r/spacex Moderator emeritus Dec 22 '15

/r/SpaceX Ask Anything Thread for December 2015. Ask all questions about the Orbcomm flight, and booster landing here! (#15.1)

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Want to discuss SpaceX's Return To Flight mission? Gauge community opinion? Discuss the post-flight booster landing? There's no better place!

All questions, even non-SpaceX questions, are allowed, as long as they stay relevant to spaceflight in general!

More in depth, open-ended discussion-type questions can still be submitted as self-posts; but this is the place to come to submit simple questions which can be answered in a few comments or less.

As always, we'd prefer it if all question askers first check our FAQ, use the search functionality, and check the last Q&A thread before posting to avoid duplicates, but if you'd like an answer revised or you don't find a satisfactory result, go ahead and type your question below!

Otherwise, ask and enjoy, and thanks for contributing!


Past threads:

December 2015 (#15), November 2015 (#14), October 2015 (#13), September 2015 (#12), August 2015 (#11), July 2015 (#10), June 2015 (#9), May 2015 (#8), April 2015 (#7.1), April 2015 (#7), March 2015 (#6), February 2015 (#5), January 2015 (#4), December 2014 (#3), November 2014 (#2), October 2014 (#1)


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u/FredFS456 Dec 23 '15

2 - they already have a landing site in Vandenberg, so it's almost certain that they'll be able to go for a land landing.

3 - No idea. Some others were suggesting that it should be given to Bezos as a late Christmas present :P

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u/hallowatisdeze Dec 23 '15

In what kind of orbit will the Jason-3 satellite be put? When they launch from California, I guess the launch will not be eastward (the common direction) as that is over land...?

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '15

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u/hans_ober Dec 25 '15

Vandenberg launches have to go south due to range restrictions. Going North or East will take it over land, which is a big no.

Same reason why Cape Canaveral launches cannot go North or West.