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Re: SpaceX F9 : CRS SpX-17 : May 4, 2019 - UPDATES
« Reply #140 on: 05/04/2019 06:07 am »
T-42mins.  GO/NO GO for propellant load poll underway.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : CRS SpX-17 : May 4, 2019 - UPDATES
« Reply #141 on: 05/04/2019 06:10 am »
T-38 minutes. The SpaceX launch director should be verifying go for propellant load.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : CRS SpX-17 : May 4, 2019 - UPDATES
« Reply #142 on: 05/04/2019 06:13 am »
LD reports no issues that would preclude propellant load.  Fueling will begin momentarily.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : CRS SpX-17 : May 4, 2019 - UPDATES
« Reply #143 on: 05/04/2019 06:13 am »
T-35 minutes. First and second stage RP-1 loading and first stage LOX loading should be starting now.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : CRS SpX-17 : May 4, 2019 - UPDATES
« Reply #144 on: 05/04/2019 06:13 am »
T-35mins.   Fueling of Falcon 9's 1st with RP-1 and LOX and Stage 2 with RP-1 has stared.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : CRS SpX-17 : May 4, 2019 - UPDATES
« Reply #145 on: 05/04/2019 06:14 am »
Dragon terminal count autosequence has started, too.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : CRS SpX-17 : May 4, 2019 - UPDATES
« Reply #146 on: 05/04/2019 06:15 am »
Weather odds now 90% favorable.  And to be clear, there are currently NO CONSTRAINTS for anything.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : CRS SpX-17 : May 4, 2019 - UPDATES
« Reply #147 on: 05/04/2019 06:21 am »
Fuel flow rates into Falcon 9's first and second stages are nominal.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : CRS SpX-17 : May 4, 2019 - UPDATES
« Reply #148 on: 05/04/2019 06:23 am »
Stage 2 cryo helium load is activate, per the LD loop.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : CRS SpX-17 : May 4, 2019 - UPDATES
« Reply #149 on: 05/04/2019 06:25 am »
NASA TV launch coverage in 5 minutes
Best quote heard during an inspection, "I was unaware that I was the only one who was aware."

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Re: SpaceX F9 : CRS SpX-17 : May 4, 2019 - UPDATES
« Reply #151 on: 05/04/2019 06:26 am »
NASA coverage starting in 3.5 minutes.
« Last Edit: 05/04/2019 06:28 am by Steven Pietrobon »
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Re: SpaceX F9 : CRS SpX-17 : May 4, 2019 - UPDATES
« Reply #152 on: 05/04/2019 06:28 am »
Stage 2 RP-1 load is complete and closed out ahead of LOX load.

Stage 1 continues to be filled with LOX and RP-1.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : CRS SpX-17 : May 4, 2019 - UPDATES
« Reply #153 on: 05/04/2019 06:29 am »
Go for funky music!
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Re: SpaceX F9 : CRS SpX-17 : May 4, 2019 - UPDATES
« Reply #154 on: 05/04/2019 06:32 am »
T-16mins

Stage 2 LOX load has begun.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : CRS SpX-17 : May 4, 2019 - UPDATES
« Reply #155 on: 05/04/2019 06:32 am »
NASA coverage has started.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : CRS SpX-17 : May 4, 2019 - UPDATES
« Reply #157 on: 05/04/2019 06:33 am »
T-16 minutes. Second stage LOX loading should be starting now.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : CRS SpX-17 : May 4, 2019 - UPDATES
« Reply #158 on: 05/04/2019 06:34 am »
90% go for weather.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : CRS SpX-17 : May 4, 2019 - UPDATES
« Reply #159 on: 05/04/2019 06:35 am »
SpaxeX coverage has started.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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