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#180
by
Chris Bergin
on 31 Jan, 2013 01:02
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Five mins to go in the burn.
160 miles altitude.
2,160 miles downrange.
16,400 mph
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#181
by
ChrisC
on 31 Jan, 2013 01:03
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My absolute favorite part of watching ELV launches is the little data they show in the upper left of the simulation view. Usually it shows current apogee and perigee, and it's very cool to watch the perigee increase from deeply negative numbers to slightly positive, which represents the moment that the vehicle has achieved orbit.
Sadly, they aren't showing that data this time. They're showing downrange data.
EDIT: Oh, wait they just changed it, just as I was typing this. Just achieved orbit. Hooray! Now I can watch the apogee scream up to its own high value for the transfer orbit prior to the Centaur MECO-1.
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#182
by
Chris Bergin
on 31 Jan, 2013 01:04
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Centaur is now orbital.
Two mins to engine cut off.
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#183
by
William Graham
on 31 Jan, 2013 01:05
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Vehicle now being tracked by what the commentator called TDRS East...according the the press kit it is actually using the TDRS-East backup satellite, TDRS-3.
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#184
by
Chris Bergin
on 31 Jan, 2013 01:06
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Already getting close to the East Coast of Africa.
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#185
by
Chris Bergin
on 31 Jan, 2013 01:07
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End of the burn. Now for a long coast phase.
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#186
by
Chris Bergin
on 31 Jan, 2013 01:07
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82 mins to go until a one minute second burn.
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#187
by
catdlr
on 31 Jan, 2013 01:08
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Blast-Off! Next-Gen Communication Satellite Launched By NASA | Video
Published on Jan 30, 2013
The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System is getting an upgrade. The TDRS-K spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on January 30th, 2013 at 8:48pm EST.
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#188
by
jcm
on 31 Jan, 2013 01:12
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82 mins to go until a one minute second burn.
Can anyone actually read those orbital params? I wish they would use just
a slightly larger font... (or higher res streaming)
I think it's something like 98 x 13410 nautical miles x 26.4 deg ??
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#189
by
jcm
on 31 Jan, 2013 01:16
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82 mins to go until a one minute second burn.
Can anyone actually read those orbital params? I wish they would use just
a slightly larger font... (or higher res streaming)
I think it's something like 98 x 13410 nautical miles x 26.4 deg ??
Justin Ray at spaceflightnow.com is saying 99 x 15445 statute miles x 26.5 deg
[edit] corrected to 99 x 13420 nautical miles x 26.5 deg
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#190
by
Chris Bergin
on 31 Jan, 2013 01:17
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Well I tried to go full size for a screenshot for the article and the resolution was pretty awful. So I doubt they are readable per the webcast's quality.
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#191
by
Targeteer
on 31 Jan, 2013 01:18
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82 mins to go until a one minute second burn.
Can anyone actually read those orbital params? I wish they would use just
a slightly larger font... (or higher res streaming)
I think it's something like 98 x 13410 nautical miles x 26.4 deg ??
Justin Ray at spaceflightnow.com is saying 99 x 15445 statute miles x 26.5 deg
[edit] corrected to 99 x 13420 nautical miles x 26.5 deg
They are actually readable on the NASA satellite feed
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#192
by
Chris Bergin
on 31 Jan, 2013 01:18
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Some replays. I liked the glow over the fairing at ignition here:
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#193
by
Orbiter
on 31 Jan, 2013 01:24
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Saw it through the binoculars on the other side of the state. Perfectly clear (for once!)
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#194
by
Targeteer
on 31 Jan, 2013 01:24
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82 mins to go until a one minute second burn.
Can anyone actually read those orbital params? I wish they would use just
a slightly larger font... (or higher res streaming)
I think it's something like 98 x 13410 nautical miles x 26.4 deg ??
Justin Ray at spaceflightnow.com is saying 99 x 15445 statute miles x 26.5 deg
[edit] corrected to 99 x 13420 nautical miles x 26.5 deg
They are actually readable on the NASA satellite feed
Planned parameters at this point aren't in the ULA launch kit. Release parameters are listed as
Perigee: 4,312.7 km (2,328.7 nmi)
Apogee: 35,788.9 km (19,324.5 nmi)
Eccentricity: 0.6°
Inclination: 25.9°
Argument of Perigee: 180.0°
Did anyone catch the burn time--i.e. was it as planned?
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#195
by
Chris Bergin
on 31 Jan, 2013 01:26
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Always a very nice plume effect.
I should tweet "Rockets R pwetty!! #TDRS" cause I know whoever is behind @ULALaunch will probably fall over themselves to retweet that!
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#196
by
Targeteer
on 31 Jan, 2013 01:27
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The Centaur safing orbit was interesting, below Geo but above the ISS. I hadn't heard of that (either re-entry or escape previously), am I wrong?
Was there not enough delta-v left to do the other two?
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#197
by
Chris Bergin
on 31 Jan, 2013 01:27
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George Diller's gone to get himself a coffee and a sandwich.
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#198
by
catdlr
on 31 Jan, 2013 01:38
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another version:
Launch of NASA's New Tracking & Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-K on Atlas V
Published on Jan 30, 2013
A brand new generation of Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-K, launched today January 31st 2013 at 01:48 UTC from Cape Canaveral in Florida on an Atlas V 401 rocket.
TDRS-K is one of three new craft to be launched that relay data back to Earth from hundreds of missions including the International Space Station.
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#199
by
jcm
on 31 Jan, 2013 01:44
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82 mins to go until a one minute second burn.
Can anyone actually read those orbital params? I wish they would use just
a slightly larger font... (or higher res streaming)
I think it's something like 98 x 13410 nautical miles x 26.4 deg ??
Justin Ray at spaceflightnow.com is saying 99 x 15445 statute miles x 26.5 deg
[edit] corrected to 99 x 13420 nautical miles x 26.5 deg
They are actually readable on the NASA satellite feed
Yeah, I should have gone into work and fired up the satellite dish, but
it's cold and rainy outside ;-)
And Chris, I wasn't casting aspersions on your screenshots, it's definitely the internet feed itself that is problematic.
