DeviouslyDeviant Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 because it\'s finished already O_O oh it\'s live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agamemnon Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 the next launches are:- falcon 9/dragon on 22nd of may (probably - if they fix the valve and check the vehicle on time) - iranian launcher safir will launch an iranian sat fajr on 23rd- chinese launcher cz-3b will launch a chinese military sat on 25th or 26th- zenit 3sl will launch a commercial comm sat on 31st Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreuzung Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 - iranian launcher safir will launch an iranian sat fajr on 23rd- chinese launcher cz-3b will launch a chinese military sat on 25th or 26thAnd these willl of course be livestreamed ;P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agamemnon Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 falcon is GO for 22nd at 0744utc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfastar Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 And these willl of course be livestreamed ;PYea, especially China likes livestreams for spaceflights...(Sarcastic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agamemnon Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Yea, especially China likes livestreams for spaceflights...(Sarcastic) china streams commercial launches and human-related launches (e.g. last year they streamed the launch of their station, docking to the station, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 china streams commercial launches and human-related launches (e.g. last year they streamed the launch of their station, docking to the station, etc.)Do you know where? I haven\'t seen Chines flights being broadcast outside of the really important ones on CCTV itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agamemnon Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Do you know where? I haven\'t seen Chines flights being broadcast outside of the really important ones on CCTV itself.on cctv, i think, but will try to find exactly... but they dont have so many commercial flights... and i don\'t know how it was 2-3yrs ago, or so, because i did not follow space launches at that time... actively started just recently... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candre Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 SpaceX retry: http://www.spacex.com/webcast/I hour till the webcast starts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hebdomad Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Watching the stream now.Hopefully it finally gets off the launch pad this time.T- minus One hour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarnis Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/spacex/index.html - dry NASA version30min to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voignar Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Liftoff! Stage separation happened safely, and they are all nominal. So bloody awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarnis Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Solar arrays deployed. In orbit. Launch success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Congrats to SpaceX\'s Dragon capsule for achieving Earth Orbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hebdomad Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 And we are in orbit! Hopefully the rest of the mission goes just as well.What time will SpaceX dock at the ISS?*Edit*10:05 amI guess it\'s time to practice parking the Dragon before they try parking it for real at the ISS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarnis Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 And we are in orbit! Hopefully the rest of the mission goes just as well.What time will SpaceX dock at the ISS?Bit over 3 days from now if I recall right. Lots of in-orbit tests and some maneuvering around the station first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascensiam Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 That was awesome, watching the rocket is hypnotic after a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentMcConnell Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I was watching that whole thing live. That\'s history we just witnessed.Welcome to a new era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredulus Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Watched the whole webcast. That was so great so excited for the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarnis Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Must say it was damn cool when bit after clearing the pad they noted the pitchover kick and start of the gravity turn.'Hey, that worked just like in Kerbal Space Program...' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruntzilla Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I went outside to watch the launch, and I can tell you that that thing is bright! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Thank you Kerbal space program!! I know what Apoapsis and Periapsis mean when they mention it at NASA flights now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agamemnon Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 What time will SpaceX dock at the ISS?bit of a technicality, but dragon will not dock to the iss... dragon will berth...docking means the ship comes to the station and connects itself on its/her on power (russian soyuz, progress and european atv) and using its/her own navigational computer...berthing means the ship comes to the station and stops a few meters away - then the operators on the station use the station arm (aka ssrms or canadarm2), catch the ship with it and attach it to the station (japanese htv, and both dragon and cygnus)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agamemnon Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 and the chinese launch with a mil sat was successful... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Arise....Launch of a Zenit-3SL going ahead at around 5:20 UTC, stream (when it goes up) here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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