I saw nothing, but heard the launch. NASA TV was freezing...
...Oh, well.
Bob Shaw
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I wonder why it points downwards ?
QUOTE (helvick @ Jan 19 2006, 07:15 PM)
NASA TV is showing a sim driven by "Live TLM Data"
Now I see them, I was too excited switching between NASA TV and several Internet Explorer windows (spaceflightnow, USF etc.) to notice ;-).
It's going around the globe that's why ! 
QUOTE (lyford @ Jan 19 2006, 02:06 PM)
Due to my refresh rate the video of the launch was basically "Now you see it, now you don't!"
Same here - my "rate" was as fast as I could click my browser's refresh button
I got to see a little smoke on the pad, then after a while, the rocket in flight. Good luck to NH, Alan, and the rest of the crew!
First image from Launch of New Horizons!
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Beer
I need Beer!
I got Beer
Mmmmmmmm!
Yippee
Nick
(Drinking Beer to se NH on it's way)
I need Beer!
I got Beer
Mmmmmmmm!
Yippee
Nick
(Drinking Beer to se NH on it's way)
QUOTE (MahFL @ Jan 19 2006, 12:16 PM)
I wonder why it points downwards ?
NH is gonna point its RTG "super-cannon" at the African continent...to test the weapons technology that the anti-nuke protesters were commenting about
QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Jan 19 2006, 07:15 PM)
I saw nothing, but heard the launch. NASA TV was freezing...
...Oh, well.
Bob Shaw
...Oh, well.
Bob Shaw
I watched it live on yahoo's abc news coverage, although I couldn't hear a damn thing. The quality was decent.
QUOTE (MahFL @ Jan 19 2006, 02:16 PM)
I wonder why it points downwards ?
I believe that the new pointing of space is to permit to climb up from Earth orbit.
Rodolfo
QUOTE (imran @ Jan 19 2006, 08:19 PM)
I watched it live on yahoo's abc news coverage, although I couldn't hear a damn thing. The quality was decent.
Dunno why but I seem to have an excellent link to NASA TV's feed here - they must like the Irish.
QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 19 2006, 03:57 PM)
A bit of maths for a laugh
MRO's Atlas V ( a 401, 4m fairing, no solids, one engine on the Centaur ) was 336,000 kgs, 57m tall, and had 3.8MN of thrust at launch. Inital accel of 1.5 m/s^2, thus 8.71s to launch to its own height, ignoring reduction in mass due to fuel consumption
NH's Atlas V ( A 551, 5m fairing, 5 solids, one engine on the Centaur ) is 573,160 kgs, is 59.7m tall, and has 3.8MN of thrust from the RD180 - PLUS - 5x1.64MN Solids ( for a total of 12MN ) - Initial accel of 11m/s^2 - covering it's own height in 3.29s
It's going to be fast
Doug
MRO's Atlas V ( a 401, 4m fairing, no solids, one engine on the Centaur ) was 336,000 kgs, 57m tall, and had 3.8MN of thrust at launch. Inital accel of 1.5 m/s^2, thus 8.71s to launch to its own height, ignoring reduction in mass due to fuel consumption
NH's Atlas V ( A 551, 5m fairing, 5 solids, one engine on the Centaur ) is 573,160 kgs, is 59.7m tall, and has 3.8MN of thrust from the RD180 - PLUS - 5x1.64MN Solids ( for a total of 12MN ) - Initial accel of 11m/s^2 - covering it's own height in 3.29s
It's going to be fast
Doug
Looks like it cleared the tower in just over 4 seconds (by my counting)
Phew!
Nick
All of today's delays were added so I could get back from class in time to see the launch.
They lit the candle 8 seconds after I got the feed from NASA TV
They lit the candle 8 seconds after I got the feed from NASA TV
This was the first launch I've been able to watch real-time, full-screen on NASA TV without being booted off or frozen out because of too many people trying to access the site at once.
I guess that's the benefit of paying my cable bill on time!
GO GO GO GO GO NH! I hope I'm still alive when you get to Pluto!
I guess that's the benefit of paying my cable bill on time!
GO GO GO GO GO NH! I hope I'm still alive when you get to Pluto!
QUOTE (Ames @ Jan 19 2006, 08:21 PM)
Looks like it cleared the tower in just over 4 seconds (by my counting)
Phew!
Nick
Phew!
Nick
Just looking at it again and it looks like you were right on the button Doug.
Well done!
Nick
QUOTE (helvick @ Jan 19 2006, 09:21 PM)
Dunno why but I seem to have an excellent link to NASA TV's feed here - they must like the Irish.
The NASA TV link was also excellent here in Paris from the time I took the connection 1 hour before the first T0 until know.
I was expecting some slowdown around the T0's but it was always perfectly fluid to watch it real-time in full screen.
What a launch !
The Centaur has reignited...
Indeed Ignition and full trust on the Centaur T + 30 minutes
Next up:
Third stage separation 0:42:15 14:42:15 19:42:15 Z
Star 48B ignition 0:42:52 14:42:52 19:42:52 Z
Star 48B burnout 0:44:20 14:44:20 19:44:20 Z
Spacecraft separation 0:47:22 14:47:22 19:47:22 Z
Third stage separation 0:42:15 14:42:15 19:42:15 Z
Star 48B ignition 0:42:52 14:42:52 19:42:52 Z
Star 48B burnout 0:44:20 14:44:20 19:44:20 Z
Spacecraft separation 0:47:22 14:47:22 19:47:22 Z
Boeing 3rd stage has separated from the Centaur. 3rd Stage now ignited
EDIT: 3rd stage burn-out confirmed
EDIT: 3rd stage burn-out confirmed
Successful spacecraft separation!
EDIT: Wait, no, not yet...
EDIT: Wait, no, not yet...
Looking Good
Third stage burn out
Nice view of 1970's telemetry recorders on Nasa TV
Nick
Third stage burn out
Nice view of 1970's telemetry recorders on Nasa TV
Nick
QUOTE (um3k @ Jan 19 2006, 11:41 AM)
Successful spacecraft separation!
EDIT: Wait, no, not yet...
EDIT: Wait, no, not yet...
Thank goodness!!
Spacecraft separation !!
QUOTE (mchan @ Jan 19 2006, 12:43 PM)
Thank goodness!!
New Horizons has successfully separated!! Godspeed to Pluto, NH!!
Ok! NOW successful spacecraft separation!
Well - that was well worth it.
Next sunset - Pluto 2015.
Next sunset - Pluto 2015.
Oh, fooey, I missed it?
Oh well, there's always reruns...
--Bill
Oh well, there's always reruns...
--Bill
Now we've dropped the dangerous, explosive, heavy bits I can breathe again. Congratulations to all involved.
Chris
Chris
*Waves at NH* Bye bye, safe journeys!
odave's 8 year old: "Are were there yet?"
odave's 3 year old: "I gotta go potty!"
odave's 2 year old: "Wheee! Again! Again!"
odave's 3 year old: "I gotta go potty!"
odave's 2 year old: "Wheee! Again! Again!"
They should establish contact with New Horizons by now...
Any news?
Any news?
QUOTE (chris @ Jan 20 2006, 06:48 AM)
Now we've dropped the dangerous, explosive, heavy bits I can breathe again. Congratulations to all involved.
Chris
Chris
Ditto to that on both counts.
That was great!
(Not good for my heart, though - too much tension in one short week )
Great week for NASA: one perfect landing and one perfect launch.
(Not good for my heart, though - too much tension in one short week
)Great week for NASA: one perfect landing and one perfect launch.
QUOTE (Toma B @ Jan 19 2006, 08:51 PM)
They should establish contact with New Horizons by now...
Any news?
Any news?
Yes
Indications are that all is OK with NH (NasaTV)
Think we're gonna have to wait for the press conference (+1hr) to get any more details.
Nick
And now just 13 months to wait until Jupiter flyby...
WHOAH...was that not the most tense buildup to a spacecraft launch ever??
The RTG has gone away over our heads! Ufff! Another good safety benchmark!
Next meeting should be at July 14, 2015, almost 10 years from now....
By between 9:00 - 10:00 pm EST, NH will say hello to Moon
Rodolfo
Next meeting should be at July 14, 2015, almost 10 years from now....
By between 9:00 - 10:00 pm EST, NH will say hello to Moon
Rodolfo
More launch images, from the replays:
Bob Shaw
Bob Shaw
I was just able to jump in here now. Beautiful launch (finally!), I had a good NASA TV feed here. Good luck and god speed, NH.
A post-launch press conference is coming up in about an hour to provide more information on the spacecraft's health and status.
QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Jan 19 2006, 09:55 PM)
The RTG has gone away over our heads! Ufff! Another good safety benchmark!
Indeed, good news also for MSL.
A launch failure today would most probably had prohibit the use of RTG for MSL.
Rakhir
QUOTE (Sunspot @ Jan 19 2006, 02:55 PM)
WHOAH...was that not the most tense buildup to a spacecraft launch ever??
I tend to agree. Following the project for a couple years, and then tacking on 2 extra days at the end--I can't say that I've been that productive since lunch.
Hats off to the Atlas-Centaur team. That's two in a row (MRO & NH).
They've got the launch pics up on the Kennedy Media Gallery now...
http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/
--Emily
http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/
--Emily
QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Jan 19 2006, 11:55 AM)
By between 9:00 - 10:00 pm EST, NH will say hello to Moon
NH will pass Moon orbit in 9 hrs. I don't know if the Moon will be nearby.
Looks like they got off right at the edge of that hole in the clouds. Good call by Range Safety. Is that the same person who's got his or her finger on the "destruct" button during launch? That's got to be quite a job!
QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Jan 19 2006, 11:55 AM)
Right, you would think that the protesters would be happy that we are disposing of this hazardous plutonium off-world.
And, BTW, where's Alan?!? You think he would have had a few moments free to pop in to say hi.
It ain't over til it's over, but I am so glad to have "retired this risk" of the stuff that blows up.
Godspeed, New Horizons! I hope I will be around to see you arrive at Pluto in 2015.
Kudos to Emily Lakdawalla for the coverage on her planetary society blog. Lots of real time typing. And that's a _great_ picture of her peering at the screen with laptop at the ready.
TTT
TTT
QUOTE (lyford @ Jan 19 2006, 02:07 PM)
Right, you would think that the protesters would be happy that we are disposing of this hazardous plutonium off-world.
Why the heck didn't we think of this before?!? What a GREAT spin that would have been! (It would of course have been a bit tongue-in-cheek, but who cares...this reasoning is just as valid as anything the protestors have come up with.)
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