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#40
by
Chris Bergin
on 25 Mar, 2014 23:03
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ULA:
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (March 25, 2014) – The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrying the National Reconnaissance Office (NROL-67) payload has been delayed to no earlier than Thursday, March 27. The additional day delay will allow the 45th Space Wing time to continue to work an issue with a mandatory range asset needed to support the launch. The Atlas V and NROL-67 spacecraft remain at Space Launch Complex-41. More information will be provided as it becomes available.
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#41
by
cartman
on 25 Mar, 2014 23:32
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It would not impact. It would move to the other side, if it came to it. The range issue itself, if not resolved in time, could delay both I would assume.
Thanks!
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#42
by
Jim
on 26 Mar, 2014 00:35
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It would not impact. It would move to the other side, if it came to it.
Not necessarily true.
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#43
by
Blackstar
on 26 Mar, 2014 13:33
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The satellites of the Canyon and Chalet/Vortex series were in 24 h orbits (typically 30200 km × 40800 km × 9.00°), but not geostationary. This was a strong hint, that they were to triangulate emitter positions - hence the identification as RADARINT. The Mercury follow on series were true GSO satellites.
The Rhyolite / Orion series was true GSO from the beginning.
Canyon was comint, as were its follow-ons.
Rhyolite and follow-ons were telint for ICBMs.
Jumpseat was for monitoring Soviet ABM radars.
All of them evolved a bit over time.
Should add that I was working on a Jumpseat article with some new information on the program's origins. Put that on the back burner. Richelson had a Canyon article a couple of years ago.
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#44
by
Chris Bergin
on 26 Mar, 2014 16:23
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Now April 10 NET, per L2.
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#45
by
Targeteer
on 26 Mar, 2014 16:52
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The satellites of the Canyon and Chalet/Vortex series were in 24 h orbits (typically 30200 km × 40800 km × 9.00°), but not geostationary. This was a strong hint, that they were to triangulate emitter positions - hence the identification as RADARINT. The Mercury follow on series were true GSO satellites.
The Rhyolite / Orion series was true GSO from the beginning.
Canyon was comint, as were its follow-ons.
Rhyolite and follow-ons were telint for ICBMs.
Jumpseat was for monitoring Soviet ABM radars.
All of them evolved a bit over time.
Should add that I was working on a Jumpseat article with some new information on the program's origins. Put that on the back burner. Richelson had a Canyon article a couple of years ago.
Google searches make life easy
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#46
by
mikes
on 26 Mar, 2014 17:28
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Sorry if I'm failing to see the obvious, but where on L2?
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#47
by
Targeteer
on 26 Mar, 2014 17:49
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#48
by
Blackstar
on 26 Mar, 2014 18:01
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Google searches make life easy
Yep.
I've met somebody who flew the early Canyons. Canyon was Lockheed. The info I have on Jumpseat is intriguing. I should find my draft article. Satellites were in the same class as Intelsat IV, SDS, Tacsat--all Hughes.
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#49
by
Chris Bergin
on 26 Mar, 2014 18:43
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ULA:
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (March 26, 2014) - The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the National Reconnaissance Office (NROL-67) payload has been delayed to no earlier than Thursday, April 10. Prior to the first launch attempt March 25, an issue developed with a 45th Space Wing mandatory range asset needed to support the launch. Tomorrow, the Atlas V will be rolled back to the Vertical Integration Facility and will be set to launch as soon as the range asset is able to support. More information will be provided as it becomes available.
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#50
by
mikes
on 26 Mar, 2014 18:57
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Thanks targeteer!
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#51
by
Star One
on 26 Mar, 2014 19:00
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The satellites of the Canyon and Chalet/Vortex series were in 24 h orbits (typically 30200 km × 40800 km × 9.00°), but not geostationary. This was a strong hint, that they were to triangulate emitter positions - hence the identification as RADARINT. The Mercury follow on series were true GSO satellites.
The Rhyolite / Orion series was true GSO from the beginning.
Canyon was comint, as were its follow-ons.
Rhyolite and follow-ons were telint for ICBMs.
Jumpseat was for monitoring Soviet ABM radars.
All of them evolved a bit over time.
Should add that I was working on a Jumpseat article with some new information on the program's origins. Put that on the back burner. Richelson had a Canyon article a couple of years ago.
Google searches make life easy
Thanks for that, interesting read. More informative than the Wikipedia entry.
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#52
by
brahmanknight
on 26 Mar, 2014 19:43
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Google searches make life easy
Yep.
I've met somebody who flew the early Canyons. Canyon was Lockheed. The info I have on Jumpseat is intriguing. I should find my draft article. Satellites were in the same class as Intelsat IV, SDS, Tacsat--all Hughes.
Come on, bro. Give us the Jumpseat piece, ASAP.
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#53
by
Targeteer
on 26 Mar, 2014 21:07
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Now April 10 NET, per L2.
That sound you heard was the hand grenade going off in the middle of this projected schedule...
NET March 25 26 27 - NRO L-67 - Atlas V 541 - Canaveral SLC-41 ~ 18:40 18:05-19:35
March 31 - Dragon SpX-3 (CRS3), All-Star (THEIA), Ho’oponopono-2, SporeSat, TSAT (TestSat-Lite), KickSat (with 104 Sprites), PhoneSat 2.5 - Falcon 9 v1.1 - Canaveral SLC-40 - 02:50
April 30 - Orbcomm G2 (x6) - Falcon 9 v1.1 - Canaveral SLC-40 (or mid-April)
May 1 6 - Cygnus Orb-2 (CRS2) - Antares-120 - MARS LP-0A - 19:44-19:49
May 7 - NRO L-33 - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41
May 15 - GPS IIF SV-6 (SVN67) - Delta-IV-M+(4,2) - Canaveral SLC-37B
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#54
by
edkyle99
on 27 Mar, 2014 02:47
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Prior to the first launch attempt March 25, an issue developed with a 45th Space Wing mandatory range asset needed to support the launch.
Wonder where this "asset" is located, and what it is.
- Ed Kyle
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#55
by
Targeteer
on 27 Mar, 2014 04:44
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Great presentation I found on the support infrastructure for both the Eastern and Western ranges. The "asset" is on the Eastern Range Instrumentation slides but identified only on L2 for now.
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#56
by
Prober
on 27 Mar, 2014 12:18
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Great presentation I found on the support infrastructure for both the Eastern and Western ranges. The "asset" is on the Eastern Range Instrumentation slides but identified only on L2 for now.
This site is great you learn so much.
See Page 20
Launch delays not merely inconvenience
~$1M/day of US tax dollars for EELV launch scrub
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#57
by
Targeteer
on 27 Mar, 2014 17:01
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#58
by
WHAP
on 28 Mar, 2014 14:25
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Great presentation I found on the support infrastructure for both the Eastern and Western ranges. The "asset" is on the Eastern Range Instrumentation slides but identified only on L2 for now.
This site is great you learn so much.
See Page 20
Launch delays not merely inconvenience
~$1M/day of US tax dollars for EELV launch scrub
Pure spin. There is validity to that number, but not on a per-day basis.
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#59
by
Star One
on 30 Mar, 2014 19:33
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Insufficient maintenance and antiquated equipment due to a lack of US government funding and investment in infrastructure may be implicated.
The range outage for such an extended period of time reveals a clear vulnerability in US National Security planning.
The Air Force is also looking into the feasibility of reviving an inactive radar as a short term quick fix.
But in order to use the retired backup system, it will also have to re-validated to ensure utility and that all launch control and public safety requirements are fully met.
Simultaneously, the engineering team is recalculating launch trajectories and range requirements.
Such a revalidation process will also require an unknown period of time.
The full impact of putting these two launches on hold for the NRO and SpaceX is not known at this time.
Read more:
http://www.universetoday.com/110758/crucial-radar-outage-scrubs-us-national-security-and-spacex-launches-for-several-weeks-from-cape-canaveral/#ixzz2xTaCgB4G
