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Falcon Heavy delivers ARABSAT-6A to GTO, launch window opens 8PM EST tonight.
Triple booster landing - two on the Cape, one on the boat.
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Falcon Heavy delivers ARABSAT-6A to GTO, launch window opens 8PM EST tonight.
Triple booster landing - two on the Cape, one on the boat.
ya would think that someone would say - hey that thing is very tall to be sitting unsecured, upright on a boat.
looks like they are addressing it.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/15/18311945/spacex-falcon-heavy-center-core-drone-ship-rough-ocean
Last day of Spring / First day of Summer
ASTRONOMICAL SEASON VS. METEOROLOGICAL SEASON
The astronomical start of a season is based on the position of the Earth in relation to the Sun. More specifically, the start of each season is marked by either a solstice (for winter and summer) or an equinox (for spring and autumn). A solstice is when the Sun reaches the most southerly or northerly point in the sky, while an equinox is when the Sun passes over Earth’s equator. Because of leap years, the dates of the equinoxes and solstices can shift by a day or two over time, causing the start dates of the seasons to shift, too.
In contrast, the meteorological start of a season is based on the annual temperature cycle and the 12-month calendar. According to this definition, each season begins on the first of a particular month and lasts for three months: Spring begins on March 1, summer on June 1, autumn on September 1, and winter on December 1. Climate scientists and meteorologists created this definition to make it easier to keep records of the weather, since the start of each meteorological season doesn’t change from year to year.
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great spacex mission. booster landings, missed the main engine (fell off to the side), caught a nose faring for the first time.
24(?) satellite deployments -
impressive - they have changed up the production a bit, fewer people talking, less in the background, more status info.
i was impressed by the acceleration at the start 100km/sec^2 - in other words, for every second that went by, they were doing 100KM more,
so 10 seconds, 1000km/hr, 20 seconds 2000 km/hr (about 125 mph)
https://www.spacex.com/webcast