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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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 18 2009, 03:56 AM
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The rocket Centaur along with the shepherding space LCROSS will be traveling many elongated loops around Earth and Moon (going from South to North of Moon at 70 degree angle inclination) until the impact (both in a interval of 4 minutes, First Centaur and later LCROSS) at approximately October 8, 2009.
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Greg Hullender Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Launch Jun 12 2009, 09:05 PM
tedstryk Go LRO! Hey, it kind of rhymes! Jun 12 2009, 11:11 PM Floyd Boston (EDT) is 5 hours earlier than London so 3 ... Jun 12 2009, 11:18 PM Sunspot Will the delay to the latest Shuttle mission affec... Jun 13 2009, 01:28 PM
mcaplinger QUOTE (Sunspot @ Jun 13 2009, 05:28 AM) W... Jun 13 2009, 06:16 PM Gsnorgathon AFAICT, Floyd's mistaken. Because of Daylight ... Jun 13 2009, 03:37 PM helvick That is true but for those of us who live in the U... Jun 13 2009, 03:46 PM SpaceListener Thanks to mcaplinger for posting the useful http l... Jun 13 2009, 07:07 PM charborob LRO's launch is pushed back to June 18, becaus... Jun 15 2009, 05:43 PM kenny Shuttle launch scrubbed 17 June
The Shuttle launc... Jun 17 2009, 07:29 AM Zvezdichko It won't affect the launch of LRO. It flies to... Jun 17 2009, 10:34 AM Astro0 I suspect time zones come into play here, but of c... Jun 17 2009, 11:41 AM kenny LRO Launch times for Thurs 18th. Also in the even... Jun 17 2009, 05:02 PM kenny Forget the previous, this is better... we're l... Jun 17 2009, 07:23 PM djellison QUOTE (kenny @ Jun 17 2009, 08:23 PM) For... Jun 18 2009, 07:05 AM PhilCo126 It looks like NASA TV coverage of the launch will ... Jun 17 2009, 07:59 PM Hungry4info Heard on NASA TV that during the impact of LCROSS ... Jun 17 2009, 11:55 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Jun 17 2009, 03:55 P... Jun 18 2009, 03:10 AM Zvezdichko QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jun 18 2009, 03:10 AM... Jun 18 2009, 05:52 PM MahFL An MCS is progressing towards the cape, thundersto... Jun 18 2009, 06:12 PM Hungry4info QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jun 17 2009, 09:10 PM... Jun 18 2009, 07:12 PM kenny You're right, I was confusing my a.m's and... Jun 18 2009, 08:49 AM Phil Stooke It will take a while for LCROSS to arrive, but we ... Jun 18 2009, 06:27 PM BrianJ QUOTE (SpaceListener @ Jun 18 2009, 04:56... Jun 18 2009, 07:57 PM Paolo cool! Thank you! Jun 18 2009, 08:07 PM brellis Read somewhere that Hubble will point towards the ... Jun 18 2009, 08:40 PM Zvezdichko QUOTE (brellis @ Jun 18 2009, 09:40 PM) A... Jun 18 2009, 08:45 PM OWW QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Jun 18 2009, 08:45 PM... Jun 18 2009, 09:09 PM Phil Stooke One of the deniers is busy flooding the Google Lun... Jun 18 2009, 09:15 PM Zvezdichko ... which are MAKING MONEY!
LRO launch isn... Jun 18 2009, 09:17 PM Phil Stooke Looking good now for 5:32. The LROC site says the... Jun 18 2009, 09:18 PM Zvezdichko Launch team polled. LRO is go for launch!
Pro... Jun 18 2009, 09:24 PM Tom Tamlyn I've seen rocket cams before, but never on a N... Jun 18 2009, 09:37 PM Tom Tamlyn And now we've had shot of the payload under th... Jun 18 2009, 09:38 PM Zvezdichko MECO! Main engine cutoff! Jun 18 2009, 09:49 PM Juramike That rocket cam shot rising through the clouds was... Jun 18 2009, 09:50 PM belleraphon1 QUOTE (Juramike @ Jun 18 2009, 05:50 PM) ... Jun 20 2009, 07:51 PM zeBeamer Hello guys,
thought I would register now that LRO... Jun 20 2009, 08:59 PM Greg Hullender I'm actually in Florida, so I went out on the ... Jun 18 2009, 09:56 PM MahFL Separation .
I too tried to see it but it launched... Jun 18 2009, 10:21 PM Zvezdichko LRO just successfully separated from the rocket... Jun 18 2009, 10:20 PM Greg Hullender Looks good. Next significant news will be Lunar O... Jun 18 2009, 10:21 PM Sunspot It seems so weird to read that LRO will reach its ... Jun 18 2009, 10:25 PM Zvezdichko QUOTE (Sunspot @ Jun 18 2009, 11:25 PM) I... Jun 18 2009, 10:26 PM dvandorn QUOTE (Sunspot @ Jun 18 2009, 05:25 PM) I... Jun 19 2009, 12:53 AM ilbasso I was playing around with the spreadsheet of the L... Jun 19 2009, 03:08 AM Juramike Launch video (lotsa rocketcam with voiceover + sou... Jun 19 2009, 06:32 PM SpaceListener About the speed trayectory of LRO/LCROSS from Eart... Jun 19 2009, 07:45 PM Hungry4info QUOTE (SpaceListener @ Jun 19 2009, 01:45... Jun 19 2009, 08:01 PM SpaceListener QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Jun 19 2009, 02:01 P... Jun 20 2009, 04:22 PM ugordan QUOTE (SpaceListener @ Jun 20 2009, 06:22... Jun 20 2009, 06:11 PM Hungry4info As the first part of the question was answered, I... Jun 21 2009, 04:34 PM Zvezdichko According to NASA-Twitter, the midcourse correctio... Jun 20 2009, 07:28 AM Zvezdichko Great!
I'm a little worried about the pow... Jun 20 2009, 09:20 PM Phil Stooke The one thing I'm looking forward to more than... Jun 20 2009, 10:14 PM Hungry4info QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jun 20 2009, 04:14 P... Jun 20 2009, 10:41 PM Phil Stooke We don't know exactly where it is - that's... Jun 20 2009, 10:59 PM Zvezdichko Just to compare - we still haven't located Mar... Jun 20 2009, 11:03 PM zeBeamer the positions of Luna 17 and 21 (or rather, their ... Jun 21 2009, 12:12 AM Phil Stooke No, it's the other way round, though some web ... Jun 21 2009, 12:46 AM belleraphon1 LCROSS - Streaming Video Coverage of the Lunar Swi... Jun 21 2009, 02:08 AM belleraphon1 QUOTE Perhaps this should really go to a new threa... Jun 21 2009, 02:13 AM Greg Hullender QUOTE (belleraphon1 @ Jun 20 2009, 06:13 ... Jun 21 2009, 02:42 AM dvandorn QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jun 20 2009, 09:4... Jun 21 2009, 05:24 PM SpaceListener Details about Lunar Gravity Assist Lunar Return Or... Jun 21 2009, 08:57 AM djellison http://lroupdate.blogspot.com/ Jun 21 2009, 11:09 AM Phil Stooke The real need for a new thread is a dedicated LCRO... Jun 21 2009, 11:50 AM Zvezdichko NASA-Twitter reports that all systems perform wond... Jun 21 2009, 09:19 PM Stu If you haven't taken a look yet, check out the... Jun 22 2009, 10:41 AM MahFL Yes but some pages are clearly out of date....
... Jun 22 2009, 11:16 AM Stu QUOTE (MahFL @ Jun 22 2009, 12:16 PM) Yes... Jun 22 2009, 11:34 AM djellison http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...t=0#e... Jun 23 2009, 09:28 AM Greg Hullender Looks like we're safely in orbit now. Even th... Jun 23 2009, 02:46 PM |
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