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Offline Chris Bergin

RE: LIVE: STS-120: Launch Day (Attempt 1) - Oct 23
« Reply #220 on: 10/23/2007 03:17 pm »
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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Re: LIVE: STS-120: Launch Day (Attempt 1) - Oct 23
« Reply #221 on: 10/23/2007 03:20 pm »
Caution-warning memory check complete.
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Re: LIVE: STS-120: Launch Day (Attempt 1) - Oct 23
« Reply #222 on: 10/23/2007 03:21 pm »
Launch Director reporting weather appears to be go...

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RE: LIVE: STS-120: Launch Day (Attempt 1) - Oct 23
« Reply #223 on: 10/23/2007 03:21 pm »
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!!" ;) ) and open back up at or near MECO.
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Re: LIVE: STS-120: Launch Day (Attempt 1) - Oct 23
« Reply #224 on: 10/23/2007 03:22 pm »
Weather looking GO, vehicule GO!!

:)
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Re: LIVE: STS-120: Launch Day (Attempt 1) - Oct 23
« Reply #225 on: 10/23/2007 03:22 pm »
Just 8 minutes left in the T-9 min hold...

Curently all is GO for launch.

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RE: LIVE: STS-120: Launch Day (Attempt 1) - Oct 23
« Reply #226 on: 10/23/2007 03:25 pm »
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!!" ;) ) and open back up at or near MECO.

We're getting totally swamped, so we're removing guests for about 30 mins.
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Re: LIVE: STS-120: Launch Day (Attempt 1) - Oct 23
« Reply #227 on: 10/23/2007 03:25 pm »

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RE: LIVE: STS-120: Launch Day (Attempt 1) - Oct 23
« Reply #228 on: 10/23/2007 03:30 pm »
Coming out of the hold.

T-9 minutes and counting!
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RE: LIVE: STS-120: Launch Day (Attempt 1) - Oct 23
« Reply #229 on: 10/23/2007 03:31 pm »
Buss connected to the fuel cells. T-8 mins.
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RE: LIVE: STS-120: Launch Day (Attempt 1) - Oct 23
« Reply #230 on: 10/23/2007 03:32 pm »
RSS arm retract!

T-6 mins and counting!

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Re: LIVE: STS-120: Launch Day (Attempt 1) - Oct 23
« Reply #231 on: 10/23/2007 03:32 pm »

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RE: LIVE: STS-120: Launch Day (Attempt 1) - Oct 23
« Reply #232 on: 10/23/2007 03:32 pm »
Orbiter access arm being retracted.

T-7 minutes.
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Re: LIVE: STS-120: Launch Day (Attempt 1) - Oct 23
« Reply #233 on: 10/23/2007 03:32 pm »
Go for APU pre-start

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RE: LIVE: STS-120: Launch Day (Attempt 1) - Oct 23
« Reply #234 on: 10/23/2007 03:33 pm »
APU Pre-start in work.
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Re: LIVE: STS-120: Launch Day (Attempt 1) - Oct 23
« Reply #235 on: 10/23/2007 03:33 pm »

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RE: LIVE: STS-120: Launch Day (Attempt 1) - Oct 23
« Reply #236 on: 10/23/2007 03:33 pm »
APU Prestart complete.

T-5 minutes and counting.
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RE: LIVE: STS-120: Launch Day (Attempt 1) - Oct 23
« Reply #237 on: 10/23/2007 03:34 pm »
T-4 minutes.

APUs up and running.
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Re: LIVE: STS-120: Launch Day (Attempt 1) - Oct 23
« Reply #238 on: 10/23/2007 03:34 pm »

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RE: LIVE: STS-120: Launch Day (Attempt 1) - Oct 23
« Reply #239 on: 10/23/2007 03:35 pm »
Engines gimbaling ahead of position to launch.
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