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#40
by
Lurker Steve
on 16 Sep, 2013 21:26
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sorry to say I'm disappointed today.....expected a rollout video. 
hope its available soon.
I hope they don't delay the launch waiting for our Party thread.
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#41
by
Prober
on 16 Sep, 2013 22:40
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sorry to say I'm disappointed today.....expected a rollout video.
hope its available soon.
I hope they don't delay the launch waiting for our Party thread.
nah, that can't happen now..... was working to add a little Russian zest for some of the parts..
Oktober fest Октябрь Fest
Орбитальная Fest
Orbital Fest Oяbital OяberFest or Orb_erFest
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Orbital Oktober Keg Fest
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#42
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 17 Sep, 2013 13:23
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From the updates thread:
Sun Rise
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/9783747841/
Poor Bill Ingalls. Never a moment's rest. Just back from Kazakhstan and already out at Wallops for ORB-D.
I don't think anyone will try this (too hardcore, plus there may not be any flights at the right time
), but is it just possible that someone can try to watch the Atlas V launch at Titusville, then (assuming it goes on time) drive to Orlando to take an early bird flight to Hampton Roads/DC and drive east, just in time to catch the Cygnus launch?
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#43
by
input~2
on 17 Sep, 2013 13:55
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#44
by
Space Pete
on 17 Sep, 2013 14:44
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#45
by
catdlr
on 17 Sep, 2013 15:10
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Rollout of Antares Rocket with first Cygnus Spacecraft for International Space Station
Published on Sep 16, 2013
The Orbital Sciences Antares rocket rolled out to the launch pad the other day ahead of it's demo Cygnus flight to the International Space Station. This is the second Antares launch and first fully functioning Cygnus launch. Launch is scheduled for September 18th from Wallops Flight Facility.
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#46
by
mr. mark
on 17 Sep, 2013 17:33
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Anyone else getting the feeling that Orbital's CRS production flow to launch has gone much smoother than with SpaceX CRS? Seems like they have this working smoothly.
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#47
by
kevin-rf
on 17 Sep, 2013 18:02
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They have already flown this vehicle from this pad, the v1.1 from SpaceX has a new vehicle on a new pad. So one would assume the Antares flow with be smoother.
To be fair, Antares did have some pad teething problems before the first launch...
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#48
by
woods170
on 17 Sep, 2013 19:32
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They have already flown this vehicle from this pad, the v1.1 from SpaceX has a new vehicle on a new pad. So one would assume the Antares flow with be smoother.
To be fair, Antares did have some pad teething problems before the first launch...
"some pad teething problems" ? The problems with the pad delayed the first flight of Antares for the better part of a year. That's a LOT of delay because of pad problems. Trouble for Orbital was that they were not in control of the pad. It was built for them by a third party.
The pad delays are partly the reason why Orbital now has a nice line-up of Cygnus and Antares vehicles waiting to get going: they kept building them while waiting for the launch pad to finally become available.
Say for instance that the same amount of delay would happen to the pad of SpaceX at Vandy. It would delay the first flight of Falcon 9 v1.1 into summer 2014.
Obviously, SpaceX has some issues with it's new pad, but the first flight of Falcon 9 v1.1 will very likely be well before summer 2014.
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#49
by
Antares
on 17 Sep, 2013 20:29
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I don't think anyone will try this (too hardcore, plus there may not be any flights at the right time ), but is it just possible that someone can try to watch the Atlas V launch at Titusville, then (assuming it goes on time) drive to Orlando to take an early bird flight to Hampton Roads/DC and drive east, just in time to catch the Cygnus launch?
There's a 5:15 USAir/United flight connecting through Charlotte (50-minute layover) that gets into Norfolk at 8:45. It could be done.
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#50
by
Lurker Steve
on 17 Sep, 2013 20:38
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I don't think anyone will try this (too hardcore, plus there may not be any flights at the right time ), but is it just possible that someone can try to watch the Atlas V launch at Titusville, then (assuming it goes on time) drive to Orlando to take an early bird flight to Hampton Roads/DC and drive east, just in time to catch the Cygnus launch?
There's a 5:15 USAir/United flight connecting through Charlotte (50-minute layover) that gets into Norfolk at 8:45. It could be done.
That's a 100 mile drive to Wallops, although I suppose to could just watch the launch from Virginia Beach. That view shouldn't be too bad, right ?
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#51
by
kevin-rf
on 17 Sep, 2013 23:59
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It's only 870 miles, pad to pad...
Google maps may say 12 hours 43 minutes, just put on Radar Love on auto repeat and floor it.
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#52
by
Chris Bergin
on 18 Sep, 2013 00:15
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#53
by
Targeteer
on 18 Sep, 2013 02:37
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Interesting note during today's presser that Cygnus' hatch is too small to allow passage of full ISS equipment racks--weight was one of reasons given. The hatch can be enlarged, if requested, to take full advantage of the CBM opening. Are any more slated for launch?
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#54
by
Robotbeat
on 18 Sep, 2013 02:50
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Interesting note during today's presser that Cygnus' hatch is too small to allow passage of full ISS equipment racks--weight was one of reasons given. The hatch can be enlarged, if requested, to take full advantage of the CBM opening. Are any more slated for launch?
Any more what?
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#55
by
QuantumG
on 18 Sep, 2013 03:13
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Interesting note during today's presser that Cygnus' hatch is too small to allow passage of full ISS equipment racks--weight was one of reasons given. The hatch can be enlarged, if requested, to take full advantage of the CBM opening.
That seems odds. Oh well, I guess all those nice expensive payloads will go on the
other CRS provider.
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#56
by
Robotbeat
on 18 Sep, 2013 03:15
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Interesting note during today's presser that Cygnus' hatch is too small to allow passage of full ISS equipment racks--weight was one of reasons given. The hatch can be enlarged, if requested, to take full advantage of the CBM opening.
That seems odds. Oh well, I guess all those nice expensive payloads will go on the other CRS provider.
Nope. Dragon doesn't carry full ISS racks, either. The only vehicle that currently can take full ISS racks to Station is HTV.
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#57
by
QuantumG
on 18 Sep, 2013 04:25
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Interesting note during today's presser that Cygnus' hatch is too small to allow passage of full ISS equipment racks--weight was one of reasons given. The hatch can be enlarged, if requested, to take full advantage of the CBM opening.
That seems odds. Oh well, I guess all those nice expensive payloads will go on the other CRS provider.
Nope. Dragon doesn't carry full ISS racks, either. The only vehicle that currently can take full ISS racks to Station is HTV.
Can Cygnus take
EXPRESS racks? Apparently that's what Dragon does, according to some guy named
Pete Harding 
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#58
by
woods170
on 18 Sep, 2013 06:45
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Interesting note during today's presser that Cygnus' hatch is too small to allow passage of full ISS equipment racks--weight was one of reasons given. The hatch can be enlarged, if requested, to take full advantage of the CBM opening.
That seems odds. Oh well, I guess all those nice expensive payloads will go on the other CRS provider.
Nope. Dragon doesn't carry full ISS racks, either. The only vehicle that currently can take full ISS racks to Station is HTV.
Can Cygnus take EXPRESS racks? Apparently that's what Dragon does, according to some guy named Pete Harding
No, you read incorrectly. Dragon cannot take EXPRESS racks. What Pete's article says is that Dragon flew back a GLACIER freezer that was taken out of an EXPRESS rack onboard the ISS.
Being able to carry standard ISS racks was not a requirement for the vehicles that were developed under COTS. As such, neither vehicle currently has that capability.
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#59
by
Lurker Steve
on 18 Sep, 2013 13:28
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I believe the door opens into the cargo vehicle.
Providing support for a larger door means you need to leave more open space inside the vehicle for the door to open. That means less cargo volume can be carried up on each flight.
), but is it just possible that someone can try to watch the Atlas V launch at Titusville, then (assuming it goes on time) drive to Orlando to take an early bird flight to Hampton Roads/DC and drive east, just in time to catch the Cygnus launch? 