Launch News SpaceX Falcon 9 F3 COTS2+ Updates

[NovaSilisko]

Go to hell, engine 5!

 

[anemazoso]

Bummer! And I can stay up to watch the next one. Its a work night.

 

[N_Molson]

Next launch "window" is on May 22 at 07:44 UTC (3:44 am EDT).

Yes but a pressure problem in a combustion chamber seems to be a serious problem, no ? Will they be able to fix in just 3 days ?

(and by the way, I will be on exam right at this moment...)

 

[mojoey]

Go to hell, engine 5!

Pesky engine five...It's story will never be completed

 

[FADEC]

Well, at least an abort instead of a major anomaly in flight. But this is once again when big visions collide with reality. 50 launches a year... going into space is different than anything else we do on earth.

 

[NovaSilisko]

Wait...what happened to their engine-out capability? Guessing that only works at higher altitudes?

 

[mojoey]

Wait...what happened to their engine-out capability? Guessing that only works at higher altitudes?

if the combustion chamber blows, you'll have all the engines out.

 

[N_Molson]

I don't know why, but I fear another several months delay...

 

[Codz]

I bet Kyle is disappointed.

 

[anemazoso]

Growing pains, nothing more. Rather get it right. This is a zero sum game.

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

Go to hell, engine 5!

I'm pretty sure you can't send a rocket engine to the hell of The Probe, only engineers. :rofl:

At least this abort proves that Falcon 9 cannot be used as an ICBM. This ain't no R-7 after all! :lol:

 

[Codz]

SpaceX has repeatedly demonstrated that they can't deliver on their big promises.

 

[N_Molson]

Spaceflight Now

[FONT=VERDANA, ARIAL, HELVETICA, SANS-SERIF][SIZE=+2] Falcon 9 rocket launch scrubbed after pad shutdown[/SIZE][/FONT]

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket was counting down to blastoff at 4:55 a.m. EDT today, but the historic first commercial visit to the International Space Station was aborted due to a problem detected during main engine start. The next launch opportunity is Tuesday at 3:44 a.m. EDT (0744 GMT).

0901 GMT (5:01 a.m. EDT)
SpaceX reports the problem triggering the abort was a high chamber pressure reading on Engine No. 5 of the first stage. Aborts are common in Falcon 9 countdowns when computers recognize a limit out of a predefined range. Sometimes the fix is as simple as adjusting the acceptable range in the computer, but with a one-second launch window this morning, there will no opportunity to resolve the issue today.

0858 GMT (4:58 a.m. EDT)
The launch team is safing the rocket and Dragon spacecraft after this morning's abort. The next launch opportunity is Tuesday morning at 3:44 a.m. EDT (0744 GMT), assuming whatever issue caused the abort is resolved in time.

0856 GMT (4:56 a.m. EDT)
It's not clear what caused the abort just before liftoff, but this will mean Falcon 9 will not launch today. The rocket had a near-instantaneous launch window in which it could fly today.

0855 GMT (4:55 a.m. EDT)
ABORT. The ignition sequence started, but there was a countdown cutoff before launch.

 

[NovaSilisko]

The only bright side I can see from this is that the abort system worked flawlessly.

 

[N_Molson]

At least this abort proves that Falcon 9 cannot be used as an ICBM. This ain't no R-7 after all!

Russia is certainly the winner of that intense week of launches, with 3/3 successes, and 1 manned flight

 

[Codz]

SpaceX certainly has the world's fastest MECO time!:rofl:

 

[kerlix]

 

[FADEC]

By the way: I wonder why the speaker said "zero and... lllliiii...ift... off" :lol:

I would not say so until I see the vehicle lifting off. I think it was somehow abvious from what we saw that it is not going to lift off on time for some reason.

 

[jgrillo2002]

TBH I have lost all hope of SpaceX it just shows that people who dont work with nasa and dont know what they are doing get this. They have to leave space for the pros. not amateurs

 

[boogabooga]

Wasn't the pad test fire on the 7th supposed to find issues such as this?

Also, this latest abort should put into perspective all these pie in the sky ambitions of flyback first stages and stratolaunches.