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Re: Vega Flight VV01 - Lares & 9 cubesats - January 26, 2012
« Reply #40 on: 02/10/2012 01:51 pm »
Italian space hardware achievement in general are extensive (not to mention their key role in the OSC Antares LV for COTS II)

I humbly beg to make two slight corrections:

There is no major Italian industry involvement with the Antares LV: TAS-I (Torino) is, of course, MAJORLY involved in the Cygnus Spacecraft (that will be launched by the Antares LV)...

There is no "COTS II" - you may be thinking of the CRS ("Commercial Resupply Service") contract (COTS was a "Space Act Agreement" or "SSA", not a contract like CRS.)

Having said that, one TAS-I built Cygnus PCM is involved in the COTS Demo Flight scheduled for sometime this fall.
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Watch online: Vega qualification flight

Join us for the first qualification flight of the Vega launch vehicle on Monday 13 February, with a launch window open from 11:00 to 13:00 CET (10:00 to 12:00 GMT). Vega will lift off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, to release nine satellites into orbit and add a new capability to Europe's fleet of launch systems. Live transmission starts at 10:40 CET.

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Vega/SEM8QAWX7YG_0.html
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A in Romanian - all about Goliat

To mark the occasion of the launch of Romania's first-ever satellite, the ESA Romanian page has been expanded, featuring background information on Goliat. Although Goliat is small in size, its upcoming launch on board ESA’s Vega qualification flight is seen as a giant leap for the country’s ambitions in space. Romania officially became ESA’s 19th Member State on 22 December 2011.

http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMZETVX7YG_Romania_0.html
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Re: Vega Flight VV01 - Lares & 9 cubesats - January 26, 2012
« Reply #43 on: 02/12/2012 10:46 am »
Italian space hardware achievement in general are extensive (not to mention their key role in the OSC Antares LV for COTS II)

I humbly beg to make two slight corrections:

There is no major Italian industry involvement with the Antares LV: TAS-I (Torino) is, of course, MAJORLY involved in the Cygnus Spacecraft (that will be launched by the Antares LV)...

There is no "COTS II" - you may be thinking of the CRS ("Commercial Resupply Service") contract (COTS was a "Space Act Agreement" or "SSA", not a contract like CRS.)

Having said that, one TAS-I built Cygnus PCM is involved in the COTS Demo Flight scheduled for sometime this fall.

Correction noted. I've tended to bracket Cygnus with Antares but obviously they are separate systems with Antares expected to have other missions outside of ISS re-supply.
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Re: Vega Flight VV01 - Lares & 9 cubesats - January 26, 2012
« Reply #44 on: 02/13/2012 12:44 am »
almost ready for the Live section!

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Yep! Spooky you posted that as I was about to move it!

And now moved for live coverage.
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Not long now.

Hoping for a nominal countdown and flawless flight.

Good luck ESA. Go Vega!!!!  ;D

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Under an hour to go and all webcast pages pointing to this horrid little window on the ESA site.

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Vega/SEM8QAWX7YG_0.html

Anyone seen anything better?
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Under an hour to go and all webcast pages pointing to this horrid little window on the ESA site.

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Vega/SEM8QAWX7YG_0.html

Anyone seen anything better?

I suspect they will just embed Livestream onto that page when the webcast starts, Link in the above post.
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Front page to videocorner points to the ESA page, with the tiny webcast window.

15 mins to webcast.
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5 mins to webcast. Looks like we'll have to screenshot off that page. This could be tough.
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Webcast starting. Now have a video box. Someone try and get a VLC out of it, if poss.
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T-20 and counting

(Chris you should get a mac, then you can do screen cap of part of the screen  ;) )
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T-20 and counting

(Chris you should get a mac, then you can do screen cap of part of the screen  ;) )

I'm a slave to Bill Gates ;D

Any help you can provide with screenshots will be great!!
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This is probably the best stream as Galactic Penguin SST liked to earlier.

http://www.livestream.com/eurospaceagency

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Webcast starting. Now have a video box. Someone try and get a VLC out of it, if poss.

This works in VLC

rtmp://atanarlivefs.fplive.net/atanarlive-live/streamesa-vv01-en

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