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Things are still on track for the CRS-7 launch Sunday morning at 10:21 AM, EDT.
The new ASDS barge, is now named "Of Course I Still Love You" (name from one of the space ships in an Iain M. Banks novel ). That was always supposed to be the name oft 2nd barge, but it was supposed to be for the West Coast. With the first ASDS "Just read The Instructions" (another ship name from Banks) being retired (was leased, returned to its owners, and SpaceX mods removed), this new 2nd ASDS barge is being used for the East Coast instead. While yet another ASDS barge recently went thru the Panama canal, for mods to be completed near Long Beach, hopefully in time to try to catch the Jason-3 flight from Vandenberg in August.
Anyway, newly released image of "OCISLY", in port and out at sea. Hopefully in less than 10.5 hours, it will have a Falcon-9 booster standing safely onboard.
The new ASDS barge, is now named "Of Course I Still Love You" (name from one of the space ships in an Iain M. Banks novel ). That was always supposed to be the name oft 2nd barge, but it was supposed to be for the West Coast. With the first ASDS "Just read The Instructions" (another ship name from Banks) being retired (was leased, returned to its owners, and SpaceX mods removed), this new 2nd ASDS barge is being used for the East Coast instead. While yet another ASDS barge recently went thru the Panama canal, for mods to be completed near Long Beach, hopefully in time to try to catch the Jason-3 flight from Vandenberg in August.
Anyway, newly released image of "OCISLY", in port and out at sea. Hopefully in less than 10.5 hours, it will have a Falcon-9 booster standing safely onboard.