Falcon 9 rocket set for launch Monday from Cape Canaveral

Spaceflight Now.com ^ | 24NOV2013 | Author Unknown

[Jack Hydrazine]

Technicians are in the final stages of readying a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for launch Monday on its first mission to geostationary transfer orbit with a commercial communications satellite for television broadcasters in India and Southeast Asia.

Rocket: Falcon 9 v1.1

Payload: SES 8

Launch date: November 25, 2013

Launch time: 5:37 p.m. EST/2:37 p.m. PST (2237 GMT)

Launch window: 66 minutes

Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral, Florida

[hattend]

Thanks!

[GeronL]

bump

[TChad]

Excellent. I’ll look for the video.

[Joe Boucher]

if the winds remain as they are now i doubt it will launch today

[hoagy62]

Countdown clock stopped at T- 13:00 so they can work an issue on a valve in the 1st stage. Launch window is 65 minutes, starting at 5:37pm ET.

[hoagy62]

UPDATE: Space X says it looks like they’re close to getting the issue with the valve worked out. Weather still looks good even well into the launch window.

JUST ANNOUNCED: Clock re-started to launch at 5:53pm ET

[hoagy62]

T - 10:00 AND COUNTING.....

[hoagy62]

COUNT ABORTED AT T-6:11....UNKNOWN REASON.

[hoagy62]

Still have not announced a reason, no decision yet made as to whether there will be a scrub or a recycle of the count to T-13:00. Awaiting word from Launch Director at the this time. Launch window is 66 minutes long, so there is still a chance to lift off tonight.

[hoagy62]

Count is being recycled to T-13:00. Possibility that the problem was a ‘limit’ was reached on a telemetry with the 1st stage. Launch Control is currently figuring out a new T-:00 time and will announce it shortly.

Looks lime we MAY still have a chance to launch tonight. Cross your fingers....

[hoagy62]

Make that ‘telemetry reading’.

[Pyro7480]

BTTT

[hoagy62]

AAAAAND...We have a clock RESTART for new launch time of 6:30pm ET.

So....let’s take one more shot at this tonight.....

[hoagy62]

Launch Team has polled one MORE time and says we’re ready for launch.

T-10:00 (Take 2) and counting.....

[hoagy62]

T-5:00 and counting....

[hoagy62]

HOLD AT 3:40.....!@#e$%^&!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pyro7480]

Computer didn’t start... D’OH!

[hoagy62]

*EXTREMELY FOUL EXPLETIVE DELETED*

[prisoner6]

No launch. Maybe Thursday.

[hoagy62]

SCRUB....SCRUB....SCRUB....

Next possible attempt on Thursday (Thanksgiving? Really???) at 5:38pm ET.

Still don’t know what the heck it was that caused the hold.