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SpaceX Manifest and Launch Cadence

Discussion in 'SpaceX' started by miimura, Apr 7, 2017.

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  1. ecarfan

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    Thanks watched that video, super cool!

    Seeing FIVE F9 first stages in the main SpaceX building in Hawthorne and how crowded it looked, I told my spouse: "We're going to need a bigger factory" (cue Jaws theme music).

    I've walked by that building several times when at the Hawthorne Supercharger, always hoping the main door on the street side would be open so I can peek inside, but it never is. :(
     
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    Grendal SpaceX Moderator

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    I thought I saw six booster cores in the video. 2 on the outside edges and 4 in the center with at least 1 being a pre-flown core.

    I think you get a glimpse of the new helium system (the red CPOVs) that replaced the anomaly causing helium system. That is, unless those were for something completely different.
     
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    My mistake, and you are correct: there were SIX 1st stages shown in that video. Amazing.
     
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    awesome video..... anyone else wish that we could buy SpaceX stock?
     
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    Prototype for a potential 'wiki' thread...


    2017ReuseDateRktLaunch siteOrbitWeight Recovery Payload / Thread
    1-Jan 14F9LC-4EPO860 (x10)JRTIIridium Next (1-10)
    2-Feb 19F9LC-39A??LZ-1Dragon CRS-10
    3-March 16 0600 UTCF9LC-39ALEO??LZ-1echostar 23
    41March 30F9LC-39ALEO??LZ-1ses-10
    5-April 29F9LC-39ALEO??LZ-1NROL-76
    6-May 15F9LC-39AGTO6070noInmarsat 5-F4
    7-June 1 2130 UTCF9LC-39ALEO(3300)LZ-1Dragon CRS-11
    82Jun 23F9LC-39AGTO3669OCISLYBulgariaSat-1
    9-Jun 25 2025 UTCF9LC-4EPO860 (x10)JRTIIridium Next (11-20)
    Launched January through June of 2017
     
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    Upcoming launches from earlier in this thread


    2017ReuseDateRktLaunch siteOrbitWeight Recovery Payload / Thread
    10-July 1F9LC-39AGTO~6000noIntelsat 35e
    tbd-Jun?F9LC-39AGTO5400OCISLYSES-11(EchoStar 105)
    tbd-JulF9LC-39AGTO~3500LZ-1 or ASDSKoreaSat 5A
    tbd-Jul 22F9LC-4ESSO525JRTIFORMOSAT 5
    tbd-Aug 1F9LC-39ALEO(3300)LZ-1Dragon CRS-12
     
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  7. SageBrush

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    I like embed-able Google tables. Self updating no less
     
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    Grendal SpaceX Moderator

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    I suggest adding a column for launch location.
     
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    Dragon goes to LEO

    EchoStar - Wikipedia
    gives location of the satellite in degrees 77°W, so GTO.

    SES-10 - Wikipedia
    SES-10, is a geostationary communications satellite, again GTO
     
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    Grendal SpaceX Moderator

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    List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches - Wikipedia

    The launch on Thursday, Formosat 5, was the 40th Falcon 9.
    This was the 38th successful launch.
    This was the 15th successful booster recovery. Of those, 9 were ASDS and 6 were RTLS.
    This was the 11 straight recovery in a row where recovery was attempted.
    There have been 5 boosters lost while attempting an experimental recovery.
    We've had 2 successful re-flights of a previously flown booster. (2 more are planned)
    We've had 2 rockets lost and one failure on a secondary payload due to contractual priorities.
    There have been 377 Merlin engines flown with only one failure in use.

    F9 has a current manifest of 47+ contracted launches still pending.
    FH has 4 contracted launches still pending.
     
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    How about Elon Musk sponsoring a get together near the launch site (a safe distance) when there is a launch planned. Seems like something a lot of owners would attend. Launches are spectacular.
     
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    Looking at the SpaceXNow app, it appears to show that for 2018 SpaceX has 28 commercial flights scheduled, which is incredible.

    But in addition to those flights, there are multiple demo flights (I recognize all these dates are subject to change):

    FH demo, NET Jan 15
    Crew Dragon demo, unmanned, NET April
    Crew Dragon in-flight abort test flight, unmanned (no date estimate yet)
    Crew Dragon demo, manned, NET July

    And possibly...the “Lunar Dragon” flight with two private citizens. Note I said “possibly”.

    So that is very likely over 30 launches this year, maybe 32. It will be an incredible year. And the company is now less than 16 years old. I still find it hard to wrap my head around that! :confused:
     
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    SpaceX is commissioning a third ASDS for possible dual FH side booster landings. It's name will be "A Shortfall of Gravitas."

    Elon Musk on Twitter
     
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    also an answer on the TEA/TAB

     
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    So now we have ASOG to go with OCISLY and JRTI!

    Love that new name. :cool:
     
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    When viewed in order of deployment it certainly provides evidence of A Shortfall of Gravitas. Thus I suspect we'll not see any more droneships in the foreseeable future.
     
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