Launch News SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.2 with CRS-10 - February 19, 2017 at 14:38 1UTC

[Kyle]

Still a hope! They have until 6:00pm and they could even extend the window longer.

 

[DaveS]

CBS's Bill Harwood reports that LOX load has been observed:
[ame="https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/830887245578170371"]William Harwood on Twitter: "F9/CRS10: Major venting event seen at pad 39A; at 4:10pm EST; similar to others seen during past fuelings"[/ame]

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Watch the static fire live here: http://spaceflightnow.com/2017/02/10/pad-39a-mission-status-center/

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Looks like we had full duration firing as planned (3.5 seconds) right at 2130UTC (4:30 pm EST).

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[ame="https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/830891903449235457"]Chris B - NSF on Twitter: "Static Fire!! Ignition for the first time on 39A since STS-135! Now for a data review to see how it went. https://t.co/D6ElCnZDdE https://t.co/5OfvNPIyDK"[/ame]

[ame="https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/830892039063625728"]William Harwood on Twitter: "F9/CRS10: Falcon 9 engine ignition… and shutdown! At 4:30pm EST https://t.co/ustHxd0bRq"[/ame]

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Better photo by Bill Harwood:

[ame="https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/830894668963524608"]William Harwood on Twitter: "F9/CRS10: Here’s a better shot of the hot fire exhaust plume; first time we’ve seen “fire in the trench” since the last shuttle launch https://t.co/RZGrQKb57y"[/ame]

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Official tweet by SpaceX:
[ame="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/830895038251073536"]SpaceX on Twitter: "First static fire test of Falcon 9 at historic launch complex 39A completed in advance of Dragon's upcoming mission to the @Space_Station."[/ame]

 

[Kyle]

Did you see or hear it Thunder Chicken?

 

[Andy44]

Uh oh, maybe Thunder Chicken got a little too close!

 

[Urwumpe]

Maybe Thunder Chicken was fed up with waiting and decided to light the fuse himself...

 

[Nicholas Kang]

Videos and Press Kit Out Now!

Static-fire video

CRS-10 MISSION​

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Dragon spacecraft to low-Earth orbit to deliver critical cargo to the International Space Station for NASA. SpaceX is targeting a late morning launch of its tenth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-10) from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is on Saturday, February 18 at 10:01 a.m. EST, with a backup launch opportunity at 9:38 a.m. EST on Sunday, February 19. Dragon will separate from Falcon 9’s second stage about 10 minutes after liftoff and attach to the station roughly two days later.

The CRS-10 mission will be SpaceX’s first launch from historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. Following stage separation, the first stage of Falcon 9 will attempt to land at SpaceX’s Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

Mission Press Kit Available Now!

http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/crs10presskitfinal.pdf

Launch broadcast (Hosted Webcast)

Launch broadcast (Technical Webcast)

Spaceflightnow.com: http://spaceflightnow.com/2017/02/10/pad-39a-mission-status-center/

She is horizontal

and...

vertical!

For more information, please visit http://www.spacex.com/webcast

 

[Messierhunter]

Static-fire video
Mission Press Kit Available Now!

http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/crs10presskitfinal.pdf

Awesome, thanks. I'm going to be heading to the launch, telescope and tracking software in tow. On a clear day I should be able to follow the entire flight of the first stage, from launch to landing, but unfortunately the weather forecast is calling for a high chance of clouds. Nevertheless I do plan to try my best at capturing the launch and the landing up close.

 

[Kyle]

NASA TV has a high resolution live feed of the pad up now. You can see the late-loader loading cargo into the Dragon.

https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#public

 

[Frilock]

Did you see or hear it Thunder Chicken?

I don't know how close thunder was, but the time I watched one go up it was really quiet.

 

[ADSWNJ]

Working a technical issue right now (small leak). Potential mission slip.

 

[Kyle]

Working a technical issue right now (small leak). Potential mission slip.

Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk
Looks like we are go for launch. Added an abort trigger at T-60 secs for pressure decay of upper stage helium spin start system.

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L-2 hours.

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L-30 minutes. NTV coverage has started. No issues in work for a T-0 of 10:01am EDT (15:01 UTC).

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Hold at T-13 seconds and the launch is scrubbed!

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Reason for the scrub was the TVC issue on the 2nd stage engine mentioned yesterday this morning. Not comfortable with launch. Next attempt will be tomorrow at 9:38am EST (14:38 UTC).

 

[DaveS]

Reason for the scrub was the TVC issue on the 2nd stage engine mentioned yesterday. Not comfortable with launch. Next attempt will be tomorrow at 9:38am EST.

Not related. The helium they have been watching is with the turbopump start spin up system. It has nothing to with the TVC system. The TVC system issue only came up this morning.

 

[Kyle]

Not related. The helium they have been watching is with the turbopump start spin up system. It has nothing to with the TVC system. The TVC system issue only came up this morning.

Yea, I knew that. Just for some reason I transposed one another.

 

[DaveS]

[ame="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/832973218348625920"]Elon Musk on Twitter: "If this is the only issue, flight would be fine, but need to make sure that it isn't symptomatic of a more significant upstream root cause"[/ame]

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[ame="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/832984361989386240"]Elon Musk on Twitter: "Btw, 99% likely to be fine (closed loop TVC wd overcome error), but that 1% chance isn't worth rolling the dice. Better to wait a day."[/ame]

 

[Frilock]

Have they ever had a launch where something didn't go wrong?

 

[Kyle]

Have they ever had a launch where something didn't go wrong?

You mean without scrubbing? This was actually the first SpaceX scrub since SES-9.

 

[LithiumCassini]

really, I think allow space x to use this launch site really means it will go for manned mission soon

 

[Nicholas Kang]

New live broadcast and live streams

Here are the new live broadcasts:

Hosted webcast

Technical webcast

All the best, SpaceX! :thumbup:

Latest updates:

Weather concern persists.

1st stage fuel secured.

T- 4:30

T- 3 minutes

1st stage LOX secured.

Stage 2 LOX secured. T- 1:30

T-1 minute.

 

[Nicholas Kang]

T0-Liftoff!

[ame="https://twitter.com/ruimtevaart/status/833329388699656192"]ruimtevaart on Twitter: "RT @SpaceFrontier: Beautiful launch! #SpaceX #Falcon9 https://t.co/NDCtjeNAgU"[/ame]

[ame="https://twitter.com/totorococo/status/833328119645925376"]Danny on Twitter: "This sight never gets old. #falcon9 #dragon @SpaceX https://t.co/PVS1VoJC4t"[/ame]

MAX-Q

MECO

and 1st stage separation!

2nd stage ignition

First stage boost-back burn begins

Grid fins pop up!

First stage landing burn begins

1st stage landed!

[ame="https://twitter.com/AlexSanz/status/833328722174414852"]Alex Sanz on Twitter: "The first stage of the @SpaceX #Falcon9 rocket lands at LZ-1 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. #CRS10 https://t.co/QSBh1Hdx6o"[/ame]

[ame="https://twitter.com/bersanergin/status/833328468930752512"]BE on Twitter: "@bersanergin #falcon9 has landed again! Awesome stuff https://t.co/AwjxS1rMdI"[/ame]

SECO!

[ame="https://twitter.com/BP_Hutch/status/833327834760351750"]Alec H. on Twitter: "SECO.#CRS10 #Falcon9 #AstroAnarchy https://t.co/t4CgEKSHmE"[/ame]

Dragon separated!

[ame="https://twitter.com/tristamsparks/status/833328546990821376"]tristam sparks on Twitter: "11 minutes into the mission… #falcon9 lands & #dragon separates from second stage… congratulations @elonmusk & everyone at @spacex https://t.co/vwrWX5pycx"[/ame]

Solar arrays deployed!

Mission success!

Webcast ended! See you during Dragon's rendezvous with ISS.

 

[RGClark]

Congrats to SpaceX on the successful launch and landing!

Bob Clark