Falcon 1 to launch tonight
Pat Flannery
Craig
Pat Flannery
Alan Erskine wrote:
> I'm on their mailing list and haven't heard a thing. This
> (http://www.spacex.com/launch_updates.php) explains the situation.
>
Nothing new at the mission status center yet either.
Pat
Pat Flannery
Craig wrote:
> Falcon 1: RazakSAT Launch Webcast...
> http://spacex.com/webcast.php
> ....will begin at 3:40pm PDT.
>
Launch now targeted for 10:30 PM EDT:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon/005/status.html
Weather over at their launch site seems fairly good at least.
Did the Shuttle tower get hit with lightning again today?
Pat
Pat Flannery
OM wrote:
>
> ....Elon's new slogan:
>
> "Space-X: Keeping the spirit of Vanguard alive!"
Not this time, it worked like a charm.
Pat
Pat Flannery
OM wrote:
> ....That it did. The next thing they need to do is to negotiate with
> other ground tracking sites so they can keep the onboard camera feeds
> running a bit longer. Would have been nice to see the satellite
> deployment on this one, as it would have been a perfect coda to what
> appears to be a perfect mission.
>
> Even if that satellite's just up there to provide Malaysia with all
> the pr0n they can eat...:-P
It would be interesting to know if they've made any progress on
recovering the first stage for re-use, or if they've dumped the concept
in favor of increased payload capability.
Pat