Author Topic: SCRUB: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) ATTEMPT 1 - LAUNCH UPDATES  (Read 76823 times)

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LIVE UPDATE Coverage for Orbital's Antares launch of Cygnus on the ORB-3 (CRS-3) mission to the International Space Station.


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This is a live update thread, so all posts need to be updates, or they will be removed. Please use the other threads for non updates.

T-0: 18:45 Local.

Resources:

Orbital GENERAL Forum Section:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=46.0

Orbital (Antares/Cygnus) News Articles:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/orbital/

Main ORB-3/CRS-3 Feature Article - by William Graham:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/10/orbitals-antares-loft-fourth-cygnus-iss/

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L2 Antares/Cygnus Section - Really good section with a lot of documentation, hundreds of photos, video and content resources exclusive to L2:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=54.0
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Forcast for launch time At Wallopes Island, Va. from Weather Underground is;

59 degrees F
Barometric Pressure 30.09 inches steady
Wind from South Southwest at 2 MPH
0% chance of Rain.
My God!  It's full of universes!

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And here's William Graham's expansive launch overview article!
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/10/orbitals-antares-loft-fourth-cygnus-iss/
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NASA TV Launch coverage begins at 5:45 p.m.

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Excellent launch preview article from William, I should add. Best on the net, again.

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24 hour balloon data indicates upper level winds are acceptable for flight today and local weather is near perfect.

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Pre-flight  LIVE

http://www.ustream.tv/search?q=nasa

weather updates perfect as can be

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Coming up on a go/no-go decision on a drive over to Wallops.  Any issues being worked (e.g., L2)?

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Coming up on a go/no-go decision on a drive over to Wallops.  Any issues being worked (e.g., L2)?

Hearing all is fine. Antares launches tend to be very public, so I don't think L2 will hear anything unless it's leftfield. Everything else they tend to tweet and such.

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And here's William Graham's expansive launch overview article!
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/10/orbitals-antares-loft-fourth-cygnus-iss/

good article  ;)

might like to focus on the history being made in the updates

1st Cots contractor to launch 3 times to the ISS
Guess several other records for supplies under COTS.
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looked like the clouds coming in a bit

 
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2 hrs and 15 mins to launch.
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Re: LIVE: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) LAUNCH UPDATES
« Reply #11 on: 10/27/2014 08:01 pm »
2 hrs and 15 mins to launch.

they have had a red team working an issue, however weather is fine.
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Re: LIVE: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) LAUNCH UPDATES
« Reply #12 on: 10/27/2014 08:14 pm »
they mentioned something about terminating helium purge and the red team  This link has the countdown audio http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-tv-wallops
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Re: LIVE: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) LAUNCH UPDATES
« Reply #13 on: 10/27/2014 08:14 pm »
Looking beautiful on the pad

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Re: LIVE: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) LAUNCH UPDATES
« Reply #14 on: 10/27/2014 08:20 pm »
http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Oct-2014/0211.html

I just saw that the launch is at 22:45:03 UTC instead of 22:44:00 UTC. So
this is the revised estimation:

CYGNUS ORB-3 estimation2                                 198 X 255 km
1 70000U 14500A   14300.95351852 0.00000000  00000-0  00000+0 0    07
2 70000  51.6452 160.4800 0043469 137.1128   4.9765 16.17430254    04

Here the .kmz file to see the ascent profile, via Orbital:
https://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/MissionUpdates/Orb-3/Files/Orb-3_Viewing.kmz

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Re: LIVE: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) LAUNCH UPDATES
« Reply #15 on: 10/27/2014 08:21 pm »
countdown clock to resume at 21:28:04

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Re: LIVE: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) LAUNCH UPDATES
« Reply #16 on: 10/27/2014 08:24 pm »
reason for RED: sailboat in the center of the hazard area

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Re: LIVE: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) LAUNCH UPDATES
« Reply #17 on: 10/27/2014 08:28 pm »
countdown has resumed

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Re: LIVE: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) LAUNCH UPDATES
« Reply #18 on: 10/27/2014 08:29 pm »
very thoughful PAO: note to all Ustream observers that wish to leave to watch the launch outside that the stream is about 20 seconds behind

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Re: LIVE: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) LAUNCH UPDATES
« Reply #19 on: 10/27/2014 08:30 pm »
LO2 fill in progress

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