Quote from: averagespacejoe on 11/17/2014 03:08 amSo I was checking spaceflightnow and they have a new article giving the stats and artwork of the launch. The mission patch looks purple and epic and I will be searching the internet for a good graphic of it. It reminds me a lot of NROL-33.Search no more.
So I was checking spaceflightnow and they have a new article giving the stats and artwork of the launch. The mission patch looks purple and epic and I will be searching the internet for a good graphic of it. It reminds me a lot of NROL-33.
Just looked up the weather, was about to set the gps to travel...doesn't look goodTHURSDAY - Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs in the lower to mid 60s. Southeast winds around 15 mph - increasing to 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph late in the afternoon. THURSDAY NIGHT - Rain. A slight chance of thunderstorms. Rain may be heavy at times in the evening. Lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Southeast winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts to 55 mph becoming southwest 15 to 25 mph after midnight. Read more: http://www.city-data.com/forecast/w-Vandenberg-AFB-California.html#ixzz3LSmp5hAzanyone know the wind restraints?
Quote from: Prober on 12/10/2014 02:49 amJust looked up the weather, was about to set the gps to travel...doesn't look goodTHURSDAY - Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs in the lower to mid 60s. Southeast winds around 15 mph - increasing to 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph late in the afternoon. THURSDAY NIGHT - Rain. A slight chance of thunderstorms. Rain may be heavy at times in the evening. Lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Southeast winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts to 55 mph becoming southwest 15 to 25 mph after midnight. Read more: http://www.city-data.com/forecast/w-Vandenberg-AFB-California.html#ixzz3LSmp5hAzanyone know the wind restraints?What's the weather prediction from the 30th Space Wing?
A4807/14 - THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES ARE REQUIRED DUE TO: ALTRV 2 ROPS AIROP DO-1407 EASTBOUND TRAFFIC FROM HAWAII TO CONUS ON ATS ROUTE R578 ESTIMATING FITES BETWEEN 2200 AND 0055 SHOULD FILE R578 FOMAS ETNIC DADIE AUDIA MQO FLIGHT PLAN ROUTE. EASTBOUND TRAFFIC FROM HAWAII TO CONUS ON ATS ROUTE R577 ESTIMATING EBBER BETWEEN 2200 AND 0055 SHOULD FILE R577 ETNIC DADIE AUDIA MQO FLIGHT PLAN ROUTE. WESTBOUND TRAFFIC TO HAWAII FROM CONUS ON ATS ROUTE R578 ESTIMATING FICKY BETWEEN 0210 AND 0440 SHOULD FILE MQO AUDIA FLIGHT PLAN ROUTE. SFC - UNL END PART 1 OF 3, SEE TEXT, 11 DEC 22:00 2014 UNTIL 12 DEC 04:45 2014. CREATED: 09 DEC 21:18 2014
Viewing the Launch by Webcast: The live webcast will begin at 6:57 p.m. PST.
Here's a story titled "Vandenberg AFB prepping for West Coast's most powerful launch ever".http://lompocrecord.com/news/local/military/vandenberg/vandenberg-afb-prepping-for-west-coast-s-most-powerful-launch/article_e8cd298c-4cb9-52a2-82bf-e17ef3915ec3.htmlHow soon they forget! Titan 4B - (remember?) - was more powerful, heavier, more capable, etc, than Atlas 541. Not to mention Delta 4 Heavy! - Ed Kyle
Quote from: c3infinity on 11/17/2014 04:49 pmQuote from: averagespacejoe on 11/17/2014 03:08 amSo I was checking spaceflightnow and they have a new article giving the stats and artwork of the launch. The mission patch looks purple and epic and I will be searching the internet for a good graphic of it. It reminds me a lot of NROL-33.Search no more.http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/creepy-kitschy-and-geeky-patches-us-spy-satellites-180953562/?utm_source=facebook.com&no-ist
*photo here*I count twelve stars on the patch. Could mean something. Or not.
I count twelve stars on the patch. Could mean something. Or not.
Quote from: Blackstar on 12/10/2014 11:31 pmI count twelve stars on the patch. Could mean something. Or not.The number of ELINT satellites launched into a High elliptical orbit (7 Jumpseat, including failures + 5 Trumpet)?
Quote from: Blackstar on 12/10/2014 11:31 pm*photo here*I count twelve stars on the patch. Could mean something. Or not.Any significance with the fireball that the figure is carrying? Sometimes there's some fairly strange content in these NROL missions, like the giant space octopus patch a while back, for what was most likely a high-powered telescope satellite for surveillance. Additionally, there were the all-seeing eye pyramid shapes used a few times in the NROL series mission patches, which generated quite a bit of tabloid media coverage 'confirming the illuminati'.
Atlas-V-541 maxes out at about 8.3t to GTO. This must be quite a big bird they're lofting!
Quote from: Ben the Space Brit on 12/11/2014 12:54 pmAtlas-V-541 maxes out at about 8.3t to GTO. This must be quite a big bird they're lofting!eerm... Vandenberg, they are not going to GTO. Though, that does not rule out HEO.