It was a weekend that most of us would rather forget. For SpaceX and Orbomm, as well as disappointed supporters, and more than a few in the space media who let slip their frustrations, and their bias, it was not a pretty scene. Three launch attempts, three scrubs, and a virtual media blackout on Saturday […]
The rocket was ready. The satellites were ready. Without a doubt both SpaceX and Orbcomm were ready. But the weather, that fickle Florida weather, which held off for yesterday’s launch attempt, was also ready, to wreck some havoc of its own. After moving today’s liftoff time to the end of the launch window to allow […]
Update: SpaceX states that the company will not be providing a live broadcast of today’s launch attempt. SFN reports this is the first Cape Canaveral launch since the end of the Cold War which will not have a feed to the press or the general public. Original story After scrubbing yesterday’s scheduled launch of the Orbcomm […]
SpaceX is feeling the pressure, or more accurately, the lack of sufficient pressure. In what is turning out to its most frustrating launch campaign since the days on Kwajalein, SpaceX was forced to scrub today’s planned flight of the Orbcomm OG2 mission after receiving indications that pressures were falling off in the Falcon 9 second […]
The much anticipated, but oft delayed launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying 6 Orbcomm OG2 satellites has been reset for this Friday, with a backup slot open on Saturday. The latest delay was triggered when Orbcomm elected to perform further investigations regarding an undisclosed problem on one of the six satellites. The issue apparently […]
The SpaceX/Orbcomm OG2 launch has been delayed yet again, this time due to an undisclosed issue with one of the six satellites comprising the payload. Orbcomm posted the following update on its website: “All six satellites have completed additional testing and are functioning as expected. In an effort to be as cautious as possible, it […]
The SpaceX / Orbcommlaunch which had been scheduled for Thursday evening has now been moved back until Sunday evening. Orbcomm posted the following on its website today: “The OG2 Mission 1 Launch is scheduled for Sunday, June 15 at 8:00 pm ET with Monday, June 16 as the back-up launch date. During final integration on […]
Space News is reporting that the May 9th scrub of the SpaceX/Orbcomm launch scheduled for the following day was caused by a helium leak detected during the fueling procedure for a static test fire. The leak is apparently unrelated to a different problem which cropped up shortly before liftoff on April 14th, as the Falcon […]
According to an update posted on Orbcomm’s website, a new launch attempt has now been scheduled for June 11, with a backup slot available the next day. The new date comes approximately one month after the previous effort scheduled for May 10 was scrubbed due to an undisclosed problem which occurred during fueling for a […]
Saturday’s Orbcomm launch has been delayed due to unspecified problems which prevented SpaceX from performing a static test fire of the Falcon 9 booster on Thursday. Orbcomm has released the following statement: “Today’s attempt to perform the static firing test was stopped while the rocket was being fueled. Both the OG2 satellites and the […]
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