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Wrapping up coverage.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1083766732576120832
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Successful deployment of 10 @IridiumComm NEXT satellites to low-Earth orbit confirmed.
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You want to be inspired by things. You want to wake up in the morning and think the future is going to be great. That's what being a spacefaring civilization is all about. It's about believing in the future and believing the future will be better than the past. And I can't think of anything more exciting than being out there among the stars.

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Thankyou video from SpaceX.

End of coverage.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Recap
launch & landing

Iridium-8 satellites deployment

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https://twitter.com/iridiumcomm/status/1083768761738510336

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SNOC Report: We have confirmed telemetry from all 10 #Iridium8 SVs! #Success #GrandFinale
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Launch photo from SpaceX website

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https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1083848869815828481

Edit to add: I’ll replace attachments with high-res ones once SpaceX release them
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"The Starship has landed"

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High Res from SpaceX
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Jacques :-)

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« Last Edit: 01/12/2019 09:24 pm by RocketLover0119 »
"The Starship has landed"

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"The Starship has landed"

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"The Starship has landed"


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Awesome aerial shots of the booster sitting on JRTI:

https://twitter.com/LilyRubenstein/status/1084482579904921601
"The Starship has landed"

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the final Iridium mission this year, launches from Space Launch Complex-4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA on Jan. 11, 2019 at 7:31 a.m. PST. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Jacques :-)

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