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To: Jack Hydrazine

There will be no attempt to land the first stage with this one.


3 posted on 03/01/2015 6:22:35 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Vince Ferrer

Ah thanks.


6 posted on 03/01/2015 6:23:15 PM PST by Monty22002
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To: Vince Ferrer

The launch is Boeing’s first-ever conjoined launch of a lighter-weight dual-commsat stack that was specifically designed to take advantage of the lower-cost SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle.

http://aviationweek.com/awin/spacex-says-falcon-9-compete-eelv-year

Falcon 9 launch manifest through 2019.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches

Falcon Heavy news...

Pad 39A – SpaceX laying the groundwork for Falcon Heavy debut
17NOV2014
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/11/pad-39a-spacex-groundwork-falcon-heavy-debut/
It might launch as early as 28DEC2015 as a demonstration flight followed by a second launch in April of 2016 that will lift an Air Force payload called STP-2 to orbit.


11 posted on 03/01/2015 6:37:55 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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