Author Topic: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - ABS-3A/Eutelsat 115 West B - SLC-40 - March 1 2015  (Read 122999 times)

Offline Galactic Penguin SST

Livestream broadcast link is now on: http://new.livestream.com/spacex/events/3843470

Youtube live broadcast link will be added here when it is available.  ;)

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Per fact sheet timeline, Falcon 9 should be well into LOX and RP-1 loading by now.

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Apparently the weather conditions are now 90% GO - few clouds standing in the way of a clear sky.
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Apparently the weather conditions are now 90% GO - few clouds standing in the way of a clear sky.

The 90% stands, but apparently there are reports of fog around the Cape....  :P

METAR KTTS 020258Z AUTO 02003KT 1/2SM FG VV001 16/16 A3032 RMK AO2 SLP270 T01640156 52007 RVRNO $
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Currently patchy fog being reported around the cape area. AWOS station at the shuttle facility is 1/2 nm visibility with 100ft of vertical visibility. The skid strip is reporting 9nm of visibility but only 5500ft of visibility at the end of Runway 13. Orlando human augmented observation shows a few clouds at 25,000. Winds aloft at 300mb are around 55kts with the upstream 00z sounding at Tallahassee showing 85 kts at 180mb.

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Not long now, boys and girls.

Remember, UPDATE thread!! We have other threads for party and discussion and questions.....and everything else. This is just for updates. :)
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Here we go!
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

Offline Chris Bergin

Into funky music.

I think their "29 watching" webcast number is a "bit" off too. ;) Now 1255 - and it'll be more, so that's catching up.
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Special 02z (9p Eastern) Cape Canaveral atmospheric sounding data is in.

The fog layer looks no more than 100-200 meters deep right at the surface. Temperature/Dew Point profile looks normal for this time of year in Florida. Highest windspeed is ~180mb at 94 kts.
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Coverage has begun.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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T-14 minutes. Working no issues.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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No issues. Into LOX topping.
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Sats on internal power - as of T-40 mins.
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T-14 minutes. Working no issues.

does that lox exhaust look colder than usual?

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T-13 minutes. Weather 90% go. Performing poll.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Weather is go. 10 percent chance of violation.
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Polling for terminal count.
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Polling is GO for terminal count.
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