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falkone32
2022-09-24 8:00:41 PM  
8 votes:
Well I guess that explains this.

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Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-24 10:41:20 PM  
5 votes:

AmbassadorBooze: OhioUGrad: Yay space junk that will last at most 5 years before leaving its orbit, while causing issues for telescopes and the like so some people can get dial-up speed from satellites.

Next time, launch ol' Musky into space.

Much progress, such win.

We should have Biden EO the end of starlink.  Have him EO that all non essential says be deorbited or shot down.  Essential sats would be telescopes and earthscopes.  And US military sats.  Everything else must be eliminated.

If the elites want fast comms have them put fiber everywhere.  Including the places they said they would but then just stole the money through shenanigans.

Problem solved.


S'Matter?  Is Starlink being too useful in keeping Ukraine communicating with the rest of the world, Tovarisch?
 
Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-24 7:41:39 PM  
4 votes:
And they nail the landing - again!
 
PartTimeBuddha [OhFark]
2022-09-24 9:51:47 PM  
4 votes:

OhioUGrad: Yay space junk that will last at most 5 years before leaving its orbit, while causing issues for telescopes and the like so some people can get dial-up speed from satellites.

Next time, launch ol' Musky into space.

Much progress, such win.


You sound miserable. Have you thought of happiness?
 
durbnpoisn
2022-09-25 7:09:38 AM  
4 votes:
I shot a video of this...
what the hell is this?
Youtube nrfJs3k62aU


I submitted a link for it which didn't get the green.  BTW:  Dear Fark, it would be great if I could see the comments on that without have to pay for TF.

Anyway...  I watch any launch that I know is coming up.  I always look to the south in hopes of seeing something.  I never do.

And here...  I had no idea a launch was happening.  I just happened to be sitting on the front porch, and saw this approaching.  In all my years, I've never seen anything like THIS, and so low in the sky, this far from the launch site.

It was exactly as freaky as you can hear in my running commentary.

By the way, sorry it uploaded to YouTube sideways.  I filmed in landscape.  YouTube didn't seem to understand that.  Shut up and rotate your phone.
 
Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-24 7:28:49 PM  
3 votes:

Mr. Fuzzypaws: Hope it's more exciting than that launch an hour ago. [eyeroll.gif]


The Delta IV Heavy was a good launcher and did a lot of useful work.  But the state of the art evolves and moves on.
 
Spectrum
2022-09-24 7:37:15 PM  
3 votes:
Awesome. Now the booster will fall back through sunset.
 
Peach_Fuz
2022-09-24 7:47:50 PM  
3 votes:
And my internet connection gets stronger!!! 
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/Yes... gutters need cleaning
//properly buried the cable the next day
///Dishy is a beast
 
Spectrum
2022-09-24 7:04:39 PM  
2 votes:
This launch is 16 minutes after sunset. Should add some color to this launch.
 
Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-24 7:35:42 PM  
2 votes:

Mr. Fuzzypaws: Probably obvious to most, but are the four thin towers around the rocket connected by wires for lightning protection?


That's my understanding, but they may have other functions as well.
 
Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-24 7:52:04 PM  
2 votes:
Here's the updated list of successful SpaceX Missions. I've realigned the dates and order for upcoming flights. Last year was a record, with Thirty-One missions.  There are currently 69 listed so far for this year, with more Starlink missions to come! We can count on several of these slipping into 2023 or later, for any one of myriad reasons, but 2022 is already another record year.  SpaceX's launch cadence is about one launch every 6.2 days so far.  That puts them on pace to hit 59 missions this year. We'll see if they can maintain that rate.

Year  # flown  Milestones
2006 - 1 - Falcon 1 successfully flies on its fourth attempt
2007 - 1
2008 - 2
2009 - 1
2010 - 2 - First Falcon 9, June 4, 2010
2011 - 0
2012 - 2 - First private spaceship (Dragon) to visit ISS
2013 - 3 - Falcon 9 v1.1
2014 - 6
2015 - 6 - Falcon 9 'Full Thrust' and first booster landing
2016 - 8
2017 - 18 - First Launch and Recovery of a reused booster / Dragon
2018 - 21 - First Falcon Heavy, First F9 Block 5, First booster with 3 flights
2019 - 13 - Successful Crew Dragon Demo 1; 1st Paying Falcon Heavy; Starlink; 1 F9 flies 4 times
2020 - 26 - 7 flights on one Falcon 9; Crew Dragon Certified; Starship test flights; Starlink Beta Opens
2021 - 31 - 2 ISS Crew/1 Tourist flights; 1st good Starship landing; 2 boosters hiat 10 flights; Starlink is Live

2022:
1     01/06/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 34          B1062.4
2     01/13/2022    Falcon 9 - Transporter-3     B1058.10
3     01/18/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 35          B1060.10
4     01/31/2022    Falcon 9 - CSG-2                B1052.3
5     02/02/2022    Falcon 9 - NROL-87            B1071.1
6     02/03/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 36          B1061.6
7     02/21/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 37          B1058.11
8     02/25/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 38          B1063.4
9     03/03/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 39          B1060.11
10   03/09/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 40          B1052.4
11   03/19/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 41          B1051.12
12   04/01/2022    Falcon 9 -Transporter 4      B1061.7
13   04/08/2022    Falcon 9 - Ax-1 (Crewed; first fully private mission to the ISS) B1062.5
14   04/17/2022    Falcon 9 - NROL-85            B1071.2
15   04/21/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 42          B1060.12
16   04/27/2022    Falcon 9 - CREW 4.            B1067.4
17   04/29/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 43         B1062.6
18   05/06/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 44         B1058.12
19   05/13/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 45         B1063.5
20   05/14/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 46         B1073.1
21   05/18/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 47         B1052.5
22   05/25/2022    Falcon 9 -Transporter 5      B1061.8
23   06/08/2022    Falcon 9 - Nilesat 301        B1049.11
24   06/17/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 48         B1060.13
25   06/18/2022    Falcon 9 - SARah 1            B1071.3
26   06/19/2022    Falcon 9 - Globalstar-2       B1061.9
27   06/29/2022    Falcon 9 - SES-22              B1073.2
28   07/07/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 49          B1058.13
29   07/11/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 50          B1063.6
30   07/15/2022    Falcon 9 - CRS 25              B1067.5
31   07/17/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 51          B1051.13
32   07/22/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 52          B1071.4
33   07/24/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 53          B1062.8
34   08/04/2022    Falcon 9 - Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter B1052.6
35   08/09/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 54           B1073.3
36   08/12/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 55           B1061.10
37   08/19/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 56           B1062.9
38   08/27/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 57           B1069.2
39   08/31/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 58           B1063.7
40   09/04/2022    Falcon 9 - Sherpa LTC2 / Starlink 59  B1052.7
41   09/10/2022    Falcon 9 - Bluewalker 3 / Starlink 60  B1058.14
42   09/18/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 61           B1067.6
43   09/24/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 62           B1073.4

Upcoming Flights:

09/??/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 63             B1062.10
10/03/2022    Falcon 9 - Crew 5                  B1077.1
10/05/2022    Falcon 9 - Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34
10/14/2022    Falcon 9 - Hotbird 13F
10/??/2022    Falcon Heavy - USSF 44  B1064.1, B1065.1, B1066.1
10/??/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 64
10/??/2022    Falcon 9 - Starlink 65
11/07/2022    Falcon 9 - Hotbird 13G
11/??/2022    Falcon 9 - Hakuto-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander / Emirates Lunar Mission Rover
11/11/2022    Falcon 9 - Eutelsat 10B geostationary comsat
11/18/2022    Falcon 9 - CRS 26
11/??/2022    Falcon Heavy - ViaSat 3
11/??/2022    Falcon 9 - O3b mPower-1,2
11/??/2022    Starship / Super Heavy - Full Stack Test Flight
11/??/2022    Starship / Super Heavy - Orbital Flight 1
12/05/2022    Falcon 9 - SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)
12/??/2022    Falcon 9 - Tranche 0B1071.5
12/??/2022    Falcon 9 - Transporter 6
12/??/2022    Falcon 9 - OneWeb Flight #14
Q4/??/2022   Falcon 9 - Galaxy 31 and Galaxy 32
Q4/??/2022   Falcon 9 - WorldView Legion 1 & 2
12/??/2022    Falcon 9 - WorldView Legion 3 & 4
Q4/??/2022   Falcon Heavy - USSF-67
Q4/??/2022   Falcon 9 - O3b mPower-3,4
Q4/??/2022   Falcon 9 - O3b mPower-5,6
Q4/??/2022   Falcon 9 - GPS 3 SV06 ("Amelia Earhart")
Q4/??/2022   Falcon 9 - SES-18, SES-19
12/??/2022    Falcon 9 - SARah 2 & 3

(from http://www.spacex.com/missions, https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ and https://www.rocketlaunch.live/?filter=spacex)
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches)
 
OhioUGrad
2022-09-24 8:49:40 PM  
2 votes:
Yay space junk that will last at most 5 years before leaving its orbit, while causing issues for telescopes and the like so some people can get dial-up speed from satellites.

Next time, launch ol' Musky into space.

Much progress, such win.
 
labman [TotalFark]
2022-09-24 10:04:17 PM  
2 votes:
With starlink as my isp, they can't launch these fast enough.

/mild congestion issues, but still a million times better than any other options I have.
// which is to say other satellite providers
 
bingethinker [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-25 10:10:14 PM  
2 votes:

cryinoutloud: durbnpoisn: It was exactly as freaky as you can hear in my running commentary.

That's just a little bit of that space debris that they never tell you about.  It probably blasted off from the rocket launch, and went off on its own.
I'd dignify your post with a better answer, but what difference does it make?  It was some of our space trash, and there's going to be a lot more of it.  This is what everybody wants.

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Your answer is absolute nonsense, but logic is hard for the Elon-haters.
 
Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-24 7:26:55 PM  
1 vote:
Oontz.
 
Mr. Fuzzypaws [TotalFark]
2022-09-24 7:28:51 PM  
1 vote:
DON'T RETRACT THE ERECTOR!

wait four hours
 
Bhaughbb [OhFark]
2022-09-24 7:31:19 PM  
1 vote:
Will the be the last launch for a week or so from Florida with the storm approaching?
 
Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-24 7:32:46 PM  
1 vote:
LIFTOFF!  Another day, another mission.  Off to Orbit!
 
Bhaughbb [OhFark]
2022-09-24 7:36:47 PM  
1 vote:

Mr. Fuzzypaws: Probably obvious to most, but are the four thin towers around the rocket connected by wires for lightning protection?


Sounds right to me.
 
khitsicker [TotalFark]
2022-09-24 7:41:59 PM  
1 vote:
Nailed it !!
 
Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-24 7:42:24 PM  
1 vote:

Bhaughbb: Anyone else having stream issues?


A bit, not enough to worry about.  I'm on www.spacex.com/webcast.
 
natazha [BareFark]
2022-09-24 7:49:34 PM  
1 vote:
Missed the launch, but caught the landing.  Having watched launches from the first Mercury missions on, SpaceX is getting it right.  Throwing away millions (Billions SLS, eh?) of dollars worth of hardware is a thing of the past. Hopefully, SLS will launch or blow up soon and Starship will finally get the permits to take the next step in space ship operation.
 
poconojoe [TotalFark]
2022-09-24 9:56:29 PM  
1 vote:

falkone32: Well I guess that explains this.

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just saw the meteorologist I used to work with at my old TV station tweeted out a picture of it flying in the skies over NEPA a little while ago. I did not know of the launch or that we would be able to see it on the east coast and I'm really, really annoyed right now

https://twitter.com/JohnWNEP/status/1573849434965901312?t=z9kQctO-qD_vwsNKDVHs5g&s=19


/saw one of the Wallops Island launches from my front porch one time and thought that was the neatest things
 
AmbassadorBooze
2022-09-24 10:49:23 PM  
1 vote:

Nicholas D. Wolfwood: AmbassadorBooze: OhioUGrad: Yay space junk that will last at most 5 years before leaving its orbit, while causing issues for telescopes and the like so some people can get dial-up speed from satellites.

Next time, launch ol' Musky into space.

Much progress, such win.

We should have Biden EO the end of starlink.  Have him EO that all non essential says be deorbited or shot down.  Essential sats would be telescopes and earthscopes.  And US military sats.  Everything else must be eliminated.

If the elites want fast comms have them put fiber everywhere.  Including the places they said they would but then just stole the money through shenanigans.

Problem solved.

S'Matter?  Is Starlink being too useful in keeping Ukraine communicating with the rest of the world, Tovarisch?


That's what is military sats should be used for.  And with no Russian sats (since only scopes and US military sats) we could easily nuke the shiat out of Russia.  Like full on hard core annihilation and liquification of the Earth's crust in Russia.

Problem solved.
 
DVD
2022-09-24 10:51:26 PM  
1 vote:

Nicholas D. Wolfwood: AmbassadorBooze: OhioUGrad: Yay space junk that will last at most 5 years before leaving its orbit, while causing issues for telescopes and the like so some people can get dial-up speed from satellites.

Next time, launch ol' Musky into space.

Much progress, such win.

We should have Biden EO the end of starlink.  Have him EO that all non essential says be deorbited or shot down.  Essential sats would be telescopes and earthscopes.  And US military sats.  Everything else must be eliminated.

If the elites want fast comms have them put fiber everywhere.  Including the places they said they would but then just stole the money through shenanigans.

Problem solved.

S'Matter?  Is Starlink being too useful in keeping Ukraine communicating with the rest of the world, Tovarisch?


___________________________

As well as letting Iranians communicate despite the Ayatollah's desires.
 
cryinoutloud [BareFark]
2022-09-25 10:34:20 AM  
1 vote:

durbnpoisn: It was exactly as freaky as you can hear in my running commentary.


That's just a little bit of that space debris that they never tell you about.  It probably blasted off from the rocket launch, and went off on its own.
I'd dignify your post with a better answer, but what difference does it make?  It was some of our space trash, and there's going to be a lot more of it.  This is what everybody wants.

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