Quote from: sewebster on 06/20/2017 01:01 amMaybe they want to test their new fairing valve in the vertical orientation or in some more realistic pre-flight scenario?But the fairing isn't attached...
Maybe they want to test their new fairing valve in the vertical orientation or in some more realistic pre-flight scenario?
Quote from: old_sellsword on 06/20/2017 01:02 amQuote from: sewebster on 06/20/2017 01:01 amMaybe they want to test their new fairing valve in the vertical orientation or in some more realistic pre-flight scenario?But the fairing isn't attached...Heh, makes my idea somewhat less plausible then!Edit: Umm... I assume this is the same booster...
Quote from: sewebster on 06/20/2017 03:35 amQuote from: old_sellsword on 06/20/2017 01:02 amQuote from: sewebster on 06/20/2017 01:01 amMaybe they want to test their new fairing valve in the vertical orientation or in some more realistic pre-flight scenario?But the fairing isn't attached...Heh, makes my idea somewhat less plausible then!Edit: Umm... I assume this is the same booster...Same booster.. that raises an interesting question.. Would they leap frog the static fire of the Intelsat booster to speed up pad flow? Although mating/un-mating probably invalidates the static fire.. right? Or they possibly swapping boosters for some reason?
Quote from: tvg98 on 06/19/2017 11:43 pmSo it seems that the Falcon is on the pad right now. Anyone know why?Asking.Can't be another static fire. Previous was deemed good and you get notices of roadblocks etc before such an event. We'll find out.
So it seems that the Falcon is on the pad right now. Anyone know why?
Brady out there for NSF taking snap again Chris G and Philip are at the Iridium launch. We're covered https://twitter.com/TheFavoritist/status/878229330391965699
On the eve of the launch of his country’s first communications satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket, the chief executive of BulgariaSat credited SpaceX’s cost-cutting ways with making space accessible for small nations and money-conscious companies like his own.Maxim Zayakov, CEO of BulgariaSat and its affiliate television provider Bulsatcom, told Spacefight Now that SpaceX’s push to reduce the cost of space transportation has yielded tangible results for his country.“People don’t realize that, for small countries and small companies like us, without SpaceX, there was no way we would ever be able to even think about space,” Zayakov said. “With them, it was possible. We got a project. I think, in the future, it’s going to be even more affordable because of reusability.”
Good luck (успех) #BulgariaSat-1! We are excited to see the first #IridiumNEXT "flight-proven" booster back in action!
Falcon 9 will experience its highest ever reentry force and heat in today's launch. Good chance rocket booster doesn't make it back.
Tweet from Elon Musk:QuoteFalcon 9 will experience its highest ever reentry force and heat in today's launch. Good chance rocket booster doesn't make it back.Going for a better orbit, or playing with a booster they don't intend to reuse more than once?
Based on how awesome B1021 did during SES-10, I'm going to assume that B1029 makes it back alive.