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Re: SpaceX

#21 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Wed May 27, 2020 8:05 pm

Range good. Weather bad...
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#22 Post by Karearea » Wed May 27, 2020 8:06 pm

Interesting to be part of a viewing audience of ~1.3million (at the moment) on NASA's channel on YT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aymrnzianf0

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#23 Post by Undried Plum » Wed May 27, 2020 8:07 pm

Post-Challenger, I guess NASA is a wee bit sensitive about wx reports at launch time.

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#24 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Wed May 27, 2020 8:08 pm

Lightning risk evaluation underway...
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#25 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Wed May 27, 2020 8:10 pm

4 minutes to GO/NO GO
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#26 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Wed May 27, 2020 8:14 pm

RP1 fuel load complete.

But scrubbed I think...
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#27 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Wed May 27, 2020 8:17 pm

Scrubbed, No LOX load
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#28 Post by Karearea » Wed May 27, 2020 8:18 pm

C'est la geurre...
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#29 Post by Undried Plum » Wed May 27, 2020 8:18 pm

Scrubbed.

Good call by whoever ordered it. ^:)^

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#30 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Wed May 27, 2020 8:22 pm

Weather immediately down range poor (and no Trump sharpies evident)...

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#31 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Wed May 27, 2020 8:23 pm

Kudos to the whole team. Professional to the core.
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#32 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Wed May 27, 2020 8:29 pm

TheGreenGoblin wrote:
Wed May 27, 2020 8:02 pm
RP1 and LOX pouring in...
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#33 Post by llondel » Wed May 27, 2020 9:56 pm

I was impressed by a comment that they can load/unload the fuel in 40 minutes. Or am I just vastly over-imagining the volume required?

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#34 Post by G-CPTN » Wed May 27, 2020 10:00 pm

llondel wrote:
Wed May 27, 2020 9:56 pm
I was impressed by a comment that they can load/unload the fuel in 40 minutes.
Probably manage it quicker after lift-off.

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#35 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Fri May 29, 2020 3:29 pm

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will lift-off at 3:22 p.m. EDT - UTC 19:22 - UK LOCAL 20:22 on Saturday, May 30, 2020, with a backup launch date of Sunday, May 31, 2020.
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#36 Post by Boac » Fri May 29, 2020 8:42 pm

https://www.airlive.net/alert-spacexs-s ... fire-test/

Whoops - not an awfully settling piece of news for the guys. Bet they are at least happy to be on a Falcon.

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#37 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Fri May 29, 2020 8:51 pm

Boac wrote:
Fri May 29, 2020 8:42 pm
https://www.airlive.net/alert-spacexs-s ... fire-test/

Whoops - not an awfully settling piece of news for the guys. Bet they are at least happy to be on a Falcon.
On paper Methylox engines seem a very good idea but pushing a bleeding edge technology is difficult!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Raptor
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#38 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sat May 30, 2020 11:16 am

After weather scrubbed the initial effort to launch two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX rocket Wednesday, conditions are expected to become marginally more favorable for two possible attempts this weekend.

The launch, which would propel American astronauts into space from U.S. soil for the first time in nearly a decade, is first scheduled for Saturday at 3:22 p.m. If it cannot proceed, the next launch attempt would occur Sunday at 3 p.m.

The potential for disruptive weather is pegged at 50 percent Saturday and 40 percent Sunday, according to the Air Force’s 45th Weather Squadron, responsible for supporting missions at Kennedy Space Center. This is a slight improvement over Wednesday’s forecast, which assigned a 60 percent chance of unfavorable weather
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/ ... ex-launch/

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Re: SpaceX

#39 Post by Boac » Sat May 30, 2020 11:46 am

Thank the Lord for a METAR.

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#40 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sat May 30, 2020 11:52 am

Boac wrote:
Sat May 30, 2020 11:46 am
Thank the Lord for a METAR.
Before you fly
It is far better
To scan the weather...
And the TAF
And not forget...
The local METAR!
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