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Re: Vega Flight VV12 - ADM-Aeolus - August 22, 2018
« Reply #80 on: 08/22/2018 09:18 pm »
Board is green.

T-3 minutes.
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Re: Vega Flight VV12 - ADM-Aeolus - August 22, 2018
« Reply #81 on: 08/22/2018 09:19 pm »
T-2 minutes.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Re: Vega Flight VV12 - ADM-Aeolus - August 22, 2018
« Reply #82 on: 08/22/2018 09:19 pm »
T-1 minute.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Re: Vega Flight VV12 - ADM-Aeolus - August 22, 2018
« Reply #83 on: 08/22/2018 09:20 pm »
Liftoff!
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Re: Vega Flight VV12 - ADM-Aeolus - August 22, 2018
« Reply #84 on: 08/22/2018 09:22 pm »
T+1 minute.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Re: Vega Flight VV12 - ADM-Aeolus - August 22, 2018
« Reply #85 on: 08/22/2018 09:22 pm »
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Re: Vega Flight VV12 - ADM-Aeolus - August 22, 2018
« Reply #86 on: 08/22/2018 09:22 pm »
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Re: Vega Flight VV12 - ADM-Aeolus - August 22, 2018
« Reply #87 on: 08/22/2018 09:23 pm »
T+2 minutes. First stage separation.
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Re: Vega Flight VV12 - ADM-Aeolus - August 22, 2018
« Reply #88 on: 08/22/2018 09:23 pm »
1-2 Sep.
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Re: Vega Flight VV12 - ADM-Aeolus - August 22, 2018
« Reply #89 on: 08/22/2018 09:23 pm »
T+3 minutes.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Re: Vega Flight VV12 - ADM-Aeolus - August 22, 2018
« Reply #90 on: 08/22/2018 09:24 pm »
2-3.
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Re: Vega Flight VV12 - ADM-Aeolus - August 22, 2018
« Reply #91 on: 08/22/2018 09:25 pm »
Second stage separation.

Fairing separation.
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Re: Vega Flight VV12 - ADM-Aeolus - August 22, 2018
« Reply #92 on: 08/22/2018 09:25 pm »
Fairing.
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Re: Vega Flight VV12 - ADM-Aeolus - August 22, 2018
« Reply #93 on: 08/22/2018 09:26 pm »
T+5 minutes. 266 kg of propellant for a 3 year mission.
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Re: Vega Flight VV12 - ADM-Aeolus - August 22, 2018
« Reply #94 on: 08/22/2018 09:27 pm »
T+6 minutes.
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Re: Vega Flight VV12 - ADM-Aeolus - August 22, 2018
« Reply #95 on: 08/22/2018 09:28 pm »
Second stage separation.

T+7 minutes.
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Re: Vega Flight VV12 - ADM-Aeolus - August 22, 2018
« Reply #96 on: 08/22/2018 09:29 pm »
T+8 minutes.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Re: Vega Flight VV12 - ADM-Aeolus - August 22, 2018
« Reply #97 on: 08/22/2018 09:29 pm »
Graphics went a bit crazy with the transition. This was within a second:
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Re: Vega Flight VV12 - ADM-Aeolus - August 22, 2018
« Reply #98 on: 08/22/2018 09:30 pm »
T+9 minutes. AVUM ignition has occurred.
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Re: Vega Flight VV12 - ADM-Aeolus - August 22, 2018
« Reply #99 on: 08/22/2018 09:31 pm »
T+10 minutes. Showing video of ADM-Aeolus.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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