Robotengineer Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 4 hours ago, Frida Space said: Oops, I must have missed that. I had heard Elon Musk saying he might implement that feature, but I didn't know they had approved it yet. Either way, this is going to be the first flight featuring the abort procedure. Let's hope it won't be necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frida Space Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 1 hour ago, Robotengineer said: Let's hope it won't be necessary. Of course also because, being in the trunk, BEAM would be lost in the event of a launch failure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerbonautInTraining Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 SpaceX: *violently checks staging menu* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motokid600 Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Weather at the Cape looks great. Only concern is increasing winds as the day goes on. 10mph SW at 4pm with 14mph gusts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwind Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 33 minutes ago, KerbonautInTraining said: SpaceX: *violently checks staging menu* SpaceX should start streaming the prelaunch processing on Twitch. If there's one thing in the world that spots and loudly points out absolutely every last minute error you make, it's a Twitch chatroom hopped up on caffeine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgt_flyer Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 41 minutes ago, KerbonautInTraining said: SpaceX: *violently checks staging menu* would be quite hilarious if the dragon ejected it's parachutes at liftoff oops, forgot to move parachutes to the correct stage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchz95 Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 1 hour ago, sgt_flyer said: would be quite hilarious if the dragon ejected it's parachutes at liftoff oops, forgot to move parachutes to the correct stage Just like Mercury-Redstone 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frida Space Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Over the last two hours, ground winds (only meteorological concern so far) have increased from 10 to 18-20 knots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerbonautInTraining Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 2 minutes ago, Frida Space said: Over the last two hours, ground winds (only meteorological concern so far) have increased from 10 to 18-20 knots. rip friday launch window Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbart Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 5 minutes ago, KerbonautInTraining said: rip friday launch window What?! A SpaceX launch is being delayed? *feints shock and disbelief* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgt_flyer Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 2 hours ago, Mitchz95 said: Just like Mercury-Redstone 1. yup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 27 minutes ago, Kerbart said: What?! A SpaceX launch is being delayed? *feints shock and disbelief* No indication yet that the launch is actually scrubbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgt_flyer Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 (edited) Nasa TV coverage just started i'll keep it in background , there's still 1h and 10mn before liftoff anyway ^^ https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html edit : 3:49 PM EDT / airforce weather briefing just aired - 10% chances of weather violation for today's launch Edited April 8, 2016 by sgt_flyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuky Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 (edited) just saw this post on Spacevids.tv facebook page Quote Latest weather briefing calls for a 90% chance of launch today #SpaceX #Dragon #Falcon9 Edited April 8, 2016 by Cuky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motokid600 Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 90 percent is alot of precents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgt_flyer Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 (edited) 3:59 PM EDT / 19:59 GMT - go for propellant load edit : 4:06 PM EDT / 20:06 GMT readiness poll - all stations are go 4:09PM EDT / 20:09 GMT Terminal count started Edited April 8, 2016 by sgt_flyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotengineer Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 (edited) Webcast in eight minutes. Edited April 8, 2016 by Robotengineer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Propellant flowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgt_flyer Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 SpaceX webcast just started Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 2 minutes ago, sgt_flyer said: SpaceX webcast just started You beat me to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgt_flyer Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 (edited) 4:25 PM EDT / 20:25 GMT : initializing Stage 2 LOX load Edited April 8, 2016 by sgt_flyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frida Space Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 It's cool that they have both a technical and a "popular"/hosted webcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman703 Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 15 hours ago, Frida Space said: It's cool that they have both a technical and a "popular"/hosted webcast. Its the proper and best way to do it imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frida Space Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 1 hour ago, Wingman703 said: Its the proper and best way to do it imho. Absolutely, it's actually quite smart to let the viewers decide. Those hosted webcasts were one of the few things I didn't enjoy about SpaceX... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgt_flyer Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 (edited) 4:39 PM EDT / 20:39 GMT t-4 mn - strongback retraction 4:41 PM EDT / 20:41 GMT T-2 mn - Falcon 9 on internal power Edited April 8, 2016 by sgt_flyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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