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Experimental Air Force Rocket Launch Fails (theverge.com)
schwit1 writes: An experimental Air Force rocket, dubbed Super Strypi, failed seconds after launch. The launch was part of the Air Force's Operationally Responsive Space (ORS)-4 mission which aims to test small alternative launch vehicles. The Verge reports: "A small, experimental rocket meant to carry 13 communication satellites into space for the Department of Defense failed just one minute after launching from Hawaii last night, according to the US Air Force. Video footage of the event shows the rocket spiraling out of control as it falls back down to Earth, leaving a crooked contrail in its wake. This was the first flight ever for this kind of vehicle — known as a Super Strypi rocket — as well as the first rocket launch attempt from the Hawaiian Islands."
Why a experimental launch carried 13 satellites?
"meant" to carry.
I know no one RTFA, but at least RTFS
I've learned that they're worthless, so I don't read AC comments anymore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... Shows a heck of a spin during accent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Failure of the rocket that was "meant to carry 13 communication satellites into space" does not mean that it wasn't carry those 13 communication satellites.
It means that it did not carry them into space.
Whether or not it carried them at all is not stated.
Think of the low, low prices on that one time deal per weight and secrecy.
Or wait for a commercial Russian rocket import that works, has a US private sector costs and has more contractors looking over the project.
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
What is also not stated is whether it was capable of carrying any more or fewer than precisely 13 satellites.
The rocket was in fact carrying satellites -- a large primary payload (HawaiiSat-1), and a number of small CubeSats.
http://www.hsfl.hawaii.edu/wor...
The SuperStrypi is an evolved variant of a spin-stabilized 1960s sounding rocket, so the axial spin is expected, though the anomaly that ultimately doomed the mission was not!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Disclaimer: I helped port some code to run on the system board of one the CubeSats. Let's just say it was a disappointing afternoon....
Yes. Constitutionally granted.
CLI paste? paste.pr0.tips!
So they're saying that it....went off the rails?
No need to get up, I'll see myself out.
Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
"An experimental Air Force rocket, dubbed Super Strypi, failed seconds after launch." Everywhere in the article it doesn't list in seconds but "a minute." HEY, ASSHOLES, QUIT WITH YOUR SENSATIONALISM. THIS IS NEWS FOR NERDS NOT GULLIBLE HOUSEWIVES.
Also left unstated was whether these would be African or European satellites.
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At least one satellite was lost. It was developed by the University of Hawaii @ Manoa (see this article).
"meant" to carry.
I know no one RTFA, but at least RTFS
Oh crap, I RTFA. Most appy lolly gees.
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
The summary says "seconds into the flight" but TFA says "mid-flight".
Many hundreds of seconds
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
...try try again! It often takes many failures to achieve success. Edison experienced many disappointments before who chanced on a practical light bulb design.
Time is what keeps everything from happening all at once.
Well-played Sir!
Bent, folded, spindled, and mutilated.
Tell me you're not a tailor.
...needs more struts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Yes, but African satellites are non-migratory.
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
Experimental rockets often carry payloads, in fact it's better if they do because a) they don't have to carry ballast in order to mimic operational weight and CG, and b) they can partially defray the costs of the development program and launch campaign.
Not that they charge much, and the payloads are not often insured, so it's usually University and High School and NGO satellites or experiments. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the space was donated.
I can see the fnords!
Also, TFS should have specified it was the first *orbital* rocket launch from Hawaii.
(I've launched suborbitals from Barking Sands myself... it's usually used to send missiles towards Kwajalein, either to test an ICBM vehicle, or to launch targets for missile defense tests.)
I can see the fnords!
You just called African satellites the N word. ;-)
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
Space has gotten cheap enough now that it's not incredibly uncommon for High Schools to build cube and micro sats as a project. Most Universities have quite a few cubesats sitting on the shelf that we built as a class project. Many of these will never see space, so if you get a chance to slap it on an experimental rocket, it's better to potentially go down in a blaze of glory than get tossed into the trash in two years to make space for the next class's cubesat build.
Experimental launches do not include actual payload.
They should (and probably did) include mass to simulate the presence of a payload, but there is no way they put multi-million dollar satellites into an experimental vehicle.
Look at the history of the most successful rocket programs, and you will see an enormous number of failed experiments. They know this stuff tends to go boom.
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Nevermind previous. Read the DISA writeup linked in the article, this was actually an operational mission.
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