SpaceX F9 : SES-10 with reuse of CRS-8 Booster SN/1021 : 2017-03-30 : UPDATES

• #440 by FutureSpaceTourist on 05 Apr, 2017 20:47
• Here's Jeff Foust's write-up of Gwynne's remarks today:
  
  http://spacenews.com/spacex-gaining-substantial-cost-savings-from-reused-falcon-9/
• #441 by envy887 on 06 Apr, 2017 19:28
• SES-10 is now in GEO:
  
  NORAD ID: 42432 
  Int'l Code: 2017-017A 
  Perigee: 35,697.5 km 
  Apogee: 35,736.1 km 
  Inclination: 0.1 ° 
  Period: 1,432.2 minutes 
  
  http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=42432#results
• #442 by FutureSpaceTourist on 07 Apr, 2017 13:18
• Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 07 Apr, 2017 13:17

  So many threads this could be posted in ...
  
  Here's a video montage of the life of booster 1021 as presented by Gwynne Shotwell at the space symposium on Wednesday:
  
  
  
• #443 by Navier–Stokes on 22 Apr, 2017 17:24
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  Quote from: https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/855830651303538690

  SpaceX‏ @SpaceX
  
  View from the fairing during SES-10 mission. #EarthDay
  
  10:08 AM - 22 Apr 2017

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• #444 by FutureSpaceTourist on 15 May, 2017 08:06
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  @SES_Satellites: SES-10 (@AirbusSpace, 55 Ku xpndrs) orbited Mar30 w/ @SpaceX Falcon 9 reused 1st stage now operational over LatAm @ 67degW.

  
  https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/864025052827840512
• #445 by FutureSpaceTourist on 15 May, 2017 08:59
• Here's the SES press release:
  
  

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  SES-10 Satellite Fully Operational over Latin America
  
  Written on 15 May 2017
  
  SES-10, the first satellite launched using a SpaceX flight-proven rocket, will provide direct-to-home broadcasting, enterprise and mobility services
  
  LUXEMBOURG, 15 MAY 2017 -- SES (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announced today that the SES-10 satellite is now fully operational at 67 degrees West and will be serving the thriving markets in the Latin America region.
  
  SES-10 was launched on 30 March 2017 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida onboard a flight-proven SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The satellite is the first geostationary commercial satellite ever launched on a flight-proven first-stage rocket booster.
  
  Since then, extensive in-orbit tests have confirmed the flawless functioning of the spacecraft.
  
  SES-10 was built by Airbus Defence and Space and is based on the Eurostar E3000 platform. The multi-mission spacecraft is the first SES satellite dedicated to providing service to Latin America and has a Ku-band payload of 55 36MHz transponder equivalents, of which 27 are incremental. SES-10's high-powered beams will augment SES’s capabilities across the region and will provide direct-to-home broadcasting, enterprise and mobility services to Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
  
  Pursuant to an agreement with the Andean Community (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru), the satellite will operate as the Andean Community’s Simón Bolivar 2, providing satellite capacity for each Andean Member State. The Andean satellite project came from the shared Member States’ interest in having a common satellite network to take advantage of the Andean spectrum resources at 67 degrees West.

  
  https://www.ses.com/press-release/ses-10-satellite-fully-operational-over-latin-america
• #446 by FutureSpaceTourist on 28 May, 2017 04:42
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  SpaceX booster may be displayed near Port Canaveral, Air Force Station
  
  James Dean | FLORIDA TODAY
  Updated 9:07 p.m. ET May 26, 2017
  
  Discussions between the Air Force and SpaceX could result in a rocket stage taller than the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse decorating the skyline near Port Canaveral. [...]
  

  
  http://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/spacex/2017/05/26/spacex-booster-may-displayed-near-port-canaveral-air-force-station/350073001/
  
  It seems resilience to hurricanes is a possible blocker with AFs preferred CCAFS South Gate location. Also liked this above reminder of just how big F9 boosters are.
• #447 by Jakusb on 21 Apr, 2018 23:00
• https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/987721308170522624
  
  “Meet serial number 1021.
  AKA CRS-8/SES-10”
  
  "This one will be for the Air Force. Still determining where it will be displayed. There is another stored for the visitors center though."
  
  Edit: added crucial text part containing most important info detail...
  
  zubenelgenubi: fixed link
• #448 by jon.amos on 10 Mar, 2020 00:48
• Sorry for the necro thread but 1021 as of  March 7 2020.
  Photos from a colleague at the cape.

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• #449 by FutureSpaceTourist on 15 Mar, 2020 21:19
• twitter.com/spiel2001/status/1239313298690097157
  
  

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  Up close and personal with the first @SpaceX #Falcon9 booster to have been flown/landed twice (B1021?)
  
  Full resolution and free downloads at: kscottpiel.com

  
  https://twitter.com/spiel2001/status/1239315029570224130
  
  

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  Up close and personal with the first @SpaceX #Falcon9 booster to have been flown/landed twice (B1021?)
  
  Full resolution and free downloads at: kscottpiel.com
• #450 by FutureSpaceTourist on 30 Mar, 2024 19:11
• https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1774166875146272846
  
  

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  Seven years ago today, Falcon 9 launched SES-10, marking the first reflight of an orbital-class first stage rocket

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