STSS Demo = Delta II 7920 - 25.09.09 16:20 ЛМВ - Canaveral

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Заправили жидким кислородам. Погода хорошая.

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Трансляция:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

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А это справа в углу, ферма обслуживания?

Мобильная башня. :wink:

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1146 GMT (7:46 a.m. EDT)
The second stage engine slews are complete. First stage tests have begun.

1145 GMT (7:45 a.m. EDT)
The launch team is beginning the "slew" or steering checks of the first and second stage engines. These are gimbal tests of the nozzles on the first stage main engine and twin vernier engines and second stage engine to ensure the rocket will be able to steer itself during launch.

1140 GMT (7:40 a.m. EDT)
NASA says no technical issues are being worked in the countdown. Liftoff is 40 minutes away.

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1150 GMT (7:50 a.m. EDT)
The first stage engine steering checks just finished. Technicians will take the next few minutes to review the data from the tests.

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А это справа в углу, ферма обслуживания?

Мобильная башня. :wink:

Да да да, это я о наболевшем  :wink:  Симпотишная

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Здесь тоже трансляция и возможен полноэкранный режим:
http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d344/status.html

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1200 GMT (8:00 a.m. EDT)
Now 20 minutes from liftoff.

Countdown clocks are continuing to the T-minus 4 minute mark where a 10-minute built-in hold is planned starting at 8:06 a.m. EDT. The target liftoff time is set for 8:20 a.m. EDT.
1154 GMT (7:54 a.m. EDT)
Weather continues to look promising. The current observed conditions remain acceptable for launch, the weather officer just told mission managers.

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В РМВ показывают сколько людей смотрят трансляцию. Ребята из ТВ ЦЭНКИ. Это для Вас, есть на что посмотреть
http://www.livestream.com/spaceflightnow?origin=embedplayer&utm_medium=EmbeddedPlayer&utm_campaign=Videos&utm_source=spaceflightnow.com

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[LRV_75]

Гы, вертолет пролетел метрах в ста  :lol:  Думал на таран идет!

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http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d344/status.html

1206 GMT (8:06 a.m. EDT)
The STSS spacecraft cargo atop the Delta 2 rocket are switching to internal power for launch.

1206 GMT (8:06 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 4 minutes and holding. The countdown has entered the final planned hold point for today's launch. During this planned 10-minute hold, officials will poll the team members in the various control centers to ensure all systems are "go" to proceed with the countdown for liftoff at 8:20 a.m. EDT.

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1208 GMT (8:08 a.m. EDT)
The two STSS Demo satellites will become the 219th and 220th primary payloads put into space by the venerable Delta 2 rocket over the past 20 years. Here's a look at some other stats about today's mission. This will be:
The 344th Delta rocket launch since 1960
The 8th Delta of 2009
The 145th Delta 2 rocket mission since 1989
The 109th Delta 2 rocket to fly from Cape Canaveral
The 47th Delta 2 launch from Cape's pad 17B
The 46th Delta 2 mission overseen by NASA

[Iva]

Гы, вертолет пролетел метрах в ста  :lol:  Думал на таран идет!

Он за кем-то гнался!
впереди что-то чёрное летело. а он за ним!
Наверное инопланетяне?

[LRV_75]

Гы, вертолет пролетел метрах в ста  :lol:  Думал на таран идет!

Он за кем-то гнался!
впереди что-то чёрное летело. а он за ним!
Наверное инопланетяне?

Можь шпиёны с Хруничева? :wink:

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1215 GMT (8:15 a.m. EDT)
Standing by to resume the countdown in one minute. A "go" to continue the count has been announced. Clocks will be ticking down from the T-minus 4 minute mark for launch at 8:20 a.m. EDT.

1214 GMT (8:14 a.m. EDT)
Two minutes remain in the built-in hold.

1212 GMT (8:12 a.m. EDT)
Final instructions are being given the launch team before the countdown resumes.

1211 GMT (8:11 a.m. EDT)
The team poll confirms that all systems remain "go" for liftoff at 8:20 a.m. EDT. The rocket, payloads, ground systems and weather are ready for launch.

1211 GMT (8:11 a.m. EDT)
The launch team readiness polling is underway.
1209 GMT (8:09 a.m. EDT)
NASA launch manager Omar Baez has performed his ready-to-launch poll of the space agency's management team.

NASA is lending its expertise to the oversee the Delta rocket flight and getting the satellites into space on behalf of the MDA.

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1219 GMT (8:19 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 30 seconds. The launch ignition sequence will begin in the final two seconds of the countdown when a United Launch Alliance engineer pushes the engine start switch. The process begins with ignition of the two vernier engines and first stage main engine start. The six ground-lit solid rocket motors then light at T-0 for liftoff.

1219 GMT (8:19 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 1 minute. Sixty seconds from launch. The vehicle's second stage hydraulic pump has gone to internal power after its pressures were verified acceptable.

1218 GMT (8:18 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 100 seconds. First stage LOX topping to 100 percent is underway.

1218 GMT (8:18 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 2 minutes. Pressurization of the first stage liquid oxygen is now beginning. Puffs of vapor from a relief valve on the rocket will be seen in the remainder of the countdown as the tank pressure stabilizes.

1217 GMT (8:17 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 2 minutes, 40 seconds. The STSS spacecraft have been declared "go" for launch.

1217 GMT (8:17 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 3 minutes and counting. At liftoff, the six ground-lit solid boosters and the first stage main engine will fire to power the Delta away from pad 17B and begin the ascent to deploy the STSS Demo satellites.

1216 GMT (8:16 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 3 minutes, 45 seconds. The Delta 2 rocket's systems are now transferring to internal power for launch.

1216 GMT (8:16 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 3 minutes, 45 seconds. The Delta 2 rocket's systems are now transferring to internal power for launch.

1216 GMT (8:16 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 4 minutes and counting! The final phase of this morning's countdown has commenced for launch of the Delta 2 rocket from pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.