Anyone up???
Kevin KF7MYK
No Go
-----Original Message----- From: Kevin Deane Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 4:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] Falcon 30 minutes
Anyone up???
Kevin KF7MYK
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It's no go today. The launch was halted at T-0 due to anomalous reading in an engine chamber and liftoff did not occur. According to NASA-TV's commentator, the next earliest opportunity should be this coming Tuesday, allowing for a 3-day scrub turnaround.
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
On 5/19/12, Kevin Deane [email protected] wrote:
Anyone up???
Kevin KF7MYK
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I am! Was watching it live on the NASA channel. Engine start...then abort to shutdown. I heard someone say something about an overpressure condition causing it, but didn't catch what or where. I'll presume it's in the propulsion system. I also heard them say that they'll try again in about 72 hours (Tuesday) with a launch around 3:30 AM EDT, but didn't get the exact time.
My wife was watching with me as I tried to explain. Her parting words were, "Sorry your rocket didn't work."
Yeah. Sorry.
Dave - K7DAA
On 5/19/2012 1:24 AM, Kevin Deane wrote:
Anyone up???
Kevin KF7MYK
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One good thing about the shutdown this morning is that the safety system worked like it was supposed to. It's better to have it happen this way than for a failure to occur after launch.
It's not the first time this sort of thing happened. I remember watching one attempt to launch STS-41D which ended seconds before liftoff:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-41-D
Earlier than that was Gemini 6:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_6#First_launch_attempt
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
On 5/19/12, Dave - K7DAA [email protected] wrote:
I am! Was watching it live on the NASA channel. Engine start...then abort to shutdown. I heard someone say something about an overpressure condition causing it, but didn't catch what or where. I'll presume it's in the propulsion system. I also heard them say that they'll try again in about 72 hours (Tuesday) with a launch around 3:30 AM EDT, but didn't get the exact time.
My wife was watching with me as I tried to explain. Her parting words were, "Sorry your rocket didn't work."
Yeah. Sorry.
Dave - K7DAA
On 5/19/2012 1:24 AM, Kevin Deane wrote:
Anyone up???
Kevin KF7MYK
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