Author Topic: Space Ship Two - General Thread (Read 673487 times)

yg1968 · « **Reply #900 on:** 04/29/2013 12:48 pm »

Quote from: Richard Branson

Occasionally you have days that are ridiculously exciting. Today is such a day.

https://twitter.com/richardbranson/status/328841716088053760

yg1968 · « **Reply #901 on:** 04/29/2013 12:53 pm »

Quote from: Doug Messier

WK2 and SS2 on end of runway 30 doing preflight.

https://twitter.com/spacecom/status/328853705032097792

Quote from: Doug Messier

Sun creeping up on horizon behind WK2/SS2. Sunrise at 6:03.

https://twitter.com/spacecom/status/328854231731822592

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SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo are on the runway this morning for another exciting test flight! Stay tuned for photos & live status updates

https://twitter.com/virgingalactic/status/328853649948299265

mtakala24 · « **Reply #902 on:** 04/29/2013 12:55 pm »

I kind of miss the webcasted X-prize flights.

hint: webcast?

yg1968 · « **Reply #903 on:** 04/29/2013 01:03 pm »

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8:30 am EDT: Unconfirmed takeoff [launch] time is around 8:00 am PDT or 11:00 am EDT.

http://www.newspacewatch.com/articles/spaceshiptwo-pf01-ss2-and-wk2-readied-for-test.html

Quote from: Richard Branson

Planning something truly momentous with @virgingalactic today - watch this space

https://twitter.com/richardbranson/status/328856083764477952

Quote from: Doug Messier

Waiting for takeoff. On one of recent glide flights they took off about 38 minutes after sunrise.

https://twitter.com/spacecom/status/328862397987184640

yg1968 · « **Reply #904 on:** 04/29/2013 01:38 pm »

Quote from: Doug Messier

Proteus now taxiing for takeoff. High chase plane for SS2. SS2pf01

https://twitter.com/spacecom/status/328865834833412098

Image of sunrise in Mojave:
https://twitter.com/ac_charania/status/328858629593759746/photo/1

yg1968 · « **Reply #905 on:** 04/29/2013 01:49 pm »

Quote from: Virgin Galactic

It's a beautiful day for a flight.

https://twitter.com/virgingalactic/status/328868309929975808
https://twitter.com/virgingalactic/status/328868309929975808/photo/1

yg1968 · « **Reply #906 on:** 04/29/2013 01:53 pm »

Quote from: Doug Messier

Proteus chase plane took off at 6:50 am and climbed to the north. Next up will be WK2. SS2pf01

https://twitter.com/spacecom/status/328869467566247936

yg1968 · « **Reply #907 on:** 04/29/2013 01:57 pm »

Quote from: Doug Messier

Emergency vehicle just went down runway doing debris check I assume. SS2fp01

https://twitter.com/spacecom/status/328870401562251265

Quote from: Doug Messier

Someone trying to land without permission. Didn't check the notams today. SS2fp01

https://twitter.com/spacecom/status/328870843599962112

Quote from: Doug Messier

Mojave 1 has no idea who they are. That's Stu witt that's mojave 1. #SS2pf01

https://twitter.com/spacecom/status/328871192222126080

yg1968 · « **Reply #908 on:** 04/29/2013 02:02 pm »

Takeoff imminent. Everything looks good. Cleared for takeoff
https://twitter.com/spacecom/status/328871698055184384

yg1968 · « **Reply #909 on:** 04/29/2013 02:03 pm »

Quote from: Virgin Galactic

WhiteKnightTwo & SpaceShipTwo just took off. WK2’s 115th flight, SS2’s 26th. Stay tuned for updates. Stucky & Alsbury flying SS2.

https://twitter.com/virgingalactic/status/328871876535406593

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #910 on:** 04/29/2013 02:03 pm »

CONFIRMED LIFTOFF!

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #911 on:** 04/29/2013 02:03 pm »

Good job: KERO station at Bakersfield sent in a news chopper with live video! http://www.turnto23.com/video/live_video

Borklund · « **Reply #912 on:** 04/29/2013 02:05 pm »

Thanks Penguin. Hopefully they'll do a webcast for the first spaceflight of SS2.

JimO · « **Reply #913 on:** 04/29/2013 02:07 pm »

Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 04/27/2013 05:05 am

An air-space closure notice has been out up at Mojave on the 29th:

!MHV 04/029 MHV SVC TWR CDAS WEF 1304291130-1304291359

So it seems that the first flight may well be in the pre-dawn hours (4:30 - 6:59 am PDT).

http://www.parabolicarc.com/2013/04/26/mhv-04029-mhv-svc-twr-cdas-wef-1304291130-1304291359/

This period has now closed. So they just made it? Or was the warning modified later?

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #914 on:** 04/29/2013 02:09 pm »

Quote from: JimO on 04/29/2013 02:07 pm

Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 04/27/2013 05:05 am
An air-space closure notice has been out up at Mojave on the 29th:

!MHV 04/029 MHV SVC TWR CDAS WEF 1304291130-1304291359

So it seems that the first flight may well be in the pre-dawn hours (4:30 - 6:59 am PDT).

http://www.parabolicarc.com/2013/04/26/mhv-04029-mhv-svc-twr-cdas-wef-1304291130-1304291359/

This period has now closed. Was there a second warning issued?

Yes, in fact two days in a row!

http://www.parabolicarc.com/2013/04/27/excitement-building-in-mojave-for-first-spaceshiptwo-powered-flight/

input~2 · « **Reply #915 on:** 04/29/2013 02:14 pm »

Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 04/27/2013 05:05 am

An air-space closure notice has been out up at Mojave on the 29th:

!MHV 04/029 MHV SVC TWR CDAS WEF 1304291130-1304291359

So it seems that the first flight may well be in the pre-dawn hours (4:30 - 6:59 am PDT).

http://www.parabolicarc.com/2013/04/26/mhv-04029-mhv-svc-twr-cdas-wef-1304291130-1304291359/

This NOTAM was not specifying an "airspace closure" but indicated that the airspace around KMHV was controlled (CDAS=class D airspace) at that time, earlier than usually 1400UTC

yg1968 · « **Reply #916 on:** 04/29/2013 02:25 pm »

Quote from: Peter Diamandis

In Mojave with Branson, Burt Rutan and George Whitesides for first powered flight of SpaceShipTwo. Vehicle tookoff at 7am. 1hr to ignition.

https://twitter.com/PeterDiamandis/status/328875409825488896

corrodedNut · « **Reply #917 on:** 04/29/2013 02:29 pm »

Quote from: yg1968 on 04/29/2013 02:25 pm

Quote from: Peter Diamandis
In Mojave with Branson, Burt Rutan and George Whitesides for first powered flight of SpaceShipTwo. Vehicle tookoff at 7am. 1hr to ignition.

https://twitter.com/PeterDiamandis/status/328875409825488896

Does he mean 1 hour from the time of his post, or 1 hour from 7 am?

Borklund · « **Reply #918 on:** 04/29/2013 02:30 pm »

Presumably from the time of the post. Ignition is roughly 1hr 30m after launch, so that would make sense.

Alpha Control · « **Reply #919 on:** 04/29/2013 02:39 pm »

Very exciting! I was there too, at Mojave for the 1st SS1 flight into space.

All the best wishes to the Virgin and Scaled teams today.

Punch a hole in the sky!