History Making First Recovery for SpaceX - Orbcomm-2 Launch

[Skotty]

Go SpaceX! I have their flags and would love to fly them, but I don't want to fly them again until they have a successful launch. Here's to hoping that today is the day!

 

[Bgarret]

Cloudy night in the Cape. Hoping for a little clearing around launch. Will be at Jetty Park for launch and landing. Go SpaceX!

 

[hockeythug]

Wow. Never knew the scale of it before.

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/679068266975920128

 

[physicsfita]

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Cloudy night in the Cape. Hoping for a little clearing around launch. Will be at Jetty Park for launch and landing. Go SpaceX!

Weather.com says 0% chance of rain at launch time. Here's to hoping the winds will be ok -- fingers crossed...

 

[AudubonB]

Wow. Never knew the scale of it before.

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/679068266975920128

See that guy there? If he doesn't get out of the way, X will mark the splot.

 

[palmer_md]

So launch window opens up at 8:29pm ET tonight. 20% chance of weather violation. According to Elon the launch(as usual) and the landing will be streamed.

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

supposed to go live in 20 min, or 8:10pm ET.

went live at 8:07...

 

[hockeythug]

Stream is live. Alright. I'm gonna sit back and hopefully enjoy a successful launch. Good luck stage 1.

 

[doug]

Video: ORBCOMM-2

ORBCOMM-2 - YouTube

 

[deonb]

Is it just me who is expecting that when the time of the launch comes, there will just be a screen of music for the next 45 minutes, then the curtain will finally go up and people will be let in for the event, and then only will they finally launch - 1.5 hours later... ?

 

[dsm363]

Can't get any of the video streams to work.

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Ok. ORBCOMM-2 - YouTube
is working for me at least. SpaceX and livestream kept giving an error.

 

[MacroP]

Wow. A pre-launch presentation. SpaceX haven't done one of these for a while. Apparently they'll be live streaming the 1st stage landing too which they haven't done in the past.

 

[Auzie]

I can hear cheering, good sign

 

[anticitizen13.7]

Live blog on The Verge says booster is headed back to the Cape.

 

[MacroP]

Success

 

[Auzie]

Holy !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Branzo90D]

First stage just landed properly!

 

[MikeC]

That was awesome.

 

[palmer_md]

Awesome!!!!!

 

[Half Dollar Bill]

I have never been so happy and proud in my life! Great feeling to be associate with a company that can do things like this!

 

[Grendal]

Woo-Hoo!!!!! Success!!!!