Quote from: abaddon on 03/11/2016 06:02 pm That is a vanishingly small likelihood, considering the rocket will have just launched from the same location. It is far more likely that the weather at the ASDS will be no-go than at the Cape.



I havent seen landing weather constraints listed anywhere. You think the likelihood of them being different from launch constraints is slim? I would think wind would be much more of a concern for landing a stage that is mostly unpowered for its flight.



This was discussed before the Orbcomm RTF. If you look in those threads, you'll see that the wind constraints are worse for launch than landing. On launch, a slowly accelerating rocket could be blown sideways into pad structure or the lightning masts. On a more rapidly decelerating descent, which is correcting for winds on-the-fly, and no lightning masts or other structures near the aim point, winds can be significantly higher and not cause a waive-off.