No Go
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From: Kevin Deane
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 4:24 AM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Falcon 30 minutes
Anyone up???
Kevin
KF7MYK
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It's no go today. The launch was halted at T-0 due to anomalous
reading in an engine chamber and liftoff did not occur. According to
NASA-TV's commentator, the next earliest opportunity should be this
coming Tuesday, allowing for a 3-day scrub turnaround.
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
On 5/19/
I am! Was watching it live on the NASA channel. Engine start...then
abort to shutdown. I heard someone say something about an overpressure
condition causing it, but didn't catch what or where. I'll presume it's
in the propulsion system. I also heard them say that they'll try again
in about
One good thing about the shutdown this morning is that the safety
system worked like it was supposed to. It's better to have it happen
this way than for a failure to occur after launch.
It's not the first time this sort of thing happened. I remember
watching one attempt to launch STS-41D which e
