LIVE: SpaceX Falcon 9 - Inmarsat 5 F4 - May 15, 2017 - UPDATES

• #240 by Perchlorate on 15 May, 2017 23:55
• Congrats to SpaceX and Inmarsat.  Doesn't get smoother than this!
  
  And, of course, "Well Done" to the NSF coverage team.
• #241 by Craftyatom on 15 May, 2017 23:55
• Just your average everyday expendable GTO launch of a 6mT comms bird.  Booooring. 
  
  Congratulations to everyone involved with today's launch, looks like it went off without a single hitch!
• #242 by northenarc on 15 May, 2017 23:55
•  Congrats SpaceX
• #243 by Star One on 15 May, 2017 23:56
• And that's all folks! Congratulations to all involved in this successful mission.
• #244 by somepitch on 15 May, 2017 23:56
• Congrats to all, that was a wonderfully smooth mission!
• #245 by cro-magnon gramps on 15 May, 2017 23:56
• Congratulations Inmarsat and SpaceX. the Range Control and all other's who had a hand in this bird... fantastic
  
  ps, we can only wish all launches could be this smooth... celebrating with RP=1
• #246 by AncientU on 15 May, 2017 23:57
• Congrats everyone!
  On to the June manifest...
• #247 by FutureSpaceTourist on 15 May, 2017 23:57
• First SpaceX launch photos

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• #248 by Hauerg on 15 May, 2017 23:58
• Smooth.
  Congrats.
  It's going on 2 a.m. over here.
  (But medication would not let me sleep anyway. So thanks for the entertainment.)
  
• #249 by donaldp on 15 May, 2017 23:58
• Congratulations to all. They make it look routine! 
• #250 by FutureSpaceTourist on 15 May, 2017 23:59
• Many congratulations to SpaceX and Inmarsat - this launch campaign really did seem to go like clockwork, without even a minor hitch.
  
  Now to repeat at least twice a month for the rest of the year   Looking forward to a real record breaking 2017
• #251 by Jarnis on 15 May, 2017 23:59
• Congrats on a "boring" bring-in-the-revenue launch of a "boring" comm sat. Exciting as ever.
  
• #252 by AndrewM on 16 May, 2017 00:01
• Congratulations on a successful mission to everyone involved.
• #253 by edfishel on 16 May, 2017 00:01
• Congratulations Space X and everyone involved!
• #254 by lonestriker on 16 May, 2017 00:02
• Congrats on a smooth launch.  Let's not have many more of these expendables, though, please.
• #255 by baldusi on 16 May, 2017 00:03
• Congratulations one the smoothest launch I've seen they perform. Salute!
• #256 by CorvusCorax on 16 May, 2017 00:03
• Congrats SpaceX. I think Launches can't get much more routine than that. No issues, everything nominal, the only excitement from a re entry video feed the public didn't get to watch.
  
  For us really a boring launch, which is a good thing for Space!!!  Thank's to NSF for the great coverage. Congrats to Inmarsat and good luck with the checkout. And big congrats to SpaceX. This is a level of proficiency that really shows off. I think that's just the way to sell rockets to customers with really expensive payloads!
  
  
• #257 by macpacheco on 16 May, 2017 00:05
• SpaceX works hard... So it looks easy for us...
  Pitty on the naked rocket, but getting a 6ton payload to GTO is no small feat for F9 !
  Hope no more expendable first launches !
  Cheers !
• #258 by Unobscured Vision on 16 May, 2017 00:05
• Congratulations to SpaceX and Inmarsat on the successful and problem-free launch!
• #259 by punder on 16 May, 2017 00:05
• SpaceX launches are never boring to me except in hindsight!!   
  
  Congrats SpaceX, and NSF, you are AWESOME.