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Great news! Anyone know when we can expect the next launch? I heard they're going to test the falcon heavy this year.

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The /r/SpaceX subreddit has a good launch manifest here: https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceX/wiki/launches/manifest

I can not wait for Q2 2017: Falcon Heavy "demo flight"!

I can! Wait, I mean... I have... been waiting... since... late 2015?

Make it 2011 give or take

It's been 'next year' for ~5 years now.

But now it's 'this year'.

Actually, wasn't it 'this year' last year? I thought they were saying Q4 2016 early 2016.

Yeah, the time between 'now' and 'how far out FH is' has been slowly converging for the past 18 months or so.

I can't wait for Q2, Intelsat 35e, that's my company woot woot.

From twitter: @IridiumComm: Iridium is excited to share we're planned to launch on Monday, Jan 9 at 10:22am PST weather permitting. http://bit.ly/2iZ7mCE #IridiumNEXT

So 3 days from now.

Elon said they're shooting for next week, rumor is that it'll be Monday. (Edit: I forgot that it was confirmed by Iridium, the customer, so it's beyond a rumor at this point.)

Falcon Heavy is said to be scheduled for a launch in about six months. However, it's been six months away for several years now.

They teased a photo of a FH interstage. I think it's going to be this year:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BOkwrgQAmI8/

It's definitely looking more likely now. At some point the "six months" has to be correct.

"Brazil is the country of the future, and it always will be."

Half Life 3 Confirmed.

Next year will the be the "year of the linux desktop".

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