LIVE: ULA Atlas V - Mars Science Laboratory - Launch Day Updates

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« on: 11/26/2011 09:08 AM »
Specific live section for Atlas V's launch with MSL at 15:02 GMT.

Resources:

Prep and Flow Update thread:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=15026.0

L2 Atlas V/MLS Areas:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=25428.0
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=27244.0


Flow Article - by Chris Gebhardt:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/11/curiosityatlas-v-teams-set-weekend-launch-mars/

NEW ARTICLE:
Launch Day and Overview Article - by William Graham:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/11/live-atlas-v-launch-nasas-msl-rover-mars/


Remember, this is a live update thread, posts should be updates only.
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« Reply #1 on: 11/26/2011 10:08 AM »
Some early status via:
http://countdown.ksc.nasa.gov/elv/
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« Reply #2 on: 11/26/2011 10:11 AM »
Some live shots from the above.
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« Reply #3 on: 11/26/2011 10:13 AM »
Two weather balloons being sent up over the next five minutes.
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« Reply #4 on: 11/26/2011 10:21 AM »
T-4 hours and counting. L-4 hours, 45 minutes.

20 minutes to S-Band Test.
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« Reply #5 on: 11/26/2011 10:47 AM »
15 mins to several polls at the L-4 hour mark.
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« Reply #6 on: 11/26/2011 11:01 AM »
Polling: MOS, S/C, SMD
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« Reply #7 on: 11/26/2011 11:03 AM »
L-4 hours. T-3 hours, 20 mins.

Next: BDA (Blast Danager Area) road blocks.

You can see them preparing for that on the EELV portal.
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« Reply #8 on: 11/26/2011 11:04 AM »
Some of the teams driving away now. One fella's got himself a forklift (under the pad) ;D
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« Reply #9 on: 11/26/2011 11:19 AM »
Everyone heading back to their vans. There must have been about 40 people under the pad earlier. Probably final walkdowns.
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« Reply #10 on: 11/26/2011 11:31 AM »
The Media channel has an hour of live pad views now until launch coverage starts.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/media_flash.html
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« Reply #11 on: 11/26/2011 11:31 AM »
Looks like ULA's version of the NASA Closeout Team van:
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« Reply #12 on: 11/26/2011 11:32 AM »
GN2 Flow Initiated.
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« Reply #13 on: 11/26/2011 11:34 AM »
Quote from: Mapperuo on 11/26/2011 11:31 AM
The Media channel has an hour of live pad views now until launch coverage starts.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/media_flash.html

Cool.
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« Reply #14 on: 11/26/2011 11:38 AM »
Looks like the sun is starting to come up over the views.
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