SpaceX (general discussion)

"“The FAA accepted the investigation report on the Amos 6 mishap and has closed the investigation,” the spokesperson wrote in an email to Spaceflight Now. “SpaceX applied for a license to launch the Iridium Next satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The FAA has granted a license for that purpose.”

The mission is scheduled to blast off next week from Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg with the first 10 satellites for Iridium’s upgraded voice and data relay network.

The launch is expected no sooner than Monday at 10:22 a.m. PST (1:22 p.m. EST; 1822 GMT)."

http://spaceflightnow.com/2017/01/06/faa-signs-off-on-spacex-mishap-investigation/
 
sferrin said:
"“The FAA accepted the investigation report on the Amos 6 mishap and has closed the investigation,” the spokesperson wrote in an email to Spaceflight Now. “SpaceX applied for a license to launch the Iridium Next satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The FAA has granted a license for that purpose.”

The mission is scheduled to blast off next week from Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg with the first 10 satellites for Iridium’s upgraded voice and data relay network.

The launch is expected no sooner than Monday at 10:22 a.m. PST (1:22 p.m. EST; 1822 GMT)."

http://spaceflightnow.com/2017/01/06/faa-signs-off-on-spacex-mishap-investigation/
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Thanks for that sferrin, at least I can watch the launch at a civilized time without having to get up in the middle of the night. I will keep watching the news feeds to see if it is actually going to happen.
 
"Forecasters predict a rainy, breezy week along California’s Central Coast, and the poor weather will keep SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket grounded until at least Jan. 14, officials said Sunday."

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http://spaceflightnow.com/2017/01/08/next-spacex-launch-slipped-to-avoid-stormy-weather-range-conflict/
 
Damn it. Well you cannot argue with the weather, with the issue of rocket safety at hand. :(
 
Falcon 9 has successfully launched form Vandenberg Air Force Base things are looking good so far, had the main engine cut off and separation of the first stage.
 
Successful landing (and it's the first time they've been able to stream from the first stage all the way to touchdown).
 
Skip to 10:30 mark for liftoff thru landing at 18:30.

Previous video link broken. Hopefully this one will stay up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb3eNMsPrCw
 
Brilliant news on the barge landing. I actually missed that part as I was away having dinner at the time.
 
I saw the launch live and was awesome. The landing was incredible. Really nice to see Spacex back on business.
 
SpaceX will launch the SES-10 communications satellite with a previously flown booster, currently scheduled for late February. It will be no earlier than 22 February, but it could be alter depending on the timing of the January Echostar-23 flight and the early February ISS resupply launch, both of which are using from the same pad (Canaveral Pad 39A). They're aiming for a roughly two-week launch tempo, which is pretty intense.

https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/01/17/ses-10-telecom-satellite-in-florida-for-launch-on-reused-spacex-rocket/
 
That is a quick turn around for a new launch so soon after Saturday's launch. I hope that SpaceX succeeds with that two-week launch tempo. B)
 
FighterJock said:
That is a quick turn around for a new launch so soon after Saturday's launch. I hope that SpaceX succeeds with that two-week launch tempo. B)
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Bear in mind that Saturday's launch flew out of Vandenburg, so it doesn't impact launches from 39A except in terms of whether they have to move personnel around to support the two sites. The tempo from Canaveral this year is pretty aggressive, especially considering that 39A is brand new to SpaceX and might have some teething issues.
 
TomS said:
FighterJock said:
That is a quick turn around for a new launch so soon after Saturday's launch. I hope that SpaceX succeeds with that two-week launch tempo. B)
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Bear in mind that Saturday's launch flew out of Vandenburg, so it doesn't impact launches from 39A except in terms of whether they have to move personnel around to support the two sites. The tempo from Canaveral this year is pretty aggressive, especially considering that 39A is brand new to SpaceX and might have some teething issues.
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39A that is the old Space Shuttle launch pad right? anyone here got new pictures of 39 as it appears now, as I visited that very pad back in 1994 while on holiday.
 
There's some recent images on this blog post from earlier this week:

http://spaceksc.blogspot.com/2017/01/going-up-part-12.html
 
a Iconic Picture of new Age of space flight

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More on Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex/with/31579784413/
 
Dragon029 said:
There's some recent images on this blog post from earlier this week:

http://spaceksc.blogspot.com/2017/01/going-up-part-12.html
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Thanks Dragon029. B)
 
flanker said:
Old news, and it is not 30'th anymore. It is February third.
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It's hard to keep track of the shifting schedule. Is there a good source that is reliably updated?
 
FighterJock said:
The next launch on Feb 3 may be the last of the F-9 boosters according to Spaceflight Insider.
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Wat. You mean last expendable. Feb 3 is no longer holding and CRS-10 will be going first;

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/825465307171000322
 
Not a shock to see that 39A isn't quite ready to go. There's a lot of work to be done there, and the explosion at SLC-40 has to have had an impact on the work.
 
TomS said:
Not a shock to see that 39A isn't quite ready to go. There's a lot of work to be done there, and the explosion at SLC-40 has to have had an impact on the work.
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How is the work at SLC-40 going? I have not heard anything recently about that pad either from NASA or SpaceX themselves. Are there any web links to pictures showing the current state of SLC-40?
 
FighterJock said:
TomS said:
Not a shock to see that 39A isn't quite ready to go. There's a lot of work to be done there, and the explosion at SLC-40 has to have had an impact on the work.
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How is the work at SLC-40 going? I have not heard anything recently about that pad either from NASA or SpaceX themselves. Are there any web links to pictures showing the current state of SLC-40?
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My understanding is that not much tangible has been done yet, except picking up the pieces needed for the Amos-6 investigation. All their construction effort has been focused on finishing 39B.
 
TomS said:
FighterJock said:
TomS said:
Not a shock to see that 39A isn't quite ready to go. There's a lot of work to be done there, and the explosion at SLC-40 has to have had an impact on the work.
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How is the work at SLC-40 going? I have not heard anything recently about that pad either from NASA or SpaceX themselves. Are there any web links to pictures showing the current state of SLC-40?
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My understanding is that not much tangible has been done yet, except picking up the pieces needed for the Amos-6 investigation. All their construction effort has been focused on finishing 39B.
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Thanks TomS.
 

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