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SCRUB: Orbital's Antares/Cygnus ORB-3 (CRS-3) ATTEMPT 1 - LAUNCH UPDATES by Chris Bergin on 27 Oct, 2014 11:47
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LIVE UPDATE Coverage for Orbital's Antares launch of Cygnus on the ORB-3 (CRS-3) mission to the International Space Station.
Launch Coverage Sponsored by ATK:
This is a live update thread, so all posts need to be updates, or they will be removed. Please use the other threads for non updates.
T-0: 18:45 Local.
Resources:
Orbital GENERAL Forum Section:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=46.0
Orbital (Antares/Cygnus) News Articles:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/orbital/
Main ORB-3/CRS-3 Feature Article - by William Graham:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/10/orbitals-antares-loft-fourth-cygnus-iss/
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L2 Antares/Cygnus Section - Really good section with a lot of documentation, hundreds of photos, video and content resources exclusive to L2:
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#1 by JasonAW3 on 27 Oct, 2014 12:40
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Forcast for launch time At Wallopes Island, Va. from Weather Underground is;
59 degrees F
Barometric Pressure 30.09 inches steady
Wind from South Southwest at 2 MPH
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#2 by Chris Bergin on 27 Oct, 2014 12:48
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And here's William Graham's expansive launch overview article!
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/10/orbitals-antares-loft-fourth-cygnus-iss/ -
#3 by GaryS on 27 Oct, 2014 13:41
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NASA TV Launch coverage begins at 5:45 p.m.
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#4 by GaryS on 27 Oct, 2014 13:42
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Excellent launch preview article from William, I should add. Best on the net, again.
Orbital Sciences @OrbitalSciences
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#5 by Prober on 27 Oct, 2014 14:48
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#6 by jsmjr on 27 Oct, 2014 15:09
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Coming up on a go/no-go decision on a drive over to Wallops. Any issues being worked (e.g., L2)?
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#7 by Prober on 27 Oct, 2014 16:49
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new screen control room
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#8 by Chris Bergin on 27 Oct, 2014 18:42
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Coming up on a go/no-go decision on a drive over to Wallops. Any issues being worked (e.g., L2)?
Hearing all is fine. Antares launches tend to be very public, so I don't think L2 will hear anything unless it's leftfield. Everything else they tend to tweet and such.
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#9 by Prober on 27 Oct, 2014 18:55
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And here's William Graham's expansive launch overview article!
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/10/orbitals-antares-loft-fourth-cygnus-iss/
good article
might like to focus on the history being made in the updates
1st Cots contractor to launch 3 times to the ISS
Guess several other records for supplies under COTS.
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looked like the clouds coming in a bit
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#10 by Chris Bergin on 27 Oct, 2014 19:30
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2 hrs and 15 mins to launch.
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#11 by Prober on 27 Oct, 2014 20:01
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2 hrs and 15 mins to launch.
they have had a red team working an issue, however weather is fine.
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#12 by Targeteer on 27 Oct, 2014 20:14
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they mentioned something about terminating helium purge and the red team This link has the countdown audio http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-tv-wallops
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#13 by robertross on 27 Oct, 2014 20:14
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Looking beautiful on the pad
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#14 by Targeteer on 27 Oct, 2014 20:20
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http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Oct-2014/0211.html
I just saw that the launch is at 22:45:03 UTC instead of 22:44:00 UTC. So
this is the revised estimation:
CYGNUS ORB-3 estimation2 198 X 255 km
1 70000U 14500A 14300.95351852 0.00000000 00000-0 00000+0 0 07
2 70000 51.6452 160.4800 0043469 137.1128 4.9765 16.17430254 04
Here the .kmz file to see the ascent profile, via Orbital:
https://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/MissionUpdates/Orb-3/Files/Orb-3_Viewing.kmz
Jon.
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#15 by robertross on 27 Oct, 2014 20:21
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countdown clock to resume at 21:28:04
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#16 by robertross on 27 Oct, 2014 20:24
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reason for RED: sailboat in the center of the hazard area
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#17 by robertross on 27 Oct, 2014 20:28
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countdown has resumed
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#18 by robertross on 27 Oct, 2014 20:29
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very thoughful PAO: note to all Ustream observers that wish to leave to watch the launch outside that the stream is about 20 seconds behind
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#19 by robertross on 27 Oct, 2014 20:30
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LO2 fill in progress
