Echostar 23 – Falcon 9 – Кеннеди LC-39A – 16.03.2017 06:00 UTC

[tnt22]

На сайте авиабазы Патрик из раздела Launch Support изъяли прогноз погоды
http://www.patrick.af.mil/About-Us/Weather

No Launch Forecast at this time.

[tnt22]

SFT завтра. Окно то же...

eHardin ♱‏ @eHardinda 37 мин назад

.@eHardinda the SpaceX Static Fire Test has been scrubbed for today. The test is scheduled for the same time tomorrow.

[tnt22]

Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 2 мин. назад

The window for the March 14 launch date NET for Falcon 9/EchoStar 23 is now documented as opening at 01:34 EDT (Because clocks go forward).

[тавот]

tnt22 пишет:
Если уйдут на резервную дату - 2017-03-14, то в один день с разницей в часы должны уйти две РН - ещё и WGS-9 на Дельте. Как разрулят коллизию? KSC когда-нибудь в один день пускал две РН?
А на подходе - Лебедь на Атласе. И всё это - в одну неделю? Напружно как-то...

Проклятье Ехостара.  Что на Протоне, что на Фалконе...  :|

[Apollo13]

тавот пишет:

tnt22 пишет:
Если уйдут на резервную дату - 2017-03-14, то в один день с разницей в часы должны уйти две РН - ещё и WGS-9 на Дельте. Как разрулят коллизию? KSC когда-нибудь в один день пускал две РН?
А на подходе - Лебедь на Атласе. И всё это - в одну неделю? Напружно как-то...

Проклятье Ехостара. Что на Протоне, что на Фалконе...  :|

А на Атлас почему проклятие не действует?

[тавот]

Apollo13 пишет:
А на Атлас почему проклятие не действует?

Было три переноса, начиная с 10 Ноября. Хотя конечно семечки, по сравнению с Фалконом и особенно с Протоном.

[tnt22]

Танцы вокруг столба продолжаются...

03/09/2017 17:29
The Falcon 9 rocket is vertical again this morning as SpaceX presses on with plans for a countdown rehearsal that will culminate in fueling the two-stage launcher and lighting its nine main engines for around three seconds.

Attempts to perform the static fire were thwarted the last two days by apparent technical issues, and the Falcon 9 was lowered yesterday as ground crews swarmed around the rocket. But the raising of the Falcon 9 vertical today could be a sign the hotfire test may be back on track.

The Falcon 9 is without its payload -- the EchoStar 23 communications satellite -- which will be added once the hotfire test is completed and the rocket is returned to its hangar at the southern edge of pad 39A.

[tnt22]

Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 54 мин. назад
 
Target T-0 for the Falcon 9 Static Fire is 6pm local (11pm UTC). Rocket is vertical again, so that's a very good sign per Wednesday's issue.

[tnt22]

tnt22 пишет:
Если уйдут на резервную дату - 2017-03-14, то в один день с разницей в часы должны уйти две РН - ещё и WGS-9 на Дельте.

Из статьи за 2013-09-09
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2362/1

...
Technology upgrades and standardization at the Eastern Range have expanded its throughput for launches and rehearsal operations. Before modernization, it generally took about a week to reconfigure the Range from supporting one kind of rocket to another. Now it takes only a day or two, significantly expanding the availability of launch dates.
...

Т.е день или два между пусками с космодрома (до модернизации - около недели).

[Pirat5]

Сраженье:

Chris B: "[Who gets to launch the 14th will] be decided after the Static Fire. More delays - ULA gets the range. Good test - Range decides who gets the 14th."

[tnt22]

William Harwood‏ @cbs_spacenews 8 мин. назад
 
F9/EchoStar: A gorgeous afternoon at KSC; Falcon is vertical at pad 39A
 

[tnt22]

Ждём...

Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 5 мин. назад
 
All on track for 6pm Local T-0.

[tnt22]

03/10/2017 01:07
Today's static fire test window opens at 6 p.m. EST (2300 GMT).

[tnt22]

Что ожидается:

Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 3 мин. назад
 
Process will be: Prop Load. Engine Ignition. Quick Look. SpaceX tweet. Only when SpaceX tweet confirmation can we class it as a good test.

[tnt22]

Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 2 мин. назад
 
A good test and then Falcon 9 and Delta IV wait to hear who gets March 14 on the Range. I call for a Rocket Cat Fight to decide!

[tnt22]

03/10/2017 01:30
Vapors are visible venting from the upper part of the Falcon 9 rocket, an indication that the launcher is being filled with propellants for today's static fire test.

The three-second ignition of the nine Merlin 1D engines could occur as soon as 6 p.m. EST (2300 GMT) at pad 39A.

Уже хорошо - заправляют...

[tnt22]

03/10/2017 01:35
Here's a view of the venting visible at launch pad 39A a few minutes ago.

ПарЫ, однако  

[tnt22]

Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 3 мин. назад
 
T-25 mins. Falcon 9 is waking up.

[tnt22]

Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 1 мин. назад
 
Here we go. T-5 mins. Watch for the 3.5 seconds of nine Merlin 1Ds firing up.

[tnt22]

03/10/2017 01:58
The clamps at the top of the strongback holding the Falcon 9 rocket have opened. Ignition of the rocket's Merlin main engines could be moments away.