It's very hard to conceal the launch itself, both visually and by radar. What can be concealed is the exact capabilities of the payload and the specific orbit.
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This is the regularity of space operations that we have been promised since the space shuttle days. It's nice to see it actually come to pass. No government could ever do what SpaceX is doing. Well done.
The space shuttles were the biggest mistake NASA ever made. We marked time on space advances for two decades for nothing. They are so heavy and expensive they are not worth anything.
Ya'll should mention it's the flame front of "re-entry burn" which acts like a heat shield against atmospheric friction. Else, they would just Kamikaze and restart the engines only once, just to land. 😊
So for me and anybody that may have this question that haven't found and answer online. Why do the falcon 9's launch with their grid fins folded and the starship launch them deployed?
I think SpaceX mentioned that they found atmospheric drag minimal on launch thru to the 1st minute (MaxQ) and they save on some weight and complexity with the grid fins not folding down. Anyone correct me if I'm wrong I watch alot of Space community videos and that's what I remember.
Lovely. Nice to see, but shutting the main engines before second stage ignition isn’t to slow down the speed of the first stage, as the second stage is still connected and they travel at the same speed: that’s kinda what connected means. The second stage is only being pushed by the first stage. The drag on the second stage just has to be sufficient less than the drag on the first stage to allow the distance between the stages to exist and increase. Acceleration changed with MECO, the integration of acceleration is speed and the integration of speed is distance: ignoring constants. What changed was acceleration and what is desired is distance, speed is just in the middle. They are all monotonically related, but perhaps best to talk about what changed or what was desired.
Just happened to see this guy low on the horizon before it disappeared into the clouds from southern Arizona at dusk. Super cool! The first one I saw blew my mind because it was darker out and the sky was clear so you could see the plume being lit up by the sun super bright and it seemingly lasted forever. This one was much more muted because of more daylight plus the monsoons. But still, what a treat! So crazy to see something all the way out on the Pacific from a landlocked state like this. And also crazy that it happens so often I can just randomly catch it!