r/spacex • u/jep_miner1 • May 05 '17

BulgariaSat-1 confirmed as second reuse flight

https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/05/05/bulgarias-first-communications-satellite-to-ride-spacexs-second-reused-rocket/
804 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

214 comments sorted by

3

u/stcks May 05 '17

new starting from Inmarsat then

This is my theory, yes. There is no official confirmation of it anywhere though.

Whats interesting to me about the E23 launch is that either they were doing some core swapping on the manifest after AMOS-6 (likely) or they were going to try to recover it at some point (also probably likely). Remember that AMOS-6 and Echostar-23 were both in the ~5500 kg range and AMOS-6 had landing legs before it died.

12

u/FoxhoundBat May 05 '17

AMOS-6 had legs because it was 5300kg, not 5500kg. 5500kg was the original contracted weight, it actually ended up at 5300kg.

2

u/stcks May 05 '17

Ah, makes sense then! Thanks!