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SpaceX: FORMOSASAT5 to launch on Falcon 9, core 1038 - 11:50AM PDT Today
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#11
08-24-2017, 07:01 PM
New Titanium grid fins are deployed and not catching fire like the Aluminum ones did...

Entry burn started!
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#12
08-24-2017, 07:02 PM
SECO... second stage is in orbit!

Entry burn cutoff...
Landing burn shortly.
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#13
08-24-2017, 07:02 PM
Stage one trans-sonic...

Landing burn!
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#14
08-24-2017, 07:04 PM
Lost telemetry for a sec, but

LANDED! Right on center!

15th sucessful landing of Falcon 9.

(Suck it ULA! LOL!).

And Satellite deployed!
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08-24-2017, 08:22 PM
Cool!
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08-24-2017, 08:35 PM
No, very cool!
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08-24-2017, 11:45 PM
After they are past re-use, I hope they can be routed to Utah Salt Flats drag tracks.
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#18
08-26-2017, 05:14 AM
Thanks for posting these updates.

I was in awe when Alan Shepherd flew that first time and I am in awe today at rocket science. (I suppose it is telling that I am also in awe that airplanes fly ... it is easy to impress me!)
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