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DaFace 05-05-2017 09:16 PM

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>&mdash; Peter B. de Selding (@pbdes) <a href="https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/860475199250206721">May 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Donger 05-06-2017 09:42 AM

Nice. And Heavy?

DaFace 05-09-2017 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Donger (Post 12860278)
Nice. And Heavy?

No date yet, but they're getting close.

<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>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/862017305911320577">May 9, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Hydrae 05-09-2017 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 12859957)
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>&mdash; Peter B. de Selding (@pbdes) <a href="https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/860475199250206721">May 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Under 6 month turn around, that is awesome!

Donger 05-10-2017 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 12864751)
No date yet, but they're getting close.

<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>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/862017305911320577">May 9, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Nice, thanks

unlurking 05-10-2017 06:09 AM

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.

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-c...23-350x265.png

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017...d-progressing/

DaFace 05-14-2017 10:46 AM

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.

DaFace 05-15-2017 04:47 PM

Bump. Time to board.

eDave 05-15-2017 04:57 PM

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>&mdash; Stephen Clark (@StephenClark1) <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenClark1/status/864252072216199168">May 15, 2017</a></blockquote>
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eDave 05-15-2017 05:25 PM

Kinda boring without a landing.

Hydrae 05-15-2017 05:27 PM

I haven't had much chance to watch any of these so this is great. Amazing what mankind has accomplished.

DaFace 05-15-2017 10:37 PM

Another successful (albeit boring) launch. Here's hoping that they get the Heavy going here soon to spice things up a bit.

unlurking 05-16-2017 07:12 AM

I will never find this kind of thing boring...

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unlurking 05-16-2017 07:31 PM

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DaFace 05-16-2017 08:07 PM

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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