Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Launch, Launch through Orbit Discussion |
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Launch, Launch through Orbit Discussion |
Jun 12 2009, 09:05 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1018 Joined: 29-November 05 From: Seattle, WA, USA Member No.: 590 |
Since the LRO passed its Mission Rehersal today and is on track to launch on Wednesday next week, it seems like a good time to start a thread about the launch.
http://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/launch.html From the link above, there will be a pre-launch webcast on Tuesday morning. The launch is scheduled for 3:51 PM EDT (12:51 PDT) which is 1951 GMT Wednesday June 17. [Corrected -- thanks Gsnorgathon!] When it actually starts sending back pictures, someone should probably start a separate thread, but I think it makes sense to have the launch discussion separate from both the Development and the Cool Pictures threads. --Greg |
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Jun 17 2009, 11:41 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
I suspect time zones come into play here, but of course the scrub(s) do affect the launch of LRO.
The original Wednesday (US) launch was pushed back because of the first scrub. The second scrub decision means that the Shuttle now stands aside for LRO to play through. As noted above, first LRO launch attempt (1 second window) is now Thursday, June 18, at 5:12 p.m. US-EDT or 9:12pm GMT (UTC) OR for the Canberra DSN (supporting the post launch acquisition) it will be 7.12am on Friday 19th June. Not tomorrow that's for certain. Let's just hope that the weather doesn't come into the game. |
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