https://twitter.com/emrekelly/status/1339221785057894400Quote Falcon 9 / NROL-108 is rolling out to pad 39A in advance of Thursday's planned 0900 to 1200 ET liftoff. Nice photobomb courtesy of a KSC crawler.
Falcon 9 / NROL-108 is rolling out to pad 39A in advance of Thursday's planned 0900 to 1200 ET liftoff. Nice photobomb courtesy of a KSC crawler.
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 12/16/2020 01:52 pmQuoteFalcon 9 / NROL-108 is rolling out to pad 39A in advance of Thursday's planned 0900 to 1200 ET liftoff. Nice photobomb courtesy of a KSC crawler.I put this here because it looks like NASA is making room for construction of the second Mobile Launcher.This might be MLP-1 being moved from maybe the East parking site so that construction can begin.All IMHO.
QuoteFalcon 9 / NROL-108 is rolling out to pad 39A in advance of Thursday's planned 0900 to 1200 ET liftoff. Nice photobomb courtesy of a KSC crawler.
One of the old Space Shuttle MLPs is out and about carrying a whole load of concrete.
11,800 tonnes with the ML loaded with concrete atop CT-2.Max certified lift of flight hardware was 8,200 tonnes with EM-1 weighing 9,100 tonnes. The numbers have changed over the years. CT-2 got the extra 4 improvements that CT-1 did not. Shuttles rating was 5,400 tonnes.
Quote from: Hog on 12/27/2020 01:23 am11,800 tonnes with the ML loaded with concrete atop CT-2.Max certified lift of flight hardware was 8,200 tonnes with EM-1 weighing 9,100 tonnes. The numbers have changed over the years. CT-2 got the extra 4 improvements that CT-1 did not. Shuttles rating was 5,400 tonnes.As those bizarre units made my head hurt, I've replaced them as a public service. Conversions courtesy of Google, rounded to the nearest 100
Quote from: Welsh Dragon on 12/27/2020 09:59 amQuote from: Hog on 12/27/2020 01:23 am11,800 tonnes with the ML loaded with concrete atop CT-2.Max certified lift of flight hardware was 8,200 tonnes with EM-1 weighing 9,100 tonnes. The numbers have changed over the years. CT-2 got the extra 4 improvements that CT-1 did not. Shuttles rating was 5,400 tonnes.As those bizarre units made my head hurt, I've replaced them as a public service. Conversions courtesy of Google, rounded to the nearest 100Yes, pound are difficult. Your Metric numbers merely fuddled any comments directed at the article which uses millions of pounds.
The first umbilical – one of many swing arms that will provide power, communications, and propellants to a larger configuration of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket – for the agency’s mobile launcher 2 (ML2) arrives at the Launch Equipment Test Facility (LETF) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 28, 2021. The umbilical will go through rounds of testing at the LETF to verify it functions properly before getting installed on the ML2 tower. This particular umbilical will provide propellants, environmental control systems, and a variety of purge gasses to the rocket’s Exploration Upper Stage. ML2 will be used to launch SLS Block 1B and Block 2 configurations to the Moon, starting with the Artemis IV mission, allowing NASA to send astronauts and heavy cargo to the lunar surface.https://images.nasa.gov/details-KSC-20211101-PH-KLS01_0002
Alas, there is zero chance of keeping the tower as a visitor's display with SLS mock-up. But nice to think about.
Equipment staged at the KSC turn basin, including the below SPMT is likely linked to an upcoming delivery of steel trusses for the SLS Mobile Launcher 2, per press release.bechtel.com/newsroom/relea…Delivery is via tug/barge from South Carolina.📷 nsf.live/spacecoast
The SPMT craze might be catching on... spotted one rolling around KSC, but doesn't seem to be carrying anything for SpaceX (heh). Wonder what's up?🔴nsf.live/spacecoast
oh, sorry. Self Propelled Modular Transporter
The steel trusses for the Mobile Launcher 2 have arrived at KSC on a barge for unloading!nsf.live/spacecoast
The @Bechtel team is moving water pumps into positions on the barge, which is carrying a steel truss for mobile launcher 2, to fill up the barge’s ballasts. These pumps are used to lower the barge to be level with the dock. Later today, the Self Propelled Motorized Transporter will drive onto the barge and take the large steel truss off.
QuoteThe @Bechtel team is moving water pumps into positions on the barge, which is carrying a steel truss for mobile launcher 2, to fill up the barge’s ballasts. These pumps are used to lower the barge to level with the dock. Later today, the Self Propelled Motorized Transporter will drive onto the barge and take the large steel truss off.
The @Bechtel team is moving water pumps into positions on the barge, which is carrying a steel truss for mobile launcher 2, to fill up the barge’s ballasts. These pumps are used to lower the barge to level with the dock. Later today, the Self Propelled Motorized Transporter will drive onto the barge and take the large steel truss off.
