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#120
by
Chris Bergin
on 04 Oct, 2012 12:36
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#121
by
Nick L.
on 04 Oct, 2012 12:36
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SECO.
Orbit 11000x129nm at 43.324 degrees.
Webcast now ending.
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#122
by
Chris Bergin
on 04 Oct, 2012 12:36
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ULA ending coverage due to the mission length.
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#123
by
Prober
on 04 Oct, 2012 12:39
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#124
by
Ben the Space Brit
on 04 Oct, 2012 12:40
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The bird looked really spectacular and beautiful just after SRB jettison. It never ceases to amaze me how clear the long-range tracking camera shots are these days.
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#125
by
Targeteer
on 04 Oct, 2012 12:43
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The bird looked really spectacular and beautiful just after SRB jettison. It never ceases to amaze me how clear the long-range tracking camera shots are these days.
Probably the HD tracking cameras added post Columbia?
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#126
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 04 Oct, 2012 13:17
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#127
by
Satori
on 04 Oct, 2012 13:37
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According to spaceflihgtnow the exact launch time was 1210:00.242UTC.
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#128
by
HIPAR
on 04 Oct, 2012 13:59
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USAF is optimistic everything will continue well. They already have sent the launch notice:
NOTICE ADVISORY TO NAVSTAR USERS (NANU) 2012062
SUBJ: SVN65 (PRN24) LAUNCH JDAY 278
1. NANU TYPE: LAUNCH
NANU NUMBER: 2012062
NANU DTG: 041222Z OCT 2012
SVN: 65
PRN: 24
LAUNCH JDAY: 278
LAUNCH TIME ZULU: 1210
2. GPS SATELLITE SVN65 (PRN24) WAS LAUNCHED ON JDAY 278.
A USABINIT NANU WILL BE SENT WHEN THE SATELLITE IS SET ACTIVE TO SERVICE.
3. POC: CIVILIAN - NAVCEN AT 703-313-5900,
http://HTTP://WWW.NAVCEN.USCG.GOV MILITARY - GPS OPERATIONS CENTER AT
http://HTTPS://gps.afspc.af.mil/GPSOC , DSN 560-2541,
COMM 719-567-2541,
[email protected] ,
http://HTTP://gps.afspc.af.mil/GPSOC/GPS MILITARY ALTERNATE - JOINT SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER, DSN 276-3514. COMM 805-606-3514.
[email protected] --- CHAS
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#129
by
Chris Bergin
on 04 Oct, 2012 14:35
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Waiting for S/C Sep. This is not a success until that point.
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#130
by
HIPAR
on 04 Oct, 2012 14:39
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Waiting for S/C Sep. This is not a success until that point.
Something akin to chickens and their hatching
--- CHAS
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#131
by
Chris Bergin
on 04 Oct, 2012 14:41
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Target is an altitude about 20,459 KMs and 55 degrees inclination. Keep an eye on this one.
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#132
by
Chris Bergin
on 04 Oct, 2012 14:54
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Unless I've worked it out wrong, we're several minutes past the S/C Sep point.
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#133
by
DaveS
on 04 Oct, 2012 15:05
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Unless I've worked it out wrong, we're several minutes past the S/C Sep point.
According to the mission booklet, S/C sep should be at T+3 hours, 33 minutes. With a T0 of 1210UTC, this works out to 1543UTC, so less than 40 minutes from now.
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#134
by
Chris Bergin
on 04 Oct, 2012 15:06
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Ah good. I was getting my UTCs in a mix.
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#135
by
marshal
on 04 Oct, 2012 15:08
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Unless I've worked it out wrong, we're several minutes past the S/C Sep point.
11:43 a.m. EDT
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#136
by
Rocket Science
on 04 Oct, 2012 15:37
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SECO-3 underway...
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#137
by
HIPAR
on 04 Oct, 2012 15:40
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#138
by
Chris Bergin
on 04 Oct, 2012 15:49
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Unconfirmed good S/C Sep! There were whispers of some concern early (see L2), but it's ended well, that's the main thing!
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#139
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 04 Oct, 2012 16:51
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NORAD's newest tracking data shows an object in a 20459 x 20462 km x 55.00 deg. orbit. Whatever the "spotty thing" was (note that I am thinking of re-subscribing L2 at this moment
), there doesn't seems to be a performance shortfall.
), there doesn't seems to be a performance shortfall.