On Saturday, live coverage of tanking operations with commentary on NASA TV will start at 5:45 a.m. EDT. Full launch coverage in English will start at 12:15 p.m.
NASAs Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch 39B at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Artemis I objective is the first incorporated test of the firms deep area exploration systems: the Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft, and supporting ground systems. Credit: NASA/Steve Seipel
Meteorologists with the U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 45 forecast a 60% chance of favorable weather for an Artemis I launch effort throughout a two-hour window that opens at 2:17 p.m. EDT (11:17 a.m. PDT) on Saturday, September 3. Although rain showers are anticipated in the area, they are expected to be erratic throughout the launch window.
Engineers are executing plans approved at Tuesdays objective management team meeting to attend to problems that emerged throughout a launch attempt on August 29. The objective management team will reconvene on Thursday, September 1 to examine data and total readiness. After that, NASA will hold a status update at 6 p.m. EDT.
The countdown for launch is arranged to resume Saturday at 4:37 a.m., at the L-9 hour, 40 minutes planned hold in the countdown. This is the point where managers receive a weather instruction and perform a survey on whether to continue with propellant loading operations. Since much of the setups required for launch are already in place, launch controllers do not require to begin the preliminary 46-hour, 10-minute countdown once again.
By NASA
September 1, 2022