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Topic: Atlas 5/NROL-30 launch
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cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 06-14-2007 10:51 AM
   
Rocket: Atlas 5 (AV-009)
Payload: NROL-30
Date: June 14, 2007
Time: 11:18 a.m. EDT (1518 GMT)
Site: Complex 41, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Broadcast: Galaxy 25 (formerly IA5), Transponder 23, C-band, 97° WestThe mission has just been scrubbed but I was wondering if the launch was broadcast free somewhere on the web (unless you subscribe to spaceflightnow.com). I know it's a NRO payload so they may be restrictions, but just wondering..... Chris. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-14-2007 10:53 AM
United Launch Alliance provided a free webcast:
http://www.unitedlaunchalliance.com/index_webcast.html |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 06-15-2007 12:27 AM
Thanks Robert!
I knew something existed on the web but companies keep changing their names so I didn't look for United Launch Alliance...Chris. |
Robert Pearlman
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From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-15-2007 09:39 AM
Today's launch attempt is scheduled for 11:04 a.m. EDT. The webcast (linked above) starts at 10:40 a.m. According to SpaceflightNow.com, all systems are go for launch: quote:
Today's launch will be the 10th for an Atlas 5 rocket since debuting in August 2002. The vehicle's flights have featured a very diverse payload list, including NASA space probes to Mars and Pluto, experimental U.S. military spacecraft and several commercial communications satellites.This flight is the fifth to use the rocket's 401 configuration, which is the basic version of Atlas 5. The Common Core Booster first stage is outfitted with the RD-180 main engine, the Centaur upper stage has a single RL10 cryogenic engine and the payload shroud is the four-meter diameter option. No strap-on solid-fuel boosters are used by the 401 rocket. Previous 401 launches were the first two Atlas 5 missions, with the European Hot Bird 6 and Greek Hellas Sat communications spacecraft, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Air Force's Space Test Program 1 flight. The Air Force says the Atlas 5 rocket for today's NROL-30 mission is valued at $82 million.
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-15-2007 10:36 AM
Launch of NROL-30 aboard an Atlas V came at 11:12 a.m. EDT. |
Ben
Member Posts: 1896
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: May 2000
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posted 06-15-2007 06:39 PM
Details are forthcoming but todays mission failed to place the satellites into the proper orbit.This makes this the first Atlas failure of any kind since 1993, 81 missions ago. Article in Aviation Week SpaceflightNow mission status center
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cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 06-16-2007 12:39 AM
That's too bad. The camera views from the Centaur upper stage were pretty neat.Chris. |
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