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"This rocket was scheduled to launch the Amos-6 communication satellite, which among other functions included the capabilities for Facebook to spot-beam broadba

by corv 10y ago

"This rocket was scheduled to launch the Amos-6 communication satellite, which among other functions included the capabilities for Facebook to spot-beam broadband for Facebook’s Internet.org initiative" Bad karma

walkingolof 10y ago
No payload on rocket while hotfire test.
- deleted 10y ago
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- ohitsdom 10y ago
  Payload is sometimes mated, just depends. No word yet on this payload. https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/771342950798389248 https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/77134295079838924... UPDATE: payload lost. https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/771352111657385984 https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/771352111657385984
  - krisoft 10y ago
    That confirmation is so strange. Why would you confirm something with the screenshot of notepad "officially" when you have a twitter account?
    - cosmotron 10y ago
      > Why would you confirm something with the screenshot of notepad "officially" when you have a twitter account? I figured it was because they didn't want to be constrained by a character limit. It allows them to use very specific language.
    - harshreality 10y ago
      He's a space news reporter at Ars Technica. It makes sense they'd be one of the first to get the SpaceX news release. It has too many characters to fit in a tweet, and even if it could fit, embedding an image of the text sets it apart from the tweeter's introduction and makes it more readable. It's standard practice on twitter to use images for blocks of text.
      - throwanem 10y ago
        > It's standard practice on twitter to use images for blocks of text. Yep. The best of 1997, Web 2.0 style.
    - repler 10y ago
      To keep it out of search results. They can delete the image of the text whenever they'd like, and poof
- datalus 10y ago
  "SpaceX can confirm that in preparation for today's static fire, there was an anomaly on the pad resulting in the loss of the vehicle and its payload. Per standard procedure, the pad was clear and there were no injuries."[0] [0] https://www.reddit.com/live/xix3m9uqd06g https://www.reddit.com/live/xix3m9uqd06g
- Swinx43 10y ago
  According to the Reddit the payload was on the rocket. https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/50n5cl/rspacex_cape_canaveral_slc40_amos6_explosion_live/ https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/50n5cl/rspacex_cape...
jlebrech 10y ago
a facebook satelite doesn't sound too good anyways.
- antisthenes 10y ago
  Well, right now it is more of a faceplant satellite.
- jessaustin 10y ago
  It's hard to imagine that this sort of scheme is the best way to provide broadband to most parts of Africa. Why can't they just put microwave links on their cell towers? This is some sort of speculative play by FB to bypass local influences.
  - aws_ls 10y ago
    They got rejected in India by activism among users and the regulator TRAI. So, I also wondered the exact same thing.

by corv 10y ago

walkingolof 10y ago

No payload on rocket while hotfire test.

deleted 10y ago
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ohitsdom 10y ago
Payload is sometimes mated, just depends. No word yet on this payload. https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/771342950798389248 https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/77134295079838924... UPDATE: payload lost. https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/771352111657385984 https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/771352111657385984
- krisoft 10y ago
  That confirmation is so strange. Why would you confirm something with the screenshot of notepad "officially" when you have a twitter account?
  - cosmotron 10y ago
    > Why would you confirm something with the screenshot of notepad "officially" when you have a twitter account? I figured it was because they didn't want to be constrained by a character limit. It allows them to use very specific language.
  - harshreality 10y ago
    He's a space news reporter at Ars Technica. It makes sense they'd be one of the first to get the SpaceX news release. It has too many characters to fit in a tweet, and even if it could fit, embedding an image of the text sets it apart from the tweeter's introduction and makes it more readable. It's standard practice on twitter to use images for blocks of text.
    - throwanem 10y ago
      > It's standard practice on twitter to use images for blocks of text. Yep. The best of 1997, Web 2.0 style.
  - repler 10y ago
    To keep it out of search results. They can delete the image of the text whenever they'd like, and poof
datalus 10y ago
"SpaceX can confirm that in preparation for today's static fire, there was an anomaly on the pad resulting in the loss of the vehicle and its payload. Per standard procedure, the pad was clear and there were no injuries."[0] [0] https://www.reddit.com/live/xix3m9uqd06g https://www.reddit.com/live/xix3m9uqd06g
Swinx43 10y ago
According to the Reddit the payload was on the rocket. https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/50n5cl/rspacex_cape_canaveral_slc40_amos6_explosion_live/ https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/50n5cl/rspacex_cape...

jlebrech 10y ago

a facebook satelite doesn't sound too good anyways.

antisthenes 10y ago
Well, right now it is more of a faceplant satellite.
jessaustin 10y ago
It's hard to imagine that this sort of scheme is the best way to provide broadband to most parts of Africa. Why can't they just put microwave links on their cell towers? This is some sort of speculative play by FB to bypass local influences.
- aws_ls 10y ago
  They got rejected in India by activism among users and the regulator TRAI. So, I also wondered the exact same thing.