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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1725 on: September 18, 2022, 08:19:26 PM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1726 on: September 19, 2022, 12:22:07 PM »
After 3? weather scrubs they finally got it off.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1727 on: September 19, 2022, 01:16:26 PM »
Elon just tweeted 7 engine static fire coming right up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4qHcAESKbA
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1728 on: September 19, 2022, 02:25:24 PM »
And it appears they set the grass on fire again.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1729 on: September 19, 2022, 05:07:10 PM »
Elon tweeted B7 coming down to be inspected and possible upgrades, B8 headed to the pad.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1730 on: September 19, 2022, 07:23:06 PM »
B8 rolling
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1731 on: September 19, 2022, 10:51:54 PM »
And it appears they set the grass on fire again.

Huh.  Guess there was some left.  :P

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1732 on: September 21, 2022, 10:22:59 AM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1733 on: September 21, 2022, 10:32:24 AM »
And it's leaking again :facepalm:
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1734 on: September 21, 2022, 11:57:23 AM »
The leak went to 7% concentration but then dropped to 0.5%.  Seven percent is quite worrisome given the lower explosive limit (LEL) for hydrogen is 4%.  At 0.5% it shouldn't be a big deal unless it can find an area to collect and concentrate to higher levels.
Used to work with hydrogen gas plumbing many years ago.  It required attention to detail for sure.  My hydrogen gas leak detector sure got a workout in those days.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1735 on: September 21, 2022, 12:04:55 PM »
The leak went to 7% concentration but then dropped to 0.5%.  Seven percent is quite worrisome given the lower explosive limit (LEL) for hydrogen is 4%.  At 0.5% it shouldn't be a big deal unless it can find an area to collect and concentrate to higher levels.
Used to work with hydrogen gas plumbing many years ago.  It required attention to detail for sure.  My hydrogen gas leak detector sure got a workout in those days.

It didn't exactly drop after going to 7% they completely recycled the LH2 loading and made changes to the start of the loading procedure to see if that would help. Appears to so far have done so. At 36% load still at less than than 1%.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1736 on: September 21, 2022, 12:08:38 PM »
Bleed kick start test starting
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1737 on: September 21, 2022, 12:10:03 PM »
It didn't exactly drop after going to 7% they completely recycled the LH2 loading and changed the loading procedure to see if that would help. Appears to so far have done so. At 36% load still at less than than 1%.

Gotcha.  I have classical music for dogs running in the background, and that made it hard to hear the NASASpaceflight commentary on my laptop.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1738 on: September 21, 2022, 12:16:01 PM »
They said they will allow it to go up to 10% for up to 5 minutes this time.
They're ramping up the load pressure now trying to find out at what pressures it starts having major issues.
Now at 3.4%.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1739 on: September 21, 2022, 12:22:06 PM »
tank 47% filled
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1740 on: September 21, 2022, 12:27:58 PM »
LO2 tank 100% 196,000 gallons
LH2 tank 53% 283,000 gallons (538,263 when full)
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1741 on: September 21, 2022, 01:12:01 PM »
100% LH2
Finally!
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1742 on: September 21, 2022, 01:22:33 PM »
Good News: They said the change in the loading procedure did the trick.
Bad News: They said they have no clue why so they don't know if it will work again on launch day.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1743 on: September 21, 2022, 03:46:35 PM »
Leak shot up, now above 4% but stable.
Despite that they're calling the test a success

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1744 on: September 21, 2022, 03:55:08 PM »
Leak shot up, now above 4% but stable.
Despite that they're calling the test a success

Where's the kaboom? There's supposed to be an earth shattering kaboom! =|

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1745 on: September 21, 2022, 04:04:07 PM »
Okay, the above 4% was from is a new different leak :facepalm:
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1746 on: September 21, 2022, 05:04:37 PM »
Where's the kaboom? There's supposed to be an earth shattering kaboom! =|

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1747 on: September 24, 2022, 09:06:20 AM »
The last Delta IV Heavy

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United Launch Alliance (ULA) will launch the NROL-91 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) atop a Delta IV Heavy. Launching from Space Launch Complex 6 at the Vandenberg Space Force base, in California, this mission will mark the final Delta IV Heavy launch from the west coast and the third-to-last Delta IV Heavy launch ever. ULA is retiring both the Delta and Atlas vehicles in favor of Vulcan, which is scheduled to have its maiden launch in Q1 2023.

Vulcan  :rofl: Where are my engines Jeff?  :rofl:

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1748 on: September 24, 2022, 07:33:32 PM »
SpaceX's turn

 SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 4-35 Mission
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as4BSkylK8U
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1749 on: September 25, 2022, 07:57:23 AM »
Attempt to launch SLS on the 27th scrapped due to weather concerns.
May be headed back to the barn for protection.

NASA postpones Artemis 1 launch because of tropical storm
https://spacenews.com/nasa-postpones-artemis-1-launch-because-of-tropical-storm/

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