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Topic: SpaceX employee numbered flight patches
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Liembo
Member Posts: 667
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 08-23-2019 01:55 PM
   
I heard it through the grapevine that the individually serialized SpaceX mission patches will be going away as of CRS-17. Instead, employees will be given a version marked with an "X" where the commercial versions will not. I have not seen a numbered version since Telstar 18V but there are at least nine missions between then and CRS-17. |
Liembo
Member Posts: 667
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 08-23-2019 09:37 PM
Here's a photo of the latest employee allocation, numbers obscured and new X's circled. |
skyguard23
Member Posts: 32
From: Central Switzerland
Registered: Dec 2016
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posted 01-04-2020 06:10 PM
Liem, my belated thanks for that photo. I might be missing something, but the CRS-17 patch seems to look the same as the commercial version. It too sports the SpaceX logo in the same spot. What is your take? |
Liembo
Member Posts: 667
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 01-04-2020 07:01 PM
Oddly, there was no differentiation between the CRS-17 patch for employees or as a souvenir. Also, as far as I can tell, there was no employee Arabsat 6A patch. |
skyguard23
Member Posts: 32
From: Central Switzerland
Registered: Dec 2016
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posted 01-05-2020 04:15 PM
That corresponds with my observations. Thanks for your insight.I guess with a growing number of flights, and in the long-term increasing workforce, SpaceX is looking for ways to "streamline" this little tradition. |
Liembo
Member Posts: 667
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 09-15-2020 03:04 PM
Another employee allocation has been issued at some point. The Arabsat-6A patch has the seniority number, the rest are issued with the SpaceX logo.  |
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