New Satellite launch from nasa

[lancefoxcia]

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ladee/main/index.html#.UiqCIsasg40 (doesn't want to spam it but) Nasa is about to launch a satellite to the moon. in 1 hr

[Sylon00]

Sweet! Thanks for the link. I wonder if any of my friends on the east coast will be able to see it. I remember seeing launches from all the way in DE back in the day when I lived out there.

[StarVision]

Watching it now.

[SkyRender]

This makes me all the more interested in 0.22's science additions. I look forward to sending up similarly peculiar missions.

[CoriW]

I almost forgot about this, thanks for posting about it!

[Cby]

The count down clock is broken for me, apparently it's launching in 4816 days.

[NASI Director]

The count down clock is broken for me, apparently it's launching in 4816 days.

Probably just your timezone. Where do you live? Kruger 60?

[regex]

Damn, that was quick to 60km...

[SkyRender]

Interesting how, despite the scale difference, the rocket is taking about as long to get into orbit as a rocket in KSP does...

[BubbaWilkins]

that was fun to watch. Haven't seen a launch live in decades.

[Guest Brody_Peffley]

OMG I SAW IT, It was very bright, I live in nj and saw it

[DMagic]

Just got back from watching it launch in the south sky over New York; that was very cool.

[LongbowEOD]

I saw it! It was awesome! It climbed up out of the south, leaving a bright orange flame behind, arcing up and "leveling off" as it passed to my southeast and started to dim. I thought it might be getting far off that fast, but nope, it was just the first stage burning out. It jettisoned and the second stage lit up bright and the velocity really picked up as it flew to the northeast and back down toward the horizon. It started dimming out and I thought I might get to see the third stage light up (this rocket has FIVE stages) but it dipped behind the trees first.

[British_Rover]

Real rockets are much faster and much more powerful. The TWR of a liquid rocket engine like NASA is using is probably better then 30:1.

That rocket was doing 6 km a sec at I think they said 260 kms.

[Guest Brody_Peffley]

I saw it! It was awesome! It climbed up out of the south, leaving a bright orange flame behind, arcing up and "leveling off" as it passed to my southeast and started to dim. I thought it might be getting far off that fast, but nope, it was just the first stage burning out. It jettisoned and the second stage lit up bright and the velocity really picked up as it flew to the northeast and back down toward the horizon. It started dimming out and I thought I might get to see the third stage light up (this rocket has FIVE stages) but it dipped behind the trees first.

I can still see it over the ocean right now, You can tell its getting dimmer. But Yeah I it was very bright, I saw a gigantic smoke trail and a big orange flame behide it.

[lajoswinkler]

The rocket is all SRB. Liquid bipropellant would be slower. They've just lit the can full of boom.

[Outback_Zach]

I only saw I for a couple minutes due to the mountains blocking my view. However that was the first launch I have ever seen not through a screen, so I am exceptionally pleased.

[Guest Brody_Peffley]

I only saw I for a couple minutes due to the mountains blocking my view. However that was the first launch I have ever seen not through a screen, so I am exceptionally pleased.

Man that sucks, But yeah its amazing that there launching from virginia. my first time too.

Man I wish I could be on that rocket, But I wouldn't like nasa saying there going to smash me into the moon..

[Sylon00]

There will be another launch, I believe on Sept 17, from VA on a mission to the ISS. I saw the article on my Win8 news app, but when I went back to the app the article was gone. Stupid thing.

[DaRocketCat]

Ooh, they're gonna test laser communications for the first time once it's in lunar orbit.

Edited September 7, 2013 by DaRocketCat

[Motokid600]

OMG I SAW IT, It was very bright, I live in nj and saw it

Same here. Did you hear it as well? I'm in Berlin, Nj. It blew me away I thought I wasn't going to be able to see it. The viewing chart it has said it'd only reach 15 degrees into the sky. Bunch of crap lol. Could not have been better.

[wbcundiff]

I think its great that they're experimenting with the concept of building their spacecraft from modular stock parts. I wonder who came up with that idea....

[SRV Ron]

Using Nova Punch mods, I decided to fabricate the NASA solid fuel rocket with two stage liquid upper engines. Came up with this design. The thruster pack finished placing it in low Mun orbit. That big solid rocket first stage is a bit hard to control but the rest of the design flew flawlessly.

Low orbit.

Map mode;

Kerbal Space Program is now searching for the strange dust glow with the Thor probe.

[SRV Ron]

Probe renamed Minotaur 5. Launch weight 18.48 tons. 0.67 in in low Mun orbit of 10k with 60% monoprop left in the probe stage.

[SgìobairOg]

I was about eight miles away during the launch, it was an awesome experience, can't believe how quickly it got up there.

THis may interest everyone here too: http://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/Publications/Minotaur_IV_Guide.pdf