Mark Max Q - 19/4/2006 3:31 PMIt's been a long time coming. Last Cape launch was New Horizons?
edkyle99 - 19/4/2006 5:24 PMQuoteMark Max Q - 19/4/2006 3:31 PMIt's been a long time coming. Last Cape launch was New Horizons?Yes. January 19, 2006 on AV-010. Atlas has ruled at the Cape recently. There may be four or so Atlas V launches all told by year's end. The Boeing strike has stranded Delta launches since October 2005, but that should end in May with the planned Delta IV GOES-N launch. There may be two Delta IV and one or two Delta II launches out of Canaveral this year - a thin launch rate compared to the late '90s.Sea Launch platform Odyssey has out-launched all of Cape Canaveral so far this year. - Ed Kyle
edkyle99 - 20/4/2006 3:24 PMQuoteMark Max Q - 19/4/2006 3:31 PMIt's been a long time coming. Last Cape launch was New Horizons?Yes. January 19, 2006 on AV-010. Atlas has ruled at the Cape recently. There may be four or so Atlas V launches all told by year's end. The Boeing strike has stranded Delta launches since October 2005, but that should end in May with the planned Delta IV GOES-N launch. There may be two Delta IV and one or two Delta II launches out of Canaveral this year - a thin launch rate compared to the late '90s.Sea Launch platform Odyssey has out-launched all of Cape Canaveral so far this year. - Ed Kyle
R&R - 20/4/2006 10:46 AM... If the deal is sealed on ULA it could look strangely reminiscent of the Atlas-Titan combo. Hopefully ULA will help pull commercial customers back to Delta IV since they say they plan to again market there under ULA. Go Atlas.
norm103 - 20/4/2006 1:14 PM Why is CNN on in the LCC for during the countdown?
Spirit - 20/4/2006 3:17 PMCan you guys hear the sound of the live coverage?There's no sound on my comp. I restarted the program and checked the preferences and options but still I hear nothing.
Spirit - 20/4/2006 3:34 PMhttp://countdown.ksc.nasa.gov/elv/Is there another live video stream?
Chris Bergin - 20/4/2006 2:37 PMhttp://streamvox.streamos.com/vyvx/ils042006/
Spirit - 20/4/2006 8:47 PMI see only a short clip when I play it. Is it going to start later or there is some trick?
Nick L. - 20/4/2006 3:47 PMQuoteChris Bergin - 20/4/2006 2:37 PMhttp://streamvox.streamos.com/vyvx/ils042006/I don't see anything when I click on those links: all I get is the blue screen that tells the mission name and launch time.
Jim - 20/4/2006 2:51 PMQuoteNick L. - 20/4/2006 3:47 PMQuoteChris Bergin - 20/4/2006 2:37 PMhttp://streamvox.streamos.com/vyvx/ils042006/I don't see anything when I click on those links: all I get is the blue screen that tells the mission name and launch time. It doesn't go live until 5 after the hour
Chris Bergin - 20/4/2006 3:47 PMI've managed to record a super high quality launch video. Uploading it as we speak.
Jim - 20/4/2006 9:37 PMgoing outside to watch
Chris Bergin - 20/4/2006 9:51 PMStardust, did you get some screenshots? I'll capture some off the launch video if not.
eeergo - 20/4/2006 10:06 PMJust before liftoff, at engine ignition, it looked like they had an on-board camera on the rocket, but they didn't show any footage... Wonder if they will show it afterwards?
Chris Bergin - 20/4/2006 4:04 PMHigh quality launch video:http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=2272&posts=1#M32022
edkyle99 - 20/4/2006 10:12 PMI notice that your headline says "Launch Success". Wouldn't it be better to wait until spacecraft separation, after the second Centaur burn, to declare "success"? - Ed Kyle
kraisee - 20/4/2006 4:38 PMThe launch looked great from down in Cocoa Beach. Got a nice "distant thunder" rumble for quite a few minutes too, even at 17 miles from the pad.http://65.33.118.71/Public/DSCN0241m.JPG">Ross.
edkyle99 - 21/4/2006 10:24 AMQuoteR&R - 20/4/2006 10:46 AM... If the deal is sealed on ULA it could look strangely reminiscent of the Atlas-Titan combo. Hopefully ULA will help pull commercial customers back to Delta IV since they say they plan to again market there under ULA. Go Atlas. The ULA deal annoucement said that Boeing and Lockheed "have entered into an agreement to create a joint venture that will combine the production, engineering, test and launch operations associated with *U.S. government* launches of Boeing Delta and Lockheed Martin Atlas rockets."My reading was that ILS would still buy Atlas launches direct from Lockheed rather than ULA, for example. - Ed Kyle
R&R - 20/4/2006 6:01 PMQuoteedkyle99 - 21/4/2006 10:24 AMQuoteR&R - 20/4/2006 10:46 AM... If the deal is sealed on ULA it could look strangely reminiscent of the Atlas-Titan combo. Hopefully ULA will help pull commercial customers back to Delta IV since they say they plan to again market there under ULA. Go Atlas. The ULA deal annoucement said that Boeing and Lockheed "have entered into an agreement to create a joint venture that will combine the production, engineering, test and launch operations associated with *U.S. government* launches of Boeing Delta and Lockheed Martin Atlas rockets."My reading was that ILS would still buy Atlas launches direct from Lockheed rather than ULA, for example. - Ed KyleILS can't buy from Lockheed if ULA is finailized. since they are in it with Boeing evenly. ILS will buy from ULA who will offer whatever vehicle meets the spacecraft requirements, launch timframe cost desires etc. Lockheed and Boeing split the profits from any ULA launch 50-50. ILS and Boeing Launch Services will market launches based on the best deal they can get from ULA. Their incentive will be to get as much profit from the selling of the launch and won't care what rocket it goes on. ULA is prohibited from selling launches to anyone else for several years by the joint venture agreement.
Jim - 20/4/2006 5:12 PMCheckout Stardust's photo's on post #32021. You can see the angle of the RD-180 exhaust countering the SRB's thrust
quark - 21/4/2006 1:34 AMThe skidding of AV-008 was real. The RD-180 has to gimbal about a degree to balance the moment from the single SRB. That gimbal is in the same direction as the 3 degree fixed angle of the SRB. The result is a side force that causes the vehicle to "crab" a little. All this is planned into the mission design...79 consecutive successes for the Atlas program.
Kayla - 21/4/2006 1:26 PMEven more impressive for the Atlas team. 100% mission success on 7 different versions of the Atlas: Atlas II, IIA, IIAS, IIIA, IIIB & V-4XY, & V-5XY (Counting all subsequent Atlas V variants as 1 Type). Can anyone else in the industry claim a similar development success record? Shows the evolutionary development and continuous product improvement actually work!