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Цитироватьsatbeams пишет:
Новая планируемая дата пуска - 5 августа 2014 :
 http://licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs/download.do?attachment_key=1048830

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ЦитироватьJune 3, 2014
 
Ms. Marlene H. Dortch
Secretary
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th
 Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
 
Re:  Request for Special Temporary Authority
Hagerstown, Maryland Earth Station KA275
 
Dear Ms. Dortch: 
 
Intelsat License LLC ("Intelsat") herein requests a grant of Special Temporary Authority ("STA") (1) for 30 days, commencing August 5, 2014, to use its Hagerstown, Maryland C-band earth station -- call sign KA275 -- to provide launch and early orbit phase ("LEOP") services for the AsiaSat-6 satellite that is expected to be launched on August 5, 2014. (2)
  The LEOP period is expected to last approximately ten days. (3)       
     
The AsiaSat-6 LEOP operations will be performed in the following frequency bands:  6429.00 MHz and 6431.00 MHz in the uplink (RHCP), and 4198.75 MHz and 4199.85 MHz in the downlink (LHCP).  The LEOP operations will be coordinated with all operators of satellites that use the same frequency bands and are in the LEOP path.  All operators of satellites in that path will be provided with an emergency phone number where the licensee can be reached in the event that harmful interference occurs.
 
The 24x7 contact information for the AsiaSat-6 LEOP mission is as follows:
 
Ph.:  (202) 944-7701 – East Coast Operations Center (primary)
        (310) 525-5900 – West Coast Operations Center (back-up)
 
Request to speak with Harry Burnham or Kevin Bell. 

=============================
                                                           
1 -  Intelsat has filed its STA request, an FCC Form 159, a $180.00 filing fee and this supporting letter electronically via the International Bureau's Filing System ("IBFS").
2 -   The permanent orbital location for AsiaSat-6, which Intelsat understands is licensed by China, will be 120.0° E.L.  The in-orbit testing location will be 119.65° E.L.   
3 -  Intelsat is seeking authority for 30 days to accommodate possible launch delays. 

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• AsiaSat 6
• The launch of AsiaSat 6 (http://spacexstats.com/mission.php?launch=17) is now scheduled for 26 Aug 2014 04:50:00 UTC (was previously 26 Aug 2014 05:06:00 UTC).
  

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Неделя до пуска. Обещают прожиг F9 для AsiaSat-6 в Четверг вечером
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=35317.msg1237125#msg1237125

Запланированный прожиг переполз на Пятницу 22-е, пуск планируют на 26-е

Приблизительная масса - 3700 кг (http://www.thaicom.net/satellites/future/thaicom7.aspx)

Прожиг состоялся

Летим 27-го теперь?

ЦитироватьSPACE COAST LAUNCH @SCLAUNCH321 (https://twitter.com/SCLAUNCH321) · Aug 23 (https://twitter.com/SCLAUNCH321/status/502977006821474304)

Launch change: F9 #asiasat6 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/asiasat6?src=hash) will delay 1 day for primary launch. Now scheduled for morning of 8/27 same times. Not related to F9R issue.

 (https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/47655)

(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/47662)

Хоть и писали, что проблемы с F9R-кузнейчиком не касаются пуска AsiaSat 6, похоже они решили перестраховаться и отменить этот пуск, а заняться вплотную Dragon CRS-4.
 
«This will likely change when Falcon Heavy and, later, Crewed Dragon reaches flight test readiness.» http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=35317.30
(Всё может измениться после Falcon Heavy и Crewed Dragon.)
 
А пока темп ~20 дней между запусками Маск не выдерживает.

ЦитироватьPirat5 пишет:
Хоть и писали, что проблемы с F9R-кузнейчиком не касаются пуска AsiaSat 6, похоже они решили перестраховаться и отменить этот пуск, а заняться вплотную Dragon CRS-4.

Где вы такое увидели? Из-за дополнительных проверок пуск был перенесен на сутки. До аварии F9R он планировался на 26 августа.

ЦитироватьPirat5 пишет:
проблемы с кузнейчиком

Нет такого слова, которое не могло бы быть еврейской фамилией(с). :)

ЦитироватьLaunch
Launch of the AsiaSat 6 satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit is targeted for the early morning hours of Wednesday, August 27, with a backup opportunity on August 28. The launch window opens at 12:50am ET. Watch the live launch webcast here beginning at about 12:35am ET.

http://www.spacex.com/webcast/

Вот невезение. Старт перенесен.

ЦитироватьSpaceX has decided to postpone tomorrow's flight of AsiaSat 6. We are not aware of any issue with Falcon 9, nor the interfaces with the Spacecraft, but have decided to review all potential failure modes and contingencies again. We expect to complete this process in one to two weeks.

The natural question is whether this is related to the test vehicle malfunction at our development facility in Texas last week. After a thorough review, we are confident that there is no direct link. Had the same blocked sensor port problem occurred with an operational Falcon 9, it would have been outvoted by several other sensors. That voting system was not present on the test vehicle.

What we do want to triple-check is whether even highly improbable corner case scenarios have the optimal fault detection and recovery logic. This has already been reviewed by SpaceX and multiple outside agencies, so the most likely outcome is no change. If any changes are made, we will provide as much detail as is allowed under US law.

http://www.spacex.com/news/2014/08/26/update-asiasat-6-mission

Отмена без описания причин и определения сроков переноса на основании ЕМ Маска. По сведениям NSF, последние несколько дней работали над устранением утечки гелия (замена двух клапанов решила проблему). Еще интересно, что вроде как система автоматического контроля и отмены пуска на площадке во Флориде отловила бы потенциальную неисправность, которая привела к подрыву F-9R Dev-1 в Техасе (там на тестовой площадке такого оборудования, отменяющую пуск и удерживающую ракету на столе, не установлено).

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/08/spacex-delay-asiasat-6-launch/

Перенос запуска- это фирменный знак Маска

zarya.info в качестве возможной/приблизительной даты указывает 6 сентября

А сайт Nasaspaceflight молчит.
Посмотрим. До 6 сент осталось немного

Невероятно!

Снова отсчет запущен на http://www.spacexstats.com/

Глазам не могу поверить!

И зря не верите :-)
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/09/spacex-weekend-launch-asiasat-6/

"SpaceX is currently working toward a 9/6, Launch date with a T-0 of 0050-0404 (Local) and an alternate date of 9/7 with the same 0050-0404 window" т.е. в субботу 6-го ночью 00:50-04:04 EST (UTC - 5 hours)

ЦитироватьВВК пишет:
Перенос запуска- это фирменный знак Маска

с таким же успехом можно сказать, что "Перенос запуска- это фирменный знак Шаттла"

Цитироватьvlad7308 пишет:

ЦитироватьВВК пишет:
Перенос запуска- это фирменный знак Маска

с таким же успехом можно сказать, что "Перенос запуска- это фирменный знак Шаттла"

Наверно у них одни отцы-основатели

ЦитироватьPirat5 пишет:
А сайт Nasaspaceflight молчит.
Посмотрим. До 6 сент осталось немного

SpaceX Falcon 9 realigns for weekend launch of ASIASAT-6 (http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/09/spacex-weekend-launch-asiasat-6/)

Уже (//forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=35554.msg1250930#new) 7-е сентября.

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/012/140905preview/#.VAr_91crpeE

ЦитироватьFalcon 9 rocket on track for middle-of-the-night launch
BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: September 5, 2014
 
A commercial communications satellite is folded up inside the nose of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for liftoff fr om Cape Canaveral after midnight Sunday, ready to launch on a 15-year mission to beam broadcast video and data services to China and Southeast Asia.
 (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/234766.jpg)
Credit: SpaceX
 
 Owned by AsiaSat, a telecom operator based in Hong Kong, the nearly five-ton spacecraft is fueled, charged and ready for liftoff fr om Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad at 12:50 a.m. EDT (0450 GMT) Sunday. The launch window extends to 4:04 a.m. EDT (0804 GMT).
Forecasters predict partly cloudy skies with isolated rain showers during the middle-of-the-night launch window, calling for a 70 percent chance conditions will be acceptable for liftoff of the 22-story Falcon 9 rocket.
SpaceX delayed the launch fr om Aug. 27 to review the rocket's fault detection software, an effort company founder and CEO Elon Musk said was to ensure the launcher's reliability after a prototype rocket with similarities to the Falcon 9 self-destructed Aug. 22 on a test flight over Central Texas.
SpaceX and AsiaSat announced Friday that liftoff was targeted for Sunday morning.
The launch team plans to oversee the loading of more than a million pounds of liquid oxygen and kerosene into the two-stage rocket Saturday night. Once the Falcon 9's safety, guidance and propulsion systems are verified ready for flight, SpaceX will authorize the start of the rocket's final computer-controlled countdown sequence.
Nine Merlin 1D engines will ignite and go through an automated health check before computers release the rocket from the launch pad.
The Falcon 9 will take off and turn east from Cape Canaveral, powering into the sky atop more than 1.3 million pounds of thrust during a nearly three-minute first stage engine burn.
The rocket's single-engine second stage will take over, jettison the launcher's aerodynamic fairing cocooning the AsiaSat 6 spacecraft, and complete two engine firings to inject the satellite into an egg-shaped geostationary transfer orbit.
Deployment of the AsiaSat 6 satellite is scheduled about 32 minutes after liftoff, according to SpaceX.
AsiaSat 6's hefty weight -- approximately 9,900 pounds -- is near the lim it of the Falcon 9's lift capability, so SpaceX says it will not reserve leftover fuel to try to recover the rocket's first stage, an exercise aimed at eventually making the launcher reusable.
Sunday's mission will fly in expendable mode, according to SpaceX.
William Wade, AsiaSat's president and CEO, said AsiaSat 6 will extend its power-generating solar panels, unfurl its communications antennas, and maneuver into an operational orbit 22,300 miles up, wh ere it will hover over a fixed point on Earth along the equator.
Ground controllers at Space Systems/Loral, the California-based builder of AsiaSat 6, will park the satellite at 120 degrees east longitude.
 (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/234765.jpg)
The AsiaSat 6 communications satellite is encapsulated inside the Falcon 9 rocket's payload fairing. Credit: AsiaSat
 
 The value of Sunday's mission is approximately $190 million, including the spacecraft, the launch contract and insurance, Wade said. AsiaSat is paying SpaceX $52.2 million for the launch of AsiaSat 6, according to AsiaSat's regulatory filings.
Wade said AsiaSat 6 will go into service about a month after its launch if everything goes as planned. It is designed for a 15-year lifetime.
AsiaSat 6 hosts 28 C-band transponders to broadcast communications signals through two beams -- a global beam and a regional beam to serve AsiaSat and Thaicom, another satellite operator that negotiated access to up to 50 percent of AsiaSat 6's capacity.
"The purpose of that is to be able to separate the traffic, so we aren't competing with each other in selling and marketing the capacity," Wade said. "For AsiaSat, the bulk of that capacity as we see it will be used in China -- C-band capacity in China -- for video services and other telecommunications and data services ... whereas we expect the Thais to use it for data services in Southeast Asia."
AsiaSat 6's launch will come a month after SpaceX placed a similar satellite into orbit for AsiaSat. A Falcon 9 rocket delivered AsiaSat 8 to orbit Aug. 5 on its last flight.
"These two satellites launching a month apart are really growth satellites for us," Wade said. "They're not replacements. They're new, incremental growth satellites for us across Asia, with C-band on AsiaSat 6 mainly in China, and Ku-band on AsiaSat 8, which was mainly for the Indian subcontinent as well as the Middle East."
Launching two satellites in quick succession with the same launch provider is new for AsiaSat. It is also rare in the wider commercial satellite market.
"I'm not sure very many satellite operators have ever launched back-to-back like we're doing. We certainly never have," Wade said. "Our history has usually been a little bit more conservative wh ere we launched satellites usually three-to-four years apart mainly for replacement satellites or some growth that way."
The two launches are also AsiaSat's first missions with SpaceX.
"SpaceX is new," Wade said. "When we signed up with SpaceX, we knew there would be some growing pains that they would go through. We expected that. That's what we signed up for."
Space Systems/Loral completed testing of the satellites in Palo Alto, Calif., this spring, when the payloads were originally booked to launch with SpaceX. But the launches were delayed to August and September after SpaceX ran into problems with other missions earlier this year.
"Obviously, we're launching a little bit later," Wade said. "These satellites were originally scheduled to launch in the spring, so we're delayed on that. But they've done a great job. Our experience with them has been very good.
"We got a great launch with AsiaSat 8. It was a little bit later than we had hoped, but I think we knew there was that possibility when we signed up because launching rockets is complicated," Wade said. "You kind of have to learn as you go along, and some things are unpredictable. Our experience so far has been very good. The people have been very responsive to our needs, and very open about what we needed to do."

Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1 (http://www.twitter.com/stephenclark1/).

ЦитироватьNAVAREA IV 704/14
 WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
 ROCKETS.
 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 060450Z TO 060831Z SEP, 
 ALTERNATE 070450Z TO 070831Z SEP
 IN AREAS BOUND BY:
 A. 28-37N 080-34W, 28-36N 080-33W, 
 28-25N 078-16W, 28-22N 078-16W, 
 28-30N 080-27W, 28-31N 080-34W,
 28-32N 080-36W, 28-36N 080-36W. 
 B. 28-01N 073-33W, 28-02N 073-00W, 
 27-47N 071-00W, 27-34N 070-00W, 
 27-12N 070-00W, 27-16N 071-00W, 
 27-32N 073-00W, 27-45N 073-53W. 
 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 070931Z SEP 14.//
 Authority: EASTERN RANGE OP X4556 031436Z SEP 14.
 Date: 
 Cancel: 07093100 Sep 14

!FDC 4/1756 (KZMA A0682/14) ZMA FL..AIRSPACE KENNEDY SPACE CENTERR, FL..TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE OPERATIONS AREA. PURSUANT TO SECTION 91.143 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR91.143), FLIGHT OPERATIONS CONDUCTED BY FAA CERTIFICATED PILOTS OR CONDUCTED IN AIRCRAFT OF U.S. REGISTRY ARE PROHIBITED AT ANY ALTITUDE FROM THE SURFACE TO UNLIMITED, WITHIN THE FOLLOWING AREA: BEGINNING AT 285116N 804219W TO 29073N 803000W THENCE CLOCKWISE VIA A 30 NAUTICAL MILE ARC CENTERED AT 283703N 803647W TO 281316N 801606W TO 282501N 803029W TO 282501N 803759W TO 282501N 804144W TO 283121N 804349W TO 283801N 804701W TO 284910N 805044W TO 285116N 804714W TO 285116N 804219W. MIAMI /ZMA/ ARTCC, PHONE 305-716-1589, IS THE COORDINATING FAA FACILITY AND MAY BE CONTACTED FOR THE CURRENT STATUS OF ANY AIRSPACE ASSOCIATED WITH LAUNCH OPERATIONS. THIS AREA ENCOMPASSES R2932, R2933, R2934, AND PORTIONS OF W497A, W158A, AND W158C. ADDITIONAL WARNING AND RESTRICTED AREAS WILL BE ACTIVE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OPERATIONS. PILOTS SHALL CONSULT ALL NOTAMS REGARDING THIS OPERATION. 1409070420-1409070831

Launch Update

T-0 now targeted for 1:00am EDT, to allow weather to finish clearing. Webcast begins at ~12:40am EDT.

Накануне вечером:

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/012/prelaunch/#.VAvgw1crpeE

ЦитироватьFalcon 9 poised for liftoff
BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: September 6, 2014
 
 Gray skies and rain showers hung over SpaceX's launch pad at Cape Canaveral on Saturday as ground crews readied a Falcon 9 rocket for a middle-of-the-night liftoff with the AsiaSat 6 communications satellite.

See our Mission Status Center (http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/012/status.html) for the latest news on the mission.

(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/234767.jpg)  

Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now

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Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now

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Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now

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Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now

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Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now

Трансляция:
http://www.spacex.com/webcast/
http://new.livestream.com/spacex/events/3266215

(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/47953)За полтора часа

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/012/status.html

Цитировать0434 GMT (12:34 a.m. EDT)
Launch has been reset for 1 a.m. EDT (0500 GMT) to allow weather to clear, according to SpaceX.

0430 GMT (12:30 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 20 minutes and counting. All weather rules are now observed GO for launch.

The SpaceX webcast will begin in a few minutes.

The final poll of the launch team stationed in a control center will begin at T-minus 13 minutes before the countdown enters the final phase.

0428 GMT (12:28 a.m. EDT)
Officials continue to watch thick clouds over Cape Canaveral that could prevent an on-time launch.

0420 GMT (12:20 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 30 minutes. Today's launch is heading for a geosynchronous transfer orbit with an apogee, or high point, of 35,786 kilometers (22,236 miles) and a perigee, or low point, of 185 kilometers (114 miles). The target inclination is 25.3 degrees.

Built by Space Systems/Loral of Palo Alto, Calif., the AsiaSat 6 satellite is destined for a slot 22,300 miles above the equator in geostationary orbit at 120 degrees east longitude, where its 28 C-band transponders will beam video and data network services to China and Southeast Asia for 15 years for AsiaSat and Thaicom.

Today's mission marks the fourth SpaceX Falcon 9 launch with a satellite heading for a geostationary transfer orbit after the Dec. 3 launch with the SES 8 communications satellite, the Jan. 6 liftoff of Thaicom 6 and last month's Aug. 5 launch of AsiaSat 8. Such an orbit requires two burns of the Falcon 9's upper stage Merlin 1D engine, first to place the satellite into a low-altitude parking orbit, then to raise its apogee to geostationary altitude or higher.

0350 GMT (11:50 p.m. EDT on Sat.)
T-minus 60 minutes. Skies are mostly cloudy over Cape Canaveral as the countdown continues for liftoff at 12:50 a.m. EDT (0450 GMT) at the opening of a 3-hour, 14-minute launch window.

Weather balloons are being launched throughout the countdown to monitor winds aloft.

0320 GMT (11:20 p.m. EDT Sat.)
Today's flight is fr om Space Launch Complex 40, which was formerly used by the Air Force's Titan 4 rocket until its last flight from Florida in April 2005. SpaceX took over the pad and launched the first Falcon 9 rocket from there on June 4, 2010.

The second Falcon 9 launch on Dec. 8, 2010, sent SpaceX's first Dragon capsule into space on a two-orbit test flight for SpaceX's commercial cargo services to the space station. The December 2010 flight did not go to the space station, but it demonstrated Dragon's avionics and heat shield, culminating with splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

SpaceX's next launch on May 22, 2012, launched the Dragon spacecraft on a NASA-sponsored test flight to the International Space Station. The 9-day Dragon mission delivered cargo to the space station and returned hardware from orbit with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on May 31.

On Oct. 7, 2012, SpaceX launched its fourth Falcon 9 rocket on the first operational Dragon resupply flight to the space station. The three-week mission delivered 882 pounds of cargo to the complex and returned to Earth on Oct. 28 with 1,673 pounds of equipment.

A Falcon 9 launch on March 1, 2013, put up another automated Dragon cargo craft en route to the space station with 1,869 pounds of supplies. It arrived at the outpost March 3 and stayed for 23 days before coming back to Earth with 2,668 pounds of return cargo.

The Falcon 9's first launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California occurred Sept. 29, 2013, and deployed Canada's Cassiope space weather research and communications demonstration satellite into polar orbit. The launch also marked the first flight of SpaceX's upgraded Falcon 9 v1.1 vehicle, which includes more powerful first stage engines, stretched fuel tanks and other changes.

SpaceX's first launch into geostationary transfer orbit occurred Dec. 3, 2013, with the SES 8 Ku-band and Ka-band direct-to-home broadcasting and network services to cover the Asia-Pacific region for SES of Luxembourg.

The Falcon 9 rocket launched again Jan. 6 with the Thaicom 6 telecom satellite to provide C-band and Ku-band communications services across Southeast Asia and Africa.

SpaceX's third operational cargo resupply flight to the space station lifted off April 18 on a Falcon 9 rocket, marking the first time the launcher flew with first stage landing legs in a bid to make the vehicle reusable. The Dragon spacecraft delivered supplies to the space station and returned to Earth a month later.

The Falcon 9's 10th flight July 14 placed six small washing machine-sized delay relay communications satellites into low Earth orbit for Orbcomm Inc.

A month ago, on Aug. 5, SpaceX launched the AsiaSat 6 spacecraft on the most recent Falcon 9 rocket flight.

0250 GMT (10:50 p.m. EDT on Sat.)
Kerosene and liquid oxygen are being pumped aboard the two-stage Falcon 9 rocket. Both stages burn the mix of liquid propellants to fuel 10 Merlin 1D engines.

SpaceX says the webcast of today's launch will begin at 12:35 a.m. EDT (0435 GMT), about 20 minutes prior to liftoff, and continue through the first cutoff of the second stage engine about 10 minutes into the mission.

We will have the live webcast on this page.

If you are heading out to the beach or Port Canaveral to watch the launch, sign up for our Twitter feed to get occasional countdown updates on your cellphone. U.S. readers can also sign up from their phone by texting "follow spaceflightnow" to 40404. (Standard text messaging charges apply.)

And if you are need tips on picking a good viewing spot, check out this authoritative guide on wh ere to go.

0225 GMT (10:25 p.m. EDT on Sat.)
The latest weather briefing given to the SpaceX launch team indicates the thick cloud rule is currently observed "no go" for launch, but conditions are improving as afternoon thunderstorms die out after sunset.

Scattered clouds and muggy conditions are expected by the time the launch window opens at 12:50 a.m. EDT (0450 GMT), with just a 30 percent chance weather will violate launch weather rules.

Пошла трансляция.

(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/47957) (https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/47958)

Парит наш орёл, тьфу сокол!8)

10 минут

Цитировать0450 GMT (12:50 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 10 minutes and counting. The terminal countdown autosequence has started. Any hold after this point will result in an automatic abort and recycle to T-minus 13 minutes.

0448 GMT (12:48 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 12 minutes. The launch team has verified all consoles are go for liftoff at 1 a.m. EDT (0500 GMT).

All systems on the rocket and the AsiaSat 6 satellite, along with weather, are GO for launch. The AsiaSat 6 satellite was placed on internal battery power for liftoff a few minutes ago.

0445 GMT (12:45 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 15 minutes and counting. Here are some statistics on today's launch:

    12th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket since 2010
    17th launch of Falcon rocket family since 2006
    11th Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral
    7th launch of a Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket
    6th Falcon 9 v1.1 launch from Cape Canaveral
    5th Falcon 9 night launch
    5th Falcon 9 launch of 2014
    12th launch from Cape Canaveral in 2014

0443 GMT (12:43 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 17 minutes and counting. The Falcon 9 rocket stands 224 feet tall and measures 12 feet in diameter. At liftoff, its nine Merlin 1D first stage engines will generate about 1.3 million pounds of thrust.

Keep up with the launch sequence with this timeline of key events during the Falcon 9's ascent to orbit.

Цитировать0454 GMT (12:54 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 6 minutes and counting. The Falcon 9 rocket is now operating on internal power.

The strongback umbilical tower will soon be lowered a few degrees to clear the rocket for launch. The procedure begins with opening of cradles gripping the rocket at attach points, then hydraulics lower the tower into launch position.

0453 GMT (12:53 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 6 minutes, 30 seconds. The Falcon 9's heaters are being deactivated, and the rocket will be transitioned to internal power in a few seconds.

0453 GMT (12:53 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 7 minutes and counting. Within the next minute, the Falcon 9's flight computer will be commanded to its alignment state. The Merlin engine pumps are continuing to chill down.

The launch danger area around Cape Canaveral is clear for launch.

0452 GMT (12:52 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 8 minutes and counting. Good chilldown continues on the first stage engines, and closeouts of the upper stage's gaseous nitrogen attitude control system are underway.

0451 GMT (12:51 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 9 minutes and counting. Prevalves leading to the Falcon 9's Merlin 1D first stage engines are opening, permitting super-cold liquid oxygen to flow into the engines to condition the turbopumps for ignition.

Улетела!:)

(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/47959) (https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/47960)Есть пуск!!!

Есть отделение первой ступени!

Цитировать0504 GMT (1:04 a.m. EDT)
T+plus 4 minutes, 45 seconds. The downrange tracking stage in Bermuda has acquired communications signals from the Falcon 9 rocket.

0503 GMT (1:03 a.m. EDT)
T+plus 3 minutes, 50 seconds. The SpaceX-built 5.2-meter diameter payload fairing has separated.

0503 GMT (1:03 a.m. EDT)
T+plus 3 minutes. The Falcon 9 first stage engines have cut off, the stages have separated, and the rocket's second stage Merlin vacuum engine has ignited for its approximately 5-minute, 33-second firing to reach orbital velocity.

0502 GMT (1:02 a.m. EDT)
T+plus 2 minutes. Now soaring at an altitude of more than 20 miles, the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage will shut down and jettison in about one minute. Two engines will be turned off first, followed a few moments later by the remaining seven engines.

And chilldown of the second stage's vacuum-rated Merlin 1D engine should be starting in preparation for its ignition.

0501 GMT (1:01 a.m. EDT)
T+plus 1 minute. The Falcon 9 rocket is approaching the speed of sound and the phase of maximum aerodynamic pressure.

0500 GMT (1:00 a.m. EDT)
T+plus 30 seconds. The Falcon 9 rocket's pitch program has initiated to put the 224-foot-tall rocket on an easterly trajectory from Cape Canaveral.

0500 GMT (1:00 a.m. EDT)
LIFTOFF of the Falcon 9 rocket with AsiaSat 6, launching a satellite to beam television and data services to growing markets in China and Southeast Asia.

0458 GMT (12:58 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 90 seconds and counting. The SpaceX launch director and the Air Force Eastern Range have given their final approvals for liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket at 1 a.m. EDT (0500 GMT).

0458 GMT (12:58 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 2 minutes and counting. The rocket's Merlin 1D engines have been chilled down for ignition.

0457 GMT (12:57 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 2 minutes, 30 seconds. The strongback has been locked in to launch position.

0457 GMT (12:57 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 3 minutes and counting. The rocket's destruct system is on internal power and being armed, and liquid oxygen topping is being terminated.

The strongback has retracted into the launch position more than 20 degrees from the rocket.

The second stage thrust vector steering system has checked out and is ready for flight.

0455 GMT (12:55 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 5 minutes and counting. The cradles connecting the strongback to the Falcon 9 rocket have opened.

Цитировать0508 GMT (1:08 a.m. EDT)
 T+plus 8 minutes. About 40 seconds until the second stage Merlin engine is supposed to shut down as the vehicle reaches orbit. The rocket is aiming for an initial parking orbit with AsiaSat 6, and it will re-ignite later to boost the satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit reaching 35,786 kilometers (22,236 miles) above Earth.
 
0507 GMT (1:07 a.m. EDT)
 T+plus 7 minutes, 30 seconds. The kerosene-fueled Merlin 1D upper stage engine generates about 161,000 pounds of thrust in vacuum.
 
0506 GMT (1:06 a.m. EDT)
 T+plus 6 minutes, 30 seconds. Everything reported to be going well with this second stage engine firing. The Merlin vacuum engine uses an ultra-thin niobium nozzle extension for greater efficiency in the upper atmosphere.
Altitude is 172 km, velocity is 4.5 km/second and downrange distance is 815 km.
 
0505 GMT (1:05 a.m. EDT)
 T+plus 5 minutes, 30 seconds. Downrange distance is 575 km as the upper stage Merlin 1D engine continues its burn.

Цитировать0509 GMT (1:09 a.m. EDT)
Second stage shutdown! Falcon 9 has achieved a preliminary parking orbit with a high point of 202 kilometers and a low point of 175 kilometers, with an orbital inclination of 27.7 degrees to the equator. SpaceX officials say that is close to prelaunch predictions.

Опорная орбита.

Цитировать0512 GMT (1:12 a.m. EDT)
The webcast has concluded now that the Falcon 9 is in a parking orbit. Re-ignition of the upper stage should occur at about 1:26 a.m. EDT (0526 GMT) for a burn of just over one minute.

Separation of the AsiaSat 8 satellite will come at 1:32 a.m. EDT (0532 GMT).

We expect an update from SpaceX soon after those milestones are achieved.

Конец трансляции.
Отделение КА ожидается в 09:32 ЛМВ.

Цитировать0527 GMT (1:27 a.m. EDT)
 At this point in the flight, the second stage should have re-ignited its engine for a brief burn lasting just over a minute. The stage would have then re-oriented for deployment of the AsiaSat 6 satellite about now.
SpaceX officials have made no announcement yet.

Spaceflight101 LIVE ‏@S101_Live
Successful completion of the crucial second burn has been confirmed by #SpaceX. The vehicle is now in its planned elliptical GTO. #AsiaSat6

Spaceflight Now ‏@SpaceflightNow
A SpaceX spokesperson confirms the #AsiaSat6 spacecraft has been deployed in orbit.

Spaceflight Now ‏@SpaceflightNow  45 с (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/508488734526816256)  
A SpaceX spokesperson confirms the #AsiaSat6 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AsiaSat6?src=hash) spacecraft has been deployed in orbit.

Mission Update
Spacecraft separation is confirmed!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39ninsyTRk8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39ninsyTRk8)

ЦитироватьChris Bergin пишет:
S/C Sep confirmed!

http://youtu.be/39ninsyTRk8 (http://youtu.be/39ninsyTRk8)

(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/47961)

http://youtu.be/7CkuC-zl_N4 (http://youtu.be/7CkuC-zl_N4)

Цитировать0533 GMT (1:33 a.m. EDT)
AsiaSat 6 separation! The AsiaSat 6 spacecraft has deployed from the Falcon 9 upper stage to begin a 15-year service life broadcasting television, broadband data and other services across China and Southeast Asia.

Поздравления Маску и всем причастным.

Да, задержки задержками, а успешный пуск - это всегда успешный пуск.
Молодцы.

Официальный пресс-релиз от AsiaSat:

ЦитироватьAsiaSat 6 Successfully Lifts Off

AsiaSat 6, the newest communications satellite of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), successfully lifted off on 7 September at Hong Kong Time 1:00 p.m. (1:00 a.m. EDT or Cape Canaveral local time). This is the second SpaceX Falcon 9 launch this summer for AsiaSat, after AsiaSat 8 on 5 August.
 
Approximately 32 minutes after liftoff, the AsiaSat 6 spacecraft successfully separated fr om the launch vehicle. AsiaSat acquired the first signals from the satellite in Hong Kong 55
minutes after launch. Over the next few days, AsiaSat 6 will move to its operational position, some 36,000 km above the equator wh ere it will undergo in-orbit testing before being brought into commercial use.
 
"This year marks a major milestone for AsiaSat. The addition of AsiaSat 6 to AsiaSat's expanding fleet of five in-orbit satellites including the new AsiaSat 8 significantly enhances our capability to offer a wider range of transponder capacity to our clients," said William Wade, President and Chief Executive Officer of AsiaSat.
 
"We thank the SpaceX, Space Systems/Loral and the AsiaSat team for their dedication and professionalism in achieving this successful launch. We look forward to offering more quality satellite services on AsiaSat 6 to serve the fast growing demand in the Asia-Pacific region."
 
AsiaSat 6, based on Space Systems/Loral 1300 platform, is designed to provide excellent power and region-wide connectivity at its nominal orbital location of 120 degrees East. With
28 high-powered C-band transponders and a design life of 15 years, AsiaSat 6 offers two beams, one global beam and one regional beam for a broad range of video distribution and broadband network services in the Asia-Pacific region.

http://www.asiasat.com/asiasat/EN/upload/doc/pressrelease/news_e20140907.pdf

(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/156375.jpg)

https://twitter.com/MatthewBTravis/status/508520655336529920

Captured By GoPro Hero 2, Falcon 9 Launches The AsiaSat 6 Commercial Satellite


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfu9L809500 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfu9L809500)

Семь раз проверь, один раз запусти  :)

Отлично!

Следующий полет будет с посадкой первой ступени на землю, если мне память не изменяет.

Ну че, молодцы!

Получается что ПН для данного РН, согласно аннотации к пуску , самая лучшая 9900 фунтов (4,49т), при этом возврат ступени невозможен, или я не правильно понял? 

Да, правильно.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6UAtNBVEdE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6UAtNBVEdE)

ЦитироватьНу-и-ну пишет:
Да, правильно.

Спасибо

Поздравляю!
Пятый пуск в этом году и седьмой за последние 12 месяцев, однако. 8)

(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/48002) (https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/48003) (https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/48004) (https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/48005)

Цитироватьcavia пишет:
Следующий полет будет с посадкой первой ступени на землю, если мне память не изменяет.

Цитироватьigorvs (http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/user/18181/) пишет:
 http://www.spacex.com/news/2014/07/22/spacex-soft-lands-falcon-9-rocket-first-stage
 (http://www.spacex.com/news/2014/07/22/spacex-soft-lands-falcon-9-rocket-first-stage) Мы постараемся осуществить следующую посадку на воду на рейсе 13, но с низкой вероятностью успеха. Рейсы 14 и 15 будет пытаться приземлиться на твердую поверхность с улучшенной вероятностью успеха.

следующий полёт - к МКС - на воду. Далее - на землю