3.6 tons for the fairing doesn't sound right. You sure?
I remember reading an old thread where Jim was quoting a ~4ton fairing weight. I think his justification had something to do with horizontal integration and the fairing being a structural element. Can't find the thread for the life of me.
There is a good chance that it is in SLC-40's HIF. The F9-21 core was installed onto pad 40 prior to its re-fire test using the crane. This suggests that that the pad's strong-back is in use as part of pre-launch for SES-9.
Quote from: Ben the Space Brit on 01/13/2016 02:53 pmThere is a good chance that it is in SLC-40's HIF. The F9-21 core was installed onto pad 40 prior to its re-fire test using the crane. This suggests that that the pad's strong-back is in use as part of pre-launch for SES-9.Isn't the launch platform with hold downs attached to the T/E/L assembly? I'm missing some aspect of how the T/E/L system works if the strongback in in the HIF and the launch platform with hold downs is on the pad...
If the hangar can't take 2 cores and the OG2 core has to pass through the hangar on the way to the pad (my assumption), doesn't that imply no SES-9 core in hangar?
Just out of interest, what are SFN's sources? People at the Eastern Range or source inside the launch providers?
Strongback clamps to S2. There's no S2.