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SPACEX CRS-13 (SpX-13) CARGO MISSION TO ISS, Dec 15, 2017, 10:36 am ET, post-launch press conf 12:00 pm ET (NASA TV)
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UPDATE, December 15: Launch took place on time today at 10:36 am ET.
UPDATE, December 12/13: The launch has been delayed again, to December 15 at 10:36 am ET (time refined by one minute on December 13). NASA TV coverage begins at 10:00 am ET. A post launch press conference is scheduled for 12:00 pm ET. If launch does not take place on December 15, it will be delayed until late December.
Taking additional time for the team to conduct full inspections and cleanings due to detection of particles in 2nd stage fuel system. Now targeting CRS-13 launch from SLC-40 on Dec. 15. Next launch opportunity would be no earlier than late December.
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 13, 2017
UPDATE December 11: SpaceX announced this evening that it is delaying the launch from Dec 12 to Dec 13 “to allow for additional time for pre-launch ground systems checks. The exact time of the launch on Dec 13 is 11:24 am ET.
Now targeting Dec. 13 for launch of CRS-13 from SLC-40 to allow for additional time for pre-launch ground systems checks.
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 12, 2017
UPDATE December 5/6, 2017: The launch date has slipped again. It is now December 12 at 11:46 am ET. NASA TV coverage begins at 11:15 am ET. The post-launch press conference is scheduled for 1:15 pm ET and will be broadcast on NASA TV.
Updated entry: SpaceX will launch its 13th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) cargo mission to the International Space Station (SpaceX CRS-13 or SpX-13) on December 8, 2017 at 1:20 pm ET.
The launch will be broadcast on NASA TV beginning at 12:45 pm ET. SpaceX also typically webcasts these launches on its website.
A post-launch press conference is scheduled for 3:00 pm ET and also will be broadcast on NASA TV.
Two pre-launch press conferences — mission status and “what’s on board” — are scheduled for the day prior to launch.
This will be the first SpaceX launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS, adjacent to KSC) since a pre-launch accident significantly damaged it on September 1, 2016. SpaceX leases SLC-40 from the Air Force.
In the interim, SpaceX has been launching these cargo missions, and others, from KSC’s Launch Complex 39-A, which SpaceX leases from NASA.
This is the first time SpaceX will be reusing a Falcon 9 first stage for a NASA mission. SpaceX recovers most of its Falcon 9 first stages by landing them either on an autonomous drone ship at sea or returning them to a launch pad at CCAFS. It has launched three “pre-flown” first stages for other customers, but this is the first time for NASA.
Note: the launch originally was scheduled for December 4, 2017.