Question on payload fairing. Resolved?Iridium is NED 22 Dec. Zuma on early Jan.
Launch day probability of violating launch weather constraints: 10%Primary concern(s): Liftoff Winds
@NASASpaceflight Sooty is still horizontal as of about an hour ago. We have remote reset in a few hours so I’m hoping to get a few more shots then.
Some of us hearing that CRS13 will slip again from multiple sources. 24 or 48 hours.
#CRS13 update: Multiple sources confirm the @SpaceX launch is now Friday (Dec 15) at 10:33 a.m. ET
SpaceX now targeting NET Fri. morning for launch of #CRS13 from Cape Canaveral. That's the only shot before Christmas due to beta angle cutout and Soyuz comings and goings at ISS.
Taking additional time for the team to conduct full inspections and cleanings due to detection of particles in 2nd stage fuel system. Now targeting CRS-13 launch from SLC-40 on Dec. 15. Next launch opportunity would be no earlier than late December.
SpaceX CRS-13 Update: Launch No Earlier Than Dec. 15NASA and SpaceX are now targeting no earlier than 10:35 a.m. EST Friday, Dec. 15, for the company’s 13th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. SpaceX is taking additional time for the team to conduct full inspections and cleanings due to detection of particles in the second stage fuel system. The next launch opportunity would be no earlier than late December.A Dragon spacecraft will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Dragon is now scheduled to arrive at the space station on Sunday, Dec. 17.On Sunday, Scott Tingle of NASA, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are also scheduled to launch at 2:21 a.m. (1:21 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station.NASA Television coverage for launch and arrival activities are as follows:Friday, Dec. 1510 a.m. – Launch commentary coverage begins12 p.m. – Post-launch news conference with representatives from NASA’s International Space Station Program and SpaceXSunday, Dec. 171:15 a.m. – Soyuz MS-07 launch coverage begins4:30 a.m. – Dragon rendezvous at the space station and capture coverage begins7:30 a.m. – Installation coverage beginsWatch live on NASA Television and the agency’s website: www.nasa.gov/live.
Launch day probability of violating launch weather constraints: 20%Primary concern(s): Thick Cloud Rule, Cumulus Cloud Rule
Hang in there! We’re doing our best to get this mission off the ground this week!
Spotted yesterday: the @SpaceX Falcon 9 that will be the first mission to fly a reused orbital rocket and spacecraft to resupply the @Space_Station. #GeoEye1 was 800km east of Cape Canaveral, tilted 49 degrees off-nadir, when it captured this image at 95cm resolution.
Launch day probability of violating launch weather constraints: 10%Primary concern(s): Thick Cloud Rule
Improvement in launch weather forecast for Friday, now 90% GO (high level winds maximum still 90 knots):QuoteLaunch day probability of violating launch weather constraints: 10%Primary concern(s): Thick Cloud Rule