Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 : CRS-12 : Aug. 14, 2017 : UPDATES  (Read 151081 times)

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Asking about the ground computers that caused the intelsat launch. Have been fixed and tested.
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Hans:  Computer issue was ground.  Driven by scripts checking for values.  Easy to fix.  Have been fixed and checked out.  Not anticipated to be a problem.  More worried about weather.  Everything else looks good.  Late load should be underway.  Double checked and triple checks everything - including the abort files.  Better one than none.

Dan: It's the Russian satellite deployment and need to track them for a while to completely categorize their orbits and where they are and where they're going before letting Dragon approach.  Science experiments are the reason they can't launch and loiter until after the EVA.  Past that, you have TDRS-M on 18th with backup on the 19th... that pushes CRS-12 to the 19th or 20th from and ISS Program perspective.
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39A: Couple additions needed for FH.  Launch in "fall."

40: Making great progress. Has to be scheduled for no delay between pads.  Not sure what the first mission will be from that rebuilt pad.

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Question on booster and what might be new.  And what Dragon departure date.

Always improvements.  Details unknown to Hanz.  "Nothing massively different on this booster than the others."

Mission duration for Dragon was 35 days + launch.  Return would be 9/17
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RSS is coming apart.  Schedule for it to be completely down?

No specific schedule.  Not a top priority.
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Question on coast of CRS-11 Dragon... if it really cost as much to refurb as a new Dragon.


CRS-11 didn't cost as much.  That would be "very wrong" if that were the case.  Refurb cost of first one always higher.  Expect those costs to come down over time and be more advantageous.  This is last new-build Dragon as of right now.  Still talking with NASA about that.

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This is one of the heavier Dragons, but not the heaviest.  It's a more dense Dragon, but mass isn't the metric to use in terms of what's being done by the mission.

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Someone from a local McGregor, Texas, TV station is here.  That's REALLY good to see their interest in what happens after the cores pass through!

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What does rest of year look like for cargo resupply?

SpaceX has CRS-12 now.  CRS-13 moving to early December.

OA-8 in November.
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Hans and Pete explaining late load and its importance to the science community.

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Chris G keeps up his run of "excellent question". I think that's now 12 in a row. ;D

Hans not sure about pad priority for Dragon once 40 and 39A are both running.
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Will 40 be able to launch uncrewed Dragons once it's back up or are all Dragon missions shifted to 39A from here on?

Hans: Great question.  Don't have an answer yet.

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So this flight is flying flown landing legs if I heard Hans correctly.

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So this flight is flying flown landing legs if I heard Hans correctly.

Correct.  That's the only thing they said is being reused on this F9 (at least what they could remember off the top of their heads).
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Rocket horizontal on the pad. You can also see the progress in taking down the RSS

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Rocket horizontal on the pad. You can also see the progress in taking down the RSS

The black and pink bands are for moisture protection at the Dragon/Trunk and S2/S1 barriers and seals.

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Youtube link for launch webcast:

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