Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 : GPS III SV01 : SLC-40 : Dec. 23, 2018 - UPDATES  (Read 94124 times)

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SCRUB confirmed.
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scrubbed, try again tomorrow

Countdown net still active, they are taking the count to the edge but not releasing
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"I think it would be great to be born on Earth and to die on Mars. Just hopefully not at the point of impact." -Elon Musk
"We're a little bit like the dog who caught the bus" - Musk after CRS-8 S1 successfully landed on ASDS OCISLY

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T-3 minutes. Still going through the count, but not launching.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Stage 2 LOX load closed out.

F9 on internal power.

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T-2 minutes. Stage 2 LOX closed out.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Falcon 9 in start up.
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CUT OFF.


Recycling.  Launch Auto aborted.
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T-1 minute. Falcon 9 is in startup.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Hold. Hold. Hold.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Official hold and scrub, 24 hour turnaround
"The Starship has landed"

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End of webcast. Trying again tomorrow.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Next attempt tomorrow, 8:51 AM Eastern time, they got within 29 seconds for test purposes
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Summary with audio from countdown net

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Forecast for tomorrow largely unchanged, 95+% GO, upper level winds still high but lower than was forecast for today:

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Launch day probability of violating launch weather constraints: <5%
Primary concern(s): Liftoff Winds

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SpaceX has updated a webcast link for today.

GO for launch, GO for age of reflight

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Technical poll complete.  Go to proceed to propellant load poll.

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T-38 minutes. SpaceX Launch Director should be verifying go for propellant load.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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GO for propellant load!

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