<story><title>SES-10 Launching to Orbit on SpaceX&apos;s Flight-Proven Falcon 9 Rocket</title><url>http://www.ses.com/4233325/news/2016/22407810</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>walrus01</author><text>It is really interesting to see that this is a very &amp;#x27;ordinary&amp;#x27; commercial geostationary launch customer, and not a government funded research satellite. This is oversimplified, but traditionally, rockets that are in beta test mode are tested like:&lt;p&gt;1) static pad tests&amp;#x2F;firings of engines&lt;p&gt;2) all-up launch of the full rocket, carrying a boilerplate satellite with some instrumentation, maybe some cubesats or low cost small R&amp;amp;D satellites tagging along&lt;p&gt;3) one or two launches of government science payloads, or government-funded weather satellites, something like that&lt;p&gt;4) commercial launches begin</text></comment>
<story><title>SES-10 Launching to Orbit on SpaceX&apos;s Flight-Proven Falcon 9 Rocket</title><url>http://www.ses.com/4233325/news/2016/22407810</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>kilroy123</author><text>I wonder if they&amp;#x27;ll really save money right away doing this. I imagine they&amp;#x27;ll spend a lot on inspections and getting things 100% right.&lt;p&gt;Either way, it&amp;#x27;s an amazing achievement.</text></comment>