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Perpetual SpaceX Thread (next launch 2018-03-29 - Iridium NEXT (Flight 5))

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Launch 4:14 PM EST Almost like a new rocket I'm a little worried But it's friday, I'm home, boss let us off early and it looks like the launch is gtg for today
 
Nice article about block 5 at ARStechnica.

Block 5 rocket launch marks the end of the beginning for SpaceX
https://arstechnica.com/science/201...ch-marks-the-end-of-the-beginning-for-spacex/

Includes a beautiful picture of the launch - enlarge. Makes a nice screen background.

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You notice the lights on the nose cone, not sure of the effects name but it looked like static build up on the nose cone, like a mini aurora? Never noticed it before. And there was a mini ring below that near the bottom of the fairing. Having a discussion with a few "experts" on FB saying it the out of focus. Eh I don't know about that.

You can see it for yourself below but the video really shows it. Its about half way in http://www.spacex.com/webcast

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Well never mind apparently its been there all the time just the out of focus for some reason made it show up more.
 
https://qz.com/1286342/spacexs-final-upgrade-to-its-falcon-9-rocket-isnt-quite-final-yet/

SpaceX’s final upgrade to its Falcon 9 rocket isn’t quite final

SpaceX debuted the last major upgrade of the Falcon 9 rocket in a successful launch on May 11. But it has yet to demonstrate that a critical system in the redesigned rocket is safe enough to carry astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA.

Before the launch, SpaceX CEO and chief designer Elon Musk told reporters he believed that the new Falcon 9 met NASA’s stringent criteria for flying humans into space, but that he “could be mistaken.” Indeed, the vehicle that flew last week—which is designed to fly 10 times in a row with minimal refurbishment—still wasn’t in “crew configuration.” It lacked an upgrade to advanced high-pressure vessels that worry NASA safety advisors and took the blame for the launchpad explosion of a Falcon 9 in 2016 during fueling.

While the data derived from the May 11 launch will be used to demonstrate the vehicle’s capabilities and safety to NASA, SpaceX will still need to fly the rocket seven more times with the new tanks integrated and in “crew configuration” before the agency will certify it to carry astronauts.

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SpaceX told Quartz that the new vessels are now ready to go for an uncrewed demonstration mission scheduled in August. In 2017, the company launched eight rockets in the final five months of the year. It’s aiming for a faster cadence in 2018—so barring a rocket failure, SpaceX should have seven opportunities before its targeted crewed flight in December 2018.
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So I wonder how many times they reuse the booster before they decide no soft landing. Really, I don't care that much for watching the launch. I really enjoy watching the soft landings. I mean, that is Flash Gordon year 1936 type of tech and is pretty awesome.
 
1 hour till launch (00:45 eastern)

In a press conference hosted by the satellite operator SES, CTO Martin Halliwell further discussed some of the more technical aspects of the imminent SpaceX launch, waxing poetic about the particular flight-proven rocket’s fusion of a Block 4 Falcon 9 first stage and a Block 5 upper stage. With its “monster” Block 5 Merlin Vacuum engine, Halliwell noted that the extra performance provided by the upgraded second stage’s higher thrust, the expendable first stage launch profile, and the removal of its grid fins and landing legs could enable as much as seven years of additional operational life for the massive communications satellite.
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Next launch.

That's right during my commute might have to work or early or be late. Late it is!

"SpaceX is targeting a June 29 launch of #CRS15 at 5:41 a.m. EST

With sunrise occurring at 6:28am Eastern on Friday, and with a 90% favorable weather forecast, liftoff of #SpaceX's 15th cargo run to the ISS for #NASA will put on a visually stunning show in the early morning twilight, liftoff scheduled for 5:42am Eastern."
 
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