Dragon will now begin a two-and-a-half day journey to reach the ISS. It is targeted to be grappled by the station’s robotic arm on Friday, April 17 at approximately 7:00am EDT, with berthing and hatch opening occurring over the following day.
Meanwhile, Falcon 9’s first stage attempted a precision landing on our autonomous spaceport drone ship named “Just Read the Instructions” as part of an ongoing attempt to land and recover a rocket after it completes its primary mission. The stage made it to the drone ship and landed, but excess lateral velocity caused it to tip over.
Dual-purpose же все в наше время, остается только гадать. Может, если вылавливать, то не получится при нужде спутники вешать обратно в нужном темпе по мере сбивания. Да и вода не везде рядом есть...
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Meanwhile, Falcon 9’s first stage attempted a precision landing on our autonomous spaceport drone ship named “Just Read the Instructions” as part of an ongoing attempt to land and recover a rocket after it completes its primary mission. The stage made it to the drone ship and landed, but excess lateral velocity caused it to tip over.
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100% успешных запусков у сабжа.
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Не говоря уже про сказанное выше о "соленая вода + двигатели". Добавлю - соленая вода на раскаленные двигатели и на электронику.
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