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#60
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William Graham
on 30 Mar, 2014 20:09
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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.
I'd assume if anything that figure would be for an actual scrub (i.e. terminal count underway, fuelling, etc), rather than just a slip.
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#61
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WHAP
on 31 Mar, 2014 04:25
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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.
I'd assume if anything that figure would be for an actual scrub (i.e. terminal count underway, fuelling, etc), rather than just a slip.
You got it.
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#62
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Blackstar
on 01 Apr, 2014 01:28
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#63
by
Blackstar
on 01 Apr, 2014 01:31
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So I'm wondering why there is an NRO mission logo with a winged horse, and a 5SLS logo with a winged dragon. Wings seem to be a theme here.
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#64
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WHAP
on 01 Apr, 2014 01:42
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So I'm wondering why there is an NRO mission logo with a winged horse, and a 5SLS logo with a winged dragon. Wings seem to be a theme here.
Because a dragon without wings isn't really a dragon?
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#65
by
Prober
on 01 Apr, 2014 03:43
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Hmmm a dragon killer with one of its legs missing.
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#66
by
kevin-rf
on 01 Apr, 2014 11:51
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I think the leg is behind the body, you can sorta see the claw(toes?) sticking out forward of the front leg. I have noticed a tendency to use dragon wings on patches for missions we assume use large antennae's.
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#67
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kevin-rf
on 01 Apr, 2014 11:54
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btw. Is it me, or does that cloud behind the dragon remind anyone else of being sorta like Europe/Asia/Africa with a spotlight on europe and the middle east, or am I just seeing things?
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#68
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Star One
on 01 Apr, 2014 12:24
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btw. Is it me, or does that cloud behind the dragon remind anyone else of being sorta like Europe/Asia/Africa with a spotlight on europe and the middle east, or am I just seeing things?
Very true. Or it could just be a case of seeing things that aren't there because of pattern recognition.
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#69
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Blackstar
on 01 Apr, 2014 14:12
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Okay, I heard from someone who talked to the guy who developed the 5SLS patch, the one with the dragon. My colleague (who is trustworthy) thinks that the guy who designed the patch simply chose the dragon because it was cool, not because of any heritage with previous payloads.
I would also point out that the 5SLS patch is really an Air Force launch patch/logo, and not a payload patch/logo. It's the USAF guys who are responsible for the launch.
Simply put, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
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#70
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Antares
on 02 Apr, 2014 03:19
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Fortes Fortuna Adiuvat: Fortune Favors the Bold. Heard this so many times in the DoD I thought it would have been used by now. Odd aside: when I was typing "Fortuna Adiuvat" into Google search (since the first word was a typo), a couple of the autocompletes were in Cyrillic. Now they won't come back up. Would have been interesting to see what hits came up on those searches.
5 stars. 12 sides, every other side has a little superimposition on it that makes it a bit bigger.
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#71
by
William Graham
on 02 Apr, 2014 20:30
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#72
by
Chris Bergin
on 03 Apr, 2014 03:41
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Just to note, I've added a couple of paras on the latest evaluations in L2 per the launch dates in the Atlas V article that just went on - especially as tomorrow's first attempt launch plays a part in how this will pan out.
So, April 10 is likely, pending first attempt launch on Thursday. CRS-3 is April 14, but could take the April 10 slot. Still a fluid situation. They have Range Radar assets arranged.
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/04/atlas-v-usafs-dmsp-5d3-f-19-satellite/
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#73
by
Confusador
on 03 Apr, 2014 05:37
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Can someone explain the seven day spacing requirement?
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#74
by
Jim
on 03 Apr, 2014 11:24
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Can someone explain the seven day spacing requirement?
Data review and travel.
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#75
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Chris Bergin
on 03 Apr, 2014 21:36
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#76
by
Lurker Steve
on 03 Apr, 2014 21:38
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#77
by
russianhalo117
on 03 Apr, 2014 21:49
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#78
by
Chris Bergin
on 04 Apr, 2014 14:26
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#79
by
Jim
on 04 Apr, 2014 14:32
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Why isn't the title
"Range Realigns – NROL-67 mission targets April 10" ;-)
