Timeline for Do each of the fairing halves now use thrusters post-deployment? How does that work?
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| Dec 28, 2017 at 13:59 | comment | added | eerie | @uhoh Thanks! All that stuff is just plain outright amazin :-) | |
| Dec 28, 2017 at 13:40 | comment | added | uhoh | @eerie Fairing separation is usually around 110 km altitude, see this question and the great answer there. So all the stuff in the video is really in outer space already (past the Karman line)! | |
| Dec 28, 2017 at 13:29 | comment | added | eerie | @uhoh Thanks a lot, I always appreciate ideas on how to improve my posts. It just seems someone else was faster :-) The additional video is incredible, it shows even more detail. Breathtaking! | |
| Dec 24, 2017 at 3:39 | comment | added | uhoh | @eerie that's really incredible footage! Thank you for the link. You could consider leaving a supplemental answer here, possibly adding a screenshot pointing to the fairings' thruster plumes or at least a time code. Also there might be some relevance to the question What is this 'engine plume interaction'?. | |
| Dec 23, 2017 at 20:02 | comment | added | eerie | @uhoh This video footage of the Iridium-4 launch clearly shows the fairings' thruster plumes: | |
| Apr 3, 2017 at 15:59 | comment | added | uhoh | Well I'm going to accept anyway, and not wait for fairing ADCS logs to be posted :) | |
| Apr 3, 2017 at 15:57 | comment | added | geoffc | @uhoh Maybe, maybe not. Just that they recovered one, no sign of thruster or anything else. Also signs it took damage. | |
| Apr 3, 2017 at 15:51 | vote | accept | uhoh | ||
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| Apr 3, 2017 at 15:51 | comment | added | uhoh | ooo - supporting data! | |
| Apr 3, 2017 at 15:47 | history | edited | geoffc | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added picture of fairing on ship.
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| Apr 2, 2017 at 14:10 | comment | added | uhoh | I wonder if they could be called anti-tumble motors. Since the goodies are on the inside and the outside of each half is smooth and convex, the "anti-tumble motors" might be able to establish an outside-down attitude? | |
| Apr 2, 2017 at 11:02 | history | answered | geoffc | CC BY-SA 3.0 |