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Falcon 9's third launch attempt targeted for Monday (5:41pm EST/2:41pm PST)
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| 02DEC2013
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Posted on 12/02/2013 8:28:05 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine
After cleaning and replacing engine components, SpaceX is gearing up for another try to launch a Falcon 9 rocket Monday on a crucial mission to deliver the SES 8 commercial television broadcasting satellite to orbit. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad is set for 5:41 p.m. EST/2:41 p.m. PST (2241 GMT), the opening of an 86-minute launch window.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: launch; rocket; ses8; spacex
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To: Jack Hydrazine; All
The launch has been postponed again.
Now looking at Tuesday or Wednesday.
Source link.
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posted on
12/02/2013 9:14:06 AM PST
by
kristinn
(Welcome to the Soviet States of Obama)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Elon Musk said they were contaminated with oxygen.
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posted on
12/02/2013 9:16:07 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: kristinn
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posted on
12/02/2013 9:23:42 AM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Is there any chance that any NASA holdovers are ‘sabotaging’ anything. Big govt can’t have private industry succeed.
To: George from New England
That’s always a possibility.
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posted on
12/02/2013 6:39:26 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Okay....let’s try this AGAIN, shall we?
(This is getting monotonous...)
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posted on
12/03/2013 2:24:44 PM PST
by
hoagy62
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
To: SunkenCiv; KevinDavis; Phil V.; God bless America-5; Straight Vermonter; buccaneer81; boris; ...
Guess I’ll ping everyone again.
Rocket: Falcon 9 v1.1
Payload: SES 8
Launch date: December 3, 2013
Launch time: 5:41 p.m. EST/2:41 p.m. PST (2239 GMT)
Launch window: 86 minutes
Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Only 12 minutes until launch!
Let me know if you want to be on my launch ping list let me know.
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posted on
12/03/2013 2:29:54 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
12/03/2013 2:31:20 PM PST
by
Bullish
(America should yank Obama like a rotten tooth before he poisons the entire body)
To: Bullish
And I thank hoagy62 for the reminder. I almost forgot about it!
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posted on
12/03/2013 2:32:21 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
To: Bullish
2229 GMT (5:29 p.m. EST)
T-minus 12 minutes. The launch team has verified all consoles are go for liftoff at 5:39 p.m. EST (2239 GMT).
The sun has just set here at Cape Canaveral, and the Falcon 9 rocket is bathed in light as the terminal countdown autosequence is about to begin at the T-minus 10 minute mark.
2232 GMT (5:32 p.m. EST)
T-minus 9 minutes and counting. Prevalves leading to the Falcon 9’s Merlin 1D first stage engines are opening, permitting super-cold liquid oxygen to flow into the engines to condition the turbopumps for ignition.
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posted on
12/03/2013 2:33:35 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
To: Jack Hydrazine
You’re welcome. Glad to help. Now, let’s see if THIS time they can get this bird to fly.
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posted on
12/03/2013 2:33:38 PM PST
by
hoagy62
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
To: hoagy62
Light this candle!
Go SpaceX!
Six minutes to go and all is well...
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posted on
12/03/2013 2:34:52 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
To: hoagy62
The arms are retracted back. T-5 mins.
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posted on
12/03/2013 2:36:14 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Strongback is retracted.
Four minutes to go...
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posted on
12/03/2013 2:36:54 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
To: Jack Hydrazine
The bird is on internal power...
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posted on
12/03/2013 2:37:55 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Maybe that was the FTS that was on internal power.
2 minutes left!
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posted on
12/03/2013 2:38:46 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
To: Jack Hydrazine
T-1 minute!!!
Both Falcon 9 and the SES 8 are go.
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posted on
12/03/2013 2:39:56 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
To: Jack Hydrazine
I think it’s gonna happen.
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posted on
12/03/2013 2:40:23 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
To: Jack Hydrazine
We have liftoff and the Falcon 9 has cleared the tower!
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posted on
12/03/2013 2:41:06 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
To: Jack Hydrazine
They’ve reached Mach 1 and now Max Q.
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posted on
12/03/2013 2:42:24 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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