Cygnus Orb-4 (CRS4) - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral SLC-41 - 06.12.2015 21:45 UTC

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Jeff Foust ‏@jeff_foust  4m ago

Rollout underway. #Cygnus

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Atlas V OA-4 Mission Profile

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Oleg пишет:
Когда пуск?

pnetmon пишет:
www.ulalaunch.com
Date/Site/Launch Time: Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The 30-minute launch window opens at 5:55 p.m. EST.
Viewing the Launch by Webcast: The live webcast will begin at 4:30 p.m. EST.

или 5.55 p.m. EST = 22.55 UTC (GMT) = 1.55 Московского

 http://www.americaspace.com/?page_id=33925
Launch scheduled for 3 Dec 15 23:03:00 GMT

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Пуск  4 декабря в 01:55:41 ДМВ с 30 минутным окном.

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Jeff Foust ‏@jeff_foust   3 часа назад  
Shireman: put some critical on-orbit spares on this flight, since we're consuming those as well as food, water, etc. #Cygnus

Jeff Foust ‏@jeff_foust   3 часа назад  
McNamara: "fairly favorable conditions" expected tomorrow, though, after front passes early morning. #Cygnus

Jeff Foust ‏@jeff_foust   3 часа назад  
Todd McNamara: weather good now, but "ominous weather front" coming our way. #Cygnus

Jeff Foust ‏@jeff_foust   3 часа назад
Thorp: will do a second Centaur burn after Cygnus separation for a controlled reentry of the stage. #cygnus

Jeff Foust ‏@jeff_foust   3 часа назад  
Vern Thorpe, ULA: working with Orbital team has gone very smoothly, as well as with Air Force and FAA (for comm'l license). #Cygnus

Jeff Foust ‏@jeff_foust   3 часа назад  
Culbertson: we'll fly 3 Cygnus missions in less than 6 months: OA-4 tomorrow, OA-6 in early spring, OA-5 (on Antares) in late spring.

Jeff Foust ‏@jeff_foust  3 ч.3 часа назад  
Orbital ATK's Frank Culbertson: it's been a challenge to get to this point after last year's accident. Quite an accomplishment for industry.

Jeff Foust ‏@jeff_foust  3 ч.3 часа назад  
Shireman on consumables: 2015 a "difficult year" for us, but in good shape. Looking forward to cargo being brought up on Cygnus.

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Jeff Foust ‏@jeff_foust   3 часа назад  
Ken Shields, CASIS: this flight includes five student experiments lost in previous launch failures. #cygnus

Jeff Foust ‏@jeff_foust   4 часа назад
McCormack: our (STM)Sat-1 cubesat's payload includes a medal blessed by the Pope.

Jeff Foust ‏@jeff_foust   4 часа назад  
Acronym of the day: SIMPL (Satlet Initial-Mission Proofs and Lessons), from NovaWurks, also flying on this #Cygnus mission.

Jeff Foust ‏@jeff_foust   4 часа назад  
"God willing, and weather holding," notes Eleanor McCormack, principal of the school.

Jeff Foust ‏@jeff_foust  4 ч.4 часа назад  
This launch includes the first cubesat built by an elementary school, St. Thomas More Cathedral School in Arlington, Va.

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[Lesobaza]

Погода не айс (((

[Lesobaza]

А кто знает, что это дожигается у Атласа??

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Четверо, нас всего четверо. )

[Bizonich]

15 минут.

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Jeff Foust ‏@jeff_foust   1 минуту назад
Reset T-0 for 6:03:15 pm EST. #Cygnus  

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Lesobaza пишет:
Погода не айс (((

ветер сильный?

[Старый]

А я не понял: почему одномоторный Центавр?

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Lesobaza пишет:
А кто знает, что это дожигается у Атласа??

Видимо водород с Центавра.

[Lesobaza]

Сильная облачность, ливни, ветер

[Oleg]

RD-181  2шт?

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http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/12/02/av061journal/

2240 GMT (5:40 p.m. EST)
 DELAY. Liftoff will not happen at 5:55:45 p.m. EST due to unacceptable local weather. The target launch time has shifted to the next opportunity at 6:03:15 p.m. EST.
 
2236 GMT (5:36 p.m. EST)
 T-minus 4 minutes and holding. The countdown has entered the planned 15-minute hold to give the launch team a chance to review all systems and assess the weather before pressing ahead with liftoff.
But at this time the weather is NO GO due to clouds and disturbed conditioned.
 
2235 GMT (5:35 p.m. EST)
 T-minus 5 minutes. Standing by to go into the final built-in hold.
 
2228 GMT (5:28 p.m. EST)
 Weather remains NO GO with little hope of clearing the violation of the launch rules.
 
2226 GMT (5:26 p.m. EST)
 The launch director has instructed the team to not perform the fuel-fill sequence for the first stage main engine at this time, pending weather.
 
2225 GMT (5:25 p.m. EST)
 Here's a look at some stats about today's mission. This will be:

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• The 642nd launch for Atlas program since 1957
• The 347th Atlas launch from Cape Canaveral
• The 231st mission of a Centaur upper stage
• The 208th use of Centaur by an Atlas rocket
• The 464th production RL10 engine to be launched
• The 9th RL10C-1 engine launched
• The 66th flight of the RD-180 main engine
• The 60th launch of an Atlas 5 since 2002
• The 13th commercial mission for an Atlas 5
• The 90th Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle flight
• The 103rd United Launch Alliance flight overall
• The 52nd Atlas 5 under United Launch Alliance
• The 40th 400-series flight of the Atlas 5
• The 30th Atlas 5 to fly in the 401 configuration
• The 5th Cygnus spacecraft to launch
• The 4th Orbital ATK Commercial Resupply Services mission
• The 11th Combined launch under CRS program for NASA
• The 1st Cygnus on an Atlas rocket
• The 1st Atlas rocket for International Space Station
• The 1st Enhanced Cygnus
• The 9th Atlas 5 launch of 2015
  

[Lesobaza]

Другой ракурс с дожигалкой. В левом нижнем углу.