Launch News SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.2 - CRS- 11 - June 1, 2017

[Donamy]

How much does the time change each day ?

 

[Kyle]

How much does the time change each day ?

Goes back by about 22-25 minutes for KSC launches I believe.

 

[Parnikkapore]

Any wx update?

 

[Kyle]

Any wx update?

40% chance of a violation today.

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Gunning for a 5:07 PM EDT launch.

 

[Kyle]

Fueling underway, 90% GO for weather!!

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Range is GO to support launch/landing.

 

[Pipcard]

Landed!

 

[RisingFury]

Nice going, SpaceX! F9 first stage landed!

And Dragon is free!

Solar panels deployed!

 

[Kyle]

Never gets old, despite some claiming they're becoming "boring".

 

[BrianJ]

Congrats to Spacex on a great launch! Strolled outside and had a great view of Dragon, Falcon9 2nd Stage and solar panel covers, going almost straight overhead. Dragon and 2nd stage were about Mag.-1, solar panel covers maybe Mag.+1. Most excellent :thumbup:

 

[Kyle]

And rendered in Orbiter

 

[PhantomCruiser]

I didn't get to watch the feed live, but Youtube to the rescue. Holy cow, I don't think that'll ever get old!

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Signature updated! :thumbup:

If my count is correct there are now ten recovered Falcon 9s. :huh:

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[Andy44]

That video is amazing. At 3:00 the view from the second stage looking back as the first stage turns and burns is simply epic.

 

[Messierhunter]

Friend and I filmed the launch and landing. Here's our footage from Port Canaveral.

 

[Thunder Chicken]

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[/COLOR]SpaceX CRS-11: Falcon 9 launch & landing, 3 June 2017 - YouTube

I'm actually concerned about the debris seen at 6:19 in the video. Big chunk of something fell off.

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Ice.

 

[mahdavi3d]

 

[Donamy]

I thought it looked familiar.

 

[mahdavi3d]

nasa.gov/nicer : NICER Post-Launch Timeline

June 11, 2017: NICER is extracted from the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft trunk.
June 12-13: NICER is installed on the International Space Station at ELC2.
June 14: NICER is powered up and deployed. NICER’s range of motion is verified by robotic camera.
June 15: NICER executes initial pointing control test and detector initial checkout.
June 17: NICER uses raster scan of Serpens X-1 to determine X-ray instrument and star tracker alignment.
June 21-July 12: Initial calibration and hardware commissioning.
July 13: Begin NICER science program.