Lost pressure in our water deluge system. We are going to stand down to fix the issue. — Astra (@Astra) August 7, 2020
https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1291560572123779073
Quote from: otter on 08/07/2020 02:24 amhttps://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1291560572123779073Dr McDowell is being very generous. When Musk heard the price of military grade air conditioning units to supply temperature-regulated dry air to the Falcon 9 fairing, he bought double or triple the capacity in commercial air conditioning units. Low cost and reliability thru redundancy.Time is the most precious resource. That Astra has lost a day of their launch window to their water deluge system is hardly understandable as “getting to know the rocket system”.
Update: We are preparing for a launch attempt tonight, but upper level winds are expected to be unfavorable for our launch window that begins at 7pm PT. Hoping weather improves!
I suspect they are being so careful because it is their last shot. With all the cutbacks and also some recent and quite public, acrimonious departures, it may be that this is the last roll of the dice for Astra. I wish them luck, but some of the issues on this campaign do not bode well.
Quote from: ringsider on 08/08/2020 07:34 amI suspect they are being so careful because it is their last shot. With all the cutbacks and also some recent and quite public, acrimonious departures, it may be that this is the last roll of the dice for Astra. I wish them luck, but some of the issues on this campaign do not bode well.What departures? I'll admit to not tracking their status that carefully.
You think they're doing a Vector? That would explain how they went to a second launch opportunity so quickly.
We are still finalizing our launch window, but it looks like our next available opportunity will be later this month
The Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska (PSCA) is planning to conduct a rocket launch from launch pad LP-3B at Narrow Cape, Kodiak, Alaska from 310200-310430 UTC which is 1800-2030 Alaska Daylight Savings Time on August 30th, 2020. If the launch does not occur on August 30th then it will be rescheduled for the following day during the same time window. Rescheduling could continue each day through September 3rd, 2020 (September 4th for UTC).