Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - CASSIOPE - September, 2013 - GENERAL DISCUSSION THREAD  (Read 507436 times)

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Did they perform the first stage test this week as planned? It's starting to look like SpaceX will miss their July 9th target date. They seem to be falling farther behind schedule. My opinion: Too much focus on reuse and not enough focus on customers. SpaceX needs to remember who is paying their bills.

A 10-second test was planned for yesterday (Weds) according to SpaceX (see the McGregor testing thread).

edit: corrected date
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Did they perform the first stage test this week as planned? It's starting to look like SpaceX will miss their July 9th target date. They seem to be falling farther behind schedule. My opinion: Too much focus on reuse and not enough focus on customers. SpaceX needs to remember who is paying their bills.

I thought the 10 second test was scheduled for yesterday or today, I have no idea if it did or didn't happen, but how do you draw the conclusion that they are falling farther behind based on that one minor detail? Even if the test happens next week I think they will still be ok.

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Did they perform the first stage test this week as planned? It's starting to look like SpaceX will miss their July 9th target date. They seem to be falling farther behind schedule. My opinion: Too much focus on reuse and not enough focus on customers. SpaceX needs to remember who is paying their bills.

SpaceX seems to know what they are doing.

Schedule slips are routine in aerospace.

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FWIW I heard the launch was delayed to NET July 20.

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Will CASSIOPE use the big fairing?
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Will CASSIOPE use the big fairing?

There is no other type of fairing

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I've been searching for a couple hours now & can find no reference to a delay from July 9th except for this thread.
Where does the July 20 date come from?
Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule
As noted in the above link, the page was updated on 5/13/2013.
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You get industry scuttlebutt in these threads. Although considering that the first stage at least, is still sitting in Texas, I'd be more a little skeptical of July 20 at this point.

Things/milestones we are still waiting to hear about in this thread:

* Stage testing completed in TX
* Stage shipped from TX, arrives at VAFB
* First time stage integration at new facility
* First ever WDR of 1.1 and of the SLC-4E pad
* First time SpaceX integrates a satellite payload on a F9
* First time SpaceX has dealt with the F9 fairing as part of integration/launch prep
* Pad static-fire?


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You get industry scuttlebutt in these threads. Although considering that the first stage at least, is still sitting in Texas, I'd be more a little skeptical of July 20 at this point.

Things/milestones we are still waiting to hear about in this thread:

* Stage testing completed in TX
* Stage shipped from TX, arrives at VAFB
* First time stage integration at new facility
* First ever WDR of 1.1 and of the SLC-4E pad
* First time SpaceX integrates a satellite payload on a F9
* First time SpaceX has dealt with the F9 fairing as part of integration/launch prep
* Pad static-fire?



Don't forgot the pad being complete
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Who says the pad isn't complete? A lot of the v1.1 pad work they were doing even before the last v1.0 rocket launched.
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Who says the pad isn't complete? A lot of the v1.1 pad work they were doing even before the last v1.0 rocket launched.

At Vandenberg?

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Who says the pad isn't complete? A lot of the v1.1 pad work they were doing even before the last v1.0 rocket launched.

At Vandenberg?
Ah, yes, you're right *looks-sheepishly-at-thread-title*. But still, how do we know the pad isn't ready, um, already? (Honest question)
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Because SpaceX would have crowed about it?
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Because SpaceX would have crowed about it?

SpaceX held off on "crowing" about things often before.  How often have people in this forum known things months before the press release?
« Last Edit: 05/25/2013 06:21 pm by SpacexULA »
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We're going with To Be Determined on all SpaceX Falcon 9 launches for this year at least, because that's what the internal range information on L2 is going with.
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We're going with To Be Determined on all SpaceX Falcon 9 launches for this year at least, because that's what the internal range information on L2 is going with.

Chris better turn your troll filters on. :o
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We're going with To Be Determined on all SpaceX Falcon 9 launches for this year at least, because that's what the internal range information on L2 is going with.
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We're going with To Be Determined on all SpaceX Falcon 9 launches for this year at least, because that's what the internal range information on L2 is going with.
Ow. It sounds like Elon may be directing too much resources to achieving his dreams of e.g. reusability and not enough to achieving his customers' dream of payloads in orbit in a timely fashion. Maybe Gwynne should remind him that his customers will only pay him to achieve his dreams if he helps them achieve theirs too.
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It sounds like Elon may be directing too much resources to achieving his dreams of e.g. reusability and not enough to achieving his customers' dream of payloads in orbit in a timely fashion.

Where exactly does it say these delays are due to pushing reusability as opposed to actually making the "basic" launch vehicle work at all?

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