landing success
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Every step now is one closer to the Mars mission. Iām looking forward to watching multiple live streams of that mission 24/7 on a few screens, even falling asleep to the streams.
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That fire is worrying meā¦unless its part of the engine ignition?
yeah I noticed that as well. Might be nothing.
Iām assuming itās a pilot light for the engines, but the fact that they were trying to extinguish it worried me a little.
Is this satellite a military one? It would be good to have cameras running for this part of the flight, panning around to view earth and then into space if they could change the exposure and show starsā¦would be nice. But I guess if its military then they donāt want there thing being seen by all. Iām in favour of more HD cameras, 4k streams will become easier to do in the years to come which will be cool for us viewers.
Secret MIB business. They are tranfserring data to the alien mothership before resuming normal transmission 
Yeah that sucks when feeds get cut, for example, from the ISS. Iām never sure what to make of those youtube channels showing the seconds just before the feed get cut, if they are fake of not. I watch the ISS stream some nights and just fall asleep to it. But have never witnessed a feed cut myself so canāt say for sure what was happening in the seconds before.
Cool final images from the stream
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Dammit it was getting interesting with the ice crystals forming on the thrusters 
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I had to commute while the launch was happening, so I couldnāt watch this one live tooā¦ 
But awesome! Maybe Iāll be able to watch the next landing live. Congrats SpaceX! Now do it againā¦ and againā¦ and againā¦
Wow the laughing smiley looksā¦ creepy.
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Donāt worry, I hear rocket engines are designed to handle fire 
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This, as long as the fire is at the bottom end of the rocket itās pretty ok. Iām assuming Itās just burn off of residual fuel/oxidizer thatās in the nozzle.
Jupiter. I know not in our lifetime, but a manned flight grand tour of Jupiter and its many moons should be the mission of the later 21st and early 22nd century. For this, I would skip the Moon and Mars. To orbit Jupiter and pass across the great eye, now thatās going to be some moment for human kind. Not that the first steps onto Mars wonāt be the best thing in my space watching lifetime 
Hey Nerds!
Yeah you guessed it! A rocket is near! I know youāre thinkingā¦ āBut wait, thereās no launch happening, you would have told us.ā
Correct again, you guys are good, no thereās no launch, but a return! Tune in to this crappy ad infested stream to watch!
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It should appear in about 20 minutes from this postā¦Have fun!
Falcon is returning on her chariot back to port today so if youāre interested thatās how you can watch.
ps. To keep your adblocker, load the stream page but stop it loading once the actual stream has loaded. This allows the stream to load but you stop loading before the adblocker-blocker gets loadedā¦theyāre pretty badā¦Iām working on finding the vlc link to stream it there but I canāt remember what it was. Enjoy!
Edit: If you have vlc, you can watch the stream with this link
http://mia10-1.portfever.com/liveedge/pcw.stream/playlist.m3u8
Happy rocketing!
Annnnnnnnnnd good video of the landing
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Thatās a good landing. Now they have to work on testing and turning them around for re-use. Iām guessing whilst further refining the materials and metals, and the whole process. Lighter, stronger metals and alloys.
Also, hopefully more HD & 4K (soon) camera views inc onboard. Like that latest Blue Origin re-entry video of the onboard camera looking out a little portal window was really interesting. All the different sounds captured by the microphone during the descent, Iām assuming itās housed inside the pressurized main body. And then the last minute orientation change to the craft so we see the shadow of the lander touching down. Perfect framing.
Weāre not too far off a probe mission to Europa which would naturally capture some more awesome Jupiter imagery. But I agree, a round trip to Jupiter and back would be epicā¦provided we can survive the radiation
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Jaws Theme
Whatās that? Oh no! Itās here again!
Yes another launch! When??
2 days from now Thursday at aproximately 2:40 Pm pacific or 9:40 UTC(I got it for you this time guys!)
Links are the same as always. The payload will be Thaicom 8 going to a GTO orbit, same as Jcsat-14 which landed only a few weeks ago.
A landing will be attempted on OCISLY. According to the FAA filing forms, OCISLY will actually be farther downrange than it was for JCSAT, so clearly SpaceX is attempting a different trajectory since Thaicom8 is 1000kg lighter than JCSAT was.
If I had to guess, itās a shallower trajectory to allow more time to break in the atmosphere reducing the necessary fuel requirements. It will be another 3 engine landing burn so this sucker will be coming in hot. I could be very wrong, and infact they are trying to reduce heating as much as possible and it could also be a steeper trajectory which would reduce the amount of time exposed to atmo breaking without engines being lit. Your best guess is as good as mine.
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Iām just waiting for the day when Elon straps a bunch of fireworks to OCISLY to celebrate a landing
I wouldnāt hold your breath unless someone invents reusable fireworks 
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