Sounds like they're not very optimistic about landing this one. It's a HEAVY payload, so they can't boost back to land at all, and the barge landing will be way out there with little room for error in terms of fuel requirements. We'll see.


EDIT: Here's an actual tweet about it.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX">@SpaceX</a> on tomorrow night&#39;s launch and sea-landing attempt: &quot;Given this mission’s unique GTO profile, a successful landing is not expected&quot;</p>&mdash; Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) <a href="https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/702185800864124928">February 23, 2016</a></blockquote>
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I looked, but can't find a link that says "SpaceX launch" tomorrow at 5:45pm. I even checked their page. Where do you go to watch live?

I have the NASAHD channel set to record, but what's listed aroung that time are "Video File" and "ISS Mission Coverage."

Ugh.

It'll be up at the normal webcast link in the OP. NASA probably won't have any coverage of this one since it's a private launch.

You can get more info about the launch here:

https://spacexstats.com/missions/ses-9

Reddit launch thread

https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comm...ssion_updates/

Thank you Sirs...

Spaceflightnow.com has a live feed and all Mission Status reports of all current and future launches. This is the site that most people at the Space Coast use. Launch window: 2346:14-0123 GMT (6:46:14-8:23 p.m. EST)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Weather remains 60% &quot;go&quot; for 6:46pm ET launch of Falcon 9, SES-9. Gusty winds, thick clouds are primary concerns: <a href="https://t.co/v0FiTJG00n">https://t.co/v0FiTJG00n</a></p>&mdash; James Dean (@flatoday_jdean) <a href="https://twitter.com/flatoday_jdean/status/702536842256773120">February 24, 2016</a></blockquote>
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SpaceXStats now has a "live" page for launches, which is pretty cool. You can pick what stream you want at the top, and a twitter-style update feed below with all the details. You can even do a side-by-side view of both the "glossy" feed and the "technical" feed if you want.

https://spacexstats.com/live

If they manage to get this thing off the ground today, this will be one of the smoothest launches they've done. Ever since they set the date, it's been smooth sailing (though everyone technically thought they might go for earlier in February - no official announcement was made to support that though).

It will be interesting how close they come to landing first stage without the boostback. Should learn a lot there.

Also:

NASA awards SpaceX with five more cargo missions to the International Space Station. NASA's other commercial supplier got zero.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/24/11...-missions-2018

On it like a duck on a June bug... Bookmarked...

Woot and thanks..

Slight weather delays

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Damn. I was hoping to watch before I left work. Now I'm worried I might be on the way home during the launch. :sulk:

Bah. Scrubbed due to weather. Same time tomorrow.

Ugh... I'll need to tape it, hockey starts for they younger son at 4:45!