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SES will launch a satellite using one of SpaceX's "flight-proven" rockets, or in other words, used goods:
The telecommunications giant SES is boldly going where no company has gone before by making history in inking a deal today, Aug. 30, to fly the expensive SES-10 commercial satellite on the first ever launch of a 'Flight-Proven' SpaceX booster.
Luxembourg-based SES and Hawthrone, CA-based SpaceX today jointly announced the agreement to "launch SES-10 on a flight-proven Falcon 9 orbital rocket booster" before the end of this year. "The satellite, which will be in a geostationary orbit and expand SES's capabilities across Latin America, is scheduled for launch in Q4 2016. SES-10 will be the first-ever satellite to launch on a SpaceX flight-proven rocket booster," according to a joint statement.
That first launch of a flight-proven Falcon 9 first stage will use the CRS-8 booster that delivered a SpaceX Dragon to the International Space Station in April 2016. The reflight could happen as soon as October 2016.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 31 2016, @09:21PM
Brilliant? No. Manipulative and dishonest? Oh, that's what you meant? Good on you?
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday August 31 2016, @09:26PM
The proper label, straight from the concrete industry, would have been pre-stressed.
The car dealers would have replace "used" with "550-points inspection. One owner".
One could imagine why they didn't go for those.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday August 31 2016, @10:19PM
Pre-stressed concrete doesn't fit in that same category, Because it is LESS likely to fail the more you load it (up to the design point).
Cars and houses are a much better fit to the flight tested model. I've taken cars for test drives that lasted longer than this booster has flown before. Factory-certified pre-owned cars aren't always a good deal, but unless you are a crackerjack mechanic they are probably better than Craig's list cars - with or without a Carfax report.
Besides, we don't know how many components were swapped out on the booster. I'd bet its way more than the 550 point inspection.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 4, Funny) by davester666 on Thursday September 01 2016, @07:21AM
Less than 30 minutes on the hour meter!
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday September 01 2016, @04:28PM
Low mileage, older owner, hangar-kept, pet-free and teen-free.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 31 2016, @09:42PM
Companies aren't going to hand millions of dollars to SpaceX without understanding that "flight-proven" means used.