Space Launch Megathread

[TNTGODZZ]

success 8)

[Agamemnon]

success 8)

... will be after all 3 centaur burns

[TNTGODZZ]

so will this live stream become active for all launches?

[Agamemnon]

no - it depends on the particular launch...

russian launches are usually broadcasted on tsenki.com/en (and nasa tv, if it is iss related launch - ie. soyuz and progress spacecrafts)... then nasa launches (iss related, or science related) are streamed on nasa tv... ula launches on ulalaunch.com... european (esa) launches are streamed on arianespace.tv (arianespace.com)... chinese launches usually are not streamed (and if they are, it is broadcasted on chinese television - cctv.cn/cntv.cn)

some of the launches are streamed on spaceflightnow.com (ustream.com)... all launches (us, russian, esa, chinese, japan, indian) are text covered on nasaspaceflight.com (with links to live video, insiders info and more sources if available - as live countdown, etc)

[Agamemnon]

and the atv launch is moved to the end of march...

[Kryten]

and the atv launch is moved to the end of march...

We now have a confirmed date and time; 4:30am UCT on the 23^rd. There goes my chances of watching it.

[TNTGODZZ]

what is that GMT?

[Kryten]

what is that GMT?

UCT is the same as GMT

[TNTGODZZ]

ah okay. :\'( for half 4.

[Agamemnon]

UCT is the same as GMT

in fact, it is not the same but for the purpose of this thread, we can consider it as such

[Agamemnon]

ariane 5 with atv-3 on the pad:

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ariane/va205/rollout/

[Kryten]

Here\'s the link for the stream; streaming starts at 4:00 GMT EDIT: And here\'s the livestream one if you want that instead, although the quality\'ll probably be lower.

European Space Agency - live streaming video powered by Livestream

[RichieD76]

Arianespace app for iPad is brilliant also for mobile devices

[Agamemnon]

and success

[Agamemnon]

proton launch today... 1210gmt... broadcasts on http://tsenki.com/en/ and http://www.ilslaunch.com/

[Alfastar]

Lift-off of the Proton.

[Agamemnon]

and success (after more than 15hrs)

[Tiberion]

Here\'s the proton launch, got a nice video of it. Its a swell looking rocket

[Agamemnon]

well, imo, proton is one of the best looking launchers... as someone wrote on facebook, it looks the way a launcher is supposed to

btw:

the next launches are delta iv launch for nro (us government) on thursday (29.3.), once again proton for russian government on friday (30.3.) and chinese cz-3b with a comm sat for a hong kong company on saturday (31.3.)...

we gonna get a good and busy week

[Agamemnon]

oh, and i forgot

on wednesday (28.3.) the atv will dock to the station...

[Tiberion]

That should be cool

I saw in that video channel that the wet test for Falcon 9 last week went well, so maybe we\'ll have something a little different to watch in April

[Agamemnon]

yeah, it went well... not flawless, but well... the launch is planned for 30.4. (1722gmt)... somewhere around 12th, the frr (flight readiness review) will be performed... then we will know if they will really launch...

and iirc, the launch window is instantaneous and only once in 3 day...

but in april there is more than spacex cots... a progress launch to iss, a proton launch, an atlas v launch, one indian launch and the cots... and then one soyuz undocking and landing

edit:

oh, and the best one... the north korea has a rocket launch planned in the middle of april

[Johno]

Proton looks great . . but its tail flare bothers me. The colour of the exhaust tells me all I need to know about the toxicity of its combustion products!

[Agamemnon]

ah, yes... n2o4/udmh...

they are working on a replacement (angara) though... first launch is planned for 2013 - at least launch of the core, cause it will have modular design (is planned to be able to fly in configuration with 1, 3 and 5 cores - and perhaps even 7 later for 45t launcher)...

[Agamemnon]

atv docking in 2 hrs