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Re: Orbital Antares/Cygnus ORB-D Party Thread
« Reply #80 on: 09/22/2013 12:36 am »
Posting this here, since it's really kind of of-topic for the main thread.

And your point is?   So what if it is a garbage scow?   What is to be disappointed about that?
As true as it is, and as critical a role as trash disposal is, .

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Re: Orbital Antares/Cygnus ORB-D Party Thread
« Reply #81 on: 09/22/2013 03:09 am »
Isn't that has caused problems in the future?
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Re: Orbital Antares/Cygnus ORB-D Party Thread
« Reply #82 on: 09/22/2013 03:12 am »
We need some party music:
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Re: Orbital Antares/Cygnus ORB-D Party Thread
« Reply #83 on: 09/22/2013 06:52 am »
Staying up late for this one (cali time). ;D

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Re: Orbital Antares/Cygnus ORB-D Party Thread
« Reply #84 on: 09/22/2013 07:08 am »
Has anyone gotten a glimpse yet of Cygnus catching up to the ISS in the night sky?


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Re: Orbital Antares/Cygnus ORB-D Party Thread
« Reply #85 on: 09/22/2013 07:13 am »
I've got a clear evening for a freakin' change - I should see the two of them as clear as a bell in a few minutes here above Auckland N.Z., according to Heavens Above.com!! :)
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Re: Orbital Antares/Cygnus ORB-D Party Thread
« Reply #86 on: 09/22/2013 07:18 am »
We need some up party music and since this is cargo delivery.....

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Re: Orbital Antares/Cygnus ORB-D Party Thread
« Reply #87 on: 09/22/2013 07:23 am »
Yes - saw them; ISS was reasonably bright, but Cygnus was just a pinprick of light quite close to it. And both were very low in the sky. Apparently, I get another view at 8:51pm, but even lower in the sky at only 13 degrees altitude... :(
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Re: Orbital Antares/Cygnus ORB-D Party Thread
« Reply #88 on: 09/22/2013 07:33 am »
rendezvous aborted due to differential GPS problems
Best quote heard during an inspection, "I was unaware that I was the only one who was aware."

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Re: Orbital Antares/Cygnus ORB-D Party Thread
« Reply #89 on: 09/22/2013 07:50 am »
Damn! Hopefully they can fix it.  :(

On the bright side I guess this means I won't be staying up late tonight.

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Re: Orbital Antares/Cygnus ORB-D Party Thread
« Reply #90 on: 09/22/2013 08:45 am »
I set my alarm for 4:30, and actually didn't sleep through it like I've been known to do...


*grumble*
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Re: Orbital Antares/Cygnus ORB-D Party Thread
« Reply #91 on: 09/22/2013 09:34 am »
I set my alarm for 4:30, and actually didn't sleep through it like I've been known to do...


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Re: Orbital Antares/Cygnus ORB-D Party Thread
« Reply #92 on: 09/22/2013 09:36 am »
Gah. Annoying. I'll miss Tuesdays attempt too due to work.  :'(
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Re: Orbital Antares/Cygnus ORB-D Party Thread
« Reply #93 on: 09/22/2013 09:44 am »
Well, I just saw the ISS, anyway.  It was a very unfavorable pass, only 12º at maximum.  It was only about 10 minutes beforehand that I decided that there were enough breaks in the clouds to get dressed and look for it.

I saw the ISS playing hide & seek with the clouds, but I couldn't see Cygnus even with binoculars.  I didn't really expect to, down in the horizon murk.


Edit:  They first appeared in the constellation Cygnus, so I was hoping that would be a favorable omen.
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Re: Orbital Antares/Cygnus ORB-D Party Thread
« Reply #94 on: 09/22/2013 09:48 am »
Cygnus is confused... "Station is where?"

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Re: Orbital Antares/Cygnus ORB-D Party Thread
« Reply #95 on: 09/22/2013 11:31 am »
Hoping it's not feet/meters... ::)

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Re: Orbital Antares/Cygnus ORB-D Party Thread
« Reply #96 on: 09/22/2013 12:12 pm »
Now it's full daylight and the sky is crystal clear.  Figures.
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Re: Orbital Antares/Cygnus ORB-D Party Thread
« Reply #97 on: 09/22/2013 12:48 pm »
Hoping it's not feet/meters... ::)

With GPS, a possible problem is that one unit is using degrees and decimal degrees, and the other unit is degrees, minutes, and seconds.

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Re: Orbital Antares/Cygnus ORB-D Party Thread
« Reply #98 on: 09/22/2013 01:01 pm »
Hoping it's not feet/meters... ::)

With GPS, a possible problem is that one unit is using degrees and decimal degrees, and the other unit is degrees, minutes, and seconds.
They had done simulations with hardware in the loop. I wonder what sort of incompatibility would this have been. I would guess that GPS use a binary encoding that's standardized.

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Re: Orbital Antares/Cygnus ORB-D Party Thread
« Reply #99 on: 09/22/2013 02:01 pm »
Hey MACH, no sipping from the keg while driving!  ???
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