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See attached for "extra sooty" F9 textures. Not including these in the scenario package for now.
OHM has been updated to include scenarios for the two most recent Starlink launches too.
@BrianJ This is a bit of a niche request, but one thing I've noticed is that now we're on boosters flying their 9th flight is that they look considerably more sooty than a booster on their second or third flight. It would be cool to have some way to have two separate "sooty" Falcon 9 textures...
Brian,
I have OCISLY for Starlink L17 located at -76.050W, 32.379N per MarineTracker
Also, I have the last three Starlink missions up on OHM. February was a much less active month than January was! They'll need to pick up the pace if they actually want to hit 48 launches this year.
Hey Brian!
As it so happens, someone keeps a record of all ASDS locations based off their reported locations via marine vessel tracking. These are where I get my coordinates for the droneships for my scenarios...
That's ISS A-to-z. by Donamy. I don't include that in my scenarios as there's already a lot of addons required (I actually do use ISS A-to-Z for my personal use, and at one point in the past I did include it in my scenarios, but it takes a lot of extra addons to get the ISS to where it's at...
That's because Transporter-1 does a dogleg to a -97 degree inclination orbit before SECO.
Like I said, it's WIP. I have yet to 100% get it accurate myself, but the closest I've found is increasing the inclination to -73.5 about 90 seconds into flight, then after stage separation and fairing...
Comprehensive 2020 update now up! ASDS locations for all Starlink missions now exact.
Note: Starlink launch inclination is initially ~51.2, so a dogleg is required to put Starlink onto a 53.00 inclination orbit. SpaceX Crew Dragon missions also appear to dogleg slightly.
Yeah, I should know too, I was at that launch in person lol. Yes, Starlink L15 (16th batch) Thanks, Brian! This is a huge help, now I can use the real ASDS locations for Starlink.
I do wonder why they dogleg these missions, considering the dV penalties for an already fuel-starved Falcon 9 at SECO.
Starlink L16 OCISLY location: -75.88 W, 33.012N
SECO-1 orbit: 215 kilometers by ~365 kilometers.
I have an initial launch inclination of 51.2 degrees, later doglegged by the Falcon 9 to 53.00 degrees. I can only get Falcon 9 close to OCISLY with 15,000kg of prop remaining at MECO.
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