Comments on: Dragon launched and looking good. https://habitablezone.com/2012/10/07/dragon-launched-and-looking-good/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2012/10/07/dragon-launched-and-looking-good/#comment-19263 RobVG Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:01:38 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=23505#comment-19263 I thought it was great! (should have recognized the reference dude) I thought it was great! (should have recognized the reference dude)

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/10/07/dragon-launched-and-looking-good/#comment-19258 TB Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:59:07 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=23505#comment-19258 <p>More on the Orbcomm satellite</p> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/09/us-space-spacex-idUSBRE8941GP20121009" rel="nofollow">Here.</a> More on the Orbcomm satellite

Here.

]]> By: Ainz https://habitablezone.com/2012/10/07/dragon-launched-and-looking-good/#comment-19243 Ainz Tue, 09 Oct 2012 02:31:57 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=23505#comment-19243 . .

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2012/10/07/dragon-launched-and-looking-good/#comment-19239 RobVG Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:30:34 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=23505#comment-19239 Looks like a Sketchup rendering. n/t Looks like a Sketchup rendering. n/t

]]> By: Ainz https://habitablezone.com/2012/10/07/dragon-launched-and-looking-good/#comment-19234 Ainz Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:55:58 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=23505#comment-19234 So, did the second stage malfunction too? I just heard the OrbComm Sat is screwed. <a href="http://www.spacex.com/press.php?page=20121008" rel="nofollow">SpaceX statement</a> <IMG SRC="http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x423/caspraz/Falcon9__10-07-12_Engine_Out-3.png"> <IMG SRC="http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x423/caspraz/Falcon9__10-07-12_Engine_Out-1.png"> <IMG SRC="http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x423/caspraz/Falcon9__10-07-12_Engine_Out-4.png"> So, did the second stage malfunction too?
I just heard the OrbComm Sat is screwed.

SpaceX statement

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/10/07/dragon-launched-and-looking-good/#comment-19231 bowser Mon, 08 Oct 2012 22:01:39 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=23505#comment-19231 SpaceX justifiably compliments itself on having a robust rocket which could compensate for that loss. That's nice. However, they don't mention the apparent loss of a satellite as the result of a failure of their second stage to reignite. If true, that's two different failures on one flight and that's not a good thing. SpaceX justifiably compliments itself on having a robust rocket which could compensate for that loss. That’s nice.

However, they don’t mention the apparent loss of a satellite as the result of a failure of their second stage to reignite.

If true, that’s two different failures on one flight and that’s not a good thing.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/10/07/dragon-launched-and-looking-good/#comment-19224 TB Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:12:38 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=23505#comment-19224 <p>More...</p> <a href="http://www.transterrestrial.com/?p=45067" rel="nofollow">Here.</a> Check out the <a href="http://youtu.be/y6zsZiVa998" rel="nofollow">video.</a> More…

Here.

Check out the video.

]]> By: Ainz https://habitablezone.com/2012/10/07/dragon-launched-and-looking-good/#comment-19218 Ainz Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:27:49 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=23505#comment-19218 <a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/004/status.html" rel="nofollow">Here</a> "Falcon 9 detected an anomaly on one of the nine engines and shut it down," Musk wrote in an email to Spaceflight Now. "As designed, the flight computer then recomputed a new ascent profile in realtime to reach the target orbit, which is why the burn times were a bit longer." Here

“Falcon 9 detected an anomaly on one of the nine engines and shut it down,” Musk wrote in an email to Spaceflight Now. “As designed, the flight computer then recomputed a new ascent profile in realtime to reach the target orbit, which is why the burn times were a bit longer.”

]]> By: Ainz https://habitablezone.com/2012/10/07/dragon-launched-and-looking-good/#comment-19217 Ainz Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:14:49 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=23505#comment-19217 We have a small home office in a long narrow room. I had everyone watching the SpaceFlightNow feed. It looked like mini-mission control. We have a small home office in a long narrow room. I had everyone watching the SpaceFlightNow feed. It looked like mini-mission control.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/10/07/dragon-launched-and-looking-good/#comment-19207 TB Mon, 08 Oct 2012 01:39:16 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=23505#comment-19207 <p>Thanks for the update!</p> I was trying to avoid overcooking pork chops and whiffed the launch completely. Thanks for the update!

I was trying to avoid overcooking pork chops and whiffed the launch completely.

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