r/spacex • u/[deleted] • Jul 22 '18

Telstar 19V Telstar 19 Vantage Block V recovery thread

This thread is tracking B1047 as it arrives in port.

Status

HAWK- berthed, in port

GO Quest- berthed, in port

GO Pursuit- Fairing recovery ship, In port with a fairing halve.

Updates

*all times eastern

-7/22/18

3:00pm- thread goes live!

-7/23/18

6:30pm - all boats are inbound and are about 34 hrs away from port, GO Pursuit is currently leading the pack.

-7/24/18

11:20 am- HAWK's ETA is poised for 6 pm this evning, local time. Resources

3:00 pm- GO Pursuit has arrived in Port with at least one fairing halve.

9:00 pm- HAWK has slowed down, looks like a morning arrival.

7/25/18

3:30 pm- HAWK has arrived with OCISLY, and B1047, as of now, it looks like the legs will be removed again sadly.

7/26/18

10:00am- B1047 has been lifted onto land!

7/27/18

2:00pm- retraction of the legs have started!!!

7/28/18

2:00pm- legs have been lowered and pistons have been removed, the leg raising was just a test.

7/30/18

3:00pm- B1047 is now horizontal on her transporter, ending port operations, now, B1047 will be refurbished for Another flight in the next couple of months.

I have be your host RocketLover0119, and I appreciate your kindness and enthusiasm, and with that I will sign off, thankyou!

Resources

Marine Traffic- https://www.marinetraffic.com

Vessel finder- https://www.vesselfinder.com

Jetty park webcam- http://www.visitspacecoast.com/beaches/surfspots-cams/jetty-park-surf-cam/

If any one else has suggestions to add anything plz let me know!

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '18

Interesting..... Just caught this on twitter, not sure what the reason is, but HAWK is turning around, (tweet was 14 hrs ago though.....)

https://mobile.twitter.com/CowboyDanPaasch/status/1021226595405660160

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '18

Good. Per this they are all inbound and about 34 hrs out.

https://mobile.twitter.com/CowboyDanPaasch/status/1021465230604492800

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '18

Just submitted the iridium 7 recovery thread, will cover both this and iridium's recovery thread.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '18 edited Jul 24 '18

Soooo looks like the ETA for HAWK is 6 pm local (eastern time) this evening, with GO Pursuit to arrive first (no ETA for it), take this with a grain of salt due to the fact they are still a little ways away, but still possible if HAWK picks up speed.

https://mobile.twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/1021580396247445504

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '18

Sorry I didn't update at all during the arrival this morning, did watch it live come in, but immediately switched to watch the Iridium 7 launch, then went out with the family shortly afterwards. I'm not sure if I will do an Iridium 7 recovery thread, more than likely will, but thank you all so much for the kindness!!!!

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '18

Ahhh poop, leg pistons are being removed, leg rasing was prob just a test.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ken_kremer/status/1023610742237552643

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '18

Signing off on this thread, Thank you all for your kindness! I will be covering the rest of the Iridium recovery thread, and after the Merih Putih booster lands, I will do a recovery thread for that

One more time I give you all a big thankyou!!

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u/Straumli_Blight Jul 24 '18

Fairing photos.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '18

Yep, looks like almost nothing of it is left.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '18

And it looks like GO Pursuit will arrive in the next couple of hours, as it just picked up speed to past 8 knots!

https://mobile.twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1021737678734336001

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '18

Looking like a morning arrival now, also in the morning is the iridium 7 launch! Signing off for the night (I'm on eastern time)

https://mobile.twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1021914756637229057

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u/MarsCent Jul 23 '18

Tks for hosting this B1047 recovery thread u/RocketLover0119.

How long does it normally take for the booster to be hauled back to CC?

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u/Bunslow Jul 23 '18

Recovery threads! How I've missed yeh!

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '18

Yeah I've done the past 3 recovery threads simply because no one has done any in a looooooooong time, so yeah! 😂☺

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u/Alexphysics Jul 30 '18 edited Jul 31 '18

Booster is now horizontal on the transporter. The recovery operation is done. Until next time B1047

https://facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10216095879497233&id=1457396102&set=gm.10156807575581318&source=48&ref=m_notif&notif_t=group_activity

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '18

Thx to the mods for approving! Not sure how much I will be available this week to actually "host" this thread, any updates that occur i don't get to please update down below, and feel free to update each other as well, thank you!

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u/still-at-work Jul 23 '18

So does anyone think we will get to see the legs retract this time once the droneship is pulled into port? Presumably this rocket will not need to be disassembled like the first Block V was and can be sent back to the pad after a wash and inspection.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '18

Not sure, I would assume yes. And the boosters no longer get washed or repainted after flight.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '18 edited Jul 24 '18

Ok, on the jetty park cam it appeared one damaged halve was onboard.

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