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Re: LIVE: Falcon 9 Flight 1 Maiden Flight - June 4, 2010
« Reply #20 on: 06/04/2010 02:12 pm »
It *looks* like there's 2nd stage venting barely visible in the SFN camera so I guess fueling is ongoing.

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Re: LIVE: Falcon 9 Flight 1 Maiden Flight - June 4, 2010
« Reply #21 on: 06/04/2010 02:13 pm »
Yes, I can confirm fueling. Still tracking 11:20.
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Re: LIVE: Falcon 9 Flight 1 Maiden Flight - June 4, 2010
« Reply #22 on: 06/04/2010 02:13 pm »
Weather is green

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As noted, but here's the official loop call update wording...

OPS Commit Criteria All Green now.
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Re: LIVE: Falcon 9 Flight 1 Maiden Flight - June 4, 2010
« Reply #24 on: 06/04/2010 02:16 pm »
OPS Commit Criteria All Green now.

Does that mean the wx is green *now* or predicted to be green at T-0?

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Re: LIVE: Falcon 9 Flight 1 Maiden Flight - June 4, 2010
« Reply #25 on: 06/04/2010 02:19 pm »
OPS Commit Criteria All Green now.

Does that mean the wx is green *now* or predicted to be green at T-0?

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Re: LIVE: Falcon 9 Flight 1 Maiden Flight - June 4, 2010
« Reply #26 on: 06/04/2010 02:19 pm »
spaceX stream is reconnecting all the time! Do you have the same problem?


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Re: LIVE: Falcon 9 Flight 1 Maiden Flight - June 4, 2010
« Reply #27 on: 06/04/2010 02:20 pm »
Press Kit for those interested:

Link doesn't seem to be working for me.  Get error message after downloading and trying to open the file.  Get the same error message even when I try to open it directly off the post.

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Re: LIVE: Falcon 9 Flight 1 Maiden Flight - June 4, 2010
« Reply #28 on: 06/04/2010 02:20 pm »
L minus 60 minutes
« Last Edit: 06/04/2010 02:24 pm by Chris Bergin »

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Press Kit for those interested:

Link doesn't seem to be working for me.  Get error message after downloading and trying to open the file.  Get the same error message even when I try to open it directly off the post.

Download is fine, it'll be your pdf reader (we've heard that issue a couple of times before....when it's just a few people, as opposed to everyone).



Update: Large mass of showers 50 miles west heading to the Cape.
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Re: LIVE: Falcon 9 Flight 1 Maiden Flight - June 4, 2010
« Reply #30 on: 06/04/2010 02:34 pm »
Nominal fueling. Procedures all nominal.

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Re: LIVE: Falcon 9 Flight 1 Maiden Flight - June 4, 2010
« Reply #31 on: 06/04/2010 02:38 pm »
line of storms about 40 miles out per weather aircraft

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Total cloud cover being observed at LC-40, meaning F9 would vanish into the clouds very shortly after launch under these conditions.
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Re: LIVE: Falcon 9 Flight 1 Maiden Flight - June 4, 2010
« Reply #33 on: 06/04/2010 02:47 pm »
Total cloud cover being observed at LC-40, meaning F9 would vanish into the clouds very shortly after launch under these conditions.
Any clues about criteria for tracking the launch with the range cameras?  At the Visitor's Complex this morning and it's definitely overcast.  Feels like August already.  (Although it's been like that all around the Gulf for several days.)

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Re: LIVE: Falcon 9 Flight 1 Maiden Flight - June 4, 2010
« Reply #34 on: 06/04/2010 02:47 pm »
Anyone positioned out on the A1A causeway? Curious if the clouds are blocking the view of the pad across the water at all. When F9 was pre-stacked last year I was able to make out the white stick pretty easily from there (suprisingly).

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Re: LIVE: Falcon 9 Flight 1 Maiden Flight - June 4, 2010
« Reply #35 on: 06/04/2010 02:49 pm »
Anvil buildup around the 38 mile mark
« Last Edit: 06/04/2010 02:52 pm by Chris Bergin »

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Re: LIVE: Falcon 9 Flight 1 Maiden Flight - June 4, 2010
« Reply #36 on: 06/04/2010 02:50 pm »
T minus 30 minutes and counting
« Last Edit: 06/04/2010 02:52 pm by Chris Bergin »

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Re: LIVE: Falcon 9 Flight 1 Maiden Flight - June 4, 2010
« Reply #37 on: 06/04/2010 02:52 pm »
I haven't walked to the other side of the building in a while but the cloud cover looking to the north and east is much better than earlier today.  It is significantly broken now with a fair amount of blue sky showing.  However there is fairly substantial clouds to the west and they are supposedly moving in this direction.  If he was green for weather 30 minutes ago this is better than it was then.

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From Press Kit:

Times above are based on a sample Falcon 9 mission flight time line, and actual timing will vary with specific mission requirements.

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Re: LIVE: Falcon 9 Flight 1 Maiden Flight - June 4, 2010
« Reply #39 on: 06/04/2010 02:53 pm »
anvil buildup around the 38 mile mark

There's an east-northeast flow this morning. The storm mass nearing Orlando that I'm watching on wundermap looks like it will miss the cape area.

Of course, other stuff could pop up as it moves east....

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