MSL launch day, peanut-chomping time |
MSL launch day, peanut-chomping time |
| Guest_Oersted_* |
 Nov 26 2011, 02:54 PM
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Following the launch proceedings on
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html (Live NASA TV) and on http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=27385.0 (Live thread with updates, including images) and of course chomping peanuts furiously... Any fellow UMSF'ers out there, and where are you at? - Go MSL! |
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Nov 26 2011, 02:55 PM
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Junior Member  Group: Members Posts: 62 Joined: 11-July 11 Member No.: 6058 |
Go MSL - I should coco! Things are looking good for launch; currently at T-4 minutes and holding.
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Nov 26 2011, 02:57 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 62 Joined: 11-July 11 Member No.: 6058 |
I'm at home in north Wales. Blowing a gale outside. Starting to get rather excited about it all - after months (years) of budget trouble and uncertainty, there was a time when I reckoned it would never get off the ground.
On the live feed, the NLM just wished Curiosity Godspeed. |
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Nov 26 2011, 02:59 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1281 Joined: 18-December 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 124 |
-------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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Nov 26 2011, 03:01 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 62 Joined: 11-July 11 Member No.: 6058 |
My link to NASA Spaceflight forum is about thirty seconds in front of my NASA TV feed - it's a very odd experience watching people post about things that appear not to have happened yet...
 90 seconds to go! |
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Nov 26 2011, 03:02 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 470 Joined: 24-March 04 From: Finland Member No.: 63 |
GO GO!
-------------------- Antti Kuosmanen
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Nov 26 2011, 03:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1281 Joined: 18-December 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 124 |
MECO! Centaur looks good!
-------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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Nov 26 2011, 03:09 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 62 Joined: 11-July 11 Member No.: 6058 |
Booster sep, fairing sep all accomplished - that's looking as smooth as ice so far.
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Nov 26 2011, 03:11 PM
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Nice shots of payload fairing separation and staging !
(Edited to add; look how slowly I type and post from prior post, LOL) |
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Nov 26 2011, 03:18 PM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
So far, so good...
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Nov 26 2011, 03:18 PM
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That unexpected data loss moment gave me a nasty turn for a few moments there...
 Very happy to hear everything's back to normal. Go Curiosity! -------------------- --
Viva software libre! |
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Nov 26 2011, 03:21 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 62 Joined: 11-July 11 Member No.: 6058 |
Hmm. Still getting data losses - 'though when we do get some data back, all levels are as expected'.
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Nov 26 2011, 03:29 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 646 Joined: 23-December 05 From: Forest of Dean Member No.: 617 |
These continuing intermittent data drop outs are getting a bit worrisome (or is it just me?) Anyone know if this telemetry's being transmitted from the actual cruise stage, or from the still-attached Centaur?
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Viva software libre! |
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| Guest_Oersted_* |
Nov 26 2011, 03:33 PM
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According to the commentary all looks well. We will soon get data via a South African ground station instead of the satellite relay, so I guess that will be better.
I plan to post the first 26 minutes of the mission on youtube, it should be uploaded in HD by tomorrow. Great clean launch so far, woohoo!!!! - This is wonderful. Now crossing fingers for trans-Mars injection. |
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Nov 26 2011, 03:33 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Not sure, but let's remember that the comm chain has many links (TDRS, ground stations, commercial satcom links, landlines, etc.) and there are many variables, chief among them geometry. There's no reason to assume that this indicates a problem with MSL or the booster.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Nov 26 2011, 03:37 PM
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The data quality has just been described as 'marginal', but it seems that every time they do get figures, the figures look OK. Around five minutes to MECO.
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Nov 26 2011, 03:40 PM
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Don't recall ever seeing payload fairing sep from the ground before - pretty cool!
-------------------- Jonathan Ward
Manning the LCC at http://www.apollolaunchcontrol.com |
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Nov 26 2011, 03:45 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 646 Joined: 23-December 05 From: Forest of Dean Member No.: 617 |
Thanks folks, pardon my nerves
 *Gorgeous* on-board video now via Diego Garcia approaching cruise stage separation... -------------------- --
Viva software libre! |
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Nov 26 2011, 03:45 PM
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Cool view of the spacecraft.
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Nov 26 2011, 03:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 753 Joined: 23-October 04 From: Greensboro, NC USA Member No.: 103 |
Live video of separation - how sweet is that????
-------------------- Jonathan Ward
Manning the LCC at http://www.apollolaunchcontrol.com |
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Nov 26 2011, 03:48 PM
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Just beautiful! Thanks to everyone's hard work that made this possible... GO CURIOSITY!
-------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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Nov 26 2011, 03:48 PM
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Beautiful!
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| Guest_Oersted_* |
Nov 26 2011, 03:48 PM
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Spacecraft separation went well!!! WOOHOO!
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| Guest_Oersted_* |
Nov 26 2011, 03:50 PM
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Amazing view of the Centaur stage and rotation thrusters reflecting in the pristine solar panel of the cruise stage. Sep nominal, all went well and lots of clapping in the control room.
- Now for a quiet, eventless cruise until EDL and more peanuts! |
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Nov 26 2011, 03:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 470 Joined: 24-March 04 From: Finland Member No.: 63 |
Beautiful video during separation. I think crescent Earth was visible as a reflection on the cruise stage solar panel cells around spin-up time.
-------------------- Antti Kuosmanen
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Nov 26 2011, 03:51 PM
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Have a safe trip home little robot !
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Nov 26 2011, 03:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 293 Joined: 22-September 08 From: Spain Member No.: 4350 |
Congratulations to all the teams involved!
So... are we there yet? 
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Nov 26 2011, 03:52 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
...a sweet launch. FYI all, new thread now for MSL cruise. This thread will be closing in the near future. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Nov 26 2011, 03:53 PM
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Beautiful indeed!
Safe cruise Curiosity.... |
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| Guest_Oersted_* |
Nov 26 2011, 03:59 PM
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To cap this thread: a link to the thread at NASASpaceflight which gives a blow by blow account of the launch:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=27385.0 - 22+ pages... |
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Nov 27 2012, 01:15 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Wow! Was it really one year ago!
 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-368#1 http://www.planetary.org/blogs/casey-dreie...e-year-ago.html
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