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Old 10-01-2020, 06:47 PM
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Default Northrop Grumman Antares Launch Tonight

What the title says, at 9:38 eastern tonight from Wallops; supply mission to space station.

Can watch live on NASA TV website.

Link: https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#public


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Old 10-01-2020, 08:55 PM
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Looks to be a scrub for the night. Preliminary info seems to point to an issue with a piece of ground support equipment; automatic sequencer stopped count somehere around the T- 2:20 mark or thereabouts.

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This has been a week for aborts near the end of the count, hasn’t it? Delta IV Heavy with NROL-44 aborted 7 seconds before liftoff, then the most recent Starlink mission for SpaceX 10 hours later aborted at 18 seconds before liftoff. That makes the Antares abort at 2:20 before liftoff look positively relaxed.

If the Antares goes tomorrow, SpaceX is supposed to launch a GPS satellite 27 minutes later.
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This has been a week for aborts near the end of the count, hasn’t it? Delta IV Heavy with NROL-44 aborted 7 seconds before liftoff, then the most recent Starlink mission for SpaceX 10 hours later aborted at 18 seconds before liftoff. That makes the Antares abort at 2:20 before liftoff look positively relaxed.

If the Antares goes tomorrow, SpaceX is supposed to launch a GPS satellite 27 minutes later.

The Delta IV Heavy and Falcon 9 missions have already aborted before this week. They just don't want to slip the surly bonds of earth.
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Looks like they will rewind the rubber bands and try again to launch, aiming for 9:16 eastern time.

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Looks like they will rewind the rubber bands and try again to launch, aiming for 9:16 eastern time.

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Off the ground, through to second stage ignition, heading hopefully on to orbit.

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You'd think a company like Northrup-Grumman could afford to duct tape a couple of Go-Pro's on their Antares and give us some decent video.
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The SpaceX GPS III Space Vehicle 04 Mission just got aborted with 2 seconds left in the countdown.
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The SpaceX GPS III Space Vehicle 04 Mission just got aborted with 2 seconds left in the countdown.


So, they are improving!

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