MAVEN -- Atlas V -- 18.11.2013 -- Canaveral

[azeast]

Она по плану была, пауза-то.

[Salo]

1823 GMT (1:23 p.m. EST)
The MAVEN spacecraft is running on internal power for launch. Standing by to resume the countdown at T-minus 4 minutes.

1822 GMT (1:22 p.m. EST)
ULA and the Air Force have given their respective final approvals to resume the countdown.

1821 GMT (1:21 p.m. EST)
Polling of the team by Atlas launch conductor just occurred. All systems are "go" for a liftoff today at 1:28 p.m. EST (1828 GMT).

1819 GMT (1:19 p.m. EST)
Standing by for the final readiness check to be conducted. The launch team will be polled for a "go" or "no go" to proceed with the count.

1816 GMT (1:16 p.m. EST)
Here's a look at some stats about today's mission. This will be:

 The 623rd launch for Atlas program since 1957
 The 333rd Atlas to occur from Cape Canaveral
 The 212th mission for the Centaur upper stage
 The 189th use of Centaur by an Atlas rocket
 The 441st production RL10 engine to be launched
 The 47th flight of the RD-180 main engine
 The 41st launch of an Atlas 5 since 2002
 The 65th Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle flight
 The 10th Atlas 5 launch for NASA
 The 35th Atlas 5 to occur from the Cape
 The 28th daytime Atlas 5 launch from the Cape
 The 76th United Launch Alliance flight overall
 The 10th ULA launch of the year
 The 33rd Atlas 5 under United Launch Alliance
 The 27th 400-series flight of the Atlas 5
 The 19th Atlas 5 to fly in the 401 configuration
 The 3rd Mars mission to launch on Atlas 5
 The 7th Atlas launch of 2013
 The 9th launch from Cape Canaveral in 2013

1815 GMT (1:15 p.m. EST)
A poll of the NASA management team by NASA launch director Omar Baez has given approval to proceed with the launch of MAVEN. A poll of the ULA launch team is coming up in a few minutes.

1814 GMT (1:14 p.m. EST)
T-minus 4 minutes and holding. The countdown has entered the planned 10-minute hold to give the launch team a chance to review all systems before pressing ahead with liftoff.

[Space Alien]

-3:50

[LL_]

L-4 мин. Расчетное время КП 22:28 мск. Активный участок траектории 53 минуты.

[che wi]

- 3 мин

[Space Alien]

3 минуты

[Salo]

1825 GMT (1:25 p.m. EST)
 T-minus 3 minutes. The Atlas first stage liquid oxygen replenishment is being secured so the tank can be pressurized for launch.  

1824 GMT (1:24 p.m. EST)
 T-minus 3 minutes, 50 seconds. The ground pyrotechnics are enabled.  

1824 GMT (1:24 p.m. EST)
 T-minus 4 minutes and counting. Clocks have resumed for the final minutes of today's countdown to launch the Atlas 5 rocket with the Mars-bound MAVEN spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

[che wi]

- 2 мин

[Space Alien]

-1:30

[Salo]

1827 GMT (1:27 p.m. EST)
T-minus 40 seconds. Centaur's liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen tanks are stable at flight pressures.

1827 GMT (1:27 p.m. EST)
T-minus 55 seconds. Range is green.

1827 GMT (1:27 p.m. EST)
T-minus 1 minute. Now 60 seconds away from MAVEN taking flight to the red planet.

1826 GMT (1:26 p.m. EST)
 T-minus 1 minute, 45 seconds. Liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen propellant topping to the Centaur upper stage is being secured.

1826 GMT (1:26 p.m. EST Wed.)
 T-minus 1 minute, 55 seconds. The launch sequencer has been commanded to start.

1826 GMT (1:26 p.m. EST)
 T-minus 2 minutes. The Atlas first stage and Centaur upper stage are now switching from ground power to internal batteries.

[che wi]

- 1 мин

[che wi]

- 10 сек

[LL_]

КП.

[che wi]

Пуск

[Space Alien]

Есть пуск   ! И снова к Марсу   !

GO Atlas, GO Centaur, GO MAVEN!!!

[smokan]

Пошла!

[Salo]

Улетела!

[Lanista]

Красиво пошла.

[smokan]

Приятно это слушать "everything is looking good" ))

[Salo]

1829 GMT (1:29 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 100 seconds. Now passing through the region of maximum aerodynamic pressure on the vehicle as its accelerates through the dense lower atmosphere.
 
1829 GMT (1:29 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 85 seconds. All looks good aboard Atlas as it passes Mach 1.
 
1829 GMT (1:29 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 60 seconds. One minute into the ascent of NASA's newest Mars mission.
 
1828 GMT (1:28 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 40 seconds. The Atlas 5 is sending a thunderous roar across Florida's spaceport as it climbs into clouds over Cape Canaveral.

1828 GMT (1:28 p.m. EST)
 T+plus 15 seconds. The Atlas 5 rocket has cleared the tower on 860,000 pounds of thrust from the RD-180 main engine. Pitch, yaw and roll maneuvers are underway to put the rocket on the proper heading.
 
1828 GMT (1:28 p.m. EST)
 LIFTOFF! Liftoff of Atlas 5 and MAVEN, kicking off a voyage across the solar system probe the upper atmosphere of Mars!