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Amazing view of it from the LA area! Saw a great plume up to staging.

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Cubesat deploy to be reported on NASA EDGE http://www.ustream.tv/nasaedge

[Did anyone catch the time they said for that?]  Edit:  2.06 PST which is 0506 EST / 1006 UTC.
I'm on EST, so am going to catch some zzzs for a bit
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Did anyone catch the time they said for that?

2:06 a.m. PST = 1006Z, if I heard correctly.

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NASA EDGE is covering the deployment of the cubesats at ustream.tv/nasaedge between 2:06 and 2:40 am PST (10:06-10:40 UTC), so we won't know the mission outcome until then.

Anyone knows the planned orbit parameters of the cubesats?
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Looked incredible from the Orange County area.  Bet a lot of surprised people on the ground wondered what that was.
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Only one tracking angle and not the usual side angle view which was sort of dissappointing.  Mentioned that cubesat deployment will be streaming live at 6 minutes after the top of the hour. 
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Looked incredible from the Orange County area.  Bet a lot of surprised people on the ground wondered what that was.
And they'll keep wondering until it gets declassified :D
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Looked incredible from the Orange County area.  Bet a lot of surprised people on the ground wondered what that was.
And they'll keep wondering until it gets declassified :D

While that is certainly true, I was speaking more to the fact that the launch was not well publicized in the SoCal area.  With 30 million people in the LA country area, I'm sure there were more than a few eyes who looked up and saw something much too fast to be an airplane with this amazing plume streaking out its rear end!
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ISS appeared to be crossing the US/Canada coastline at liftoff. Interesting to hear if they saw anything..
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Looked incredible from the Orange County area.  Bet a lot of surprised people on the ground wondered what that was.
And they'll keep wondering until it gets declassified :D

That's easy, it was USA-247 on its way to orbit.  What more could they possibly want to know?  ;D
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The amateur satellite observer network is all spun up to see the payload/upper stage--from Facebook

I am unfortunately clouded over receiving sleet/frozen rain all morning....

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Looks like TOPAZ 3 lifted off about 1m 30sec into the launch window at 07h14m30sec UT - today - I missed the lift-off as I was busy shopping - domestic duties have to take priority otherwise my "government" gets into a flap because her routine has been changed. Anyway, assuming the expected orbit is obtained- which should be the case - South Africa has optical visibility at around 1811 to 1829 UT tonight , reaching an elevation of about 59 degrees at about 18h19m30sec at azimuth 100 degrees, rising at azimuth 055 and setting at azimuth 218 degrees, and a second pass starting at about 2000UT at azimuth 348, reaching a maximum elevation of about 28 degrees at 20h02m30sec at azimuth 310 and setting at about 20h11min at azimuth 257. The first pass should be easily naked eye - probably around magnitude + 2 or +3. I should have more accurate elements later in the day once it has been tracked by the amateur network - the United States has optical passes around 2pm our time ( their morning). I have radio passes during the day but do not think Ill be trying as I am too lazy and have some other chores I have to attend to so cant play "satellites"...
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Re: LIVE: Atlas V 501 - NROL-39 - December 5, 2013 (23:14 PST)
« Reply #113 on: 12/06/2013 09:00 am »
United Launch Alliance has declared this launch a success.
The Colorado-based launch services company, formed in 2006 by merging the rocket divisions of Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp., announced the mission was a success in a press release.

"Today's successful launch of the NROL-39 mission is a testament to the tremendous government-industry partnership. We greatly appreciate the teamwork with the NRO Office of Space Launch and our many mission partners," said Jim Sponnick, ULA vice president of Atlas and Delta programs, in the press release. "We are honored to be entrusted to launch these one-of-a-kind national assets to orbit to protect our national security and to support the many brave men and women serving around the world."

Still to come later this morning is the deployment of 12 CubeSat secondary payloads.

The next Atlas 5 launch is set for Jan. 23 from Cape Canaveral with NASA's next Tracking and Data Relay Satellite.

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Re: LIVE: Atlas V 501 - NROL-39 - December 5, 2013 (23:14 PST)
« Reply #114 on: 12/06/2013 09:10 am »
NASA Edge has started.
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Re: LIVE: Atlas V 501 - NROL-39 - December 5, 2013 (23:14 PST)
« Reply #115 on: 12/06/2013 09:12 am »
Fairing Separation.
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Re: LIVE: Atlas V 501 - NROL-39 - December 5, 2013 (23:14 PST)
« Reply #116 on: 12/06/2013 09:17 am »
ULA Live Data
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Re: LIVE: Atlas V 501 - NROL-39 - December 5, 2013 (23:14 PST)
« Reply #117 on: 12/06/2013 09:19 am »
P-Pod
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Re: LIVE: Atlas V 501 - NROL-39 - December 5, 2013 (23:14 PST)
« Reply #118 on: 12/06/2013 09:21 am »
Live Data. Now talking about Firebird.
« Last Edit: 12/06/2013 09:21 am by Steven Pietrobon »
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Re: LIVE: Atlas V 501 - NROL-39 - December 5, 2013 (23:14 PST)
« Reply #119 on: 12/06/2013 09:23 am »
Live animation of satellite deploy. Firebirds deployed.
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