Giving up on the gimmick of re-usable?
“Giving up on the gimmick of re-usable?”
https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/12/watch-live-spacex-goes-for-its-17th-launch-of-2017/
“SpaceX has now successfully landed 20 rockets [Updated]
This is also the company’s 13th supply mission to the International Space Station.”
Eric Berger - 12/15/2017, 9:10 AM
Some “Gimmick”!
SpaceX has a priority of getting their customer’s payload into the required orbit(s). This launch has a payload of 10 satellites. Another complication is the West Coast launch which precludes the benefit of having an eastward launch which adds the Earth’s rotational velocity to the rocket induced velocity.