GOES-R - Atlas V 541 (AV-069) - Канаверал SLC-41 - 19.11.2016 - 22:42 UTC

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Tory Bruno ‏@torybruno  15 сек.16 секунд назад  
BECO good. Sep clean. RL10 nominal
 
  Tory Bruno ‏@torybruno  56 сек.57 секунд назад  
Throttled up and ripping through the sky at nearly 12,000mph

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Tory Bruno ‏@torybruno  39 сек.39 секунд назад  
Nice view of the departing booster when RL10 ignited

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Tory Bruno ‏@torybruno  15 сек.15 секунд назад  
All systems nominal
 
  Tory Bruno ‏@torybruno  27 сек.27 секунд назад  
Booster performance was slightly above nominal.
 
  Tory Bruno ‏@torybruno  51 сек.51 секунду назад  
Approaching ludicrous speed, at nearly 14,000mph

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Tory Bruno ‏@torybruno  27 сек.28 секунд назад  
Steering straight down the pipe at over 14,000mph

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Тяжело два события одновременно вести )))

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2346 GMT (6:46 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 4 minutes, 27 seconds. BECO. Booster Engine Cutoff is confirmed as the RD-180 powerplant on the first stage completes its burn. Standing by to fire the retro thrusters and separate the spent stage.
 
2345 GMT (6:45 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 3 minutes, 42 seconds. The two-halves of the Atlas 5 rocket nose cone encapsulating the GOES-R spacecraft have separated, exposed the satellite to space. Also jettisoned was the Forward Load Reactor, a two-piece deck that rings the Centaur stage to support the bulbous fairing during launch.
 
2345 GMT (6:45 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 3 minutes, 30 seconds. The RD-180 main engine continues to fire normally, burning a mixture of highly refined kerosene and liquid oxygen.
 
2345 GMT (6:45 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 3 minutes. The vehicle weighs just a quarter of what it did at liftoff.
 
2344 GMT (6:44 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 2 minutes, 50 seconds. Reaction control system has been activated.
 
2344 GMT (6:44 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 2 minutes, 40 seconds. Everything still looking good on the first stage as the rocket powers downrange on the thrust being produced by the main engine.
 
2344 GMT (6:44 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 2 minutes, 30 seconds. Vehicle is right on course.
 
2343 GMT (6:43 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 1 minute, 53 seconds. All four of the Aerojet Rocketdyne-made solid rocket motors have successfully separated fr om the Atlas 5, having completed their job of adding a powerful kick at liftoff.
 
2343 GMT (6:43 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 93 seconds. Solid rocket booster burnout has occurred. But the spent motors will remain attached to the first stage for a few seconds, until the Atlas 5 reaches a point wh ere the airborne dynamic pressure reduces to an allowable level for a safe jettison.
 
2343 GMT (6:43 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 60 seconds into this complex three-and-a-half-hour mission to deploy the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R in a high-perigee geosynchronous transfer orbit.
 
2342 GMT (6:42 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 51 seconds. A period of maximum dynamic pressure is being experienced by the rocket.
 
2342 GMT (6:42 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 40 seconds. The main engine is throttling down to ease the stresses on the vehicle in the lower atmosphere.
 
2342 GMT (6:42 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 36 seconds. Mach 1.
 
2342 GMT (6:42 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 30 seconds. The vehicle is heading due eastward to reach a 28-degree inclination preliminary parking orbit 12 minutes from now.
 
2342 GMT (6:42 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 15 seconds. Pitch, yaw and roll maneuvers are underway as the Atlas 5 thunders away from Cape Canaveral with its RD-180 engine and four solid rocket boosters burning.
 
2342 GMT (6:42 p.m. EST)
 LIFTOFF! Liftoff of the 100th Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle and the GOES-R spacecraft for the future of weather forecasting across America!

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2346 GMT (6:46 p.m. EST)
T+plus 4 minutes, 44 seconds. Centaur has ignited! The RL10C engine is up and running at full thrust for its first of three firings today to reach the intended geosynchronous transfer orbit.

2346 GMT (6:46 p.m. EST)
T+plus 4 minutes, 37 seconds. The Atlas 5's Common Core Booster first stage has been jettisoned, and the Centaur upper stage's liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen systems are being readied for engine start.

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Tory Bruno ‏@torybruno  2 мин.2 минуты назад  
All nominal. >15,000mph. 150miles in altitude

[Lesobaza]

Теоретически с МКС могли наблюдать пуск Атласа..

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Tory Bruno ‏@torybruno  12 сек.12 секунд назад  
Orbital!!!!
 
  Tory Bruno ‏@torybruno  53 сек.53 секунды назад  
1 min to MECO
 
  Tory Bruno ‏@torybruno  1 мин.1 минуту назад  
Now over 16,000 mph. !!
 
  Tory Bruno ‏@torybruno  2 мин.2 минуты назад  
All systems nominal. Around 2 minutes left in burn

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Tory Bruno ‏@torybruno  31 сек.32 секунды назад  
2 more burns to go
 
  Tory Bruno ‏@torybruno  54 сек.55 секунд назад  
MECO

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Tory Bruno ‏@torybruno  57 сек.58 секунд назад  
About 9 min coast

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Michael Seeley ‏@Mike_Seeley  
Beautiful liftoff of the #GOESR #AtlasV rocket at 6:42pm (ET) - congrats to @ulalaunch and @NOAA
 

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ULA ‏@ulalaunch  1 мин.1 минуту назад  
First Centaur Main Engine Cutoff Complete. Traveling at 17,614 mph. #GOESR #AtlasV

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2356 GMT (6:56 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 14 minutes, 30 seconds. That first burn by Centaur ins erted the rocket in to the precise target orbit as planned.
 
2354 GMT (6:54 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 12 minutes, 26 seconds. MECO 1. Centaur's main engine has shut down following its first burn today, achieving a preliminary orbit around Earth. The rocket will coast in this orbit for about 10 minutes before the RL10C engine re-ignites for the next burn.
 
2354 GMT (6:54 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 12 minutes, 1 second. Centaur is now orbital.
 
2353 GMT (6:53 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 11 minutes, 30 seconds. About one minute are left in this burn of Centaur.
 
2352 GMT (6:52 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 10 minutes. All systems reported stable as the Centaur fires to reach an initial Earth orbit.
 
2351 GMT (6:51 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 9 minutes. The RL10C continues to perform well, burning liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants.
 
2350 GMT (6:50 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 8 minutes, 55 seconds. Vehicle traveling at 15,290 mph.
 
2349 GMT (6:49 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 7 minutes, 15 seconds. The rocket has performed a planned roll to improve antenna links with NASA's orbiting Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System.
 
2348 GMT (6:48 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 6 minutes, 30 seconds. A look at first stage performance numbers show a nominal burn by the booster.
 
2348 GMT (6:48 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 6 minutes. RL10C performing well.
 
2347 GMT (6:47 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 5 minutes. Nearly 95 percent of the rocket's liftoff mass has been shed. Centaur engine readings look good as this burn gets underway.

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Tory Bruno ‏@torybruno  31 сек.32 секунды назад  
Centaur fully settled in prep for next burn
 
  Tory Bruno ‏@torybruno  1 мин.1 минуту назад  
Tory Bruno Ретвитнул(а) Cosmic Carol
Me too. (For almost the 400th time)
Tory Bruno добавил(а),

 
 Cosmic Carol  @Cosmic_Carol  
That feeling in your chest as the rumble hits. The lights as it ignited!! I just lived my dream. #GOESR #ATLASV @torybruno

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Tory Bruno ‏@torybruno  51 сек.52 секунды назад  
Restart

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Tory Bruno ‏@torybruno  42 сек.42 секунды назад  
Five and a half minute burn, raising the apogee to a transfer orbit
 
  Tory Bruno ‏@torybruno  1 мин.1 минуту назад  
Ignition. RL10 nominal

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Tory Bruno ‏@torybruno  41 сек.42 секунды назад  
Blasting through space at an impossible 19,000mph

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Tory Bruno ‏@torybruno  39 сек.40 секунд назад
All systems nominal