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Quote from: MTom on 07/29/2014 04:13 pmhttp://www.asiasat.com/asiasat/contentView.php?section=222&lang=0That photo was taken in the SPIF. Spacex reaped a substantial windfall by getting the SPIF for free and it seems that hangar extension as a payload processing facility may have been for naught (it still makes for a good fairing/upperstage mating facility). Payload processing and vehicle processing can be completely independent until integrated ops.
Someone correct me if I am wrong but I believe this is the broadcast warning for this flight.[...]Google MapsEngine format https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zp15b_P5ERVk.kxcfAb3Sl260
Quote from: Darga on 07/31/2014 02:04 amSomeone correct me if I am wrong but I believe this is the broadcast warning for this flight.[...]Google MapsEngine format https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zp15b_P5ERVk.kxcfAb3Sl260Looks like the first stage "recovery" area is further offshore, back to around where CRS-3 splashed down. So no lofted trajectory here, and no boostback (not that we expected one). Still might be possible to fish pieces of the stage from the sea, though; we'll have to keep an eye on boat activity in the region.
I thought that this launch was not going to attempt recovery due to a lack for fuel?
Quote from: Elmar Moelzer on 07/31/2014 02:13 pmI thought that this launch was not going to attempt recovery due to a lack for fuel?I expect they'll still burn to depletion whatever reserves are in the tank, and they'll get some amount of aero braking. I didn't say "recovery", I said they might be and to fish pieces out of the ocean.