Frida Space Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 ^ This. Musk tweeted that the rocket was fine, but avionics was chasing an issue from the 10 minute "around the horn" check. They recommended the countdown continue and a hold at 2:00. They did not have the issue resolved at 2:45 (or thereabouts), so even if AF tracking hadn't gone offline, they almost certainly wouldn't have gone to space today. It doesn't matter whether or not something was *actually* wrong with the vehicle. They thought there was something wrong and that would've been enough for a hold (read "scrub").Thanks for the confirmation. New launch opportunity now set for Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 6:05 p.m. EST with a backup launch opportunity on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 6:03 p.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techpriest93 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Dang-it, it was pushed back to Tuesday! During my astronomy class, no less! Maybe I can get the teacher to show the launch on the planetarium. (I know that's not how it works, you need special film to make the picture appear correctly)But yeah, my astronomy class is taught inside of a planetarium. Its actually not the best, the acoustics are all weird, and the seats lean way too far back to be good for note taking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PakledHostage Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 From the latest NASA press release about the upcoming DSCOVR launch on Tuesday (for what it is worth):Following a launch scrub on Sunday, officials from NOAA, the U.S. Air Force and NASA chose Feb. 10 for the next launch attempt because of more favorable weather forecasts for Tuesday and Wednesday compared to Monday. While it is not required for flight, SpaceX will leverage the extra time to replace a video transmitter on the first stage in advance of the next attempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketPilot573 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I'm glad they skipped today, even though the rocket could have launched in poor weather conditions, I wouldn't want the landing chances to be ruined by stormy seas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip336 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 A bit late too the party, but lets hope they make it. Hopefully they will be a bit easier on the hydraulics so they last a bit longer (Use SAS more!) Any hopes for a webstream from the barge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frida Space Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Any hopes for a webstream from the barge?Definitely not. SpaceX should know about how the landing went within 30 minutes, but we may not know as soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techpriest93 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 so when could we expect footage of the landing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motokid600 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 As someone already said.. If it's successful you'll see it in a few hours. If it fails. A few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwind Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 For the first attempt back in January, it was said (on the pre-launch stream I believe) that if successful, they were hoping to patch a replay of the event into the stream before coverage ended.Well unfortunately, it wasn't successful. But there's a chance (not a guarantee, but a chance) that if this one is successful, they will do this.Other than that, yeah. Stalk Elon Musk on Twitter, and expect him to parade the video of a success around like a gorilla banging his chest as soon as it is available in any even remotely web-compatible format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kujuman Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I'll just post this, from the reddit post by Iron-Oxide transcribing key points of the presser http://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/2uuskl/rspacex_dscovr_official_launch_discussion_updates/To get information about landing: it might take a couple of hours to sort things out, Han's guesses information will be available next morning.No live video of first stage landing on barge again, since it's over the horizon.Ran out of hydraulic fluid shortly after landing burn started last timeLanding burn goes from "low hundreds" of meters per second, to a few meters per second. So they landed the booster with the last ~20-50 seconds (assume at least 5m/s decell, from 250m/s) without grid-fin control. That's pretty impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lajoswinkler Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtvDragon departure in maybe 2 or 3 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen_Heart Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Dragon has departed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frida Space Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 - - - Updated - - -A shot from this morning: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epoca Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Beautiful pictures! Let's go F9!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frida Space Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) UPPER LEVEL WINDS CURRENTLY RED. Final weather balloon data evaluation at T-13 minutes.Details: Maximum upper-level winds today are forecast to be from the northwest at 90 knots near 30,000 feet. Edited February 10, 2015 by Frida Space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kulebron Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 What are those big poles for, and what are the cables between them for? Capture in case of abrupt direction change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Lightning rods. Also double as camera mounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PakledHostage Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Details: Maximum upper-level winds today are forecast to be from the northwest at 90 knots near 30,000 feet.For anyone who's interested in still more details, here's a section of the Environment Canada upper level (250 hPa level) wind analysis chart from 1200 UTC today (Source: 250 hPa: Geopotential height, wind velocity): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman703 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Launch in less then two hours, I hope everything gets the green light. Weather down here on the ground 400 miles north looks perfect... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frida Space Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 New launch time is 6:05:33.5 p.m. EST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airlock Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 NASA stream is live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frida Space Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 "Weather favorable but VERY high wind levels". By the way, the view looks awesome with clouds + low sun: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman703 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 If all goes as planned, SpaceX will have completed all parts of a mission in less then 12hrs... Launching a Falcon9, returning lower stages of Falcon 9, and returning Dragon. Anyone have another weather update? Can they launch in current conditions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thnd3r Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Still unknown at this point. Should find out soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Upper level winds still red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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