Quote from: SpaceFinnOriginal on 10/20/2020 04:44 pmWas there a static fire test?Not required for internal payloads on a flown booster. Flight by flight determination for flown boosters. All maiden flight boosters are subject to the customary static fire at McGregor and the Flight Readiness Firing (Static Fire) at their assigned pad for that launch. The plan is to phase pad FRF SF's out and only be required to the Quality Assurance Verification Static Fire at McGregor for new boosters. If flight rate stays strong it negates most of the need for the FRF to verify pad systems through ignition sequence post start with shutdown.
Was there a static fire test?
A Falcon 9 is upright on launch complex 40 at Cape Canaveral: spaceflightnow.com/2020/10/21/fal…
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 10/20/2020 04:54 pmQuote from: SpaceFinnOriginal on 10/20/2020 04:44 pmWas there a static fire test?Not required for internal payloads on a flown booster. Flight by flight determination for flown boosters. All maiden flight boosters are subject to the customary static fire at McGregor and the Flight Readiness Firing (Static Fire) at their assigned pad for that launch. The plan is to phase pad FRF SF's out and only be required to the Quality Assurance Verification Static Fire at McGregor for new boosters. If flight rate stays strong it negates most of the need for the FRF to verify pad systems through ignition sequence post start with shutdown.Per SpaceflightNow.com, F9 is on the pad now and expect a static fire.
Quote from: capoman on 10/21/2020 02:10 pmQuote from: russianhalo117 on 10/20/2020 04:54 pmQuote from: SpaceFinnOriginal on 10/20/2020 04:44 pmWas there a static fire test?Not required for internal payloads on a flown booster. Flight by flight determination for flown boosters. All maiden flight boosters are subject to the customary static fire at McGregor and the Flight Readiness Firing (Static Fire) at their assigned pad for that launch. The plan is to phase pad FRF SF's out and only be required to the Quality Assurance Verification Static Fire at McGregor for new boosters. If flight rate stays strong it negates most of the need for the FRF to verify pad systems through ignition sequence post start with shutdown.Per SpaceflightNow.com, F9 is on the pad now and expect a static fire.The reasoning for firing up these 2 past missions before launch prob has to do with them checking the engines and making sure everything is fine and nothing is wrong that correlates with the GPS III stand down.
Quote from: RocketLover0119 on 10/21/2020 02:38 pmQuote from: capoman on 10/21/2020 02:10 pmQuote from: russianhalo117 on 10/20/2020 04:54 pmQuote from: SpaceFinnOriginal on 10/20/2020 04:44 pmWas there a static fire test?Not required for internal payloads on a flown booster. Flight by flight determination for flown boosters. All maiden flight boosters are subject to the customary static fire at McGregor and the Flight Readiness Firing (Static Fire) at their assigned pad for that launch. The plan is to phase pad FRF SF's out and only be required to the Quality Assurance Verification Static Fire at McGregor for new boosters. If flight rate stays strong it negates most of the need for the FRF to verify pad systems through ignition sequence post start with shutdown.Per SpaceflightNow.com, F9 is on the pad now and expect a static fire.The reasoning for firing up these 2 past missions before launch prob has to do with them checking the engines and making sure everything is fine and nothing is wrong that correlates with the GPS III stand down.Wasn't the last flight a 7th launch for a booster?So that one seems independent from from the GG issues.If we do see a static fire here, I think it's because of the issues. a 3rd (?) flight is old hat to SpaceX now.
Targeting Thursday, October 22 at 12:14 p.m. EDT for Falcon 9’s launch of Starlink from SLC-40 in Florida. Keeping an eye on weather; current forecast is 50% favorable for liftoff
Will they recover the fairings for this mission?
Quote from: ZachS09 on 10/21/2020 11:17 pmWill they recover the fairings for this mission?I would guess they fish them from the water after the last mission's adventures. We won't really know until we see the boats tomorrow.
...SpaceXfleet has JRTI in position but no mention of the fairing catchers since offloading yesterday.
