Launch Date

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G8DGR
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Re: Launch Date

Post by G8DGR » Sun Nov 11, 2018 9:56 am

What we need is a local amateur in Cocoa Beach with a pair of binoculars to tell us when a rocket appears on 39A.

g8gtz
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Re: Launch Date

Post by g8gtz » Sun Nov 11, 2018 2:13 pm

We have as Jenn G4HIZ is out there now - it should do it's test firing today and launch on Thursday....

But don't get too excited - it will probably be 2 - 3 months before it's ready for use....

Just packing my flip-flops and camera :-)

Noel

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Re: Launch Date

Post by g0mjw » Sun Nov 11, 2018 3:13 pm

g8gtz wrote:
Sun Nov 11, 2018 2:13 pm
Just packing my flip-flops and camera :-)
Don't forget the insect repellent.

G8DGR
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Re: Launch Date

Post by G8DGR » Mon Nov 12, 2018 7:21 am

Es’hail 2

Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket to be test-fired at Kennedy Space Center
November 12, 2018
SpaceX has rolled out a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket for a test-firing as soon as Monday on pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, setting the stage for a launch no earlier than Thursday carrying the Japanese-built, Qatari-owned Es’hail 2 communications satellite to orbit.

G4EWJ
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Re: Launch Date

Post by G4EWJ » Mon Nov 12, 2018 3:14 pm

Apparently the test firing didn't happen at 1400Z, but the test window extends to 2000Z.

Brian

https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/11/12/l ... ce-center/

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