Second Stage Relight
Second stage relight successful.
Second burn is nominal.
S/C separation should come by now.
Launch Update
Payload separation confirmed!
.I was surprised they relit the first stage engine, given that this is a GEO sat, I thought the first stage would be empty.
Didn't they do the same with SES-8?
Well done, SpaceX :thumbup:
Is that the inside of the 2nd stage propellant tank at 9:55 on the vid?
I've never seen inside a rocket during launch before. Cool!
Congrats to SpaceX.
Bob Clark
Well done, SpaceX :thumbup:
Is that the inside of the 2nd stage propellant tank at 9:55 on the vid?
I've never seen inside a rocket during launch before. Cool!
Yes, failure will happen sooner or latter. And you will decry it as end of the world and doom for SpaceX.Still no reason to be too confident there. The Ariane 4 had its first failure in the 8th launch and its second on the 35th launch (Still, every variant of the Ariane 4 has only maximal failed once). Something will go wrong one day, because if it doesn't by technical reasons, it will do by humans just becoming too much used to the reliable technology.
Quality, not quantity.Also, we only have a small glimpse at the real number of anomalies