Dragon SpX-11 (CRS-11), ROSA, MUSES, NICER - Falcon 9 - Kennedy LC-39A - 03.06.2017 21:07 UTC

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‏ @CwG_NSF[/url] 18 мин. назад

Launch time to the second has been updated. Teams are now targeting launch at exactly 17:07:38 EDT. #SpaceX #CRS11 #Dragon #Falcon9

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William Harwood‏ @cbs_spacenews 18 мин. назад

F9/CRS11: In just completed readiness poll, weather said to be 'favorable'

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T-78 min
 

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ISS Updates‏ @ISS101 13 сек. назад

Polling of the #SpaceX launch team is expected in three minutes to receive a GO for propellant loading and countdown auto sequence.

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T-70 min
 

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06/03/2017 22:57
T-minus 70 minutes and counting. The countdown auto sequence has officially started, kicking off the first steps to begin pumping propellants into the 213-foot-tall Falcon 9 at launch pad 39A.

RP-1 kerosene will be pumped into the two-stage Falcon 9 rocket first, followed by liquid oxygen chilled to near minus 340 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 206 degrees Celsius) at T-minus 45 minutes.

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ISS Updates‏ @ISS101 3 мин. назад

GO FOR TANKING - #SpaceX is GO to press into the automated countdown sequence and #Falcon9 prop load. Weather appears to be shaping up.

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‏ @CwG_NSF 3 мин. назад

Weather briefing revealed that weather is anticipated to be "favorable" at time of launch. #SpaceX #CRS11 #Dragon #Falcon9

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06/03/2017 22:58
Venting is visible near the Falcon 9 rocket at pad 39A, suggesting fueling is proceeding.

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ISS Updates‏ @ISS101 2 мин. назад

The #Falcon9 is controlled from two Launch Control Rooms at the Cape, engineering support is at #SpaceX HQ in California.

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ISS Updates‏ @ISS101 1 мин назад

Also in Hawthorne, the #Dragon Mission Control Team is ready to receive control of the craft after launch for a two-day trip to ISS.

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‏ @CwG_NSF 37 сек. назад

Launch team confirms everything at LZ-1 is ready to receive the #Falcon9 booster at ~T+8mins 40secs.

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T-45 min
 

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William Harwood‏ @cbs_spacenews 3 мин. назад

F9/CRS11: Launch team given a go to begin liquid oxygen loading in about 1 minute


ISS Updates‏ @ISS101 2 мин. назад

T-45 Minutes: Liquid Oxygen loading picks up at this point to fill #Falcon9 with around 360 metric tons of the sub-cooled oxidizer.

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06/03/2017 23:26
There is now a 90 percent chance of acceptable weather at launch time.

06/03/2017 23:26
Super-chilled, densified liquid oxygen is now flowing into the two-stage Falcon 9 rocket. Boths stages of the launcher burn the same RP-1/liquid oxygen propellant mixture

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