SpaceX ABS/EUTELSAT-1 Launch Webcast [video]

http://www.spacex.com/webcast/

by chazlupei • 11 years ago

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lutorm• 11 years ago

Nice, that was like clockwork!

slimsag• 11 years ago

As a distant follower of SpaceX it's not obvious to me if the Falcon 9 will attempt a landing this time?

kiba• 11 years ago

There's no landing gear this time. Not enough margin to make it worthwhile.

gizmo686• 11 years ago

According to /r/spacex, they will not be attempting to land because they are launching into geosynchronous orbit[1].

[1] http://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/2x81fc/rspacex_eutel...

agildehaus• 11 years ago

Not this time. They plan on having later F9 geo launches do this, however.

mikeash2• 11 years ago

Elon Musk made a related tweet. The current rocket doesn't have enough extra propellant to land after a geosynchronous mission, but upgrades are coming that will allow it:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/572257004938403840

jccooper• 11 years ago

Two and a half weeks between launches. Pretty good.

JshWright• 11 years ago

And three weeks until the next one.

Two9A• 11 years ago

Not including the Dragon 2's pad-abort test, which is ostensibly next week. That may slip, though.

nraynaud3• 11 years ago

interesting, this satellite company was using Ariane before. I guess the mood in Toulouse must be a bit strange.

louhike• 11 years ago

I cannot find what is the link with the city of Toulouse. As I'm currently living there, could you provide more details?

shasheene• 11 years ago

Probably because Airbus Defence and Space (formally known as EADS Astrium) -- the contractor which builds Ariane -- has a factory there: http://www.space-airbusds.com/en/locations/toulouse-gxq.html

nraynaud3• 11 years ago

basically, the Ariane rockets partially built there and are controlled from there, and the satellites are built and controlled there.

I guess the meet each other pretty often, and now, the satellite guys are going out with another rocket company.

Loic• 11 years ago

Fun Fact #1: Satmex originally bought the launch services from SpaceX as well as the satellite bus from Boeing, before being acquired by EutelSat in 2014. EutelSat 115W B was originally called Satmex 7.

From: http://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/2x81fc/rspacex_eutel...

jcfrei• 11 years ago

ESA definitely has to step up its game if it wants to keep its leading market share in satellite launches.

viraptor• 11 years ago

What did they show starting around T+00:09:17? Blue, stargate-like view...

valevk• 11 years ago

That's the fuel tank of the second stage. They want to capture the transfer into zero G.

Narkov• 11 years ago

Fuel tank.

Crito• 11 years ago

Oxidizer technically. Propellant is a good word that can be used for either fuel or oxidizer.

Already__Taken• 11 years ago

Specifically, Liquid Oxygen.

The Kerosene tank is below that. You can tell because that RP1 tank would have a center shaft the LOX drains through to the engine.

mikeash2• 11 years ago

I found this webcast pretty boring, in the best possible way. It started, they showed a promo video, completely nominal countdown, launch, go, everything on time and as it's supposed to be. Pretty cool.

SpaceX ABS/EUTELSAT-1 Launch Webcast [video]

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