Rocket Launch notification thread

[Eric Mc]

I'll be watching.

[MartG]

Final 30min hold

[Eric Mc]

Looking a lot more hopeful tonight.

[Eric Mc]

That all went very well. And the payload separated just as they were coming up on the Irish west coast.

[MartG]

I don't recall ever seeing a Centaur engine moving around that much before

[Eric Mc]

The whole craft performed what they were calling a "dog leg manoeuver" which I presume means a change to its orbital path to put it on course to meet the ISS.

[MartG]

Possibly the last Zenit launch coming up

http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/12/09/zenit-rocket-...

[callmedave]

Just found this cool 360 video of the rocket that is launching British astronaut Tim Peake being moved into position.

http://youtu.be/e7_cutpsSbg

If you haven't seen a 360 video before, you can swipe the screen to look around, or on a smartphone just move the phone around.

[MartG]

Live coverage of today's launch

http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/12/15/expedition-46...

[Toaster]

Liftoff on the BBC

[stuartmmcfc]

Brilliant when he turned to the onboard camera and gave an enthusiastic thumbs up. The kids at the Space Centre went wild

[callmedave]

Just watched the launch, great to see his Thumbs up to the camera. I think i read that it will take around 6 hours for the Soyuz capsule to reach the ISS, I dont know if it is possible to watch the dock and him boarding the station live, but i would like to see this!

[MartG]

callmedave said:

I dont know if it is possible to watch the dock and him boarding the station live, but i would like to see this!

NASA TV usually shows the docking operations

"11:30 a.m., Tuesday, December 15 - ISS Expedition 46-47 Soyuz TMA-19M Docking Coverage (Docking scheduled at 12:24 p.m. ET) (Starts at 11:45 a.m.) (all channels)"

Time is EST i.e. GMT-5

Edited by MartG on Tuesday 15th December 13:10

[MartG]

Soyuz launch from Kourou in about an hour http://livestream.com/ESA/galileo11-12

[Eric Mc]

Tuned in and ready. Thanks.

[Eric Mc]

Coverage has just started.

[Eric Mc]

That onboard shot of the booster sep was just awesome

[MartG]

Eric Mc said:

That onboard shot of the booster sep was just awesome

[Eric Mc]

Progress launch this morning. Live coverage here - http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

[Scuffers]

SpaceX finally get a successfully stage 1 landing (as well as launching 11 satellites)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5bTbVbe4e4

impressive stuff, they also have upgraded the Falcon 9 significantly in terms of it's payload capacity.