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user-inactivated  ·  4314 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: SpaceX CRS-2 Launch: Was a Success after a capsule malfunction.

From Elon on twitter a few minutes ago:

    4:04 p.m. ET: Thruster pods one through four are now operating nominally. Preparing to raise orbit. All systems green. 2:57 p.m. ET: Pods 1 and 4 now online and thrusters engaged. Dragon transitioned from free drift to active control. Yes!! 12:01 p.m. ET: Attempting bring up of thruster pods 2 and 4 11:49 a.m. ET: Solar array deployment successful 11:38 a.m. ET: Thruster pod 3 tank pressure trending positive. Preparing to deploy solar arrays. 11:12 a.m. ET: About to pass over Australia ground station and command inhibit override 11:04 a.m. ET: Holding on solar array deployment until at least two thruster pods are active 10:40 a.m. ET: Issue with Dragon thruster pods. System inhibiting three of four from initializing. About to command inhibit override. 10:32 a.m. ET: Falcon 9 delivered Dragon to its target orbit. All good on the rocket.

Looks like they're good to go.