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#60
by
Prober
on 24 Dec, 2015 01:55
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Yikes hope it avoids Santa.
Don't worry; Santa is a well-informed, jolly old elf. I understand Kris Kringle is a NSF member!
thought that was father xmas?
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#61
by
edkyle99
on 24 Dec, 2015 02:34
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#62
by
owais.usmani
on 24 Dec, 2015 05:38
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Well I thought Proton can even launch in a tornado
(btw I am pretty sure I saw a Soyuz launching in a blizzard)
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#63
by
aga
on 24 Dec, 2015 07:11
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Well I thought Proton can even launch in a tornado (btw I am pretty sure I saw a Soyuz launching in a blizzard)
a little bit off-topic... but there is this soyuz tma-22 launch, with shkaplerov, burbank and ivanishin
i am sure the weather was not really so bad, but the visuals were amazing... and the photos are too
one of my favourite launches
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#64
by
Phillip Clark
on 24 Dec, 2015 07:38
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#65
by
chewi
on 24 Dec, 2015 08:27
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... atop a Votok-2M ...
Vostok-2M )
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#66
by
Nicolas PILLET
on 24 Dec, 2015 09:38
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#67
by
Stan Black
on 24 Dec, 2015 10:14
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#68
by
Artyom.
on 24 Dec, 2015 13:59
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GO for launch!
The State Commission confirmed the scheduled lift-off time of the Proton-M rocket (21:31:19 UTC) and gave the go-ahead to loading the LV with propellants - Roscosmos.
Yesterday's photos:
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#69
by
Chris Bergin
on 24 Dec, 2015 14:53
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GO for launch!
The State Commission confirmed the scheduled lift-off time of the Proton-M rocket (21:31:19 UTC) and gave the go-ahead to loading the LV with propellants - Roscosmos.
Yesterday's photos:
Good news! Weather forecast must be better.
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#70
by
DaveS
on 24 Dec, 2015 15:04
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GO for launch!
The State Commission confirmed the scheduled lift-off time of the Proton-M rocket (21:31:19 UTC) and gave the go-ahead to loading the LV with propellants - Roscosmos.
Yesterday's photos:
Good news! Weather forecast must be better.
You would think so but that doesn't explain yesterday's scrub at T-38(?) minutes. I think that just like every other launch service that upper level winds are not in the main weather forecast. Those only forecast surface level winds, not the ones at altitude.
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#71
by
Stan Black
on 24 Dec, 2015 16:05
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Postponed 24 hrs due to high upper winds.
The Proton Launch System Mission Planner’s Guide has this paragraph:-
During first stage flight, lateral dynamic loads are generated by wind gusts superimposed on steady-state wind loads generated by the jet stream. LV longitudinal flexible oscillations are produced at 10 to 12 Hz by the natural random pulsation of the engine thrust. There is no pogo phenomenon. The maximum value of these oscillations based on telemetry measurements is 0,35 g.
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#72
by
input~2
on 24 Dec, 2015 16:23
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Live broadcast should start at 19:30 UTC on tsenki.com
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#73
by
Artyom.
on 24 Dec, 2015 18:22
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The live broadcast began.
Today the weather is better...
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#74
by
Artyom.
on 24 Dec, 2015 18:31
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#75
by
Prober
on 24 Dec, 2015 19:11
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much better
there she is..
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#76
by
Chris Bergin
on 24 Dec, 2015 19:32
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Tour bus leaving it late!
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#77
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 24 Dec, 2015 19:33
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#78
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 24 Dec, 2015 19:37
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#79
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 24 Dec, 2015 19:42
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(btw I am pretty sure I saw a Soyuz launching in a blizzard)
i am sure the weather was not really so bad, but the visuals were amazing... and the photos are too 