Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - SES-8 - November 25 - UPDATE THREAD  (Read 132311 times)

Offline Chris Bergin

Press kit now e-mailed out via SpaceX PAO.
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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - SES-8 - November 25 - UPDATE THREAD
« Reply #161 on: 11/23/2013 11:14 pm »
Press kit now e-mailed out via SpaceX PAO.
Thanks, Chris.

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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - SES-8 - November 25 - UPDATE THREAD
« Reply #162 on: 11/24/2013 04:15 am »
the buildings colour scheme and design of the building in some of the pictures look more like the newest building at Astrotech than the outside of the SpaceX facility. I think i remember SpaceX posting something about the transfer of the encapsulated payload to the New SpaceX SC Payload Processing Facility from another facility the day before the WDR occurred in preparation for mating in the near future with the launcher.

Those are not Astrotech facilities.  They are from SLC-40, except the last two which are from OSC's Dulles facility
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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - SES-8 - November 25 - UPDATE THREAD
« Reply #163 on: 11/24/2013 10:53 am »
Press kit now e-mailed out via SpaceX PAO.
From Press Kit: "For maximum reliability, the second stage has redundant igniter systems."

So both systems froze during the first F9 1.1 flight?

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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - SES-8 - November 25 - UPDATE THREAD
« Reply #164 on: 11/24/2013 12:01 pm »
Press kit now e-mailed out via SpaceX PAO.
From Press Kit: "For maximum reliability, the second stage has redundant igniter systems."

So both systems froze during the first F9 1.1 flight?

Or else they just added the redundant system for this flight.
Or else the previous redundant systems shared the same TEA-TEB feed lines, rendering them both inoperable.

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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - SES-8 - November 25 - UPDATE THREAD
« Reply #165 on: 11/24/2013 12:15 pm »
From Press Kit: "For maximum reliability, the second stage has redundant igniter systems."
So both systems froze during the first F9 1.1 flight?
AFAIK problem was with frozen fluid lines, not any problem with igniters...
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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - SES-8 - November 25 - UPDATE THREAD
« Reply #166 on: 11/24/2013 12:29 pm »
What we know is that the TEA-TEB igniter line or lines became too cold, it is unknown if they "froze" or the fluids inside simply became too viscous to function properly.

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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - SES-8 - November 25 - UPDATE THREAD
« Reply #167 on: 11/24/2013 02:46 pm »
Quote
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
ROCKETS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 252237Z TO 260011Z NOV,
   ALTERNATE 262238Z TO 270011Z NOV
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 28-48N 080-34W, 28-49N 080-22W,
      28-38N 080-08W, 28-20N 077-03W,
      28-00N 073-36W, 27-59N 072-45W,
      27-26N 069-45W, 27-17N 069-45W,
      27-39N 072-48W, 27-50N 073-40W,
      28-01N 075-14W, 28-14N 077-03W,
      28-29N 080-36W.
   B. 28-04N 072-33W, 28-01N 071-38W,
      27-24N 069-20W, 27-13N 069-18W,
      27-15N 071-33W, 27-22N 072-29W,
      27-50N 073-40W, 27-59N 073-40W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 270111Z NOV 13.

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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - SES-8 - November 25 - UPDATE THREAD
« Reply #168 on: 11/24/2013 08:34 pm »
Maybe I missed it, but has the vehicle been moved to the pad yet?
The Space Age is just starting to get interesting.

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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - SES-8 - November 25 - UPDATE THREAD
« Reply #169 on: 11/24/2013 08:49 pm »
Maybe I missed it, but has the vehicle been moved to the pad yet?

https://twitter.com/StephenClark1/status/404708701791330304

"SES8 was mated to Falcon 9 yesterday. Rollout to the pad this evening"

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L-1 LRR was passed per L2, so new thread for the launch shortly.
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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - SES-8 - November 25 - UPDATE THREAD
« Reply #171 on: 11/24/2013 10:41 pm »
Jonathan Amos ‏@BBCAmos

Falcon-9 telecon tonight with SES CTO Martin Halliwell: Entry of @SpaceX to commercial launch market will "shake industry to its roots".


Offline Chris Bergin

OK, live launch thread time!

Thread locked, head over to this one:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=33338.0 (remember it's an update thread, so don't get carried away and post in there when you meant to post in one of the other threads).
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