Author Topic: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon CRS-1 (SpX-1) LAUNCH UPDATES (Read 179904 times)

Jason1701 · « **Reply #261 on:** 10/08/2012 01:17 am »

Orbcomm deployment 21:37 EDT.
http://www.newspacewatch.com/articles/spacex-crs-1-orbcomm-sat-update.html

Nick L. · « **Reply #262 on:** 10/08/2012 01:17 am »

Post-launch conference at 10 PM EDT. NASA Administrator Bolden and Gwynne Shotwell from SpaceX before that at 9:30 PM.

friendly3 · « **Reply #263 on:** 10/08/2012 01:18 am »

Something went wrong at T+01m20s, I think one of the four "corner-cover" was torn away !

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #264 on:** 10/08/2012 01:18 am »

Coverage ending on NTV

Robotbeat · « **Reply #265 on:** 10/08/2012 01:19 am »

Update from newspace watch: 9:15 pm: The Orbcomm deployment is expected at 62 minutes after liftoff, which would make it at 9:37 pm EDT.

Nick L. · « **Reply #266 on:** 10/08/2012 01:26 am »

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #267 on:** 10/08/2012 01:27 am »

Nothing on NORAD's TLE site yet - Dragon et al. should become objects 38846 - 38850.

Targeteer · « **Reply #268 on:** 10/08/2012 01:31 am »

Why wasn't the rocket cam on the NASA feed?

Jason1701 · « **Reply #269 on:** 10/08/2012 01:33 am »

Are Gwynne and Charlie waiting for Orbcomm deployment to start presser?

StephenB · « **Reply #270 on:** 10/08/2012 01:35 am »

The audio is on again in the SpaceX feed.

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #271 on:** 10/08/2012 01:35 am »

Quote from: Jason1701 on 10/08/2012 01:33 am

Are Gwynne and Charlie waiting for Orbcomm deployment to start presser?

Might just be traffic, LCC-X is down south of CCAFS while the presser is probably at KSC.

Silmfeanor · « **Reply #272 on:** 10/08/2012 01:36 am »

Quote from: StephenB on 10/08/2012 01:35 am

The audio is on again in the SpaceX feed.

They are just mirroring NASA TV at the moment

Jason1701 · « **Reply #273 on:** 10/08/2012 01:36 am »

Orbcomm should be deploying now.

IanO · « **Reply #274 on:** 10/08/2012 01:41 am »

Quote from: friendly3 on 10/08/2012 01:18 am

Something went wrong at T+01m20s, I think one of the four "corner-cover" was torn away !

I saw that too! I expected it to be an engine transient, since it was back to normal after a few seconds, but maybe that would also happen due to leaving the atmosphere. If it was a lost fairing, it should have shown up on one of the launch replays (which I missed).

friendly3 · « **Reply #275 on:** 10/08/2012 01:42 am »

I'am almost sure that one of the four "corner-cover" of the first stage was torn away at T+01m19s, first I thought that an engine had exploded !
Fortunately this problem didn't affect the launch.

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corrodedNut · « **Reply #276 on:** 10/08/2012 01:44 am »

Quote from: IanO on 10/08/2012 01:41 am

Quote from: friendly3 on 10/08/2012 01:18 am
Something went wrong at T+01m20s, I think one of the four "corner-cover" was torn away !
I saw that too! I expected it to be an engine transient, since it was back to normal after a few seconds, but maybe that would also happen due to leaving the atmosphere. If it was a lost fairing, it should have shown up on one of the launch replays (which I missed).

See here: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=29130.msg962456#msg962456

Jason1701 · « **Reply #277 on:** 10/08/2012 01:46 am »

Presser begins. Charlie says Gwynne is better on camera than himself, then calls her the CEO.

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #278 on:** 10/08/2012 01:46 am »

Ceremony starting, Bolden trying to promote Shotwell to CEO

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #279 on:** 10/08/2012 01:47 am »

General Bolden mentioning OSC and Antares!