SpaceX Falcon 9 1st stage landing (images & video dump) (1 pic 2nite, more tomorrow)

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  • Dr Mordrid
    Moderator
    • Apr 2001
    • 26592
    #1

    SpaceX Falcon 9 1st stage landing (images & video dump) (1 pic 2nite, more tomorrow)

    Taken by a cam at the top of the landing first stage from the recent CRS-3 ISS resupply mission. Video also said to be coming after they clean it up.

    Aviation Week has called this R&D "exemplar" and a "model"

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    Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk
    Partly cleaned up frame from rocket landing. Full stream posted on http://spacex.com* tmrw
    http://pic.twitter.com/3c754LVYVK
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    • Dr Mordrid
      Moderator
      • Apr 2001
      • 26592
      #2
      This is a low altitude test of the landing system done days before the actual flight. Bear in mind that this first stage is well over 150 feet tall.
      Dr. Mordrid
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        • Evildead666
          Super MURCer
          • Mar 2002
          • 3116
          #3
          Thats a great screencap Elon's posted : Just above the waves, looking very vertical, and very stable
          Vid tomorrow, sweet
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            • Dr Mordrid
              Moderator
              • Apr 2001
              • 26592
              #4
              This is even better

              Elon Musk@ elonmusk
              Falcon 9 onboard camera shot right before splashdown. Full vid posting shortly to http://t.co/0ibzGWMxzu. http://t.co/RXcKJ1d36G


              Nitroc3ll ‏@nitroc3ll 10h
              @elonmusk is this the rocket from the crs-3 mission?

              Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk 10h
              @nitroc3ll yes


              Micah Taulbee ‏@micahgtb 10h
              @elonmusk Was it to fuel depletion?

              Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk 9h
              @micahgtb almost


              Kevin Pluck ‏@constrainedbyc 10h
              @elonmusk How did tech like landing radar (I'm guessing) cope with wave motion?

              Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk 9h
              @constrainedbyc no problem
              Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 29 April 2014, 11:44.
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                • Evildead666
                  Super MURCer
                  • Mar 2002
                  • 3116
                  #5
                  Wow, the video is really f**ked up.
                  Got the raw (4.3Mb) .ts file to play with.
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                    • Dr Mordrid
                      Moderator
                      • Apr 2001
                      • 26592
                      #6
                      Telemetry was really f'ed up by the storm, plus the NASA P3 was grounded by icing. Next try May 10.
                      Dr. Mordrid
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                        • Evildead666
                          Super MURCer
                          • Mar 2002
                          • 3116
                          #7
                          Well there's not much you can do with the video.
                          If the data isn't there, it isn't there. can't invent it.

                          A shame really, because the couple of flashes you can see in the upper half of the screen, show stable hovering, and then a descent into the waves, with a yellowish flame.

                          I'm sure the next vid will be a lot better
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