News Orion Launch Discussion - Live Stream & Reddit

[Yadama]

Decided we should have a thread for pre/post launch discussion of the orion capsule. Maybe we can talk about how much we hate wind, or maybe how much we dislike sailboats.

Live stream is here:

www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv

Also a more active discussion over on reddit(sorted by new):

http://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/2o8wkw/deltaiv_heavy_orion_eft1_discussion/?sort=new

 

[Yadama]

There have been several delays due to wind speeds exceeding 25mph. The first delay was due to a sailboat within range of the launch site.

Edit: New launch time set for 8:26 am.
Orion transfer to internal power.

Edit: LOX Fill drain valves didn't cycle to closed. Another hold.
About an hour left in the launch window.

Edit: Recycling of valves was succesfull, awaiting more information regarding launch time.

Edit: Still standing by, 2 of the fill and drain valves still need to be fixed.

Edit: They are going to pressurize all 3 CBCs to 35 PSI for two minutes, then vent down and try the cycling again.

Edit: New launch time set for 9:44 am. This will be the final attempt.

Edit: Launch scrubbed for today

 

[jtbell]

Scrubbed for today. Next try will be Friday.

 

[Squatchmichae]

Question for the community:
Is there a resource online for acquiring NASA Orion launch data? More specifically, does NASA provide the nadir-point (by which I mean, the point on the Earth nearest to the craft) data with time? It seems like a great data set.

 

[Doug Huffman]

I don't know which launch complex was used. They are on Google Earth.

Apollo 16 was on the launch pad 39-A when I swam from Port Canaveral to the launch site with a swimmer friend. The AP were not sympathetic and made us swim back the way we came, a ten mile day.

 

[Pete Cortez]

Truly a great day for a vehicle that may never fly a crew.

 

[Astronuc]

Scrubbed for today. Next try will be Friday.

Nasa’s Orion deep space capsule launches
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30343171

Some cool images there.

 

[nsaspook]

Astronaut’s-Eye View of NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Re-entry