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SpaceX Launch Today!
http://www.spacex.com:80/ ^ | 8/2/2008

Posted on 08/02/2008 2:07:27 PM PDT by spacejunkie01

Launch going off at Kwajalein today 7pm EST. Live feed starts 1/2 hour before. The rocket has a new Spacedev satellite on it, built for the Air Force.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: launch; rocket; satellite; space; spacex; usaf

1 posted on 08/02/2008 2:07:27 PM PDT by spacejunkie01
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To: spacejunkie01

mark for later


2 posted on 08/02/2008 2:30:44 PM PDT by don-o (Have you donated to FR? If not, why not?)
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To: don-o

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=13939.0

much more detail


3 posted on 08/02/2008 2:32:00 PM PDT by spacejunkie01
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To: 4mer Liberal

KWAJ PING!!!


4 posted on 08/02/2008 3:14:56 PM PDT by T Minus Four
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To: don-o; spacejunkie01

Same here.


5 posted on 08/02/2008 3:16:14 PM PDT by fanfan (SCC:Canadians have constitutional protection to all opinions, as long as they are based on the facts)
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To: fanfan

liftoff now at 8 eastern


6 posted on 08/02/2008 3:31:48 PM PDT by don-o (Have you donated to FR? If not, why not?)
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To: spacejunkie01
The video feed I have looks like a monsoon is hitting the launch site.

Crappy onboard VGA!

7 posted on 08/02/2008 3:49:16 PM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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2223 GMT (7:23 p.m. EDT) The first stage liquid oxygen tank filling has been completed. The second stage LOX tank is half-full.

2220 GMT (7:20 p.m. EDT) It is late morning on the Omelek launch island. The local time is 11:20 a.m. Sunday. Skies are mostly clear, winds are easterly at 13 mph and a temperature of 86 degrees F.

2212 GMT (7:12 p.m. EDT) The countdown apparently went into another hold, this one at T-minus 55 minutes. However, there's been no official word from the SpaceX about another launch time adjustment.

Spaceflight Now Mission Status Center

8 posted on 08/02/2008 4:36:41 PM PDT by cabojoe
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To: spacejunkie01
The latest:

0203 GMT (10:03 p.m. EDT)
The countdown clocks have been reset from T-minus 16 minutes all the way back to T-minus 55 minutes and holding.

0206 GMT (10:06 p.m. EDT)
The Falcon launch team has initiated the countdown from the T-minus 55 minute mark, heading for another shot at liftoff tonight.

9 posted on 08/02/2008 7:13:44 PM PDT by FreedomOfExpression
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To: FreedomOfExpression

Looks like it blew up. Bummer.


10 posted on 08/02/2008 8:41:49 PM PDT by rivercat
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To: FreedomOfExpression

Seems something went wrong. Webcast stopped 2:20 into the flight with announcement of an “anomoly”. No word about the status of the craft thereafter.


11 posted on 08/02/2008 8:43:09 PM PDT by Lawgvr1955 (You can never have too much cowbell !!)
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To: rivercat

It failed to stage.. They really have to get this thing working. Private industry doesn’t have the luxury of so many failures I bet.


12 posted on 08/02/2008 11:48:28 PM PDT by MartinStyles
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