Posted on 11/24/2013 4:27:05 PM PST by 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
minutes.
Aborted again.
Will try again at a day to be determined.
SpaceX targets Monday evening for Falcon 9 launch
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20131130/SPACE03/131130001/SpaceX-targets-Monday-evening-Falcon-9-launch
SpaceX is targeting Monday for a third attempt to launch the SES-8 communications satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the company said today.
“Rocket engines are healthy, but cleaning turbopump gas generators will take another day,” CEO Elon Musk tweeted. “Aiming for Mon eve launch.”
The launch window Monday would open at 5:41 p.m. EST, and there’s a 60 percent chance of favorable weather conditions.
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