Author Topic: Vega-C VV21, maiden flight - LARES 2 - 13 July 2022 (13:13 UTC)  (Read 55876 times)

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You can also watch today's #VV21 @vega_sts launch on our @YouTube channel in 3 languages PLUS a special 'No commentary/operational audio only' mode!

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https://twitter.com/esa/status/1547144549050580993
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Orbital Launch no.83 of 2022

VV-21 | ESA | July 13 | 0713 ET

@ESA's #VegaC, #Europe's new medium-lift, to launch on its maiden flight carrying LARES-2 (LAser RElativity Satellite-2) & 6 Cubesats for #VV21 mission from @EuropeSpacePort.

https://twitter.com/SpaceIntellige3/status/1547147001908830210

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Webcast has begun.
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T-25 minutes. Board is green.
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Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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

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T-20 minutes. Team in Italy.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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T-15 minutes. Showing a video on Vega-C.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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« Last Edit: 07/13/2022 11:06 am by Steven Pietrobon »
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T-5 minutes. Talking about the movable gantry.
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T-4 minutes. Start of synchronised sequence.
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Red!
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Ensemble de lancément (pad) is red. Holding at T-1m29s.
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Clock stopped at T-1 minute 29 seconds.
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Holding for a possible green, all operators should be ready to pick up the count. How long is the window? I guess not very tight given this is an inaugural flight with relatively non-specific spacecraft.
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Re: HOLD : Vega-C VV21, maiden flight - LARES 2 - 13 July 2022
« Reply #119 on: 07/13/2022 11:15 am »
Commentators taking a break while we wait for a new launch time.
« Last Edit: 07/13/2022 06:10 pm by zubenelgenubi »
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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