Stephen Smith 🇺🇦
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.
Joined Nov 2022
This should be playing on the #SpaceX webcast between tonight's two #SpaceCoast launches.
Amateur video with my smartphone of the first of two #SpaceX launches tonight from the Cape. Mostly clouded out.
The second launch is targeting 7:29 PM EDT. It's #FalconHeavy, so must-see if the weather gods permit.
https://www.facebook.com/wordsmithfl/videos/753915123057584/
The webcast for the first #SpaceX launch tonight has begun. Still targeting 6:12 PM EDT.
From #FloridaToday on Twitter:
"#SpaceX is pushing launch by another additional 30 minutes.
New T-zero: 6:12 p.m. ET"
#SpaceX is going for a record launch doubleheader this afternoon on the #SpaceCoast.
Launch #1 at 5:12 PM EDT, a SES commercial satellite on a Falcon 9, from Pad 40 at the Cape.
Launch #2 at 7:29 PM EDT, a ViaSat-3 commercial satellite on a #FalconHeavy, from Pad 39A at #KSC.
Both have a low chance of launching due to predicted bad weather, but you never know.
From Spectrum News 13 on last night's #Tornado and lightning event at #NASA #KSC Pad 39A. #SpaceCoast #SpaceX
https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/space/2023/04/26/spacex-falcon-heavy-viasat-3-1
Last night's excitement at #NASA #KSC #SpaceX Pad 39A ... The lightning system worked exactly as designed. The "tail" to the left of the mast is the lightning running down the grounding wire into the ground. Great photo. #SpaceCoast #Tornado
Some angst in these parts last night about the #Tornado warnings that rolled through #KSC. Spaceflight Now has a photo of lightning striking the Pad 39A lightning mast, where the #SpaceX #FalconHeavy was on the pad.
This 2009 #NASA video shows how the system was designed to do just that. Constellation was replaced by SLS, but 39B still has the "rolling spheres" system. SpaceX chose to keep the Shuttle-era mast.
#SpaceCoast #Tornado #NASA #KSC
Due to the current violent weather in north Merritt Island, #SpaceX has scrubbed tonight's #FalconHeavy launch.
#Tornado #SpaceCoast #NASA #KSC
#SpaceX has a #FalconHeavy on Pad 39A that's supposed to launch later this evening. The storm is moving in that direction.
#Space #NASA An excellent article about how much rockets pollute (or don't) by Tim Dodd. When I was a NASA education lecturer, I was asked about this all the time. It's a very technical subject; Tim does the deep dive if you really want to know.
The good news is that the next-generation rockets like #SpaceX #Starship and #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn will be cleaner than rockets of decades past burning RP-1.
Approaching T-10 minutes for the #SpaceX Starship first test launch. If successful, it will be the most powerful rocket in history. Targeting 8:28 AM CDT. Watch live at:
Stephen Smith 🇺🇦
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.
Joined Nov 2022