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Some final clarification. Barring unlikely avenues such as a job interview or Tesla referral contest prize, you can only get a tour at Hawthorne if you are friends with or family of an employee. SpaceX tends to crack down on non-friend/family tours. In addition, tours are possible for non-U.S...

It's extremely likely that the core used will be the one that last flew on CRS-8, but not confirmed yet. Do keep in mind that SES-10 will receive a new F9-XXXX designation. The core ID (1021) will have the number of flights appended to it: 1021-2.

Hydraulic fluid spatter ID'ing (CSI: Hawthorne?) confirms it is Thaicom/1023. Engines removed.

OCISLY departed Port Canaveral at 22:45 UTC for its station in the Atlantic. Quick note: this flight will carry the heaviest sat SpaceX has ever lofted on a GTO trajectory, but won't surpass SES-9 in terms of landing attempt difficulty. SpaceX required extra burn time and a more challenging...

This is partially correct. SpaceX assigns two numbers - a four-digit production ID number, and a four-digit number assigned between production and flight. The former is used by everyone on the line. However, many of the production ID numbers are not public. Those that are can be found at this...