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#40
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 24 Aug, 2017 18:16
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LOX load has started!
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#41
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 24 Aug, 2017 18:17
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Big vent!
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#42
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 24 Aug, 2017 18:19
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All progressing well.
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#43
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 24 Aug, 2017 18:20
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Clouds are somewhat breaking here at the launch site
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#44
by
ZachS09
on 24 Aug, 2017 18:20
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30 minutes and counting.
Still aiming for the opening of the window.
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#45
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 24 Aug, 2017 18:30
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Strongback chill has started.
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#46
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 24 Aug, 2017 18:30
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Stage 1 LOX throttling back for Stage 2 load.
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#47
by
Chris Bergin
on 24 Aug, 2017 18:30
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SpaceX FM time:
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#48
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 24 Aug, 2017 18:31
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Another big vent
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#49
by
ZachS09
on 24 Aug, 2017 18:31
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Pre-webcast music has started.
Just mere minutes away from going live.
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#50
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 24 Aug, 2017 18:32
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Stage 2 LOX load has started.
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#51
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 24 Aug, 2017 18:32
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Here comes the funky music!
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#52
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 24 Aug, 2017 18:36
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Formosat is on internal power
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#53
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 24 Aug, 2017 18:38
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T-14 minutes. We're listening to "Approaching Dragon" by Testshot Starfish, Musk's favourite band! Webcast should be starting in the next few minutes.
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#54
by
ZachS09
on 24 Aug, 2017 18:39
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And we are live from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. About eleven minutes away from the 40th launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket with a 475-kilogram Taiwanese satellite called FORMOSAT 5.
This will also mark the fifth Falcon 9 to launch from the West Coast.
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#55
by
kevin-rf
on 24 Aug, 2017 18:39
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Webcast has switched to live
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#56
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 24 Aug, 2017 18:40
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#57
by
Chris Bergin
on 24 Aug, 2017 18:40
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#58
by
ZachS09
on 24 Aug, 2017 18:40
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Today's commentator is Lauren Lyons.
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#59
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 24 Aug, 2017 18:40
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T-10mins! All is on track