Some cool shots from the past few SpX missions:

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Launch coming up late tonight for those who are willing to stay up for it!

Most definitely!

Webcasts feeds are live (with music). Actual broadcast should start in 5ish minutes.

EDIT: Well, I say that. The hosted feed appears to have gone down for some reason. Technical is still up.

Ok, casting it from the phone to the tv and on CP at the same time. Cool. http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...256cd103e7.jpg

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They're going ultra detailed on the basics of a launch tonight. Interesting.

There's something about the way the hosted webcast gets so quiet when they switch to the countdown chatter that makes it seem really intense all of a sudden.

Cool. Every time. http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...a52809841d.jpg

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I have no idea why the orientation gets jacked.

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This taken landscape. http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...ebe8a2bf89.jpg

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Well there ya go..

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Hey! There it is!

Dead center....

Woot...


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Mission success. Time for bed.

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.

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<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]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NASA says SpaceX was conducting a test firing of its unmanned rocket when the blast occurred Thursday morning. <a href="https://t.co/Bc7kNiq6E0">pic.twitter.com/Bc7kNiq6E0</a></p>&mdash; WESH 2 News (@WESH) <a href="https://twitter.com/WESH/status/771341206416613376">September 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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RotRoh

Well, shit. Though I doubt there will be as thorough of an investigation since it was a test fire (which is meant to identify issues), chances are that did a ton of damage to the pad that's gonna take forever to fix.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Official statement from <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX">@SpaceX</a>: <a href="https://t.co/GxvH2E8401">pic.twitter.com/GxvH2E8401</a></p>&mdash; Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) <a href="https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/771352111657385984">September 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Loss of payload...ouch.

Two lost payloads in 1.5 years isn't going to help opinions of their reliability.

It SOUNDS like it may have been an issue with the ground equipment and not the rocket (not confirmed by official sources). That's not necessarily any better, but it's interesting if so.

I thought the satellite wasn't onboard?

It seems odd that they would be test firing it with the payload onboard. :shrug:

I wouldn't have thought it would be either, but apparently it was. :shrug:

Sadly, I've removed the "next launch" info from the OP. It'll probably be a while before there's anything to put in there.

Tight schedule. Taking the rocket back down and performing the mounting, putting it back up, two days away from launch while still checking all the systems just wasn't feasible.

Lesson learned. At a cost of $200m.

LMAO

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">SpaceX rocket that exploded was supposed to take a Facebook satellite into space <a href="https://t.co/dELMsbvImv">https://t.co/dELMsbvImv</a> <a href="https://t.co/Sybd2WFtHd">pic.twitter.com/Sybd2WFtHd</a></p>&mdash; Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) <a href="https://twitter.com/Gizmodo/status/771354817935597568">September 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Elon Musk is having a HORRIBLE day!

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Talk about bad timing...

http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/30/tech...use/index.html

I can't seem to access Gus Grissom's Facebook page.

video, RUD is at 1:11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BgJEXQkjNQ

Damn. There has to be a **** ton of damage to the ground equipment from that.

Oh man, that payload falling...

Interesting ignition point. Well, bang-bang point, anyway.

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https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/i...D2RK71nNVAgQ5X


Did somebody say "BOOM", BOOM I say?

I wonder what fun conspiracy theories we'll see from this?

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media...xujs2ai4j5.gif

That looked like some sort of static charge ignited the top of the rocket, either from a gas leak or leaking joint/seal.

That thing blew up quickly.

Why is that funny? Amos-6 was going to provide large parts of East, West and South Africa with web access and connectivity.

Here is the explosion with audio and video synced:

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WTF

Zuckerberg looking up, as if to say "Really?"

oh, they have started, for sure :D

ETA:

my guess is its either obama's birth certificate, or one of the hijackers passports from 9/11

I caught something coming across the official film released just like this video. I don't think a conspiracy as much as possible drone? Or raptor bird that dropped something that hit a connecting fuel or electric line?

Not intentional but accidental.

I hit play and stop many times to try and capture something and this is my direct screen shot at moment of explosion. It was flying right to left.

Ugh. And yeah, people are gonna seriously question that thing.

Meh. I'm an Occam's Razor kind of guy. Chances are it was just some sort of bird flying by. Keep in mind that this camera was probably a LONG way back, so it's possible that object wasn't even close to the rocket.

The highly likely explanation is just plain old vehicle failure. It sucks, but it is what it is.

What ever it is felt the heat...

This might have been mentioned already, but they erected Falcon 9 in front of their hq. Its tall af, I'll take a pic and post it.

Welp...

Was SpaceX rocket hit by a drone? Shock claims Elon Musk’s Falcon 9 was 'attacked'



http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/late...con-9-attacked

Tabloid bullshit.

Agree, but it sure looks like it wasn't a bird.

LMAO

Interesting commentary...

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THANKS OBAMA!

https://mainerepublicemailalert.com/...da-launch-pad/

ROFL


Check out the guys credentials.

This is serious. Lol

:D

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Holy Jesus

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Still working on the Falcon fireball investigation. Turning out to be the most difficult and complex failure we have ever had in 14 years.</p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/774150065166229504">September 9, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Important to note that this happened during a routine filling operation. Engines were not on and there was no apparent heat source.</p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/774150289314029568">September 9, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Particularly trying to understand the quieter bang sound a few seconds before the fireball goes off. May come from rocket or something else.</p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/774153847371501569">September 9, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Whatever happened - it was really weird. Oh, and fuel for the conspiracy theorists:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/ashwin7002">@ashwin7002</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NASA">@NASA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/faa">@faa</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AFPAA">@AFPAA</a> We have not ruled that out.</p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/774155416976580608">September 9, 2016</a></blockquote>
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It's just an illustration of the concept, but here's the plan for Mars.

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Elon's talk is supposedly being broadcast here at 1:30pm CT.

http://www.spacex.com/Mars

Will watch tonight, didn't get a chance today.

Start of the talk is ~20 minutes in...

https://youtu.be/A1YxNYiyALg?t=20m50s

http://www.popsci.com/spacex-investi...xploded-rocket

After reviewing footage of the explosion, WaPo reports that SpaceX noticed an "odd shadow, then a white spot" on the roof of a nearby building owned by United Launch Alliance, an old-school rocket-launching company that competes with SpaceX on military contracts. The building has a clear line of sight to the launchpad where SpaceX's rocket exploded, WaPo notes.