A cool view of the launch:I wonder, is this after MVac ignition, or is it all first stage?
Quote from: Lars_J on 12/03/2013 10:41 pmA cool view of the launch:I wonder, is this after MVac ignition, or is it all first stage?To me it looks like discontinuity between the dew-point contrail and the beginning of the "squid" cloud of unburned exhaust - that is, first stage. Also, if it was after separation, you could probably see the cold gas thrusters firings in that picture.
What's the perigee? Should be able to figure out when it'll eventually come down.
Quote from: QuantumG on 12/03/2013 10:23 pmWhat's the perigee? Should be able to figure out when it'll eventually come down.Per press kit, target orbit was 295km x 80,000km at 20.75 degrees.
I saw two things lift off at 0:18. What's that on the right?
When was the last actual commercial comsat launch from US ? i.e. an actual GEO bird that wasnt USAF or DoD or something like that ?
Quote from: savuporo on 12/04/2013 12:16 amWhen was the last actual commercial comsat launch from US ? i.e. an actual GEO bird that wasnt USAF or DoD or something like that ?Atlas V launch with Intelsat 14, November 23, 2009
Quote from: oiorionsbelt on 12/04/2013 01:28 amWhen was the last actual commercial comsat launch from US ? i.e. an actual GEO bird that wasnt USAF or DoD or something like that ?Last commercial non cargo spacecraft was COSMO-4 on a Delta II in 2010
Quote from: Jim on 12/04/2013 02:31 amQuote from: oiorionsbelt on 12/04/2013 01:28 amWhen was the last actual commercial comsat launch from US ? i.e. an actual GEO bird that wasnt USAF or DoD or something like that ?Last commercial non cargo spacecraft was COSMO-4 on a Delta II in 2010Well, COSMO-SkyMed 4 from the Italian Space Agency is not a Comsat, which the poster was asking about. SAC-D from the Argentinean Space Agency was launched more recently, on 10 June 2011 on a Delta-II. NASA paid for this launch though as SAC-D was carrying NASA's Aquarius payload, which I presume is why you're not counting SAC-D as a commercial launch.
Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 12/04/2013 03:22 amQuote from: Jim on 12/04/2013 02:31 amQuote from: oiorionsbelt on 12/04/2013 01:28 amWhen was the last actual commercial comsat launch from US ? i.e. an actual GEO bird that wasnt USAF or DoD or something like that ?Last commercial non cargo spacecraft was COSMO-4 on a Delta II in 2010Well, COSMO-SkyMed 4 from the Italian Space Agency is not a Comsat, which the poster was asking about. SAC-D from the Argentinean Space Agency was launched more recently, on 10 June 2011 on a Delta-II. NASA paid for this launch though as SAC-D was carrying NASA's Aquarius payload, which I presume is why you're not counting SAC-D as a commercial launch.A commercial launch is where the US gov't did not pay for it.
Do we have any info on signal acquisition from SES-8? Spaceflight Now wrote at 2320 GMT, that "SpaceX and SES are awaiting acquisition of signal from the SES 8 satellite before calling this launch a success." Since it is called success without mentioning signal acquisition.
Quote from: geza on 12/04/2013 04:31 amDo we have any info on signal acquisition from SES-8? Spaceflight Now wrote at 2320 GMT, that "SpaceX and SES are awaiting acquisition of signal from the SES 8 satellite before calling this launch a success." Since it is called success without mentioning signal acquisition.That's why the site has update threads. :)
