SpaceX launch webcast: Orbcomm-2 Mission [video]
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#2On the agenda:
First flight since the failure on June 28
Attempt to land 1st stage on land near the launch site
First flight of an upgraded rocket
Re: SpaceX launch webcast: Orbcomm-2 Mission [video]
#3This is the first launch since the SpaceX rocket went kaboom [1] and they will be attempting a landing.
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#4On the agenda: First flight since the failure on June 28 Attempt to land 1st stage on land near the launch site First flight of an upgraded rocket
Don't forget second stage engine restart test.
Launch infographic https://i.imgur.com/D9BdO86.png by /u/zlsa on reddit.
/r/SpaceX Orbcomm OG2 Launch 2 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/3xnoz5/rspacex_orbc...
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#5Lots of eggs in this basket.
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#6Thanks very, very much to whoever posted this!
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#7On the agenda: First flight since the failure on June 28 Attempt to land 1st stage on land near the launch site First flight of an upgraded rocket
An image of the landing pad. https://imgur.com/4tjcdRM
What's interesting too is that the descent path of the rocket has an engine failure trajectory that will ensure the rocket will fall into the ocean if a failure occurs during the powered descent.
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#8Direct youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5bTbVbe4e4
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#9They really poured on the PR, lots of people going "Hi, I'm lead mechanical engineer for this or that" and then delivering a perfect speech that would have taken a lot of prectice to deliver to a camera as smoothly like that.
It's nice to see a lot of the lessons from media training. :D
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#10What's with all the fluff videos? Can we have a channel with just a comms feed?
T-4 minutes and still zero actual mission audio...