No problem! Just putting the info out there.
Bryce KB1LQC On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 7:13 PM, B J <va6...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11/29/13, Bryce Salmi <bstguitar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > An announcement regarding the Second abort was made and the abort was > > manual due to engineers running out of time to review todays first abort > > data. You do not launch with a rocket that is even slightly unhealthy or > > has questioned health. Live to fly another day. Falcon 9 is held on the > pad > > for several seconds after ignition while the on-board computer checks the > > rockets' health. If it doesn't like something it will not let the hold > > downs actuate on the launch pad allowing the rocket to move. Thus, the > > first abort. A similar abort after ignition was seen on the first launch > > attempt of C2+. > > At the time of the second abort, all I heard from the comm loop was > one of the flight directors calling for a halt. Neither of SpaceX's > commentators didn't go into great detail as to what the cause was. > Even if the ground crew could have debugged the problem, there > wouldn't have been any time to fly as the available launch window was > nearly closed. > > One of the space news sites I monitor indicated that Friday of next > week would be the earliest available day. The details concerning that > were rather vague, so it might have just been a rumour. > > 73s > > Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL > > <snip> > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
