Falcon 9 reentry seattle8/9/2023 ![]() ![]() As you’ll learn later in this article, the space wasn’t as “messy” back then. These programs were perhaps the two most famous programs because they involved crewed missions. Yesterday’s spectacular event brings back the memories of the Apollo and the Space Shuttle programs. How SpaceX launches a rocket and lands stage 1 back safely on Earth. Although the content is from 2017, it does a good job of explaining the 6 steps in the following animation. It’s an excellent graphical depiction of the SpaceX launch from start to finish and shows how it deploys a satellite in space. The Falcon 9 rocket is an incredible achievement by SpaceX engineers.Ĭheck out USA Today’s Anatomy of a SpaceX launch. If you look at the animation below, you will notice that in step #5 the grid fins guide the rocket so it can orient itself and land vertically on the ground on its landing legs. The interstage is never separated from the first stage. At the lower part of the interstage, there are four fins that are used to guide the rocket during reentry by moving the center of pressure. As an engineer, I appreciate the simplicity and efficiency of Falcon 9 rocket design. It’s designed to allow a smooth separation of the two stages during flight. The interstage connects the two stages together. Although the fairing is discarded after a few minutes into flight, SpaceX recovers it for future missions. The fairing is made of carbon composite material and protects the payload, like satellite, during its journey to the orbit. The other thing that may be confusing is that the part in the front of the rocket is called second stage and the part in the back is first stage. The stages are not phases of a mission, they are actually the hardware, as depicted in the following image. The term stage may be confusing if you’re not quite familiar with the Falcon 9. Elon Musk believes it’s not worth spending the money to figure out a way to reuse second stage. Therefore, the loss of second stage isn’t as bad as losing stage one. Keep in mind, the first stage has nine Merlin engines, while the second stage has only one. The first stage is reused, but the second stage is allowed to deorbit and reenter the Earth’s atmosphere, so it’s left to burn. The first stage essentially does the initial heavy lifting, then the second stage takes the payload to the orbit. The second stage uses one Merlin engine and carries the payload to the orbit. The first stage uses nine SpaceX Merlin engines and generates 1.7 million lbs. It has two large components called stages and a center piece (called interstage) that connects the two stages. Falcon 9 is 229.6 feet in height and 12 feet in diameter. It’s the world’s first reusable rocket built to take people and cargo into the Earth’s orbit. This event took place on Friday, Maat about 9:00 PM PST.įalcon 9 is a two-stage reusable rocket manufactured by SpaceX in the United States. By the way, the date displayed on the video camera is incorrect. It’s best to watch this video in full-screen mode on your desktop or laptop computer. The full video gives you an awesome view, first from one camera facing East and then a different view from the second camera facing West, so make sure you watch the full video. Vilke said he has a pair of 4K cameras pointed east and west at Puget Sound to capture video of orcas, submarines, sunrises and sunsets, but now he will know to keep an eye out for rockets as well.” According to King 5, “Stephen Vilke captured footage of the SpaceX rocket debris from Bainbridge Island. Seattle’s local NBC affiliate King 5 posted a video taken from Bainbridge Island, just across Seattle. The Falcon 9 debris falling to earth was “unlikely to be major,” he added, and would most likely fall in the Rocky Mountains near the Canadian border.” McDowell wrote that the “space junk” visible over Seattle was the result of a breakup that happened about 30 miles above where airplanes fly. I am sure you’re wondering where the debris from Falcon 9 stage 2 is going to land. ![]()
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