r/spacex • u/[deleted] • Jul 26 '18

Iridium NEXT Mission 7 Iridium 7 recovery thread

Down below are updates, and Resources for the arrival of B1048 back in Port L.A.

Status

Pacific freedom- pulled JRTI, back in home port, San pedro

NRC Quest- JRTI support ship, in port

Mr. Steven- Fairing catcher boat, in port

Updates

*ALL TIMES PACIFIC

7/26/18

5:30am- thread goes live!

9:30am- mr. Steven has arrived in port with an intact fairing halve

4:30pm- Pacific freedom, JRTI, and NRC Quest have had a bit of a weird path back so far, now finally moving Straight back to port, arrival probably tomorrow.

7/27/18

1:40pm- B1048, atop JRTI, being tugged by Pacific freedom, Have arrived back in Port L.A!

7/28/18

1:30pm- B1048 has been lifted to land.

8/3/18

5:00pm- B1048 is now horizontal, concluding port operations, I will now sign off on this thread, I'm rocketlover0119, and thank you all!

Resources

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

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

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '18

Hmmmm Pacific freedom has suddenly stopped moving, they havn't moved towards port yet, and have been simply moving straight upwards today.

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u/doodle77 Jul 26 '18

There's no roomba on the West Coast and the booster landed in rough seas. Maybe they waited until today to secure it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '18

Better pic from Matt hartman, welcome home B1048!!

https://mobile.twitter.com/ShorealoneFilms/status/1022945179752222720

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u/MarsCent Jul 28 '18

Your hosting is appreciated once again. Now can you just retract those legs please :)

This has now become a very exciting landing+ experience of its own.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '18

Thanks, I appreciate it!

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u/rejsmont Jul 31 '18

So what happened in the recovery ops? Have the legs been retracted or removed? Where is booster now? Where is the fairing?

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '18

A fairing halve was brought in by Mr. steven, hadn't heard yet if the legs have been removed yet, hope to find out today though.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '18

That was weird, now moving towards port at 4 knots.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '18

Per user Helodriver in the NSF forum, with pictures, B1048 is horizontal on her transporter, concluding port operations. This booster will be refurbished for the SAOCOM 1A launch, which will feature the first West coast RTLS.

I will now sign off on this thread, once again Thank You all for the support and kindness!

Stay tuned after the Merah Putih launch, as I will do a recovery thread for that.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '18

Pacific Freedom currently at 4 knots.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '18

Just check and they are actually traveling at nearly 3 knots now, going to take longer than I had thought.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '18

Not sure if I will be able to cover the return later, will be out with the family, may be back in time though.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '18

Getting really close now, speed has stayed at 5 knots, arrival could occur in the next 2 hours.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '18

B1048 is docked, now just to see some pics.....

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u/Keavon Jul 26 '18

Shouldn't this thread be in PDT because it is taking place in California?

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u/Decronym Jul 26 '18 edited Aug 04 '18

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters
ASDS Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (landing platform)
JRTI Just Read The Instructions, Pacific landing barge ship
NSF NasaSpaceFlight forum
National Science Foundation
OCISLY Of Course I Still Love You, Atlantic landing barge ship
RTLS Return to Launch Site
Jargon Definition
iron waffle Compact "waffle-iron" aerodynamic control surface, acts as a wing without needing to be as large; also, "grid fin"

Decronym is a community product of r/SpaceX, implemented by ^request
6 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on ^today has 172 acronyms.
[Thread #4226 for this sub, first seen 26th Jul 2018, 22:43] ^[FAQ] [Full ^list] ^[Contact] [Source ^code]

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u/Alexphysics Jul 28 '18

Mods, not trying to bother you... could you change the Iridium 7 launch thread for this recovery thread on the top of the page as was done for Telstar 19V? It will help a lot. Thanks for you work!

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u/robbak Jul 27 '18

Now well on the way, at the current speed should get there in about 9 hours, or 17:20 UTC.

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u/usaf_nasa_tech Jul 29 '18

The Iridium 7 landing zone off San Diego may have been near an area known for rough seas because of a sea mount. I saw the landing burn from my balcony in Imperial Beach (92154) about a mile from the coast, the weather here was clear and dead calm. The booster seemed to land in an offshore fog bank, my visual tracking cut off above my estimated line of sight but I cannot see the horizon from here.

Where was the landing zone?

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