SES 8 - Falcon 9 v1.1 - 03.12.2013 - Canaveral SLC-40

[Искандер]

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в 2:37

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[Salo]

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/007/status.html

2130 GMT (4:30 p.m. EST)
 We're reporting live fr om Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Weather is still favorable for launch this evening, and there are no issues being worked at this point in the countdown.
The mission's primary payload is the 6,918-pound SES 8 communications satellite for SES of Luxembourg.
Clouds blanketed Cape Canaveral throughout the day are thinning out, but conditions are blustery with stiff winds out of the east.
          
2107 GMT (4:07 p.m. EST)
 T-minus 90 minutes. The countdown continues tracking toward an on-time liftoff at 5:37 p.m. EST (2237 GMT).
Today's launch is the second flight of SpaceX's upgraded Falcon 9 rocket, which features more powerful engines, a protective payload fairing for satellite passengers, stretched fuel tanks, and a more robust avionics system.
The upgraded rocket, known as the Falcon 9 v1.1, first launched Sept. 29 on a demonstration flight from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
All of the Falcon 9's previous launches originated from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Today's flight is from Space Launch Complex 40, which was formerly used by the Air Force's Titan 4 rocket until its last flight from Florida in April 2005. SpaceX took over the pad and launched the first Falcon 9 rocket from there on June 4, 2010.
The second Falcon 9 launch on Dec. 8, 2010, sent SpaceX's first Dragon capsule into space on a two-orbit test flight for SpaceX's commercial cargo services to the space station. The December 2010 flight did not go to the space station, but it demonstrated Dragon's avionics and heat shield, culminating with splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
SpaceX's next launch on May 22, 2012, launched the Dragon spacecraft on a NASA-sponsored test flight to the International Space Station. The 9-day Dragon mission delivered cargo to the space station and returned hardware from orbit with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on May 31.
On Oct. 7, 2012, SpaceX launched its fourth Falcon 9 rocket on the first operational Dragon resupply flight to the space station. The three-week mission delivered 882 pounds of cargo to the complex and returned to Earth on Oct. 28 with 1,673 pounds of equipment.
A Falcon 9 launch on March 1, 2013, put up another automated Dragon cargo craft en route to the space station with 1,869 pounds of supplies. It arrived at the outpost March 3 and stayed for 23 days before coming back to Earth with 2,668 pounds of return cargo.
The most recent Falcon 9 launch on Sept. 29 from California deployed Canada's Cassiope space weather research and communications demonstration satellite into polar orbit.
          
2000 GMT (3:00 p.m. EST)
 The Falcon 9 rocket is fully fueled with super-cold liquid oxygen and kerosene propellants. Both stages are being replenished with cryogenic oxidizer until the final minutes of the countdown to replace propellant that gradually boils off due to the warm ambient temperatures in Florida.                   
SpaceX says the webcast of today's launch will begin at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT), about 37 prior to liftoff, and continue through cutoff of the second stage engine.
We will have the live webcast on this page.
If you are heading out to the beach or Port Canaveral to watch the launch, sign up for our Twitter feed to get occasional countdown updates on your cellphone. U.S. readers can also sign up from their phone by texting "follow spaceflightnow" to 40404. (Standard text messaging charges apply.)
And if you are need tips on picking a good viewing spot, check out this authoritative guide on wh ere to go.
 
1940 GMT (2:40 p.m. EST)
 Everything is on schedule for today's Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Preliminary checks on the 224-foot-tall launcher are underway, and propellants are being loaded into the Falcon 9 rocket. Both stages of the Falcon 9 burn kerosene and liquid oxygen.
Check out a countdown timeline for more details on prelaunch activities

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[Salo]

Пошла трансляция.

[Salo]

2210 GMT (5:10 p.m. EST)
 At this point in the countdown, the SES 8 communications satellite should be transferring to internal power.         
Liquid oxygen topping continues on the Falcon 9 rocket's first and second stages.
 
2204 GMT (5:04 p.m. EST)
 See our Facebook page for quick images of today's countdown to launch!
          
2157 GMT (4:57 p.m. EST)
 T-minus 40 minutes. No problems reported in the countdown. Ground systems, the launch vehicle, the SES 8 payload and the weather are all cooperating for an on-time launch this evening.
The latest weather brief showed conditions are "green" for an on-time liftoff.
          
2147 GMT (4:47 p.m. EST)
 T-minus 50 minutes. Today's launch is heading for a "supersynchronous" transfer orbit with an apogee, or high point, of 86,500 kilometers (53,748 miles) and a perigee, or low point, of 295 kilometers (183 miles).
The 6,918-pound SES 8 satellite is destined for a slot 22,300 miles above the equator in geostationary orbit at 95 degrees east longitude, where its Ku-band and Ka-band payload will beam direct-to-home television broadcasts and other services to India, Southeast Asia and surrounding regions for 15 years.
Today's mission marks the first SpaceX Falcon 9 launch with a satellite heading for a geostationary transfer orbit. Such an orbit requires two burns of the Falcon 9's upper stage Merlin 1D engine, first to place the satellite into a low-altitude parking orbit, then to raise its apogee to geostationary altitude or higher.

[Salo]

Маск на освещении экономит?

[Salo]

2220 GMT (5:20 p.m. EST)
 T-minus 17 minutes and counting. The Falcon 9 rocket stands 224 feet tall and measures 12 feet in diameter. At liftoff, its nine Merlin 1D first stage engines will generate about 1.3 million pounds of thrust.    
 
2217 GMT (5:17 p.m. EST)
 T-minus 20 minutes and counting. The final poll of the 20-person launch team will begin at T-minus 13 minutes before the countdown enters the final phase.

[Salo]

https://www.facebook.com/spaceflightnow

The countdown for the launch of the Falcon 9 is on hold because of an unspecified valve problem on the rocket's first stage: http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/007/status.html

[cavia]

Salo пишет:
 

Маск на освещении экономит?

Полет то коммерческий, каждый рубль ( доллар) на счету!

[Salo]

2225 GMT (5:25 p.m. EST)
 LAUNCH DELAY. The countdown is holding at T-minus 13 minutes as the SpaceX launch team studies a first stage valve issue. Launch will not occur at 5:37 p.m. EST (2237 GMT).
The launch window extends until 6:43 p.m. EST (2343 GMT).

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2225 GMT (5:25 p.m. EST)
 LAUNCH DELAY. The countdown is holding at T-minus 13 minutes as the SpaceX launch team studies a first stage valve issue. Launch will not occur at 5:37 p.m. EST (2237 GMT).
The launch window extends until 6:43 p.m. EST (2343 GMT).

[Liss]

Отсчет стоит на T-13 мин.
Проблемы с одним из клапанов на 1-й ступени.

[Salo]

Откатили на 19 минут.

[Salo]

Пошел отсчёт.

[Salo]

2239 GMT (5:39 p.m. EST)
 T-minus 15 minutes and counting. Here are some statistics on today's launch:

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• 7th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket since 2010
• 12th launch of Falcon rocket family since 2006
• 6th Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral
• 2nd launch of a Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket
• 1st Falcon 9 v1.1 launch from Cape Canaveral
• 1st Falcon 9 launch to geostationary transfer orbit
• 3rd Falcon 9 night launch
• 3rd Falcon 9 launch of 2013
• 10th launch from Cape Canaveral in 2013
• 55th launch of an SES satellite
• 3rd launch of an SES satellite in 2013
  

2237 GMT (5:37 p.m. EST)
 NEW LAUNCH TIME. SpaceX is now aiming for a launch at 5:54 p.m. EST (2254 GMT). The clock has reset to T-minus 17 minutes and counting.

[Liss]

T-10 мин.

[Salo]

2241 GMT (5:41 p.m. EST)
 T-minus 12 minutes. The launch team has verified all consoles are go for liftoff at 5:54 p.m. EST (2254 GMT).
The sun has just set here at Cape Canaveral, and the Falcon 9 rocket is bathed in light as the terminal countdown autosequence is about to begin at the T-minus 10 minute mark.

[Искандер]

Неужто так быстро разобрались?!   
Я чуть спать не ушел. 

[Salo]

2246 GMT (5:46 p.m. EST)
 T-minus 8 minutes and counting. Good chilldown continues on the first stage engines, and closeouts of the upper stage's gaseous nitrogen attitude control system are underway.
 
2245 GMT (5:45 p.m. EST)
 T-minus 9 minutes and counting. Prevalves leading to the Falcon 9's Merlin 1D first stage engines are opening, permitting super-cold liquid oxygen to flow into the engines to condition the turbopumps for ignition.
 
2244 GMT (5:44 p.m. EST)
 T-minus 10 minutes and counting. The terminal countdown autosequence has started. Any hold after this point will result in an automatic abort and recycle to T-minus 13 minutes.