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The next re-used booster is on the calendar.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BulgariaSat-1 to launch in June w/ <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX">@SpaceX</a> 1st stage flown on <a href="https://twitter.com/IridiumComm">@IridiumComm</a> Jan. flight; Falcon tempo is accelerating.<a href="https://t.co/cuL6Z1TKha">https://t.co/cuL6Z1TKha</a></p>— Peter B. de Selding (@pbdes) <a href="https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/860475199250206721">May 5, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
Nice. And Heavy?
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">First static fire test of a Falcon Heavy center core completed at our McGregor, TX rocket development facility last week. <a href="https://t.co/tHUHc1QiKG">pic.twitter.com/tHUHc1QiKG</a></p>— SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/862017305911320577">May 9, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
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That makes 2 FH cores tested at McGregor. The "Leaning Tower of Thaicom 8" was already test fired. FH maiden flight will be using 2 previously flown cores.
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Should be on track for a launch tomorrow night. It's interesting in that it's the heaviest payload to date (it was originally supposed to be a Falcon Heavy launch), but there won't be a landing attempt, so the webcast won't be as fun to watch.
I will most likely be in mid-flight at the time so I will probably miss it, unfortunately. |
Bump. Time to board.
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Whew. Thanks DaFace. Tuning in.
Delayed LOX load. No issue. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">SpaceX launch team confirms start of LOX load into the Falcon 9 around 10 minutes later than expected. TBD impact on launch time tonight.</p>— Stephen Clark (@StephenClark1) <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenClark1/status/864252072216199168">May 15, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
Kinda boring without a landing.
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I haven't had much chance to watch any of these so this is great. Amazing what mankind has accomplished.
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Another successful (albeit boring) launch. Here's hoping that they get the Heavy going here soon to spice things up a bit.
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I will never find this kind of thing boring...
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I was hoping we'd see it burning up in the atmosphere or something (I assume that's the fairing), but it's definitely a cool view.
I want them to release the video of the booster burning up. Based on the crowd reactions on the live stream, I'm almost sure that's what they were looking at. |
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