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SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch Day Thread | Pregaming with a Falcon 9 Launch as well
Posted on 4/27/23 at 5:07 pm
Posted on 4/27/23 at 5:07 pm
Take 2... but we got a Falcon 9 launch to pregame with... also from Kennedy Space Center
Falcon 9 launch is set for 5:12 PM CDT
Falcon Heavy launch set for 6:29 PM CDT
NASASpaceflight YouTube link to watch both launches live
For just the 6th time since it became operational... SpaceX is launching Falcon Heavy... currently SpaceX's biggest operational rocket... today from launch complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center
Meanwhile... some positive movement over at Boca Chica and the Starship test site where the launch tower "chopsticks" were finally lowered... showing they are still moveable and weren't damaged by the Starship/Super Heavy launch last week
Also... the booster quick disconnect protective hood was finally opened for the 1st time since it slammed shut at T-0 last Thursday
Falcon 9 launch is set for 5:12 PM CDT
Falcon Heavy launch set for 6:29 PM CDT
NASASpaceflight YouTube link to watch both launches live
For just the 6th time since it became operational... SpaceX is launching Falcon Heavy... currently SpaceX's biggest operational rocket... today from launch complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center
Meanwhile... some positive movement over at Boca Chica and the Starship test site where the launch tower "chopsticks" were finally lowered... showing they are still moveable and weren't damaged by the Starship/Super Heavy launch last week
Also... the booster quick disconnect protective hood was finally opened for the 1st time since it slammed shut at T-0 last Thursday
This post was edited on 4/28/23 at 4:57 pm
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Posted on 4/27/23 at 5:12 pm to rt3
I heard the boosters were going all the way up and not returning as usual because of it's a heavy load going into geo orbit. Not positive, though.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 5:15 pm to TigerGman
quote:
I heard the boosters were going all the way up and not returning as usual because of it's a heavy load going into geo orbit. Not positive, though.
ah shoot... that's correct... no booster landings today
the NASASpaceflight description says all boosters will be expended on today's flight
Posted on 4/27/23 at 5:19 pm to rt3
weather is an issue with this evening's planned launch
quote:
SpaceX @SpaceX
Teams are keeping an eye on weather ahead of tonight's Falcon Heavy launch of @ViasatInc’s ViaSat-3 Americas mission
Posted on 4/27/23 at 5:26 pm to rt3
weather has forced SpaceX to move the launch attempt to the end of the launch window in the hopes the bad stuff moved out in time
quote:
SpaceX @SpaceX
Targeting the end of the window at 8:26 p.m. ET for tonight's launch attempt
Posted on 4/27/23 at 6:06 pm to rt3
scrubbed to tomorrow night due to severe weather around the Cape
tomorrow's launch window is the same as tonight's attempt... 57 minutes long starting at 7:29 PM EDT/6:29 PM CDT
tomorrow's launch window is the same as tonight's attempt... 57 minutes long starting at 7:29 PM EDT/6:29 PM CDT
quote:
SpaceX @SpaceX
Due to unfavorable weather, the team is standing down from tonight’s Falcon Heavy launch of @ViasatInc’s ViaSat-3 Americas mission; backup opportunity is available tomorrow
Posted on 4/28/23 at 4:54 pm to rt3
Take 2... but we got a Falcon 9 launch to pregame with... also from Kennedy Space Center
Falcon 9 launch is set for 5:12 PM CDT
Falcon Heavy launch set for 6:29 PM CDT
NASASpaceflight YouTube link to watch both launches live
Falcon 9 launch is set for 5:12 PM CDT
Falcon Heavy launch set for 6:29 PM CDT
NASASpaceflight YouTube link to watch both launches live
Posted on 4/28/23 at 5:01 pm to rt3
Are we go or no go for launch?
Posted on 4/28/23 at 5:01 pm to rt3
Two launches within an hour of each other is pretty badass
Posted on 4/28/23 at 5:04 pm to Btrtigerfan
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Are we go or no go for launch?
inside 10 minutes to the Falcon 9 launch and it looks gassed up and ready for launch
Posted on 4/28/23 at 5:05 pm to rt3
Thanks. Watching now.
Posted on 4/28/23 at 5:05 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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Two launches within an hour of each other is pretty badass
really is... esp. from the same facility... not on opposite coasts (like 1 at KSC and 1 at Vandenberg AFB in Cali.)
Posted on 4/28/23 at 5:11 pm to rt3
All sytems go
Posted on 4/28/23 at 5:12 pm to rt3
Falcon 9 is GO FOR LAUNCH
Posted on 4/28/23 at 5:12 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
and there goes Falcon 9... off to space
Posted on 4/28/23 at 5:17 pm to rt3
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and there goes Falcon 9... off to space
And be back for dinner later
Posted on 4/28/23 at 5:22 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
and they Just Read the Instructions... the booster has landed on the droneship
Posted on 4/28/23 at 5:22 pm to rt3
Thanks for the thread- tuned in just in time!
Posted on 4/28/23 at 5:22 pm to rt3
and with that launch now finished and the mission well on its way... we are now less than 1 hr 10 mins away from the Falcon Heavy launch
Posted on 4/28/23 at 5:28 pm to rt3
reminder that the 3 Falcon 9 boosters that make up Falcon Heavy today will all be expended... no fun landing of the boosters on the 2nd launch of the day
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