Author Topic: Soyuz-ST-A/Fregat-M VS24 - Falcon Eye 2 - December 2, 2020 (01:33 UTC)  (Read 45866 times)

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Why "VS24a"? Arianespace designates the flight as VS24

https://twitter.com/Arianespace/status/1333129471625465859
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Webcast will start at 01:18 UTC.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Why "VS24a"? Arianespace designates the flight as VS24

I believe it is because VS24 was originally scheduled to fly another payload, which got bumped when Falcon Eye 2 moved from Vega to Soyuz.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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If you want to look for hidden clues, they have written "... separation of the satellites

Typo or more secret satellites?  ::)


I think it's just a mistake, on the french press kit there's:

« La durée nominale de la mission (du décollage à la séparation du satellite) est de : »
→ "The nominal duration of the mission (from liftoff to the satellite separation) is :"

There's only one sat on-board

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Two minutes and holding.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Webcast has started.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Arianespace CEO. Into final checks.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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T-12 minutes. Describing the mission.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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T-10 minutes. Board is green.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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T-9 minutes. Mission animation.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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T-8 minutes. Fregat will be deorbited.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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T-7 minutes.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Saying the launch is scrubbed. There is a red for the weather.
« Last Edit: 11/30/2020 12:34 am by Steven Pietrobon »
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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T-6 minutes.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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T-5 minutes. The red is for in-flight lighting.
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Stephen confirming the launch is scrubbed. Will try again tomorrow.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Wrapping up webcast.
« Last Edit: 11/30/2020 12:32 am by Steven Pietrobon »
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Ticker announcing the delay.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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