Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - SES-8 - Let's Get Restarted In Here Party Thread  (Read 296112 times)

Offline zodiacchris

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Amazing! This must be the first time a Comsat launch made me well up! You beauty, what a relief...

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Sep confirmed on update thread
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Success!

Congratulations, SpaceX, with every successful launch, you win over a few more of the skeptics.
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Congrats SpaceX!!
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 ;D  Wooohooo!  Congratulations SpaceX and ground crew!!!!

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yeah team - 100%

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Aaaaaaaah!!! Finally, I've got some oxygen flowing. Thanks so much SpaceX, Falcon, NSF. That was quite a ride!!!
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Sep confirmed on update thread

not seeing anything on the webcast page..
2017 - Everything Old is New Again.
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So what are they going to do with the US after sep?

Offline Mader Levap

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I wait for official confirmation.
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I wait for official confirmation.

It's now official:

SpaceX ‏@SpaceX 9s
Spacecraft separation confirmed! SES-8 is now in its targeted GEO transfer orbit.

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Sep confirmed by SpaceX (twitter)!

Third time lucky! Or sixth time if you count the holds? The obvious question is, how many rides on Space Mountain did that take? :)

The restart was the big post-launch worry given the previous restart failure, so obviously good for everyone to see that they've got that worked out!

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Now the party can discuss the mystery pics of something in the sky

Can it be a spy sat?   China maybe?   ;D
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Jet contrail heading south.

Offline TrevorMonty

Here is hoping satellite is OK. Not SpaceX problem but would make a nice ending.

Offline Lars_J

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Here is hoping satellite is OK. Not SpaceX problem but would make a nice ending.

This should ease your mind: https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/408013681729880064 (tweet from french journalist with SES connections)

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SES has acquired spacecraft and it is in good health.

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Here is hoping satellite is OK. Not SpaceX problem but would make a nice ending.

This should ease your mind: https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/408013681729880064 (tweet from french journalist with SES connections)

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Peter B. de Selding @pbdes
SES has acquired spacecraft and it is in good health.
We have a thread for that.TM
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=32990.msg1127802#msg1127802
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Here is hoping satellite is OK. Not SpaceX problem but would make a nice ending.

Orbital just twitted that the sat is working fine.

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Now the party can discuss the mystery pics of something in the sky

Can it be a spy sat?   China maybe?   ;D

Falcon 9 first stage coming back ... from the future

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Questions:
Who is happiest at this launch success? SpaceX, SES, or the sat insurer? :D
and
Who (if anyone) is sad? :(
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