Author Topic: LIVE: SpaceX/Falcon 1 - 23rd March: launch coverage thread (Read 118865 times)

braddock · « **Reply #200 on:** 03/24/2006 09:14 pm »

"We would then launch TacSat-1, which was actually our first customer, between three and five to six months after this particular flight; and let me tell you the reason for that delay. Because we have slipped on the launch for the TacSat mission, that team is kinda dispersed, and working on other projects. So they basically have to pull themselves back together as a team, get the satellite out of storage where it is now, and get themselves back to vandenberg. In addition we have a little bit of work to do at Vandenberg ourselves. So I would say look for a Tac launch, I dunno, maybe five months from now.

"Then our thrid flight will be back in Kwajalein with our malaysian customer, and that is currently schedules for Feb 2007. That customer has pushed back their launch, it actually has nothing to do with our slips internally. And let me give you a littel background on that, because it is an interesting story. the Malaysians had a little excess capacity on their launch, so what they've done is contracted to build a secondary payload adaptor. They sit on a secondary payload adaptor, that adaptor then sits on a falcon, and they are going to fly some university cube sats, and some other university payloads as well. So the Malaysians have done a really nice thing for the tiny satellite community, and that is they have built a secondary payload adaptor which fits on a falcon."

(I'm now transcribing from my recorder, so maybe the transcription will be a little more solid)

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #201 on:** 03/24/2006 09:15 pm »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #202 on:** 03/24/2006 09:16 pm »

We're going to be able to make 101 articles out of these quotes

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #203 on:** 03/24/2006 09:17 pm »

T-25 minutes and counting.

Avron · « **Reply #204 on:** 03/24/2006 09:17 pm »

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Chris Bergin - 24/3/2006 5:16 PM

We're going to be able to make 101 articles out of these quotes

Gents, once again amazing coverage... thank -you

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #205 on:** 03/24/2006 09:22 pm »

T-20 minutes and counting.

DaveS · « **Reply #206 on:** 03/24/2006 09:23 pm »

Range is go.

gladiator1332 · « **Reply #207 on:** 03/24/2006 09:24 pm »

Amazing coverage indeed!

Thanks

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #208 on:** 03/24/2006 09:24 pm »

T-18 minutes. All looking good. Range is go.

braddock · « **Reply #209 on:** 03/24/2006 09:25 pm »

Gwynn: [Everything good] We probably won't go into any more questions until after we launch.

DaveS · « **Reply #210 on:** 03/24/2006 09:26 pm »

Propellant loading is complete.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #211 on:** 03/24/2006 09:27 pm »

Weather is within limits. IR shows no potential issues.

mong' · « **Reply #212 on:** 03/24/2006 09:28 pm »

so now it's praying time

Avron · « **Reply #213 on:** 03/24/2006 09:29 pm »

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Chris Bergin · « **Reply #214 on:** 03/24/2006 09:29 pm »

T-13 minutes and counting. All go for launch.

DaveS · « **Reply #215 on:** 03/24/2006 09:29 pm »

Strongback being lowered.

mong' · « **Reply #216 on:** 03/24/2006 09:31 pm »

ramp is coming off

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #217 on:** 03/24/2006 09:32 pm »

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DaveS - 24/3/2006 10:29 PM

Strongback being lowered.

Avron · « **Reply #218 on:** 03/24/2006 09:32 pm »

Fair winds - Falcon 1

DaveS · « **Reply #219 on:** 03/24/2006 09:32 pm »

Pre launch poll: All ready!