Luxembourg satellite operator SES announced on August 30 local time that it has reached an agreement with SpaceX to use the recovered Falcon 9 rockets to transport its own satellites. SES will be the first company to use recycled Falcon 9.
Elon Musk also made the announcement: "Thank you for your long-standing trust in SpaceX. We are looking forward to working with SES to complete this milestone flight."
The satellite that needs to be shipped is SES-10, which will provide communications coverage throughout Latin America. The launch will take place in the fourth quarter of 2016, but the exact time has not yet been determined.
SES-10 satellite, from: SES official website
In fact, SES company showed its interest in using recycled Falcon 9 very early. According to the "Spaceflight Now" media report, in February of this year, Martin Halliwell of SES's CTO said that they have actively expressed to SpaceX the use of the recovered "Falcon 9". Will, and even suggested that SpaceX does not require prior launch testing. It seems that SES is an adventurous company because as early as 2013 it was the first commercial satellite operator to work with SpaceX.
Martin Halliwell stated in this statement: "We are very excited about being the first customer to use SpaceX to recover the rocket. We believe that the reusable rocket will open a new era in space."
It is reported that SES-10 will use the "Falcon 9" recovered on April 8th this year. At that time, the rocket transported supplies for the International Space Station and then successfully recovered it at the offshore platform. After that, SpaceX again recovered at sea. Rocket.
The purpose of using recycled rockets is to reduce costs. According to a previous report from Space News, SpaceX's president and COO, Gwynne Shotwell, estimates that launch costs will be reduced by 30%.
Talking about the launch cost of the SES-10 satellite, the relevant person in charge of SES said that SpaceX did give SES a discount, but did not disclose the specific discount.
In addition to the launch of the recovered Falcon 9, SpaceX has several "milestones" to complete this year. The first is that the total number of launches has tripled to 2015. In March of this year, Shortville said that they hope to raise the total number of launches to 18 this year, compared to 6 launch successes in 2015, and hope to raise this figure to 24 in 2017.
In addition, SpaceX will also conduct the first launch of the "Falcon Heavy" rocket. The current Falcon 9 has a payload of about 22 tons, and the Heavy Falcon has a load of about 54 tons. The purpose of this super giant rocket may be to carry out moon or Mars missions.
If these "milestones" will be completed in the next four months, then 2016 will undoubtedly become the most ambitious year in SpaceX history.
Via TheVerge
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