Anyone providing live coverage online? The launch doesn't seem to be on NASA TV's schedule.
Quote from: William Graham on 11/15/2013 02:45 pmThere has been some speculation as to the identity of the missing four satellites. Some sources list CSIP, TetherSat (which could be counted as one or two satellites since it consists of two CubeSats joined by a tether) and Rampart as additional ELaNa payloads, however Robert Christie of Zarya.info (http://www.zarya.info/blog/?p=1782) presents quite a good case for there being four pairs of Prometheus satellites, as opposed to four individual satellites.Rampart is not on board, as Gil Moore told me, that this satellite missed the deadline for some technical reasons.
There has been some speculation as to the identity of the missing four satellites. Some sources list CSIP, TetherSat (which could be counted as one or two satellites since it consists of two CubeSats joined by a tether) and Rampart as additional ELaNa payloads, however Robert Christie of Zarya.info (http://www.zarya.info/blog/?p=1782) presents quite a good case for there being four pairs of Prometheus satellites, as opposed to four individual satellites.
Is TetherSat definitely aboard? It's been missing from quite a few of the lists that I've seen and would seem to complicate the PPOD assignments
Cal Poly has posted a partial list. While it only includes 5 P-PODs, they also have pictures, beacon information, and a link to most of their websites.http://cubesat.org/index.php/missions/upcoming-launches/135-ors3-launch-alert
The Elana IV info at http://www.nasa.gov/content/nasa-cubesat-launch-initiative-10-small-student-built-satellites-selected-to-launch-in-bonus(and the factsheet there) lists only 11 satellites as part of Elana IV, no NPS-SCAT, no Black Knight, so they are not consideredpart of Elana IV - DoD satellites sharing the ride, but integrated with Elana IV as we see from NPS-SCAT's positionin PPOD 5B. Perhaps Black Knight is in PPOD 3C, or it was delayed and that slot has ballast.
This appears to be the last Minotaur 1 launch on the current backlog. Could it be the final Minotaur 1? - Ed Kyle
Quote from: edkyle99 on 11/19/2013 04:06 pmThis appears to be the last Minotaur 1 launch on the current backlog. Could it be the final Minotaur 1? - Ed KyleThere is no indication, that the Minotaur-1 family is to be terminated now.
Quote from: Skyrocket on 11/19/2013 04:11 pmQuote from: edkyle99 on 11/19/2013 04:06 pmThis appears to be the last Minotaur 1 launch on the current backlog. Could it be the final Minotaur 1? - Ed KyleThere is no indication, that the Minotaur-1 family is to be terminated now.But it currently holds no launch contracts under OSP-3 Lane 1, correct? - Ed Kyle
From NASA's Wallops Flight Facility facebook...Weather report for tonight shows high thin clouds at launch with a 100% probability of acceptable weather. However, we are red for space weather because of an X-ray flux event. That is being investigated. In addition we are working an issue with a back-up flight termination system transmitter at our downrange tracking site at Coquina, NC.
The X-ray flux issue is no longer a concern for the Minotaur, and countdown is on track for 7:30 pm EST launch.