Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 : BulgariaSat-1 : June 23, 2017 : UPDATES  (Read 294202 times)

Offline Steven Pietrobon

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Wrapping up coverage. Next launch is Sunday.
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Congratulations to SpaceX and BulgariaSat-1 team.

One more step towards routine re-use. Can't wait for Iridium NEXT Mission 2 on Sunday.

Offline Herb Schaltegger

Congrats to all involved. Took a break at work and watched live. Very exciting and routine at the same time!
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Congratulations SpaceX!  And congratulations to Bulgaria on their first satellite!

Offline AncientU

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Incredible (again) SpaceX and Bulgaria!!!
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Well that sure was fun 8)  Congrats to SpaceX.  Thanks to NSF for the info and commentary :)
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Congrats to all involved! This never gets old. :)

And I knew I should have played the landing bingo game though the only spots left were on the outer ring...  ;D
« Last Edit: 06/23/2017 07:50 pm by todd5ski »

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Another launch, another landing.  Be careful, Elon - if you warn people that it probably won't work, and then it does, your warnings might start losing their edge!  (can't believe I'm calling him of all people too pessimistic) :P

Anyways, congratulations to everyone involved in today's mission, and great work by SpaceX making this reusability dream into reality!
« Last Edit: 06/23/2017 07:52 pm by Craftyatom »
All aboard the HSF hype train!  Choo Choo!

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SpaceX webcast ending.

Congratulations to SpaceX and Bulgaria for the successful launch!
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

Offline wjbarnett

Congrats to SpaceX and thanks to all here on NSF for the great coverage!
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Congrats to all involved. Didn't expect to see 1029 so soon after I saw her off at Vandenberg earlier this year! Now to check my landing bingo selection, to see if I'm in the running.
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Wow! To all crush cores!

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Congratulations and keep up the momentum SpaceX!

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Congratulations on another 'nominal' flight!!  See youall Sunday!!!
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Congratulations to all involved ! That landing was breathtaking !!!
I'm sure the full video will be incredible to watch.

I just wich the RoombX and fairings would get to do a guest apprearance in the webcast ! ;-)

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And with that, I realize first stage reuse already seems routine to me. Congratulations to SpaceX and all others involved.

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Live from GTO Here Come The Bulgarians!  Congratulations SpaceX and all involved.
“The light bulb wasn’t invented by continuously improving the candle…it was about understanding what the job to be done was and then stepping back to look for solutions to solve this”

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Hearty congratulations to Bulgariasat for the successful launch of your satellite, and to SpaceX for a beautiful launch and nail-biting landing... had me on the edge of my seat there, what a great way to spend an afternoon!

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Congratulations as always.  A bit of a scare with the plume (or maybe just a wave) in the water just before signal dropout, but great to see the rocket standing tall afterward.  Bulgaria's bet on a used booster paid off for them, so congratulations to them as well for getting their bird in orbit.

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Congratulations!
So many special things on this mission: re-fly of a booster, re-land it, opening opportunity for small countries/organization to enter space.

Go SpaceX! See you guys Sunday.

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