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I'm more annoyed at the falsehoods by SpaceX blaming NOAA for the whole webcast being cut short, an those who continue to spread those falsehoods. And I really LIKE Scott Manley, but he glossed over the fact that it was SpaceX who chose to end the webcast early, NOAA did not require them to end it, just not show onboard video).
The license thing is still unsolved. Apparently it's a law from congress that's been on the books since the 90's (they stuck NOAA with that task), to deal with the then-fledgling commercial Earth satellite photography companies who were developing satellites that could in effect the "Spy Satellites".
But was never considered for onboard technical video until the Falcon Heavy Tesla extravaganza made it all-too-apparent. It will probably be resolved but do not know when. Odd thing though is that it's OK for NASA spacecraft launches, the CRS-14 webcast had live video onboard till after the Dragon separated from the 2nd stage and deployed its solar panels.
Anyway, I'm done with this. it was already a dead issue here until it was brought up again the other day. Believe whatever you want.
On to other things, THIS:
From: https://twitter.com/nasa_tess/status/984057626706239488
With this also being a NASA payload, the webcast will probably also show live onboard video till after satellite deployment.
Static firing for the booster was done today, and the data was good. So it's planned to launch April 16th, from Pad 40 at the Cape.
The license thing is still unsolved. Apparently it's a law from congress that's been on the books since the 90's (they stuck NOAA with that task), to deal with the then-fledgling commercial Earth satellite photography companies who were developing satellites that could in effect the "Spy Satellites".
But was never considered for onboard technical video until the Falcon Heavy Tesla extravaganza made it all-too-apparent. It will probably be resolved but do not know when. Odd thing though is that it's OK for NASA spacecraft launches, the CRS-14 webcast had live video onboard till after the Dragon separated from the 2nd stage and deployed its solar panels.
Anyway, I'm done with this. it was already a dead issue here until it was brought up again the other day. Believe whatever you want.
On to other things, THIS:
From: https://twitter.com/nasa_tess/status/984057626706239488
The @SpaceX #Falcon9 fairing for @NASA_TESS arrived over the weekend to meet #TESS for encapsulation @NASAKennedy. After launch, TESS will find new planets around other stars, called exoplanets, that scientists will study for decades to come.
With this also being a NASA payload, the webcast will probably also show live onboard video till after satellite deployment.
Static firing for the booster was done today, and the data was good. So it's planned to launch April 16th, from Pad 40 at the Cape.