JPSS-1 (NOAA-20) – Delta II 7920-10C – Vandenberg SLC-2W – 18.11.2017

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11/14/2017 12:02

T-minus 15 minutes and holding. Clocks have entered the first of two planned hold periods during the final portion of the terminal countdown. This pause will last 20 minutes in duration.

These holds are designed to give the launch team a chance to deal with any problems and catch up on work that could be running behind schedule.

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Spaceflight101 LIVE‏ @S101_Live 3 мин. назад

T-15 Minutes & HOLDING. This is the second of three built-in holds. It is 20 minutes in duration to allow teams to catch up with open work. Engine slews are complete and final RF link checks in work. #DeltaII

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Spaceflight101 LIVE‏ @S101_Live 3 мин. назад

The first stage is 26 meters long and 2.34m in diameter, holding 96,120kg of Rocket Propellant 1 & Liquid Oxygen consumed by a 890kN RS-27A main engine and a pair of 4.4kN LR-101 sustainer engines assisting in attitude control. #DeltaII

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Each of the nine Solid Rocket Motors is 11 meters tall, 1.03m in diameter and packed with 11,800kg of propellant to deliver an average thrust of 499kN over the course of a 63-second burn. Six are ignited to lift #DeltaII off the ground, three light up when the first set burns out


ULA‏Подлинная учетная запись @ulalaunch 2 мин. назад

The #DeltaII rocket will generate 789,000 pounds of thrust at liftoff from its RS-27A main engine and six ground-lit solid rocket motors


Spaceflight101 LIVE‏ @S101_Live 55 сек. назад

The Delta-K second stage is 5.97m long and loaded with six metric tons of Aerozine-50 and Nitrogen Tetroxide, fed to a re-startable AJ-10-118K engine generating 43.3kN of thrust. #JPSS1 resides inside a three-meter diameter, 8.5m long payload fairing.

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NASA_LSP‏Подлинная учетная запись @NASA_LSP 3 мин. назад

While we're waiting, let's talk about some CubeSats! We have 3 P-PODs containing 5 CubeSat missions, selected by the NASA cubeSat Launch Initiative, collectively known as ElaNa XIV http://go.nasa.gov/CubeSat_initiative ... @NASAexplores

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ULA‏Подлинная учетная запись @ulalaunch 29 сек. назад

T-minus 15 minutes and counting. Clocks are running again following the planned 20-minute hold. Launch remains on schedule.

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Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow 4 мин. назад

Current weather at the Delta 2 launch pad in California is observed "green." Watch NASA's live video coverage of the launch at 1:47am PST (4:47am PST; 0947 GMT): https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/11/13/delta-2-jpss-1-mission-status-center/ ...

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Spaceflight101 LIVE‏ @S101_Live 1 мин. назад

L-18 Minutes: Purge setup for LOX Topping and Pressurization is being completed, top-up to 99% is expected to commence shortly. #DeltaII

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11/14/2017 12:33

T-minus 4 minutes and holding. The countdown has entered the final planned built-in hold. This hold is scheduled to last a little over 10 minutes, syncing up the countdown to target liftoff at 1:47:35 a.m. PST (4:47:35 a.m. EST; 0947:35 GMT).

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Tory Bruno‏Подлинная учетная запись @torybruno 7 мин. назад

The board is green

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SCRUB. With only 66 seconds available in this morning's launch window, this hold means liftoff will not occur today.

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11/14/2017 12:47

SCRUB. With only 66 seconds available in this morning's launch window, this hold means liftoff will not occur today.

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ULA‏Подлинная учетная запись @ulalaunch 51 сек. назад

With a very short launch window this morning, that's a scrub for today. We will reschedule liftoff for Wednesday at 1:47 a.m. PST (4:47 a.m. EST; 0947 UTC).
 

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Опять дикари на лодках...  :evil:  Это уже становиться смешно    , ибо на обеих берегах Штатов...

Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 14 мин. назад

Two issues caused the Delta II scrub. Technical issue, but also another @WaywardBoat in the Range! 24 hour turnaround.

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ELaNa XIV
Buccaneer RMM	Australia     3U, 4kg      Technology
MiRaTA	USA    3U, 5.5kg         Earth observation, technology
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RadFxSat (Fox 1B)	USA    1U, 1 kg           Amateur Sat, technology
MakerSat 0	USA    1U, 1 kg           Technology