Well the current planned launch according to Spaceflight Now is August 4th for the AsiaSat 8 satellite with a launch window of 5:25-7:25AM GMT. Let's hope this launch has less hiccups than the OG-2 launch had 
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SpaceX F9v1.1 Launch: AsiaSat 8 (Aug 5th)
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Well the current planned launch according to Spaceflight Now is August 4th for the AsiaSat 8 satellite with a launch window of 5:25-7:25AM GMT. Let's hope this launch has less hiccups than the OG-2 launch had
It would certainly give the naysayers and pro-ULA politicians less ammunition if the launch goes off as planned.
Launch bumped back slightly to August 5th, with the Static Fire set for tomorrow July 31st.
Source: NSF mission update thread
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And the successful static fire took place yesterday: Falcon 9 conducts Static Fire test ahead of ASIASAT-8 mission | NASASpaceFlight.com
Source: NSF mission update thread
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And the successful static fire took place yesterday: Falcon 9 conducts Static Fire test ahead of ASIASAT-8 mission | NASASpaceFlight.com
Interesting -- sometimes the payload (whether it is Dragon or one or more satellites) is mated to the rocket during the static fire tests, and sometimes it's not.Article said:
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Les than a day to go - launch tomorrow around 1am ET (or tonight 10pm PT).
SpaceX has a countdown clock on their YouTube live feed of the launch -- see Video: AsiaSat 8 | Falcon 9 Satellite Launch
SpaceX has a countdown clock on their YouTube live feed of the launch -- see Video: AsiaSat 8 | Falcon 9 Satellite Launch
FredTMC
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Launch aborted at T minus 1 minute till launch. Standing by for analysis. Depending on reason may be able to retry. Two hour launch window tonight
palmer_md
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still stuck at T-13:00
I missed what was to be the launch, and its just a silent screen with no information as to the delay....
edit: as I was talking they reported that the computer on one of the engines stopped them. They are reviewing the data to see why and if there is any reason they cant try again, hence the hold. They say there is no reason they cant go for it from a weather perspective. I'm up for another hour working on my computer, so we'll see if they go before I'm off to bed.
I missed what was to be the launch, and its just a silent screen with no information as to the delay....
edit: as I was talking they reported that the computer on one of the engines stopped them. They are reviewing the data to see why and if there is any reason they cant try again, hence the hold. They say there is no reason they cant go for it from a weather perspective. I'm up for another hour working on my computer, so we'll see if they go before I'm off to bed.
Me too - hopefully all goes well either later tonight/this morning, or recycled for launch tomorrow or later.
The only detail shared w/r/t the abort was a "first stage thrust vector control issue".
Well the latest on the webcast was that they are going for a second attempt, but it will be close to the end of the launch window. They've reset the clock to T-00:20:00, but haven't started the countdown and expected about 10 min ago that the analysis will take another ca 40 minutes so expect a decision within 30 minutes.
Launch was at 08:00 GMT. 4mins in, and looking good.
Really surprised to see them make this second launch, helped by the large launch window.
One of the local roadster owners living here in Hong Kong works for AsiaSat and joking mentioned that he was a customer for two of Elon's companies. Shame Solar City doesn't operate out here.
Really surprised to see them make this second launch, helped by the large launch window.
One of the local roadster owners living here in Hong Kong works for AsiaSat and joking mentioned that he was a customer for two of Elon's companies. Shame Solar City doesn't operate out here.
FredTMC
Model S VIN #4925
Looks successful! Only one more upper stage engine burn to go
interesting to see if they have another successful water landing of the first stage. Not sure if they were attempting that on this flight.
interesting to see if they have another successful water landing of the first stage. Not sure if they were attempting that on this flight.
It's am impressive difference. Usually the first stage separates at T+00:02:30, but on this launch the burn lasted all the way to +3 minutes so indeed they had to burn up all the fuel and had nothing left for the slowdown burn. Also interesting was the new frame shown this launch for the second stage. Was that the propellant tank that showed the bubbling liquid?
Also, I've not heard twitter updates on the launch results etc. Usually Elon or SpaceX have tweeted about the results etc. Could it be the night time launch causing this? I seriously doubt Elon was asleep during the launch. Here's what NasaSpaceFlight has reported, but it looks like it's from factbook, not actually confirmed by SpaceX
chickensevil
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Well from the webcast link they have "Payload Separation Confirmed!" listed at around 5 hours ago (4:30-ish AM EST)
