Author Topic: Electron - DARPA R3D2 - March 28, 2019 (23:27 UTC)  (Read 36459 times)

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Re: Electron - DARPA R3D2 - NET March 24, 2019
« Reply #40 on: 03/24/2019 03:46 pm »
ARTICLE: Rocket Lab to begin monthly launches with dedicated DARPA mission -

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/03/rocket-lab-dedicated-darpa-mission/

- By Thomas Burghardt

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1109859006267428865
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Re: Electron - DARPA R3D2 - NET March 24, 2019
« Reply #44 on: 03/24/2019 06:26 pm »
Sunrise shot of Electron vertical from Peter Beck.

https://twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck/status/1109894415055642624
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"The Starship has landed"

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Re: Electron - DARPA R3D2 - NET March 24, 2019
« Reply #45 on: 03/24/2019 08:15 pm »
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"The Starship has landed"

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Re: Electron - DARPA R3D2 - NET March 24, 2019
« Reply #47 on: 03/24/2019 08:57 pm »
Link to livestream.

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

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Re: Electron - DARPA R3D2 - NET March 24, 2019
« Reply #48 on: 03/24/2019 09:20 pm »
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Blue skies over Launch Complex 1 today. Weather is green for launch! ☀️The webcast for today's mission will be live in approx 60 minutes. Lift-off is targeted for 23:36 UTC.

twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1109942172759949312
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Re: Electron - DARPA R3D2 - NET March 24, 2019
« Reply #49 on: 03/24/2019 09:22 pm »
It's a beautiful, calm day for a launch down there - about 22 degrees Celcius! :)
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Re: Electron - DARPA R3D2 - NET March 24, 2019
« Reply #50 on: 03/24/2019 10:19 pm »
Scrub!

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The team has identified a video transmitter 13dB down with low performance. It's not an issue for flight, but we want to understand why, so we're waiving off for the day. We'll assess and advise a new target lift-off time soon.

twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1109957631299538945
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Re: SCRUB: Electron - DARPA R3D2 - NET March 24, 2019
« Reply #52 on: 03/24/2019 10:54 pm »
Weather tomorrow looks to be about the same as today's:

https://www.metservice.com/rural/hawkes-bay#!/mahia

However the weather seems to start going downhill Wednesday night into Thursday.  Here's to hoping for a quick issue resolve and it doesn't turn into something that takes a while to figure out.

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Re: SCRUB: Electron - DARPA R3D2 - NET March 24, 2019
« Reply #53 on: 03/25/2019 01:17 am »
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Launch update: The team is going to take tomorrow to replace the video transmitter, then we'll be back on the pad to launch @DARPA’s R3D2 satellite. Rocket Lab is currently targeting no earlier than 22:30, Tuesday 26 March UTC for launch.

twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1110001051208429568


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No video transmitter = no launch webcast, and we all love a good show!

twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1110001249804414976
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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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Re: SCRUB: Electron - DARPA R3D2 - NET March 24, 2019
« Reply #54 on: 03/26/2019 04:55 am »
Launch has been pushed back another 24 hours due to high winds.

https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1110348953986297856

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Re: SCRUB: Electron - DARPA R3D2 - NET March 24, 2019
« Reply #55 on: 03/26/2019 08:45 pm »
And yet another 24 hours:

https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1110638209770254336

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A weather & COLA window (space traffic) briefing has been completed for the @DARPA R3D2 launch from LC-1. With limited COLA windows and a high chance (45%) of violating weather criteria tomorrow, launch is now planned for no earlier than 22:30 UTC, 28 March.

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Re: SCRUB: Electron - DARPA R3D2 - NET March 24, 2019
« Reply #56 on: 03/27/2019 09:25 pm »
There's a high pressure system moving into the area over the next couple of days, so, fingers-crossed, they should be good to go this time.. before it gets nasty again early next week.
With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine - however, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are
going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead.

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Re: Electron - DARPA R3D2 - NET March 28, 2019
« Reply #59 on: 03/28/2019 09:04 pm »
Link to livestream.

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

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