Rocket Launch notification thread

[Beati Dogu]

Well it went up ok, but sweet Jesus their coverage is boring.

[Beati Dogu]

Beati Dogu said:

Next up: Ariane 5 carrying Intelsat 37e & BSAT 4a communications satellites.

From Kourou, French Guiana on Tuesday 5th September from 10.51 pm onwards UK time.

So a nice daytime launch their time.

Next launch attempt is tonight, from 10.47 pm onwards UK time.

[MartG]

Black Brant 9 due off at 11:45

https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#...

[MartG]

NROL-52 delayed

"Extremely windy conditions associated with rain squalls coming off the Atlantic Ocean have forced officials to stand down with today’s launch attempt of the Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral. Liftoff is tentatively reset for Friday at 4:03 a.m. EDT (0803 GMT)"

[MartG]

NROL-52

T-3min

https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/10/02/av075_journa...

[MartG]

Weather hold at T-1:38

[MartG]

And scrubbed for another 24 hrs - potentially pushing SpaceX's Falcon launch back even further

[Beati Dogu]

Rockets don't like big side winds. They're not very strong in that direction.


On the subject of side winds, check out this footage of an Airbus A380 crabbing away,


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roS6oFjCDhc

[MartG]

Scrubbed again

"An S-band telemetry transmitter on the Atlas 5 rocket has failed and will need replacing before the NROL-52 mission can occur, delaying the launch at least a few days.

To accomplish the repair, the rocket will be rolled back to its nearby vertical assembly building to gain the necessary access to the vehicle's compartments.

This is the third scrub for the mission. Bad weather caused back-to-back postponements over the last two days. The weather was looking favorable today."

[MartG]

Video link for today's SpaceX launch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB4N4xF2B2w

[Beati Dogu]

The Chinese launched a remote sensing satellite for Venezuela earlier today. Good to see a complete basket case nation who can't even feed its own people has its priorities in order.

The Japs also launched the Michibiki 4 navigation satellite today, designed to augment the GPS system over Japan.

[MartG]

One today:

Falcon 9/Echostar at 23:53 BST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv1zeGSvhIw

One on Friday

Sentinal 5P from Plesetsk, live at 10:30

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Ea...

Edited by MartG on Wednesday 11th October 10:35

[Beati Dogu]

The much delayed Atlas V (NROL-52) has been wheeled back out to the launch pad. They've clearly replaced the faulty AE35 unit.

It's expected to blast off in a night launch on Saturday (from 08:31 UK time).

[MartG]

Sentinal 5P due off in half an hour

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Ea...

[MartG]

Well that was quick off the pad !

Interesting that it retains the tube launcher from its ICBM past

Edited by MartG on Friday 13th October 10:33

[Eric Mc]

Why did they stop the live stream. Has it gone wrong?

[Eric Mc]

Nope - all going OK so far. The satellite has now separated from the upper stage and the solar panels have deployed.

[MartG]

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

Rerun of the launch

[Eric Mc]

2nd attempt at the launch of a Progress resupply craft to the ISS in a few minutes.

[RobDickinson]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwMDvPCGeE0