Falcon Surprise, SpaceX Says Something Big is Coming |
Falcon Surprise, SpaceX Says Something Big is Coming |
Apr 5 2011, 04:01 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1018 Joined: 29-November 05 From: Seattle, WA, USA Member No.: 590 |
From SpaceX about two hours ago.
QUOTE Something Big is Coming Judging from the video (and the fact that the Falcon 9 Heavy Maiden Launch showed up on their mainifest a month or two ago) I'm guessing this'll be the F9H announcement. But, given the fanfare, it could be anything.ElonMusk Holding Press Conference on Tuesday, April 5th Elon Musk,CEO and Chief Technical Officer of SpaceX, will hold a press conference on Tuesday, April 5th at 11:20am EST to discuss SpaceX's latest venture. Get a sneakpeak of the discussion on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th6HQ9RtVCE. The press conference will be webcast live at: http://www.visualwebcaster.com/spacex. The press conference will also be accessible via the home page ofSpaceX.com by clicking the main banner. If you are unable to watch live, the press conference will be archived at http://www.visualwebcaster.com/spacex for future viewing. --Greg This post has been edited by Astro0: Apr 5 2011, 04:31 AM
Reason for edit: Edited to fix formatting problems
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Apr 6 2011, 04:43 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1018 Joined: 29-November 05 From: Seattle, WA, USA Member No.: 590 |
Anyone have any idea why the maiden launch for FH would be from Vandenberg? Ideal for a polar launch, of course, but why do that?
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Apr 6 2011, 04:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
Anyone have any idea why the maiden launch for FH would be from Vandenberg? Ideal for a polar launch, of course, but why do that? Because the pad at the Cape doesn't support the Heavy and would need a new integration hangar, new ground support equipment, additional propellant tanks, etc. All that would interfere with the planned COTS/CRS launches and I think neither SpaceX nor NASA want that. They plan on adding support for the Heavy there in late 2013/early 2014. Also, the Air Force kind of gave them a requirement that to be eligible for EELV program contracts, they would need a west coast pad for polar launches and a vehicle more capable than the standard Falcon 9. So they're attempting to kill two birds with one stone. -------------------- |
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