Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 : Iridium NEXT Flight 3 : Oct 9, 2017 - UPDATES  (Read 101927 times)

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Fifth satellite away. This one is out of view.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Sixth satellite deployed.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Number 7 is on its way. No video.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Eighth satellite away. Out of view.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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One more to go!
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Final spacecraft deploy confirmed! 10/10.
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Congrats to SX and Iridium.  Thanks to NSF.
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All 10 released!

William Graham's article updated:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/10/spacex-falcon-9-launch-third-set-iridium-satellites/

Thanks to Steven and all for the coverage!

One post each of congrats as per tradition. Just that, discussion and replies to the discussion thread etc :)
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Nicely done.
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Congratulations to both SpaceX and Iridium. Great show as usual.

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Congrats to Elon and Matt
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SpaceX signing off.

Congratulations to SpaceX and Iridium for the successful launch!
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Nominal congratulations to SpaceX, Iridium and everyone else involved with the mission. Onwards to SES-11!

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Congratulations to both SpaceX and Iridium! :)

With all these boosters coming back, SpaceX will soon have an issue where to store them... :p

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Congratulations to SpaceX, 30th SW, and Iridium.   8)

Thanks to Steven and Chris for the coverage.   8)
« Last Edit: 10/09/2017 01:53 pm by Mark McCombs »
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Congrats to all for the "norminal" success.

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Perfect mission, congrats to SpaceX and Iridium! Thirty deployed, 45 to go.

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Congratulations!

I will be in Orlando for a week in early May.
I am hopeful that with the increased launch cadence I might see my first launch!

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Congratulations to SpaceX and Iridium for no 3 of 8.
Even though it was the 14th SpaceX launch this year I was still excited for liftoff. With Dragon2, FH (most likely) in the next year and BFR on the horizon I do not want any more hickups.
So lets stay that way.
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Congratulations to SpaceX, Iridium, and the Vandenberg folks that make launches possible!

I missed the launch getting my kid fed and out the door, but managed to catch the 9th deployment.  Always amazing to watch the payloads gently wafting away into the void to begin their life.  Really liked the view of the "beads" as I am not sure I've ever personally seen that before.

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