Posted on 01/30/2022 3:13:02 PM PST by SunkenCiv
The Italian Space Agency’s CSG-2 mission, the second satellite in its COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation constellation, has endured two scrubs on Thursday and Friday, both caused by unacceptable weather – while Saturday’s weather impacted pre-launch preparations. The launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station will be the fourth Falcon 9 flight of the year, and is now scheduled for liftoff on Sunday at 6:11 PM EST (23:11 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40).
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SpaceX will be attempting to launch the Cosmo-Skymed Second Generation 2 (CSG-2) satellite to a Sun-syncronous orbit for the Italian Space Agency, a part of the European Space Agency. The Falcon 9 Block 5 Booster B1052-3 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) and a few minutes later perform a boostback burn to return to land and touchdown on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1).Watch SpaceX launch and LAND their Falcon 9 for CSG-2 | Started streaming 25 minutes ago | Everyday Astronaut
While I was struggling to get the pages to load and topic edited for posting, some nitwit cruise ship wandered into the no-go zone and the launch was scrubbed with about a minute to go.
So, maybe tomorrow.
Fiber optic broadband my ass.
bttt
Has been postponed due to a Range Violation.
I was walking outside to see the launch from my central FL driveway when the phone shouted HOLD HOLD HOLD.
Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you tomorrow, it’s only a day away...
I was out on the bow of the boat over here on the Treasure Coast. Would have been a GREAT night for a launch.
Cruise Mapper shows no range violation.
That site even shows where ship has traveled over last 7 days
Twitter says “Harmony of the Seas”
I can only tell you what the Host for SpaceX live coverage said.
She said it was a range violation due to a Cruiseliner.
Was she accurate? Don’t know.
Captain Francesco Schettino?.......................
It's an Italian dish *and* a type of rum!
I set the time index to 30 seconds to go, launch appears to have gone okay. Good 1st stage landing around the 30 minute mark, much clearer (no EMP disturbance as with the drone barge landings). Kevin also has some commentary about the dishonesty of the dinosaur / partisan media.
SpaceX is targeting Monday, January 31 for launch of the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 mission to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is at 6:11 p.m. EST. After stage separation, Falcon 9 will return to Earth and land on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. We will go live ~15 minutes before launch.SpaceX CSG-2 Launch | LIVE | Streamed live 4 hours ago | spaceXcentric
Thanks all!
Whoops, missed ya, thanks C the L.
Tis ok!
As it was, it was a GREAT launch Monday night. It was put in a polar orbit, and, went right over my head down here in the Treasure Coast of Florida.
Plus, Elon called Brainless Joe a "damp sock puppet", which is clearly two insults in one. :^)
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