Confirmation of SpaceX's current plans for booster re-use:QuoteHoffman: two recovered boosters from LEO launches came back in "remarkably good shape."https://twitter.com/spacecom/status/735194515959488512QuoteHoffman: December launch was refired, all engines came up to full thrust, stage being retired and put on display. #SpaceTechExpohttps://twitter.com/spacecom/status/735194665855520769QuoteHoffman: second booster is being refurbished, hope to relaunch it later this year. #SpaceTechExpohttps://twitter.com/spacecom/status/735194804619902976QuoteHoffman: third booster came back with more damage due to launch requirements for satellite, will not be relaunched #SpaceTechExpohttps://twitter.com/spacecom/status/735194952431325185
Hoffman: two recovered boosters from LEO launches came back in "remarkably good shape."
Hoffman: December launch was refired, all engines came up to full thrust, stage being retired and put on display. #SpaceTechExpo
Hoffman: second booster is being refurbished, hope to relaunch it later this year. #SpaceTechExpo
Hoffman: third booster came back with more damage due to launch requirements for satellite, will not be relaunched #SpaceTechExpo
Update on SpaceX's plans for booster re-use:QuoteSpaceX: We'll be meeting w/ insurance underwriters in coming weeks to walk them through our reusable-stage certification process.https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/737469017896542208QuoteSpaceX: Reused stage to fly, likely on commercial mission, by end of year. We've been approached by couple of customers who want to be 1st.https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/737447211009613824
SpaceX: We'll be meeting w/ insurance underwriters in coming weeks to walk them through our reusable-stage certification process.
SpaceX: Reused stage to fly, likely on commercial mission, by end of year. We've been approached by couple of customers who want to be 1st.
Does anyone have any info on who the second interested customer is?
In the Code Conference interview last night (see this thread for links & discussion) Elon stated 2 to 3 months/late Summer as timeline for first re-use. Ok so that's Elon time, but I think still decent chance for doing it this year.
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/02/2016 07:49 pmIn the Code Conference interview last night (see this thread for links & discussion) Elon stated 2 to 3 months/late Summer as timeline for first re-use. Ok so that's Elon time, but I think still decent chance for doing it this year.Many (myself included) think that SES-10 (NET Sept this year currently) will fly with the refurbished CRS-8 S1...This seems to fit most public SpaceX comments of late...and that stage had an easy ride back with so much margin...Look for LEO stages to be the only ones reflown in the early going... I expect all these GTO 'hot return' ones to not be reflown any time soon... Just my opinion on topic...
Peter B. de Selding has written up the info behind his earlier tweets quoted in the first post of this thread:http://spacenews.com/spacex-to-brief-underwriters-on-the-road-to-falcon-9-reusability/(OT: interesting info in the article on current state of launch insurance market, especially that F9 FT already gets rates equal to Ariane 5.)
She said SpaceX does not want to tinker much with the rocket slated to fly again, so officials selected a separate booster to put through ground testing.
“I think there’s enough margin built into our qualification program that we could at least fly another time on the boxes and such, and our engines have already been qualified for more than one flight,” Shotwell said.
Fourth rocket arrives in the hangar. Aiming for first reflight in Sept/Oct.
First realistic date from Elon?QuoteFourth rocket arrives in the hangar. Aiming for first reflight in Sept/Oct.