LIVE: SpaceX Falcon 9 (Flight 2) - COTS-1 - Launch Updates - December 8, 2010

[Chris Bergin]

You won't be the last person to do that Chef

Strongback retracted and waiting for commentary coverage to begin.

[butters]

Alright, we've got venting visible from both stages.

[kraxxis]

The 2 links for the media stream is not working for me. Internet explorer opens and stay blank. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

[mtakala24]

hmm, will this media channel stream have the overlays (T-minus -counter etc) or is this more raw feed?

[Mapperuo]

The 2 links for the media stream is not working for me. Internet explorer opens and stay blank. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

They won't work in VLC for me either, And also the direct webpage is just stuck on 'Buffering' for me.

I think I'll just wait until Launch coverage on NASA TV and watch it in HD, Or what is probably upscaled SD depending on what cameras NASA have there.

[joshcryer]

They take some time to start up in VLC, just be patient. If you don't have VLC, get it.

[pippin]

I was patient until I got error messages from VLC (decoder missing)
At least on  a Mac they don't work.

[corrodedNut]

Via SpaceX Facebook http://www.facebook.com/SpaceX?v=wall :

"We are a go for our first launch attempt today--webcast will start at about 8:15am EST"

and http://twitter.com/SpaceXmissions : The Falcon 9 Demonstration Flight 2 COTS C1 webcast will start at 8:15 AM Eastern / 5:15 AM Pacific / 13:15 UTC

[butters]

The confusion here is that the NASA TV streams work just fine in VLC, but the SpaceX BitGravity streams don't.

[Hauerg]

I was patient until I got error messages from VLC (decoder missing)
At least on  a Mac they don't work.

VLC1.1.5 on a Mac is OK (but I also have "Flip4Mac" and "Perian" installed.)

[joshcryer]

NTV Media Channel is no longer showing video. They may be preparing to hook in to the SpaceX feed.

[butters]

Tracking T-0 of 9:06AM EST. Next opportunity is 10:38AM EST. There is also a third short launch window today before the range window closes at 12:22PM EST.

SpaceX says root cause of nozzle extension cracks was a GN2 vent line that impinged on the extension and caused it to flutter. Extension was trimmed and root cause was corrected by installing a diffuser on the vent line.

Speculation: this may be related to the roll control issue on flight 1. SpaceX relocated a GOX vent to avoid it impinging on the roll control actuator and freezing the RP-1 in the hydraulic line. They may have also relocated the GN2 vent. /end speculation

[rdale]

NTV Media Channel is no longer showing video.

My link to the media channel still is. Maybe a separate thread can be started if people are having problems with the feeds - most of us are not.

[joshcryer]

SpaceXer: SpaceX is counting down for a 9:06 AM EST launch attempt.

rdale, yes, sorry, I am not having any technical issues. It literally was showing test bars.

[MP99]

The confusion here is that the NASA TV streams work just fine in VLC, but the SpaceX BitGravity streams don't.

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=22041.msg667882#msg667882

cheers, Martin

[robertross]

looks good to go

[butters]

The confusion here is that the NASA TV streams work just fine in VLC, but the SpaceX BitGravity streams don't.

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=22041.msg667882#msg667882

cheers, Martin

Thanks for reminding me about that post, which I have now deleted. Those feeds are not for today's launch. They just play F1 flight 5.

[butters]

Weather is observed RED for first stage recovery, GREEN for launch.

[butters]

SpaceX flash webcast is starting:

http://www.spacex.com/webcast.php

[joshcryer]

This coverage is a lot better than last time.