Ben Cooper has posted a couple of shots on twitter:QuoteThis morning's first ever Minotaur from Cape Canaveral lights up the Florida coastline! (Orbital ATK).https://twitter.com/launchphoto/status/901363076716310528QuoteFire and fury: Moment of ignition for a Minotaur IV rocket, first from Cape, at 2:04am EDT this morning (Orbital ATK).https://twitter.com/launchphoto/status/901600226561200128
This morning's first ever Minotaur from Cape Canaveral lights up the Florida coastline! (Orbital ATK).
Fire and fury: Moment of ignition for a Minotaur IV rocket, first from Cape, at 2:04am EDT this morning (Orbital ATK).
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 08/27/2017 12:28 amBen Cooper has posted a couple of shots on twitter:QuoteThis morning's first ever Minotaur from Cape Canaveral lights up the Florida coastline! (Orbital ATK).https://twitter.com/launchphoto/status/901363076716310528QuoteFire and fury: Moment of ignition for a Minotaur IV rocket, first from Cape, at 2:04am EDT this morning (Orbital ATK).https://twitter.com/launchphoto/status/901600226561200128Great photos. I know exactly where I'd place the marshmallows
Official photos from Saturday's #MinotaurIV #ORS5 launch @45thSpaceWing @usairforce Credit: Ben Cooper
That second photo was utterly spectacular.No other camera could've captured that shot.
Minotaur IV ORS-5 Launch BroadcastOrbital ATKPublished on 29 Aug 2017On August 26, 2017 Orbital ATK's Minotaur IV successfully launched the ORS-5 satellite for the United States Air Force from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. This video features a full replay of the broadcast and launch. Get more information on the mission here: bit.ly/2x7o20P
Quote from: gwiz on 09/02/2017 09:04 amThe Minotaur fourth stage decayed yesterday. Such a rapid decay suggests that it deployed a large drag sail.The fourth stage solid motor is integrated with avionics into a Guidance and Control Assembly (GCA). The GCA has an attitude control system to position the stage during coast periods and to provide roll control during burns. I wonder if the GCA ACS might have been was used to lower the orbit a bit. - Ed Kyle
The Minotaur fourth stage decayed yesterday. Such a rapid decay suggests that it deployed a large drag sail.
An object in a 600 km high equatorial orbit would reach the horizon ofobservers within about 23.9 deg of the equator. It would reach 10 degelevation for observers within about 15.8 deg of the equator.
This launch was originally also to carry 8 Lemur-2 cubesats for Spire, but this was cancelled due to the restriction on the use of excess ballistic missile assets for launch vehicles to U.S. government-sponsored payloads.http://spacenews.com/minotaur-4s-canceled-commercial-cubesat-rideshares-could-spark-policy-changes/
Quote from: Skyrocket on 09/19/2017 02:13 pmThis launch was originally also to carry 8 Lemur-2 cubesats for Spire, but this was cancelled due to the restriction on the use of excess ballistic missile assets for launch vehicles to U.S. government-sponsored payloads.http://spacenews.com/minotaur-4s-canceled-commercial-cubesat-rideshares-could-spark-policy-changes/Were those Lemur cubesats the ones that launched last July with the Kanopus-V-IK 1 satellite?