Author Topic: LIVE: H-IIA - QZS-2 - (MICHIBIKI-2) - June 1, 2017 (00:17 UTC)  (Read 31297 times)

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Main Engine Cut Off

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1st Stage Separation
Second Engine Ignition 1

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1st Stage Separation
Second Engine Ignition 1

Are these confirmed events? Or are you basing on the launch timeline?

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From the NVS comments. 5.3 km/s.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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T+10 minutes.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Heard main engine cutoff!
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Second Engine Cut Off 1

from officilal announce at TNSC

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Second ignition is at T+24:34. Burn is for 3 minutes, with separation 50 seconds later.
« Last Edit: 06/01/2017 12:36 am by Steven Pietrobon »
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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About two minutes from second ignition.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Second Engine Ignition 2

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Second Engine Cut Off 2

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Michibiki-2 Separation!
« Last Edit: 06/01/2017 12:47 am by yoichi »

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Congratulations to MHI Launch Services and JAXA for the successful launch!
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Michihiki-2 Separation!

Excellent! Many thanks!

William's article updated:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/05/japans-h-iia-michibiki-2-launch/

Thanks again to Steven for the main coverage!
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Congrats to all the teams, well done! Thanks to for the great coverage NSF and for Steven's lovely kitty who reminded me of my late boy Junior...
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Yes; good looking cat. My Wife and I have 6... We should have a thread for our pet pictures ;)
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Launch replay. My brother found Leonardo as a kitten in a drain pipe at his work site. With his tortoise shell colour and underground origin, I named him after one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Launch photos.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Congrats to JAXA and MHI on the successful launch of QZS-2.
Liftoff for St. Jude's! Go Dragon, Go Falcon, Godspeed Inspiration4!

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1st Stage Separation
Second Engine Ignition 1

Are these confirmed events? Or are you basing on the launch timeline?
Ah excellent! When the live video feed suddenly cut off, I feared the worst and, neither reading nor speaking Japanese, had no way to know different. Cheers!

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