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Forum:	Commercial Space - Military Space
Topic:	SpaceX Falcon 9 50th launch (Hispasat 30W-6)

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: [B]The rocket that flew this morning was a Block 4. The first Falcon 9 to be man-rated will be the Block 5, to be introduced later this year. In addition to improving reusability, the Block 5 Falcon 9 also incorporates changes driven by the needs of NASA's commercial crew program.[/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#ffffff" FACE="sans-serif">T O P I C     R E V I E W</font></CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="sans-serif">Robert Pearlman</FONT></TD><TD><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="sans-serif">From Elon Musk on Twitter: <BLOCKQUOTE><I>Falcon 9 flight 50 launches tonight, carrying Hispasat for Spain. At 6 metric tons and almost the size of a city bus, it will be the largest geostationary satellite we've ever flown.</I></BLOCKQUOTE> From SpaceX: <BLOCKQUOTE><I>SpaceX is targeting a Falcon 9 launch of the Hispasat 30W-6 satellite to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) on Tuesday, March 6 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The two-hour launch window opens at 12:33 a.m. EST, or 5:33 UTC. The Hispasat 30W-6 satellite will be deployed approximately 33 minutes after launch.<P>A two-hour backup launch window opens on Wednesday, March 7 at 12:33 a.m. EST, or 5:33 UTC.<P>SpaceX will not attempt to land Falcon 9's first stage after launch due to unfavorable weather conditions in the recovery area off of Florida's Atlantic Coast.</I></BLOCKQUOTE> <center><iframe width="400" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Kpfrp-GMKKM?rel=0" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen>

Blackarrow

I suppose a rocket is only as good as its last launch, but Falcon 9 has now launched 50 times. Has the rocket been man-rated? If not, why not? Who decides?

Robert Pearlman

The rocket that flew this morning was a Block 4. The first Falcon 9 to be man-rated will be the Block 5, to be introduced later this year.

In addition to improving reusability, the Block 5 Falcon 9 also incorporates changes driven by the needs of NASA's commercial crew program.

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