Author Topic: LIVE: Sea Launch - JCSat-9 - April 12 (Read 40856 times)

Flightstar · « **Reply #80 on:** 04/13/2006 05:47 pm »

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bobrogg - 13/4/2006 12:40 PM

Yep, You have one Sea Launch guy here. We are getting ready to head home from this mission and get ready for the next launch (June 5th?). Thanks for the great coverage guys!

Bob

Please pass on our best from the USA guys at KSC.

anik · « **Reply #81 on:** 04/13/2006 06:09 pm »

Welcome, Bob!

And congratulations with successful launch!

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bobrogg - 13/4/2006 9:40 PM

get ready for the next launch (June 5th?)

With Galaxy 16 satellite?... I know that you should begin this launch campaign on April 22...

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anik - 12/4/2006 7:44 PM

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DaveS - 6/4/2006 2:30 AM

Launch has been delayed 24 hrs to April 12

I am sorry, but I have forgotten to tell about a reason of this delay...

Japanese was ill aboard the Sea Launch Commander ship... They were compelled to land him on the nearest island for rendering medical aid, therefore a day was lost...

Was my source right?... If it is not a secret...

Jim · « **Reply #82 on:** 04/13/2006 06:11 pm »

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David BAE - 13/4/2006 12:14 PMDo we have any Sea Launch people here. One of my collegues is looking to join them. Maybe some of the Lockheed Martin people can help?

Lockheed Martin? You mean Boeing I hope

Rob in KC · « **Reply #83 on:** 04/13/2006 06:17 pm »

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Jim - 13/4/2006 1:11 PM

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David BAE - 13/4/2006 12:14 PMDo we have any Sea Launch people here. One of my collegues is looking to join them. Maybe some of the Lockheed Martin people can help?

Lockheed Martin? You mean Boeing I hope

They are Boeing? Why do they have Lockheed Martin in the bottom left of their webcast?

Jim · « **Reply #84 on:** 04/13/2006 06:42 pm »

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Rob in KC - 13/4/2006 2:17 PM
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Jim - 13/4/2006 1:11 PM
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David BAE - 13/4/2006 12:14 PMDo we have any Sea Launch people here. One of my collegues is looking to join them. Maybe some of the Lockheed Martin people can help?

Lockheed Martin? You mean Boeing I hope
They are Boeing? Why do they have Lockheed Martin in the bottom left of their webcast?

Spacecraft was LM. Boeing leads the Sealaunch consortium. All the mission and payload integration is performed by Boeing. RSC Energia is the Russian lead with support from the Ukraine Zenit producer (too lazy to look it up)

censored account · « **Reply #85 on:** 04/13/2006 08:34 pm »

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anik - 13/4/2006 11:09 AM

Welcome, Bob! And congratulations with successful launch!

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bobrogg - 13/4/2006 9:40 PM

get ready for the next launch (June 5th?)

With Galaxy 16 satellite?... I know that you should begin this launch campaign on April 22...

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anik - 12/4/2006 7:44 PM

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DaveS - 6/4/2006 2:30 AM

Launch has been delayed 24 hrs to April 12

I am sorry, but I have forgotten to tell about a reason of this delay...

Japanese was ill aboard the Sea Launch Commander ship... They were compelled to land him on the nearest island for rendering medical aid, therefore a day was lost...

Was my source right?... If it is not a secret...

We did fly one person off because of a medical issue but it was one of the Lockheed Martin guys, not the JCSAT-9 customer.

George CA · « **Reply #86 on:** 04/13/2006 08:50 pm »

Great. One year old site and after we get a load of engineers from USA and NASA etc. we have our first Sea Launch person

What do you do with Sea Launch, if that's ok to ask, Bob?

censored account · « **Reply #87 on:** 04/13/2006 10:42 pm »

I’m the Internal Communications/CCTV/Radio/PABX Engineer for Boeing-Sea Launch. I take care of all communications coming on/off both vessels along with the video/audio you see/hear during our launches is my responsibility, plus all of the remote camera views you guys can’t see that we use during launch ops for verifications i.e. vent/duct removal, transporter erector rollback, hangar door closure. This job keeps me very busy AND it’s the best job I’ve ever had. JCSAT-9 is my 11th launch with Sea Launch------ now onward to number 12!

Bob

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #88 on:** 04/13/2006 11:26 pm »

And we'll be covering that next launch

First launch I got to cover involving Sea Launch reminded me of the movie "contact" - where Jody Foster got to go and meet "Dad". That "launch" had a mission control on a ship, although I think it'll be a while before your launches will be sending anyone through a series of wormholes

censored account · « **Reply #89 on:** 04/14/2006 01:07 am »

Here is one of two launch photos, enjoy!

Bob

censored account · « **Reply #90 on:** 04/14/2006 02:23 am »

Ok, I think I have it this time. Photo #1 From ACS

censored account · « **Reply #91 on:** 04/14/2006 02:26 am »

Photo #2 from Launch Deck

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #92 on:** 04/14/2006 02:26 am »

Those are beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

censored account · « **Reply #93 on:** 04/14/2006 03:02 am »

Thanks, I'll post more info on our next mission as soon as it becomes available .

Bob

Shuttle Man · « **Reply #94 on:** 04/14/2006 03:13 am »

Please do. You are a very welcome addition to the forum on this site.

Rocket Guy · « **Reply #95 on:** 04/14/2006 03:22 am »

Bob, does SL only set up one remote per launch? I think I've only seen that one angle each launch. It's nice but I always like to see others. If you can share more please do :-)

censored account · « **Reply #96 on:** 04/14/2006 04:31 am »

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Shuttle Man - 13/4/2006 8:13 PM

Please do. You are a very welcome addition to the forum on this site.

Thanks for the kind words. I'll try and get more photos posted but we (Sea Launch) are under export restrictions that limit us as to what we can show and not show to the general public. I have some high-speed video I would love to post but cannot due too those rules.

Bob

edkyle99 · « **Reply #97 on:** 04/14/2006 06:24 am »

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British NASA - 13/4/2006 4:06 AM

How popular could sea launches become? Does it have a significant
cost saving? I ask as there's a lot of infrastructure involved with the
oil rig type pad and the big mission control ship.

Since we don't have ready access to those closely-held commercial
launch prices, we can only guess about them based upon launch
activity. Since the start of 2004, Sea Launch has launched nine
comsats, with one partial failure. ILS has performed an equal
number of commercial Proton missions, with one outright failure.
Arianespace has also launched nine times, with no failures, but some
of the Arianespace missions lofted more than one satellite.

The fact is that Sea Launch platform Odyssey has been one of the
worlds busiest launch pads during recent years.

Clearly, Sea Launch Zenit is commercially competitive in the post-
commercial-satellite slump era. But is Sea Launch making money?
Only Sea-Launch's Cayman Island banker knows for sure! Perhaps
the better question to ask is - are Arianespace or ILS really making
any money? Would they be if they were, like Sea Launch, only
launching non-government payloads?

Meanwhile, the much ballyhood U.S. EELV launchers have performed
a grand total, together, of only six launches, with one failure, during
the time span mentioned above.

- Ed Kyle

STS Tony · « **Reply #98 on:** 04/14/2006 01:47 pm »

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bobrogg - 13/4/2006 11:31 PM

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Shuttle Man - 13/4/2006 8:13 PM

Please do. You are a very welcome addition to the forum on this site.

Thanks for the kind words. I'll try and get more photos posted but we (Sea Launch) are under export restrictions that limit us as to what we can show and not show to the general public. I have some high-speed video I would love to post but cannot due too those rules.

Bob

Understood, but that's very annoying

Do the cameras filming the launch from the pad get destroyed, like the ones on the Shuttle pads, so you have to take the feed and use that, rather than going to collect some film a day or so later?

Jim · « **Reply #99 on:** 04/14/2006 02:03 pm »

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STS Tony - 14/4/2006 9:47 AMUnderstood, but that's very annoying :(Do the cameras filming the launch from the pad get destroyed, like the ones on the Shuttle pads, so you have to take the feed and use that, rather than going to collect some film a day or so later?

Shuttle cameras do not get destroyed