Flight 4 static fire done; launch slips a few days
- From:
- Elon Musk
- Date:
- September 23, 2008 (Reprinted by Kimbal Musk on September 23, 2008; Wikipedia's citation of the spacex.com updates archive dates the 'Flight 4 Launch Update' September 23, 2008. Reports the Saturday September 20 static fire.)
- To:
- SpaceX update mailing list
- Subject:
- Flight 4 Launch Update
The static fire took place on Saturday [20 Sep 2008, CA time], as expected, and no major issues came up. However, after a detailed analysis of data, we decided to replace a component in the 2nd stage engine LOX supply line. There is a good chance we would be ok flying as is, but we are being extremely cautious.
This adds a few extra days to the schedule, so the updated launch window estimate is now Sept 28th through Oct 1st [CA time].
—Elon—