Brevard County, Florida ping.Let me know if you want on or off this ping list.
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Posted on 05/08/2014 8:24:27 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
Rocket: Falcon 9 v1.1
Payload: Orbcomm OG2 F1
Launch date: May 10, 2014
Launch time: 6:47 a.m. PDT/9:47 a.m. EDT (1347 GMT)
Launch window: 54 minutes
Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Weather looks favorable for Saturday's Falcon 9 launch
The official weather forecast shows an 80 percent chance of acceptable conditions for Saturday's launch of a Falcon 9 rocket with a load of six commercial communications satellites for Orbcomm.
THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014
2340 GMT (7:40 p.m. EDT)
SpaceX engineers called off a preflight engine firing on its Falcon 9 rocket Thursday after running into technical trouble during a practice countdown, which serves as a final dress rehearsal for the launch team, launch vehicle and ground systems.
The rocket's nine Merlin 1D first stage engines were supposed to ignite for a few seconds while restraints held the 224-foot-tall rocket firmly atop Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad.
Sources familiar with the preflight engine check, called a static fire by SpaceX, said the test would be rescheduled for Friday.
At this time, launch remains officially targeted for Saturday at 1347 GMT (9:47 a.m. EDT).
The flight is carrying six second-generation machine-to-machine communications satellites for Orbcomm.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014
The official weather forecast shows an 80 percent chance of acceptable conditions for Saturday's launch of a Falcon 9 rocket with a load of six commercial communications satellites for Orbcomm.
The launch window has been revised and now opens at 9:47 a.m. EDT (1347 GMT) and extends for 54 minutes.
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I can’t find my launch ping list so someone else will need to do it.
An OSC satellite on a SpaceX booster. Cats and dogs sleeping together. Strange times indeed.
Brevard County, Florida ping.
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