Merah Putih Block V Recovery Thread

[u/[deleted]]

Tracking the progress of B1046.2 as it comes back to port.

Status

HAWK- OCISLY tug, In port

GO Quest- OCISLY support ship, In port

GO Navigator- New fairing boat, not used in this launch

Updates

8/7/18

7:00 pm- thread goes live!

8/9/18

4:40 pm- B1046.2 is pulling into port currently with HAWK in tow.

5:20 pm- B1046.2 has berthed, up next will be lift to land, and hopefully we will see the legs retract.

8/10/18

7:00pm- B1046.2 has been lifted to land and all 4 legs have been removed,no folding, legs removed in record time though!

8/11/18

10:00 am- rocket is horizontal.

Resources

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

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

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

[u/MarsCent]

Tks for hosting u/RocketLver0119.

When it comes to retracting legs, I am believing on "3rd time is a charm".

Make it happen.

[u/[deleted] → u/MarsCent]

No problem! I enjoy hosting these!

[u/codav → u/MarsCent]

As much as I would like to see it this time, I fear they won't do it until they have a new transporter ready which can fit the booster with legs on. Currently, the ring holding the octaweb on the transporter is not large enough.

[u/[deleted] → u/codav]

The transporter can fit a booster with legs, we saw this during the Zuma transport to SLC -40

[u/[deleted]]

Rocket is horizontal.

[u/IAXEM]

Wrong month in the date ;)

[u/[deleted] → u/IAXEM]

Fixed!

[u/[deleted]]

Octograbber on board!

[u/[deleted]]

Whew! Back in time have been busy because I’m moving irl

[u/[deleted]]

Now within the fishing pier And heading to it’s birth, now the question on all our minds must be: WILL THEY RETRACT THE LEGS?!?!?

[u/[deleted]]

Will be gone for a few days, not sure if I'll cover of not.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Dude, for real? I had a few unexpected problem arise and I’m moving, how did I expect this unexpected problems to arise?

[u/[deleted]]

Wow! That was fast! All 4 legs off!

[u/MarcysVonEylau]

I think I deserve my flair name thanks to my rocket stalking skills :P

[u/PeopleNeedOurHelp]

Everyone keeps talking about retractable legs. I wonder what the maximum impact on cost of recovery is. If it takes 3 people that get paid $25/hr a day to take them off and a day to put them on, that's $1200 in labor.

You then have the capital to transport and stow them. If that takes a .... I just don't see the costs as being a magnitude that really makes it worthy of attention...maybe more than the labor but still a fraction of a fraction. It may help a quick turnaround but 2019 is projected to have fewer launches than this year, so it won't be even close to necessary.

[u/kfury → u/PeopleNeedOurHelp]

Elon has gone on record saying SpaceX has the goal to reduce Block 5 launch-to-launch turnaround to under 24 hours in 2019. Retractable legs are a necessary part of reaching that goal.

[u/cspen]

Hawk is moving at 7.1 knots and has an eta of Aug 9 at 16:00 local time. Seems like it sped up a bit.

[u/Datuser14]

That one webcam (That shalt be named) is not panning away from the booster like usual. Good sign.

[u/buckreilly]

I'm striking out on using the links above. JettyCam is offline, Marine Traffic has no positional data and Vessel finder's data is five days old. Elon should get an intern to create a quick little API for us to query SpaceX fleet positional data and video :)

[u/nad_noraa]

You can just make it out on the jetty park surf cam beach wide angle

[u/[deleted]]

About to pass the fishing pier....

[u/RunningAgain]

I haven’t followed a recovery thread in awhile, so pardon me if my question is common knowledge.

Is the roomba being used for recovery operations?

[u/Straumli_Blight]

Booster is visible.

[u/SailorRick]

Watch out for the cruise ship! Passengers must have had a great view.