Comment by huhtenberg
2 days ago
You don't say. SpaceX used to have "technical" launch streams with just launch status updates, but even they no longer do that :-/
2 days ago
You don't say. SpaceX used to have "technical" launch streams with just launch status updates, but even they no longer do that :-/
Didnt they get caught when a launch went badly but their narrator keep reading from the script, reporting events that clearly were not happening? I would watch a technical stream, but i can read a canned script myself.
No, that never happened.
I distinctly recall that occurring. The event was 28 January 1986, and whilst I didn't watch it live, I did catch it within a few hours.
Though that wasn't a SpaceX launch.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disas...>
The launch broadcast narration continued for several seconds following the vehicle explosion reporting either telemetry or programmed flight path information before breaking script with the infamous announcement "There's obviously been a major malfunction". Various reports I've seen are that the previous commentary was based on telemetry rather than watching video.
There was an F9 loss early in the program where the presenter was overcome by emotion. I would love to find an archive of all the launches including that one.
Unintentional remedy: with Starlink now giving them HD video coverage for the whole flight, I doubt they would be able to do this convincingly anymore. (Assuming they ever did. I do not know about any such launch)