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#140
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ChrisGebhardt
on 17 Apr, 2019 20:48
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T+2mins. All nominal. Through 100,000 feet.
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#141
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 17 Apr, 2019 20:49
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#142
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 17 Apr, 2019 20:50
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First stage shutdown... and separation!
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#143
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 17 Apr, 2019 20:50
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#144
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 17 Apr, 2019 20:50
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Castor 30XL upper stage IGNITION!
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#145
by
Chris Bergin
on 17 Apr, 2019 20:51
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#146
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 17 Apr, 2019 20:51
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First stage separation.
T+4 minutes.
Stage 2 ignition.
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#147
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 17 Apr, 2019 20:51
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All nominal; now part way through Stage 2 burn.
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#148
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 17 Apr, 2019 20:52
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T+5 minutes Fairing separation.
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#149
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 17 Apr, 2019 20:53
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Castor 30XL SHUTDOWN! Altitude: 205 km.
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#150
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 17 Apr, 2019 20:54
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T+7 minutes. Second stage burnout.
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#151
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 17 Apr, 2019 20:55
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Cygnus spacecraft SEPARATION!
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#152
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 17 Apr, 2019 20:55
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T+8 minutes. Animation not showing correct vehicle configuration.
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#153
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 17 Apr, 2019 20:56
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Nominal orbit insertion!
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#154
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 17 Apr, 2019 20:56
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T+9 minutes.
Cygnus separation!
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#155
by
Chris Bergin
on 17 Apr, 2019 20:57
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#156
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 17 Apr, 2019 20:57
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Aw. They've signed off. We won't get to see Antares deploy its 61 small sats. 😐
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#157
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 17 Apr, 2019 21:00
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NASA coverage back in two hours for solar array deployment.
Congratulations to NGIS and NASA for the successful launch!
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#158
by
eric z
on 17 Apr, 2019 21:18
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Thanks Steven, Chris and Chris and all who helped. Great launch - the control room is just up the road from here! This is a great little powerhouse of a launcher and i will hate to see it go at some point. Having Wallops available is a great asset for the space program. I yelled to my wife to give "Judge Judy" a break and see if the local TV channels had it, but, alas, no they didn't.
On the day of that last spacewalk, which also got little coverage, I had NASA-TV on one computer, and NASA spaceflight.com on another. "Dennis the Menace" was on OTA-TV, "AntennaTV", and the plot was the kids were buying stamps to get the chance to win a chance to go to Canaveral and meet an astronaut. Dennis' classroom had a big Alan Shepard poster on the wall with the May 5th, 1961 date! Everyone, teachers, students and even good ol' Mr. Wilson were quivering with excitement over "our Space Program". I feel we don't really have a "program" now, just a huge collection of different hardware and ideas. We need to get back to that unified feeling, and things like rockets launching from Wallops help with that, beyond an arbitrary monetary value.
BTW, Dennis did not win the contest, but he got a consolation prize: A visit via closed-circuit TV from Shorty Powers
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#159
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 17 Apr, 2019 21:24
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Northrop Grumman
Verified account @northropgrumman
7 minutes ago
First photos of this afternoon’s #Antares launch of #Cygnus from @NASA_Wallops! Tag us in your photos so we can see them too #NorthropGrumman
twitter.com/northropgrumman/status/1118624208412663808
