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Live launch: NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite TDRS-L

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CluelessModeler

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Interesting how they are flying southeast to the equator now. They will need to change their inclination

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If memory serves correctly, there's a narrow corridor running southeast of the launch site. This is to miss all of the Caribbean Islands, in case of an anomaly, or to drop stages into the ocean with minimal risk to life and property.

I think that as they burn the Second Stage Centaur, they are not only building speed and altitude, but if you watch, one of the numbers was actually inclination, and it was moving at a pretty steady pace.

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If memory serves correctly, there's a narrow corridor running southeast of the launch site. This is to miss all of the Caribbean Islands, in case of an anomaly, or to drop stages into the ocean with minimal risk to life and property.

I think that as they burn the Second Stage Centaur, they are not only building speed and altitude, but if you watch, one of the numbers was actually inclination, and it was moving at a pretty steady pace.

You can't launch straight to an equatorial orbit from florida obviously since florida is not on the equator.

It would be interesting to see how and when they fix the inclination.

NASA TV didnt quite cover that.

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You can't launch straight to an equatorial orbit from florida obviously since florida is not on the equator.

It would be interesting to see how and when they fix the inclination.

NASA TV didnt quite cover that.

They did an inclination change after the coast to apogee, just off the coast in the crook of Africa. I watched it all from T-45:00 until final separation.

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They did an inclination change after the coast to apogee, just off the coast in the crook of Africa. I watched it all from T-45:00 until final separation.

It was interesting to see on Nasa tv that they had all the Information about inclination and whatnot. Felt like mechjeb's info tab was on the screen for a min :P

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It was interesting to see on Nasa tv that they had all the Information about inclination and whatnot. Felt like mechjeb's info tab was on the screen for a min :P

I just felt really cool cause I knew what all the numbers meant, and when they said "Max Q" I knew what that meant.

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