Author Topic: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - SES-8 - Dec. 3 - THIRD LAUNCH ATTEMPT UPDATES (Read 174226 times)

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #160 on:** 12/03/2013 10:26 pm »

Finally, I can tie up William's great article as a post launch success!

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/12/spacex-falcon-9-v1-1-milestone-ses-8-launch/

QuantumG · « **Reply #161 on:** 12/03/2013 10:26 pm »

Woo! Good work SpaceX. Now you can build your war chest and take us to Mars!

Nick Simeonoff · « **Reply #162 on:** 12/03/2013 10:27 pm »

Congratulations,
I hope this is the beginning of a new era for SpaceX.

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #163 on:** 12/03/2013 10:27 pm »

Quote from: padrat on 12/03/2013 10:23 pm

A lot of forgetting to breathe on my end....I'll sum it up with THANK GAWD! and ABOUT FRIGGING TIME!

carry on........

And so the race to get Thaicom 6 ready begins......

AncientU · « **Reply #164 on:** 12/03/2013 10:27 pm »

Quote from: Herb Schaltegger on 12/03/2013 10:25 pm

Quote from: Ronsmytheiii on 12/03/2013 10:22 pm
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Spacecraft separation confirmed! SES-8 is now in its targeted GEO transfer orbit.

https://twitter.com/spacex

Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team. Well done.

Now ... do it so often, so routinely, that it stops being a major party for each regularly-scheduled launch. If you can do THAT, and keep the costs down, you'll truly revolutionize the launch industry, and Elon can die on Mars.

just not on impact

davey142 · « **Reply #165 on:** 12/03/2013 10:28 pm »

Congrats to SpaceX!
SES just dealt a big blow to their critics

jabe · « **Reply #166 on:** 12/03/2013 10:28 pm »

Quote from: klausd on 12/03/2013 10:19 pm

Arianespace motto: Launches speaks louder than words
SpaceX: Can you hear us now?

Reminds me of this ad poster http://spaceksc.blogspot.ca/2012/01/rocketdyne-vs-spacex.html
Going to be interesting how industry responds.
congrats to Spacex!!!
jb

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #167 on:** 12/03/2013 10:28 pm »

ANd Orbital Sciences is on point now:

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A team of @SES_Satellites and Orbital engineers now begin a several week process of in-orbit testing to verify all #SES8 systems are working

https://twitter.com/OrbitalSciences

Space Pete · « **Reply #168 on:** 12/03/2013 10:28 pm »

Great job SpaceX! The launch business has changed forever.

Rocket Science · « **Reply #169 on:** 12/03/2013 10:29 pm »

Mission accomplished! Congratulations to all the hard working folks at SpaceX!

cambrianera · « **Reply #170 on:** 12/03/2013 10:29 pm »

And the really amazing thing is that some months from now we will be looking not only the liftoff, but also the first stage return!

eeergo · « **Reply #171 on:** 12/03/2013 10:29 pm »

Great campaign to follow, congratulations SpaceX (and SES!) !

Salo · « **Reply #172 on:** 12/03/2013 10:29 pm »

Congrats!

joek · « **Reply #173 on:** 12/03/2013 10:30 pm »

Congratulations SpaceX! Hoping for many more.

Jarnis · « **Reply #174 on:** 12/03/2013 10:31 pm »

Great job SpaceX! Roll on Thaicom-6...

Lars_J · « **Reply #175 on:** 12/03/2013 10:31 pm »

Another Elon tweet: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/408014483551191040

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Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk
Restart was good, apogee raised to 80k km (50k miles). Yes!!!

Robotbeat · « **Reply #176 on:** 12/03/2013 10:32 pm »

Congratulations, SpaceX, SES, and Orbital!

Can't wait for CRS3 and its hopefully-to-be-approved RTLS first stage recovery attempt! At that point, it won't be hyperbole to say the launch industry has been changed forever (okay, maybe you'd draw the line at when that first stage is reflown...).

macpacheco · « **Reply #177 on:** 12/03/2013 10:33 pm »

FANTASTIC !!!!!

I'd say if they can launch Thaicom, next CRS and Falcon Heavy demo all successfully, the aerospace world will tremble (as in some launch companies going out of business, others offering crazy discounts).

I can't wait for the Congress hearings on why ULA launches are sooooo expensive. Hehehehehehe !

I'm under the impression that to execute a mission like this while recovering the first stage, a Falcon Heavy would be necessary, right ?

Lars_J · « **Reply #178 on:** 12/03/2013 10:34 pm »

New image from SpaceX:

Bubbinski · « **Reply #179 on:** 12/03/2013 10:35 pm »

Congratulations SpaceX!