Falcon 1 Flight 3 Launch Thread

[silent_protagonist]

Yea, I think Mac just lost one of their selling points against Windows. :lol:

 

[to be]

This has to have been one of the least professional space flight related failures possible. :rofl: Back now.

 

[Chupacabra]

^Haha:rofl:

Sad part is they seem to have the installer for VLC on the desktop.

Can't wait to see the results of this launch.

 

[GregBurch]

Video comes and goes .. damn .. nothing seems to make it work ...

 

[synonys]

What you guys talking about 'fail'?

 

[DaveS]

RP-1 loading complete.

 

[GregBurch]

... running the video through my strongest machine ... seems to be better; whatever they're using is a memory HOG


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BTW, this is the new regen engine on the 1st stage, right?

 

[DaveS]

BTW, this is the new regen engine on the 1st stage, right?

Yep, the Merlin-1C.

 

[DaveS]

Helium topping in effect. T-21 minutes.

 

[DaveS]

Not working any technical issues. All is GO for launch at 0055 ZULU.

 

[teago]

Wow, I'm glad these guys are using metric for describing the flight trajectory--I hate listening to NASA broadcasts: "The vehicle is now travelling at an altitude of 20 miles and a velocity of 10,000 feet per second." I need a calculator to figure out what that means.

 

[DaveS]

HOLD! Holding at T-16 minutes.

 

[to be]

Looks like another hold.

 

[Chupacabra]

On the bright side: They will be posting the launch video on their website following the launch. Hope that helps those with webcast issues.

 

[Andy44]

Wow, I went out for a bike ride and almost forgot about my own thread! Glad they on hold. Go Falcon!

 

[to be]

I hope they don't build rockets like they stream webcasts.

 

[Arrowstar]

HOLD! Holding at T-16 minutes.

Did they cite a cause? I didn't hear any given.

 

[DaveS]

Did they cite a cause? I didn't hear any given.

Nope.

 

[GregBurch]

sounds like an abort

 

[DaveS]

Fuel offload in work and LOX topping aborted.