Successful!! - Antares launch, Sunday 5:00 EDT Will be viewable from Washington DC & the much of the east coast.

Where does the flight path take it?

tweets

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#Antares T-20 min: Vehicle is green. Range is green. Polling in progress.

Orbital Sciences ‏@OrbitalSciences 1m
#Antares T-25 Engines are in low flow chill down mode. RP-1 loading is complete. Chilled helium loading is nearly complete.

South east off the coast.

[link to phys.org]

A company contracted by the U.S. space agency to deliver supplies to the International Space Station has cancelled the launch of a test rocket.


The launch is designed to test whether a practice payload could reach orbit and safely separate from the rocket.

Read more at: [link to phys.org]

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#Antares launch director polling team for "go for launch".

That was yesterday’s launch that was canceled; we are still a go, less than 10 min now.

This isn't the launch US postponed to persuade NK not to do their tests is it? Either way I wonder if it will result in NK going ahead with their tests?

2/1 thrust ratio, this will be a slow liftoff like Raygun linked from the Tweets.


little more info in here on what she is carrying.

[link to news.yahoo.com]

Snip;Today's launch attempt will not carry a full Cygnus spacecraft into orbit. Instead, the rocket is topped with a mockup that will mimic the weight of an actual cargo ship. The rocket is also carrying three coffee cup-size Phonesat satellites — named Alexander, Graham and Bell — as part of a space technology experiment for NASA. A fourth nanosatellite, called Dove 1, is also being flown for a commercial customer, Orbital officials said.

only pointing out the payload. didnt mean to confuse things...

2 minutes to go

2 min mark

Is that a black swan logo?
Right below the flag..?

Here we go!!!

30 seconds

bad camera cut..I wanted to see the pad. I'll look for a vid later of it.

still holding my breath waiting for main engine cut off

doubt it's what it appears to be. the timing is too interesting.

That was very cool to watch!

im watching this on nasa tv now and man this rocket is leaving behind lots of space garbage!

Well there we are the first ever Wallop Island Virginia Spaceport launch.

I see dollar signs for the surrounding vacation area as these become more common.

Anybody see it? I did not, from NE PA. :(
Awesome post OP, thanks

Antares launch, Sunday 5:00 EDT



Antares

Alternative name of this star, meaning "the Heart of Scorpion":

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

if they only put all the money that goes into space into the deep sea i think we would have a lot more answers

Anti-MARS the spaceport it self is named MARS (mid-Atlantic regional spaceport)

[link to marsspaceport.com]

Last Edited by Chrit on 04/21/2013 05:15 PM

Been planned for a long time and put off a few times due to weather. I sort of considered the military" activity around DC at around 11:00 to 1:00, but that wouldn't have made sense that things slowed down 5 hours before launch.

Just to take this in context, I AM NOT SAYING THIS IS TO INSTIGATE N.K., but if they tried to send an experimental rocket up into orbit, then possibly WW3.

Our country is so fucking arrogant, I am sick. Are we hypocrites?... Well WE may not be, but our leaders are.

Very cool thanks for sharing.
Too bad they cut away to telemetry animation for the 2nd separation.
Looked like Santa might have been in the neighbourhood. ;-`)

Nominal.

I’ll keep an eye out for a pad view of launch, and see if people put up pics from a far.

If you see any pics or vids please post them!

Roger

Everything is nomifuckinal

That depends on the question. Could you give an example?