Static fire set for Feb. 9, launch for Feb. 10

From:: Elon Musk
Date:: February 6, 2006 (Dated February 6, 2006 in its title; SpaceRef posted it February 7, 2006.)
To:: SpaceX update mailing list
Subject:: Falcon 1 Maiden Flight Update: February 6, 2006

As an additional reliability measure, SpaceX will conduct a full test of vehicle systems, including initiating the flight countdown autosequence and briefly firing the main engine on the launch stand. This test will take place Thursday, February 9 (California time). If no flight critical anomalies are detected, launch will take place on Friday, February 10. The launch window on Friday is 1- 7 p.m. (California time).

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A three-sentence schedule note: SpaceX will run a full countdown and briefly fire the main engine on the stand on February 9, and launch on February 10 if nothing critical turns up.

Notes

Unsigned note from the 'Falcon 1 Maiden Flight Update' page on spacex.com; authorship by Musk is assumed from that page, not stated by the source. Text was retrieved through a page reader, so punctuation and paragraph breaks may differ slightly from the original page.

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Published by Musk; attribution widely reported.

SpaceX, newsletter. Tags: spacex-update, falcon-1, kwajalein, static-fire, maiden-flight

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