SpaceX "Falcon 9" rocket finally succeeded in returning to the draft ship in the vertical direction, and the movie including the appearance is summarized


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SpaceX, a company that promotes space development on a private basis at 4:43 pm ET on Friday, April 8, 2016, succeeded for the first time in an experiment to land the launch vehicle "Falcon 9" on a drone ship floating on the sea . This success has become an event that greatly evolves future rocket technology in the sense that it enables recovery and recycling of launch vehicles, which were basically disposable in the past.

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The movie starts on the verge of landing on the ocean drone ship named Falcon 9 "Of Course I Still Love You". This movie is part of the live video showing the state of launch, and the staff of the launch control center etc. cheers up and it also shows how excitement it is.


The first stage rocket of Falcon 9 which gradually lowered altitude. Telemetry information indicating speed and altitude is displayed on the upper right of the screen, but since it is information on the second stage rocket after detachment, it is not from the first stage rocket shown on the screen.


It reached a slight height to the deck.At the challenge of April 2015Although it was overturning and explosion in disturbing attitude here, here is no problem at all.


And it seems that the four legs are earthed. But,Experiment of landing ship landing in January 2016In case of this, one of the legs has broken and it is falling down and exploding, so I worried a bit ... ...


The rocket engine was stopped successfully and successfully arrived at the ship at last. A cheerful cheer in the movie.


Previously SpaceX succeeded in returning to the first round of rocket to land, but after a number of failures it finally succeeded to arrive at the offshore "barge" which was the initial goal. This is the moment when it can be said that a new rocket era has begun, which means recovering and reusing launch vehicles and realizing space development at low cost.


Following this successful ship wrestling, President Obama is celebrating success with tweets. "Congratulations on SpaceX, which let you land the rocket offshore, against President Obama's tweet that America can lead the space development thanks to you and the innovators like NASA" SpaceX's Eulon Mask said " On behalf of SpaceX 's wonderful team, thank you! "I was doing a reply tweet.

On Twitter on SpaceX, a movie containing a ship wreaking in an angle looking down from the top of the rocket is being released. You can see an interesting movement that square mesh "grid fin" moves in small steps to control the rocket's posture, deploying four legs on the verge of wearing a ship.

Also, in SpaceX 's Flickr, there are multiple photos showing the state of the launch mission "CRS - 8".

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Falcon 9 rocket set on the launch pad and waiting for the moment of launch. The central white fuselage is the rocket body, but the four towers around it are to protect the rocket body from lightning strikes. With 4 towersFaraday CageIt is built to form and to prevent intrusion of lightning.

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At the tip of the rocket, supplies are supplied to the International Space Station (ISS). Falcon 9 is a huge rocket with a total length of 70 meters, but the actual goods are only loaded on this tip, and the fuel required for the launch is occupied.

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The moment of launch

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The moment of launch caught from the lightning rod camera

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Falcon 9 rising with a gentle curve

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The first stage rocket which descended to offshore after separating the second stage rocket.

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Perform the final reverse injection to lower the falling speed ...

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Attacked to a drone ship "Of Cource We Still Love You". When looking closely, the aircraft that should have been white was especially recommended at the bottom to black and it is in a state that almost no letters of "SPACE X" can be read.

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It is also possible to watch a movie live-broadcasting the CRS-8 launch on YouTube.

CRS-8 Dragon Hosted Webcast - YouTube


The moment of launch.


The time from the count 0 to the speed of 100 km / h is about 11 seconds, so the initial acceleration force is not so strong compared to the car etc. Nonetheless, since the rocket is accelerating vertically, it is a bit different from the car, and after all the power of the rocket is demonstrated in the acceleration force after this.


Falcon 9 rising with a dazzling light


The rocket lightly exceeded Mach 1 (sound speed) and reached the speed "Max Q" at which the pressure applied to the aircraft reached its maximum.


Main engine stop (Main Engine Cut Off: MECO · Mecoe) in 2 minutes 37 seconds after launch


After a few seconds of MECO, the second stage engine is ignited and supplies to the ISS fly further to space. One of the first stage rockets is controlled from here to return.


A rocket engine skirt that glows red at the temperature of the combustion gas


When I was doing that, the first rocket came down to the drone ship ... ...


Successfully arrived at the ship. An angle that you can see well how well the aircraft is dark.


Even on the official YouTube channel of SpaceX, a movie showing the moment of arrival is being released. I was able to see the picture with 4K picture quality here.

CRS-8 | First Stage Landing on Droneship - YouTube


By saying 4K picture quality, you can see the details of the four legs developed just before the arrival of the ship, so it should be irresistible for those who like it.


◆ 2016/04/13 11:35 Addendum
In the SpaceX Flickr account, images shot from the near distance of Falcon 9 to be docked to a drone ship have been added.

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The Falcon 9 rocket descending towards the ship while jetting rocket gas. You can see how the four legs that look like a starfish are expanding.

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Further approach. You can see how the spray gas is being beaten on the deck. The Falcon 9 rocket has an engine layout called "octa-web" that arranges a total of nine rocket engines on the outer circumference and eight in the center, but at the time of the ship, only the one in the center is injecting a pattern .

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By the way it looks like this when up. The aircraft called "Falcon 9 full thrust" used for this launch has 9Merlin 1D engineIt is equipped.

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On the verge of landing. The gas blowing also gets intensified ......

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Finally grounded. The engine is shut down ......

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Successful landing successfully. It is an epoch-making moment that will greatly change rocket technology in the future.

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Looking from the reverse angle, it seems that the shape of the landing legs is left blank in the lower half of the rocket which became black as if it was running away, and the appearance of "grid fin" used for posture control is attached to the upper part of the aircraft , I understand the fine appearance well.

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◆ 2016/05/02 09: 30 Addendum
The return scene of the Falcon 9 rocket seems to have been taken even with a 360 degree camera in addition to a normal camera. If you raise the angle upwards, if you think that the Falcon 9 rocket like a fireball gets down like a tremendous force, you will be informed that the engine is stopped by shipwreck. Imagine what kind of sensing and control was done in the past few seconds, it is just a surprising picture.

360 View | First Stage Landing on Droneship - YouTube

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