Dragon SpX-12 (CRS-12), CREAM - Falcon 9 - Kennedy LC-39A - 14.08.2017 16:31 UTC

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tnt22 пишет:
Старт по Москве в 19:31, начало трансляции НАСА в 19:00,SpaceX обычно минут за 15 до

Спасибо.

[Oleg]

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Ну давайте, запускайте уже! Мыши соскучатся, мороженое растает...

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08/14/2017 13:01  The Falcon 9 rocket poised for launch
The Falcon 9 rocket was moved into place at launch complex 39A this morning in readiness for today's planned launch with a Dragon cargo ship.

The approximately 20-minute operation to move the rocket into the vertical position was completed at about 4:45am EDT (0845 GMT).

Liftoff remains scheduled for 12:31:37 p.m. EDT (1631:37 GMT).

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 1 ч. назад

FEATURE ARTICLE: SpaceX Falcon 9 set to launch CRS-12 Dragon mission to the ISS - https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/08/spacex-falcon-9-launch-crs-12-dragon-mission-iss/ ... - by William Graham

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SpaceX Falcon 9 set to launch CRS-12 Dragon mission to the ISS

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/2017/08/14/spacex-falcon-9-on-track-for-midday-liftoff/
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https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2017/08/14/spacex-falcon-9-on-track-for-midday-liftoff/

SpaceX Falcon 9 on Track for Midday Liftoff
Posted on August 14, 2017 at 9:30 am by Anna Heiney.


A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft await liftoff fr om NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

Countdown clocks are ticking this morning at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, wh ere a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket awaits liftoff at 12:31 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A. Atop the rocket is a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft packed with more than 6,400 pounds of science research, crew supplies and hardware bound for the International Space Station.

Be sure to join us at noon Eastern for frequent updates from the countdown.

This entry was posted in Cargo Resupply (CRS) on August 14, 2017 by Anna Heiney.

[tnt22]

Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow 23 мин. назад

Good morning from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. All on track for Falcon 9 launch at 12:31pm EDT (1631 GMT). https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/08/14/spacex-crs-12-mission-status-center/ ...

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William Harwood‏ @cbs_spacenews 8 мин. назад

F9/CRS12: Liftoff from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center is targeted for 12:31:37pm EDT; so far, the weather appears to be cooperating

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Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow 5 мин. назад

Watch a time-lapse video replay of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket going vertical at pad 39A in Florida this morning:

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08/14/2017 17:54
Weather conditions are currently looking favorable at the Kennedy Space Center, with scattered low-level cumulus clouds hanging over the spaceport. Storms are forecast to develop this afternoon over the Space Coast, but officials are hopeful the bad weather stays away at launch time.

A poll of the SpaceX launch team at 11:28 a.m. EDT (1528 GMT) will give the "go" to begin loading super-chilled RP-1 kerosene and liquid oxygen into the two-stage rocket. Both stages of the rocket use Merlin engines, powered by the hydrocarbon propellant mix.

RP-1 kerosene should begin flowing into the rocket at 11:31 a.m. EDT (1531 GMT), followed by liquid oxygen at 11:56 a.m. EDT (1556 GMT).

[tnt22]

‏ @CwG_NSF 4 мин. назад

Reminder: today is ONLY DAY to launch #SpaceX #CRS12 before standing down for at least 5 days for Station spacewalk & #TDRSM launch. #Dragon

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ISS Updates‏ @ISS101 5 мин. назад

T-90 Min: #Falcon9 coming up on tanking in 30 minutes. Range countdown is underway, launch hazard area in effect. Weather looking good atm.

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08/14/2017 18:09
SpaceX plans to recover the Falcon 9's first stage booster a few minutes after the launch. After detaching from the Falcon 9 second stage around two-and-a-half minutes into the mission, the 14-story booster stage will flip around and reignite a subset of its nine Merlin engines twice to return to Landing Zone 1 at at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

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A final braking burn by the first stage's center engine will slow the rocket just before touchdown. A four-legged landing gear will unfurl at the base of the booster as it settles on the concrete landing zone, located approximately 9 miles (15 kilometers) south of the rocket's departure point at pad 39A.

If successful, Monday's landing will mark the 14th time SpaceX has recovered one of its Falcon 9 boosters intact, either at sea or on land. SpaceX aims to refit and reuse the rockets in a bid to make spaceflight less expensive, and two of the company's flown rockets have made second flights to date.

The rocket flying Monday is a new vehicle, but the first stage's landing legs were previously-flown, according to Hans Koenigsmann, vice president of flight reliability at SpaceX.

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[KBOB]

https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/08/14/spacex-crs-12-mission-status-center/
Есть более качественная картинка?

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‏ @CwG_NSF 2 мин. назад

All is currently quiet on the Launch Director's loop ahead of fueling poll. #SpaceX #CRS12 #Falcon9 #Dragon

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‏ @CwG_NSF 40 сек. назад

Updated weather forecast now calls for 80% chance of acceptable conditions @ 12:31:37pm EDT, launch time. #SpaceX #CRS12 #Falcon9 #Dragon

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/2017/08/14/launch-weather-prediction-upgraded-to-80-percent-go/

Launch Weather Prediction Upgraded to 80 Percent 'Go'
Posted on August 14, 2017 at 11:11 am by Anna Heiney.


Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

The latest launch weather forecast from the U.S. Air Force 45th Weather Squadron upgrades the chance of favorable conditions to 80 percent. That's good news for launch managers and controllers as they continue with preparations for liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft on SpaceX CRS-12, the company's 12th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station. Launch remains on schedule for 12:31 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Join us at noon for updates from the countdown.

This entry was posted in Cargo Resupply (CRS) on August 14, 2017 by Anna Heiney.

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08/14/2017 18:30
The SpaceX launch conductor's poll has given the "go" to begin loading liquid propellants into the Falcon 9 rocket, and weather is expected to be favorable at launch time. The latest forecast update now predicts an 80 percent chance of acceptable weather at 12:31 p.m. EDT (1631 GMT).