DaveS - 28/6/2007 9:47 AMQuotestockman - 28/6/2007 3:13 PMAre there any russian sources that can verify what is truly going on?Read James's earlier reply:QuoteJames Lowe1 - 28/6/2007 6:35 AMI spoke to Chris about coverage and he recieved an e-mail, along with a few other journalists, saying that no information would be released, this came from Bigelow PAO. Even the e-mail saying this was tagged as not to be published. They said they will send a statement from Bigelow himself several hours after launch if successful.Launch is still on for Thursday and we'll hope the Russians on here will be able to help more than some automated clock on another site.
stockman - 28/6/2007 3:13 PMAre there any russian sources that can verify what is truly going on?
James Lowe1 - 28/6/2007 6:35 AMI spoke to Chris about coverage and he recieved an e-mail, along with a few other journalists, saying that no information would be released, this came from Bigelow PAO. Even the e-mail saying this was tagged as not to be published. They said they will send a statement from Bigelow himself several hours after launch if successful.Launch is still on for Thursday and we'll hope the Russians on here will be able to help more than some automated clock on another site.
I spoke to Chris about coverage and he recieved an e-mail, along with a few other journalists, saying that no information would be released, this came from Bigelow PAO. Even the e-mail saying this was tagged as not to be published. They said they will send a statement from Bigelow himself several hours after launch if successful.
Tergenev - 28/6/2007 10:02 AMIt's now 14:02 UTC. One hour until the supposed 11:02am EST launch time.
Success! Launch at 9:02 pm local (11:02 am EDT), against a setting sun, Dnepr climbed into the sky to the northeast, and fifteen minutes later deployed Genesis-2 into the correct orbit -- by all indications!Now the local high school band is playing military marches.Now it's up to the Bigelow mission control to get the payload inflated and under control...
anik - 28/6/2007 11:01 AMLatest SS-18 Launch Mission under Dnepr Programhttp://www.kosmotras.ru/20002.htm#inf28"On June 28, 2007, a converted SS-18 rocket commercially known as Dnepr successfully launched Genesis-2 satellite into its target 550 km orbit inclined 64.5 degrees"
MKremer - 27/6/2007 9:53 PMBut Bigelow themselves aren't going to be flying anything at all - they only plan on selling the modules to others (who'll have to do all the launch contracting and payments, and also figure out and plan and pay for getting the people/equipment to the Bigelow module they bought once it's in orbit).
Tergenev - 28/6/2007 5:16 AMI really don't see how NASA's ISS announcement really impacts Bigelow much, if at all. They're attempting to reach two different markets. NASA's 'National Lab' call is clearly aimed at government agencies and scientists at major institutions that want to place experiment packages into a technical environment. Bigelow's plan seems more aimed at the Hiltons, Hyatts, and International Hotels Groups (PLC) of the world, as well as the national space agencies themselves, simply to provide bulk accommodations. So, in ten years, I could maybe see a country like India (but not China) buying a couple modules and lofting them to form an Indian space station, if the Bigelow price were right. If, on the other hand, a single Indian researcher just wanted to put an experimental package on the ISS to study, say, the background drift of dark matter in local space, that could happen, but I don't think that potential investment would have ever been large enough, or even appropriate, for the purchase of a BA330 module.
I really don't see how NASA's ISS announcement really impacts Bigelow much, if at all. They're attempting to reach two different markets. NASA's 'National Lab' call is clearly aimed at government agencies and scientists at major institutions that want to place experiment packages into a technical environment. Bigelow's plan seems more aimed at the Hiltons, Hyatts, and International Hotels Groups (PLC) of the world, as well as the national space agencies themselves, simply to provide bulk accommodations. So, in ten years, I could maybe see a country like India (but not China) buying a couple modules and lofting them to form an Indian space station, if the Bigelow price were right.
If, on the other hand, a single Indian researcher just wanted to put an experimental package on the ISS to study, say, the background drift of dark matter in local space, that could happen, but I don't think that potential investment would have ever been large enough, or even appropriate, for the purchase of a BA330 module.
spacehog - 28/6/2007 11:20 PMCommunication has been established with G2. Solar arrays have deployed, voltage is good, inflation holding.
