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CraigyMc said:
That's a ram-air parachute.
If it's anything like the ones I've used for skydiving, it's not drifting, it's steerable and has pitch authority up to and including going back up (until running out of forward momentum)
Sorry for being by a bit thick, but is the parachute holding the stage, steerable remotely then? If it's anything like the ones I've used for skydiving, it's not drifting, it's steerable and has pitch authority up to and including going back up (until running out of forward momentum)
El stovey said:
CraigyMc said:
That's a ram-air parachute.
If it's anything like the ones I've used for skydiving, it's not drifting, it's steerable and has pitch authority up to and including going back up (until running out of forward momentum)
Sorry for being by a bit thick, but is the parachute holding the stage, steerable remotely then? If it's anything like the ones I've used for skydiving, it's not drifting, it's steerable and has pitch authority up to and including going back up (until running out of forward momentum)
NASA is their biggest government customer and Iridium their biggest commercial one. Kinda funny that they're launching satellites for them both at the same time.
BTW This is the fastest relaunch of a Falcon 9 rocket.
It first went up on 7th January (The ill -fated Zuma mission) and now again on 22nd May.
That's 4 months and 15 days (or 136 days) - for a Block 4.
The Block 5 should be able to get that down quite a bit. Doubt we'll ever see a 48 hour turnaround, but you never know. The Air Force might get excited about that capability if they can demo it.
BTW This is the fastest relaunch of a Falcon 9 rocket.
It first went up on 7th January (The ill -fated Zuma mission) and now again on 22nd May.
That's 4 months and 15 days (or 136 days) - for a Block 4.
The Block 5 should be able to get that down quite a bit. Doubt we'll ever see a 48 hour turnaround, but you never know. The Air Force might get excited about that capability if they can demo it.
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