Author Topic: SCRUB: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) ATTEMPT 1 - LAUNCH UPDATES  (Read 76839 times)

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Re: LIVE: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) LAUNCH UPDATES
« Reply #101 on: 10/27/2014 09:43 pm »
RSO is still red, but proceeding.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Re: LIVE: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) LAUNCH UPDATES
« Reply #102 on: 10/27/2014 09:43 pm »
count has started!

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Re: LIVE: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) LAUNCH UPDATES
« Reply #104 on: 10/27/2014 09:44 pm »
T-12 minutes and counting.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Re: LIVE: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) LAUNCH UPDATES
« Reply #105 on: 10/27/2014 09:44 pm »
TEL armed for rapid retract in work

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TEL is not yet armed. In work.
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Re: LIVE: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) LAUNCH UPDATES
« Reply #107 on: 10/27/2014 09:44 pm »
They are either having comm issues on the net or folks aren't paying attention.  Lots of second requests for responses
Best quote heard during an inspection, "I was unaware that I was the only one who was aware."

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Re: LIVE: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) LAUNCH UPDATES
« Reply #108 on: 10/27/2014 09:45 pm »
RSO: no change in status

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Re: LIVE: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) LAUNCH UPDATES
« Reply #109 on: 10/27/2014 09:45 pm »
If they launch the ISS will be directly above the ascending vehicle, thanks to the delay.

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RSO still RED.
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Re: LIVE: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) LAUNCH UPDATES
« Reply #111 on: 10/27/2014 09:45 pm »
stop clock

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Re: LIVE: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) LAUNCH UPDATES
« Reply #113 on: 10/27/2014 09:45 pm »
T-11 minutes.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Re: LIVE: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) LAUNCH UPDATES
« Reply #114 on: 10/27/2014 09:45 pm »
abort due the friggin boat
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Damn unlucky. They gave that all the time they could. STUPID boat.
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Re: LIVE: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) LAUNCH UPDATES
« Reply #116 on: 10/27/2014 09:45 pm »
The boat sunk the launch :-(


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Re: LIVE: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) LAUNCH UPDATES
« Reply #117 on: 10/27/2014 09:46 pm »
Where is the Coast Guard ?  >:(

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Re: LIVE: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) LAUNCH UPDATES
« Reply #118 on: 10/27/2014 09:46 pm »
I hope that boat owner gets a nice fat bill for this scrub 

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Re: LIVE: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) LAUNCH UPDATES
« Reply #119 on: 10/27/2014 09:46 pm »
Owner of that boat needs to get a very large bill for a wasted launch attempt
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