Author Topic: SCRUB: SpaceX - Falcon I (Mk.II) NET March 19 (Read 178706 times)

Martin.cz · « **Reply #420 on:** 03/19/2007 09:54 pm »

Go falcon !

braddock · « **Reply #421 on:** 03/19/2007 09:55 pm »

"They are back up and running [the countdown]".

hyper_snyper · « **Reply #422 on:** 03/19/2007 09:56 pm »

Any idea of where the count is? I don't think we're gonna make 2300Z.

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #423 on:** 03/19/2007 09:56 pm »

Are they still targeting a 2300 GMT liftoff then?

Cretan126 · « **Reply #424 on:** 03/19/2007 09:56 pm »

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hmh33 - 19/3/2007 4:54 PM "There has been a solar conjunction which has really affected our communications with kwaj." Sounds like someone's been reading from the BOFH excuse book

Yeah - why would they be using a satellite on the opposite side of the sun? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_conjunction

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #425 on:** 03/19/2007 09:57 pm »

L-50 minutes.

T-0 at 11:45pm GMT.

William Graham · « **Reply #426 on:** 03/19/2007 09:57 pm »

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braddock - 19/3/2007 10:55 PM "They are back up and running [the countdown]".

Any news on when the launch is going to occur (if they're behind, I assume it will launch later in the window).

braddock · « **Reply #427 on:** 03/19/2007 09:57 pm »

"T-0 is now at 4:45 pacific time. So are about 45 minutes late. We stopped during the propellant loading [but it has resumed]"

damianevans · « **Reply #428 on:** 03/19/2007 09:57 pm »

Is the interstage the black part of the rocket? If it is the second stage looks waaay small!

hmh33 · « **Reply #429 on:** 03/19/2007 09:58 pm »

To be fair, probably means the commsat ended up near the Sun in the sky which can screw with microwave links.

rsnellenberger · « **Reply #430 on:** 03/19/2007 09:58 pm »

Just got on... I assume that T+00:29 has a different meaning for SpaceX. If not, that's an exceedingly slow booster :-)

mtakala24 · « **Reply #431 on:** 03/19/2007 09:59 pm »

no, 23:45 Zulu will be in about 45 minutes.

braddock · « **Reply #432 on:** 03/19/2007 09:59 pm »

"The ground winds at Kwaj are much higher, apparently, than at Vandenberg and the Cape, [but upper level winds are lighter. So you have ground wind issues, but not higher level wind issues]."
"We redesigned the launch [stool?] so that wind would not have as great an effect." [ground winds, she believes, up to 40 knots are no longer an issue for us]

braddock · « **Reply #433 on:** 03/19/2007 10:01 pm »

Before they now have resumed, they had stopped propellant load because of the data issue. They still have a few launch-critical people in California, apparently.

Cretan126 · « **Reply #434 on:** 03/19/2007 10:01 pm »

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hmh33 - 19/3/2007 4:58 PM To be fair, probably means the commsat ended up near the Sun in the sky which can screw with microwave links.

Conceded.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #435 on:** 03/19/2007 10:03 pm »

landofgrey · « **Reply #436 on:** 03/19/2007 10:04 pm »

waiting is the hardest part next to scrubbing

I see venting from both stages now. I hadn't noticed that before.

reubenb · « **Reply #437 on:** 03/19/2007 10:05 pm »

I'm assuming that the stuff that is now venting off means that the fueling is proceeding...

ETEE · « **Reply #438 on:** 03/19/2007 10:06 pm »

There was a large vapour cloud near the base tanks at about 22:55 UTC. Propellant loading restarted?

DaveS · « **Reply #439 on:** 03/19/2007 10:06 pm »

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ETEE - 19/3/2007 12:06 AM

There was a large vapour cloud near the base tanks at about 22:55 UTC. Propellant loading restarted?

Yes.