Delta IV Heavy NROL-26 (1)

[krypton]

www.spaceflightnow.com:

Launch of the Delta 4-Heavy rocket on Tuesday is scheduled to occur at 7:49 p.m. EST (0049 GMT), officials just announced.

The available launch window will last about four hours, giving an extensive amount of time to work any technical problems or wait out the weather and still have a chance of getting the rocket off the ground Tuesday night.

[Salo]

http://www.floridatoday.com/content/blogs/space/2009/01/top-secret-mission-delayed-until.shtml

Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Top-Secret Mission Delayed Until Wednesday
 The planned launch tonight of a Delta IV Heavy rocket and on a classified National Reconnaissance Office mission is being delayed 24 hours for yet-to-be-specified reasons.

The United Launch Alliance booster and its top-secret payload -- the first to be launched on a heavy version of the Air Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle, or EELV -- had been slated to blast off of Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:49 p.m. tonight. There would have been a four-hour launch window.

The launch is now being targeted for liftoff Wednesday night. The exact launch time is expected to be released later today.

The weather forecast for launch tonight had been iffy at best. The Air Force issued a forecast Monday that called for a 60 percent chance conditions would be too cloudy and windy to proceed with launch.

You can read the full details in this official report from the Air Force 45th Space Wing Weather Squadron: Delta IV Launch Weather.

[Dude]

А что пускают? Какой-то уникальный радар или ELINT висящий на ГСО?

[insat]

Смотри страницу 1
http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8632&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

[Salo]

14.01.2009 / 09:21    Пуск РН "Дельта-4" с разведывательным спутником на борту отложен на сутки

     По техническим причинам пуск ракеты-носителя Delta 4-Heavy со спутником Национального разведывательного управления США NROL-26, который планировалось выполнить в ночь с 13 на 14 января, отложен на сутки.

     - К.И.

[Salo]

http://s54.radikal.ru/i145/0901/16/f38e17f13577.jpg

Delta IV Launch Reset For Wednesday
 Today's planned launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy has been rescheduled for 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, four minutes earlier than today's targeted time.

The launch was delayed after minor damage was discovered during overnight close-out inspections to spray-on foam insulation on an access door between the rocket's first and second stages, according to the U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing.

The insulation was repaired but needs time to harden and could not be ready for launch today.

The 7:45 p.m. targeted liftoff time from Launch Complex 37 opens a four-hour launch window.

Weather conditions are forecasted to be excellent, according to Air Force meteorologists, with only a 10 percent chance of conditions that are too windy.

[KBOB]

http://www.comspacewatch.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=30340
The launch is rescheduled for Thursday, Jan. 15, at 7:41 pm.

[Reader]

Четвертый Наставник не взлетит и сегодня.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d337/status.html

[Чебурашка]

Четвертый Наставник не взлетит и сегодня.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d337/status.html

Что-то мне подсказывает, что уже следует ожидать следующего полнолуния  

[Salo]

Пока грозятся в ночь с субботы на воскресенье.

[Salo]

http://www.floridatoday.com/content/blogs/space/2009/01/delta-iv-heavy-90-percent-go-for.shtml

Friday, January 16, 2009
Delta IV Heavy 90 Percent "Go" For Saturday
 A top-secret national security mission is scheduled to get under way Saturday evening with the launch of a giant Delta 4 Heavy rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and the weather looks as if it will be good enough to go.

The United Launch Alliance rocket is scheduled to blast off from launch Complex 37 at 7:33 p.m. EST, and the launch window Saturday will extend to 11:33 p.m.

The weather forecast for launch is excellent: Air Force Weather Officer Joel Tumbiolo says there is a 90 percent chance that conditions will be acceptable for launch. The prime concern will be ground winds and the possibility of thick clouds over the launch complex.

Check out all the details here: Launch Forecast

Mission managers will be keeping close tabs on the winds early Saturday. There is a chance winds could hold up the rollback of the mobile service tower at complex 37.

The Delta IV Heavy is slated to haul up a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office -- the super-secret agency that owns and operates the nation's fleet of spy satellites.

We'll have countdown updates all day Saturday, and we'll also webcast United Launch Alliance coverage of the launch starting about 25 minutes prior to liftoff. You'll see a video player at the top of the blog. Simply click on it to watch the launch live. And as always, be sure to refresh this page for periodic updates.

posted by Todd Halvorson at 2:12 PM

[Имxотеп]

The United Launch Alliance rocket is scheduled to blast off from launch Complex 37 at 7:33 p.m. EST, and the launch window Saturday will extend to 11:33 p.m.

Итого имеем табличку моментов старта:
Jan 13, 7:49 pm
Jan 14, 7:45 pm
Jan 15, 7:41 pm
Jan 17, 7:33 pm
Каждый день окно сдвигается на 4 минуты. Вроде бы у "трампет"-образных орбит (i=64, период=12 ч) похожее поведение. Или нет?

[integrall]

LIVE ULA LAUNCHES
 
Delta IV Heavy NROL-26

A live simulcast of the TV launch broadcast will be available here beginning at 7:07 p.m. EST.

http://www.ulalaunch.com/index_webcast.html

[Liss]

Итого имеем табличку моментов старта:
Jan 13, 7:49 pm
Jan 14, 7:45 pm
Jan 15, 7:41 pm
Jan 17, 7:33 pm
Каждый день окно сдвигается на 4 минуты. Вроде бы у "трампет"-образных орбит (i=64, период=12 ч) похожее поведение. Или нет?

Четыре минуты в сутки -- это на стационар. Закрытый район также отнюдь не молниевский.

[Чебурашка]

Новое время пуска 8:13 p.m. EST (04:13 по Москве)

[Salo]

Начался пятиминутный отсчёт.

[Salo]

Кажется опять отбой.

[Чебурашка]

Слева от старта постоянно горит какой-то факел, как будто на газовом месторождении. Что это такое?

[Salo]

Видимо жгут водород. Правда пламя красное. Хотя цвет может и камера искажать.

[Salo]

http://www.floridatoday.com/content/blogs/space/

Saturday, January 17, 2009
Live at the Cape: Launch On Hold Again

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket remains bolted to its launch pad after another hold in the countdown at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

The 24-story rocket was ready blast off at 8:13 p.m. -- about 40 minutes later than originally planned. A technical problem prompted a hold in the launch countdown about 70 seconds before liftoff. No new launch time has been established. We'll update the blog when a new launch time is set.

Liftoff had been set for 7:33 p.m. But a technical glitch kept the launch team from sending up the rocket at that time.