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RE: Sea Launch - EchoStar X
« Reply #60 on: 02/15/2006 10:49 pm »
Stage 2 ignition confirmed!

Edit:
Official T-0 was 2334:59.098 GMT.
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RE: Sea Launch - EchoStar X
« Reply #61 on: 02/15/2006 10:51 pm »
Fairing jett and AoS through the TDRS constellation.
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RE: Sea Launch - EchoStar X
« Reply #62 on: 02/15/2006 10:51 pm »
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RE: Sea Launch - EchoStar X
« Reply #63 on: 02/15/2006 10:53 pm »
Uh oh, problems...off scale low. Did you catch that Dave?
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RE: Sea Launch - EchoStar X
« Reply #64 on: 02/15/2006 10:54 pm »
Stage 2 shut down and jettison! So far a clean flight being reported.
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RE: Sea Launch - EchoStar X
« Reply #65 on: 02/15/2006 10:54 pm »
They seem to be calling the flight as nominal, so obviously not a critical system, whatever that was.
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« Reply #66 on: 02/15/2006 10:55 pm »
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RE: Sea Launch - EchoStar X
« Reply #67 on: 02/15/2006 10:57 pm »
Another view of the launch from the replay.
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RE: Sea Launch - EchoStar X
« Reply #68 on: 02/15/2006 11:00 pm »
Cruising in LEO.
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RE: Sea Launch - EchoStar X
« Reply #69 on: 02/15/2006 11:02 pm »
This is where it's heading:

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RE: Sea Launch - EchoStar X
« Reply #70 on: 02/15/2006 11:04 pm »
Ground track. Big coast period.
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RE: Sea Launch - EchoStar X
« Reply #71 on: 02/15/2006 11:05 pm »
"The dark forces of cable took away our television"? Loving the DISH advert on this webcast :)

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RE: Sea Launch - EchoStar X
« Reply #72 on: 02/15/2006 11:06 pm »
All going well.
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RE: Sea Launch - EchoStar X
« Reply #73 on: 02/15/2006 11:08 pm »
Nice shades, Mr Engineer, dOOd ;)
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RE: Sea Launch - EchoStar X
« Reply #74 on: 02/15/2006 11:22 pm »
Apparently the launch is going well, although they are asking their LockMart guy about what the food is like on the ship (dear lord!)
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RE: Sea Launch - EchoStar X
« Reply #75 on: 02/15/2006 11:24 pm »
Update!!: The food's "ok" :)

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RE: Sea Launch - EchoStar X
« Reply #76 on: 02/15/2006 11:27 pm »
There's the Sat:

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RE: Sea Launch - EchoStar X
« Reply #77 on: 02/15/2006 11:29 pm »
Live tracking:
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RE: Sea Launch - EchoStar X
« Reply #78 on: 02/15/2006 11:31 pm »
Second burn coming up:
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RE: Sea Launch - EchoStar X
« Reply #79 on: 02/15/2006 11:34 pm »
Second burn nominal. On the way to spacecraft seperation. 5:30m burn.
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