Author Topic: LauncherOne - Straight Up - 02 July 2022, 06:53 UTC (Read 18273 times)

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #80 on:** 07/02/2022 07:48 am »

Second ignition, cutoff and separation should be happening about now.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #81 on:** 07/02/2022 07:51 am »

Mission success! Congratulations to Virgin Orbit and its customers for the successful launch!

"And there we have it, folks! We've just heard from Mission Control that Newton Three successfully reignited and deployed all customer spacecraft into their target orbit."

https://twitter.com/VirginOrbit/status/1543140101726814211

Rondaz · « **Reply #82 on:** 07/02/2022 09:03 am »

Virgin Orbit’s Straight Up Mission

Star One · « **Reply #83 on:** 07/02/2022 09:17 am »

Quote from: Rondaz on 07/02/2022 09:03 am

Virgin Orbit’s Straight Up Mission

I’ve already posted this exact same video above.

Zed_Noir · « **Reply #84 on:** 07/02/2022 09:24 am »

Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 07/02/2022 07:51 am

Mission success! Congratulations to Virgin Orbit and its customers for the successful launch!

"And there we have it, folks! We've just heard from Mission Control that Newton Three successfully reignited and deployed all customer spacecraft into their target orbit."

https://twitter.com/VirginOrbit/status/1543140101726814211

Virgin Orbit deleted the tweet in Steven's post and retweeted the following with the Newton Four correction. Newton Three is on the 1st stage of Launcher One.

"And there we have it, folks! We've just heard from Mission Control that *ahem* NewtonFour successfully reignited and deployed all customer spacecraft into their target orbit."

https://twitter.com/VirginOrbit/status/1543141642814664704

Rondaz · « **Reply #85 on:** 07/02/2022 09:28 pm »

CelesTrak has GP data for 3 objects from the launch (2022-074) of 7 satellites on a LauncherOne rocket over the US Western Range Airspace on Jul 2 at 0653 UTC:

https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1543287444589539328

Rondaz · « **Reply #86 on:** 07/02/2022 09:41 pm »

Three of the LauncherOne objects have been cataloged in 492 x 498 km x 45.0 deg orbits.

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1543335967330820097

Rondaz · « **Reply #87 on:** 07/03/2022 10:01 pm »

We now have USSF TLEs for all 8 objects from the LauncherOne mission. Object C is probably the upper stage, which seems to have lowered its perigee from 490 to 430 km to deplete propellant and reduce its lifetime.

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1543603353405595648

Conexion Espacial · « **Reply #88 on:** 07/12/2022 05:54 pm »

Mission Recap

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #89 on:** 07/25/2022 08:05 pm »

https://twitter.com/virginorbit/status/1551659635274309633

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We like hearing from our customers that we’ve put their missions on the path to success, but we *love* seeing them living their best lives in space. The excellently-named NACHOS-2 satellite, launched on our #StraightUp mission this month, is healthy and sending home selfies.

gongora · « **Reply #90 on:** 12/07/2022 12:47 am »

Request for Renewal

Iridium Satellite LLC (“Iridium”) hereby requests a renewal, through and
including November 30, 2023, of its experimental license to transmit from its space
stations to the GPX2 cubesat in the 1618.725–1626.5 MHz band.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (“NTIA”)
has authorized the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (“NASA”) to
conduct experiments with the GPX2 under proposal number NASA212003. A copy of
that authorization was attached to the initial application for experimental authority and
is hereby incorporated by reference.

GPX2 is currently stabilized using passive attitude control scheme. Due to
unanticipated on-orbit dynamics, spacecraft attitude rates have not yet passively
attenuated to a level that supports execution of the mission’s primary and secondary
science experiments. NASA is seeking a companion renewal from NTIA for
continuation of the GPX2 mission, and Iridium requests a renewal of its experimental
license to accommodate the anticipated continuation through November 30, 2023.