Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-10-2017 07:52 AM
Please use this topic to discuss Orbital ATK's OA-8 mission to resupply the International Space Station.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-10-2017 07:56 AM
Orbital ATK and NASA have published projected visibility maps for the OA-8 launch, as targeted for 7:37 a.m. EST on Saturday (Nov. 11).
Weather permitting, the launch of Antares from Wallops Island, Virginia, on November 11, 2017 may be widely visible along the East Coast. However, because this is an early morning launch, it is likely that the sun will interfere with viewing from most locations.
SpaceAngel Member
Posts: 307 From: Maryland Registered: May 2010
posted 11-10-2017 07:57 AM
Will the freezing cold weather have any impact to Saturday's launch?
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
There is a 95 percent chance of favorable weather for Saturday's launch attempt, and officials said sub-freezing temperatures expected overnight before launch should not be a problem.
Temperatures are forecast to be between 25 and 30 degrees Fahrenheit at launch time Saturday, above the 20-degree limit for an Antares launch.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-11-2017 06:54 AM
Saturday's (Nov. 11) launch attempt scrubbed due to range violation.
The launch of Orbital ATK's Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus cargo spacecraft has scrubbed for Saturday after an aircraft was detected in the vicinity of the launch pad. The next launch attempt is set for Sunday, Nov. 12 at 7:14 a.m. EST.
OV-105 Member
Posts: 816 From: Ridgecrest, CA Registered: Sep 2000
posted 11-11-2017 08:37 AM
Somebody will have some explaining to do when they land.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-12-2017 06:23 AM
Launch of the SS Gene Cernan at 7:19 a.m. EST (1219 GMT) on Sunday (Nov. 12) atop an Antares rocket from Pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. (Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-27-2017 07:10 PM
A spectacular fireball witnessed in Saskatchewan and Alberta (Canada) on Friday night was the Antares rocket body burning up as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere, CBC News reports, citing U.S. Strategic Command.
...the U.S. Strategic Command confirmed Sunday it was space junk burning up as it hurtled out of orbit and fell towards Earth.
"The 18th Space Control Squadron removed an Antares rocket body from the U.S. satellite catalog as a decayed object after it re-entered the atmosphere Nov. 24, 2017, over North America (vicinity Saskatchewan) at approximately 11:48 p.m. CDT," said chief of current operations Maj. Brian Maguire.
posted 11-10-2017 07:52 AM
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