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West Coast
[QUOTE][B]Iridium NEXT Constellation Mission 2[/B]
[B]June 25th 2017 @ 20:24:59 UTC[/B]
● Payload is 10 x 860kg Sats + 1000kg dispenser (9600kg) being sent to LEO (625 x 625 km, 86.4°)
● Launch from SLC-4E (Vandenberg).
● Landing on ASDS - JRTI.
Presskit:
[url]http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/iridium2presskit.pdf[/url][/QUOTE]
East Coast
[QUOTE][B]BulgariaSat-1[/B]
[B]June 23rd 2017 @ 18:10 - 20:10 UTC
[/B]Launched & Landed.
[video]https://youtu.be/Y8mLi-rRTh8[/video]
● Payload is estimated to be ~4T (kg) being sent to GTO.
● Launch from LC-39A.
● Landing on ASDS - OCISLY.
This will be SpaceX's second reflight of a first stage; B1029 previously boosted Iridium-1 (LEO launch) and landed on JRTI in January of this year.
[video=youtube;PZ0EmJ9DlQk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ0EmJ9DlQk[/video]
Presskit:
[URL]http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/bulgariasat1presskit.pdf[/URL][/QUOTE]
god damn its amazing watching those spacex rockets land upright like that.
1029 landed on JRTI, not OCISLY.
[QUOTE=Sojourner;52369047]1029 landed on JRTI, not OCISLY.[/QUOTE]
It did indeed. :suicide:
Hey I worked on this booster! Hope it works again.
[QUOTE=The Rifleman;52369122]Hey I worked on this booster! Hope it works again.[/QUOTE]
If it doesn't we will blame you
[QUOTE=Karmah;52369640]If it doesn't we will blame you[/QUOTE]
You wouldn't believe how my phone blew up when the launchpad anomaly happened. I was only there a week at that point but everyone I knew and their mothers went "BRO WTF DID YOU DO?!"
Regardless I have full confidence in the technology/engineering. She's gonna fly just fine.
Ban Rifleman if rocket fails agree/disagree?
[QUOTE=OvB;52369888]Ban Rifleman if rocket fails agree/disagree?[/QUOTE]
Forward the decision to Musk.
[QUOTE=The Rifleman;52369122]Hey I worked on this booster! Hope it works again.[/QUOTE]
May you disclose what exactly you're working on?
[QUOTE=DrDevil;52370072]May you disclose what exactly you're working on?[/QUOTE]
He worked at McGregor preparing stages for static fires iirc
[QUOTE=Morgen;52370131]He worked at McGregor preparing stages for static fires iirc[/QUOTE]
This also, post fire prep for launch and processes/integration work streamlining and time improvements.
Oh wow thats cool, didn't even know my tv provider could even afford anything like this. Hope the launch goes well.
[thumb]http://i.imgur.com/uuYh9cV.png[/thumb]
[URL="http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/bulgariasat1presskit.pdf"]Press kit[/URL] is out!
Delayed until at least 23rd to replace fairing valve
Next weekend could be an exciting one.
[media]https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/876522478046068737[/media]
The weather was looking like shit for tomorrow anyway
I hope this doesn't push the other two launches back.. there is meant to be a West coast launch and another Cape launch soon.
[QUOTE=Bradyns;52375950]I hope this doesn't push the other two launches back.. there is meant to be a West coast launch and another Cape launch soon.[/QUOTE]
It'll be a double header. Two flights back to back at different coasts. Same weekend.
Weather is looking good for the Friday launch.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/lfzgQ8v.jpg[/img]
10hours.
Youtube feed is in OP.
[QUOTE]On the eve of the launch of his country’s first communications satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket, the chief executive of BulgariaSat credited SpaceX’s cost-cutting ways with making space accessible for small nations and money-conscious companies like his own.
Maxim Zayakov, CEO of BulgariaSat and its affiliate television provider Bulsatcom, told Spacefight Now that SpaceX’s push to reduce the cost of space transportation has yielded tangible results for his country.
“People don’t realize that, for small countries and small companies like us, without SpaceX, there was no way we would ever be able to even think about space,” Zayakov said. “With them, it was possible. We got a project. I think, in the future, it’s going to be even more affordable because of reusability.”
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[url]https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/06/22/head-of-bulgariasat-says-satellite-project-would-be-impossible-without-spacex/[/url]
