Launch day probability of violating launch weather constraints: 60% Primary concern(s): Cumulus Cloud Rule, Liftoff Winds 24-Hour delay probability of violating launch weather constraints: 20% Primary concern(s): Liftoff Winds
It looks like GPS III SV01 is going to be the first flight with new COPVs in both stages.https://twitter.com/Free_Space/status/1075777466323460103
Also, Hans said at the CRS-16 post-flight presser that the previous 2 flights DO count toward NASA's 7, so this flight would be the 3rd.(Posting in the update thread as I'm not certain this is an update vs. a publication of information we were told 2 weeks ago.)
Tim Fernholz, Quartz: And will that count towards the seven demonstrations that SpaceX needs to do to be certified to fly astronauts next year?Hans Koenigsmann, SpaceX: I think it does.
Hans Koenigsmann, SpaceX: So on the COPV front, we basically had a modification of the COPV for crew. And these COPV are phased in, slowly. And all I said in the earlier answer was that the second stage contained the new upgraded COPV, and it does count toward a demonstration of seven flights prior to demo.(full transcript)
Launch day probability of violating launch weather constraints: 10%Primary concern(s): Liftoff WindsMaximum upper-level winds will be from the northwest at 95 knots near 40,000 feet.24-Hour delay probability of violating launch weather constraints: <5%Primary concern(s): Liftoff WindsMaximum upper-level winds will be from the west at 85 knots near 40,000 feet.
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Rough seas and high winds look to be the cause of cancelled fairing retrieval by GO Pursuit for today's launch. Waves up to 6m high and wind gusts of 70km/h in the recovery zone!
Continue to monitor upper level winds. Pushing T-0 to 9:21 a.m. EST, 14:21 UTC → spacex.com/webcast