Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 : PAZ & Microsat 2a/2b : SLC-4E Vandy - UPDATES - Feb 22, 2018  (Read 113265 times)

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Count is still rolling for an attempt today, for just under a hour and a half to go

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Awaiting word over the LD net on Upper Level Winds and Ground Winds.  Per the last published forecast, today's prime concern was ground winds.

Publicly available ground wind data shows very lite winds.  Upper Levels Winds look, themselves, within tolerance... but some directional shift as you ascend.  Wind sheer might be an issue.  Awaiting official word.

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"Explosive clear zone" is clear and ready to proceed with prop load.

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Technical team is ready to get into prop load.

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T-80mins.  10 minutes away from the start of PR-1 load ops.

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Launch team going through countdown abort ops briefing, should an abort be needed today. (Normal briefing over the net at this point in the count.)

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T-1 hour 13 minutes. The SpaceX launch director should be verifying go for propellant load at this time.
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Propellant loading poll complete.  All technical and weather constraints are GREEN.

Range is tracking one range violator, but they are proceeding with prop load.

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T-70mins.  RP-1 fueling of the F9 first stage has started.

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T-1hr.  No issues.  Fueling proceeding well.  Only item being tracked is a vessel in the Range restricted air/sea space.  That is not expected, at this time, to interfere with launch.

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Range just updated the team on a tracking station that is not supporting this launch.  This was known in advance and is not an issue as the vehicle is "redundantly tracked during this period."

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T-60 minutes until Falcon 9 launch of PAZ. Launch webcast will go live about 15 minutes before liftoff → http://spacex.com/webcast

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/966663753897934848
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RSO is GREEN at this time.

RANGE is clear!

We have NO CONSTRAINTS at this time for launch.
« Last Edit: 02/22/2018 12:24 pm by ChrisGebhardt »

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Some statistics on today's launch:

49th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket since 2010
55th launch of Falcon rocket family since 2006
8th Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base
29th launch of the upgraded Falcon 9
6th upgraded Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base
1st launch for Hisdesat by SpaceX
1st launch for SpaceX's Starlink broadband network
18th Falcon 9 night launch
3rd Falcon 9 launch of 2018
4th SpaceX launch of 2018
2nd launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in 2018

https://www.24live.co/live/1b3d37f012d311e88bdcf23c913e9177
To boldly go where no human has gone before !

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T-45mins and counting.  10 mins away from the start of LOX load.  All is proceeding well.  No issues that would prevent launch at 06:17 PST (14:17 UTC)

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ECS systems configured for Stage 1 LOX load.

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Confirming again over the net that the Range is GREEN and GO for launch ahead of LOX load start.

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Stage 1 RP-1 fueling stopped at topping target (normal).

All teams asked now to report anything that would constrain the start of LOX load.
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T-35mins.  Stage 1 LOX load has started.

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All is quite on the LD loop.  No issues with LOX load or the auto-sequence.

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