Falcon Heavy static firing pushed out from Friday to Saturday. Rumors of an anomaly with a hold-down clamp, and/or some ground support equipment issue in the final stage of propellant top off.
Falcon Heavy static firing next opportunity pushed out from Saturday to Monday. Beginning of the window is 4:00 p.m. EST (local time in Florida), 2100 UTC.
I think it is a reasonable inference that they have found something to work on. The vehicle went horizontal for a while after the Wet Dress Rehearsal, but was back vertical last I saw.
Today's Dragon recovery reported as successful through splash down. No video available (as usual). Most recent report had the recovery ships on the way to pick up.
Thanks for that ! It is now my new screensaver. I call it the Falcon 27 ... I'm getting goosebumps. We are getting back to the grunt level of the Apollo days. :-)
Not quite ..... it's the Falcon 28 actually.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Falcon Heavy static firing next opportunity pushed out from Monday to Tuesday. Beginning of the window is once again 4:00 p.m. EST (local time in Florida), 2100 UTC.
At least one passer-by observed venting on Sunday. Perhaps not a full Wet Dress Rehearsal, but something more than just the beast waiting on the pad for people to agree that it and the Ground Support Equipment are both ready.
At least one passer-by observed venting on Sunday. Perhaps not a full Wet Dress Rehearsal, but something more than just the beast waiting on the pad for people to agree that it and the Ground Support Equipment are both ready.
USLaunchReport claims that was a fueling test.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Today's Dragon recovery reported as successful through splash down. No video available (as usual). Most recent report had the recovery ships on the way to pick up.
You would think with Crew Dragon coming soon someone might want to see the splash.
Falcon Heavy Static Firing attempt cancelled for today. Next opportunity is Friday, 3:00 EST, 20:00 UTC.
The big push may not mean a bigger problem or fixit project. There is some degree of conflict from other activity at the Cape. But not doing it today surely implies some further work or study.
Falcon Heavy static firing
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Falcon Heavy static firing pushed out from Friday to Saturday. Rumors of an anomaly with a hold-down clamp, and/or some ground support equipment issue in the final stage of propellant top off.
Falcon Heavy static firing
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Falcon Heavy static firing next opportunity pushed out from Saturday to Monday. Beginning of the window is 4:00 p.m. EST (local time in Florida), 2100 UTC.
I think it is a reasonable inference that they have found something to work on. The vehicle went horizontal for a while after the Wet Dress Rehearsal, but was back vertical last I saw.
Today's Dragon recovery
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Today's Dragon recovery reported as successful through splash down. No video available (as usual). Most recent report had the recovery ships on the way to pick up.
Mike Hewson wrote:Thanks for
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Not quite ..... it's the Falcon 28 actually.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Falcon Heavy static firing
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Falcon Heavy static firing next opportunity pushed out from Monday to Tuesday. Beginning of the window is once again 4:00 p.m. EST (local time in Florida), 2100 UTC.
At least one passer-by observed venting on Sunday. Perhaps not a full Wet Dress Rehearsal, but something more than just the beast waiting on the pad for people to agree that it and the Ground Support Equipment are both ready.
archae86 wrote:At least one
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USLaunchReport claims that was a fueling test.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
archae86 wrote:Today's Dragon
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You would think with Crew Dragon coming soon someone might want to see the splash.
Falcon Heavy Static Firing
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Falcon Heavy Static Firing attempt cancelled for today. Next opportunity is Friday, 3:00 EST, 20:00 UTC.
The big push may not mean a bigger problem or fixit project. There is some degree of conflict from other activity at the Cape. But not doing it today surely implies some further work or study.
Going into the upper 30s
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Going into the upper 30s tonight with colder temps tomorrow night. This might factor into the "wait" for Friday.
Falcon Heavy static firing
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Falcon Heavy static firing next opportunity pushed out from Friday to Saturday by the Atlas launch delay from Thursday to Friday.
The six-hour window opens at 2:45 p.m. ET, 1945 UTC.