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Re: LIVE: Minotaur IV HAPS - STP-S26 - November 19, 2010
« Reply #80 on: 11/20/2010 12:39 am »
S4 should have started

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Re: LIVE: Minotaur IV HAPS - STP-S26 - November 19, 2010
« Reply #81 on: 11/20/2010 12:39 am »
T+14 mins

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Re: LIVE: Minotaur IV HAPS - STP-S26 - November 19, 2010
« Reply #82 on: 11/20/2010 12:40 am »
S4 burnout should have occurred. Still out of range of tracking stations.

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Re: LIVE: Minotaur IV HAPS - STP-S26 - November 19, 2010
« Reply #83 on: 11/20/2010 12:40 am »
30 seconds to TDRS AOS

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Re: LIVE: Minotaur IV HAPS - STP-S26 - November 19, 2010
« Reply #84 on: 11/20/2010 12:42 am »
T+16 mins, 30 secs. No word on AOS

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Sounds like three birds have sep.
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Re: LIVE: Minotaur IV HAPS - STP-S26 - November 19, 2010
« Reply #86 on: 11/20/2010 12:44 am »
Apogee 651.9 km, Perigee 640.9 km, 71.977 degrees inclination.

STPSat-2, RAX and O/OREOS have separated.

Presumably that means AOS was successful
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Re: LIVE: Minotaur IV HAPS - STP-S26 - November 19, 2010
« Reply #87 on: 11/20/2010 12:45 am »
Perigee is a little low, and inclination a little high, but they are claimed to be within parameters.

Reorienting for FASTSAT sep.

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Re: LIVE: Minotaur IV HAPS - STP-S26 - November 19, 2010
« Reply #88 on: 11/20/2010 12:46 am »
He does like saying "Vehicle attitude is nominal".

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Re: LIVE: Minotaur IV HAPS - STP-S26 - November 19, 2010
« Reply #89 on: 11/20/2010 12:47 am »
FASTSAT separation

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Re: LIVE: Minotaur IV HAPS - STP-S26 - November 19, 2010
« Reply #90 on: 11/20/2010 12:47 am »
T+22 minutes and counting

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Re: LIVE: Minotaur IV HAPS - STP-S26 - November 19, 2010
« Reply #91 on: 11/20/2010 12:48 am »
Reorienting for FalconSat-5 separation.

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Re: LIVE: Minotaur IV HAPS - STP-S26 - November 19, 2010
« Reply #92 on: 11/20/2010 12:49 am »
Launch site securing and powerdown in work

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Re: LIVE: Minotaur IV HAPS - STP-S26 - November 19, 2010
« Reply #93 on: 11/20/2010 12:52 am »
FalconSat-5 separation confirmed. Five down, two (at once) to go.

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Re: LIVE: Minotaur IV HAPS - STP-S26 - November 19, 2010
« Reply #94 on: 11/20/2010 12:52 am »
Tracking station reconfigured for telemetry playback, waiting for TDRS LOS before doing that.

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He does like saying "Vehicle attitude is nominal".

He does indeed ;D
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Re: LIVE: Minotaur IV HAPS - STP-S26 - November 19, 2010
« Reply #96 on: 11/20/2010 12:56 am »
FASTRAC separation. That's the last of them. Now the upper stage will go and deploy some dummy spacecraft.

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Re: LIVE: Minotaur IV HAPS - STP-S26 - November 19, 2010
« Reply #97 on: 11/20/2010 12:57 am »
T+32 minutes and counting

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Re: LIVE: Minotaur IV HAPS - STP-S26 - November 19, 2010
« Reply #98 on: 11/20/2010 01:00 am »
S4/HAPS separation. Ignition should occur in one minute.

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Re: LIVE: Minotaur IV HAPS - STP-S26 - November 19, 2010
« Reply #99 on: 11/20/2010 01:00 am »
"Pyro valve initiated"? - how do you initiate a valve?. Attitude and rates were nominal at sep.
« Last Edit: 11/20/2010 01:00 am by GW_Simulations »

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