Rocket Launch notification thread

[Beati Dogu]

Imagine driving this truck....



That's the Centaur upper stage for tonight's Atlas V.

[Eric Mc]

Hope there are no bridges (low or high) on the route.

[Eric Mc]

The Everyday Astronaut (Tim Dodds) is covering the launch live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG7oEJOytSU

[MartG]

It went well

[Beati Dogu]

He's a nice video of the launch taken from its sister satelite, GOES-16

https://twitter.com/NWSMemphis/status/969334322774...

[Beati Dogu]

No landing attempt for the Falcon 9 tonight. The Atlantic is too rough currently, so the ships aren't going out.

"Falcon 9 flight 50 launches tonight, carrying Hispasat for Spain. At 6 metric tons and almost the size of a city bus, it will be the largest geostationary satellite we’ve ever flown." - Elon Musk

[RobDickinson]

I'm amazed they were even going to try. I suspect the chances were limited anyhow

[MartG]

T-5m for Soyuz, with Eric's favourite commentator :0

http://www.arianespace.com/mission/soyuz-vs18/

[Eric Mc]

MartG said:

T-5m for Soyuz, with Eric's favourite commentator :0

http://www.arianespace.com/mission/soyuz-vs18/

Just caught it. She was up to her usual standard.

[Beati Dogu]

Funny how the French integrate Soyuz vertically, while the Russians do it horizontally.

Edited by Beati Dogu on Saturday 10th March 00:00

[MartG]

Soyuz launch to the ISS tpday

Soyuz • ISS 54S
Launch time: 1744 GMT (1:44 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Will be shown live on NASA TV https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#public

[MartG]

Smooth launch

[MartG]

Soyuz now approaching ISS



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

[MartG]

Apparently a test version of a new Chinese launcher was tested yesterday - some info here

http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/hyperbola-1s.htm

[MartG]

Video from tonight's Ariane V launch - the launch occurs around 1:03 into the clip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY7fsYBFFUA

[MartG]

Black Brant IX launch to test a supersonic parachute

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/wallops/2018/mars-par...

[MartG]

PSLV-C41/IRNSS-1I Live Telecast - live from around 23:00 BST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ku-PVhskyo

[S6PNJ]

MartG said:

PSLV-C41/IRNSS-1I Live Telecast - live from around 23:00 BST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ku-PVhskyo

Clock saying around 7 mins to go - should there be any commentary? I can't hear anything and can only see the clock counting down. Or am I looking at the clock counting down to the live show and there is still 4hr:30 to go to launch?

Yup, seems to be the case - not prepared to wait around for that so I'm off!

Edited by S6PNJ on Wednesday 11th April 23:02

[MartG]

Successful launch

Video director was crap - lots of views of blokes sat around in mission control while SRB sep was visible in the background on their screens

Onboard video visible on mission control screens, while we get views of a bunch of people sat watching them

Edit - made a comment on the Youtube chat screen - and I've now been blocked by the owner of the video

Edited by MartG on Wednesday 11th April 23:46

Edited by MartG on Wednesday 11th April 23:52

[Beati Dogu]

There’s an Atlas V off tonight... just after midnight.

https://t.co/MGFv0lHa2m

It has got 5 boosters strapped to it, which is always a fun thing to watch.