Rocket Launch notification thread

[Eric Mc]

Watching - thanks.

[anonymous-user]

I love that launch site - it looks like something from Thunderbirds

[Eric Mc]

I wonder if they have a launch pad hidden in a volcano somewhere.

[anonymous-user]

Eric Mc said:

I wonder if they have a launch pad hidden in a volcano somewhere.

Without a doubt.

[MartG]

Not a launch, but "it's been exactly sixteen years since all the humans were on the surface of the Earth at once." -Margaret Lazarus Dean
Happy birthday to the International Space Station!

[MartG]

Chinese Long March 5 launch scrubbed for today - no new launch date given so far

[Eric Mc]

Confirmation?

The live stream has stopped again too.

[MartG]

Eric Mc said:

Confirmation?

The live stream has stopped again too.

My source has changed its headline to 'still attempting to launch'

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2016/11/china-long...

[MartG]

Seems to have got off OK

[Eric Mc]

Yes - this puts China right up there with the big boys. well done them.

[MartG]

"The belated launch of a powerful Earth-imaging satellite that will take the highest resolution pictures in the market, postponed by an unprecedented wildfire near the pad, is scheduled to fly on Friday.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will propel the WorldView 4 spacecraft into a sun-synchronous polar orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Friday's launch window extends from 10:30 to 10:45 a.m. local (1:30-1:45 p.m. EST; 1830-1845 GMT)."

[MartG]

Live stream will be here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv5iHHdqyNI

[Eric Mc]

There should be a Soyuz launch to the space station on Thursday. Interesting to see Peggy Whitson is getting another flight. her first was in 2002.

https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/11/15/soyuz-crew-l...

[MartG]

There's an Ariane also due to launch tomorrow, at 13:06

[Silver Smudger]

Eric Mc said:

There should be a Soyuz launch to the space station on Thursday. Interesting to see Peggy Whitson is getting another flight. her first was in 2002.

https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/11/15/soyuz-crew-l...

Live stream here - Launch in 10 mins!

[MartG]

"Remarkable view of first two Galileo satellites separating from their Ariane EPS upper stage yesterday evening, captured by the CNES-operated TAROT telescope on Reunion Island, normally used to rapidly catch optical evidence of gamma ray bursts "

[MartG]

A bit off topic, but I'd never heard of this - technicians sneaking momentoes onto the Apollo landers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Museum

[MartG]

Atlas V due off at 22:45 tonight

[AshVX220]

Hi all,
my first post for a while and first post in here. having recently moved to Orlando (east side) I was fortunate enough to see the Atlas go up on Saturday evening from my front bedroom window. Very impressive sight, it looked closer than expected (we're about 35 miles from the cape). It was great having the live launch countdown feed on my phone and hearing the updates as they resolved to sort the technical issues they faced prior to launch. I didn't realise thought hat the "live" feed was actually delayed by about a minute, so while they were still in the countdown with a minute to go we saw it climbing through the trees at the front of the house. Amazing. We'll definitely go to Titusville to see a launch close up soon.

As I was sat there waiting with my phone feeding me information I thought back to what my Dad would think of the tech and information we have at our fingertips these days (He died in '98), I think he'd be blown away by it!

[Eric Mc]

One of the advantages of living on the east coast of Florida.
Wait until an SLS goes up (if it ever does).