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Topic: [Discuss] SpaceX's use of Complex 39A
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 43879
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-15-2018 04:59 PM
   
SpaceX on Wednesday (Aug. 15) rolled out its crew access arm to the base of the fixed service structure on Pad 39A ahead of its expected installation later this week. Photo from Stephen C. Smith on Twitter: |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 43879
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-20-2018 11:10 AM
From Tom McCool on Twitter: SpaceX is in the process of lifting the crew access arm into place this morning! Astronauts will use this to board the spacecraft.  
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328KF
Member Posts: 1261
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Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 08-20-2018 03:18 PM
Glass? On a launch pad? I hope its really, really thick! |
teopze
Member Posts: 181
From: Ithaca, NY
Registered: May 2008
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posted 08-22-2018 08:06 AM
If nothing else it looks very modern. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 43879
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-02-2019 05:54 PM
Pad 39A prior to the launch of Crew Dragon Demo-1: 
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issman1
Member Posts: 1045
From: UK
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 03-02-2019 05:55 PM
How effective is the pad's new black cladding and matching paintwork against Cape Canaveral's rust-inducing salt air? And will the pad's newly relocated emergency egress slidewire baskets be tested with astronauts Behnken and Hurley? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 43879
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-03-2020 10:22 PM
SpaceX is finalizing plans to build a new moveable tower at Pad 39A, reports Spaceflight Now. Its function will be similar to mobile gantries in use at other launch pads, such as service towers used by United Launch Alliance at the company’s Delta 4 launch pads at Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.The tower will surround Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets at pad 39A, shielding the vehicles from storms and high winds and providing a controlled environment for ground crews to hoist heavy satellites and mount them on top of the launch vehicles in a vertical configuration. ...SpaceX officials said the vertical integration capability is required for participants in the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 43879
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-27-2020 09:05 AM
From Spaceflight Now, via Twitter: An artist's concept of SpaceX's planned mobile service tower at launch pad 39A in Florida has been published in an FAA draft environmental assessment. A Falcon Heavy rocket with an extended fairing is pictured in this image.  |
dtemple
Member Posts: 735
From: Longview, Texas, USA
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 05-23-2020 08:38 PM
Is the gantry on 39A largely the same as the one used for the shuttle program? If so, then much of the gantry was taken from the Apollo program, if I recall correctly. |
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