ESA's IXV february 11th launch

[Frida Space]

New launch time 14:40. Can someone confirm? The countdown hasn't updated yet.

[lincourtl]

What feed is that from? The ESA feed I'm viewing has no information or sound currently.

[Albert VDS]

Space Flight reports that time:

Spaceflight Now @SpaceflightNow · 13s 14 seconds ago

New launch time for the Vega rocket and #IXV set for 1340 GMT (8:40am EST) from French Guiana. Watch live: http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/02/10/vv04-mission-status-center/ …

[Frida Space]

Go-ahead has been given for the resumption of the countdown

[Albert VDS]

Arianespace reporst go-ahead

Arianespace â€Â@Arianespace 1m1 minute ago

#Vega Flight #VV04 update: Go-ahead has been given for the resumption of the countdown

[sgt_flyer]

countdown resumed at 4 mn.

[AlthalusAvan]

HYPE! I think I might actually be able to watch this one for a change - the last one I watched was Curiosity landing on mars. (I forced myself to, and then I went to Toulouse Space Centre to check out a prototype of the rover. It was hella.)

[michaelsteele3]

Wooooo! Please don't cancel

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Well, that traveled fast o-o

[Tw1]

Décollage!

(The french have an awesome word for take off)

Edited February 11, 2015 by Tw1

[Nibb31]

The flight controller is Italian, speaking French with a strong accent. Go Europe!

[PlonioFludrasco]

Damn, I've returned home now and missed!

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Where I can see the replay?

[sgt_flyer]

the mission is still currently in progress - the IXV just separated from the upper stage

they'll show a launch replay during the coasting time of IXV

[kujuman]

That VEGA is one sprightly rocket. Must. Build. One.

[Nibb31]

It's basically a small liquid rocket with an Ariane SRB strapped to the bottom. It goes up fast!

[sgt_flyer]

@Nibb31 the first 3 stages are SRBs only the upper stage uses pressure fed hypergolic engine

[michaelsteele3]

Can someone make a replica of this in KSP? Would be neat to see, as well as some rep from me

[Nibb31]

@Nibb31 the first 3 stages are SRBs only the upper stage uses pressure fed hypergolic engine

Thanks, corrected

[Dodgey]

.....

experienced from a LKO reentry.

Well I missed the launch but I didn't miss this!

In any case can some one please give me a progress update of the flight?

[Cirocco]

the launch is going to be a suborbital flight - Vega will accelerate IXV to get reentry speeds, altitude and atittude similar to those experienced from a LKO reentry.

While I would be delighted to have an IXV replica in KSP, are you sure that's not supposed to be LEO?

I guess it's a bit telling that the thread has gone on for 5 pages + without anyone apparently noticing this

EDIT: ah, ninja'd. point still stands though

[kujuman]

Well I missed the launch but I didn't miss this!

In any case can some one please give me a progress update of the flight?

about 65 minutes in, 88 minute flight total. Vehicle separated from upper stage of VEGA maybe 30 minutes ago. Video from recovery ship looks like a calm day in the south Pacific

Update vehicle just passed over the eastern edge of Indonesia

Update 2 alt ~90km vel ~7450 m/s. vel is constant, maybe descending at 200 m/s

Edited February 11, 2015 by kujuman

[Dodgey]

Thank you, I just tuned into the stream so I just saw how far along, here's hoping for some landing footage (as unlikely as that may be).

[kujuman]

Thank you, I just tuned into the stream so I just saw how far along, here's hoping for some landing footage (as unlikely as that may be).

They said the big boat is about 25km from splashdown site, and the IXV is landing on parachutes, so we should at least get that (thoguh maybe not live)

[Albert VDS]

That rocket is fast.

Reentry phase in 8 minutes.

[sgt_flyer]

Well I missed the launch but I didn't miss this!

In any case can some one please give me a progress update of the flight?

thanks, corrected too much ksp ^^

Edited February 11, 2015 by sgt_flyer

[Dodgey]

That rocket is fast.

Reentry phase in 8 minutes.

I think you mean it started 8 minutes ago, the top segment is elapsed time and the bottom are countdowns.