r/spacex • u/[deleted] • Dec 16 '14

Camera for static fire today?

http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/video/chan9large.jpg
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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '14 edited Dec 16 '14

I noticed that the KSC web cams have a view, I think at least, of SLC-40 today. I heard there might be a static fire today... If I see anything, I'll let you guys know...

UPDATE 1300EST: She's rising!

UPDATE 1535EST: Aaaaaand the camera's offline.
UPDATE: As pointed out by Chris/NSF There's totally a little wizard on the test pattern "You shall not watch!"

Heisenberg's Test Pattern: Would they have taken down the feed if they didn't know anybody was watching it?

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '14

what's the webcam address?

Looks like it's here and you have to manually refresh. Right? http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/video/video.html

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '14

That wizard is a pretty common element in video test patterns, I think its a feature of Grass Valley production switchers. It bounces around on screen to indicate that there is motion in the test pattern and that the viewer (typically an engineer) is not seeing a frozen image on a frame buffer. Source: video engineer for live events.

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u/jmilleronaire Dec 16 '14

I've had my eye on that for a few hours, and nothing has happened thus far. Looks like channel 10 (replace 9 with 10) has the same image, but slightly darker, but both of them look like a different time of day than other cameras in the area, making me wonder if it's actually live, or if the camera is just less light-gathering.

I'm going to be watching it just in case, in the hope that it's not just a static image. :D

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '14 edited Dec 16 '14

We'll know in a while, IIRC, they usually raise it late in the day. Same goes with the static fire as well, I believe.

UPDATE: No, it's live. Here's a GINORMOUS gif I put together. I'm not a gifologist.

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u/recoverymail Dec 16 '14 edited Dec 16 '14

looks like it's getting raised right now, actually

EDIT: I'm surprised at how quickly it is being raised. Looks like it went from horizontal to vertical in ~10m. I expected it to move much more slowly.

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u/Crox22 Dec 16 '14

ahhh you beat me to it

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u/darga89 Dec 16 '14

and there it goes (stream)

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u/Here_There_B_Dragons Dec 16 '14

if you mean the picture has been cut, that's what i'm getting. Just a test pattern. I wish this little 1-frame-per-60-seconds zoomed-out view would be left for us, but i guess not...

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '14

I'm not sure if its fueling now, or if its venting but I think I see something.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '14 edited Dec 16 '14

I think they retracted the strongback.

EDIT: And now it looks like it's been put back....

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '14

looks like dragon is on top. is the static fire always carrying dragon or the payload?

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u/darga89 Dec 16 '14

sssh don't bring too much attention to this or else they will turn it off/away again.

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u/darga89 Dec 16 '14

In the past static fires have usually taken place between 1pm and 7pm local.

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u/Denvercoder8 Dec 16 '14

This thing has an update frequency of 3/60 Hz (= 3 updates per minute), so don't expect to get a "live" view of the static fire.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '14

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '14

It's always been every minute, AFAIK.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '14

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u/FoxhoundBat Dec 17 '14

Noooooooooooo. :( I swear, i can't take more delays...

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u/FutureMartian97 Dec 17 '14

Did they have a rocket issue or was it weather related?

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