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Posted: 12/19/2015 10:00:15 PM EST
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"A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 11 second-generation Orbcomm communications satellites. The satellites will operate for Orbcomm Inc., providing two-way data messaging services for global customers. The rocket will fly on a full-thrust version of the Falcon 9 rocket with upgraded Merlin 1D engines, stretched fuel tanks, and a payload fairing."

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida

The following article has a lot of good information on this launch:

SpaceX launch article

"The third objective of Sunday’s flight — classified as purely experimental — will be to recover the Falcon 9’s booster stage a few minutes after liftoff, perhaps at a landing pad near the eastern tip of Cape Canaveral leased by SpaceX from the U.S. Air Force.

SpaceX has not officially disclosed whether the rocket will head for the landing pad on the Florida coast or the company’s landing barge, or drone ship, positioned in the Atlantic Ocean."  (Update below:  It will be on land if attempted.)

Update:  From an earlier SpaceX launch there were multiple possible streaming video options.   Those are posted below but I have not verified them.  Try with adequate time before the launch to see which works for you.

Webcast sites:

SpaceX

Space.com

NASA TV

http://dev.marshallbrekka.com/spacex.html

Other possible viewing options:

Ch 346 on DTV

Dish Network channel 286

According to PalmettoSharpShooter: Just FYI: If you have Amazon Fire TV, there's a NASA app where you can watch live on the big screen


Press kit:  I have not found a press kit for this launch.  A press kit for the first Orbcomm OG2 mission 1 launch in 2014 can be found below.  It delivered the spacecraft into a 47 degree inclination orbit which means a northeasterly launch.  If that is the same for the launch tomorrow, people north of Florida may have a chance to see it.

Orbcomm OG2 Mission 1 press kit

Press kit for this mission here
Link Posted: 12/19/2015 10:06:54 PM EST
[#1]
I just looked at the spacex.com/webcast site and it looks good.  When I read the additional information link I saw this:

"This mission also marks SpaceX’s return-to-flight as well as its first attempt to land a first stage on land."

I hope that they are successful with all objectives.
Link Posted: 12/19/2015 10:10:31 PM EST
[#2]
Link Posted: 12/19/2015 10:23:04 PM EST
[#3]
Go SpaceX!!!!

I hope it goes smooth.

If the booster lands safely that would be A*W*E*S*O*M*E !!
Link Posted: 12/20/2015 8:04:51 PM EST
[#4]
Launch delayed one day.  Unknown reason.   New launch time 833 PM EST.

Correction:  I just read five minute launch window starting at 829 PM EST.
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 11:30:02 AM EST
[#5]
Posting so I don't forget tonight....



Link Posted: 12/21/2015 1:56:55 PM EST
[#6]
tag
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 2:02:41 PM EST
[#7]
Company I work for has about 130 valves on the Falcon 9.

Needless to say we'll all be watching very closely!
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 2:04:52 PM EST
[#8]
I wish them success this time.
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 2:12:56 PM EST
[#9]
Tag
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 2:40:40 PM EST
[#10]
They are showing pictures of the rocket now at the SpaceX website.
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 2:46:28 PM EST
[#11]
Here are some major events from the press kit (link in first post).  What is interesting is the first stage landing ten minutes after launch.  

LAUNCH AND FIRST-STAGE LANDING
Hour/Min     Events
00:01         Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
00:02:20    1st stage engine shutdown/main engine cutoff (MECO)
00:02:24     1st and 2nd stages separate
00:02:35    2nd stage engine starts 00:04 1st stage boostback burn
00:08         1st stage re-entry burn
00:10         2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO)
00:10        1st stage landing
00:12        Fairing deployment
00:15        ORBCOMM satellites begin deployment
00:20        ORBCOMM satellites end deployment
00:26        1st satellite completes antenna & solar array deployment & starts transmitting
00:31        All satellites complete antenna & solar array deployment & start transmitting
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 2:49:33 PM EST
[#12]
USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 2:51:08 PM EST
[#13]
Go team.
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 2:53:22 PM EST
[#14]
I'm excited, go spacex!
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 5:16:37 PM EST
[#15]
ost
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 6:00:37 PM EST
[#16]
In!
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 6:04:19 PM EST
[#17]
I am going outside to see it.
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 7:01:47 PM EST
[#18]
LZ-1



















 
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 7:05:46 PM EST
[#19]
I watched the fireworks last July right before we left on a cruise.....

Did this one make it?

RIF: Apparently.

Link Posted: 12/21/2015 7:07:57 PM EST
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Than ks for the picture.  Is that the launch site in the distance?
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 7:19:01 PM EST
[#21]
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Did this one make it?

RIF: Apparently.

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Another hour before liftoff.
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 7:29:09 PM EST
[#22]
I am glad the get to attempt the landing on land this time.
They have done it quit a bit in Texas, but not from an actual launch.
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 7:40:00 PM EST
[#23]
Fingers crossed for a successful return to flight and delivery of payload to proper orbit!  Admittedly the part I'm most excited about is the possibility of them sticking a landing, but I realize that's just icing on the cake.



Got a lot of friends who work for SpaceX in Hawthorne, those guys must be nervous as hell right now...
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 7:42:50 PM EST
[#24]

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Than ks for the picture.  Is that the launch site in the distance?




 
No, that is the Delta IV integration building.  The SpaceX launch complex is about 3 miles north of that Delta IV complex.









Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:01:13 PM EST
[#25]
SpaceX livestream is live.
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:06:36 PM EST
[#26]
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Not much to look at, being just a few minutes to launch...
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:06:41 PM EST
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I had to mute the poor choice in music.
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:06:54 PM EST
[#28]
In
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:09:21 PM EST
[#29]
Watching now.  Will be fun!
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:10:24 PM EST
[#30]
The live coverage is now on the air, but they haven't given any status updates yet.
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:11:15 PM EST
[#31]

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SpaceX livestream is live.




I had to mute the poor choice in music.
Glad I wasn't the only one to think that the music sucked.  



 
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:11:35 PM EST
[#32]
In.  T-18:00.
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:11:58 PM EST
[#33]
In before the explosion
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:12:26 PM EST
[#34]
All systems go at this point.
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:12:50 PM EST
[#35]
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Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:13:38 PM EST
[#36]
Girl in white shirt has big boobies.
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:15:34 PM EST
[#37]
IN!

And thanks for the bump. I almost forgot this was happening today. I would have missed it yesterday.
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:16:05 PM EST
[#38]
I am currently watching the webcast on my 46in flatscreen.


Method:
www.spacex.com/webcast on the iPad.
AirPlay the video to my Apple TV

The feed is great. The TV info says it is receiving 1080p.


Please post whatever other methods are possible for
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:16:30 PM EST
[#39]

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So am I
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:17:41 PM EST
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I am currently watching the webcast on my 46in flatscreen.


Method:
www.spacex.com/webcast on the iPad.
AirPlay the video to my Apple TV

The feed is great. The TV info says it is receiving 1080p.


Please post whatever other methods are possible for
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Same.
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:20:12 PM EST
[#41]
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:20:47 PM EST
[#42]
The blond in the denim vest likes talking about increased lengths and how long things are.
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:20:58 PM EST
[#43]
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I am currently watching the webcast on my 46in flatscreen.


Method:
www.spacex.com/webcast on the iPad.
AirPlay the video to my Apple TV

The feed is great. The TV info says it is receiving 1080p.


Please post whatever other methods are possible for
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Does not seem to be on dish 286, nasa tv
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:21:04 PM EST
[#44]
Helloooooo blonde in the denim... chicks get so much hotter when they start talking nerdy
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:21:57 PM EST
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This has my inner nerd all ready to geek out with her!
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:21:59 PM EST
[#46]
This was a nice set of presentations on the payloads and upgraded rocket.
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:22:33 PM EST
[#47]
Very cool live broadcast on the SpaceX website. I suppose watching this is a little like what my parents felt like watching the Apollo launches.
Hope they succeed with all their objectives.

Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:23:42 PM EST
[#48]
I wonder how many criminals government can make...?

What's the upper limit?
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:23:45 PM EST
[#49]
They indicated that they should be able to show the first stage landing if all goes well.   That occurs ten minutes after launch according to the schedule above.
Link Posted: 12/21/2015 8:25:06 PM EST
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