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LIVE: STS-120: Launch Day / Flight Day 1 - Oct 23
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Updated the lead article with some extra He midbody leak info (quotes from L2):
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5261
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Caution-warning memory check complete.
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Launch Director reporting weather appears to be go...
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All constraints to launch have been removed. It's all down to the weather now.
At T-9 we'll restrict posting (otherwise we'd get 50 people posting "LAUNCH!!"
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Weather looking GO, vehicule GO!!
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Just 8 minutes left in the T-9 min hold...
Curently all is GO for launch.
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All constraints to launch have been removed. It's all down to the weather now.
At T-9 we'll restrict posting (otherwise we'd get 50 people posting "LAUNCH!!"
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We're getting totally swamped, so we're removing guests for about 30 mins.
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Coming out of the hold.
T-9 minutes and counting!
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Buss connected to the fuel cells. T-8 mins.
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RSS arm retract!
T-6 mins and counting!
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Orbiter access arm being retracted.
T-7 minutes.
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Go for APU pre-start
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APU Pre-start in work.
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APU Prestart complete.
T-5 minutes and counting.
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T-4 minutes.
APUs up and running.
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Engines gimbaling ahead of position to launch.
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