That's this one. :)

You can either watch NASA's version or web stream the SpaceX versions at the links I posted.

They seem to be one in the same...

10-4. LOL, at the difference in dress!

Go - NoGo poll underway

Launching in some serious fog.

Bad for viewing, but doesn't matter for the launch itself thankfully.

My robot geek son and I were just LOLing at how the SpaceX room looks like a classroom and it sounded like attendance call.

A-Aron.. Ja-Quelon...

Love the mist. Or is that fog? http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/16/01...8a84b79fac.jpg

The SpaceX hosted feed has other commentary and explanation at least. Still, not gonna be a great view of the launch this time by any means.

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Go baby!

The landing attempt may be more exciting to look at than the launch. :)

Still cool every time I see a launch.

Barge view froze. Nooooo!

Landing pad camera froze. Damn.

Doesn't sound like it made it.

I don't think anyone knows yet. Just waiting on confirmation.

The guys in the SpaceX control room look like they are still in high school. Sheesh. Most of them can't be older than 25.

I like the contrast between them and the NASA feed. NASA is all suited up. SpaceX not at all.

Came in on target but too hard. Broke a leg. Is not upright.

Might have caught the barge on an ocean swell. Looked choppy out there.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">First stage on target at droneship but looks like hard landing; broke landing leg. Primary mission remains nominal → <a href="https://t.co/tdni53IviI">https://t.co/tdni53IviI</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/688799901463883776">January 17, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Well, damn. Apparently they need to build islands in the ocean to land on in the future.

Interesting idea DaFace.... What about an deep sea oil rig like set up?

If they keep getting hosed by big waves, it wouldn't surprise me to see them try it.

On a side note, SpaceXStats has launched with a new web site with all sorts of info about past/future missions, as well as the most informative "live" feed I've seen:

https://spacexstats.com/

We could out-source it to China...

http://www.janes.com/images/assets/9...847_-_main.jpg

On a side note, why are they testing from California? You lose delta-v on a westward burn as opposed to burning east like they do in Florida. Taking advantage of the earths rotation helps a lot.

They explained it in the webcast that it's a combination of 1) the shortest path to the orbit they need to reach and 2) taking a path that goes over land as little as possible (for safety).

Looks like a successful deployment, so primary mission success! I'm starting to think that the barge may be the issue rather than the rocket, so we'll see what happens in the future as they try and get the water landing figured out.

Next launch is in 3 weeks on February 6th!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Definitely harder to land on a ship. Similar to an aircraft carrier vs land: much smaller target area, that&#39;s also translating &amp; rotating.</p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/688814634489413632">January 17, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">However, that was not what prevented it being good. Touchdown speed was ok, but a leg lockout didn&#39;t latch, so it tipped over after landing.</p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/688816554306191360">January 17, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Interesting - it sounds like it wasn't the waves after all. Hopefully they can keep working out these little bugs.

On the plus side, they wouldn't have been able to actually reuse this one anyway since it was the old-style body (1.1) and wouldn't have been compatible with the full-thrust anyway.

Man. It was right on.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">First stage approaches center of landing droneship in Pacific <a href="https://t.co/lI3q6LnwVP">pic.twitter.com/lI3q6LnwVP</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/688905957422706688">January 18, 2016</a></blockquote>
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This is a failure, but it may be my favorite video yet. Great shot of it coming down and landing, but the leg just didn't lock. Bonus awesome explosion.

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This.... Wow! The leg-lock designers must be frustrated right now.
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Check out the video. Elon's caption suggests that it might have been related to the fog from launch, as weird as that sounds.

Now I feel bad for my "Love the mist" post... Ugh!

Here's a fan-created video that compares the three barge landing attempts. It's pretty clear from this that it's not just random chance - they're definitely getting things fine-tuned each time. I'll give the February 6th launch a 75% chance of sticking the landing on a barge finally.

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They had it stuck too. So freaking close.

So, from:

http://www.totalprosports.com/wp-con...stics-fail.gif

to:

http://33.media.tumblr.com/f047b52b0...8f6ao1_400.gif

???

Hope I'm not breaking a rule here (Blue Origin vs. SpaceX), but the New Shepard just flew again. The same one that flew in November:

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Meh, no real rules here. As far as I'm concerned, anything about cool space stuff is more than welcome.

It's cool that they were able to reuse it relatively easily, and I hope that bodes well for SpaceX's reusability program as well. It almost seems inevitable that reusable rockets are the way of the future at this point.

I do hope that Blue Origin eventually figures out how to do something more useful than shuttling tourists up and down to "space," but more innovation is certainly what we need in the industry, so they're to be commended regardless.

Woohoo, no space geek rules rules.

Indeed, it's almost like the early days of the space race between us and the Soviets. The race to be first. I welcome the competition.

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sad man

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Full-duration static fire completed. Targeting Wednesday for launch of SES-9 satellite <a href="https://twitter.com/SES_Satellites">@SES_Satellites</a> <a href="https://t.co/lp6nxGvUuH">pic.twitter.com/lp6nxGvUuH</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/701910328641085440">February 22, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Launch is scheduled for 5:46 p.m. Central on Wednesday (2/24). Weather's looking a little iffy at the moment, though - currently a 60% chance of favorable conditions. That said, there's about a 1.5-hour launch window, so hopefully they'll find a break in the weather there somewhere long enough to get it off the ground.

Had to order this for the son...

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I work across the street from spacex, bunch of geeks and ugly chicks

Well...yeah. What did you expect?

You seem nice... LMAO :thumb:

Sounds like they're not very optimistic about landing this one. It's a HEAVY payload, so they can't boost back to land at all, and the barge landing will be way out there with little room for error in terms of fuel requirements. We'll see.


EDIT: Here's an actual tweet about it.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX">@SpaceX</a> on tomorrow night&#39;s launch and sea-landing attempt: &quot;Given this mission’s unique GTO profile, a successful landing is not expected&quot;</p>&mdash; Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) <a href="https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/702185800864124928">February 23, 2016</a></blockquote>
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I looked, but can't find a link that says "SpaceX launch" tomorrow at 5:45pm. I even checked their page. Where do you go to watch live?

I have the NASAHD channel set to record, but what's listed aroung that time are "Video File" and "ISS Mission Coverage."

Ugh.

It'll be up at the normal webcast link in the OP. NASA probably won't have any coverage of this one since it's a private launch.

You can get more info about the launch here:

https://spacexstats.com/missions/ses-9

Reddit launch thread

https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comm...ssion_updates/

Thank you Sirs...

Spaceflightnow.com has a live feed and all Mission Status reports of all current and future launches. This is the site that most people at the Space Coast use. Launch window: 2346:14-0123 GMT (6:46:14-8:23 p.m. EST)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Weather remains 60% &quot;go&quot; for 6:46pm ET launch of Falcon 9, SES-9. Gusty winds, thick clouds are primary concerns: <a href="https://t.co/v0FiTJG00n">https://t.co/v0FiTJG00n</a></p>&mdash; James Dean (@flatoday_jdean) <a href="https://twitter.com/flatoday_jdean/status/702536842256773120">February 24, 2016</a></blockquote>
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SpaceXStats now has a "live" page for launches, which is pretty cool. You can pick what stream you want at the top, and a twitter-style update feed below with all the details. You can even do a side-by-side view of both the "glossy" feed and the "technical" feed if you want.

https://spacexstats.com/live

If they manage to get this thing off the ground today, this will be one of the smoothest launches they've done. Ever since they set the date, it's been smooth sailing (though everyone technically thought they might go for earlier in February - no official announcement was made to support that though).

It will be interesting how close they come to landing first stage without the boostback. Should learn a lot there.

Also:

NASA awards SpaceX with five more cargo missions to the International Space Station. NASA's other commercial supplier got zero.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/24/11...-missions-2018

On it like a duck on a June bug... Bookmarked...

Woot and thanks..

Slight weather delays

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Damn. I was hoping to watch before I left work. Now I'm worried I might be on the way home during the launch. :sulk:

Bah. Scrubbed due to weather. Same time tomorrow.

Ugh... I'll need to tape it, hockey starts for they younger son at 4:45!

You have the technology to do both...

You make an Egg-Cell-Ent point, I shall bring the MiFi to ensure BW isn't an issue.

Sounds like the scrub wasn't weather related, so there goes my "smooth sailing" observation.

http://i.imgur.com/xDuuIrZ.png

It sounds like they're still working out some of the kinks with the new supercooled LOX (only used before on the launch that landed in December), so hopefully they'll get that figured out with this one.

An abundance of caution? WTF?

If I'm understanding the reddit geeks' take, the colder they get it, the more power they have, and this flight will take about everything they've got.

So it's kind of like saying, "I think I've got enough fuel to drive 100 miles, and I only need to go 80, so I SHOULD be fine. But if I wait until tomorrow, the wind will be at my back, so I might as well wait just to be safe."

EDIT: For a more techy hypothesis:

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/ind...408#msg1495408

Not a cloud in the sky here at the Cape. Hope the wind eases a bit. Should be a nice launch.

T-1 hour. No whammies!

Nice! I need to come down for a launch one of these days. I saw some random one go way back when I was a kid about 20 years ago, but I'd love go catch one of these in person. Especially once they get the F9-Heavy launches going. :D

I'm really excited about this one. Told my clients that I had another engagement and had to leave early. "Where do you have to go, Donger?" "Ummm, it's.... secret."

Anything about this one in particular that's got you all worked up?

Sorry my comment was directed more at the verbiage. Abundance of caution.

I have an abundance of caution in my pants :)

Does anyone know the best place to watch live?

I know some folks from SES.

By "live" do you mean on the internet or in Florida?

Ah, cool. Well, best of luck to them. :thumb:

Looks like a great day for viewers.

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Here we go...

Streaming link here, in case one hasn't been given:

http://gizmodo.com/watch-falcon-9-ro...-cr-1760867899

Wondering if I can see anything from over in Naples.

Spacexstats.com is woot. http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...ee82aa71dd.jpg