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How many successful landings of F9 first stages (cores) will SpaceX have in 2017?

None, all the landings so far were flukes (or fakes)
0 (0%)
1
0 (0%)
2
0 (0%)
3
2 (1.2%)
4
6 (3.6%)
5
1 (0.6%)
6
11 (6.5%)
7
15 (8.9%)
8
17 (10.1%)
9
17 (10.1%)
10
19 (11.2%)
11
9 (5.3%)
12
19 (11.2%)
13
11 (6.5%)
14
11 (6.5%)
15
4 (2.4%)
16
7 (4.1%)
17
4 (2.4%)
18
4 (2.4%)
19
1 (0.6%)
20 or more
11 (6.5%)

Total Members Voted: 169

Voting closed: 01/19/2017 07:16 pm


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Offline MP99

I voted 10, though I didn't look into the spread of likely RTLS/ASDS/expended launches - so a bit arbitrary.

The second stage can blow up one second after MECO and as long as the first stage gets home, it counts.

BTW, I believe this condition is arbitrary and unnecessary. If an F9 or FH second stage blows up before MECO but a booster nevertheless makes it to a safe landing, then I'm claiming it and you'd be mean, mean, mean to deny me! :-)

Note that Blue's booster survived the abort test and landed OK despite expectation that it wouldn't.

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I voted 10, though I didn't look into the spread of likely RTLS/ASDS/expended launches - so a bit arbitrary.

The second stage can blow up one second after MECO and as long as the first stage gets home, it counts.

BTW, I believe this condition is arbitrary and unnecessary. If an F9 or FH second stage blows up before MECO but a booster nevertheless makes it to a safe landing, then I'm claiming it and you'd be mean, mean, mean to deny me! :-)

Note that Blue's booster survived the abort test and landed OK despite expectation that it wouldn't.

cheers, Martin

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The second stage can blow up one second after MECO (or even before, although surviving that and returning might be a bit harder) and as long as the first stage gets home, it counts. (For FH if the center core blows up on separation, but the side cores return, that's 2 cores returned)

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Voted for 16. In the number of launches poll, I said there would be 17 launches this year, with 1 Falcon Heavy flight. So 16 cores recovered out of 20. 3 are lost on heavy GTO missions similar to SES-9. Falcon Heavy's core is intentionally expended to demonstrate performance necessary for Red Dragon missions.

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I voted 18 launches in 2017, so I'm going to guess 50% stick the landing. Also it is an odd number, and we need more of those in these polls.

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13, I voted for 15 launches but I expect a few to either not attempt recovery or not land successfully. I also think 2 of 3 of the 1st FH stages will safely land.

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I was going to go with 21-25... then talked myself down to 19...   :P

I'm assuming things go well...  ::)

I went with 20+ landings in this poll...
« Last Edit: 12/20/2016 08:12 pm by John Alan »

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12 recoveries from 13 launches (1st FH will be "all expendable").

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This poll is function of result in main poll, so it is doubly unreliable. :P Potential for relaunches additionally complicates things.

I voted 14 for launches in general and no FH. With assumption that 2/3 of landings will be successful, it gives, rounding up, 10. Four will either crash/fall/topple on barge or wont be tried in first place for whatever reason (weather, launch of fully expendable F9 etc).
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This poll is function of result in main poll, so it is doubly unreliable. :P

I agree. IMO it would be better if this poll were about the fraction of cores landed, not the absolute number.

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This poll is function of result in main poll, so it is doubly unreliable. :P

I agree. IMO it would be better if this poll were about the fraction of cores landed, not the absolute number.

I suppose someone could start that one, but it seems somehow... easier. :)  Put your thinking caps on and quit whining :)
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8 out of 10 recoveries succeed.

I'm optimistic about the core of their business model. :)

It's the pad and range limitations that bring my launch expectations down to 11 for 2017.

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In the other (number of launches) poll, I voted 11 launches, and I don't expect one of them to be FH (it's just not a priority). I assume a good recovery rate, and assume that some high performance launches will not even attempt to recover the first stage.

Therefore, I voted eight first stages will be successfully recovered this year. I hope I'm not being overly optimistic again. :(

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I voted 10 and I hope that's pessimistic.  If not, what do I win?
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The count is now 1 with a successful launch and landing of the first Iridium sat set. A note is that there was 0 scrubs and launch occurred on first attempt with also successful 1st stage landing. Next up is LC-39A with Echostar-23 for a Jan 26 launch.

My vote was 20 or more launches and landings this year with nearly an average of 2 a month. This is mainly because of the expected up to 8 launches from SLC-4E. With 12 from LC-39A and a possible 1 or 2 from a rebuilt SLC-40.

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I voted 17 launches (in the other thread) and 13 core recoveries.

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Despite the early success, voting has slowed or stopped.
The best fit value actually fell over time from 10.5 to 9.5.
That's a pretty big fraction of the bet fit number of launches of 13.5.  As a group we think SpaceX has this landing technolgy worked out.
Variance actually came down in the end, despite the success last Saturday.
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As a group we think SpaceX has this landing technolgy worked out.

And/or we think one launch will account for three returned cores.
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I voted 13 launches in 2017, and guess 11 successful landed cores.
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my vote of 16 is looking a tad optimistic at this point.... but I'm OK with that.
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