Nice...

Back in business.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Iridium NEXT first launch date set for Dec 16 at 12:36 PST, pending regulatory approvals <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NEXTevolution?src=hash">#NEXTevolution</a></p>&mdash; Iridium Corporate (@IridiumComm) <a href="https://twitter.com/IridiumComm/status/804301527720534016">December 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Still no official announcement about what went wrong with AMOS-6, but presumably that will be coming soon.

About time. Thanks DaFace.

Related to this thread, apparently the Russians lost their ISS-bound resupply mission today. It's not been a good couple of years for ISS missions. :(

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/r...n-crew-is-fine

That article doesn't say anything about lost lives so this was an unmanned resupply ship?

Correct.

Well, now they're saying early January. Oh well.

OK, let's try this again. From the official account this time.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Targeting return to flight from Vandenberg with the <a href="https://twitter.com/IridiumComm">@IridiumComm</a> NEXT launch on January 8. Update: <a href="https://t.co/15yMaiobpX">https://t.co/15yMaiobpX</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/815920600258490370">January 2, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Actual launch time will be 10:28am PST (going off of the west coast this time).

Woot....

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Launch moving due to high winds and rains at Vandenberg. Other range conflicts this week results in next available launch date being Jan 14.</p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/818137294779478016">January 8, 2017</a></blockquote>
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So when do we start terraforming Mars?

http://i.imgur.com/NBDAGKf.jpg

It's been ages since they've launched from the west coast. Seems weird these days not to have the lightning towers in the shot.

Here's hoping that they don't pump diesel into the unleaded tank again.

That's the one launching around noon tomorrow?