Update: Today's Test fire was successful
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In preparation for the March 1st launch SpaceX will conduct a static fire today.
The static fire, scheduled for Monday afternoon at SpaceX's launch pad at Cape Canaveral, will occur at the end of a practice countdown. The launch team stationed about 10 miles from the rocket will load kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants into the booster and oversee a computer-controlled countdown sequence leading to ignition of the Falcon 9's first stage engines.
The rocket's nine Merlin 1C engines will fire at full power for about two seconds, reaching more than 800,000 pounds of thrust while the vehicle remains firmly attached to the launch pad at Complex 40.
After a successful static fire, engineers will remove the two-stage rocket from the launch pad. Workers will connect the launcher's ordnance and pack the final items inside the Dragon spacecraft for shipment to the space station.
Via spacefliggt now
In preparation for the March 1st launch SpaceX will conduct a static fire today.
The static fire, scheduled for Monday afternoon at SpaceX's launch pad at Cape Canaveral, will occur at the end of a practice countdown. The launch team stationed about 10 miles from the rocket will load kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants into the booster and oversee a computer-controlled countdown sequence leading to ignition of the Falcon 9's first stage engines.
The rocket's nine Merlin 1C engines will fire at full power for about two seconds, reaching more than 800,000 pounds of thrust while the vehicle remains firmly attached to the launch pad at Complex 40.
After a successful static fire, engineers will remove the two-stage rocket from the launch pad. Workers will connect the launcher's ordnance and pack the final items inside the Dragon spacecraft for shipment to the space station.