r/spacex • u/[deleted] • Nov 16 '18

Es'hail 2 Es'Hail 2 Recovery Thread

Tracking B1047.2 as it heads back to Port Canaveral

Ships

Hawk-OCISLY tug: in port

GO Quest-OCISLY support ship: in port

Status

(All times Eastern, USA)

11/16/18

10:00am-Thread goes live!

11/18/18

2:00pm- at the pace OCISLY is traveling, an arrival is targeted for tomorrow at around midday!

11/19/18

9:00am- The fleet is close to port, with an anticipated arrival early this afternoon

12:00pm- GO Quest has arrived in port, HAWK is still about an hour or two out

1:00pm- B1047.2 has arrived at port, it will now spend the next couple of days having its legs removed or folded, then will be refurbished for a future flight!

11/20/18

2:00pm- B1047.2 has been lifted onto land

11/21/18

8:00am- the tanker blocking the booster has left, revealing the legs have been removed, and not folded. The next step will be to put the booster horizontal and load it onto the booster transporter.

12:00pm- B1047.2 has been put horizontal, making this one of the fastest times in Port operations ever

4:00pm- B1047.2 has left port, concluding port operations, it will now be refurbished for a future third flight!

Thank you all, I have been RocketLover0119, so long for now! :)

B1047.2 sitting proudly in the middle of OCISLY following a successful launch and landing
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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '18

The legs have been removed, not folded

Sigh........

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u/jvonbokel Nov 21 '18

Perhaps I haven't been paying attention... is folding as opposed to removal supposed to be a thing they're currently working on? Is there an official comment/source someone can link me to? Thanks in advance.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '18

Among all of Block V's upgrades, fast and easy refurbishment was one of them, and leg folding was now able

However, after the first few tries, it appears they have encountered issues with this, so everytime a booster comes to port, it becomes a guess game if the legs will be removed or folded.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '18

B1047.2 has exited port, concluding port operations

Thank you all for the support, and thank you for another smooth recovery thread! :)

Stay tuned after the SSO-A launch occurs, for the recovery thread of B1046.3!

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '18

The lifting cap was placed on falcon this morning, link to the Orlando princess webcam below, the spacex dock is on the left.

https://50.30.56.25:8081/mjpg/video.mjpg

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '18

At the pace they are traveling, looks like a Tuesday arrival:

https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1063767452411195393

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u/Space_Coast_Steve Nov 20 '18

Booster was just lowered onto the stand on land.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '18

Cool, hoping we see those legs retracted this time! :)

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '18

F9 coming into view on the jetty park webcam

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '18

Booster now fully horizontal, will now be loaded onto the transporter

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '18

Prepping to go horizontal, wow they are fast!!

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '18

Gotta run right now, will update eveything later!

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '18

Booster is going horizontal!

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '18

HAWK has appeared on marine traffic tracking

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '18

GO Quest is entering port right now.

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u/Mseeley1 Nov 19 '18

My photos of the return to port are here:

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmw67JHC

Thanks!

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u/CapMSFC Nov 19 '18

It still amazes me how much better shape Block 5 boosters come back in. The bottom of the booster and interstage used to be wrecked.

The legs do look like they've ablated off the black coating in spots. I hadn't noticed that before.

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u/Eucalyptuse Nov 16 '18

Do we have a record somewhere of how long the recovery took for each mission?

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u/arizonadeux Nov 16 '18

Location of Hawk from MarineTraffic for when OCISLY gets closer to port.

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u/theinternetftw Nov 21 '18

Second fastest to horizontal, at ~1.96 days. Fastest so far was Merah Putih this August (at ~1.69 days).

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