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Falcon 9 booster lost in rare unsuccessful landing (spacenews.com)
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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

RIP B1062. 23 flights is literally unheard of.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Champion.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

23 flights. 22 landings. That’s insane! It’s bigger news when a new booster shows up for its first launch these days.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It did make 23 landings. The last one just included a RUD

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

ULT, Unscheduled Leg Test. Pour a glass out on the water for a booster with an incredible record.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

I remember when their goal was 10 uses per booster. So if they're getting boosters to last 20 or more uses, that's quite frankly amazing. Numbers like that can really help to knock down launch prices.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just for perspective, B1062 launched:

  • GPS-3 4 (USA-309)

  • GPS-3 5 (USA-319)

  • Inspiration4

  • Starlink Group 4-5

  • Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1)

  • Starlink Group 4-16

  • Nilesat-301

  • Starlink Group 4-25

  • Starlink Group 4-27

  • Starlink Group 4-36

  • Starlink Group 5-1

  • Starlink Group 5-4

  • OneWeb #17

  • Arabsat 7B (Badr 8)

  • Starlink Group 6-7

  • Starlink Group 6-23

  • Starlink Group 6-30

  • Starlink Group 6-38

  • Starlink Group 6-44

  • Starlink Group 6-49

  • Starlink Group 6-59

  • Starlink Group 10-3

  • Starlink Group 8-6

Source: NextSpaceflight

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Thank you, this is so interesting. It really highlights how efficient these things are!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

o7

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

o7

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Hopefully a useful failure in pointing to ways to improve booster reuse.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

A few words from Jon Edwards, VP of Falcon Launch at SpaceX: https://x.com/edwards345/status/1828885347037786343

Losing a booster is always sad. Each one of them has a unique history and character. Thankfully this doesn’t happen often, due to the robust design and vigilance of the team.

We are working as hard as we can to thoroughly understand root cause and get corrective actions in place ASAP. One thing we do know though is this was purely a recovery issue and posed no threat to primary mission or public safety.

I hope they can get back to launching soon, and wish them the best of luck at catching B1061 (also poised to take its 23rd flight).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Is it just me, or is it surreal to read the headline "rare unsuccessful landing" when referring to a freaking rocket booster?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters
301 Cr-Ni stainless steel (X10CrNi18-8): high tensile strength, good ductility
RUD Rapid Unplanned Disassembly
~ Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly
~ Rapid Unintended Disassembly
Jargon Definition
Starlink SpaceX's world-wide satellite broadband constellation

3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 9 acronyms.

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