hyper_snyper - 16/7/2007 2:26 PMAccording to the following story on SFN, they're looking at an attempt in November... http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0706/17spacex/
Launch Fan - 17/7/2007 10:46 PMThis is not the third attempt. The last attempt was successful!
guidanceisgo - 18/7/2007 12:16 AMPretty interesting timing of the launch. Usually, when you get to the Thanksgiving break, you run up against range closures pretty quick. Any little problem can make you end up in February or March. Are they clearly on the range schedule for November, or is this just a politically correct way to say February?
bad_astra - 18/7/2007 4:47 PMThe fact that they ARE taking the time to resolve the issues on the last launch is encouraging. That static fire of the Falcon 9 would be interesting, though.
Avron - 18/7/2007 11:55 PMQuoteguidanceisgo - 18/7/2007 12:16 AMPretty interesting timing of the launch. Usually, when you get to the Thanksgiving break, you run up against range closures pretty quick. Any little problem can make you end up in February or March. Are they clearly on the range schedule for November, or is this just a politically correct way to say February?Yip.. like launching STS in the summer in late afternoon...But a launch will happen in that timeframe. Thats 100% risk higher that the other players who don't .. and have zero Failures.. On failures if the primary "need" of a mission is achieved, and the secondary objectives are not - then mission/launch cannot be a failure. and yes Attempt #3 is valid if the need to orbit.
guidanceisgo - 25/7/2007 12:41 AMQuoteAvron - 18/7/2007 11:55 PMQuoteguidanceisgo - 18/7/2007 12:16 AMPretty interesting timing of the launch. Usually, when you get to the Thanksgiving break, you run up against range closures pretty quick. Any little problem can make you end up in February or March. Are they clearly on the range schedule for November, or is this just a politically correct way to say February?Yip.. like launching STS in the summer in late afternoon...But a launch will happen in that timeframe. Thats 100% risk higher that the other players who don't .. and have zero Failures.. On failures if the primary "need" of a mission is achieved, and the secondary objectives are not - then mission/launch cannot be a failure. and yes Attempt #3 is valid if the need to orbit.Not sure where your going with that one. Historically, the holidays are a tough time to get a launch off. The track record of Falcon 1 around the holidays speaks for itself.
coach - 16/7/2007 8:01 PMThe launch manifest on SpaceX's website has two more launches scheduled for 2007. One in Q3 and one in Q4. Normally, they announce a launch date several months ahead of time and seeing how Q3 ends in 10 weeks it's starting to look doubtful for them to be on time. I hope they prove me wrong. http://www.spacex.com/launch_manifest.phpCoach