Rocket Launch notification thread
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MartG said:
Awesome cheers !The Russians should have made their first launch from the new Vostochny launch site yesterday but the countdaown was stopped at T-90 seconds. They are trying again on Thursday.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/04/27/first-countd...
https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/04/27/first-countd...
Eric Mc said:
The Russians should have made their first launch from the new Vostochny launch site yesterday but the countdaown was stopped at T-90 seconds. They are trying again on Thursday.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/04/27/first-countd...
Yes and President Putin is not happy. The launch facility project has been mired in the obligatory Russian corruption and graft. It was late, over-budget and construction workers hadn't been paid in months. Even RT reported it and they usually only like to stir up shttps://spaceflightnow.com/2016/04/27/first-countd...
t that happens abroad.https://www.rt.com/news/341133-vostochny-cosmodrom...
An India rocket is going up in just over half an hour from now -
https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/04/28/indian-launc...
https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/04/28/indian-launc...
Eric Mc said:
An India rocket is going up in just over half an hour from now -
https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/04/28/indian-launc...
Good spot Eric :-)https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/04/28/indian-launc...
This morning's launch from Vostochny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcB-mJ3ipM8&fe...
I guess there's a load of technicians breathing a little easier now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcB-mJ3ipM8&fe...
I guess there's a load of technicians breathing a little easier now
Eric Mc said:
I have to say, nobody does camera tracking of launches better than the Americans. It's only by watching the rather poor efforts of others that you can appreciate how good the US camera operators are.
They use a mix of static, remote control, human and radar guided cameras to cover launches. Some of them are like mini observatories, with large telescopic lenses housed in a permanent domed building.D4 Heavy due off in about 20 mins http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/06/08/d374_journal/
Hmm, https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/06/08/photos-delta... says Thursday for launch?
Flooble said:
Hmm, https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/06/08/photos-delta... says Thursday for launch?
Bugger - got my days mixed up - I blame the medication 
"SCRUB! The persistent gloomy weather at Cape Canaveral this afternoon will keep the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket from flying today to deliver a classified U.S. national security satellite into space.
A combination of rain, clouds and lightning meant it was unsafe to permit the triple-barrel rocket launch during its lengthy opportunity today.
Liftoff of the NROL-37 mission is rescheduled for Saturday at 1:51 p.m. EDT (1751 GMT). Forecasters say there is a 60 percent chance of acceptable weather then.
Over the next couple of hours, the 235-foot-tall rocket will be safed and its 465,000 gallons of cryogenic fuel and oxidizer drained back into the launch pad storage spheres.
When the rocket does fly, it will carry a top-secret payload to orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office, the agency responsible for the design and operation of the country's fleet of spy satellites.
Experts believe the payload is an eavesdropping spacecraft that will be launched into a circular geosynchronous orbit 22,300 miles high to perform intelligence-gathering on terrorist networks and adversarial nations for U.S. warfighters and policy-makers."
A combination of rain, clouds and lightning meant it was unsafe to permit the triple-barrel rocket launch during its lengthy opportunity today.
Liftoff of the NROL-37 mission is rescheduled for Saturday at 1:51 p.m. EDT (1751 GMT). Forecasters say there is a 60 percent chance of acceptable weather then.
Over the next couple of hours, the 235-foot-tall rocket will be safed and its 465,000 gallons of cryogenic fuel and oxidizer drained back into the launch pad storage spheres.
When the rocket does fly, it will carry a top-secret payload to orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office, the agency responsible for the design and operation of the country's fleet of spy satellites.
Experts believe the payload is an eavesdropping spacecraft that will be launched into a circular geosynchronous orbit 22,300 miles high to perform intelligence-gathering on terrorist networks and adversarial nations for U.S. warfighters and policy-makers."
Eric Mc said:
Is their a better quality feed anywhere Eric ?
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