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Come on Purkey.....you know those fuses are long and in the morning they're very liable to have dew on them which puts out the fuse. Some dude then needs to run out and light it again... and again... and again.
They’re gonna get cancelled again today. Hey guys, do it in the morning. Well, looks like they've got a chance....still weather around.
I thought there had to be a legit reason...thanks. Of course, the space station circles the earth every hour and a half. You'd think they could do what ever they wanted but each orbit is different. It is hard to imagine that station is moving at 17,000 mph. Looks like the ISS will be visible tonight in okc at 9:37 11 degrees above north for 4 minutes. 11 degrees is about the size of your fist sitting on the horizon. I know, fun facts to know and tell.They can’t do it in the morning due to the orbit location of the space station is what they said yesterday.
TC---just saw some info about the launch and the particulars. Really a lot more detail out there but they basically had a 5 minute window to launch. It has to do with the orbital plane of the ISS and catching up to the ISS. There is very little wiggle room and they have really made this a mission specific vehicle. It's not like the shuttle where they had lots of wiggle room with payload and fuel. The Dragon doesn't have the ability to have that luxury as it's much smaller. So, they launch and end up below and behind the ISS, it does a 180 and climbs and speeds up to catch the ISS. They even said they do some formation flying once they catch up. It's pretty impressive. They've taken years and years of experience and fine tuned it to make this rocket work. Can't remember the numbers exactly on the price to do it, but Space X was a lot cheaper than everyone else (Boeing, etc). You can look at the Shuttle as a Winnebago and the Dragon as a Ferrari. Here is a link for whoever is interested for more info....
https://www.avweb.com/multimedia/vo...second-launch-timing-is-a-must/?MailingID=355