MKremer - 18/9/2007 4:04 PMQuoteJason Davies - 18/9/2007 3:47 PMQuoteChris Bergin - 18/9/2007 2:48 PMOne of Mark He seems to have less screens and isn't walking around for this one?The Vandenberg telemetry setup may be more user-friendly than the Florida one.
Jason Davies - 18/9/2007 3:47 PMQuoteChris Bergin - 18/9/2007 2:48 PMOne of Mark He seems to have less screens and isn't walking around for this one?
Chris Bergin - 18/9/2007 2:48 PMOne of Mark
moose - 18/9/2007 6:32 PMFirst motion time I got from the range was 183500.526
nathan.moeller - 18/9/2007 1:54 PMQuoteChris Bergin - 18/9/2007 1:51 PMWould love to listen to Marc's calls and not Jessica babbling on with her informercials.Kind of makes you question the need for PAO on this sort of launch huh?
Chris Bergin - 18/9/2007 1:51 PMWould love to listen to Marc's calls and not Jessica babbling on with her informercials.
hyper_snyper - 19/9/2007 3:16 PMSo I just read on SFN, this is 75 in a row for DII. So is that really the all-time record for ELVs?
edkyle99 - 20/9/2007 4:31 AMQuotehyper_snyper - 19/9/2007 3:16 PMSo I just read on SFN, this is 75 in a row for DII. So is that really the all-time record for ELVs?Not even close. On two occasions (1983-86 and 1990-96) R-7 based launchers (Soyuz, Molniya, and Vostok) recorded 133 consecutive mission successes. Tsyklon 2 is riding a current streak of 92 consecutive successes. - Ed Kyle
GW_Simulations - 20/9/2007 4:32 PMAnd I should point out to anyone who says that Delta II is the most reliable ELV in service, the Tsyklon 2 is actually more reliable than it. The Atlas II was more reliable again, but that is now out of service.
jimvela - 21/9/2007 12:27 AMQuoteGW_Simulations - 20/9/2007 4:32 PMAnd I should point out to anyone who says that Delta II is the most reliable ELV in service, the Tsyklon 2 is actually more reliable than it. The Atlas II was more reliable again, but that is now out of service.Record of reliability is well and good, but *RECENT* reliability is more relevant to a prospective customer shopping for a launch vehicle.There look to have been only 3 Tskylon M launches since 2000, and only 18 since 1990. At that low flight rate it is hard to believe that there is adequate continuing process to ensure that the upcoming launches will have predictable flight reliability.Since 2000, there have been something like 43 D II launches, all successful. If you were choosing a LV to place your payload on, which would you be inclined to choose?Pricey, perhaps, but the delta team seems to be really on their game at present with the D-II.