Are the activity restrictions mentioned in this thread for KSC/Canaveral/Eastern Range duplicated at Vandenberg/Western Range?If so, are there any pressing tasks on hold at Vandenberg because of the government shutdown?
If they indeed attempt to land on this flight, now looking more than likely that it would RTLS per this-https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-12-26/pdf/2017-27761.pdfthe clearance for sonic booms been issued!
Spanish radar #satellite #PAZ, built by @AirbusSpace, to be launched on the 17th of Feb. with a @SpaceX #Falcon9 rocket.
There isn't an FCC permit for recovery (unless I forgot to copy one into my spreadsheet.) This close to launch it should have been filed already if they intended to do it.
Do we know the booster number for this mission?
Quote from: Satori on 02/07/2018 06:20 pmDo we know the booster number for this mission?B1038 will be reflown on this mission.
The chart on the "SpaceX Manifest Updates" thread now says that the PAZ launch will be an expendable first-stage mission. What happened? Can't find a source for this one way or the other.
Quote from: DaveJes1979 on 02/01/2018 05:44 pmThe chart on the "SpaceX Manifest Updates" thread now says that the PAZ launch will be an expendable first-stage mission. What happened? Can't find a source for this one way or the other.Elon says they're not interested in recovering Block III/IVs anymore. That makes me conclude at least not interested in recovering Block III/IVs already on their 2nd flight.Before somebody says, but FH was Block III/IV. Yep, it was a demonstration mission to show what Falcon Heavy can do. SpaceX sure would be interested in doing some analysis on all boosters they recover. Falcon 9 launches are revenue launches. SpaceX wants to move to Block V and its cheaper to leave those boosters in the ocean rather than fill hangars with them without having the intent to reuse them.
If Block 3 & 4's have been flown and recovered successfully; how many times can they be reused? Just the once again? If so, I suppose they are excellent candidates for expendable missions.
Quote from: pb2000 on 02/08/2018 02:30 amQuote from: MATTBLAK on 02/08/2018 01:27 amIf Block 3 & 4's have been flown and recovered successfully; how many times can they be reused? Just the once again? If so, I suppose they are excellent candidates for expendable missions.Back when SpaceX just had a few recovered boosters in the barn, they were talking several reuses per booster, but now that they have more than they know what to do with, it's shifted to one reuse on a used LEO booster. Block 5 is suppose to be 10 flights (extendable with refurb), but that's heavily dependent on how many pervious flights customers are willing to accept.Agreed, 10 flights is an aspirational goal. I think we will have to wait to see how many they can do.Engine life might be determining factor. Anything more than 1 and done is huge though.
Quote from: MATTBLAK on 02/08/2018 01:27 amIf Block 3 & 4's have been flown and recovered successfully; how many times can they be reused? Just the once again? If so, I suppose they are excellent candidates for expendable missions.Back when SpaceX just had a few recovered boosters in the barn, they were talking several reuses per booster, but now that they have more than they know what to do with, it's shifted to one reuse on a used LEO booster. Block 5 is suppose to be 10 flights (extendable with refurb), but that's heavily dependent on how many pervious flights customers are willing to accept.