New Release Launch Sounds for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy

[Gargantua2024]

This is an addon that includes real-life launch commentaries of individual Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches that will hopefully supplement/enhance the compilation made over the years by Kyle's SpaceX Mission Package (2016-Present).

To prevent myself from overwriting Kyle's addon, there are NO SCENARIO FILES INCLUDED in the compilations, just the MS2015 guidance files and .WAV only....

HOW TO INSTALL:

1. Download first the SpaceX Mission Package (2016-Present) addon, and everything the latter requires
2. On every .ZIP file, there is a .TXT file located outside, copy the data written on that .TXT and paste it on the .SCN file of the same name
3. Do not fast-forward time when you reach T-35 seconds before launch, since many .WAVs start after that time
4. Flights 1 to 5 are entirely coded in MS2015, which uses meshes from SpaceX launch vehicles and Dragon (by glider) to represent the original iteration of the Falcon 9 (V1.0)

LIMITATIONS:

1. WAV audio ends shortly after booster separation because almost every event that happens after MECO in real-life do not match what we see on simulation
2. As a result, there are NO SOUNDS FOR BOOSTER LANDINGS (yet)....I don't know why but MS2015 refuses to play it when I originally added it

Thanks to BrianJ, Kyle, francisdrake and everyone else who brought SpaceX 's creations to life on Orbiter

INITIAL RELEASE: 2020-Jul-28

Added launch sounds for 27 Falcon 9 missions on Google Drive:

• Flight 14 = SpaceX CRS-5
• Flight 15 = DSCOVR
• Flight 16 = Eutelsat 115 West-B and ABS-3A
• Flight 17 = SpaceX CRS-6
• Flight 20 = Orbcomm OG2-2
• Flight 21 = Jason-3
• Flight 22 = SES-9
• Flight 23 = SpaceX CRS-8
• Flight 25 = Thaicom-8
• Flight 26 = Eutelsat 117 West-B and ABS-2A
• Flight 32 = SES-10
• Flight 34 = Inmarsat 504
• Flight 38 = Intelsat 35e
• Flight 40 = Formosat-5
• Flight 41 = Boeing OTV-5
• Flight 43 = SES-11 (EchoStar 105)
• Flight 53 = TESS
• Flight 56 = SES-12
• Flight 57 = SpaceX CRS-15
• Flight 66 = GPS 3A-1
• Flight 69 = PSN-6 and Beresheet
• Flight 71 = Starlink v0.9
• Flight 74 = AMOS-17
• Flight 75 = Starlink L1
• Flight 78 = Starlink L2
• Flight 79 = SpaceX IFA
• Flight 80 = Starlink L3

...also added .WAVs for the first three Falcon Heavy flights:

• Flight 1 = Tesla Roadster
• Flight 2 = Arabsat-6A
• Flight 3 = Space Test Program 2

DOWNLOAD LINK

 

[fatcat]

Thanks,

Could you give a simple procedure to incorporate the sound files in the downloads from BrianJ, without the mission downloads from Kyle?

 

[Gargantua2024]

Thanks,

Could you give a simple procedure to incorporate the sound files in the downloads from BrianJ, without the mission downloads from Kyle?

Since the sounds ran using Multistage2015, it is complicated to run properly without syncing the countdown timers of both the Falcon 9 and MS2015, hence why Kyle's Mission Package is highly recommended....nevertheless, here's what you have to do:

1) Copy the data from the .TXT and paste it on a Falcon 9 .SCN of your choice

2) Open up Orbiter and set the Falcon 9's timer at about 5 minutes after the simulation starts (Example: If scenario time begins at 12:00 UTC, then set the Falcon 9's liftoff time to 12:05 UTC)

3) Immediately close Orbiter and open the (Current State).scn on WordPad. Find the very last line (LOTM) on a Falcon 9 below:

Falcon9:Falcon9_BLOCK4\f9_v12_nofairrecovery
  STATUS Landed Earth
  POS -80.5771995 28.5619578
  HEADING 10.00
  ATTACHED 0:0,SLC40
  AFCMODE 7
  PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000 1:1.000000 2:1.000000
  NAVFREQ 0 0
  FAIRS 0
  SOST 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
  SOPR 0.4993 165000.0 531000.0 23000.0 119000.0 OCISLY 1.5708
  LOTM 12 05 00 1
END

4) Copy and paste the highlighted line on your .SCN file of your choice

5) Reopen Orbiter

 

[Gargantua2024]

UPDATE: 2020-Jul-30

Added launch audios for three Falcon 9 missions on Google Drive:

• Flight 27 = SpaceX CRS-9
• Flight 35 = SpaceX CRS-11
• Flight 89 = ANASIS-II

 

[Gargantua2024]

UPDATE: 2020-Aug-2

Added launch audios for three Falcon 9 missions on Google Drive:

• Flight 67 = Iridium NEXT-8
• Flight 81 = Starlink L4
• Flight 83 = Starlink L5

 

[Gargantua2024]

UPDATE: 2020-Aug-8

Added launch audio for one Falcon 9 mission:

• Flight 88 = GPS 3A-3

Finally moved everything into OHM! Thanks Xyon

 

[Sbb1413]

@Gargantua2024 Please bring the add-on back to the Google Drive! I have a 404 error!

 

[Gargantua2024]

@Gargantua2024 Please bring the add-on back to the Google Drive! I have a 404 error!

Why? OHM still looks fine. Try opening the site indirectly by searching it on Google if the 404 still reappears...
I could still access the files there without any problem

 

[Sbb1413]

Thank God, it worked!

 

[Gargantua2024]

UPDATE: 2020-Oct-5

Added launch sounds for four Falcon 9 missions:

• Flight 29 = Iridium NEXT-1
• Flight 30 = SpaceX CRS-10
• Flight 62 = SAOCOM-1A
• Flight 85 = SpaceX Demo-2

File locations of all other .WAV sounds in previous releases were reorganized

 

[Gargantua2024]

UPDATE: 2020-Oct-29

Added launch audios for three Falcon 9 missions:

• Flight 45 = SpaceX CRS-13
• Flight 52 = SpaceX CRS-14
• Flight 55 = Iridium NEXT-6 and GRACE-FO

On Iridium NEXT-6, overwrite the Falcon 9 with the new one included in the .TXT file so that the automatic countdown is activated at scenario start and to allow synchronization with the .WAV audio

 

[Gargantua2024]

UPDATE: 2020-Oct-30

Added launch audios for five Falcon 9 missions:

• Flight 37 = Iridium NEXT-2
• Flight 39 = SpaceX CRS-12
• Flight 69 = SpaceX Demo-1
• Flight 84 = Starlink L6
• Flight 92 = SAOCOM-1B

On SAOCOM-1B, overwrite the Falcon 9 with the new one included in the .TXT file so that the automatic countdown is activated at scenario start and to allow synchronization with the .WAV audio

 

[Gargantua2024]

UPDATE: 2020-Dec-15

Added launch audios for four Falcon 9 missions:

• Flight 73 = SpaceX CRS-18
• Flight 82 = SpaceX CRS-20
• Flight 98 = SpaceX Crew-1
• Flight 101 = SpaceX CRS-21

On SpaceX CRS-21, commentary for the launch will not be heard until T+50 seconds into flight (like in real life). As such, the difference during the engine start between Orbiter simulation and real-life is apparent

Fixed guidance.txt and file locations for all flights in 2019, now the launch audios are playing in sync during simulation

 

[Gargantua2024]

UPDATE: 2020-Dec-16

Added launch audios for two Falcon 9 missions:

• Flight 42 = Iridium NEXT-3
• Flight 46 = Iridium NEXT-4

On Iridium NEXT-3, overwrite the Falcon 9 with the new one included in the .TXT file so that the automatic countdown is activated at scenario start and to allow synchronization with the .WAV audio. Also, overwrite the Date MJD with the new one (it is closer to the mission's actual launch date/time)

 

[Gargantua2024]

UPDATE: 2021-Jan-16

Added launch audios for eleven Falcon 9 missions:

• Flight 86 = Starlink L7
• Flight 87 = Starlink L8
• Flight 90 = Starlink L9
• Flight 91 = Starlink L10
• Flight 93 = Starlink L11
• Flight 94 = Starlink L12
• Flight 95 = Starlink L13
• Flight 96 = Starlink L14
• Flight 97 = GPS 3A-4
• Flight 99 = Sentinel-6A
• Flight 100 = Starlink L15

 

[Gargantua2024]

UPDATE: 2021-Apr-16

Added launch audios for three Falcon 9 missions:

• Flight 51 = Iridium NEXT-5
• Flight 59 = Iridium NEXT-7
• Flight 77 = JCSAT-18/Kacific-1

 

[Mr. Residuals]

Can't get the Demo-2 thing to work (the only thing I have added). Orbiter keeps crashing. Here's my scenario thing.

BEGIN_DESC
Mission Profile: SpaceX Demonstration Mission (DM)-2 was the first flight of astronauts from US Soil since STS-135 Atlantis in July, 2011. NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken launched aboard the Falcon 9 on May 30, 2020 at 19:22:45 UTC from Launch Complex-39A. Dragon "Endeavour" docked to the forward end of IDA-2 on the International Space Station on May 31, 2020 and is planned to remain there for at least another month. The first stage landed on the ASDS "Of Course I Still Love You".


SpaceX Crew Dragon (03) Spx-DM-2

Spacecraft: Dragon C206 (01) "Endeavour"

Launch Vehicle: F9-S1-1058 (01)


Crew:

Douglas G. Hurley (3), Commander, NASA

Robert L. Behnken (3), Joint Operations Commander, NASA


Backup Crew:

Kjell Lindren (2), NASA


Launch: May 30, 2020 at 19:22:45 UTC

Launch Pad: Launch Complex-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Orbital Insertion Atlitude: 195 kilometers by ~200 kilometers.

Orbit Inclination: 51.64 degrees

Falcon 9 1st Stage Landing Site: SpaceX's Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) Marmac 304 "Of Course I Still Love You"



Dragon Splashdown: August 2, 2020

Splashdown Location: Off the coast of Cape Canaveral, FL.

Mission Duration: 64 days


END_DESC

BEGIN_ENVIRONMENT
  System Sol 
  Date MJD 58999.80399306
  CONTEXT SpaceX
END_ENVIRONMENT

BEGIN_FOCUS
  Ship F9
END_FOCUS

BEGIN_CAMERA
  TARGET F9
  MODE Extern
  POS 3.551748 -109.893240 57.192111
  TRACKMODE Ground Earth
  GROUNDLOCATION -80.60199 28.60827 25.17
  FOV 50.00
END_CAMERA

BEGIN_HUD
  TYPE Surface
END_HUD

BEGIN_MFD Left
  TYPE Surface
  SPDMODE 1
END_MFD

BEGIN_MFD Right
  TYPE Map
  REF Earth
  POS 0.00 0.00
END_MFD

BEGIN_SHIPS
Endeavour:DM2/dm2_capsule
  STATUS Landed Earth
  POS -80.5771995 28.5619578
  HEADING 23.64
  ALT 0.952
  AROT 57.776 -18.826 8.898
  ATTACHED 0:0,F9
  AFCMODE 7
 PRPLEVEL 0:1.0000000:1.000000 1:1.000000 2:1.000000 3:1.000000
  NAVFREQ 0 0
  HTCH 0 0.0000 0 0.0000 2 1.0000 0 0.0000
  PARA 2 1.0000 0.5000 0.0000 3 1.0000 0.0000 0
  TRGT 0 0 0
  PYLD 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0.0010 0 1000.0 0.0000 0.0000
  BEAC 0 0 0
END
F9:Multistage2015
  STATUS Landed Earth
  POS -80.5771995 28.5619578
  HEADING 23.64
  ALT 0.952
  AROT 57.776 -18.826 8.898
  ATTACHED 0:0,MS_LaunchPad_F9
  AFCMODE 7
  PRPLEVEL :1.000000 1:1.000000 2:1.000000 3:1.000000
  NAVFREQ 0 0 0 0
  XPDR 0
  CONFIG_FILE Config\Multistage2015\Falcon9.ini
  GUIDANCE_FILE Config\Multistage2015\Guidance\Falcon9_DM-2.txt
  CONFIGURATION 0
  CURRENT_BOOSTER 1
  CURRENT_STAGE 1
  CURRENT_INTERSTAGE 1
  CURRENT_PAYLOAD 1
  FAIRING 0
  MET -300.000
  GNC_RUN 1
  BATTERY 5400.000000
  STAGE_IGNITION_TIME 0.000000
  STAGE_STATE 1
  TELEMETRY_FILE Config\Multistage2015\Telemetry\guidance_shuttle_STS-1.txt
  ALT_STEPS 100.0,350.0,1400.0,35000.0
  PEG_PITCH_LIMIT 35.000
  PEG_MC_INTERVAL 0.100
  RAMP 
END
MS_LaunchPad_F9:EmptyModule
  STATUS Landed Earth
   POS -80.5771995 28.5619578
  HEADING 23.64
  ALT 0.952
  AROT 57.776 -18.826 8.898
  AFCMODE 7
  NAVFREQ 0 0
END
OCISLY:Falcon9R_V12/barge
  STATUS Landed Earth
  POS -76.9840000 31.9470100
  HEADING 90.00
  ALT 0.335
  AROT 0.000 -76.984 58.053
  AFCMODE 7
  NAVFREQ 0 0
END
GoSearcher:GoSearcher\go_searcher
  STATUS Landed Earth
  POS -79.2500000 28.7000000
  HEADING 90.00
  ALT 0.018
  AROT 0.000 -79.250 61.300
  AFCMODE 7
  PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000
  NAVFREQ 0 0
  ANM 0.5000 0 0.0000
  PST 0.3914 0.1299 0 0
  FDK 0 0.000 8.488 -4.190 0.0000 0.0000 1.0000
END
ISS:DM2/iss_dm2
  STATUS Orbiting Earth
  RPOS -806567.668 428751.409 6733179.571
  RVEL -4937.1614 5778.0577 -962.4117
  AROT -128.279 -53.560 -163.324
  VROT 0.9258 -0.0835 -0.1117
  AFCMODE 7
  PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000
  IDS 0:588 100 1:586 100 2:584 100 3:582 100 4:580 100
  NAVFREQ 0 0
  XPDR 466
END
END_SHIPS

BEGIN_ExtMFD
END

 

[Gargantua2024]

Can't get the Demo-2 thing to work (the only thing I have added). Orbiter keeps crashing. Here's my scenario thing.

You have deleted the entry of Falcon 9 in your SCN. The MS2015 vessel "F9" is just there to provide launch sounds, not to replace the Falcon 9

 

[Mr. Residuals]

You have deleted the entry of Falcon 9 in your SCN. The MS2015 vessel "F9" is just there to provide launch sounds, not to replace the Falcon 9

So basically, I add Falcon 9 to my scenario?

 

[Mr. Residuals]

So basically, I add Falcon 9 to my scenario?

Nevermind, figured it out.