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by blastofpast 3575 days ago
I am surprised that no one has mentioned whether or not this failure is related to SpaceX's first time reusing a rocket. If so, hopefully this isn't too much of a setback!
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wrigby 3575 days ago
The reused rocket will be used to launch SES-10 later this year, not AMOS-6.

Source: http://spacenews.com/spacex-to-launch-ses-10-satellite-on-re...

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ygra 3575 days ago
Question is whether they will have a launch pad at that time and how long investigations will last and until a fix is deployed. May well be that there are no more launches this year.
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Klathmon 3575 days ago
Yeah the last time they lost something it was a 6 month freeze on launches.
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Dimitris 3575 days ago
This is a brand new rocket. The reused rocket will be used for the SES-10 mission.
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throwawayReply 3575 days ago
Because it would just be speculation at this point, less than hour after it's happened?
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blastofpast 3575 days ago
It was just yesterday we read about SpaceX launching their first reused rocket. However, after searching for the news article, it's now clear to me that this was scheduled to happen "late this year".

source: http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/27935/20160901/space...

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