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Re: LIVE: Orbital Minotaur-1 - ORS 3 - November 19, 2013
« Reply #60 on: 11/19/2013 08:32 pm »
From NASA Wallops Flight Facility facebook...

We are currently red with the Coquina tracking site. The team is continuing to troubleshoot transmitter issues. On the earlier reported space weather issue with the x-ray flux, at this time we are green and the space weather will continue to be monitored through the count.

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Re: LIVE: Orbital Minotaur-1 - ORS 3 - November 19, 2013
« Reply #61 on: 11/19/2013 09:37 pm »
NASA's Wallops Flight Facility facebook...

Sunset at the pad.

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Re: LIVE: Orbital Minotaur-1 - ORS 3 - November 19, 2013
« Reply #63 on: 11/19/2013 10:10 pm »
Wallops Flight Facility facebook...

Weather at launch forecasted to be around 40 degrees with northerly winds at 10 kts. We have 100% probability of acceptable for launch tonight. Space weather is not an issue but will continue to be monitored. Launch is targeted for 7:30 p.m. with a window that runs until 9:15 p.m. EST

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Re: LIVE: Orbital Minotaur-1 - ORS 3 - November 19, 2013
« Reply #64 on: 11/19/2013 10:14 pm »
Is the Coquina tracking station issue a showstopper, or an annoyance?

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Re: LIVE: Orbital Minotaur-1 - ORS 3 - November 19, 2013
« Reply #65 on: 11/19/2013 10:16 pm »
Is the Coquina tracking station issue a showstopper, or an annoyance?

sounds like a potential show stopper?  From spaceflight now at http://www.spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/ors3/status.html

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Engineers continue to troubleshoot a problem at the downrange tracking station in Coquina, N.C. If the range is "red" at 6:30 p.m. EST (2330 GMT), the countdown will hold at T-minus 60 minutes until the issue is resolved.

If not a show stopper, it could delay things.

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Re: LIVE: Orbital Minotaur-1 - ORS 3 - November 19, 2013
« Reply #68 on: 11/19/2013 10:43 pm »
SFN is reporting a delay:

"LAUNCH DELAY. The countdown is holding at T-minus 60 minutes as workers continue to try to resolve a problem at the tracking station at Coquina, N.C., south of the Wallops launch site.
The launch window extends to 9:15 p.m. EST (0215 GMT), so clocks must resume by 8:15 p.m. EST to facilitate a launch this evening."
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Re: LIVE: Orbital Minotaur-1 - ORS 3 - November 19, 2013
« Reply #69 on: 11/19/2013 10:49 pm »
T-1 hour and holding. The range team continues to troubleshoot the issues at the tracking site in Coquina, NC. The launch window runs until 9:15 p.m. EST

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Re: LIVE: Orbital Minotaur-1 - ORS 3 - November 19, 2013
« Reply #71 on: 11/19/2013 10:52 pm »

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Re: LIVE: Orbital Minotaur-1 - ORS 3 - November 19, 2013
« Reply #72 on: 11/19/2013 10:53 pm »
Testing to verify a good link with vehicle.

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Re: LIVE: Orbital Minotaur-1 - ORS 3 - November 19, 2013
« Reply #74 on: 11/19/2013 11:05 pm »
I would just like to be the first to comment on the irony that one of the main goals of this launch is to reduce the need for ground tracking stations

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Re: LIVE: Orbital Minotaur-1 - ORS 3 - November 19, 2013
« Reply #76 on: 11/19/2013 11:15 pm »
count resumes at 1 hour.

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Re: LIVE: Orbital Minotaur-1 - ORS 3 - November 19, 2013
« Reply #78 on: 11/19/2013 11:16 pm »
New launch time? 0115UTC?

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New launch time? 0115UTC?

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