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Launch scrubbed due to lightning risk. Next launch date is is same time tomorrow (to be specific, one minute earlier for some reason).
by robin_reala 4y ago
Launch scrubbed due to lightning risk. Next launch date is is same time tomorrow (to be specific, one minute earlier for some reason).
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- sunflower_01 4y ago> one minute earlier for some reason I might be wrong but my thoughts were that they altered the minute to launch at 14:14:14 (at least in my timezone) This might also be completely wrong but today they would've launched the 13th at 14:15 (13 14 15).
- stronglikedan 4y agoI like this theory better than mine. My jaded view of bureaucracy has me thinking that there are additional fees for delaying the launch 24 hours or more.
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- goodcanadian 4y agoThis is almost certainly due to the fact that a full rotation of the Earth is shorter than a day. As the Earth moves around the sun, it has to turn slightly further than a full rotation to bring the sun back to the same position in the sky. Additionally, Earth's position relative to Jupiter will have changed slightly.
- dabluecaboose 4y agoOff the top of my head I'd have to say the planetary ephemerides are more of a factor than the earth's rotation. That much we have pretty down pat, otherwise they'd just announce it's at (Day+23.6h)