Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 - Iridium NEXT - Jan 14, 2017 (17:54 UTC)- UPDATES (Read 224193 times)

ZachS09 · « **Reply #80 on:** 01/14/2017 04:29 pm »

T-25 minutes. The fuel collector pre-valves are closed and the three cryo-helium pumps are active.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #81 on:** 01/14/2017 04:29 pm »

Okay, guys. The DJ has arrived and turned on the funky music. Let's dance for a while before the webcast starts, shall we?

deltaV · « **Reply #82 on:** 01/14/2017 04:31 pm »

Quote from: ZachS09 on 01/14/2017 04:29 pm

T-25 minutes. The fuel collector pre-valves are closed and the three cryo-helium pumps are active.

How do you know? AFAICT the YouTube hosted stream is showing only elevator music and the YouTube technical feed hasn't started at all.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #83 on:** 01/14/2017 04:31 pm »

Just to remind everybody:

This will mark the 29th Falcon 9 launch since its debut in 2010, the 9th use of the Full Thrust configuration, and the third Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg's SLC-4E pad. We should expect the first stage to land on the "Just Read the Instructions" droneship 7 minutes and 49 seconds after launch.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #84 on:** 01/14/2017 04:32 pm »

Quote from: deltaV on 01/14/2017 04:31 pm

Quote from: ZachS09 on 01/14/2017 04:29 pm
T-25 minutes. The fuel collector pre-valves are closed and the three cryo-helium pumps are active.

How do you know? AFAICT the YouTube hosted stream is showing only elevator music and the YouTube technical feed hasn't started at all.

I have the prelaunch countdown timeline in front of me.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #85 on:** 01/14/2017 04:33 pm »

About a minute until the coverage starts.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #86 on:** 01/14/2017 04:34 pm »

The Technical Webcast is working now.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #87 on:** 01/14/2017 04:35 pm »

From the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, YouTube is proud to sponsor this webcast documenting the Return to Flight for the Falcon 9 rocket, which is carrying 10 Iridium-NEXT satellites into Low Earth Orbit.