Flight 12 Asia Sat 6 - 26th August Launch attempt (now 27th)

Post date: Jul 26, 2014 5:6:38 PM

26th August 2014 Cape Canaveral Launch attempt - Geostationary satellite for AsiaSat, no spare fuel for 1st stage landing test

Live Launch Broadcast (Click here) The launch window opens at 12:50am ET. webcast August 27 beginning at about 12:35am ET

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SpaceX said the mission was pushed back a day (now Wed 27th Aug) after Friday's failed flight of a test rocket in Texas.

The launch is set for 12:50 a.m. Wednesday from Launch Complex 40, at the opening of a window to 4:05 a.m.

Company spokesman John Taylor said that while the three-engine, single-stage "F9R" development vehicle and its McGregor, Texas, launch site are very different from the Falcon 9 being readied for launch from Cape Canaveral, "we are taking some additional time to review the circumstances that caused the test vehicle to auto terminate to confirm that there is not a risk to orbital flight."

"SpaceX prizes mission assurance above all," he said in a statement. "This action is consistent with that philosophy."

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