NROL-45 – Delta IVM+(5,2) – Vandenberg SLC-6 – 10.02.2016 11:40 UTC

[che wi]

Spaceflight Now ‏@SpaceflightNow  3m ago

ULA team is active fueling first stage with liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen

[che wi]

NEW LAUNCH TIME. Liftoff time has been adjusted slightly to 3:40:32 a.m. local (6:40:32 a.m. EST; 11:40:32 GMT).

http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/02/09/live-coverage-delta-4-countdown-and-launch-journal/

[che wi]

немного статистики:

- The 373rd Delta rocket launch since 1960
- The 31st Delta 4 rocket mission since 2002
- The 2nd Medium+ 5,2 configuration to fly
- The 47th main engine from RS-68 family used
- The 5th RS-68A main engine flown
- The 48th-49th GEM-60 solid rocket motors flown
- The 466th production RL10 engine to be launched
- The 33rd RL10B-2 engine launched
- The 6th Delta 4 rocket launch from Vandenberg
- The 9th classified Delta 4 for the NRO
- The 92nd Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle flight
- The 105th United Launch Alliance mission since 2006
- The 24th Delta 4 under the ULA banner
- The 2nd ULA launch this year
- The 1st launch of the Delta family in 2016

[che wi]

Включили трансляцию

http://www.ulalaunch.com/webcast.aspx
http://original.livestream.com/spaceflightnow

[che wi]

[che wi]

ULA ‏@ulalaunch  1m ago

#DeltaIV #NROL65 weather is 60% favorable. On track for 3:40:32am PST launch.

[che wi]

- 10 мин.

[Lanista]

Мало нас тут как-то.

[che wi]

- 1 мин.

[Lanista]

Пошла!

[che wi]

Пошла.

[che wi]

[Lanista]

Отделились ТТУ.

[OlegIn]

Как же она горит страшно при старте. На этот раз чуть не вся 1 ступень горела когда уже летела ракета. Думал бабахнет... Но пронесло

[che wi]

Отделение ТТУ

[che wi]

[che wi]

Сброс ГО

[che wi]

Конец кина.

[TimKaz]

А что у нее сбоку так горело при старте?

[OlegIn]

TimKaz, обшивка. Они так то всегда горят, когда меньше когда больше. Специфическая ракета )