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Inevitably they do, although these 2 launches are at separate pads. With 2 operational drone ships now, it’s less of an issue than it used to be.
Provided nobody else is launching, the range can handle 2 SpaceX launches in 48 hours ok. No word on when the Starlink flight has been bumped too yet.
Tuesday's flight is the ANASIS-II mission (A communications satellite for the South Korean military).
The launch windows opens at 10 pm UK time (17:00 EDT or 2100 UTC).
It'll be heading due east for a droneship rendezvous about 390 miles (628 km) downrange. The static fire was completed on Saturday & the drone ship left port on Friday under tow.
As mentioned previously, this booster helped launch Bob and Doug up to the ISS, so it's going to fly again before they do. In fact, if it launches by 22nd July, it'll set a new turn around record for an orbital class rocket. The current record of 54 days was set by NASA in 1985 with Space Shuttle Atlantis. I believe the nearest SpaceX have come is 63 days, back in February (it launched OK, but didn't survive re-entry on its 5th flight).
EDIT.... And it's delayed now too.
"Standing down from tomorrow’s launch of ANASIS-II to take a closer look at the second stage, swap hardware if needed. Will announce new target launch date once confirmed on the Range" - SpaceX
Provided nobody else is launching, the range can handle 2 SpaceX launches in 48 hours ok. No word on when the Starlink flight has been bumped too yet.
Tuesday's flight is the ANASIS-II mission (A communications satellite for the South Korean military).
The launch windows opens at 10 pm UK time (17:00 EDT or 2100 UTC).
It'll be heading due east for a droneship rendezvous about 390 miles (628 km) downrange. The static fire was completed on Saturday & the drone ship left port on Friday under tow.
As mentioned previously, this booster helped launch Bob and Doug up to the ISS, so it's going to fly again before they do. In fact, if it launches by 22nd July, it'll set a new turn around record for an orbital class rocket. The current record of 54 days was set by NASA in 1985 with Space Shuttle Atlantis. I believe the nearest SpaceX have come is 63 days, back in February (it launched OK, but didn't survive re-entry on its 5th flight).
EDIT.... And it's delayed now too.
"Standing down from tomorrow’s launch of ANASIS-II to take a closer look at the second stage, swap hardware if needed. Will announce new target launch date once confirmed on the Range" - SpaceX
Edited by Beati Dogu on Monday 13th July 19:10
FurtiveFreddy said:
garyhun said:
They’d clean up the market if they can offer a gigabyte connection at a reasonable cost.
Just ending the need for a cable to the house would be good.
It's just not going to have the capacity to serve large, densely populated areas already served by copper and there's really no reason why it should.Just ending the need for a cable to the house would be good.
Starlink won't and can't be a replacement for all the existing ISPs out there, even if you are poorly served by your current one.
it's a great bit of engineering and Musk deserves credit for that for pushing it .
time will tell, it is what the human population craves, being connected to the matrix 24/7, whereever you are.
Stanley "Dr Livingstone I presume?
Livingstone "Why don't you check my Linked in page?
Stanley " Silly me. You have an aerospace job in mongolia?
Livingstone " ah the old CV. Friday night and some beers to sex it up!"
Stanley" Good, you are hired !" Amazon Prime courier for the Deepisst Darkest Congo"
Livingstone " Excellent. Can you say Deepist Darkest Congo in 2020 without falling foul of people you actually don't actually care about?
Stanley : " No. Apart from if you mention Paddington bear, who grew up in these climes"
Livingstone : " Yes, I met the family, delightful, they kept wearing Marmalade sandwiches under their hats and talking about their time share in even darker Peru."
Stanley "You're hired.
Livingstone " Cup of tea?"
Stanley " 2 sugars and stirred anti clockwise. Now, lets talk about the Zambesi..."
Livingstone : Can I google that?
Stanley "No"
Gandahar said:
Starlink is prodding the market and well done for doing that.
it's a great bit of engineering and Musk deserves credit for that for pushing it .
time will tell, it is what the human population craves, being connected to the matrix 24/7, whereever you are.
Stanley "Dr Livingstone I presume?
Livingstone "Why don't you check my Linked in page?
Stanley " Silly me. You have an aerospace job in mongolia?
Livingstone " ah the old CV. Friday night and some beers to sex it up!"
Stanley" Good, you are hired !" Amazon Prime courier for the Deepisst Darkest Congo"
Livingstone " Excellent. Can you say Deepist Darkest Congo in 2020 without falling foul of people you actually don't actually care about?
Stanley : " No. Apart from if you mention Paddington bear, who grew up in these climes"
Livingstone : " Yes, I met the family, delightful, they kept wearing Marmalade sandwiches under their hats and talking about their time share in even darker Peru."
Stanley "You're hired.
Livingstone " Cup of tea?"
Stanley " 2 sugars and stirred anti clockwise. Now, lets talk about the Zambesi..."
Livingstone : Can I google that?
Stanley "No"
Eh? it's a great bit of engineering and Musk deserves credit for that for pushing it .
time will tell, it is what the human population craves, being connected to the matrix 24/7, whereever you are.
Stanley "Dr Livingstone I presume?
Livingstone "Why don't you check my Linked in page?
Stanley " Silly me. You have an aerospace job in mongolia?
Livingstone " ah the old CV. Friday night and some beers to sex it up!"
Stanley" Good, you are hired !" Amazon Prime courier for the Deepisst Darkest Congo"
Livingstone " Excellent. Can you say Deepist Darkest Congo in 2020 without falling foul of people you actually don't actually care about?
Stanley : " No. Apart from if you mention Paddington bear, who grew up in these climes"
Livingstone : " Yes, I met the family, delightful, they kept wearing Marmalade sandwiches under their hats and talking about their time share in even darker Peru."
Stanley "You're hired.
Livingstone " Cup of tea?"
Stanley " 2 sugars and stirred anti clockwise. Now, lets talk about the Zambesi..."
Livingstone : Can I google that?
Stanley "No"
RobDickinson said:
f
k knows.
I think he is having a go at a system that can bring education and information to the remotest corners of the globe.
because thats a bad thing.?
It is a double edged sword. Not only does that system bring education and information, it brings opinion and disinformation, arguably in greater quantity.k knows.I think he is having a go at a system that can bring education and information to the remotest corners of the globe.
because thats a bad thing.?
craig_m67 said:
Are they thrusters (black things) or holes for a nose ring?
Possibly. May also be vents for the small liquid oxygen tank in the tip of the nose.Update: Actually they seem to be attachment points for hoist clamps.
garyhun said:
Is there a date for the scrubbed Starlink launch? I cannot see anything online.
This Sunday by the looks of it. The window runs from 22:00 to 01:55 UK timeEdited by Beati Dogu on Sunday 19th July 00:33
That SpaceX launch set for Sunday wasn't for Starlink it turns out, but for the also-delayed ANASIS-II mission.
Latest update:
"Targeting Monday, July 20 for Falcon 9 launch of ANASIS-II from SLC-40" - SpaceX via Twitter.
Still no date for the Starlink flight yet.
SpaceX engineer & presenter Jessie Anderson showed a Starlink dish & router on her instagram recently. She took the video down later, but here's a look:
https://twitter.com/HeavyFairing/status/1284238544...
Latest update:
"Targeting Monday, July 20 for Falcon 9 launch of ANASIS-II from SLC-40" - SpaceX via Twitter.
Still no date for the Starlink flight yet.
SpaceX engineer & presenter Jessie Anderson showed a Starlink dish & router on her instagram recently. She took the video down later, but here's a look:
https://twitter.com/HeavyFairing/status/1284238544...
Stussy said:
We’re still on old copper lines, BT broadband gets about 1.5mb connection as opposed to EE 4G which we get around 25mb average
I live on an average estate, the copper lines are well... Aluminium the exchange is some 2 .5 ,lies away but the local box is fed withe fibre which is some 1/3 mile away I have 33 mb and EE is....BT 
I should add Fibre to the home will be a great thing to have.
Edited by Toaster on Sunday 19th July 08:00
Edited by Toaster on Sunday 19th July 08:00
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