NROL-111 – Minotaur I – MARS LP-0B – 15.06.2021 13:35 UTC

[zandr]

NRO  @NatReconOfc
Rocket LAUNCH UPDATE: The next NRO launch to watch is #NROL111 on a @northropgrumman #Minotaur rocket from @VCSFA_MARS Pad 0B at @NASA_Wallops NET June 15--stay tuned for our mission patch reveal! @USSF_SMC #VASpace

[zandr]

https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/361

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NROL-111 is a classified mission for the National Reconnoissance Office.
Low Earth Orbit

[zandr]

NRO  @NatReconOfc
LAUNCH UPDATE: The #NROL111 mission logo shows a flying wild boar in traditional aviator gear. Boars are a good spirit guide to call on when you have ambitious goals, inspiring tenacity in the hunt to achieve them. #NROL111 is targeting NET June 15 from @NASA_Wallops, Virginia.

[Старый]

Что значат три звезды?

[zandr]

NASA Wallops  @NASA_Wallops
A @northropgrumman #Minotaur rocket is scheduled to launch June 15 between 6:30 and 11:30 a.m. EDT from Wallops Island. The mission will launch a @NatReconOfc payload and may be visible along the U.S. East Coast.
Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/2RUwe4Y

[zandr]

NRO  @NatReconOfc
Rocket LAUNCH UPDATE: Our #NROL111 mission launch is targeting NET June 15, between 6:30-11:30 a.m. EDT on a @northropgrumman #Minotaur rocket from @VCSFA_MARS Pad 0B at @NASA_Wallops. #VASpace @USSF_SMC
 Photo Credit NASA Wallops

[Старый]

Кажется американцы нас троллят.

[zandr]

А Старый троллит модератора!

[zandr]

NRO  @NatReconOfc
Rocket LAUNCH UPDATE: We're targeting 0700 EDT on June 15 for our NROL-111 mission launch on a
@northropgrumman #Minotaur rocket from @VCSFA_MARS Pad 0B at @NASA_Wallops alongside @USSF_SMC. #VASpace #BoldnessBeMyFriend

[zandr]

Spaceflight Now  @SpaceflightNow
Watch live coverage of the launch of three classified US government satellites aboard a Northrop Grumman Minotaur 1 rocket from Virginia at 7am EDT (1100 GMT) Tuesday: https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/06/15/minotaur-1-nrol-129-mission-status-center/

[zandr]

https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/06/15/minotaur-1-nrol-129-mission-status-center/

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A Minotaur 1 rocket powered by a surplus Cold War-era missile stage more than 54 years old is poised to blast off from the Eastern Shore of Virginia Tuesday morning, heading to orbit with three top secret spacecraft for the U.S. government's spy satellite agency.
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[Старый]

Этот Минотавр и так нихрена не выводит, а тут сразу три спутника. Что за космический мусор они там запускают?

[zandr]

NRO  @NatReconOfc
Will you be watching? Tomorrow's #NROL111 launch will have a live broadcast on the
@NASA_Wallops
 YouTube channel beginning at 6:30 a.m. EDT: https://youtube.com/user/NASAWallops

[Pirat5]

курим...

06/15/2021 11:30  Stephen Clark
T-minus 2 hours, 30 minutes and holding. The Minotaur 1 countdown has entered an unplanned hold. So far, there's no explanation of the reason for this hold.
06/15/2021 11:50 Stephen Clark
The Minotaur countdown for the NROL-111 mission is in a hold as a thunderstorm moves over Wallops Island. Countdown preps, including rollback of the launch pad's mobile gantry, will resume once the bad weather has moved away.
06/15/2021 12:50 Stephen Clark
The countdown remains in a hold as another thunderstorm is approaching the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia. The launch team plans to set a new target launch time once work on the Minotaur 1 rocket can resume after the storm passes.

[Pirat5]

06/15/2021 13:56  Stephen Clark
The thunderstorms that caused the delay in this morning's Minotaur launch have pushed offshore over the Atlantic Ocean.
Teams are coordinating a new target launch time of 9:35 a.m. EDT (1335 GMT) for the NROL-111 mission.
=16:35 мск

[Pirat5]

06/15/2021 14:00  Stephen Clark
With the countdown clock ticking again, ground crews are returning to pad 0B on Wallops Island to begin rolling the mobile gantry away from the Minotaur 1 rocket.

[Pirat5]

06/15/2021 14:30  Stephen Clark
The crew at the pad 0B reports the 127-foot-tall mobile gantry has been retracted, revealing the 69-foot-tall Minotaur 1 rocket for liftoff.

[Pirat5]

Press-kit

[Pirat5]

06/15/2021 15:01  Stephen Clark
The launch team has completed final vehicle arming, and the pad crew is preparing to evacuate the launch pad for launch.
06/15/2021 15:05  Stephen Clark
T-minus 90 minutes. This is a relatively quiet phase of the countdown until the final prelaunch checklist begins at T-minus 60 minutes.

[Pirat5]

06/15/2021 15:35 Stephen Clark
T-minus 60 minutes. Members of the Minotaur team are opening up their final prelaunch checklists at this time. This begins the final phase of today's countdown.
06/15/2021 15:37  Stephen Clark
T-minus 58 minutes and counting. Rocket systems are being activated for final testing.
06/15/2021 15:38  Stephen Clark
The Minotaur 1's transmitters are now being switched on as the launch team verifies the vehicle is ready for launch.
06/15/2021 15:45  Stephen Clark
The launch team continues working through the final launch checklist. No issues are being worked by the ground, launch vehicle and spacecraft teams.
06/15/2021 15:49 Stephen Clark
The Minotaur's inertial navigation system is being configured in preparation for launch.
06/15/2021 15:52 Stephen Clark
Weather remains iffy at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia. The Minotaur team is concerned a cloud deck might be over the pad at launch time, potentially violating weather criteria.
06/15/2021 16:10 Stephen Clark
T-minus 25 minutes and counting. The rocket's flight termination system is now being tested for the final time before launch.

Трансляция началась...

[Pirat5]

06/15/2021 16:12  Stephen Clark
The Minotaur's flight termination system has been tested. The destruct device would be used to destroy the rocket if it veered off course during flight.
06/15/2021 16:15  Stephen Clark
T-minus 20 minutes and counting. Today's flight is the 12th Minotaur 1 mission, and the 28th Minotaur family launch since 2000. It marks the eighth Minotaur launch from Wallops Island, Virginia.
06/15/2021 16:15  Stephen Clark
The exact launch time of 9:35:00 a.m. EDT (1335:00 GMT) is being programmed into the Minotaur 1 flight computer.
06/15/2021 16:21  Stephen Clark
The Wallops Flight Facility's range safety officer confirms the launch hazard area is now clear for launch.
06/15/2021 16:24  Stephen Clark
Upper level winds are acceptable for launch this morning.
06/15/2021 16:25  Stephen Clark
T-minus 9 minutes, 30 seconds. The launch vehicle's flight termination system has been switched to internal power and the external power source has been turned off.

[Pirat5]

пуск!
Вы не можете просматривать это вложение.

[Pirat5]

06/15/2021 16:36  Stephen Clark
Liftoff of the Minotaur 1 rocket on the NROL-111 mission, boosting three classified national security satellites into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office.
06/15/2021 16:38 Stephen Clark
T+plus 15 seconds. The rocket has pitched on course for the climb to space over the Atlantic Ocean.
06/15/2021 16:38  Stephen Clark
T+plus 38 seconds. Passing through the area of maximum aerodynamic pressure on the rocket. Velocity is 1,750 mph.
06/15/2021 16:38 Stephen Clark
T+plus 61 seconds. The M55A1 first stage motor has completed its burn and separated from the SR19 second stage motor. Both stages are heritage motors from the Minuteman ballistic missile.
06/15/2021 16:39  Stephen Clark
T+plus 2 minutes, 20 seconds. Second stage burnout and separation confirmed.

и все. трансляция закончилась...

[Pirat5]

предыдущий пуск Minotaur-1 состоялся 7,5 лет назад - 30.06.2011

[Просто Василий]

Крутое ускорение

[Sam Grey]

Крутое ускорение

Практически МБР Minuteman, первая ступень от нее.

[zandr]

Код Выделить Развернуть

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4H6Hp__dVA

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Minotaur I launches NROL-111
  SciNews
A Northrop Grumman Minotaur I Space Launch Vehicle launched the NROL-111 mission from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's (MARS) Pad 0B at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, on 15 June 2021, at 13:35 UTC (09:35 EDT). The NROL-111 mission delivered three national security payloads to low Earth orbits for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The Minotaur I SLV consists of two solid-fueled motors from decommissioned Minuteman ICBMs as the lower stages and two solid-fueled commercial solid rocket motors as upper stages.
Credit: Northrop Grumman/NASA/National Reconnaissance Office

[zandr]

https://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/news/80386/

В США запущены три разведывательных спутника
Ракета-носитель Minotaur I с тремя спутниками для нужд Национального управления военно-космической разведки США стартовала во вторник с космодрома на острове Уоллопс (штат Вирджиния) в Атлантическом океане, передает ТАСС.
Запуск ракеты в рамках миссии NROL-111 состоялся в 13:35 UTC(16:35 мск). Как отмечается на странице Национального управления военно-космической разведки США в Twitter, этот старт стал для ведомства вторым с начала года.
А.Ж.

[zandr]

Jonathan McDowell  @planet4589
At 1335 UTC Jun 15 the NROL-111 mission was launched on a Minotaur 1 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia. Orbit is secret but is expected to be about 400 to 600 km, 50 degree inclination. Three satellites were placed in orbit.

[Sam Grey]

Press-kit

А с российского IP не отдаёт

С российского IP даже в местный аналог продуктового Ашана не зайти, блочит на корню.