[SUCCESS] SpaceX | CRS-12 | Launches on August 14th @ 16:31 UTC |
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Information from Reddit - will update sooner to launch
[quote]SpaceX's eleventh mission of 2017 will be Dragon's third flight of the year, and its 14th flight overall. This will be the last flight of an all-new Dragon 1 capsule!
Liftoff currently scheduled for:
August 13th 2017, 12:56 EDT / 16:56 UTC Backup date is August 14.
Static fire currently scheduled for: August 10 2017
Weather forecast: 70% chance for rain and 60% chance for lightning.
Vehicle component locations: First stage: Cape // Second stage: Cape // Dragon: Cape
Payload: D1-14 [C113.1]
Payload mass: Dragon + 3310 kg: 2052 kg [pressurized] + 1258 [unpressurized]
Destination orbit: LEO
Vehicle: Falcon 9 v1.2 (39th launch of F9, 19th of F9 v1.2)
Core: 1039.1
Launch site: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Landing Site: LZ-1
Mission success criteria: Successful separation & deployment of Dragon, followed by splashdown of Dragon off the coast of Baja California after mission completion at the ISS.
[URL]https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/6mrga2/crs12_launch_campaign_thread/[/URL][/quote]
It has felt like an eternity.
The last flight of a new capsule?
What? Does that mean they're refurbishing them from now on?
Dragon 2 / Crew Dragon I think..
[QUOTE=Saxon;52553393]The last flight of a new capsule?
What? Does that mean they're refurbishing them from now on?[/QUOTE]
Yes.
[media]https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/889515336608907264[/media]
For living 30 minutes away from KSC, I have never actually been there to see a shuttle/rocket launch before... I think I might change that [del]on Sunday[/del] someday.
[QUOTE=Revenge282;52554782]For living 30 minutes away from KSC, I have never actually been there to see a shuttle/rocket launch before... I think I might change that on Sunday.[/QUOTE]
Weather forecast doesn't look so good. I wouldn't count on a Sunday launch.
There's very slim chance of a launch that day with weather as it is.
[video]https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/895646473869705216[/video]
Praying the weather cooperates then!
Press kit is up:
[QUOTE]SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon spacecraft to low-Earth orbit to deliver critical cargo to and from the International Space Station for NASA.
SpaceX is targeting launch of its twelfth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-12) from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The instantaneous launch window is on Monday, August 14 at 12:31 p.m. EDT, or 16:31 UTC. Dragon will separate from Falcon 9’s second stage
about 10 minutes after liftoff and attach to the space station on August 16.
Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage will attempt to land at SpaceX’s Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
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[url]http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/crs12presskit.pdf[/url]
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Mods please update time in title.
[editline]13th August 2017[/editline]
Weather is 70% GO currently.
For those of you not following along this is a somewhat significant flight as well. It's the first flight of the new and upgraded Block 4 first stage, the main feature being higher thrust capability from the engines.
[QUOTE=Morgen;52569308]Press kit is up:
[url]http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/crs12presskit.pdf[/url]
[editline]13th August 2017[/editline]
Mods please update time in title.
[editline]13th August 2017[/editline]
Weather is 70% GO currently.
For those of you not following along this is a somewhat significant flight as well. It's the first flight of the new and upgraded Block 4 first stage, the main feature being higher thrust capability from the engines.[/QUOTE]
Im starting to think you are Elon Musk.
[QUOTE=Faunze;52571082]Im starting to think you are Elon Musk.[/QUOTE]
no, yhat's NotElonMusk totally different guy
Stream is live.
wheres the technical webcast?!?!
Is there a technical?
Hasn't been one for the last few launches..
[QUOTE=Bradyns;52572255]Hasn't been one for the last few launches..[/QUOTE]
I've noticed. But is there a reason for that, or did it just not have enough viewers?
Liftoff!
[editline]14th August 2017[/editline]
And Landed!
That looked like one of the most gentle landings yet.
Marvelous landing!
Lets hope they secure it before the storm.
[QUOTE=Bradyns;52572297]Marvelous landing!
Lets hope they secure it before the storm.[/QUOTE]
Thunder is already rolling here just 30-40mi west. They've got some good time before it hits.
