Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - SES-8 - Let's Get Restarted In Here Party Thread (Read 294787 times)

Antares · « **Reply #740 on:** 12/04/2013 03:03 am »

Quote from: beancounter on 12/04/2013 12:37 am

Quote from: Aerospace Dilettante on 12/04/2013 12:10 am
I wonder what Spacex charged for that one?

The insurance was high I'm sure, but the price difference to the accountants is probably like free money!
IIRC $60 million, a mere pittance

SpaceX benefited from the recent period that has been relatively free of insurance claims. Even for a new vehicle, rates are well under 20%.

Elvis in Space · « **Reply #741 on:** 12/04/2013 03:14 am »

I'm happy that we are now a bit closer to having cheeseburgers and good music on Mars. I was unable to be in the forum during launch because I was having to bring down a storm damaged tree threatening to fall on the garage. Despite the crisis I plugged my iPhone into the stereo on my truck and listened to the countdown from a distance. Putting down the chain saw for a few minutes I watched the tiny screen and rejoiced inside as they finally got off the pad. Once the tree was down I checked twitter just in time to see the tweet that SES-8 was on the way to GSO. Falcon goes up, tree comes down, and nothing gets mangled in the process. Happy day.

Kabloona · « **Reply #742 on:** 12/04/2013 03:23 am »

Quote from: Antares on 12/04/2013 03:03 am

Quote from: beancounter on 12/04/2013 12:37 am
Quote from: Aerospace Dilettante on 12/04/2013 12:10 am
I wonder what Spacex charged for that one?

The insurance was high I'm sure, but the price difference to the accountants is probably like free money!
IIRC $60 million, a mere pittance

SpaceX benefited from the recent period that has been relatively free of insurance claims. Even for a new vehicle, rates are well under 20%.

SES paid $24M for a $200M policy, so 12%.

http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/37547ses-approves-satellite-shipment-for-falcon-9-launch-despite-questions

411rocket · « **Reply #743 on:** 12/04/2013 04:00 am »

Quote from: Sohl on 10/15/2013 12:42 pm

I like the thread name! Let's hope F9v1.1 upper stage delivers on that re-start.

Well, the second stage did restart (big thumbs up), after a few launch recycles,in a little over a week. But it is now done & it is Thai is next on the launch menu......

Please, no MSG added.

mlindner · « **Reply #744 on:** 12/04/2013 04:34 am »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 12/03/2013 11:51 pm

Quote from: Maciej Olesinski on 12/03/2013 10:41 pm
New forum record of online users

And we didn't get any new L2 subscribers during that period! #DoingItWrong.

Me paying the hosting invoice tomorrow....

You probably got reddit bombed. Can you look at server stats and see what the most common referral URL was?

AS-503 · « **Reply #745 on:** 12/04/2013 04:56 am »

Quote from: QuantumG on 12/03/2013 10:55 pm

Quote from: TrevorMonty on 12/03/2013 10:53 pm
There was talk of GH2 test in Dec, something else look forward too, besides thaicom and Chinese Rover.

Wow, I totally forgot! Can't wait.

And what about Dragon 2 unveiling in "late 2013"? Exciting times

NovaSilisko · « **Reply #746 on:** 12/04/2013 05:26 am »

Quote from: AS-503 on 12/04/2013 04:56 am

And what about Dragon 2 unveiling in "late 2013"? Exciting times

December 31 2013, 11:59 PM

e of pi · « **Reply #747 on:** 12/04/2013 05:27 am »

Quote from: NovaSilisko on 12/04/2013 05:26 am

Quote from: AS-503 on 12/04/2013 04:56 am
And what about Dragon 2 unveiling in "late 2013"? Exciting times

December 31 2013, 11:59 PM

Boy, they'd really be dropping the ball on that one, wouldn't they?

...I'll get my coat.

ugordan · « **Reply #748 on:** 12/04/2013 09:25 am »

Best audio I've found yet, some NSFW language:

Jarnis · « **Reply #749 on:** 12/04/2013 09:32 am »

Nine "speakers" of epic thunder. Best. Tune. Ever.

Ben the Space Brit · « **Reply #750 on:** 12/04/2013 09:46 am »

Well done to SpaceX for their first successful GTO launch, to Orbital for building a tough bird and to SES for taking the risk on SpaceX and it paying off!

Now we look forward to Thaicom-6, likely next year, and CRS-4.

Robotbeat · « **Reply #751 on:** 12/04/2013 12:45 pm »

Quote from: Ben the Space Brit on 12/04/2013 09:46 am

Well done to SpaceX for their first successful GTO launch, to Orbital for building a tough bird and to SES for taking the risk on SpaceX and it paying off!

Now we look forward to Thaicom-6, likely next year, and CRS-4.

you mean CRS3.

RocketMan321 · « **Reply #752 on:** 12/04/2013 01:00 pm »

Congratulations SpaceX. This was a milestone event for the US commercial launch business.

Antares · « **Reply #753 on:** 12/04/2013 01:40 pm »

Quote from: ugordan on 12/04/2013 09:25 am

Best audio I've found yet, some NSFW language:

Seems like the SpaceX crew watching from the USAF viewing stands at the east end of the causeway.

ugordan · « **Reply #754 on:** 12/04/2013 05:47 pm »

Love the confusion over this in the Bahamas:

Lars_J · « **Reply #755 on:** 12/04/2013 05:54 pm »

Lol!

Looks like it was quite a spectacular show over Bahamas... Here is a small Bahamas view pic I spotted on twitter: https://twitter.com/brian_henderson/status/408008725161455616

WindnWar · « **Reply #756 on:** 12/04/2013 05:55 pm »

That Bahama video is funny listening to them try to figure out what it is. First meteor ever to go up instead of down!

Lars_J · « **Reply #757 on:** 12/04/2013 05:58 pm »

Quote from: WindnWar on 12/04/2013 05:55 pm

That Bahama video is funny listening to them try to figure out what it is. First meteor ever to go up instead of down!

But by that time the rocket is going mostly horizontal... so they can't really really tell that it isn't descending. The expanding plume cloud of the MVac also probably makes it look like it is getting lower, not higher.

Robotbeat · « **Reply #758 on:** 12/04/2013 06:03 pm »

Quote from: ugordan on 12/04/2013 05:47 pm

Love the confusion over this in the Bahamas:

I love it! Jill's all like "It's a rocket, you idiots."

ugordan · « **Reply #759 on:** 12/04/2013 06:06 pm »

Jill's cool.