Rocket Launch notification thread

[Eric Mc]

There is a Soyuz launch due off in 23 minutes carrying a film crew to the ISS.

[Eric Mc]

The crew is made up of the Commander plus a film director and an actress - so the Russians, yet again, try to get a "first" ahead of any of the proposed Hollywood funded space flights that have been mooted -

[MartG]

Replay from this morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5YMtT-586Y

[Flooble]

Just seen the photo now they are all aboard. The actress is wearing a red shirt. I fear this may not end well for her.

[Beati Dogu]

NASA's Lucy mission is due to launch on Saturday 16th. This spacecraft will visit several of the Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter's orbit around the Sun.

It will be launched on an ULA Atlas V 401 rocket at 10.34 am UK time from SLC 41 at Cape Canaveral. The same booster that was supposed to launch the Starliner capsule recently.

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/lucy/overview/i...

https://youtu.be/zbwSSdtWUNE

[Timothy Bucktu]

OneWeb launch now...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CERybsmHnP4

Even though I don't understand most of what Russian commentary is saying...I much prefer it to the hyperactive whooping and cheering you get with US commentators!

Edited by Timothy Bucktu on Thursday 14th October 10:50

[Eric Mc]

Timothy Bucktu said:

OneWeb launch now...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CERybsmHnP4

Even though I don't understand most of what Russian commentary is saying...I much prefer it to the hyperactive whooping and cheering you get with US commentators!

Edited by Timothy Bucktu on Thursday 14th October 10:50

American launches commentary varies depending on who is providing the commentary. SpaceX and Blue Origin then to be rather over-enthusiastic. NASA, and DoD missions tend to be a bit more muted. The commentaries I dislike most are those provided by ESA. They appear to be scripted by somebody who previously worked on Teletubbies.

[Eric Mc]

Amazingly poor quality TV images from the launch site.

[MartG]

Launch of Manned Chinese Shenzhou-13 on Long March 2F earlier today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRa74rUnUSs

[MartG]

Some of that engine pipework looks a bit toasty !

[Flooble]

Wow, that's a brilliant shot!

[hairy v]

Flooble said:

Just seen the photo now they are all aboard. The actress is wearing a red shirt. I fear this may not end well for her.

[MartG]

Oct. 16

Atlas 5 • Lucy

Launch window: 0934-1049 GMT (5:34-6:49 a.m. EDT)

Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch NASA’s Lucy spacecraft. Built by Lockheed Martin and led by the Southwest Research Institute, Lucy will fly by seven Trojan asteroids, a unique family of asteroids that orbit the sun in front of and behind Jupiter. The rocket will fly in the 401 vehicle configuration with a four-meter fairing, no solid rocket boosters, and a single-engine Centaur upper stage.

[MartG]

Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fEkc_aSRTQ

[Eric Mc]

All appears to be going well, so far.

[MartG]

Flight VA255: postponement of the launch

New launch date for SES-17 / SYRACUSE 4A

Due to additional checks on the ground support equipment, the flight VA255 – initially scheduled for October 22 – has been scrubbed. Investigations are ongoing in order to identify a new launch date.

The Ariane 5 launch vehicle and spacecraft SES-17 and SYRACUSE 4A are in stable and safe conditions on the launch pad.

[Beati Dogu]

Wow, Ariannes don't launch much these days do they?. Only one Arianne V so far this year, with 2 more scheduled.

[MartG]

Rerun of this morning's H-IIA launch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUj8VUfd3Cc

[Flooble]

Beati Dogu said:

Wow, Ariannes don't launch much these days do they?. Only one Arianne V so far this year, with 2 more scheduled.

Too expensive and don't have the level of "national security" launches that ULA has to support them.

[Beati Dogu]

They had half the launch market tied up for years. Then they got SpaceXed.