Arabsat 6A - Falcon Heavy - Kennedy LC-39A - 11.04.2019, 22:35 UTC

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/04/01/falcon-heavy-arabsat-6a-preparations/

04/03/2019 19:44 Stephen Clark

The Arabsat 6A communications satellite, the payload for the Falcon Heavy's second launch, is ready for flight, according to Guy Beutelschies, vice president of communication satellite solutions at Lockheed Martin.

Built at Lockheed Martin's facility in Denver and tested for spaceflight at the company's plant in Sunnyvale, California, Arabsat 6A is heading to geostationary orbit on a 15-year mission to provide television, radio and data relay services over the Middle East and North Africa for Arabsat, an operator headquartered in Saudi Arabia.

Since its shipment to Florida's Space Coast in January, Arabsat 6A has been filled with hydrazine fuel and nitrogen tetroxide oxidizer for its orbit-raising main engine. The final preparatory steps for the spacecraft were completed Tuesday, when the satellite was mated to the Falcon Heavy's payload adapter and enclosed within the rocket's nose cone.

Once the Falcon Heavy rocket completes its hold-down firing, now scheduled for no earlier than Thursday, the satellite will be attached to the top of the launcher. Liftoff from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for Sunday, at the earliest, but the launch date will not be confirmed until the competition of the static fire test.

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04/04/2019 09:36 Stephen Clark

The Falcon Heavy rocket has arrived at launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after a middle-of-the-night rollout in preparation for a hold-down engine firing scheduled later today.

The hotfire test window opens at 6 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT). The Falcon Heavy's 27 engines will ignite for several seconds, throttling up to roughly 5 million pounds of thrust as hold-down clamps keep the rocket on the ground.

Later this morning, SpaceX ground crews are expected to raise the Falcon Heavy vertical in preparation for loading of the launcher with super-chilled, densified kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants.

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04/04/2019 14:38 Spaceflight Now

The Falcon Heavy is being lifted upright at launch pad 39A ahead of a planned pre-flight test firing of its 27 main engines.




04/04/2019 14:53 Spaceflight Now

The Falcon Heavy is now standing upright at launch pad 39A in readiness for a hold-down engine test as early as this evening.

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Nathan Barker‏ @NASA_Nerd 43 мин. назад

Launch Complex 39A: The first ever Block 5 @SpaceX Falcon Heavy stands vertical in the morning light in preparation for tonight's static fire test.




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Omar Izquierdo ‏ @izqomar 46 мин. назад

Finally. Took her long enough to get out here #SpaceX

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Astro Cat пишет:
Прожиг то без ПН походу.

Единожды обжегшись... ПН теперь ставят только после SFT

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Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 51 мин. назад

#FalconHeavy static fire update: We understand that static fire has been delayed to either very end of today's window or most likely tomorrow at 10am. Launch date likely moving to NET Monday, 8 April. #ArabSat6A #SpaceX (: @NASA_Nerd)

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45th Space Wing‏ @45thSpaceWing 1 ч. назад

Brig Gen Schiess and his wife Debbie met with 5th Space Launch Squadron Airmen during an immersion to learn about their mission. They're standing in front of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Arabsat 6A, which is scheduled to launch April 7th #3DaysUntilLaunch

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Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 46 мин. назад

Well here you go. A look inside the HIF at part of the #FalconHeavy. Note the wear on the nose cone - likely indicating that the nose cone is being reused from the first FH flight last year. #SpaceX #Arabsat6A

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Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 8 мин. назад

And we have CONFIRMATION that #FalconHeavy's static fire has slipped to tomorrow, Friday, 5 April. Test window is 10:00-19:00 EDT (1400-2300 UTC). Launch date is slipping, too. Will not be Sunday. SpaceX will confirm a new launch date once Static Fire is complete. #Arabsat6A

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 29 мин. назад

OK, so they deleted it, but it was NET April 9.

В заметке речь об опубликованном ранее и в последствии удалённом твите 45-го космокрыла о новой дате пуска

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Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 6 мин. назад

Due to bad storms that moved through the area and a lightning advisory at the Cape and Kennedy, static fire will not be occurring at the opening of the window. #FalconHeavy #SpaceX

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04/05/2019 16:37 Spaceflight Now

Launch complex 39 was under a Phase 2 lightning advisory for a while this morning. It remains in a Phase 1 advisory.

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Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 1 ч. назад

Static Fire now confirmed to be headed for 12:00p EDT (1600 UTC).
#SpaceX #FalconHeavy.

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Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 14 мин. назад

FUELING is underway!

Remember, we're living streaming the static fire here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1-4y9X2VPI ...

#FalconHeavy #SpaceX

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