Unfortunately, Windows Media is demanding that I download a new version to view it, which generally involves a reboot, which I'm loathe to do right now, so I don't know what's going on. According to the latest reading from Clark, it's still on.

[Update a little after 7 PM Eastern]

Apparently the scheduled launch was aborted due to a telemetry issue.

Could still go tonight, though.

[Update at 8:34 PM EDT]

OK, apparently not. Maybe tomorrow. Fortunately, my commenters are more on top of the situation than I am. Well, I've never attempted to be the site for breaking space news, unless I'm live blogging an event.

What version are you using, Rand? I'm on Win 2000 with WMP9 and it's running just fine. I still get popups to upgrade to the DRM-controlled WMP10, but I always ignore them.

As previously posted, my feed still shows a rocket on the pad with a countdown of T +00:00:29.

Supposedly only 10 minutes from launch?

I don't know, and am too busy doing other things to figure out what version I'm using. I only know that it demanded a download when I went to the site.

My best guess is that they're ready, and on a twenty-nine second hold. So they should go off on time. We'll see in a few minutes.

I don't know what the 29 seconds is, it's been that way for over an hour now. But at any rate it looks terribly windy at Omelek to me.

OK now it looks like they're going for a 1945 EDT launch time.

I think it was that windy last launch, too, but I don't remember off the top of my head. I'm not sure I've ever seen it calm when I've looked at a SpaceX feed.

In other news, according to Clark: "6:55 ET: The data link is fixed. They are a bit behind with the fuel loading but the launch is currently still on track for today."

Today... hrm... today still has a lot of hours left in it...

My understanding from my reading (read a lot on it, today, unfortunately I don't recall where I read this bit) is that they have a four hour window, today. So, they should be done by 2000 PDT, one way or another.

I see now that Cecil added the 1945 EDT launch time while I was writing up my bit. Unfortunate, since I want to eat dinner more than I want to stay at work for another 45 minutes waiting for the launch, and I don't have the bandwidth at home to watch.

This is neat! I have to go into surgery, with a rocket in a window on my computer. When I come back, my patient will have a somewhat smaller, straighter nose, and the rocket will be gone maybe.

Pretty amazing, when you think about it.

Abort.

I was about to call my kids to watch the launch, but it seems to be holding at T - 1:02. Rocket launches are cool, holding countdowns are paint drying.

Scrubbed for today, 24-48 hour recycle.