Venus Express |
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Nov 9 2005, 03:30 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 147 Joined: 3-July 04 From: Chicago, IL Member No.: 91 |
0327 GMT (10:27 p.m. EDT Tues.)
The Venus Express flight director in mission control has given the final "go" for launch. |
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Nov 9 2005, 03:32 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 147 Joined: 3-July 04 From: Chicago, IL Member No.: 91 |
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Nov 9 2005, 03:33 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
QUOTE (imran @ Nov 9 2005, 02:22 PM) Starsem still doesn't work for me bu thankfully the ESA feed does (thanks Waspie_Dwarf!) -------------------- |
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Nov 9 2005, 03:33 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 147 Joined: 3-July 04 From: Chicago, IL Member No.: 91 |
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Nov 9 2005, 03:38 AM
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Nov 9 2005, 03:38 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 147 Joined: 3-July 04 From: Chicago, IL Member No.: 91 |
0336 GMT (10:36 p.m. EDT Tues.)
T+plus 3 minutes. The first stage strap-on boosters have been jettisoned. The second stage core is still running as planned. All system parameters are reported normal. |
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Nov 9 2005, 03:39 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Nov 9 2005, 02:38 PM) Fairing sep, third stage ignition... -------------------- |
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Nov 9 2005, 03:41 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 147 Joined: 3-July 04 From: Chicago, IL Member No.: 91 |
Cutoff of 3rd stage and separation of nose module.
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Nov 9 2005, 03:42 AM
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Nov 9 2005, 03:43 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 147 Joined: 3-July 04 From: Chicago, IL Member No.: 91 |
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Nov 9 2005, 03:46 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 147 Joined: 3-July 04 From: Chicago, IL Member No.: 91 |
There goes the feed. Oh well..guess I'll have to rely on the Spaceflightnow updates.
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Nov 9 2005, 03:51 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 147 Joined: 3-July 04 From: Chicago, IL Member No.: 91 |
0348 GMT (10:48 p.m. EDT Tues.)
T+plus 15 minutes. ESA says the first Fregat burn has been successful. The vehicle is now coasting in Earth orbit for more than an hour before the upper stage is re-started to propel the spacecraft to Venus. |
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Nov 9 2005, 05:02 AM
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Argh! Is that second Fregat burn happening or not?
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Nov 9 2005, 05:06 AM
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Fregat burn should be underway by now.
No word on Spaceflightnow yet... EDIT: cross posting with you Emily. I feel your pain, I don't know how much more page reloads my computer (and me) can take! -------------------- |
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Nov 9 2005, 05:16 AM
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From Spaceflightnow.com
0514 GMT (12:14 a.m. EST) T+plus 1 hour, 41 minutes. By this point in the flight the Fregat should have completed its burn and then released Venus Express. We're awaiting confirmation from ESA that these events have occurred successfully. -------------------- |
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