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#4470029 - 04/11/19 10:20 PM Falcon Heavy Commercial Launch Minutes Away  
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#4470034 - 04/11/19 10:46 PM Re: Falcon Heavy Commercial Launch Minutes Away [Re: F4UDash4]  
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thanks F4 good post !!

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Perfect landing, times three!

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#4470037 - 04/11/19 10:49 PM Re: Falcon Heavy Commercial Launch Minutes Away [Re: F4UDash4]  
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That recovery footage was amazing!
#4470040 - 04/11/19 10:52 PM Re: Falcon Heavy Commercial Launch Minutes Away [Re: Sunchaser]  
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Originally Posted by Sunchaser
That recovery footage was amazing!






I got chills watching it.

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#4470042 - 04/11/19 11:05 PM Re: Falcon Heavy Commercial Launch Minutes Away [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Got a bad connection message when it was landing,,Only got to see it after it was down

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#4470048 - 04/11/19 11:31 PM Re: Falcon Heavy Commercial Launch Minutes Away [Re: rwatson]  
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Originally Posted by rwatson
Got a bad connection message when it was landing,,Only got to see it after it was down



That's pretty standard with the landings on the barge. When the thrust of the engine gets close enough it generally disturbs the satellite dish on the barge and the signal is lost. But it is recorded locally and we usually get to see it a few days later.

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#4470102 - 04/12/19 04:42 AM Re: Falcon Heavy Commercial Launch Minutes Away [Re: F4UDash4]  
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I love the name of the drone ship the large booster landed on:

"Of Course I Still Love You"

Which is a homeage to the Sci-fi author Iain M. Banks, as it was the shipname of one of the spaceships in his Culture series. smile

(The other operational drone ship is called "Just Read the Instructions" which is also from the same series)

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#4470116 - 04/12/19 09:40 AM Re: Falcon Heavy Commercial Launch Minutes Away [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Did they land the second stage too?

The two boosters landing next to each other is still a sight to behold.
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Originally Posted by RSColonel_131st
Did they land the second stage too?


No.

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They did however retrieve the $6 million payload fairings, for the first time:


SpaceX retrieves Falcon Heavy fairings from sea for reuse on future launch

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Recovered three 1st stage boosters AND 2 fairing halves? Wohoo! thumbsup thumbsup thumbsup thumbsup thumbsup

I'd say that calls for a replay of a video!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NY7N02eZGoQ

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#4470666 - 04/16/19 10:23 AM Re: Falcon Heavy Commercial Launch Minutes Away [Re: F4UDash4]  
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The recovered center core stage fell overboard in rough seas, but still may not be a total loss:

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy center core goes overboard, Elon Musk still hopeful

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