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As a distant follower of SpaceX it's not obvious to me if the Falcon 9 will attempt a landing this time?


Elon Musk made a related tweet. The current rocket doesn't have enough extra propellant to land after a geosynchronous mission, but upgrades are coming that will allow it:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/572257004938403840


According to /r/spacex, they will not be attempting to land because they are launching into geosynchronous orbit[1].

[1] http://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/2x81fc/rspacex_eutel...


There's no landing gear this time. Not enough margin to make it worthwhile.


Not this time. They plan on having later F9 geo launches do this, however.




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