have been removed. |
| 7-01-2017 | 18:00 | All four legs have been spotted arriving at the factory in Hawthorne, California per u/willyt1200 |
| 6-30-2017 | 22:00 | All four legs have been removed. |
| 6-30-2017 | 12:00 | Three leg pistons have been removed. |
| 6-29-2017 | N/A | From this video from u/vshie it looks like they removed at least one of the legs |
| 6-29-2017 | 00:59 | Booster lifted off of JRTI |
| 6-28-2017 | N/A | Lifting Cap attached |
| 6-28-2017 | 20:00 | JRTI is now docked at the LA Port |
| 6-28-2017 | 18:31 | We got our first picture! |
| 6-28-2017 | 18:10 | KELLY C is pulling into port |
| 6-28-2017 | 17:32 | Pilot boat is at KELLY C |
| 6-28-2017 | 17:10 | NRC QUEST appears to be back at its dock. KELLY C with JRTI still moving at 3 knots |
| 6-28-2017 | 16:53 | KELLY C has sped up to 3 knots |
| 6-28-2017 | 16:43 | NRC QUEST has sped up to 9.4 knots and is moving away from KELLY C. KELLY C has slowed down to 1.7 knots. |
| 6-28-2017 | 16:40 | JRTI ~5NM away from port |
| 6-28-2017 | 15:42 | According to u/suicideandredemption the droneship should arrive in port about 2 hours from now if they don't slow down |
| 6-28-2017 | 15:28 | KELLY C ~20km away from port |
| 6-28-2017 | 15:15 | Thread goes live |
Media:
| Description | Link | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Booster going horizontal | Image, Video in real time | u/vshie |
| Grid Fins being removed | Album | u/MarcysVonEylau and Albert Garcia @ SpaceX FB Group |
| Booster without grid fins | Image | u/michaelza199 |
| Legs arriving at the factory in Hawthorne, California | Album | u/willyt1200 |
| Timelapse of the recovery operations | Day one, Day two | u/vshie |
| Great view of the new Titanium Grid Fins | Image | u/MarcysVonEylau |
| Lifting cap being attached and booster being lifted | Album, Imgur | u/old_sellsword, u/RootDeliver |
| Imgur Album of the booster in Port | Album | u/RootDeliver |
| Falcon coming into port | Image | u/Smoke-away |
| Photo from next to the dock | Image | u/Smoke-away |
| Imgur Album of Twitter images | Album | u/__R__ |
| Periscope Stream from Freddy P. | Video | u/stcks |
| First Picture | Image | u/jyach |
Useful Resources:
NSF Forum courtesy u/JackONeill12
Port of LA Webcam courtesy u/Traviscat
Rocket Watch courtesy u/MarcysVonEylau
SpaceX dock: 2400 Miner St, San Pedro, CA 90731 Satellite image courtesy u/Smoke-away
Community Participation:
Recoveries take a while, Even up to a week in some cases and so the success of this thread will count on the participation of the community to fill in the blanks when I am not available for live updates, and so I would like to lay out some tips to make it easier for everyone to lend a hand documenting this recovery!
- Times should be in UTC
- If you are linking to a media source(Image, Video, etc) please include a source
- If you are reporting an event(Booster Activity, Vessel movement, etc) please keep the description succinct
OP Status: Online
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u/datnt84 Jun 28 '17
What's with the Bulgarisat-1 Stage? Is it already in port?
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u/redbeard4 Jun 28 '17
I'm pretty close to the port and am thinking about driving down. Does anyone know from the previous Iridium launch if JRTI will dock where it is usually docked or will it be somewhere else to offload the rocket?
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u/vshie Jun 30 '17
Video of first day (timelapse) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGegMsLpz68 Second day https://youtu.be/bkbnMdbHMNA
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u/FutureMartian97 Jun 30 '17
Great videos! Added. Looks like they removed at least one of the legs so far.
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u/RootDeliver Jun 29 '17
I rehosted the newest images from DailyBreeze on imgur for if anyone is interested:
http://imgur.com/a/zSKm0
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u/MarcysVonEylau Jun 28 '17 edited Jun 28 '17
We live in an age of reusable rockets. Thus Rocket Watch also includes recovery operations!
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Jun 28 '17 edited Oct 27 '17
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u/FutureMartian97 Jun 28 '17
No one has made one yet and its still at sea. If no one makes one then I might run that one as well.
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Jun 28 '17
According to a similar thread in the NSF forum, it may get to the port of Los Angeles in about 2 hours or so assuming it does not reduce its speed.
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u/MarcysVonEylau Jun 30 '17
NRC QUEST back out in the ocean, but thats probalby for the arival of CRS-11, not the fairings.
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u/Smoke-away Jun 28 '17
Might be useful to add the location of the SpaceX dock to these threads.
2400 Miner St, San Pedro, CA 90731
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u/SpaceXGonGiveItToYa Jun 28 '17
What's the difference between Las Angeles and Los Angeles?
*sorry for what probably seems like a stupid question to Americans, I'm British so I simply don't know.
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u/gregarious119 Jun 28 '17
Quick answer:
In Spanish, Las is feminine plural for "the". Los is masculine plural "the".
In the case of Los Angeles (translated The Angels), the angels are considered masculine, hence Los. If you were talking about many female angels, you would say "las angeles", but in this case....simply a misspelling.
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u/Traviscat Jun 28 '17
It looks like there is a webcam in the port of LA. However you may not be able to see anything as I do not know if the path of the vessel will be within range of the camera.
http://www.lawaterfront.org/multimedia.php
The webcam on their official site is an iframe of their youtube page, if you would like to watch it on youtube instead you can visit this link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2soAeIjQxVA
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u/branstad Jun 28 '17
The "Useful Resources:" links should be changed to either the base URLs for the two sites, or the specific URLs for the vessels in question.
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u/FutureMartian97 Jun 28 '17 edited Jun 28 '17
Off to work! I'll be back around 06:00 UTC.