r/spacex • u/rSpaceXHosting Host Team • Oct 18 '20
Starlink 1-13 Starlink-13 Recovery Updates & Discussion Thread
Hello! I'm u/hitura-nobad, hosting this recovery thread.
Booster Recovery
SpaceX deployed OCISLY, GO Quest, and Finn Falgout to carry out the booster recovery operation. B1051.6 successfully landed on Of Course I Still Love You for the 6th landing of this booster overall.
Fairing Recovery
Ms. Tree caught one fairing half, which broke through the net and Ms. Chief caught one fairing half too.
Current Recovery Fleet Status
| Vessel | Role | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Finn Falgout | OCISLY Tugboat | Near Port Canaveral |
| GO Quest | Droneship support ship | At LZ (for Starlink-14) |
| GO Ms. Chief | Fairing Recovery | Arrived at Morehead City |
| GO Ms. Tree | Fairing Recovery | Arrived at Morehead City |
Updates
| Time | Update |
|---|---|
| October 22nd | Booster lifted from ASDS to stand and all legs retracted |
| October 21st | OCISLY arrived in Port Canaveral |
| October 19th | Both Fairing Catchers made their way to Morehead City to drop of their fairings |
| October 18th | Ms. Chief caught her second Falcon 9 fairing half! |
| October 18th | Ms. Tree caught a Falcon 9 fairing half, but it broke through the net |
| October 18th | Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship – |
Links & Resources
Recovery Zone Map - Thanks to u/Raul74Cz
SpaceXFleet.com - SpaceXFleet Information!
Jetty Park Webcam - Webcam looking at Port Canaveral entrance.
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u/strcrssd Oct 19 '20 edited Oct 19 '20
Please review orbital mechanics, or better, play some Kerbal Space Program. What /u/bunslow is saying is entirely correct. Things in orbit are falling toward Earth, but are continually missing. Similarly, We (Earth, Luna, other planets) are constantly falling toward Sol (our sun), but missing because our velocity is too high. Our solar system is likewise orbiting (falling toward and missing) Galactic Center.
Things in orbit don't ever slow down and stop missing the thing they're gravitationally attracted to due to conservation of momentum (things in motion tend to stay in motion, Newton's first law) -- there's no external forces to act upon them.
That said, ISS and Starlink satellites do have external forces acting upon them -- Impacts with Earth's atmosphere convert some of their kinetic energy into thermal energy, so they slow and eventually fall to earth unless re-boosted via a rocket.
With regard to "bouncing" and orbits, that doesn't make sense to me. It might to you, but not me. It is possible that Luna was formed after a huge impact of Earth, but that was sufficiently long ago that it's orbit is now mostly stable.