Author Topic: SCRUB : SpaceX Falcon 9 / Dragon 2 : SpX-DM2 - May 27, 2020 : UPDATES  (Read 120604 times)

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Weather red in these areas, from KSC Video Cams

https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/video/

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Weather is still RED.  Range is GREEN.
Familiar venting ongoing in stage 1 from propellant load.

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Weather update:  Currently evaluating one constraint on lightning energy dissipation.  Expecting an update at T-20min.  Will know whether to continue or scrub at that time.

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Concern with field mill rule. Update at T-20 minutes.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Stage 2 helium load started.

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Stage 2 cryo helium load has started.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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T-25 minutes.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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« Last Edit: 05/27/2020 08:13 pm by Ronsmytheiii »

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A bit of vapour coming off the first stage.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Stage 2 RP-1 load complete.
« Last Edit: 05/27/2020 08:13 pm by Ford Mustang »

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Stage 2 RP-1 load complete.
« Last Edit: 05/27/2020 11:50 pm by Steven Pietrobon »
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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"Unless you can give us another 10 minutes, I don't think we can get there by the weather rules today.  We'd be clear by 1645 local, but not by this T-0 today."

Will inform the crew of a call at T-17 minutes.  Clocks still ticking.
NO SCRUB AS OF YET.
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T-20 minutes. Weather is no go.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Nice venting. Weather might have been good 10 minutes later than the scheduled time.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Scrub due to unacceptable weather

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LD on Countdown Net:

Continue to voilate weather rules that are not expected to clear for launch.  Proceed with launch abort.
SCRUB!
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Scrubbing for today. Launch abort has started.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Clock stopped at T-16 minutes and 53 seconds.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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