Posted on 04/26/2015 8:10:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin
As promised, SpaceX is picking up its launch pace in 2015 with a pair of liftoffs from the Florida space coast slated for the next week and a half. They follow closely on the heels of a quartet of successful blastoffs from Cape Canaveral, already accomplished since January.
If all goes well, a commercial satellite launch and a human spaceflight related pad abort test launch for NASA are scheduled for April 27 and May 5 respectively.
Mondays launch of a communications satellite for Thales Alenia Space takes place just 13 days after SpaceX successfully launching the Dragon CRS-6 resupply freighter to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA on April 14.
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Anyone know if either of these will make a re-attempt at the sea platform re-use landing?
The pad abort test isn’t going to get them anywhere near space and unless the test is performed ON THE floating platform, it isn’t landing there.
It will test getting the vehicle off the rocket while it is sitting on the launchpad.
for the April 27th launch, I have no idea, has anyone checked their website?
“Anyone know if either of these will make a re-attempt at the sea platform re-use landing?”
In a couple of months they will try again and this time they’ll have it land on land.
This should happen with their CRS-7 launch ISS re-supply mission.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-7
Scheduled: Falcon 9 Flight 19
Falcon 9 Flight 19, scheduled for 19 June 2015, is slated to be the third attempt to land on a solid surface as it is lofting a lower-mass LEO payload. On 15 April 2015, SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell said that the company hopes to land the rocket on ground rather than at sea.[52] No controlled-descent test will be conducted on Falcon 9 Flight 18 as it is lofting its primary mission payload to a higher-energy geosynchronous orbit.[48]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9_ocean_booster_landing_tests
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches
thanks!
They will not - that will happen the next time the re-supply the space station.
According to spacweflightnow.com, "The hefty payload and high-altitude destination for Monday’s mission will prevent SpaceX from attempting a recovery of the Falcon 9’s first stage booster."
The CRS launches have the best trajectory to put the 1st stage where the floating platform is. So, when they launch the next CRS mission (#7, I believe) in mid-June, that's when you'll likely see the next landing attempt.
not this attempt. I think I read because the this required a higher orbit they don’t have enough fuel for the sea attempt
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