Aborted. Bummer.
Falcon 9 GEO Transfer Mission
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#12Can anyone explain what happened?
commentator said that the flight computer canceled launch because the readings from the 9 merlin engines were "not nominal"
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#13Somone must have had their finger on F8 when it was starting. Now in safe mode.
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#14Can anyone explain what happened?
At T+0, the flight computer ignites the engines, but the vehicle doesn't liftoff yet. Instead, it is held down for two seconds while the flight computer verifies that all engines are working correctly (to prevent blowing up both the vehicle and everything in its surroundings).
It seems that the checks failed here and the flight computer aborted launch at T+00:01.
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#15Looks like it failed :( Edit: Failed was the wrong word, aborted is the correct term.
An on pad abort is very very different from a failed launch. They'll try again later.
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#16Thanks for submitting this now rather than 15 minutes from now! Moments like these are historic, and it's wonderful to experience this in realtime rather than watching a replay. T minus 10min. Go SpaceX! EDIT: It's impressive they were able to abort safely after ignition. That's historically rare, isn't it?
Now that's an awesome feature.
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#17Thanks for submitting this now rather than 15 minutes from now! Moments like these are historic, and it's wonderful to experience this in realtime rather than watching a replay. T minus 10min. Go SpaceX! EDIT: It's impressive they were able to abort safely after ignition. That's historically rare, isn't it?
Looks like they'll make a second attempt. He just said "resetting to t-13 minutes"
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#19I don't think the launch window has closed yet though, has it?
Launch window until 6:30EST
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#20We're past T-3:40 where the previous attempt failed. Edit: Flight computer has aborted after engine fireup.
They say that after every failure. It's part of the abort sequence that they confirm - not necessarily the cause of the abort.