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January 17, Tuesday
11 a.m. - Pluto / New Horizons Launch Commentary Begins (Launch 1:24
p.m.) - KSC (Mission Coverage)

John http://space-tv.6x.to/

I gather there is a 24 hour problem.... Any details yet?

Brian

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| Pluto - New Horizons PreLaunch Conference
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http://space-tv.subdomain-service.de...=46&Itemi d=2
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| January 17, Tuesday
| 11 a.m. - Pluto / New Horizons Launch Commentary Begins (Launch 1:24
| p.m.) - KSC (Mission Coverage)
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| John http://space-tv.6x.to/
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On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:43:18 -0600, Brian Gaff wrote
(in article ):

I gather there is a 24 hour problem.... Any details yet?

Brian



It was a problem with ground-level wind gusts exceeding the 33 mile
per hour limit within the last few minutes of the count.

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Herb

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~ RAH

Brian Gaff wrote:
I gather there is a 24 hour problem.... Any details yet?


Ground winds exceeded launch limits.

They used as much of the launch window as they could to try to wait it
out, but no joy.

There was also a brief problem with a tracking station at about 1930
UTC.

/dps

Herb Schaltegger wrote:
[...]
It was a problem with ground-level wind gusts exceeding the 33 mile
per hour limit within the last few minutes of the count.

As well as during most of the rest of the launch window.

And today there seems to have been a power outage in the control
room(s).

Space.com says "New Horizons is now slated to launch no earlier than
Jan. 19 at 1:08 p.m. EST (1808 GMT), though it has a launch window that
extends for one-hour and 59 minute launch window."

/dps\

On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:25:45 -0600, snidely wrote
(in article .com):

Herb Schaltegger wrote:
[...]
It was a problem with ground-level wind gusts exceeding the 33 mile
per hour limit within the last few minutes of the count.

As well as during most of the rest of the launch window.

What they stated on the live video feed is that so long as there were
not gusts above the maximum within a certain time window prior to T-0,
they were allowed to launch. There was a gust a T-2:34 or so that
exceeded that limit, ergo a count halt was called.

--
Herb

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
~ RAH

Herb Schaltegger wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:25:45 -0600, snidely wrote
(in article .com):

Herb Schaltegger wrote:
[...]
It was a problem with ground-level wind gusts exceeding the 33 mile
per hour limit within the last few minutes of the count.

As well as during most of the rest of the launch window.

What they stated on the live video feed is that so long as there were
not gusts above the maximum within a certain time window prior to T-0,
they were allowed to launch. There was a gust a T-2:34 or so that
exceeded that limit, ergo a count halt was called.

Yabbut, that was their last T-0 in the window...it had slipped several
times before due to the wind gusts and 1x due to a tracking station. I
was following the live video, also.

/dps

On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:02:59 -0600, snidely wrote
(in article . com):


Herb Schaltegger wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:25:45 -0600, snidely wrote
(in article .com):

Herb Schaltegger wrote:
[...]
It was a problem with ground-level wind gusts exceeding the 33 mile
per hour limit within the last few minutes of the count.

As well as during most of the rest of the launch window.

What they stated on the live video feed is that so long as there were
not gusts above the maximum within a certain time window prior to T-0,
they were allowed to launch. There was a gust a T-2:34 or so that
exceeded that limit, ergo a count halt was called.

Yabbut, that was their last T-0 in the window...it had slipped several
times before due to the wind gusts and 1x due to a tracking station. I
was following the live video, also.

/dps


I think we're talking round in circles about the same thing! :-) I was
watching the video from about 11:00 a.m. Central time all afternoon so
we almost certainly heard the same blurbs.

--
Herb

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
~ RAH

Herb Schaltegger wrote:
[...]
I think we're talking round in circles about the same thing! :-) I was
watching the video from about 11:00 a.m. Central time all afternoon so
we almost certainly heard the same blurbs.

Perhaps, but the way I read your post it allowed a casual reader to
think that wind gusts only became a problem late in the window.

/dps