Quote from: Skyrocket on 08/24/2017 10:29 pmAny info on the three cubesats?SN identifies them all in its article on the launch.QuoteThe secondary payloads include two 1.5-unit CubeSats, weighing around 3.3 pounds (1.5 kilograms) each, from Los Alamos National Laboratory. A larger shoebox-sized CubeSat from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, with a weight around 6.6 pounds (3 kilograms) is also hitching a ride.
Any info on the three cubesats?
The secondary payloads include two 1.5-unit CubeSats, weighing around 3.3 pounds (1.5 kilograms) each, from Los Alamos National Laboratory. A larger shoebox-sized CubeSat from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, with a weight around 6.6 pounds (3 kilograms) is also hitching a ride.
I concur with Gunter's guess on the LANL cubesats.Note that they will go in the intermediate orbit not the equatorial one.Here is the only diagram I've seen of the rocket - ATK/USAF via Universe Today at https://www.universetoday.com/136900/threat-tracking-usaf-satellite-launching-nighttime-aug-25-on-cape-debut-of-retired-icbm-minotaur-rocket-watch-live/But I thought the Orion 38 motors were cylindrical, not spherical, so I don't really have a lot of trust in this..
https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/08/25/minotaur-4-ors-5-mission-status-center/"The countdown is holding at this time, meaning launch will not occur on time at 11:15 p.m. EDT (0315 GMT). The launch window has been shortened slightly, now closing at 3 a.m. EDT (0700 GMT)."
Quote from: cscott on 08/26/2017 01:25 amhttps://spaceflightnow.com/2017/08/25/minotaur-4-ors-5-mission-status-center/"The countdown is holding at this time, meaning launch will not occur on time at 11:15 p.m. EDT (0315 GMT). The launch window has been shortened slightly, now closing at 3 a.m. EDT (0700 GMT)."Was just coming to post this as I heard it over the Launch Director loop.
Hearing new T0 of 00:15a EDT (04:15 GMT).
Mission Update - August 25, 2017We are in a hold due to lightning in the area and we are assessing a new T-0. Minimum delay of one hour.
Live coverage of #MinotaurIV launch will begin as planned at 10:55 p.m. EDT with a weather update. Tune in here: http://www.orbitalatk.com/news-room/feature-stories/MinotaurIV_ORS5_Mission-Page/default.aspx