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by garretruh 4143 days ago
This launch was/is going to be the first one without a boost back. Because of DSCOVR's mass and destination (Earth-Sun L1 point), there isn't enough fuel to make a boost back burn. That's why the barge is ~650 km off the coast[0] instead of the 350 km it was for CRS-5[1].

[0] https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=zp15b_P5ERVk.kQ...

[1] https://mapsengine.google.com/map/u/0/viewer?mid=zp15b_P5ERV...