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

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SpaceXFleet Updates‏ @SpaceXFleet 1 ч. назад

Of Course I Still Love You is equipped with 4 azimuth diesel thruster engines that allows the ASDS to maintain a precise position. Crews engage these thrusters in the hours before the landing and then 'release' the droneship from the tow of tug Hollywood.

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Почитал пресс-кит - судя по времени отделения, аппарат будет выводится на банальую ГПО.
А я что-то думал прямо на финальную ГСО. Не вижу смысла использовать такую ракету для банальной ГПО

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Весьма зловеще

TomCross‏ @_TomCross_ 3 мин. назад

Falcon Heavy being prepared this morning at 39A for launch this evening. These clouds should clear up by then. #FalconHeavy @Teslarati

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04/10/2019 18:09 Stephen Clark

The Falcon Heavy rocket is being raised vertical at pad 39A in preparation for liftoff this evening.

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Nathan Barker‏ @NASA_Nerd 2 мин. назад

Falcon Heavy ready and waiting for flight. – Launch Pad 39A (LC-39A)

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Elon Musk‏Подлинная учетная запись @elonmusk 08:23 PDT - 10 апр. 2019 г.

First flight for Falcon Heavy Block 5 means there is some risk of failure between 5% to 10% imo. Many good design improvements from Falcon Heavy demo, but the changes are unproven.

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SpaceXFleet Updates‏ @SpaceXFleet 1 ч. назад

Further downrange from the droneship, GO Searcher and GO Navigator are waiting to recover fairings. The two ships are acting as stand-ins for Mr Steven and will attempt to retrieve the fairings once they landed on the ocean surface.

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/04/10/photos-falcon-heavy-raised-vertical-at-pad-39a/

Photos: Falcon Heavy raised vertical at pad 39A
April 10, 2019 | Stephen Clark

SpaceX's second Falcon Heavy, outfitted to produce more thrust than the heavy-lifter's debut flight last year, was raised vertical at launch pad 39A in Florida on Wednesday ahead of a launch attempt with the Arabsat 6A communications satellite.

The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket rolled out of SpaceX's hangar at pad 39A, the site at NASA's Kennedy Space Center where all of the Apollo moon landing missions took off, before sunrise Wednesday. Shortly after 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT), the erector raised the rocket vertical in preparation for final countdown preparations.

Wednesday's launch window opens at 6:35 p.m. EDT (2235 GMT) and extends until 8:32 p.m. EDT (0032 GMT).

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The Falcon Heavy's 27 Merlin main engines will generate more than 5 million pounds of thrust at full throttle to carry the school bus-size Arabsat 6A communications satellite into orbit.


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04/10/2019 20:24 Stephen Clark

SpaceX's launch preparations ran behind schedule this morning, with rollout of the Falcon Heavy and the lifting of the rocket vertical occurring several hours later than planned.

The company has not confirmed whether the launch team can make up time and target the opening of this evening's launch window at 6:35 p.m. EDT (2235 GMT).

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Обновлена

Airspace Closure Area

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Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 2 мин. назад

Right now, everything is on track and #SpaceX is targeting the opening of #FalconHeavy's launch window at 18:35 EDT (2235 UTC) this evening. The launch window extends to 20:32 EDT (0032 UTC).
#ArabSat6A

(: @mike_deep)

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04/10/2019 22:09 Stephen Clark

Countdown clocks at the Kennedy Space Center are now programmed for a launch time of 8 p.m. EDT (0000 GMT) for SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket.

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Официально, высотные ветра:

SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX 2 мин. назад

Falcon Heavy and Arabsat-6A are vertical on Launch Complex 39A. Currently targeting liftoff at 8:00 p.m. EDT; monitoring upper-level winds that could push us to the end of the window (8:32 p.m. EDT) → http://spacex.com/webcast 

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По ветрам пока расклад такой (с 14 до 20:00 местного)

Jared-Base | ArabSat 6A‏ @baserunner0723 5 мин. назад

Current upper level winds, 5PM estimate, 8PM estimate