Author Topic: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - SpX-5/CRS-5 DRAGON - LAUNCH UPDATES (Read 115158 times)

Chris Bergin · « **on:** 01/09/2015 05:51 pm »

LIVE COUNTDOWN AND LAUNCH UPDATE THREAD for CRS-5/SpX-5 ATTEMPT 2. This thread will be converted to the Launch and Flight Day 1 Updates pending a successful launch.

Any posts that are not updates will be removed. Other threads are available, see below.

T-0 is 4:47am local time (Eastern).

Main SpX-5/CRS-5 Articles:

SpaceX’s Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship ready for action
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/11/spacex-autonomous-spaceport-drone-ship/

First Launch Target:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/11/crs-5-dragon-mission-iss-evaluating-december-target/

Static Fire issues and Slip:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/12/spacex-static-fire-falcon-9-crs-5/

Launch Day Article - by William Graham
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/01/spacex-dragon-crs-5-launch-historic-core-return/

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Resources:

SpaceX News Articles from 2006 (Including numerous exclusive Elon interviews):
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=21862.0

SpaceX News Articles (Recent):
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/spacex/

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SpaceX GENERAL Forum Section:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=45.0 - please use this for general questions NOT specific to this mission.

SpaceX MISSIONS Forum Section:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=55.0 - this section is for everything specific to SpaceX missions.

SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - CRS-5/SpX-5 DISCUSSION THREAD:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=35853.0

Party Thread:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=35861.0

SCRUB - ATTEMPT 1 UPDATES:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=36492.0

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L2 Members:

L2 SpaceX Section - now a dedicated full section:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=55.0

Dedicated L2 CRS-5/SpX-5:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=35739.0
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=36490.0

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Eagandale4114 · « **Reply #1 on:** 01/10/2015 01:15 am »

As per the webcast the bird 9 is now vertical.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #2 on:** 01/10/2015 07:02 am »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #3 on:** 01/10/2015 07:25 am »

Off we go...

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #4 on:** 01/10/2015 07:30 am »

Live view at T-1hr 16 mins.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #5 on:** 01/10/2015 07:31 am »

Here we go!

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #6 on:** 01/10/2015 07:31 am »

12:30 am Eastern was CTS (Call To Stations).

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #7 on:** 01/10/2015 07:32 am »

Dragon powered on 28 hours ago.

No built-in holds.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #8 on:** 01/10/2015 07:32 am »

Fuel times:

01:47 local RP loading.
02:12 local LOX loading

LOX loading now complete.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #9 on:** 01/10/2015 07:33 am »

Weather briefing at T-1 hour (about 14 minutes from now).

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #10 on:** 01/10/2015 07:38 am »

T-1 hour 10 minutes.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #11 on:** 01/10/2015 07:42 am »

George Diller notes the channels are very quiet, given there's no issues. Always good.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #12 on:** 01/10/2015 07:43 am »

T-1 hour 5 minutes.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #13 on:** 01/10/2015 07:47 am »

T-60 mins.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #14 on:** 01/10/2015 07:48 am »

Weather sounding very positive.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #15 on:** 01/10/2015 07:51 am »

I lovely reminder of what used to be at the end of Shuttle FRR documentation on the weather brief slides.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #16 on:** 01/10/2015 07:51 am »

T-1 hour. Weather briefing. 11 C. Low clouds in landing zone.

60% go for 13 January.

mme · « **Reply #17 on:** 01/10/2015 07:51 am »

Launch criteria all go:

Appable · « **Reply #18 on:** 01/10/2015 07:52 am »

Don't know if I can post it here, but a quick summary of the briefing just given at T-1 hour:

Weather Briefing:

Launch date:
Cloud cover diminishing so little cloud cover
Recovery area in low clouds, will become more scattered
Winds going down to 10-15 knots, very steady wind 330 degrees
50 degrees
Benign solar activity
GO on all weather criteria
10% chance of thick cloud rule violation
Weather-One aircraft has taken off to examine some conflicting data (satellite-radar data different)

Delay date
Clearing cloud cover just around T-0, so it's a bit risky
Thick cloud rule possible violation

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #19 on:** 01/10/2015 07:53 am »

T-55 minutes.

Comparing clocks, it looks like launch time is 4:47:30 EST.