Author Topic: LIVE: Space Falcon 9 Flight 2 Static Fire - December 4, 2010 (Read 160955 times)

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #261 on:** 12/04/2010 01:25 pm »

Second stage TVC bleed running. Pressure set on TVC. Dragon abort system figuring.

T-5 minutes.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #262 on:** 12/04/2010 01:26 pm »

Vehicle on internal power. Still in first stage engine bleed.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #263 on:** 12/04/2010 01:27 pm »

T-3 minutes.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #264 on:** 12/04/2010 01:27 pm »

LD go for static fire.

Pedantic Twit · « **Reply #265 on:** 12/04/2010 01:28 pm »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #266 on:** 12/04/2010 01:28 pm »

RCO range go for launch.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #267 on:** 12/04/2010 01:29 pm »

T-60 seconds. Vehicle on auto-idle.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #268 on:** 12/04/2010 01:29 pm »

Tanks being pressurized.

Pedantic Twit · « **Reply #269 on:** 12/04/2010 01:29 pm »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #270 on:** 12/04/2010 01:30 pm »

ABORT

ugordan · « **Reply #271 on:** 12/04/2010 01:30 pm »

Darn. Got no video the moment TEA/TEB flash from the engines seen.

Pedantic Twit · « **Reply #272 on:** 12/04/2010 01:31 pm »

Video feed frozen.

ugordan · « **Reply #273 on:** 12/04/2010 01:31 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 12/04/2010 01:30 pm

ABORT

Not necessarily a firing abort, could be a pad abort as part of static fire sequence.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #274 on:** 12/04/2010 01:32 pm »

Yep. Video fell over. No idea if they fired. Didn't hear any noise of a firing.

Only heard abort.

js117 · « **Reply #275 on:** 12/04/2010 01:33 pm »

Whats the smoke to the left of pad.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #276 on:** 12/04/2010 01:34 pm »

Yep, didn't work out. Looking to recycle.

corrodedNut · « **Reply #277 on:** 12/04/2010 01:34 pm »

"[recycle] back to T-13 and holding"

e of pi · « **Reply #278 on:** 12/04/2010 01:36 pm »

Sounds like they're looking to recycle to T-13 or so. If the plume coming out of the flame trench in the frozen feed is fuel, did the ignition just not catch?

corrodedNut · « **Reply #279 on:** 12/04/2010 01:36 pm »

SpaceXer: "Static fire aborted"