Dummy pld - LauncherOne (Demo) - Mojave, Boeing 747 - 25.05.2020 19:50 UTC

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https://virginorbit.com/announcing-the-window-for-our-launch-demo/

Announcing the Window for Our Launch Demo

MAY 20, 2020



We are extremely excited to announce that the window for our Launch Demo mission starts on Sunday, May 24^th, and extends through Monday, May 25^th, with an opportunity to launch from 10 A.M. – 2 P.M. Pacific (17:00 – 21:00 GMT) each day.

That means that this weekend, our 747 carrier aircraft Cosmic Girl will prepare to take off from Mojave Air and Space Port, fly out over the Pacific ocean, and release our two-stage, orbital rocket, LauncherOne — which will then proceed to ignite its engine in mid-air for the first time.

This Launch Demo marks the apex of a five-year-long development program. On our journey to open up space for everyone we've conducted hundreds of hotfires of our engines and our rocket stages, performed two dozen test flights with our carrier aircraft, and conducted countless other tests of every bit of the system we could test on the ground.



Launching from the Earth to space is mind-bogglingly difficult. Thousands of components all need to function as planned while controlling high energy and flying at incredibly fast speeds. The vehicle's structures must be robust enough to tolerate traveling at up to 18,000 mph without disintegrating; the temperatures and pressures of its propellants can't be too high or too low; every internal valve must click open and closed in perfect synchronicity...  There's a long list of factors that need to line up in order to make it all the way. We're mindful of the fact that for the governments and companies who have preceded us in developing spaceflight systems, maiden flights have statistically ended in failure about half of the time.

In the future, the goal of our launches will be to deploy satellites for a new generation of space-based services. For this Launch Demo, though, our goal is to safely learn as much as possible and prove out the LauncherOne system we've worked so hard to design, build, test and operate.

The instant our Newton Three engine ignites, we will have done something no one has ever done before — lighting an orbital-class, liquid-fueled, horizontally-launched vehicle in flight. Once we reach an altitude of 50 miles it will be the first time this kind of launch system will have ever done so.

We'll continue the mission for as long as we can. The longer LauncherOne flies, the more data we'll be able to collect. Should we defy the historical odds and become one of those exceedingly rare teams to complete a mission on first attempt, we will deploy a test payload into an orbit, take our data, and then quickly de-orbit so as not to clutter the heavens.

Regardless of the ultimate conclusion of this Launch Demo, we're excited to learn as much as we can.

We are so grateful to all of you who have followed along with us during this launch campaign — our families, our customers, and all of the others who have cheered us on, offered helpful suggestions, and celebrated the goal of bringing a new type of launch service into fruition. We look forward to sharing more on flight day. For near real-time updates follow us on Twitter (@Virgin_Orbit).  See you on launch day!

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https://tass.ru/kosmos/8524367

20 МАЯ, 21:49
CNBC: Virgin Orbit планирует испытать в США систему воздушного старта ракеты
По данным телеканала, испытания могут пройти 23, 24 или 25 мая


НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 20 мая. /ТАСС/. Компания Virgin Orbit британского миллиардера Ричарда Брэнсона планирует в предстоящие выходные испытать над Тихим океаном систему воздушного запуска ракет-носителей, предназначенных для вывода спутников на орбиту Земли. Об этом сообщил в среду телеканал CNBC со ссылкой на Virgin Orbit.

Испытание намечено на 13:00 по времени Восточного побережья США (20:00 мск) и может состояться 23 мая, 24 мая или 25 мая. Окончательное решение о конкретной дате пока не принято.

План испытания предусматривает отделение ракеты от модифицированного самолета Boeing 747, который вылетит из космопорта в пустыне Мохаве (штат Калифорния) и совершит полет над Тихим океаном. В июле прошлого года экипаж самолета осуществил сброс носителя с металлическими болванками, водой и антифризом для придания необходимой массы. В этот раз ракета будет нести топливо и в автоматическом режиме запустит собственные двигатели после сброса.

В Virgin Orbit информировали телеканал, что на прошлой неделе в рамках подготовки к испытанию экипаж Boeing 747 поднимался в воздух с ракетой с топливом. Подготовка не предусматривала сброс носителя и его старт в воздухе.

Спойлер

Другая компания Брэнсона Virgin Galactic 1 мая провела первое летное испытание в небе над штатом Нью-Мексико космолета Unity серии SpaceShipTwo. Unity стартовал на высоте 15,2 км, отделившись от самолета-носителя Eve, и совершил планирующий полет, приземлившись в космопорте в Нью-Мексико. Аппарат развил скорость в 0,7 Маха. Космолеты серии SpaceShipTwo разрабатывались для выполнения регулярных туристических суборбитальных полетов.

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Прим. Исключаем 23 мая - см. пресс-релиз Virgin Orbit (#295)

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https://tass.ru/kosmos/8526157

21 МАЯ, 10:01
Virgin Orbit 24 мая проведет испытания орбитальной ракеты в воздухе над Тихим океаном
Предстоящее демонстрационное испытание готовилось пять лет

НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 21 мая. /ТАСС/. Компания Virgin Orbit британского миллиардера Ричарда Брэнсона планирует 24 мая провести над Тихим океаном демонстрационное испытание системы воздушного запуска ракеты-носителя, предназначенной для вывода спутников на орбиту Земли. Как сообщила Virgin Orbit в среду, она впервые попытается отправить ракету таким способом в космос.

Испытание намечено на ближайшее воскресенье и при неблагоприятных обстоятельствах будет перенесено на 25 мая. В обоих случаях временное окно открывается в 10:00 по времени Западного побережья США (20:00 мск) и закрывается через четыре часа. "Это означает, что самолет Boeing 747 под названием "Космическая девушка" будет подготовлен к тому, чтобы подняться в воздух из космопорта в пустыне Мохаве, совершить полет над Тихим океаном и сбросить орбитальную ракету LauncherOne, состоящую из двух ступеней. Ракета затем впервые запустит двигатель в воздухе", - пояснила компания.

Предстоящее демонстрационное испытание готовилось пять лет. Virgin Orbit за это время провела сотни огневых испытаний ракетных двигателей, два десятка испытательных полетов модернизированного "Боинга-747" и бесчисленное количество тестов узлов и элементов системы воздушного старта. В июле прошлого года экипаж самолета осуществил сброс носителя с металлическими болванками, водой и антифризом для придания необходимой массы. В этот раз ракета будет заправлена топливом и в автоматическом режиме запустит собственные двигатели после сброса.

Virgin Orbit отдает себе отчет, что летные испытания схожих систем, осуществленные правительственными организациями и частными компаниями, статистически заканчивались провалом на середине отпущенного времени. В данном случае задача заключается в том, чтобы носитель пролетел как можно дольше, позволив бортовым приборам собрать как можно больше полезной информации. В случае успешного выхода в космос LauncherOne выведет на орбиту экспериментальный груз и сойдет с орбиты, чтобы не создавать помех другим аппаратам.

Спойлер

Другая компания Брэнсона Virgin Galactic 1 мая провела первое летное испытание в небе над штатом Нью-Мексико космолета Unity серии SpaceShipTwo. Unity стартовал на высоте 15,2 км, отделившись от самолета-носителя Eve, и совершил планирующий полет, приземлившись в космопорте в Нью-Мексико. Аппарат развил скорость в 0,7 Маха. Космолеты серии SpaceShipTwo разрабатывались для выполнения регулярных туристических суборбитальных полетов.

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Уведомления:

NOTAMs

KZLA

A0930/20 - DCC LAUNCHERONE F1 STNR ALT RESERVATION WI AN AREA DEFINED AS
3314N11953W TO 3253N11931W TO 3249N11928W TO 3248N11927W TO 3142N11855W TO 3132N11915W TO 3255N11952W TO 3257N11953W TO POINT OF ORIGIN.
SFC - UNL, 23 MAY 17:00 2020 UNTIL 23 MAY 21:00 2020.
CREATED: 20 MAY 12:28 2020

05/150 (A0943/20) - AIRSPACE DCC LAUNCHERONEF1 STNR ALT RESERVATION WI AN AREA DEFINED AS
3314N11953W TO 3253N11931W TO 3249N11928W TO 3248N11927W TO 3142N11855W TO 3132N11915W TO 3255N11952W TO 3257N11953W TO POINT OF ORIGIN.
SFC-UNL. 24 MAY 17:00 2020 UNTIL 24 MAY 21:00 2020.
CREATED: 21 MAY 11:25 2020

NOTMAR

NAVAREA XII 217/20

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
CALIFORNIA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
    231700Z TO 232100Z MAY,
    ALTERNATE 241700Z TO 242100Z MAY AND
    251700Z TO 252100Z MAY IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 28-10-35N 117-47-52W, 28-11-04N 117-18-46W,
    32-45-48N 119-23-34W, 33-08-27N 119-37-00W,
    33-05-38N 120-01-04W, 31-26-15N 119-13-29W.
B. 23-40-22N 115-41-11W, 22-39-51N 115-52-53W,
    21-54-40N 115-31-38W, 21-33-36N 114-47-51W,
    22-17-17N 114-31-23W, 22-55-31N 114-54-47W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 252200Z MAY 20.//

Authority: VIRGIN ORBIT, LLC 200012Z MAY 20.

Date: 200031Z MAY 20
Cancel: 25220000 May 20

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/05/21/virgin-orbit-schedules-its-first-orbital-test-launch-for-this-weekend/

Virgin Orbit schedules its first orbital test launch this weekend
May 21, 2020 | Stephen Clark


A full-scale mock-up of Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket falls away from a modified Boeing 747 carrier jet during an inert drop test in July 2019 over the Mojave Desert of California. Credit: Virgin Orbit

The first orbital test flight of Virgin Orbit's privately-developed air-launched rocket is scheduled as soon as Sunday off the coast of Southern California, the company said Wednesday.

Designed to deliver small satellites into orbit, the LauncherOne vehicle has a four-hour window Sunday opening at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT; 1700 GMT) to head into space after release from the belly of Virgin Orbit's Boeing 747 carrier aircraft. A backup launch opportunity is available at the same time Monday.

"We will only proceed with the mission if all conditions for launch are nominal," Virgin Orbit said in a press kit for the demonstration flight. "Although air-launched systems like ours are less vulnerable to bad weather than fixed ground-launch systems, we'll be watching the weather closely and being cautious for this maiden flight."

Virgin Orbit announced the target launch date Wednesday as the company nears the final phase of an eight-year development effort that began as a spinoff of sister company Virgin Galactic, which focuses on the suborbital space tourism market.

Both companies are part of Richard Branson's Virgin Group. The LauncherOne vehicle aims to become the first liquid-fueled air-launched rocket to reach orbit.

Virgin Galactic says it first studied the LauncherOne concept in 2007, and development began in earnest in 2012. Engineers in 2015 scrapped initial plans to drop the rocket from Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft, and kicked off development of a redesigned system using a 747 jumbo jet taken from Virgin Atlantic's commercial airline fleet.

Headquartered in Long Beach, California, Virgin Orbit was established in 2017 as a spinoff of Virgin Galactic.

"This Launch Demo marks the apex of a five-year-long development program," Virgin Orbit said in a statement. "On our journey to open up space for everyone, we've conducted hundreds of hotfires of our engines and our rocket stages, performed two dozen test flights with our carrier aircraft, and conducted countless other tests of every bit of the system we could test on the ground."

In the last six weeks, Virgin Orbit completed a captive carry test of the LauncherOne rocket. Teams filled the vehicle with kerosene fuel and cryogenic liquid nitrogen, a stand-in for liquid oxygen used as an oxidizer during a real launch, and the 747 carrier aircraft — named "Cosmic Girl" — took off from Virgin Orbit's flight operations base at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California.

Virgin Orbit exercised propellant loading, takeoff, tracking and telemetry, and return-to-base procedures during the captive carry test April 12. The company completed additional rehearsals on the ground in recent weeks, practicing filling and draining the rocket's supply of kerosene and liquid oxygen.

Now the rocket is ready to fly, Virgin Orbit said this week.


Virgin Orbit's rocket carrier aircraft sits near the runway at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California, where teams will fill the LauncherOne vehicle with liquid propellants before takeoff. Credit: Virgin Orbit

Dan Hart, Virgin Orbit's CEO, told Spaceflight Now last month the LauncherOne's first flight will carry some "test payloads" the company developed. He said Virgin Orbit will release details about the payloads on the inaugural launch at a later time.

Hart characterized the first flight as "an engineering test."

"Of course, we would love it to get to orbit," Hart told Spaceflight Now. "The more of the system that we can exercise, the more confidence that we'll have for the next flight. We do know, and we're mindful, that a first flight is not without risk."

"We're mindful of the fact that for the governments and companies who have preceded us in developing spaceflight systems, maiden flights have statistically ended in failure about half of the time," Virgin Orbit said in a statement Wednesday.

"In the future, the goal of our launches will be to deploy satellites for a new generation of space-based services," the company said. "For this Launch Demo, though, our goal is to safely learn as much as possible and prove out the LauncherOne system we've worked so hard to design, build, test and operate."

Piloted by Kelly Latimer, Virgin Orbit's chief test pilot, the 747 carrier aircraft will line up for its launch run west of San Nicolas Island, which is owned by the U.S. Navy. The targeted drop point is located roughly 100 miles (160 kilometers) west-southwest of Long Beach.

Latimer will command the airplane onto climb angle of more than 25 degrees. The nearly 30-ton rocket will be released from a pylon under the 747's left wing during the pull-up maneuver at an altitude of around 35,000 feet (nearly 10,700 meters).

Around five seconds after release, the rocket's kerosene-fueled NewtonThree engine will ignite with 73,500 pounds of thrust to begin climbing into orbit.

"The instant our NewtonThree engine ignites, we will have done something no one has ever done before — lighting an orbital-class, liquid-fueled, horizontally-launched vehicle in flight," Virgin Orbit said.

"We'll continue the mission for as long as we can," the company said. "The longer LauncherOne flies, the more data we'll be able to collect. Should we defy the historical odds and become one of those exceedingly rare teams to complete a mission on first attempt, we will deploy a test payload into an orbit, take our data, and then quickly de-orbit so as not to clutter the heavens."

If everything goes as Virgin Orbit hopes, the company intends to restart the second stage's NewtonFour engine once in space, validating the rocket's ability to deliver payloads to different orbits on the same mission.

The mission profile for the first LauncherOne flight lasts 32 minutes from the time of the rocket's release from the "Cosmic Girl" jumbo jet until separation of its payload in orbit.


After takeoff from Mojave, the "Cosmic Girl" carrier jet will fly to the west, then south over the Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California. Once over the Pacific Ocean, the aircraft will fly in a racetrack pattern before lining up on the rocket's southeasterly flight path. Release of the rocket is expected about 50 minutes after takeoff from Mojave. Credit: Virgin Orbit

The 70-foot-long (21-meter) LauncherOne rocket is designed to compete with other commercial smallsat launchers, such as Rocket Lab's Electron booster, for contracts to deliver CubeSats and microsatellites to orbit for commercial customers, the U.S. military and NASA. Virgin Orbit says it can haul up to 660 pounds (300 kilograms) of cargo into a 310-mile-high (500-kilometer) polar sun-synchronous orbit, a standard operating orbit for Earth-imaging satellites.

A dedicated launch by Virgin Orbit sells for around $12 million.

Hart said last month that Virgin Orbit plans to have a chase plane for the launch, and video cameras are mounted on the aircraft and the the LauncherOne vehicle itself to capture the rocket's release from the carrier jet, first stage ignition and climb into space.

But the company does not plan to provide a live public webcast for the LauncherOne demonstration flight. Instead, Virgin Orbit will release updates on Twitter as the mission progresses.

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А может лучше не в теме пилотируемых полетов, Пегас в этой теме форума не летал.

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К #3

Карта закрываемых зон (A0943/20, NAVAREA XII 217/20)

Вы не можете просматривать это вложение.

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А может лучше не в теме пилотируемых полетов, Пегас в этой теме форума не летал.

Может и лучше, но промашка вышла... Написал админу в личку, ждём-с...

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 Jeff Foust @jeff_foust 1 ч

Couple notes from a Virgin Orbit media telecon about their upcoming LauncherOne test:
• Preparations continue smoothly, weather  looking good
• Test payload is a "nice-looking inert mass"
• Hope to launch 1-2 more times this year, double that next year

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Virgin Orbit @Virgin_Orbit 4 ч. назад

We completed fueling of our LauncherOne rocket yesterday for our Launch Demo. Everything has been proceeding smoothly: team, aircraft, & rocket are in excellent shape. However, we have one sensor that is acting up. Out of an abundance of caution, we are offloading fuel to address


4 ч. назад

This means we are scrubbed for today. Currently, it appears we've got a straightforward path to address this minor sensor issue and recycle quickly. The crew are already hard at work putting that plan into action. We'll provide an update on the new launch target later today.

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https://tass.ru/kosmos/8552595

24 МАЯ, 23:12
Virgin Orbit из-за неполадок отложила испытания системы воздушного старта ракеты
Выяснилось, что "один датчик работает ненадлежащим образом"

НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 24 мая. /ТАСС/. Американская компания Virgin Orbit отменила из-за технических неполадок запланированные на воскресенье демонстрационные испытания системы воздушного запуска ракеты-носителя, ожидается, что их проведут в понедельник. Об этом сообщили в Twitter фирмы, которая принадлежит британскому миллиардеру Ричарду Брэнсону.

Ранее на этой неделе в Virgin Orbit заявили, что модифицированный самолет Boeing 747 во время полета над Тихим океаном сбросит орбитальную ракету LauncherOne, предназначенную для вывода спутников на орбиту Земли. Предполагалось, что затем двигатели этой ракеты впервые будут запущены в воздухе. В компании отмечали, что это ее первая попытка отправить в космос ракету с грузом таким способом. В Virgin Orbit допускали, что испытания могут быть перенесены на 25 мая.

В Twitter компании отметили, что LauncherOne была заправлена топливом в субботу. После этого выяснилось, что "один датчик работает ненадлежащим образом". В работе остальных систем не зафиксировали каких-либо неполадок.

Представители компании отметили, что испытания в воскресенье были отменены "в целях предосторожности". В Virgin Orbit подчеркнули, что ее специалисты, вероятнее всего, смогут быстро устранить проблему с датчиком. Представители компании сообщили, что вскоре назовут точное время следующих испытаний.

В Virgin Orbit предполагают, что с помощью LauncherOne можно будет выводить на орбиту спутники массой до 500 кг. В компании считают, что испытываемый ею метод запуска ракеты со спутником может обеспечить большую мобильность, а также быть дешевле, чем у конкурентов.

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Virgin Orbit @Virgin_Orbit 3 ч. назад

Our team has worked diligently to resolve the sensor issue and recycle the system. We're now back in the countdown, and are currently targeting another launch attempt tomorrow, with our window again open from 10 AM to 2 PM Pacific (17:00 – 21:00 UTC).

Сегодня, 25 мая с 20:00 до 24:00 ДМВ

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 Virgin Orbit @Virgin_Orbit 25 мин. назад

Good morning, world! Today is a momentous occasion for the Virgin Orbit team: operations for the first orbital launch demonstration of our LauncherOne rocket are well underway.

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 Virgin Orbit @Virgin_Orbit 25 мин. назад

After a promising pre-flight briefing this morning, weather remains favorable for our target launch window today.

As a reminder, we will not be livestreaming this flight — but stick around and refresh this feed for updates as the action happens.

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 Virgin Orbit @Virgin_Orbit 21 мин. назад

Since opening the doors to our Long Beach facility in 2015, a tremendous amount of work has gone into designing, manufacturing and testing LauncherOne, an air-launched vehicle built specifically to serve small satellite customers around the world.

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Virgin Orbit @Virgin_Orbit 11 мин. назад

Today, our main focus is collecting as much data as possible and learning more than we ever have before about our launch system.


1 мин. назад

The test payload onboard LauncherOne today has allowed us to test our full end-to-end system — from analyzing a payload to integrating it into the rocket and ultimately, if the space gods are with us, to deploying it in space.

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 Virgin Orbit @Virgin_Orbit 29 с. назад

LOX (liquid oxygen) loading is progressing smoothly, an operation which began a little after 8 AM this morning. We successfully completed fuel loading operations for RP-1 (Rocket Propellant-1) yesterday evening.

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 Virgin Orbit @Virgin_Orbit 26 мин. назад

The way that we support and launch our rocket is quite different from vertically launched platforms, so here's a handy guide to the various trailers that make up our mobile ground support equipment.

(2:00)

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Virgin Orbit @Virgin_Orbit 19 с. назад

UPDATE: LOX loading is now complete. We're proceeding smoothly through our countdown and are currently on track for our target takeoff time of approximately 11:40 AM Pacific.

Пуск намечен на 18:40 UTC / 21:40 ДМВ

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 Virgin Orbit @Virgin_Orbit
10 мин. назад

Our flight crew is preparing to board the aircraft. Cosmic Girl is piloted today by our Chief Test Pilot Kelly Latimer, who has been the wind beneath our wings throughout our entire flight test program.


6 мин. назад

Joining her in the co-pilot's seat is Todd Ericson.

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 Virgin Orbit @Virgin_Orbit 20 мин. назад

After taking off from Mojave, Cosmic Girl will fly due southwest to our drop point just south of the Channel Islands. Once we reach the drop point, we'll enter into a loop that we call the "racetrack" as we wait for final go/no-gos.




19 мин. назад

As we fly laps around the racetrack, the team will be checking conditions for release — making sure that the wind levels aren't too high and that we have a strong telemetry connection so we can receive data after the drop.

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Вздетели!

 Virgin Orbit @Virgin_Orbit 1 мин

Confirming a smooth takeoff! Cosmic Girl is officially airborne for our first attempt at an orbital launch demo.

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Ну!?

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Virgin Orbit @Virgin_Orbit 9 мин. назад

Here's a quick shot from takeoff.
(0:13)

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Ну!?

После взлёта минимум 50 мин до пуска, плюс сам пуск ещё порядка 33 минут... Как-то так, по сему - ждём...

P.S. Взлёт -около 22:00 ДМВ...

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 Virgin Orbit @Virgin_Orbit 10 мин. назад

The ground stations we've enlisted to track Cosmic Girl and LauncherOne for this flight are spread across the globe: Mexico, Antarctica, and Mojave. We also have a telemetry dish on the roof of our Long Beach HQ.

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Легли на боевой...

 Virgin Orbit @Virgin_Orbit 8 мин. назад

Cosmic Girl has entered the racetrack!

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Ещё дольше...

 Virgin Orbit @Virgin_Orbit 5 мин. назад

We've officially initiated the Terminal Count Autosequence, which means we're approximately less than 15 minutes away from releasing LauncherOne.

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 Virgin Orbit @Virgin_Orbit 1 мин. назад

Currently, we have green lights across the board.

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И таки ДА - 22:50 ДМВ!

 Virgin Orbit @Virgin_Orbit 2 мин. назад

Cosmic Girl has released LauncherOne!

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 Virgin Orbit @Virgin_Orbit 2 мин. назад

We've confirmed a clean release from the aircraft. However, the mission terminated shortly into the flight. Cosmic Girl and our flight crew are safe and returning to base.

[Air]

Все? Двигатель хоть запустился?

[tnt22]

Все? Двигатель хоть запустился?

Сядут - узнаем...

[tnt22]

 D. Stamos/Helodriver @SpacecoastPix 11 мин. нпазад

@Virgin_Orbit #CosmicGirl accompanied by a chase plane returns back over land with an empty pylon having dropped its rocket payload over the Pacific Ocean on its unsuccessful first test.

[tnt22]

Сели.

 Virgin Orbit @Virgin_Orbit 25 с. назад

Cosmic Girl has landed back in Mojave and our crew are all safe and sound.

[Старый]

Так чем всё кончилось то? Несуществующая ракета не полетела, чтоль? 

[tnt22]

https://tass.ru/kosmos/8561111

25 МАЯ, 23:37
Virgin Orbit сообщила о неудаче испытаний системы воздушного запуска ракеты
Экипаж вернулся на базу

НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 25 мая. /ТАСС/. Первые демонстрационные испытания системы воздушного запуска ракеты-носителя американской компании Virgin Orbit закончились в понедельник неудачей. Об этом сообщила в своем Twitter компания британского миллиардера Ричарда Брэнсона.

"Мы подтверждаем гладкий сброс (ракеты-носителя - прим. ТАСС) с самолета. Тем не менее миссия была прекращена вскоре во время полета. "Космическая девушка" (название самолета - прим. ТАСС) и экипаж находятся в безопасности и возвращаются на базу", - уточнила Virgin Orbit.

Модифицированный самолет Boeing 747 с ракетой LauncherOne, предназначенной для вывода спутников на орбиту Земли, вылетел в понедельник из космопорта в пустыне Мохаве. Экипаж Boeing 747 пролетел над портом Лонг-Бич (штат Калифорния), сделал петлю над Тихим океаном и сбросил ракету. Ей предстояло запустить свои двигатели и самостоятельно стартовать к орбите. Этого не произошло.

LauncherOne достигает 21,3 м в длину, состоит из двух ступеней и способна развивать скорость до 28,1 тыс. км/ч. Самолетом управляли Келли Латимер и Тодд Эриксон, которые налетали 6,5 тыс. и 9,5 тыс. часов.

Спойлер

В Virgin Orbit предполагают, что с помощью LauncherOne можно будет выводить на орбиту спутники массой до 500 кг. В компании считают, что данный метод запуска ракеты со спутником может обеспечить большую мобильность, а также быть дешевле, чем у конкурентов.

[свернуть]

[tnt22]

Virgin Orbit @Virgin_Orbit 7 мин. назад

In this first launch demo, we successfully completed all of our pre-launch procedures, captive carry flight out to the drop site, clean telemetry lock from multiple dishes, a smooth pass through the racetrack, terminal count, and a clean release from the aircraft.


7 мин. назад

LauncherOne maintained stability after release, and we ignited our first stage engine, NewtonThree. An anomaly then occurred early in first stage flight. We'll learn more as our engineers analyze the mountain of data we collected today.


6 мин. назад

As we said before the flight, our goals today were to work through the process of conducting a launch, learn as much as we could, and achieve ignition. We hoped we could have done more, but we accomplished those key objectives today.


6 мин. назад

The team's already hard at work digging into the data, and we're eager to hop into our next big test ASAP. Thankfully, instead of waiting until after our 1st flight to tackle our 2nd rocket, we've already completed a ton of work to get us back in the air and keep moving forward.

[Старый]

Что произошло то? Что с ракетой? После отделения от самолёта ракета не бибикнув нырнула в океан?

[tnt22]

Что произошло то? Что с ракетой? После отделения от самолёта ракета не бибикнув нырнула в океан?

Пока молчала Virgin, которая Orbit, тут пытались сопоставить с пуском нечто, зафиксированное радаром в районе пуска (ничего не утверждаю...):

 Steve Paluch @BrewCityChaser 3 ч. назад

Seems the Los Angeles NEXRAD picked up what appears to be the breakup of @Virgin_Orbit's rocket shortly after release. (H/T @wxmeddler)

(0:04)

[tnt22]

Официоз

https://virginorbit.com/virgin-orbit-ignites-launcherone-rocket-during-first-launch-demo-mission-safely-terminated/

Virgin Orbit ignites LauncherOne rocket during first launch demo, mission safely terminated

MAY 25, 2020

PRESS RELEASES



Mojave, California — May 25, 2020 — Virgin Orbit, the California-based satellite launch company, conducted a launch demonstration of its innovative air-launched rocket today in the skies over the Pacific Ocean just off the California coast. The company successfully completed all of its pre-launch procedures, the captive carry flight out to the drop site, clean telemetry lock from multiple dishes, a smooth pass through the racetrack, terminal count, and a clean release. After being released from the carrier aircraft, the LauncherOne rocket successfully lighted its booster engine on cue — the first time the company had attempted an in-air ignition. An anomaly then occurred early in first stage flight, and the mission safely terminated. The carrier aircraft Cosmic Girl and all of its crew landed safely at Mojave Air and Space Port, concluding the mission.

"Our team performed their prelaunch and flight operations with incredible skill today. Test flights are instrumented to yield data and we now have a treasure trove of that. We accomplished many of the goals we set for ourselves, though not as many as we would have liked," said Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart. "Nevertheless, we took a big step forward today.  Our engineers are already poring through the data. Our next rocket is waiting. We will learn, adjust, and begin preparing for our next test, which is coming up soon."

The company's next rocket is in final stages of integration at its Long Beach manufacturing facility, with a half-dozen other rockets for subsequent missions not far behind. Virgin Orbit's decision to begin production of multiple rockets well in advance of this test flight will enable the team to progress to the next attempt at a significantly faster pace, shortly after making any necessary modifications to the launch system.

[Старый]

Так и не смог понять что случилось. 
Круги по воде то хоть были?

[Димитър]

Так и не смог понять что случилось.

Ракету запустили с самолёта. Двигатель зажёгся. А потом произошла авария и ракета упала. "и на Тихом океане свой закончила поход" (с)

Но следующая ракета уже почти готова и ещё 6 производятся.

[Старый]

Но следующая ракета уже почти готова и ещё 6 производятся.

А в чём состоит авария то? Взорвалося? Или просто заглохло? Или не туда полетело? Или батарейка села?
Или вобще сами не знают что?

[VSATman]

Но следующая ракета уже почти готова и ещё 6 производятся.

А в чём состоит авария то? Взорвалося? Или просто заглохло? Или не туда полетело? Или батарейка села?
Или вобще сами не знают что?

"что-то пошло не так..." (С)

[sychbird]

Так и не смог понять что случилось.
Круги по воде то хоть были?

Ну написали же, что команда продемонстрировала невероятное мастерство ( incredible skill ) Чего еще то?

[tnt22]

 James Hyde @wxmeddler 18 ч. назад

We have debris fallout being picked up on radar (KVTX) from the @Virgin_Orbit rocket test failure off the coast of San Nicolas Island, CA. First echos were 19:53 UTC at ~20,000 ft.
 I'm sure they'll be back!
#SpaceIsHard

(0:11)

[tnt22]

https://spacenews.com/virgin-orbit-first-launch-attempt-fails/

Virgin Orbit first launch attempt fails
by Jeff Foust — May 25, 2020


Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket ignites its first stage engine seconds after release from the Boeing 747 aircraft that ferried it to the drop zone. The engine shut down a "handful of seconds" later, causing the launch to fail. Credit: Virgin Orbit

Updated 8 p.m. Eastern with comments from company CEO Dan Hart.

WASHINGTON — Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne failed to reach orbit in its first launch attempt May 25, with the mission "terminated" moments after the rocket's release from its aircraft.

The company's "Cosmic Girl" aircraft, a modified Boeing 747, took off from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California at 2:56 p.m. Eastern, after a launch attempt May 24 was scrubbed because of a faulty sensor on the rocket. After a 54-minute flight to the designated launch zone, near the Channel Islands off the Southern California coast, the plane released the LauncherOne rocket from its left wing.

However, Virgin Orbit, which did not provide a live webcast of the launch but instead offered updates via social media, tweeted moments later that while there was a "clean release" of the rocket from the aircraft, "the mission terminated shortly into the flight."

"We ignited the engine, and it looks like successfully," Dan Hart, chief executive of Virgin Orbit, said in a phone interview a few hours after the launch. "It flew for a handful of seconds, and then we had an issue."

Hart said that what that issue was — an "anomaly" as described by the company in a statement after the launch — is not yet known. It did, though, cause the NewtonThree engine powering the rocket's first stage to shut down.

Virgin Orbit acknowledged that achieving orbit on a first launch would be difficult, noting that, based on historical records, only about 50% of first launches of new vehicles are successful. The second LauncherOne rocket is nearing completion at the company's factory, with several more in various stages of production.

Company executives emphasized prior to the flight, including a media briefing May 23, that simply igniting the NewtonThree engine in the rocket's first stage would be a key milestone for the flight. Hart said that the events leading up to the release and ignition of the first stage went smoothly.

"What we did today is really demonstrated the challenging aspects of air launch," he said. "Even though it was not as long a flight as we'd liked, we did burn down quite a lot of the risks associated with flying, and learned a lot about how the vehicle behaves."

Hart said that engineers will spend the next several weeks reviewing the data from the launch attempt, while others continue working on the next LauncherOne rocket. The results of the investigation may lead to additional testing of that next rocket or other changes, the extent of which is not yet clear.

LauncherOne started as a Virgin Galactic project, announced by company founder Richard Branson at the Farnborough International Airshow in July 2012. As originally conceived, LauncherOne would use the same WhiteKnightTwo plane built to serve as a carrier aircraft for its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle.

In 2015, Virgin Galactic changed course and acquired a Boeing 747 from airline Virgin Atlantic; the name "Cosmic Girl" dates back to its use by the airline. Using a 747 allowed the company to increase the size, and payload capacity, of the rocket.

Virgin Galactic spun out the LauncherOne project into a separate company, Virgin Orbit, in March 2017, based in Long Beach, California. It later established a wholly-owned U.S.-incorporated subsidiary, VOX Space, to work with national security customers.

Virgin Orbit has gradually built up a manifest of commercial and government customers. Hart said in a May 23 call with reporters that the total value of its manifest is in "the hundreds of millions" of dollars but did not give a specific figure. The company set a price of about $12 million a launch prior to entering service but he said that "pricing will follow the market as we get into full operations and we'll adjust accordingly."

LauncherOne is one of a growing number of small launch vehicles intended to provide dedicated launches of small satellites. While there are more than 100 such vehicles in various stages of development, by some estimates, Hart said he didn't see nearly as much competition for his company.

"I don't see it as very packed," he said of the market in the pre-launch media call. "We're differentiated in our air-launch capability, which gives us much, much higher flexibility, and even mobility."

Most of those small launch vehicles that serve as potential competition to LauncherOne are still in earlier phases of development. "Launch is still a highly, highly needed commodity," he said.

Despite failing to reach orbit, Hart said both he and his employees were remarkably upbeat. "The mood was actually very high" among the LauncherOne team, he said, because they made it through countdown and release. "There's a lot of pride in the team that we successfully did that, and we did it so uneventfully."

"The sense I have from the whole team is that there's no doubt in anybody's mind that we'll quickly get to root cause and address it."

[Старый]

We have debris fallout being picked up on radar

Это уже конкретнее. Но каким образом ракета превратилась в дебрисс девственники похоже и сами не знают.

[tnt22]

Mission Recap: Launch Demo

 Virgin Orbit

26 мая 2020 г.

Mission Recap: Launch Demo

We said the main product of this flight would be data, and wow, did we get a lot of it! After diving into our early analyses, we wanted to share more about the flight — including both the many things that went well and what we know about the areas where we'll need to improve.

Check out our newest blog post for a more thorough recap of the flight, and to see where we're headed next as a team more excited than ever about the utility of our launch system.

youtu.be/CNJib8lJY1E

(1:58)

[tnt22]

https://virginorbit.com/mission-recap-our-first-launch-demo/

Mission Recap: Our First Launch Demo

MAY 27, 2020
TECHNICAL UPDATES



As we've delved into the data from yesterday's flight, the more we see, the happier we get. We've taken an enormous step forward as a team, and we wanted to share more about the flight, including both the many things that went well and what we know about the areas where we'll need to improve.

The context of everything that happened before the release of the rocket is incredibly important, and we'll describe that in detail below. But we won't make you wait for the part that's of most interest.

WHAT HAPPENED?

For about 9 seconds after drop, the flight went perfectly. Through some of the most challenging portions of our flight — release, the controlled drop, the rocket's ignition sequence, and the initial portion of guided, powered flight — every part of our system did exactly as we designed it to do. We have solid data from hundreds of channels and sensors — and in looking at those, we see performance that is well-matched to our predictions and to the extensive data we have from our models and ground tests. This means that we have proved out via flight the foundational principles of our air-launch operations, which is the key thing that separates us from our peers in the industry.

About 9 seconds after drop, something malfunctioned, causing the booster stage engine to extinguish, which in turn ended the mission. We cannot yet say conclusively what the malfunction was or what caused it, but we feel confident we have sufficient data to determine that as we continue through the rigorous investigation we've already begun. With the engine extinguished, the vehicle was no longer able to maintain controlled flight — but the rocket did not explode. It stayed within the predicted downrange corridors of our projections and our Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) launch license as the vehicle fell to the ocean, posing no risk to public safety, no danger our aircrew or aircraft, and no significant environmental impact.

SO, WHAT DID THIS LAUNCH DEMONSTRATION PROVE?

Our Launch Demo was the world's first attempted orbital launch from Mojave Air and Space Port. One of the core capabilities we've been working to develop is the idea of a truly mobile launch infrastructure — and yesterday, we completely demonstrated that capability. The infrastructure LauncherOne requires is dramatically different from any existing launch system. For this launch demo, all we needed from the airport was a small plot of land at the end of a taxiway and access to a runway.  Everything else we brought in ourselves — coming in on local roads or on our carrier aircraft itself. This low infrastructure footprint is the key to truly responsive launch and a new kind of global launch capability. And we've now proven it works.

As part of that, we have proven out our own fully transportable ground operating system. All of the trailers that we use to transport our rocket, mate it to our carrier aircraft, fuel and pressurize it, and service our payload were transported by public roads to the spaceport. Indeed, even some of our most critical ground stations for receiving telemetry were driven and parked in place. Again, this proves out our ability to quickly bring our launch capability wherever it is needed — a whole new category of launch service. Our Launch Demo was also conducted under a Commercial Space Transportation License issued by the FAA, the first time we have ever operated under such a license. Furthermore, this launch was conducted independent of the U.S. federal ranges, important national institutions that can nevertheless impart significant cost and schedule impacts on traditional launches. Apart from coordinating the airspace, our system is beholden to no one's schedules other than our customers', our own, and Mother Nature's.

One key technology that is required in order to move away from reliance on those federal ranges is an extremely robust autonomous flight safety system. While rockets traditionally rely on complex ground systems at the ranges to monitor the flight and terminate the mission if the flight ever goes out of the approved launch corridor, the new generation of launch vehicles are doing this job autonomously. Yesterday, our rocket demonstrated its capability to correctly know when we are in that corridor and when we are not — something we verify during our "cold pass" prior to dropping the rocket. Thankfully, this system was not needed during yesterday's mission, but it functioned perfectly throughout the flight.

When Cosmic Girl and LauncherOne took off from the runway at Mojave Air and Space Port just before noon yesterday, that marked our first flight with cryogenic liquid oxygen loaded into the rocket — and only our second ever flight with cryogenic materials on board. Capping an extensive campaign of ground testing, this milestone allowed us to prove out key aspects of the technology behind our linerless composite tanks, which held up to the loads of flight under the wing of a widebody jetliner and the release maneuver while carrying a full load of cryogenic oxidizer.

After a swift flight out to the drop point and a cold pass around our racetrack — the planned loop where we ensure the system autonomously detects when it enters and exits the allowable launch corridor, in addition to verifying telemetry locks — we entered into and executed a terminal count for the first time outside of dress rehearsals. A universal aerospace practice that has been made famous by countless documentaries and films, the terminal count is the final sequence of checks and polls that culminate in a rocket's ignition and flight. These countdowns always require an uncompromising level of precision, communication, and choreography — and our team pulled it off without a hiccup, hold, or scrub.

As the terminal count approached zero, our carrier aircraft went into our pitch-up maneuver, climbing steeply and achieving a flight path angle of about 30 degrees. Exactly on cue, we cleanly released the LauncherOne rocket from the pylon under the wing of our 747. As planned, the aircraft quickly banked away from the rocket. The rocket itself flew gracefully, with complete control, perfectly matching our predictions and further validating our aerodynamic models.

A few seconds after drop, the rocket trigged its ignition sequence. On our first ever attempt, we achieved in-air ignition and steady state-operation of our main stage rocket engine. The use of liquid-fueled rocket engines for air-launched vehicles is almost unheard of outside of legendary programs like the X-1 and X-15; and indeed, no one before us had ever completed such an ignition of an orbital-class rocket engine.

Once the engine ignited, our guidance and control system controlled the rocket in powered flight and steered it along its trajectory, all as predicted by our 6-DOF analysis.

Each of these items is a huge achievement for our team, and we are thrilled to have accomplished so many of them in our first launch demo mission.

WHAT NEXT?

With more confidence than ever in our design philosophy and the utility of our one-of-a-kind launch system, we're determined to reach space as soon as humanly possible. Clearly, we have things to learn and something to fix, but our engineers, technicians, and flight crew have taken a moment to celebrate and are now precisely and thoroughly dissecting the data.

Meanwhile, our integration team is hard at work preparing our next rocket, and the one after that, and several more. If hardware changes are needed, we'll be able to make them quickly, thanks to our vertically integrated, state-of-the-art rocket factory. And if we decide we want to run a few experiments, well, we've got a factory full of flight hardware we can use for whatever tests we need.

It's too soon to say exactly when our next launch demo will occur. But we can confidently say that we laid the groundwork long ago for us to build on this launch demo quickly and skillfully. We're excited to take the next step on our journey to open space for good.

[Старый]

About 9 seconds after drop, something malfunctioned, causing the booster stage engine to extinguish, which in turn ended the mission. We cannot yet say conclusively what the malfunction was or what caused it, but we feel confident we have sufficient data to determine that as we continue through the rigorous investigation we've already begun.

Вобщем чтото поламалося и мы чуем жопой что сможем определить что именно.

[tnt22]

 Jeff Foust @jeff_foust 2 ч, назад

Dan Hart says that on the May launch demo, a high-pressure feed line broke, keeping LOX from getting into the engine. Identified what fixes are needed in the engine, and targeting a next launch before the end of the year.

 Virgin Orbit @Virgin_Orbit 2 ч, назад

#SpaceGenUnited keynote starting now! Check out the livestream: youtu.be/ueyUJEIb4jM

[Старый]

Вобщем чтото поламалося

high-pressure feed line broke,

Ха! Действительно поламалося!

[tnt22]

https://virginorbit.com/wrapping-up-our-first-launch-demo-and-looking-ahead-to-launch-demo-2/

Wrapping Up Our First Launch Demo, and Looking Ahead to Launch Demo 2

AUGUST 3, 2020  ●  FEATURED/TECHNICAL UPDATES

This past Memorial Day, Virgin Orbit took a major step forward as a company and conducted our first Launch Demo. As you've read before, we built on years of design and preparation to step into our first launch campaign; and on our very first attempt, our team pulled off a picture-perfect loading operation, take-off, captive carry, terminal count, release, and ignition, and achieved powered flight. It was a smooth operation, thanks to the intense focus of an incredibly talented team.

You've also seen that that during our first stage flight, our main rocket engine shut down prematurely, bringing our experimental flight to an end — but only after we had demonstrated all of the key technologies of a truly unique air-launched spaceflight system, differentiating our launch system from every other system on the market.

Within minutes of our flight crew safely touching down at the Mojave Air and Space Port, our full attention turned to an investigation of all of the copious data from the flight. We had worked hard to ensure we'd have a mountain of data from that demonstration flight, and with our highly instrumented vehicle feeding data down to four ground stations, plus additional information from our carrier aircraft and chase plane, that work paid off.

Although we'd hoped to truly defy the odds and make orbit in our very first test, we were still thrilled to have reached milestones that only a small handful of others have ever gotten to celebrate. But we didn't spend too much time partying it up. By the evening of the same day, we were deep into the process of both celebrating the wins and how closely performance matched prediction and, of course, figuring out why our main engine had shut down, ending the flight.

RESULTS FROM OUR INVESTIGATION

We knew the odds of getting to orbit on our first attempt were slim well before our wheels started to roll down the tarmac, and so we were ready for any outcome. We had our plans ready and an investigation team identified before the countdown began. So as soon as the flight concluded, we were able to get started. To ensure we left no stone unturned in our quest for answers, we added strong independent voices to the team, calling upon industry legends Jim Sponnick and Mark Wilkins as well as the world-class team at the Aerospace Corporation to give us their straight-up advice and opinions along the way.

Soon, we were able to identify the cause of the failure that ended our first Launch Demo: a breach in the high-pressure line carrying cryogenic Liquid Oxygen (LOX) to our first stage combustion chamber due to a component failure. Without a supply of oxidizer, that engine soon stopped providing thrust, ending our powered flight and ultimately the test itself.

In the business of launch vehicles, finding the direct cause of any failure of any flight is incredibly important, but certainly not sufficient. In order to truly get to the root of the issue, it is important to ask why after why after why.  If the answer to the first why is "because the high-pressure LOX line failed," then the second why must be "why did it fail?" That in turn must be followed by more whys— including "why didn't we anticipate this failure," "why wasn't this failure observed in our earlier testing," and more. To all of these, you must add in a healthy dose of "what else could have happened," "what would this failure have looked like if it occurred at a different point in the mission," and hundreds more questions. Creating a robust fault tree or fishbone diagram is important, especially for those visual learners.

In the two months since that milestone test, we've asked ourselves those questions and our team has come up with clear insights and answers. Engineers, technicians, and inspectors have been working hand-in-hand (well, the COVID-19 equivalent of hand-in-hand) to validate those answers. We've put our hardware through a punishing barrage of tests to shake out any hidden surprises that might otherwise doom us to repeat the mishap.

Now, we're putting the finishing touches on that investigation; and while we aren't quite done, the major findings and the corrective actions are clear — and we're well under way with fabricating new parts and putting those actions into play.

CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS

In implementing tweaks to LauncherOne for our next flight, we've taken a "belt and suspenders" approach; that is to say, fixing the obvious issues we observed, and also proactively addressing issues we didn't observe but fall into the realm of possible contributors.

A battery of tests of our components and systems has enabled us to re-anchor our understanding of the physical stresses and leak paths in the system, and to reassess the design and the operation of every component. On the basis of those results, we are strengthening parts of our high-pressure LOX feed system and increasing some of the operating margins with an eye towards maximizing robustness and reliability.

We're also able to safely pass on more good news about the system to our customers.

One of the datasets that pleased us the most from our first Launch Demo was what we saw in terms of the vibrations that satellites riding on our rocket will experience. Our structural dynamics engineers are by nature a fairly conservative group, and have been appropriately cautious with all of their analyses, especially when it comes to our customers' precious cargo. Our analysts need proof before they will remove uncertainty. Last year, they updated their projections based upon our flight test campaign; now, thanks to the insight earned from our Launch Demo, they have further reduced our random vibration environment predictions. After years of under-promising on that front, we're pleased now to state with the confidence only afforded by flight data that we'll provide our customers a gentle ride.

Of course, after an intense journey to first launch, and all the lessons learned and teamwork along the way, it must be said that the biggest improvements in the system between Launch Demo and Launch Demo 2 will be the improvements to ourselves. We've always felt we have the best team in the business, and the skills and the perseverance of our team really shone through in what we accomplished in May. It takes a lot to smoothly, professionally move through a fully automated countdown, transfer control of the system to a small crew of four on our 747, execute a picture-perfect release, and more, and none of that happens by accident. But the experience of the whole launch campaign — not just the flight, but the work that led up to it — taught us a lot. Our self-reflections along that road and now our data review has taught us still more.

Our team is now more experienced and better prepared than ever. Our tools and processes have been honed by our first launch campaign. We've experienced both joy and frustration and every emotion in between, and now we're ready for the next chapter.

... 

[Старый]

Какие-нибудь технические параметры ракеты стали известны? Хотя бы стартовая масса?

[Старый]

А расчётные параметры орбиты известны?

[vissarion]

Какие-нибудь технические параметры ракеты стали известны? Хотя бы стартовая масса?

Ø1.8 x 21.3, мтов 25800, пн 280
Тяга 1 ст 33.3 т
Тяга 2 ст 2.27 т
там 10 мусоросатов, например №47309 орбита 492 x 518 x 60.7°

[Старый]

Какие-нибудь технические параметры ракеты стали известны? Хотя бы стартовая масса?

Ø1.8 x 21.3, мтов 25800, пн 280
Тяга 1 ст 33.3 т
Тяга 2 ст 2.27 т
там 10 мусоросатов, например №47309 орбита 492 x 518 x 60.7°

Спасибо. 
25800 это стартовая масса? 

[strapel]

57,000 lbm is the typical takeoff weight of a LauncherOne rocket

Какие-нибудь технические параметры ракеты стали известны? Хотя бы стартовая масса?

Ø1.8 x 21.3, мтов 25800, пн 280
Тяга 1 ст 33.3 т
Тяга 2 ст 2.27 т
там 10 мусоросатов, например №47309 орбита 492 x 518 x 60.7°

Спасибо.
25800 это стартовая масса?

Конкретно для этого пуска данных по массе нет.
57,000 lbm is the typical takeoff weight of a LauncherOne rocket (sevice guide).
57,000 lbm -> ~25850 кг.

The LauncherOne rocket is targeting a roughly circular 310-mile-high (500-kilometer) polar orbit (spaceflightnow.com).

Полярная орбита близкая к круговой, высотой ~500 км.

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57,000 lbm is the typical takeoff weight of a LauncherOne rocket (sevice guide).

Мне какраз типовая нужна.