ADM-Aeolus - Vega - Куру/CSG - 22.08.2018

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ESA Operations‏Подлинная учетная запись @esaoperations 1 мин. назад

"All ground stations are green!" - #GroundOperationsManager at #ESOC has just called in on the #Aeolus tracking stations spread across the planet , we hear you all loud and clear !

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ESA Operations‏Подлинная учетная запись @esaoperations 10 мин. назад

Roll call complete - all positions at #ESOC report GO for #Aeolus launch at this time — 1 hour 30 mins left in the count

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08/22/2018 23:06 Clark Stephen Clark

All members of the Aeolus control team in Germany who will take over management of the satellite after its separation from the Vega launcher have voice their "go" for launch at this time.

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ESA Operations‏Подлинная учетная запись @esaoperations 1 мин. назад

#FlightDirector reports to #Kourou that there are no launch hold criteria violations - all systems at #ESOC are GO for #Aeolus launch!

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08/22/2018 23:21 Stephen Clark

T-minus 60 minutes and counting. There continue to be no problems reported in the countdown for launch of Vega this evening. Liftoff is set for 21:20:09 GMT (5:20:09 p.m. EDT; 6:20:09 p.m. local time) from French Guiana.

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ESA‏Подлинная учетная запись @esa 5 мин. назад

#Aeolus will be operated by @esaoperations via the ground station in Kiruna, Sweden. Scientific data will be downlinked to Svalbard, Norway, and sent to Tromsø for processing. Further processing will be done by @ECMWF in the UK, and @ESA_EO in Italy. https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Aeolus/Data_flow ...

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08/22/2018 23:35 Stephen Clark

Minus-45 minutes. Some statistics on today's flight:

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• 12th Vega launch
• 1st Vega launch of 2018
• 5th launch from Guiana Space Center in 2018
• 37th launch from the ELA-1/SLV launch pad
• 50th Arianespace mission for the European Space Agency
• 120th Airbus Defense and Space-built satellite launched by Arianespace
• 299th Arianespace mission overall
  

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ESA Operations‏Подлинная учетная запись @esaoperations 46 сек. назад

The board is green! All #ESOC positions confirm final GO for #Aeolus launch!

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ESA Operations‏Подлинная учетная запись @esaoperations 2 мин. назад

The @ESA team in #Kourou have authorised the switch of #Aeolus to launch mode

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First activity is to open #Aeolus latch valves — these unseal the satellite's propulsion system

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ESA Operations‏Подлинная учетная запись @esaoperations 58 сек. назад

#Aelous latch valves are confirmed open and the satellite's thrusters are now primed for flight

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08/22/2018 23:46 Stephen Clark

Minus-34 minutes. The launch team continues monitoring upper level winds with a series of weather balloons deployed over the spaceport in French Guiana.

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08/22/2018 23:50 Stephen Clark

Minus-30 minutes. The Vega rocket has just one second to launch today or else liftoff will be delayed to another day. The time is fixed for 2120:09 GMT (5:20:09 p.m. EDT; 6:20:09 p.m. French Guiana time).

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ESA Operations‏Подлинная учетная запись @esaoperations 5 мин. назад

#MissionDirector in #Kourou confirms weather is GREEN on all criteria for tonight's launch, including @upperlevelwinds for #Aelous #launch! !!

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ESA Operations‏Подлинная учетная запись @esaoperations 38 сек. назад

#MissionDirector in #Kourou confirms final weather status and #Vega vehicle status is GO for #Aelous #launch!

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