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

[Salo]

2224 GMT (5:24 p.m. EST)
T-minus 15 minutes and counting. Here are some statistics on today's launch:

    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
    1st Thanksgiving launch from Cape Canaveral since 1959

[Ярослав]

[Salo]

2232 GMT (6:22 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.

2230 GMT (5:30 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.

2229 GMT (5:29 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.

2227 GMT (5:27 p.m. EST)
T-minus 12 minutes. The launch team has verified all consoles are go for liftoff at 5:39 p.m. EST (2239 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.

2225 GMT (5:25 p.m. EST)
The 6,918-pound SES 8 communications spacecraft is reported to be on internal power.

[Salo]

2233 GMT (5:33 p.m. EST)
T-minus 6 minutes and counting. The Falcon 9 rocket is now operating on internal power.

The strongback umbilical tower will soon be lowered a few degrees to clear the rocket for launch. The procedure begins with opening of cradles gripping the rocket at attach points, then hydraulics lower the tower into launch position.

[Salo]

2237 GMT (5:37 p.m. EST)
T-minus 90 seconds and counting. The SpaceX launch director and the Air Force Eastern Range have given their final approvals for liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket at 5:37 p.m. EST (2237 GMT).

2237 GMT (5:27 p.m. EST)
T-minus 2 minutes and counting. The rocket's Merlin 1D engines have been chilled down for ignition.

2236 GMT (5:36 p.m. EST)
T-minus 3 minutes and counting. The rocket's destruct system is on internal power and being armed, and liquid oxygen topping is being terminated.

The strongback has retracted into the launch position more than 20 degrees from the rocket.

The second stage thrust vector steering system has checked out and is ready for flight.

2234 GMT (5:34 p.m. EST)
T-minus 5 minutes and counting. The cradles connecting the strongback to the Falcon 9 rocket have opened.

[Ярослав]

[Salo]

Упс!

[Брабонт]

Фальстарт.

[cavia]

ну что теперь

они издеваются!

[opty]

Что за на ? ....

[Liss]

Ну это уже анекдот какой-то...

[Ярослав]

+2 "не упал"

[Bell]

пук, ой

[m-s Gelezniak]

Liss пишет:
Ну это уже анекдот какой-то...

Ожидaемо.
"Бобикa нa зaмену"
Всё, я спaть.

[Liss]

Подвели обратно башню.

[Bizonich]

Тащат мачту обратно. Опять...

[Salo]

2241 GMT (5:41 p.m. EST)
We're waiting on word on the cause of the abort.

2239 GMT (5:39 p.m. EST)
ABORT.

2238 GMT (5:38 p.m. EST)
T-minus 30 seconds. All tanks are at flight pressure.

2238 GMT (5:38 p.m. EST)
T-minus 45 seconds. The countdown's automatic sequence is now being run off of the Falcon 9's on-board computer, and propellant tank pressures are rising in preparation for launch.

2238 GMT (5:38 p.m. EST)
T-minus 60 seconds. In the final minute of the countdown, the flight computer will command checks of the first stage Merlin engine steering system and the Falcon 9 propellant tanks will be pressurized for flight. Thousands of gallons of water from the ground facility's Niagara system will also be dumped onto the launch pad deck to suppress the sound and acoustics of liftoff.

The command to start the ignition sequence for the first stage will be issued at T-minus 3 seconds, triggering the Merlin engines' ignitor moments before the powerplants actually ramp up to full power.

[bavv]

@S101_Live 1 мин
Computer detected a problem during engine start and triggered a cutoff. Data being analyzed. http://bit.ly/1bMAsJq  pic.twitter.com/WUDFWt0IAg
 
 

[Bell]

Ярослав пишет:
+2 "не упал"

а как будто попытался...

[opty]

А это что такое было ? Опять взрывной сброс окислителя ?