This is one of those confusing nomenclature deals. Is it "Epsilon 2" because it is the second Epsilon, or because it uses the upgraded "Epsilon 2" launch vehicle variant? Or both? - Ed Kyle
Quote from: edkyle99 on 12/14/2016 03:55 pmThis is one of those confusing nomenclature deals. Is it "Epsilon 2" because it is the second Epsilon, or because it uses the upgraded "Epsilon 2" launch vehicle variant? Or both? - Ed Kylewell this one is taller than previous flight, but JAXA calls it Epsilon 2nd flight whereas ISAS calls it currently E-2 first flight.
It's interesting to notice that in the twitter picture posts, people talk about hard work on the launch structure, specifically about the large duct that was external and now has been placed inside the red metallic structure (it was torn off on the first flight take-off).
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Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 12/18/2016 04:41 amVideo above gives this message."This video is no longer available because the YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated."Wow, that's like NASA YouTube account getting the boot. Here is what I found:It's the NVS channel: (NVS= Necovideo Visual Solutions)https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDkGOo9VQFjijIDZJidoNmgHere is their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/nvsliveWarning message: QuoteThis account has been terminated due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube's policy against spam, deceptive practices, and misleading content or other Terms of Service violations.I'll keep an eye on this. Thanks for the Heads up.
Quote from: catdlr on 12/18/2016 04:48 amQuote from: Steven Pietrobon on 12/18/2016 04:41 amVideo above gives this message."This video is no longer available because the YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated."Wow, that's like NASA YouTube account getting the boot. Here is what I found:It's the NVS channel: (NVS= Necovideo Visual Solutions)https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDkGOo9VQFjijIDZJidoNmgHere is their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/nvsliveWarning message: QuoteThis account has been terminated due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube's policy against spam, deceptive practices, and misleading content or other Terms of Service violations.I'll keep an eye on this. Thanks for the Heads up.Quote on their Facebook account::Necovideo Visual SolutionsAt 2:51 Am Yesterday ·If the freezing of @ youtube is not canceled by December 20, the epsilon rocket launch live broadcast will be only Nico Nico live broadcast. # NvsliveNICONICO Live site: (will need to sign up to get access)http://live.nicovideo.jp/gate/lv285259405
NASA’s Van Allen Probes, a pair of satellites launched into an orbit through the radiation belts in 2012, are already on the case. Arase carries similar instrumentation and will join the hunt, enabling three-point observations.Barry Mauk, former project scientist for the Van Allen Probes mission, said the ERG spacecraft is much like one of NASA’s radiation belt storm observatories.“The big difference is that ERG will fly with substantially higher inclination,” Mauk wrote in an email to Spaceflight Now. “Coordination with Van Allen Probes is a major goal on both sides of the Pacific.”The Van Allen Probes circle Earth closer to the equator, while Arase’s higher-inclination orbit will allow its sensors to measure downstream conditions, according to Mauk, a researcher based at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland.Mauk added that the opportunity for joint observations was a major objective identified for the Van Allen Probes’ extended mission, which is approved by NASA through 2018, and was a key justification for the Arase mission to win funding from the Japanese government.“Just as an example, waves that energize the radiation belt electrons start their growths near the equator where Van Allen Probes are flying, but they propagate to higher latitudes where ERG will fly, where those same waves scatter electrons and cause them to be lost,” Mauk wrote. “We will learn a great deal through coordinated measurements that cannot be easily learned any other way.”
Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 12/18/2016 04:41 amVideo above gives this message."This video is no longer available because the YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated."Youtube NVS channel is BACK!Epsilon Rocket F2 Launch 【360 VR】