Author: DougM

Retired USAF LtCol ('70-'92, satellites eng/ops Air/Joint Staffs &c.) — MS, AFIT, Systems Eng / Astronautical Guidance & Control — BSE, UMich, Aerospace Engineering — Diploma, MCCC, Gunsmithing — NC Concealed-Carry Instructor — USCG Master's License, 50T Coastal — Now, just a sarcastic, lazy ol' slacker lookin' out on a NC fairway

Fun & Curios

Stuff That’s Hard do Do (20-26 OCT)

DougM

100 LAUNCHES SO-FAR THIS YEAR FOR SPACEX!
That’s a rate of like, what, 2-brace-per-fortnight (old British units)

US launches this week
As of: 26OCT/1745

• SUN Falcon9, OneWeb CA (RTLS: return to launch site* landing)
Satellite deployment begins at 1h15m
• WED Falcon9, Starlink FL (awesome daylight video)
• THU Falcon9, NRO CA
• THU Crew Dragon splashdown
• SAT Falcon9, Starlink FL

Next week?
• Electron NZ
• Falcon9s FL & CA
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* History Note: LS4 was SLC-4W, back in the day, where I spent
my first USAF posting launching TitanIIIB/Agena NRO satellites

Two vids of Falcon9 fairing separation from inside each fairing
(click on vid for full awesomness)