LIVE: Falcon 9 Flight 1 Maiden Flight - June 4, 2010

[Bubbinski]

Listening to the KSC scanner feed on my IPad.....there's a 15 min hold due to an MPS issue (Falcon propulsion?) and T-0 no earlier than 11:35 Eastern.

[Ronsmytheiii]

still looking at extending t-0 time

[Chris Bergin]

UPDATE:

One of the FTS antennas has a low signal with the strongback in the launch position.  SpaceX Chief Engineer and FTS team is talking it with the FAA and the Range.  No new T-zero.

[Chandonn]

Let's hope the weather holds.  Looking at the radar around KSC that looks awfully close to 11:35 EDT to me!

[edit: watching the showers on the radar from the intellicast feed]

[Andrewwski]

Many are already listening, but give the lack of anybody saying anything on the SpaceX webcast, the KSC scanner feed is quite useful:

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=705

[simonth]

They could use a more polished PR guy with some scripts. 

He is not a PR guy, he is an engineer heading engine production.

[soldeed]

The window has a high/low quality toggle control (the dot pattern icon) at low quality, it seems to stutter less.

[DaveS]

Sheesh, can't they set up a webcast *without* glitches every second, it's not as if they're transmitting from Kwaj or anything.

Pff, All this negativity towards SpaceX, Lets just enjoy what they are offering.

Which isn't much! And I wonder why they can't set-up a good webcast feed that can take some beating bandwidth-wise without dieing?

They can make rocket engines but can't make a good solid webcast fee to save their lives. And I thought Elon Musk was this great IT guy? Maybe he over-hyped himself and his great skills?

[Ben the Space Brit]

The hold has jumped to over twenty-five minutes! I feel a scrub in the air.

[Chris Bergin]

Let's keep the webcast issue chat to a minimum - I know it's unavoidable...but let's show some restraint

F9's not going anywhere for the meantime anyway.

[stockman]

[arkaska]

For those who can't get into the SpaceX webcast (me included) Spacevidcast are broadcasting it.

[Andrewwski]

The hold has jumped to over twenty-five minutes! I feel a scrub in the air.

If you're looking at the counter on the webcast, it's counting up.

And they have a 4 hour window.

[iamlucky13]

The window has a high/low quality toggle control (the dot pattern icon) at low quality, it seems to stutter less.

Not perfect, but much better.

Thanks for the tip. With no tooltip and such an unmeaningful icon, it wasn't even remotely clear there was a low resolution version.

Kennedy scanner feed is working, too.

[Mapperuo]

Seems the rocket has already taken off. 

T + 00:23:56 We’re hearing from launch control that we have a delay. Please stand by while we learn the nature and length.

[Martin FL]

UPDATE:

One of the FTS antennas has a low signal with the strongback in the launch position.  SpaceX Chief Engineer and FTS team is talking it with the FAA and the Range.  No new T-zero.

Thanks Chris and sources!

[Nick L.]

[chad1011]

The listeners have doubled on the http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=705 feed in the last couple of minutes...

[PahTo]

Thanks a bunch--now viewing successfully.

For those who can't get into the SpaceX webcast (me included) Spacevidcast are broadcasting it.

[Nick L.]