So awesome! Please forgive my excitement in my last post. UNBELIEVABLE!
They really did it! I cried and I'm not ashamed about one bit.
GO SPACE-X! GO!
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Subject: [AR] Re: SpaceX F9 Launch/Update -- Live Link
From: Henry Vanderbilt <hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, December 21, 2015 6:41 pm
To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
It's a twofer - the second stage and payload is in orbit, and the first
stage is upright back on the landing pad with engine off.
On 12/21/2015 3:09 PM, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:
(twitter)
ORBCOMM
@ORBCOMM_Inc
"UPDATE: A 5 minute launch window opens at 8:29pm ET this evening for
the #OG2 Mission 2 launch..."
On 12/20/2015 7:37 PM, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:
New launch window is 8:33 pm ET Monday.
On 12/20/2015 3:15 PM, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:
And Elon Musk's twitter feed now shows this:
"Just reviewed mission params w SpaceX team. Monte Carlo runs show tmrw
night has a 10% higher chance of a good landing. Punting 24 hrs."
Hmm. Winds? FWIW, the Canaveral weather includes a "beach hazard
bulletin" warning of rough surf and strong offshore winds this evening.
On 12/20/2015 11:30 AM, (Redacted sender monsieurboo for DMARC) wrote:
And the SpaceX link for live video of the action is quite simply their
current home page:
http://www.spacex.com/
Cheers,
Mark L.
Subject: [AR] Re: F9 Launch/Update Thread
From: Henry Vanderbilt <hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 09:51:19 -0700
SpaceX worked through the issues and got their static fire test done
late Friday. They currently hope to launch in a brief window at 8:29 pm
eastern Sunday. (Next window would be Tuesday.) Best wishes to their
operations crew for a successful flight in time for all to be home for
Christmas.