Well Curie discovered Radium and Polonium.If it were up to me, I'd go with Radium for the name.-----ABCD: Always Be Counting Down
Quote from: TrevorMonty on 11/11/2018 04:15 pmQuote from: VDD1991 on 11/11/2018 03:59 pmI's quite a feat that after a failed first launch last year, the Electron rocket aced two successful launches this year so far.The first launch wasn't a failure by Electron, was actually very successful. Failure was on 3rd party's comms equipment that was monitoring it, had to terminate Electron because of loss comms. It may have been “successful” for Rocket Lab, but I still constitute that maiden flight a failure since it fell short of orbital velocity. You don’t have to take my side.
Quote from: VDD1991 on 11/11/2018 03:59 pmI's quite a feat that after a failed first launch last year, the Electron rocket aced two successful launches this year so far.The first launch wasn't a failure by Electron, was actually very successful. Failure was on 3rd party's comms equipment that was monitoring it, had to terminate Electron because of loss comms.
I's quite a feat that after a failed first launch last year, the Electron rocket aced two successful launches this year so far.
43694 OBJECT E 2018-088E 551 X 491 KM X 85.02 DEG
Yes, the first one was clearly a launch failure. I would suggest that it was also a Rocket Lab failure, because isn't the prime ultimately responsible for everything, responsible for having a Plan B in case of data drop out, etc.?A very good test launch failure, I would say, because it exposed some not-so-obvious issues that needed solving. - Ed Kyle
Six objects cataloged in near-circular orbit along with Object A in elliptical orbit. Did Curie stage deorbit? It shouldn't have because it holds the drag experiment. Otherwise something is missing.43690 OBJECT A 2018-088A 504 X 208 KM X 85.03 DEG43691 OBJECT B 2018-088B 517 X 499 KM X 85.04 DEG43692 OBJECT C 2018-088C 518 X 497 KM X 85.03 DEG43693 OBJECT D 2018-088D 517 X 491 KM X 85.03 DEG43694 OBJECT E 2018-088E 551 X 491 KM X 85.02 DEG43695 OBJECT F 2018-088F 518 X 496 KM X 85.03 DEG43696 OBJECT G 2018-088G 516 X 491 KM X 85.04 DEG - Ed Kyle
The payloads will be launched to a 210km x 500km circular orbit at 85 degrees, before being circularized to 500 x 500 km using Rocket Lab’s Curie engine powered kick stage.
I remember an animation during launch coverage showing that it could and would, but with the drag experiment, no idea.Quote from: edkyle99 on 11/12/2018 09:36 pm43694 OBJECT E 2018-088E 551 X 491 KM X 85.02 DEGThat one is quite different from the others, almost seems like an error or typo or something? I didn't think any of the cubesats had propulsion and that seems like quite a change for a bump for deployment.Maybe E is the Curie but then one of the cubesats is missing.
Six objects cataloged in near-circular orbit along with Object A in elliptical orbit. Did Curie stage deorbit? It shouldn't have because it holds the drag experiment. Otherwise something is missing.43690 OBJECT A 2018-088A 504 X 208 KM X 85.03 DEG43691 OBJECT B 2018-088B 517 X 499 KM X 85.04 DEG43692 OBJECT C 2018-088C 518 X 497 KM X 85.03 DEG43693 OBJECT D 2018-088D 517 X 491 KM X 85.03 DEG43694 OBJECT E 2018-088E 515 X 491 KM X 85.02 DEG43695 OBJECT F 2018-088F 518 X 496 KM X 85.03 DEG43696 OBJECT G 2018-088G 516 X 491 KM X 85.04 DEG - Ed Kyle
Six objects cataloged in near-circular orbit along with Object A in elliptical orbit. Did Curie stage deorbit? It shouldn't have because it holds the drag experiment. Otherwise something is missing. - Ed Kyle