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Reused Dragons to start flying this year
SpaceX to restore damaged Cape Canaveral launch pad to service in December November 1, 2017 Stephen Clark https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/11/0...-damaged-cape- canaveral-launch-pad-to-service-in-december/ From above: NASA said the Dragon spaceship assigned to the December launch is the same capsule that flew to the station in April 2015 and returned to Earth a month later. SpaceX launched a reused Dragon cargo craft to the space station for the first time in June, and the last newly-manufactured first-generation Dragon was launched in August. All future SpaceX resupply flights will use refurbished Dragon capsules until upgraded ships are ready to take over. So, the last of first generation Dragons was manufactured this year and the first reused Dragon is expected to fly this December. Jeff -- All opinions posted by me on Usenet News are mine, and mine alone. These posts do not reflect the opinions of my family, friends, employer, or any organization that I am a member of. |
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"Jeff Findley" wrote in message
... SpaceX to restore damaged Cape Canaveral launch pad to service in December November 1, 2017 Stephen Clark https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/11/0...-damaged-cape- canaveral-launch-pad-to-service-in-december/ From above: NASA said the Dragon spaceship assigned to the December launch is the same capsule that flew to the station in April 2015 and returned to Earth a month later. SpaceX launched a reused Dragon cargo craft to the space station for the first time in June, and the last newly-manufactured first-generation Dragon was launched in August. All future SpaceX resupply flights will use refurbished Dragon capsules until upgraded ships are ready to take over. So, the last of first generation Dragons was manufactured this year and the first reused Dragon is expected to fly this December. Pretty interesting. Also I believe it appears they added another Falcon 9 flight on the schedule for this year (I'm pretty sure it was 19 and now I'm seeing 20). I'm still a bit skeptical they'll get Heavy off in December, but, they're SO close that a minor slip won't mean much. Jeff -- Greg D. Moore http://greenmountainsoftware.wordpress.com/ CEO QuiCR: Quick, Crowdsourced Responses. http://www.quicr.net IT Disaster Response - https://www.amazon.com/Disaster-Resp...dp/1484221834/ |
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On 11/5/2017 1:35 AM, Greg (Strider) Moore wrote:
Pretty interesting. Also I believe it appears they added another Falcon 9 flight on the schedule for this year (I'm pretty sure it was 19 and now I'm seeing 20). I believe they did. It's the one they are about to launch later this month. The mysterious one called ZUMA. I'm still a bit skeptical they'll get Heavy off in December, but, they're SO close that a minor slip won't mean much. I agree. But they have to do some mods to 39C to get it ready for F9H. I presume minor. Dave |
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"David Spain" wrote in message news
On 11/5/2017 1:35 AM, Greg (Strider) Moore wrote: Pretty interesting. Also I believe it appears they added another Falcon 9 flight on the schedule for this year (I'm pretty sure it was 19 and now I'm seeing 20). I believe they did. It's the one they are about to launch later this month. The mysterious one called ZUMA. I'm still a bit skeptical they'll get Heavy off in December, but, they're SO close that a minor slip won't mean much. I agree. But they have to do some mods to 39C to get it ready for F9H. I presume minor. I believe you mean 39A. (yes a 39C now exists, but not for this). I believe the changes are done. So there's a chance it'll get off in December as scheduled, but if not, January is looking REAL good. Now if it gets to ORBIT, that's another story. Let's just say I'd be standing FAR away when this thing lights up. Dave -- Greg D. Moore http://greenmountainsoftware.wordpress.com/ CEO QuiCR: Quick, Crowdsourced Responses. http://www.quicr.net IT Disaster Response - https://www.amazon.com/Disaster-Resp...dp/1484221834/ |
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Jeff Findley wrote: SpaceX launched a reused Dragon cargo craft to the space station for the first time in June, and the last newly-manufactured first-generation Dragon was launched in August. All future SpaceX resupply flights will use refurbished Dragon capsules until upgraded ships are ready to take over. So, the last of first generation Dragons was manufactured this year and the first reused Dragon is expected to fly this December. You misread, the first reused Dragon already flew in June. All the remaining Dragon 1 flights will be re-used capsules, and at least one will have to make a third flight. The December flight will also be re-using a first stage. Anthony |
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