I usually have both the hosted and technical windows on separate monitor. I love that SpaceX is this public with their launches, and always educational with their webcasts.

Unfortunately got pulled way last night, so watching now.

Next launch is slated for September 3rd at 3am Eastern. That's a little late to watch live even for my taste, but there it is. OP is updated.

And just for fun, here are some shots of the last booster coming into port. Boring, I know. :)

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As cool as these are for this space geek, when are they going to launch a rocket that has already flown and landed? Has something been scheduled yet?

I would think that the customer would get a discount, or something.

A package deal? :hmmm:

Scheduled? No. But it's not far off. There's talk that they might get two of them off the ground by the end of 2016. (But that's SpaceX time obviously, so chances are it'll be only one.)

Rumor is it'll be an SES launch for it, though.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">SES is likely inaugural customer for reused SpaceX Falcon 9 1st stage this yr. For SES, reuse part of capex cutting. <a href="https://t.co/ye74nS3neX">pic.twitter.com/ye74nS3neX</a></p>&mdash; Peter B. de Selding (@pbdes) <a href="https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/764700393175527424">August 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Great, thanks

I know it's not a launch, but NASA will be live streaming a spacewalk tomorrow AM as astronauts install the IDA2. Should get some good live shots of the Dragon berthed to the ISS, which delivered the IDA2 to the station.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/n...n-docking-port

Unfortunately...

EVA's are exciting in concept, but in real-time, they're excruciatingly slow. I look forward to reading about how it went, though. :)

Shots of the landing are up here, but even I'm starting to think they all kind of look alike. Here's my favorite of the return trip, though.

https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8699/2...15a6b575_z.jpgJCSAT-16 landing by SpaceX, on Flickr

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Docking port extracted from Dragon&#39;s trunk and ready for <a href="https://twitter.com/NASA">@NASA</a> astronauts to install to <a href="https://twitter.com/Space_Station">@Space_Station</a> tomorrow <a href="https://t.co/nep5Ira6Cc">pic.twitter.com/nep5Ira6Cc</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/766397885525090304">August 18, 2016</a></blockquote>
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True, but I figure if any kind of view like this happens to pop-up, it will have been worth it...

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/wz...04Bfrd0Xzxl=s0

As slow as this animated mission plan is, it still gets me excited for watching humans in spacesuits working on a space-station at 17,000 mph...

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Cool, thanks. Lot more room in the trunk than I realized!

The 2nd shot is money.

Sent from my phone using Tapatalk (so spelling be damned!!!)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Spacewalkers remove International Docking Adapter cover opening up the <a href="https://twitter.com/Commercial_Crew">@Commercial_Crew</a> port for &quot;business.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/1Zlt4O01tb">https://t.co/1Zlt4O01tb</a></p>&mdash; Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) <a href="https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/766657313897783296">August 19, 2016</a></blockquote>
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It's official - SES-10 will be on a "flight-proven" rocket. No specific date yet, but listed as "Q4 2016". (Though not specifically mentioned, sounds like October is the goal.)

http://www.ses.com/4233325/news/2016/22407810

SES-10 LAUNCHING TO ORBIT ON SPACEX’S FLIGHT-PROVEN FALCON 9 ROCKET
Leading satellite operator will be world’s first company to launch a geostationary satellite on a reusable rocket in Q4 2016

LUXEMBOURG/ HAWTHORNE, CA, 30 August 2016 - SES (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) and SpaceX announced today they have reached an agreement to launch SES-10 on a flight-proven Falcon 9 orbital rocket booster.

The satellite, which will be in a geostationary orbit and expand SES’s capabilities across Latin America, is scheduled for launch in Q4 2016. SES-10 will be the first-ever satellite to launch on a SpaceX flight-proven rocket booster.

SES-10 will be positioned at 67 degrees West, pursuant to an agreement with the Andean Community (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru), and will be used for the Simón Bolivar 2 satellite network. With a Ku-band payload of 55 36MHz transponder equivalents, of which 27 are incremental, the multi-mission spacecraft is the first SES satellite wholly dedicated to Latin America. It will replace the capacity currently provided by SES’s AMC-3 and AMC-4 satellites at that location, as well as bring additional capacity to Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. The high-powered, tailored and flexible beams will provide direct-to-home broadcasting, enterprise and mobility services.

“Having been the first commercial satellite operator to launch with SpaceX back in 2013, we are excited to once again be the first customer to launch on SpaceX's first ever mission using a flight-proven rocket. We believe reusable rockets will open up a new era of spaceflight, and make access to space more efficient in terms of cost and manifest management,” said Martin Halliwell, Chief Technology Officer at SES. “This new agreement reached with SpaceX once again illustrates the faith we have in their technical and operational expertise. The due diligence the SpaceX team has demonstrated throughout the design and testing of the SES-10 mission launch vehicle gives us full confidence that SpaceX is capable of launching our first SES satellite dedicated to Latin America into space.”

“Re-launching a rocket that has already delivered spacecraft to orbit is an important milestone on the path to complete and rapid reusability,” said Gwynne Shotwell, President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX. “SES has been a strong supporter of SpaceX’s approach to reusability over the years and we’re delighted that the first launch of a flight-proven rocket will carry SES-10.”

SES-10 is being built by Airbus Defence and Space and is based on the Eurostar E3000 platform. The satellite will utilise an electric plasma propulsion system for on-orbit manoeuvres and a chemical system for initial orbit raising and some on-orbit manoeuvres.[/url]