Author Topic: SCRUB: Astra – DARPA Challenge launch #1 – Kodiak – March 2, 2020  (Read 49463 times)

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T-5 minutes. GNC igniter system ready for launch.
GSE, not GNC

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Hold!
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HOLD HOLD HOLD

Hold at T-53 seconds

Called by GNC officer--reason as yet unannounced.  GNC = Guidance, Navigation, and Control

If another launch attempt is made during today's launch window, the countdown would recycle to T-15 minutes.
« Last Edit: 03/02/2020 08:06 pm by zubenelgenubi »
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Hold called by GNC officer at T-53 seconds.
« Last Edit: 03/02/2020 07:56 pm by Steven Pietrobon »
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

There it is. I don't think I've ever seen a first-time launch get all the way through terminal count on the first try.
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Hot mike - something about a sensor giving bad data.

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Earlier comment from Mike Curie that the countdown net was quiet, as the launch team was discussing options off-line.
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Mike Curie is the Launch Challenge Analyst.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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"DARPA
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The range is currently "red" and live broadcast will resume after a roughly 30-minute break ~1650 EST. Reminder: the launch window today is open till 18:30 EST."

twitter.com/DARPA/status/1234589945077096448
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The rocket looks awfully close to that building.  Optical illusion?

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In a 30 minute hold.
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Now 25 minute hold.
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In a 30 minute hold.
Hold music.  Was there a mention of the provenance of the "hold" music (example: SpaceX web casts)?
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15 minute hold.
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Heard something about bringing up some power to test the issue. 10 minute hold.
« Last Edit: 03/02/2020 08:45 pm by Steven Pietrobon »
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Five minutes left in the hold.
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They're back. Talking about problem. Little slow in fuelling, but not a problem. COLA was for ISS. Hold due to data that GNC saw that was off-nominal. Lot of systems working during the hold. Saw drop in voltage in FTS transmitter, which was replaced during the hold. Reconfigured helium pressurisation system to allow another launch attempt. Team went back in using a safe procedure.

Team still looking at data. If problem can be resolved then go back to T-15 minutes, otherwise its a scrub.
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Back to the pad while we wait.
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Mike is back. Summarising today's events. Screen in background still shows a lot of red. Would need to resolve problem by 23:15 UTC, 15 minutes before the end of the window so as to resume the 15 minute count.
« Last Edit: 03/02/2020 09:25 pm by Steven Pietrobon »
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Does the frost on a rocket ever become so solid and attached to the vehicle due to prolonged holds/delays that it doesn't immediately fall off at lift off? How much would it weigh down the rocket?
« Last Edit: 03/02/2020 09:28 pm by Slothman »

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