Quote from: Chris Bergin on 05/19/2014 09:23 pm And that May 27 option isn't happening. New launch date will be into June. Waiting for L2 to hear the exact date shortly and then we'll check it.



Hey Chris do you know if you can comment that the Falcon 9 1st Stage for Orbcomm will be able to be used? Or will they have to ship it back to McGregor or Hawthorne and have to use the next qualified stage.



If I was a betting man (which I'm not) I'd say they'll fix the current first stage, but I want to hear about a repair milestone on that process, then ask SpaceX and see if they want to talk about it. Remember, that's the right way to do it as simply asking SpaceX every day "are we nearly there yet" isn't clever. Best to ask them when they may have something to talk about.Same with the new launch date, it's not really decided. They - like Shuttle in the days of the FAWG manifests (I used to love those) - work with planning dates as it aligns the flow. If I started posting every new NET into the public side, it could be seen as a series of slips by the uninitiated.Slips are not exactly a positive thing, and thus I wouldn't want to give SpaceX grief in the event some mass media site (not that they cover space much) starting throwing "OMG, SpaceX keep slipping their launch date, look, first it was then, then it was then, then it was now!" headlines (terrible headline by the way).They are just working NETs for planning in the event they can make such a date. Then they'll set up a Static Fire, then a LRR and around this time they'll go with a launch date.However, I know lots of people plan flights for these launches, so I'll say this, the Range has them currently looking at the second week of June, late evening. Don't take that to the bank yet, not until they get the F9 out of the rocket hospital.As with the last one, I'm not putting a specific date on the public side, for the reasons above.