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Nelo Ice · Jan 17, 2016

Heads up SpaceX will be having a launch tomorrow. They'll be attempting to land a Falcon 9 rocket on a floating barge.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...-launch-sunday-january-17-20160116-story.html

Link to the livestream.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivdKRJzl6y0

SpaceX is set to launch an international ocean-monitoring satellite from Vandenberg, California Sunday morning.

Targeted liftoff of the Falcon 9 with the Jason-3 satellite is scheduled for 10:42 a.m. PST/1:42 p.m. EST with a 30-second launch window, according to NASA. There is a zero percent chance of weather issues, U.S. Air Force meteorologists said Saturday. A backup time is available Monday.

Deleted member 80556 · Jan 17, 2016

Here's hoping it works! This will help to use less fuel for the landings. Best of luck, SpaceX!

Erv · Jan 17, 2016

wtf. this isn't about the Jason X sequel I wanted.

dorn. · Jan 17, 2016

Hope we'll get live video from the barge, unlikely though.

Austriacus · Jan 17, 2016

I hope its livestreamed

Nelo Ice · Jan 17, 2016

Austriacus said:
I hope its livestreamed

It will be.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivdKRJzl6y0

And adding this to OP.

SargerusBR · Jan 17, 2016

Erv said:
wtf. this isn't about the Jason X sequel I wanted.

.

Marky Mark · Jan 17, 2016

Code:

(X) JASON!
      ,,,
    <('_')>     (X) JASON!

    (X) JASON!

Johndoey · Jan 17, 2016

Erv said:
wtf. this isn't about the Jason X sequel I wanted.

I legit thought that's what this thread was going to be about.

iceblade997 · Jan 17, 2016

Nelo Ice said:
It will be.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivdKRJzl6y0

And adding this to OP.

Awesome! Thanks for the link. Hoping they'll be able to go 2 for 2 and land the first stage on the platform. Didn't they say that they'd need to land Falcon 9 Heavies on the sea platforms?

Banjotanooki · Jan 17, 2016

Dafuq? I thought this was the title of the next Friday the 13th movie...

cebri.one · Jan 17, 2016

Countdown

ZeroFate · Jan 17, 2016

I'm moving to Vandenberg in April. Can't waaaaait to see these launches in person from my roof.

cebri.one · Jan 17, 2016

BTW

This is the last flight of F9 v1.1

They are expecting a 33% increase in performance with the new model.

Jezbollah · Jan 17, 2016

Top stuff Nelo Ice - nice post. was meaning to post something about JASON 3.

Looks like the sea is a bit choppy for the landing barge, but still well below maximum tolerances.

Sir_Crocodile · Jan 17, 2016

elite09 said:
BTW

This is the last flight of F9 v1.1

They are expecting a 33% increase in performance with the new model.

Is that a 33% increase for the same amount of fuel?

Jezbollah · Jan 17, 2016

Sir_Crocodile said:
Is that a 33% increase for the same amount of fuel?

It's the same amount of fuel, but it's supercooled, meaning it's significantly more dense.

EDIT: I've just seen that SpaceX will be producing two different streams for this launch: A "hosted" stream (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivdKRJzl6y0) and a "technical" (non-hosted) stream (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkz_lclGXNg).

blu · Jan 17, 2016

elite09 said:
BTW

This is the last flight of F9 v1.1

They are expecting a 33% increase in performance with the new model.

I thought v1.2 flew last time already (supercooled fuel, etc).

Jezbollah · Jan 17, 2016

1.2 flew for the first time last time around. This is the last of the v1.1 rocket launches.

JASON 3 has been postponed quite a bit, especially since the loss of CRS-7.

blu · Jan 17, 2016

Dan27 said:
1.2 flew for the first time last time around. This is the last of the v1.1 rocket launches.

JASON 3 has been postponed quite a bit, especially since the loss of CRS-7.

Gotcha. Thanks.

chugen · Jan 17, 2016

thanks, will watch it! good luck to them!

Jezbollah · Jan 17, 2016

Another fancy SpaceX mission diagram!

Oriel · Jan 17, 2016

Space launches never used to have such excitement about them, they tended to be dull, boring affairs. We should all be thankful of Musk for revitalising the formally moribund space launch sector.

Nelo Ice · Jan 17, 2016

Oriel said:
Space launches never used to have such excitement about them, they tended to be dull, boring affairs. We should all be thankful of Musk for revitalising the formally moribund space launch sector.

Yup Musk is my freaking hero and I'm even more of a fanboy after reading his bio lol. I always post about his exploits on social media but rarely anyone else cares

.

Jezbollah · Jan 17, 2016

Nelo Ice said:
Yup Musk is my freaking hero and I'm even more of a fanboy after reading his bio lol. I always post about his exploits on social media but rarely anyone else cares .

You're not alone

Aruarian Reflection · Jan 17, 2016

Oriel said:
Space launches never used to have such excitement about them, they tended to be dull, boring affairs. We should all be thankful of Musk for revitalising the formally moribund space launch sector.

I dunno, I still got teary-eyed watching all of the space shuttle launches. This is definitely just as exciting though, and probably more so

Nelo Ice · Jan 17, 2016

Dan27 said:
You're not alone

It makes sad sometimes when no one else is excited or in some cases even knows who he is. Like cmon his goal is to get us to Mars and make us an interplanetary species while also getting us on clean cheap renewable energy. Not to mention he's serious about making alot of sci-fi stuff a reality. Like I would love to work for one his companies. And he's the one guy I would be willing to work well over the standard 40 hr week for if it meant I'd be helping out those missions.

Ether_Snake · Jan 17, 2016

No way they're launching with that fog no?

Jezbollah · Jan 17, 2016

SpaceX webcasts now live.

Enjoy the launch folks

Hazaro · Jan 17, 2016

Nelo Ice said:
Yup Musk is my freaking hero and I'm even more of a fanboy after reading his bio lol. I always post about his exploits on social media but rarely anyone else cares .

If you haven't read (4 parts):
http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/05/elon-musk-the-worlds-raddest-man.html

valkillmore · Jan 17, 2016

So they're going for a re-landing attempt on this one too right?

Nelo Ice · Jan 17, 2016

Hazaro said:
If you haven't read:
http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/05/elon-musk-the-worlds-raddest-man.html

Yup already read that

. Haven't caught up and read the last 3 posts though. I'm a huge WBW fan too.

Disxo · Jan 17, 2016

20 minutes left woooooo

Deleted member 80556 · Jan 17, 2016

valkillmore said:
So they're going for a re-landing attempt on this one too right?

Yes, this time on a barge. Because there are missions with high fuel demand, so they can't spare the additional fuel to return to the same landing spot.

Stream is on, awesome.

blu · Jan 17, 2016

Ether_Snake said:
No way they're launching with that fog no?

I don't think they care about fog. Wind and thunder clouds, though..

Hazaro · Jan 17, 2016

Ether_Snake said:
No way they're launching with that fog no?

Fog doesn't really stop all the other sensors that track everything, so yeah they will.

Ether_Snake · Jan 17, 2016

Ok I thought they'd want a visual in case things go bad.

subrock · Jan 17, 2016

Audio sync is off for everyone right?

Oriel · Jan 17, 2016

Dat fog! Anyone know which is the best stream? I'm using this one:

http://livestream.com/spacex/events/4695903

and it seems to be the most up to date one. The YouTube link seems to be quite a bit of a lag on it.

And we're good to go.

Aruarian Reflection said:
I dunno, I still got teary-eyed watching all of the space shuttle launches. This is definitely just as exciting though, and probably more so

That's true but I get the feeling more people are becoming interested in space thanks to the work of SpaceX.

Deleted member 80556 · Jan 17, 2016

Suggestion from the SpaceX engineer: "turn your speakers up, because this is the last time you're hearing the readiness pull".

They're using different configurations, it seems, from now on.

ALL GO. LETS DO THIS.

Hazaro · Jan 17, 2016

Streams:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivdKRJzl6y0 - Broadcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkz_lclGXNg - No talking heads

LEZZ GO

Archaeopteryx · Jan 17, 2016

subrock said:
Audio sync is off for everyone right?

It's off for me as well

Edit: Seems fine suddenly

Nelo Ice · Jan 17, 2016

Oriel said:
Dat fog! Anyone know which is the best stream? I'm using this one:

http://livestream.com/spacex/events/4695903

and it seems to be the most up to date one. The YouTube link seems to be quite a bit of a lag on it.

And we're good to go.

That's true but I get the feeling more people are becoming interested in space thanks to the work of SpaceX.

Thanks for the heads up. This stream is ahead of the youtube stream.

PjotrStroganov · Jan 17, 2016

Chromecasting the pure stream while checking the the other on ipad.

GSG Flash · Jan 17, 2016

Oriel said:
Space launches never used to have such excitement about them, they tended to be dull, boring affairs. We should all be thankful of Musk for revitalising the formally moribund space launch sector.

It really helps that SpaceX is trying new things, like landing rockets.

For the longest time, NASA missions were all essentially the same as the last, so the only time there was a new development was when something went wrong during the mission unfortunately :/

WeAreStarStuff · Jan 17, 2016

Let's do this.

Disxo · Jan 17, 2016

5 minutes left mann so hype.

Mindlog · Jan 17, 2016

Taking off in that fog is probably going to look pretty rad. Hope a photographer gets an iconic shot.

cebri.one · Jan 17, 2016

Strongback retracting¡¡¡ here we go.

Particulam · Jan 17, 2016

The music SpaceX play before their broadcasts is so dope! Gets me all exited

Hope it all goes well!!

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