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[IronRain]

In person or live stream?

In person would've been awesome but I'm afraid it will be on her laptop

 

[Codz]

I never trust laptops for live launches. They always seem to start lagging or freeze at the worst possible moment.(Usually T-5 seconds)

 

[orb]

Rollout

A couple of pictures from the rollout last night:

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I never trust laptops for live launches. They always seem to start lagging or freeze at the worst possible moment.(Usually T-5 seconds)

Then imagine the same but additionally on a mobile HSDPA (7.2 or 3.6 Mbps) losing connection every couple of seconds and switching to EDGE (236 kbps max).

 

[astrosammy]

Ah, I love my stable 40 kByte/s connection .

BTW, I have a little list with all the streams I was able to find in my signature.

 

[sorindafabico]

12:06:54 08:06:54 a.m. 03 03 11 36 Capture
12:16:52 08:16:52 a.m. 03 03 21 34 Sunrise

Capture in shadow?

 

[Kyle]

Okay everyone - it's finally time. I'm heading out to Jetty Park in a few to watch. When I come back, assuming we have launch, I'll post all the video I captured + a timelapse picture that my sister is going to make for the liftoff.

GODSPEED SPACEX.

 

[Codz]

Thanks for the unintentional reminder!:thumbup:

 

[Unstung]

Woo, a one second launch window.
I suppose NASA TV will cover it live. There's also this stream in HD (I think):
http://www.spacevidcast.com/live/

 

[Arrowstar]

Why is the window so short this morning?

 

[tl8]

The inclination and docking requirements mean that it has to launch at that time to meet all of them.

 

[orb]

Why is the window so short this morning?

Fuel requirements.


Space News: Propellant Requirements Force Razor-thin Window for SpaceX Launch:

{...} "Because of the number of objectives on this flight, that requires a lot of propellant" {...}

NASASpaceflight: SpaceX ready their Falcon 9 to send Dragon to the ISS

Dicsovery News: SpaceX Ready for Historic Mission to Space Station: Big Pic

collectSPACE: The not-so-secret souvenirs on SpaceX's space station-bound capsule

 

[mojoey]

I wonder if they'll haul up another wheel of cheese...

 

[orb]

SPACE.com: SpaceX Fuels Rocket for Historic Test Flight to Space Station

 

[Codz]

NASA coverage about to start.

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Coverage started.

 

[sorindafabico]

NASA Kennedy / KSC ‏@NASAKennedy
Launch managers had a weather briefing at T-1 hour and there are no weather-related issues that would prevent liftoff at 4:55:26 a.m. EDT.

 

[Codz]

Only 20% chance of not meeting weather requirements.

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25 minutes. All go so far.

 

[anemazoso]

Lookin good. Its 1:37am here on the west coast and I and not missing this for the world.

 

[Codz]

Looking good at T-15 minutes.

 

[MattBaker]

Now begins the final Go/No-Go Review, hope everything works well.
Although it's not a JPL-mission, it's peanuts time!

 

[N_Molson]

T-10 minutes. Automated countdown sequence started.

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T-6 minutes and counting.