SpaceX F9 - Iridium Next 56-65 - SLC-4E

[Cosmacelf]

Yes I think your math is correct.

The best Tesla Roadster 2.0 can do is 0-60 in 2s. Here it is 0-60 in less than 0.5 seconds, which is 4 times more acceleration than the Roadster. And it keeps that acceleration for 4 seconds.

Rockets rule! I wonder what a Roadster 2 with SpaceX rocket technology will be like!

 

[AudubonB]

Good to see some check others’ math here.

Could I possibly persuade some such activity over in the Investors’ Sector? That would be quite the innnovation there,..

 

[Grendal]

All 10 Iridium satellites have been released, no word yet on the success of a Model 3 delivery just outside New Mexico.

I'm resisting the urge to go check in on @Grendal as the delivery center is only a few miles away from me.

Thanks for the concern. The delivery did have an incident. Happily, not a RUD though. Just last minute flight delays (due to weather conditions) and so I received the car one day later than planned. The secondary launch window was successful. The Denver Tesla delivery team was very accommodating. What an amazing car. Thanks for asking.

I was able to watch the launch. Though I had to watch it on my phone while being a guest in my step-niece and nephews home. My step niece works for ULA. So I had to keep my cheering for SpaceX on the down low.

 

[e-FTW]

My step niece works for ULA.

Anyone that works with rockets is a bad ass. But obligatory link: Careers
Lol

 

[e-FTW]

What an amazing car.

Make sure you link to your write up if you make one. The rocketry metaphors alone will be well worth the read imho. ;-)

 

[Grendal]

Iridium announced that all ten satellites from this launch are working well.

 

[scaesare]

When is the Space X internet going to come? I am ready to switch my phone plan.

These will require a decent sized ground terminal (think pizza-box sized antenna)… not likely practical for cars, much less phones.

 

[Cosmacelf]

When is the Space X internet going to come? I am ready to switch my phone plan.

Elon was asked a similar question during the last Tesla conference call (reporter asked if the satellite network could be used for Tesla cars) and he poured cold water on that idea. He said the antenna was going to be too big for a car and implied that the market they are going after is fixed terrestrial. So, no cell phone replacement...

 

[bxr140]

When is the Space X internet going to come? I am ready to switch my phone plan.

The rub is that for the vast majority of [the denser] populated areas, satellite internet will always be slower and more expensive.

 

[ccutrer]

The rub is that for the vast majority of [the denser] populated areas, satellite internet will always be slower and more expensive.

You give Comcast and CenturyLink too much credit for not price gouging or delivering sub-par performance... (that said, given a viable threat they should have plenty of room to improve and still be profitable).