Any idea why the 9:45 limit? They are not docking at ISS or anything. Seems like they could go at any time.
Is everyone else hearing the audio cut in and out?
The announcer did not say. I don’t know for sure but it could be something to do with the launch window and the flight program they have set ... other than that, your guess is as good as mine.
“Any idea why the 9:45 limit? They are not docking at ISS or anything. Seems like they could go at any time.”
The launch window is determined by a very wide range of factors. First and foremost, the Orion splashdown in the offshore the U.S. Pacific coast needs to occur in daytime with optimal sea conditions for Orion capsule recovery. Beyond that the range and global tracking systems, booster reentries, ejection components, atmospheric and exo-atmospheric conditions, satellite cloud positions, and innumerable other conditions must be coordinated.