F9/CRS12: Here’s a shot of the hot fire test from the roof of the CBS News bureau at KSC
Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete—targeting August 14 launch from Pad 39A for Dragon’s next resupply mission to the @Space_Station.
ELaNa 22Launch Date: NET August 14, 2017Deployment Date: NET November 2017Mission: SpaceX-12 – Falcon 9, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida3 CubeSat Missions scheduled to be deployedASTERIA – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.Dellingr – NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.OSIRUS-3U – Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa.
The Spaceborne Computer will fly on this Dragon mission.The ISS is getting a ruggedized computer upgradeSpaceX is launching a supercomputer to the International Space StationTesting a commercial off-the-shelf computer for deep space operations seems to be exactly the thing SpaceX would be interested in for its Mars ambitions.
L-3 Launch Weather Forecast.70% go for launch day80% go for 24 hours scrub
Launch day probability of violating launch weather constraints: 30%Primary concern(s): Cumulus Cloud Rule, Flight through Precipitation Delay day probability of violating launch weather constraints: 30%Primary concern(s): Cumulus Cloud Rule, Flight through Precipitation
TOTAL CARGO:6415.4 lbs. / 2910 kg TOTAL PRESSURIZED CARGO WITH PACKAGING:3642 lbs. / 1652 kg Science Investigations2019.4 lbs. / 916 kg Crew Supplies485 lbs. / 220 kg Vehicle Hardware747.4 lbs. / 339 kg Spacewalk Equipment66.1 lbs. / 30 kg Computer Resources116.8 lbs. / 53 kg UNPRESSURIZED2773.4 lbs. / 1258 kg Cosmic-Ray Energetics and Mass (CREAM)2773.4 lbs. / 1258 kg