Author Topic: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon 9 - EchoStar 23 - March 16, 2017 - UPDATES  (Read 186686 times)

Offline Chris Bergin

The window for the March 14 launch date NET for Falcon 9/EchoStar 23 is now documented as opening at 01:34 EDT (Because clocks go forward).
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F9 vertical again this morning.
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Offline Chris Bergin

All on track for the opening of the window T-0!

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Bill Harwood photo:

https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/839956122010324992

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Shouldn't be long before we see signs of venting (RSS blocks almost all of it from this angle though).

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Significant venting.

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Offline IanThePineapple

More large LOX venting; getting close to ignition.
« Last Edit: 03/09/2017 09:49 pm by IanThePineapple »

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Ignition! Test complete! Awaiting tweet from SpaceX

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Just ignited
« Last Edit: 03/09/2017 10:04 pm by Orbiter »
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Offline Chris Bergin

Must be a big lag on the SFN stream as it only just showed four minutes later:

They are linked, but let's give them another link so they don't get arsey with us ;)

http://original.livestream.com/spaceflightnow?utm_source=lsplayer&utm_medium=ui-content&utm_campaign=spaceflightnow&utm_content=spaceflightnow

UPDATES ONLY HERE. Post in discussion if not an update.
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Good viewpoint video from Bill. Looks like the full 3.5 seconds for sure.

https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/839978489675730944
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SpaceX - e-mail to media. This means it was a good test and they've confirmed they have the 14th on the Range.

MEDIA GUIDANCE FOR SPACEX’S ECHOSTAR XXIII LAUNCH

HAWTHORNE, Calif. – Mar. 9, 2017. Following today’s static fire test, SpaceX is targeting the launch of the EchoStar XXIII satellite from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Mar. 14. The launch window opens at 1:34 a.m. EDT and closes at 4:04 a.m. EDT.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will deliver the satellite to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO).



More details on the mission and pre-launch activities will be made available to credentialed media later this week. Updates will also be provided on SpaceX.com and through the company’s social media channels. Please note: the media credentialing period for EchoStar XXIII is closed.
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SpaceX - EchoStar23 - Static Fire Test 03-09-2017
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Weather 70% GO for Tues, thick cloud layer rule only possible violation.

80% GO on delay day, liftoff winds the only issue.

Edit: forgot to delete 'quote', doh!
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Falcon is now horizontal according to the SFN livestream.
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As I can't see an image of the payload on either Echostar 23 thread, here's one from the Echostar website.

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Updated forecast issued today attached, no change from yesterday's:

Weather 70% GO for Tues, thick cloud layer rule only possible violation.

80% GO on delay day, liftoff winds the only issue.

Edit: should have noted this from Tuesday's forecast

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Maximum upper-level winds will be from the southwest at 140 knots at 40,000 feet.
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WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
140529Z TO 140841Z MAR,
ALTERNATE 160530Z TO 160842Z MAR
IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 28-38N 080-38W, 28-39N 080-38W,
28-41N 080-14W, 28-40N 079-50W,
28-36N 079-08W, 28-31N 079-08W,
28-32N 080-14W, 28-33N 080-34W,
28-34N 080-36W.
B. 28-29N 074-57W, 27-58N 070-07W,
27-38N 070-18W, 28-05N 075-07W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 191/17.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 160842Z MAR 17.//

Authority: EASTERN RANGE 082125Z MAR 17.

Date: 082135Z MAR 17
Cancel: 16084200 Mar 17



A0355/17 -  1703140529 - 1703140841 LAUNCH HAZARD AREA A. FROM 2838N08038W TO 2839N08038W TO 2841N08014W TO 2840N07950W TO 2836N07908W TO 2831N07908W TO 2832N08014W TO 2833N08034W TO 2834N08036W TO POINT OF ORIGIN, SURFACE-UNLIMITED. LAUNCH HAZARD AREA B. FROM 2829N07457W TO 2758N07007W TO 2738N07018W TO 2805N07507W TO POINT OF ORIGIN. SURFACE TO UNLIMITED. IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY, ALL NONPARTICIPATING PILOTS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO AVOID THE ABOVE AREAS, EXCEPT AS NOTED BELOW FOR FLIGHT PLAN FILING PURPOSES. THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS WILL BE IN EFFECT WITHIN KZMA AND KZNY FIRS. ALL TRAFFIC RALT MUST BE ESTIMATED TO CLEAR OCEANIC ALTRV(S) AT OR BEFORE 1703140524. KZNY REQUEST AIRCRAFT CERTIFIED FOR RNP 4/10 FILE ROUTES TO AVOID HAZARD AREAS A AND B BY 25NM, AND NON CERTIFIED RNP 4/10 AIRCRAFT AVOID AREAS A AND B BY 45NM DURING THE HAZARD PERIOD 1703140529-1703140841. PART 2 OF 3. SEE TEXT, 14 MAR 03:29 2017 UNTIL 14 MAR 08:41 2017. CREATED: 10 MAR 22:21 2017
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Today's updated forecast. Now reduced to 60% GO due to increased risk of thick cloud. Still 80% GO on delay day (Thursday).

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Webcast and Press kit. (can't find tech webcast link...)

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SpaceX is targeting launch of EchoStar XXIII from
historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s
Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The two and a
half hour launch window opens on Tuesday,
March 14, at 1:34 a.m. EDT or 5:34 a.m. UTC. The
satellite will be deployed approximately 34
minutes after launch.

A backup launch window opens on Thursday, March 16, at 1:35 a.m. EDT or 5:35 a.m. UTC.
The EchoStar XXIII mission will be SpaceX’s second launch from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center.

SpaceX will not attempt to land Falcon 9’s first stage after launch due to mission requirements.

« Last Edit: 03/13/2017 05:46 am by Flying Beaver »
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