Weather conditions are good for launch

There only seems to be a "RF (Radio frequency) compatibility issue".

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The webcast at http://www.spacex.com/webcast.php has started.

Thanks.

T-00:33:00

Ahh! I thought the whole rocket and crane were whipping in the wind, wiggling like hula dancers, until I figured out it was wavering video, bad horizontal hold.

T-00:26:00

That wavering video keeps happening. Gives me vertigo. It's weird seeing two such known rigid objects wiggling like that. And, to add to the illusion, the wind is blowing left to right.

T-00:22:00

They have the occasional vertical hold problem too, and then the rocket looks like it's taking off -- while simultaneously beig replaced by another rocket from below.

Well, the server's probably getting swamped, and the streaming is becoming jerky. Getting nice static (non-dynamic!) still images now with no wiggling.

T-00:20:00

Switched cameras. Wind blowing other direction. Video still shakey.

T-00:18:00

Anyone know if they have planned holds ahead? I gotta plan my next bathroom break.

T-00:15:00

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Weather conditions are good for launch
Wind speeds are 26 km/h from the NE

Humidity: 68%
Dew Point: 74 °F / 24 °C
Wind: 16 mph / 26 km/h / 7.2 m/s from the NE
Pressure: 29.90 in / 1012 hPa
Heat Index: 95 °F / 35 °C
Visibility: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometres
UV: 5 out of 16
Clouds: Few 2500 ft / 762 m
Few 6500 ft / 1981 m
Few 20000 ft / 6096 m
Scattered Clouds 30000 ft / 9144 m
Mostly Cloudy 40000 ft / 12192 m

Source

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T-00:10:00

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T-00:05:00

five minutes

T-00:02:00

two minutes

Webcast

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30 seconds...

Lift off!
No... abort!

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Oh for..... ABORT after engine ignition!

Gantry raised. Going through "Terminal Count Abort Procedure" I think I heard.

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Who's the guy talking in the background??

"Look at all the water.."

"oh f***.."

"..you might wanna try again.."

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Not to mention that view from camera became so jerky, wiggly, cut in half exactly in moment of "start"...

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Butterfly.

Hum,
there are rumours on other forums that SpaceX is just an elaborate hoax

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please post the links
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They are going to try again and recycle the countdown to T-11 minutes.

"The available launch period ahead is 0028 to 0114 GMT (8:28 to 9:14 p.m. EDT)." from Spaceflight Now

I'm not sure I understand everything they're talking about.

"Recycle countdown at T- 11mins." Does that mean they're gonna try again pretty much right away?

Thanks.

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I think that he tried here to make up very sloppy joke.

BTW:
I gotta love total paranoia mode. Fortunately launch was not scrubbed.

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Hum,
Yes, it was a joke,
(but one based on what i have read)

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Sounds like new launch time of 6:10 pm PST

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"Officials are coordinating a fresh countdown starting from the T-minus 16 minute mark at 0054 GMT (8:54 p.m. EDT) for a liftoff of Falcon at 0110 GMT (9:10 p.m. EDT)." from Spaceflight Now

Refueling is underway.

Hey, redlines exist for a reason. When NASA was launching New Horizons, they scrubbed a launch because the winds were 2 km over the limit.

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Pretty gutsy call to try again so quickly after an on-pad abort. The malfunction (chamber pressure mentioned above) must be obvious and something they're willing to gamble on. If this were NASA, they'd scrub for days.

According to Spaceflight Now:

The low chamber pressure is believed to have been caused by the RP-1 kerosene's temperature, Shotwell says. The launch team is draining some of the fuel and will reload the propellant for the next try.

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from space.com

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Fueling is complete. The clock has begun to tick. T-16 minutes.

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T-10 and counting. Go.

T-5 and counting. I'm getting a lot of data dropouts. I don't know if it's my connection or theirs.

Within a minute of launch.

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Liftoff!

Liftoff. Video seems to have stopped but it's at 2.6 KM altitude. GOOO!