sevenperforce Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 8 hours ago, XB-70A said: Took from the manual: When Arianespace is promoting flatardness unconsciously. I remember a really weird conspiracy theorist a while back who claimed that because of n-body dynamics, no actual true orbital trajectory or position was knowable, and so moon missions and rendezvous and reusability and boostback burns and landings were impossible, BUT Arianespace launched comsats direct to "approximate" orbits and they lasted for a while and so that was good enough for communications purposes. Go Arianespace! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 (edited) Mistaken cross post. ESA, not Arianespace. Edited April 25, 2018 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canopus Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 So apparently the Ariane 6 upper stage will use an APU to replace the helium pressurisation and battery systems similar to ACES ivf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 For those who like European rockets.... Full resolution over here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 NASA, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Roscosmos, Boeing, CNSA, ISRO, Moon Express, bassicly everyone else *working on Moon spaceships and stuff* Meanwhile at Arianespace: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 On 4/11/2018 at 9:17 PM, Canopus said: This is meant for exposure experiments that you want to analyze in a lab afterwards. Sort of like the stuff on the outside of the ISS, but probably cheaper. Yes, purpose of the X-37 is probably that you can do this in secret rater than the public setting of ISS. ISS is perfect for exposure experiments as you can keep an watch on it even bring it inside for testing. Russia has done an series of return missions using space capsules. Dragonlab is the same idea but has not had customers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canopus Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 28 minutes ago, NSEP said: NASA, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Roscosmos, Boeing, CNSA, ISRO, Moon Express, bassicly everyone else *working on Moon spaceships and stuff* All these Organizations will likely contribute small parts to an upcoming Lunar mission infrastructure. Arianespace in the end likely more then some mentioned by you. They are just not hyping it up as much Spoiler I'm talking about Roscosmos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Ariane4 is by far the nicest looking of the Ariane family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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magnemoe Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 On 7/13/2018 at 4:53 PM, tater said: Dual track, that is rare, Soyuz uses just one https://www.google.no/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjU9_Hd2ancAhWqwAIHHfYcBaQQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFile%3ASoyuz_TMA-08M_spacecraft_roll_out_by_train_5.jpg&psig=AOvVaw2wlfD8iTZHnZ-QEh1Fn0tM&ust=1532039399410186 Buran: , N N1 and the 80 cm cannon Germany made during WW2 also used it, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Streetwind Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 While you've all been watching SpaceX in the dark, Ariane 5 had a beautiful sunlit launch with all-nominal operations. (But then again, this thing will get you safely to space even if you program it wrong, so nobody was surprised ) Upper stage with the satellites attached is currently in a multi-hour coast phase to its drop-of location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Didn't watch it, but: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 17 minutes ago, Streetwind said: While you've all been watching SpaceX in the dark, Ariane 5 had a beautiful sunlit launch with all-nominal operations. (But then again, this thing will get you safely to space even if you program it wrong, so nobody was surprised ) Upper stage with the satellites attached is currently in a multi-hour coast phase to its drop-of location. Thought space x was first and it was an boring launch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 25 minutes ago, Streetwind said: While you've all been watching SpaceX in the dark, Ariane 5 had a beautiful sunlit launch with all-nominal operations. (But then again, this thing will get you safely to space even if you program it wrong, so nobody was surprised ) Upper stage with the satellites attached is currently in a multi-hour coast phase to its drop-of location. I'd love to see Ariane in flight. Unfortunately i returned home too late and missed both today's launches Such is life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 I had an alarm set to get up 15 minutes early today, and didn't feel like making it 30 minutes early, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Canopus Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 I'm a little bit sad that this was the last of the stubby Ariane 5's. They look so cute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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