Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - Thaicom 6 - DISCUSSION THREAD (Read 271809 times)

wjbarnett · « **Reply #240 on:** 12/31/2013 05:00 pm »

We saw the following from Molly McCormick ‏@Molliway 18h ago

"SpaceX launch this Friday: Thaicom6 TV satellite to Geostationary orbit. Launch at 2:50-ish PM Pacific. See you on the webcast!"

dcporter · « **Reply #241 on:** 12/31/2013 05:22 pm »

Quote from: mme on 12/31/2013 04:50 pm

Unless she's directly involved with the webcast, it could be an assumption.

She co-hosted the last one.

mme · « **Reply #242 on:** 12/31/2013 05:57 pm »

Quote from: dcporter on 12/31/2013 05:22 pm

Quote from: mme on 12/31/2013 04:50 pm
Unless she's directly involved with the webcast, it could be an assumption.

She co-hosted the last one.

Thanks! (Note to self, google "@Molliway webcast" before publicly announcing ignorance. *facepalm*)

AJW · « **Reply #243 on:** 12/31/2013 07:59 pm »

Encouraging looking weather report from the 45th Space Wing. 90% chance of favorable weather during the launch window.

Haven't found a primary source, but spotted this article:

http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20131231/SPACE/131231002/Forecast-favorable-SpaceX-launch-attempt-Friday

ugordan · « **Reply #244 on:** 12/31/2013 08:01 pm »

Quote from: AJW on 12/31/2013 07:59 pm

Haven't found a primary source

http://www.patrick.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070716-028.pdf

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #245 on:** 01/01/2014 01:08 pm »

OK I know this is a very long shot , but are there anyone here who speak Thai? It may be useful to check out any information about this launch (e.g. from Thaicom's official website) and perhaps even photos in the local language...

russianhalo117 · « **Reply #246 on:** 01/01/2014 04:45 pm »

Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 01/01/2014 01:08 pm

OK I know this is a very long shot , but are there anyone here who speak Thai? It may be useful to check out any information about this launch (e.g. from Thaicom's official website) and perhaps even photos in the local language...

I can ask my cousin in law as she is Thai and translates for a living, but I cannot guarantee that she will help us translate it.

king1999 · « **Reply #247 on:** 01/01/2014 07:08 pm »

Google translate works quite well for website.

intrepidpursuit · « **Reply #248 on:** 01/01/2014 09:55 pm »

Thaicom's website has an English version. The only update I see is the statement below.

http://www.thaicom.net/files/attch/8/770/770_023en.pdf

Quote

Nonthaburi, 25 December, 2013. THAICOM Public Company Limited announce today the launch of
THAICOM 6 satellite in the first week of 2014 aiming to support the growth of the country's broadcasting
industry.

averagespacejoe · « **Reply #249 on:** 01/02/2014 12:47 am »

Less than 48 hours until liftoff, it has been awfully quiet for the folks sitting in coach. I hope the first class L2 passengers have a better view. Most of the major space news sites don't have anything up yet.

averagespacejoe · « **Reply #250 on:** 01/02/2014 12:52 am »

Well that I suppose you are right no news is good news and all schedules point to Jan 3rd so hopefully tomorrow we will hear more.

aero · « **Reply #251 on:** 01/02/2014 01:06 am »

New Year's is an important holiday for people the age of the typical SpaceX employee. I doubt many of them are up for going to work on Jan. 1 if they don't have mission critical jobs. And keeping us informed isn't a mission critical job no matter how much we wish it were.

Hope for something by noon Pacific time tomorrow.

beancounter · « **Reply #252 on:** 01/02/2014 01:14 am »

Quote from: mme on 12/31/2013 04:50 pm

Does anyone know if SpaceX will webcast the launch?

They haven't updated their http://www.spacex.com/webcast page. Other than an engineer publicly tweeting "See you on the webcast!," I haven't seen any mention of the webcast in the media or by SpaceX. Unless she's directly involved with the webcast, it could be an assumption.

No doubt they are scrambling and such things are a low priority.

Scrambling is something they definitely aren't doing. Mistakes happen that way.

AJW · « **Reply #253 on:** 01/02/2014 03:12 am »

Yesterday it was reported that the Patrick AFB website is listing the start of Friday's launch window as 5:05 EST. I thought this might be a transposition from 5:50pm which is the time being reported on most of the other sites. The Launch Operations Forecast from Patrick is listing 1705 EST as the start of the window, so this could be a single mistake being propagated but I thought it was worth posting here in the chance that someone in the know could confirm or deny the information.

http://www.patrick.af.mil

http://www.patrick.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070716-028.pdf

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #254 on:** 01/02/2014 03:08 pm »

Thread trimmed of pointless discussion. We need to keep the quality of discussion to a certain standard on this forum.

Ben the Space Brit · « **Reply #255 on:** 01/03/2014 10:03 am »

Has a specific reason been given for the slip that is releasable to the general public?

Silmfeanor · « **Reply #256 on:** 01/03/2014 10:36 am »

Quote from: Ben the Space Brit on 01/03/2014 10:03 am

Has a specific reason been given for the slip that is releasable to the general public?

Why, yes! In the very news article Chris posted, in fact.

Quote

UPDATE: The review concluded by opting to slip the launch three days to Monday, January 6, due to an unspecified issue with the Falcon 9′s fairing, per source information. Additional opportunities run from January 8 through to 12.

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/01/spacex-falcon-9-v1-1-static-fire-test-thaicom-6-launch/

So, they're checking the fairing.

Jason1701 · « **Reply #257 on:** 01/03/2014 04:20 pm »

Why can't the Bermuda station support both launches on the 7th? Does it take too long to reconfigure?

Lurker Steve · « **Reply #258 on:** 01/03/2014 05:32 pm »

Quote from: Jason1701 on 01/03/2014 04:20 pm

Why can't the Bermuda station support both launches on the 7th? Does it take too long to reconfigure?

Wasn't there a launch from the Cape (ULA) the same day as the last Antares launch ? We were discussing how long it would take to drive to see both launches.

russianhalo117 · « **Reply #259 on:** 01/03/2014 05:39 pm »

Quote from: Lurker Steve on 01/03/2014 05:32 pm

Quote from: Jason1701 on 01/03/2014 04:20 pm
Why can't the Bermuda station support both launches on the 7th? Does it take too long to reconfigure?

Wasn't there a launch from the Cape (ULA) the same day as the last Antares launch ? We were discussing how long it would take to drive to see both launches.

Im not sure if ULA uses the same antennas at Bermuda anymore if at all now days.
I remember them upgrading something and something about switching to TDRS only once out of range of CCAFS, but I'm not completely sure.