<div dir="ltr"><div id="div-196267152" class="blogdiv" style="padding:5px 10px;margin-top:5px;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)"><p style="font-weight:bold;color:#ce4b27;margin-bottom:5px"><time title="2017-03-30 11:09:25">03/30/2017 11:09</time> SES 10 launch preps on track<span id="share-196267152" style="float:right;color:rgb(171,171,171);font-weight:normal;display:block"><a style="text-decoration:none" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Share to" href="http://24liveblog.com/share/196267152?url=https://v.24liveblog.com/live/?id=1381188"> <img src="https://v.24liveblog.com/embed/share/share.png" style="border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto;"> </a></span></p><p><a href="http://24liveblog.com/show?img=//cdn5.24live.co/images/2017/03/30/1490882935798460.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn5.24live.co/images/2017/03/30/1490882935798460.jpg" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="461" height="346"></a></p><p>Sources
say satellite checkouts are going ahead of schedule this morning after
the Falcon 9 rocket went vertical at pad 39A. Airbus Defense and Space,
SES 10's manufacturer, expected to need about 13 hours to test and prep
the spacecaft once the rocket was vertical at the pad.</p><p>Liftoff remains scheduled for 6:27 p.m. EDT (2227 GMT), the opening of this evening's launch window.</p></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-03-30 9:43 GMT-03:00 Felipe Sanches <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:juca@members.fsf.org" target="_blank">juca@members.fsf.org</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div id="m_7354059599547379447div-196266204" class="m_7354059599547379447blogdiv" style="padding:5px 10px;margin-top:5px;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)"><p style="font-weight:bold;color:#ce4b27;margin-bottom:5px"><time title="2017-03-30 05:16:59">03/30/2017 05:16</time><span id="m_7354059599547379447share-196266204" style="float:right;color:rgb(171,171,171);font-weight:normal;display:block"><a style="text-decoration:none" rel="nofollow" title="Share to" href="http://24liveblog.com/share/196266204?url=https://v.24liveblog.com/live/?id=1381188" target="_blank"> <img src="https://v.24liveblog.com/embed/share/share.png" style="border:0px none;padding:0px;margin:0px;max-width:100%;height:auto"> </a></span></p><p>The Falcon 9 rocket is again standing vertical at pad 39A after being raised upright around 4 a.m. EDT (0800 GMT) this morning.</p><p>Next
up will be a series of checkouts and software uploads on the SES 10
communications satellite, followed by the start of Falcon 9 countdown
procedures this afternoon.</p><p>Final launch preps this afternoon will
include the evacuation of the launch pad prior to fueling, activation of
the Falcon 9's computer and navigation system, and a prelaunch poll by
the SpaceX launch conductor at 5:09 p.m. EDT (2109 GMT) to verify all
consoles are "go" for the terminal countdown.</p><p>Super-chilled RP-1
kerosene fuel will be loaded first into the two-stage booster, beginning
around 5:17 p.m. EDT (2117 GMT). Liquid oxygen, chilled and densified
near its freezing point, will follow starting at around 5:42 p.m. EDT
(2142 GMT).</p><p>The computer-controlled countdown will prep the
rocket’s nine Merlin 1D main engines for ignition, transition the Falcon
9 to internal battery power, and pressurize the booster’s propellant
tanks in the last 10 minutes of the countdown.</p><p>The launch window
opens at 6:27 p.m. EDT (2227 GMT) and runs until 8:57 p.m. EDT (0057
GMT). That is long enough to permit a recycle and a second launch
attempt should the first try be aborted in the final minutes or seconds.</p></div><span class=""><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-03-30 9:36 GMT-03:00 Felipe Sanches <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:juca@members.fsf.org" target="_blank">juca@members.fsf.org</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div id="m_7354059599547379447m_7674715707200490800div-196266124" class="m_7354059599547379447m_7674715707200490800blogdiv" style="padding:5px 10px;margin-top:5px;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)"><p style="font-weight:bold;color:#ce4b27;margin-bottom:5px"><time title="2017-03-30 04:52:17">É HOJE!!! Quem estiver em São Paulo, pode vir ver o streaming ao vivo no projetor aqui no GAROA :-D</time></p><p style="font-weight:bold;color:#ce4b27;margin-bottom:5px"><time title="2017-03-30 04:52:17"><a href="https://garoa.net.br/wiki/Foguetes" target="_blank">https://garoa.net.br/wiki/Fogu<wbr>etes</a><br></time></p><p style="font-weight:bold;color:#ce4b27;margin-bottom:5px"><time title="2017-03-30 04:52:17"><br></time></p><p style="font-weight:bold;color:#ce4b27;margin-bottom:5px"><time title="2017-03-30 04:52:17">03/30/2017 04:52</time><span id="m_7354059599547379447m_7674715707200490800share-196266124" style="float:right;color:rgb(171,171,171);font-weight:normal;display:block"><a style="text-decoration:none" rel="nofollow" title="Share to" href="http://24liveblog.com/share/196266124?url=https://v.24liveblog.com/live/?id=1381188" target="_blank"> <img src="https://v.24liveblog.com/embed/share/share.png" style="border:0px none;padding:0px;margin:0px;max-width:100%;height:auto"> </a></span></p><p>The Falcon 9 is being lifted to the vertical position at launch pad 39A.<br></p></div><p style="font-weight:bold;color:#ce4b27;margin-bottom:5px"><time title="2017-03-30 04:04:23">03/30/2017 04:04</time> Mission preview</p><p><a href="http://24liveblog.com/show?img=//cdn5.24live.co/images/2017/03/30/1490857464773660.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn5.24live.co/images/2017/03/30/1490857464773660.jpg" style="margin-right:0px" width="431" height="287"></a></p><p>A
Falcon 9 booster that flew into space last year is set to launch again
Thursday from Florida’s Space Coast with an SES communications
satellite, a historic mission that could make major strides in
validating SpaceX’s audacious goal of recovering and reusing launchers,
and an achievement the company says will revolutionize the rocket
business.</p><p>Like all launches, the flight is risky, but SES
officials and insurers are comfortable enough to put an operational
satellite on-board.</p><p>Martin Halliwell, chief technology officer of
Luxembourg-based SES, said this week that he believes the risk has been
blunted by months of inspections, refurbishment and engineering reviews.</p><p>“We’ve
been through this thing with a fine-toothed comb,” Halliwell said
Tuesday. “SpaceX has been through this with a fine-toothed comb. This
booster is a really good booster, and we’re confident in this one.”</p>Read our <a href="http://24liveblog.com/url?go=https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/03/29/spacex-ready-to-put-rocket-reuse-vision-to-the-test/" target="_blank">mission preview story.</a><br></div></blockquote></div></div></span></div>
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