LIVE: Atlas V - NASA Juno - Launch Day Updates - August 5, 2011

• #360 by kevin-rf on 16 Aug, 2011 12:26
• Quote from: Blackstar on 16 Aug, 2011 04:50

  Quote from: Kim Keller on 15 Aug, 2011 19:46

  No, and that was the thrust of my comment. The recorders were NOT turned on due to an oversight.
  

  
  Oh, it was probably recorded, but the tapes were placed in the same location as the Apollo 11 recordings.
  

  
  Jim's attic?
• #361 by jacqmans on 16 Aug, 2011 16:01
• STATUS REPORT: ELV-081511
  
  EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT
  
  Spacecraft: Juno
  Launch Vehicle: Atlas V-551 (AV-029)
  Launch Site:  Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
  Launch Pad:  Space Launch Complex 41
  Launch Date:  Aug. 5, 2011
  
  The Juno spacecraft was launched successfully aboard the Atlas V
  rocket on Aug. 5, 2011, at 12:25:00.146 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft is
  in good shape and planned post-launch system verifications and
  state-of-health checks are under way.
  
  The solar-powered Juno spacecraft will orbit Jupiter's poles 33 times
  to find out more about the gas giant's origins, structure, atmosphere
  and magnetosphere.