Comments on: SpaceX concluding investigation into Falcon 9 engine shutdown

By: Andrea Hamer

Andrea Hamer — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:33:41 +0000

Will the above have a knock on affect on future launch dates? We were hoping to see the launch next year on 13th January 2014.

By: SpaceX prepares for its next ISS mission while Orbital inches closer to flight « NewSpace Journal

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:16:28 +0000

[…] of the Falcon 9 that launched the CRS-1 Dragon mission in October. Last month SpaceX officials said the investigation into the engine shutdown was wrapping up, but few additional details regarding the cause of the problem have been […]

By: Launch indemnification extension goes down to the wire « Space Politics

Launch indemnification extension goes down to the wire « Space Politics — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:46:55 +0000

[…] the first test launch of Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Antares rocket in February and the next SpaceX Falcon 9 cargo mission to the ISS in late February or early March. During a commercial space panel at a space law colloquium this fall in Washington, I asked Mat […]

By: Coastal Ron

Coastal Ron — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:26:54 +0000

It was a matter of risk mitigation – NASA wanted 99% certainty that the 2nd stage had enough fuel to reach it’s final orbit (passing the ISS along the way), whereas SpaceX could only predict 95% certainty.

Them’s the rules you live by with your main customer, and Orbcomm knew NASA’s needs came first.

By: Buddy Ebsen

Buddy Ebsen — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:36:43 +0000

Actually, I believe the ORBCOMM deployment could still have been accomplished, if it were not for NASA stipulations in the contract about what SpaceX could and could not do after the failure occurred.