Launch has slipped 2 days. New launch day and window:25 August at 23:33 EDT to 03:33 EDT on 26th.... which is 26 August from 0333-0733 UTC.
Payload Vehicle engineer for Telstar 18 on Reddit says there is a 5-10 day delay for the launch, may not be in August. Any confirmation for this?https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/95cte4/telstar_18v_apstar_5c_launch_campaign_thread/e4kgxuw/?context=3
Hate to tease you but right now there is no officially released reason so I can't say. Even being on the customer side they won't tell me too much.
A 24 day gap is no way to hit a 30 launch per year pace, especially when it's followed by a 30 day gap.
I don't think SpaceX can be criticized for being slow about launching rockets, since they launch more than anyone else in the world.
I have a theory.Telkom-4 (Merah Putih) was originally expected to launch on F9 core B1049. Unexpectedly after having loaded that core into the SLC-40 hangar in preparations for flight they pulled it out and took it back to the LC-39A hangar and the sooty and flight proven B1046 was moved into the SLC-40 hangar and ended up being the rocket that performed the mission.Now here we are and B1049 is scheduled to launch Telstar 18V and the mission was delayed from August 16th to 23rd to 25th and now into September.I'm wondering if there is something wrong with that booster that's taking longer than expected to fix?
That's a myth. China has launched 22 times this year compared to SpaceX with 15 launches.
Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 08/22/2018 09:14 amThat's a myth. China has launched 22 times this year compared to SpaceX with 15 launches.How can I track this? Does China have a website that lists their manifest?
An An-124 flight landed at MCO yesterday... any ideas what it was for?
Quote from: OnWithTheShow on 08/22/2018 01:00 pmAn An-124 flight landed at MCO yesterday... any ideas what it was for?Flights to Orlando have nothing to do with stuff at the Cape (and there have been a couple of those flights between Orlando and Paris recently).
Quote from: gongora on 08/22/2018 01:30 pmQuote from: OnWithTheShow on 08/22/2018 01:00 pmAn An-124 flight landed at MCO yesterday... any ideas what it was for?Flights to Orlando have nothing to do with stuff at the Cape (and there have been a couple of those flights between Orlando and Paris recently).The An-124s usually come to Orlando to refuel before or after dropping things at the cape. They don't seem to have the facilities for that beast on the skid strip or SSLF.
Quote from: intrepidpursuit on 08/23/2018 09:09 pmQuote from: gongora on 08/22/2018 01:30 pmQuote from: OnWithTheShow on 08/22/2018 01:00 pmAn An-124 flight landed at MCO yesterday... any ideas what it was for?Flights to Orlando have nothing to do with stuff at the Cape (and there have been a couple of those flights between Orlando and Paris recently).The An-124s usually come to Orlando to refuel before or after dropping things at the cape. They don't seem to have the facilities for that beast on the skid strip or SSLF.They cam refuel aircraft C-5 et cetera at KXMR and KTTS with no problems at all.