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Take that Jeff Bezos!
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SpaceX are going to be attempting a launch from Vandenberg in about an hour and ten minutes. Then, eight minutes later, attempt another barge landing (this time in the pacific; it's a polar orbit).

[QUOTE=chalsall;422813]SpaceX are going to be attempting a launch from Vandenberg in about an hour and ten minutes. Then, eight minutes later, attempt another barge landing (this time in the pacific; it's a polar orbit).[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]SpaceX SpaceX
about an hour ago ·44,624 Views
Webcast info
SpaceX webcast will go live here and on YouTube at about 1:15pm ET/10:15am PT. For our full hosted webcast, use this link [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivdKRJzl6y0[/url]
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[YOUTUBE]ivdKRJzl6y0[/YOUTUBE]
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For views of rocket, launch countdown audio and telemetry info, use this link: [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkz_lclGXNg[/url][/QUOTE]
[YOUTUBE]vkz_lclGXNg[/YOUTUBE]

The separate streams are a brilliant idea.

Waiting to find out what happened on the barge... darn satellite connections.

And no recovery, due to a hard landing :/

[QUOTE=Mark Rose;422820]The separate streams are a brilliant idea.

Waiting to find out what happened on the barge... darn satellite connections.[/QUOTE]
Somehow the actual landing always becomes technically difficult to show live. This time they think they had landing gear failure/breakage and at a minimum failed the vertical landing; and will update info in a few hours

Fridays should be renamed to commemorate their usefulness in burying bad news.

Last Friday, SpaceX mentioned some trouble with the previous rocket that they successfully landed at Cape Canaveral:
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Conducted hold-down firing of returned Falcon rocket. Data looks good overall, but engine 9 showed thrust fluctuations.

Maybe some debris ingestion. Engine data looks ok. Will borescope tonight. This is one of the outer engines.
5:47 PM - 15 Jan 2016[/QUOTE]
[URL="http://gizmodo.com/spacexs-returned-rocket-still-fires-mostly-1753442217"]SpaceX's Returned Rocket Still Fires, Mostly[/URL]

Is there a video?

[QUOTE=Dubslow;422866]Is there a video?[/QUOTE]

Yes, here: [url]https://www.instagram.com/p/BAqirNbwEc0/[/url]

Oooof, so close, yet so far away. The exploding from a bit of physical contact was quite reminiscent of Michael Bay. I'd say that was damn near as successful as the one on hard land in Florida -- successfully hit the moving and swaying target, at the proper velocity and attitude -- too bad the leg failed...