Launch News SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 with AsiaSat 6, September 7, 2014

[IronRain]

Just woke up the news congrats SpaceX!

 

[orb]

 

[Kyle]

Congratulations to SpaceX! Nice to see a successful mission coming off that F9R-Dev1 failure.

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Well...no one cared launch success?

It's becoming somewhat routine for SpaceX to ace their launches now.

 

[RisingFury]

It's becoming somewhat routine for SpaceX to ace their launches now.

Yea, they're turning into Arianespace now
Boring

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

Yea, they're turning into Arianespace now
Boring

Oh yeah, they just kick off a flawless start to the Galileo navi.......oh wait :facepalm:

However SpaceX is just on its 17th launch and the 13.8-th success, and the 7th flight of the current configuration. Still a long queue to go before they got out the critical zone of gaining confidence - one larger slip over the next 3-4 years and their growth can suddenly ground to a stop..... :shifty:

 

[RisingFury]

However SpaceX is just on its 17th launch and the 13.8-th success, and the 7th flight of the current configuration. Still a long queue to go before they got out the critical zone of gaining confidence - one larger slip over the next 3-4 years and their growth can suddenly ground to a stop..... :shifty:

I think the reason SpaceX has had so much success with Falcon 9 is because of the failures of Falcon 1. Remember how NASA keeps saying that a failure teaches them more than a success? Maybe this was true for SpaceX.

Falcon 9 is a different vehicle from Falcon 1, but it is based off of its technology.


I would be surprised if Falcon 9 does not experience a full failure in its lifetime, but so far they're doing well.

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

Enjoy! :tiphat:

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Found this on Imgur yesterday...