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oly
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posted 05-28-2019 07:12 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for oly   Click Here to Email oly     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Spectacular footage showing lightning striking the Soyuz-2.1b rocket during launch on Monday (May 27).
The lightning strike occurred during the launch of a Glonass-M navigation satellite from Russia's Plesetsk Cosmodrome about 500 miles (800 kilometers) north of Moscow at 9:23 a.m. Moscow time (0623 GMT). In a statement, officials with Russia's space agency Roscosmos announced that the rocket successfully reached orbit.

"Lightning is not an obstacle for you!" Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin wrote on Twitter while congratulating the Glonass-M launch team and military Space Forces. He shared a wild video of rocket as it was struck by lightning.

SkyMan1958
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posted 05-28-2019 10:53 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for SkyMan1958   Click Here to Email SkyMan1958     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
SCE to AUX

Jim Behling
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posted 05-28-2019 08:43 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jim Behling   Click Here to Email Jim Behling     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Not at all applicable. The Saturn V was unaffected by the lightning just as the Soyuz wasn't. No spacecraft telemetry is downlinked during launch and there wouldn't be any redundant power source for spacecraft telemetry.

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