Live rocket launch

[Alien 13]

Have I missed something, still waiting for the first stage landing 😋

Alan

[Stu]

1 minute ago, Astro Noodles said:

Well, we've waited long enough for it, I suppose a few more months doesn't matter.🙂

Yep, much better to get it right, and safely in position than rush it now. Crazily complex, I wouldn’t want to be an engineer on launch day! 😱

[Stu]

1 minute ago, Alien 13 said:

Have I missed something, still waiting for the first stage landing 😋

Alan

We get a bit spoiled don’t we! All these old school SRBs which just fall into the sea! It’s so ‘noughties’ 🤣

[Alien 13]

1 minute ago, Stu said:

We get a bit spoiled don’t we! All these old school SRBs which just fall into the sea! It’s so ‘noughties’ 🤣

The landing is often the best bit..

Alan

[Stu]

Just now, Alien 13 said:

The landing is often the best bit..

Alan

Yea I agree. I love watching the two boosters from the ‘Heavy’ landing together. I would love to hear the sonic booms as they come back down!

[Astro Noodles]

I'm really looking forward to the test of the Starship booster. That will be something to see.

[Stu]

13 minutes ago, Astro Noodles said:

I'm really looking forward to the test of the Starship booster. That will be something to see.

Yes! It’s one thing to see them failing back on the pad, but disintegrating on re-entry is something else! 😱

[Astro Noodles]

Just now, Stu said:

Yes! It’s one thing to see them failing back on the pad, but disintegrating on re-entry is something else! 😱

Scrap metal dealers in Texas must be really happy that SpaceX chose Boca Chica for their Starship tests.🤣

[happy-kat]

I thought I caught spaceX on the 5 in early morning as not that long after starlink train passed but reading this post I see that it didn't launch that day 4/5th. Doesn't the starlink train break apart shortly after launch day?

[Stu]

27 minutes ago, happy-kat said:

I thought I caught spaceX on the 5 in early morning as not that long after starlink train passed but reading this post I see that it didn't launch that day 4/5th. Doesn't the starlink train break apart shortly after launch day?

They take a little while to separate out fully. I’ve seen them once very close together, and a few times as long strung out chains that go on forever!

[happy-kat]

I have both bunched and strung out with slight separation.

The ISS is never caught as bright as the moving object that I caught at 02:34 and then again at 04:11 on the 5th and it was the wrong direction for a plane on full lights for landing.

[Davey-T]

5 hours ago, happy-kat said:

I have both bunched and strung out with slight separation.

The ISS is never caught as bright as the moving object that I caught at 02:34 and then again at 04:11 on the 5th and it was the wrong direction for a plane on full lights for landing.

Sounds about right, roughly an hour and a half between orbits, brighter in summer.

Dave 

[Stu]

SpaceX launch due in about 38 mins if there are no delays

[fozzybear]

1 minute ago, Stu said:

SpaceX launch due in about 38 mins if there are no delays

cheers for the heads up

[Stu]

ten mins now

[Alien 13]

T-10 mins, safe trip water bears...

Alan

[fozzybear]

watching now dinner can wait

[fozzybear]

lift off.............

[fozzybear]

job done. So far 

[blameTECHIE]

got to hand it to SpaceX - when they provide video coverage they do it very well.

loved the launch-to-land stage one camera, tend not to be too bothered with stage two/payload these days  

Edited June 3, 2021 by blameTECHIE

[Stu]

Great to watch as always. It has become routine, but it’s still amazing.

[Robindonne]

Pff 🙏🏼 No starlink😅

[Mognet]

Not quite a rocket launch, but the Virgin Galactic takeoff is currently scheduled for 1530 BST https://www.virgingalactic.com/

[Gfamily]

22 minutes ago, Mognet said:

Not quite a rocket launch, but the Virgin Galactic takeoff is currently scheduled for 1530 BST https://www.virgingalactic.com/

Oh good to know the launch has beenput back - we'll nip out to the shops now

[John]

Blue Origin is set to launch today at 14:00 BST (hope that's correct):

Live stream here: