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Live coverage: SpaceX aims for Falcon 9 launch Sunday (10:50pm EST/7:50pm PST)
SpaceFlightNow.com ^
| 1MAR2015
| Staff Writer
Posted on 03/01/2015 6:20:12 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine
The 224-foot-tall Falcon 9 rocket has been rolled out and rotated vertical atop Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad, aiming for liftoff at 10:50 p.m. EST (0350 GMT). Workers then began plugging into electrical and propellant lines ahead of the start of the countdown today.
No problems are reported at this stage in the launch preparations. Fueling of the two-stage rocket with RP-1 fuel -- a highly-refined kerosene -- and liquid oxygen should begin shortly around 7:50 p.m. EST (0050 GMT).
The rocket is one of the tallest in the world. The Falcon 9's first and second stages measure 12 feet in diameter, and the SpaceX-built payload fairing housing the Eutelsat 115 West B and ABS 3A spacecraft is 17 feet in diameter (5.2 meters) and 43 feet tall.
Today's flight marks the 16th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket since debuting in June 2010. It's the 11th mission of the improved Falcon 9 v1.1 version, which made its inaugural launch in September 2013 from Vandenberg Air Force Base.
The weather outlook for today's launch calls for a 70 percent chance of favorable conditions.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: abs3a; elonmusk; eutelsat15westb; falcon9; launch; rocket; rp1; spaceexploration; spacex
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To: gaijin
The next launch is scheduled for 21MAR2015!
Hope to see you all here for that one.
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03/01/2015 8:02:30 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Thanks for the thread, great launch.
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posted on
03/01/2015 8:03:20 PM PST
by
The Cajun
(Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Beautiful launch, from our driveway 80 miles west of the pad
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posted on
03/01/2015 8:03:55 PM PST
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: chajin
I’m in Polk County and watched it from my front yard. Beautiful from here.
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posted on
03/01/2015 8:10:53 PM PST
by
DocRock
(All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
03/01/2015 8:41:47 PM PST
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SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: Jack Hydrazine
No hydrazine aboard the sats ... whaddaya think of that?
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posted on
03/01/2015 9:36:59 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Pointing out dereliction of duty is NOT fear mongering, especially in a panDEMic)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
I hate bastards who post false links.
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posted on
03/01/2015 9:49:20 PM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
(The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
03/02/2015 4:34:36 AM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
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posted on
03/02/2015 4:49:04 AM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: NonValueAdded
Us hydrazines may be becoming obsolete!
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posted on
03/02/2015 4:51:39 AM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Xenon-Ion Propelled . We are in the future.
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posted on
03/02/2015 4:53:11 AM PST
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Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
What I’d like to see NASA do is build a Voyager 1/2 type of satellite that is powered with a really strong xenon-ion engine to see how much faster it could exit the solar system while doing its science mission.
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posted on
03/02/2015 4:57:33 AM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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