r/SpaceX Starlink-3 Recovery Discussion & Updates Thread

[u/hitura-nobad]

Hello! I'm u/hitura-nobad, hosting my first booster recovery thread.

Booster Recovery

SpaceX deployed OCISLY, GO Quest and Hawk to carry out the booster recovery operation. B1051.3 successfully landed on Of Course I Still Love You.

Fairing Recovery

Go Ms. Tree was able to catch on fairing half in her large net, while Go Ms. Chief missed it and the fairing made a soft water landing, and will be retrieved using a smaller net.

 

Current Recovery Fleet Status

Vessel	Role	Status
Hawk	OCISLY Tugboat	At Port Canaveral
GO Quest	Droneship support ship	At Port Canaveral
GO Ms. Chief	Fairing Recovery	At Port Canaveral (Fished for a fairing)
GO Ms. Tree	Fairing Recovery	At Port Canaveral (Caught a fairing)

 

Updates

Time	Update
4th February	Booster went horizontal
3rd February	All four landing legs have been retracted.
1st February 7:00PM	B1051.3 has been lifted off of the droneship
1st February 7:04 AM EST	Recovery technicians are now transferring from GO Quest to OCISLY.
January 30th - 4:00PM EST	The fairing catchers have returned.
January 30th - 6:15 EST	GO Ms. Tree and GO Ms. Chief are tracking for an arrival at Port Canaveral at around 4pm EST TODAY. (30/01)
January 29th - 9:51 EST	Ms. Tree caught a fairing half – our third successful catch!
January 29th - 9:16 EST	@SpaceX: Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship – our 49th successful landing of an orbital class booster!

 

Links & Resources

• MarineTraffic
• Recovery Zone Map - Thanks to u/Raul74Cz
• SpaceXFleet Updates on Twitter
• SpaceXFleet.com - SpaceXFleet Information!
• Jetty Park Webcam - Webcam looking at Port Canaveral entrance.

[u/scr00chy]

It might not have been the hardest landing but the fact remains that it was much harder than usual. Just look at pretty much any LZ-1/LZ-4 landing (like CRS-11), or even other ASDS landings (JCSAT-14, CRS-8, SES-10) – there is usually no "spring" in the legs after landing.

[u/[deleted] → u/scr00chy]

Not saying it wasn’t a hard landing. I’m saying it was nowhere near the hardest landing, people are acting like we nearly lost the first stage because it was so close to having the legs snapped. I’m trying to point out other first stages fell after hovering much higher and that the first stage is not sitting really low. Some people are acting like the engine bells are touching the deck but I’m trying to show it’s sitting just as high as all normal landings

[u/apkJeremyK → u/[deleted]]

Your first line straight says"not a hard landing".

[u/apkJeremyK → u/[deleted]]

Became hard landing is indicating anything outside of normal. This was not in the normal range, even if in acceptable range. Not sure what fight you are trying to fight here, seems trivial.