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#20
by
kq6ea
on 19 Jan, 2011 20:21
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Hmmm....nothing on the ULA website, and I was out trying to see it from here in Long Beach, and....NADA!
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#21
by
kq6ea
on 19 Jan, 2011 20:28
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OOOPS!
Just looked carefully at the website, and it's the 20th.
Could have sworn it was today....
Oh, well, at least my camera is ready.
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#22
by
otisbow
on 19 Jan, 2011 23:48
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Dose anybody know what satellite ULA will use for there launch broadcast?
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#23
by
TitanFan
on 20 Jan, 2011 02:32
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OK, with a daylight launch of this big beast, is it worth trying to taking pictures of? I'm going to be about 3-4 miles away from SLC-6 (Surf Beach), waiting for it to pop up over the mountains. But with this thing being liquid fueled, how bright will the flame be?
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#24
by
Art LeBrun
on 20 Jan, 2011 02:55
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How scattered the sunlight might be could a major concern also. Best to be south of SLC-6 if you can.
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#25
by
butters
on 20 Jan, 2011 03:14
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OK, with a daylight launch of this big beast, is it worth trying to taking pictures of? I'm going to be about 3-4 miles away from SLC-6 (Surf Beach), waiting for it to pop up over the mountains. But with this thing being liquid fueled, how bright will the flame be?
The RS-68 is a bright orange fiery engine (hydrogen-rich gas-generator cycle), and the Heavy has three of them spaced nicely apart. It also doesn't climb off the launch pad exceptionally fast, and it's a physically large rocket with bright orange foam. The DIVH is a very impressive looking launch vehicle if nothing else.
And a quick check of the weather forecast shows clear skies and 70F at T-0.
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#26
by
TitanFan
on 20 Jan, 2011 03:48
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The RS-68 is a bright orange fiery engine (hydrogen-rich gas-generator cycle), and the Heavy has three of them spaced nicely apart. It also doesn't climb off the launch pad exceptionally fast, and it's a physically large rocket with bright orange foam. The DIVH is a very impressive looking launch vehicle if nothing else.
And a quick check of the weather forecast shows clear skies and 70F at T-0.
Hopefully that forecast holds up. I was roving around downtown Lompoc today around launch time, and it was foggy as you-know-what out toward the SLC's. Couldn't even see 3E and 4E from the end of my street like I usually can.
E D I T: Since this thing is slower off the pad than, say, a Titan IVB, will that make it a more noisy then the big Titan, or should it be about the same or less (since the Titan generated more thrust from the SRMU's)?
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#27
by
kq6ea
on 20 Jan, 2011 04:35
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Satellite Coordinates:
ALL TIMES PACIFIC STANDARD TIME
JANUARY 20, 2011
BEGIN TRANSMISSION (BARS AND TONE) 12:15 P.M.
BROADCAST START 12:43 P.M.
LAUNCH TIME 1:08 P.M.
SATELLITE AMC 1
TRANSPONDER C9
BAND C-BAND ANALOG
ORBITAL POSITION 103 DEGREES W
CARRIER SES AMERICOM
BANDWIDTH 36 MHz
UPLINK FREQ 6105 MHz (Vertical)
DOWNLINK FREQ 3880 MHz (Horizontal)
Launch Webcast: A simulcast of the launch can be viewed on the ULA website at
http://www.ulalaunch.com/index_webcast.html Keep in mind, the broadcast will end approximately 6 minutes and 30 seconds after launch with the confirmation of spacecraft fairing separation and all external audio and video feeds will end at this time.
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#28
by
Chris Bergin
on 20 Jan, 2011 13:55
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Vandenberg AFB, Calif., (Jan. 20, 2011) With the Moon beaming above, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy sits poised on its launch pad with a National Reconnaissance Office payload at Space Launch Complex-6. Todays launch is scheduled to blast off at 1:08 p.m. PST. The Delta IV Heavy, standing 235 feet tall, will be the largest rocket to ever launch from the west coast of the U.S. With its nearly 2 millions pounds of thrust, the Delta IV Heavy is Americas most powerful liquid fueled rocket. Photos by Pat Corkery, United Launch Alliance.
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#29
by
EE Scott
on 20 Jan, 2011 14:04
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Great photos!
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#30
by
JosephB
on 20 Jan, 2011 14:09
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In the second photo there is a banner/emblem on the tower.
Would anyone have a clearer image of it? Thanks.
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#31
by
PahTo
on 20 Jan, 2011 15:10
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Not much cleared, but if you go to view the webcast now, they have a nice "intro graphic" that shows the mission patch(es).
As well, note the webcast is at:
http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/Multimedia_Webcast.shtmlBest to all today!
In the second photo there is a banner/emblem on the tower.
Would anyone have a clearer image of it? Thanks.
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#32
by
Chris Bergin
on 20 Jan, 2011 15:32
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Moved for live coverage
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#33
by
edkyle99
on 20 Jan, 2011 15:36
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Vandenberg AFB, Calif., (Jan. 20, 2011) With the Moon beaming above, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy sits poised on its launch pad ....
I apologize for venting here, inappropriately I'm sure, but "Moon with Rocket" photos like these, taken also by NASA photographers with Shuttle on the pad, etc., just make me miserable! It is only a mocking Moon now.
Grump .... and out.
- Ed Kyle
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#34
by
Jim
on 20 Jan, 2011 16:21
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Things are going well with tanking
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#35
by
Chris Bergin
on 20 Jan, 2011 16:30
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Things are going well with tanking
Very good! Thanks Jim.
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#36
by
yg1968
on 20 Jan, 2011 16:42
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#37
by
kq6ea
on 20 Jan, 2011 17:02
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I'll start recording it about 2105 UTC or so.
Jim
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#38
by
Pheogh
on 20 Jan, 2011 17:08
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Is there any ground track information yet? I live in San Francisco and occasionally if the trajectory is right we get a glimpse?
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#39
by
csmjr91090
on 20 Jan, 2011 17:17
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Is there any ground track information yet? I live in San Francisco and occasionally if the trajectory is right we get a glimpse?
I heard (and is usually the case) that it will be heading Southward over the Pacific Ocean.