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Greg Hullender
post 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.

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post Jun 21 2009, 02:08 AM
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LCROSS - Streaming Video Coverage of the Lunar Swingby

LCROSS lunar swingby video stream coverage will begin approximately 5:20 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, June 23, 2009.

The LCROSS instrumentation will send back data to Earth for approximately one hour. The first 30 minutes will contain a view of the lunar surface from an altitude of approximately 9,000 km. The video feed is set to display one frame per second. During the latter 30 minutes, the spacecraft will perform multiple scans of the moon's horizon to calibrate its sensors. During this latter half hour, the video image will update only occasionally. The 3D visualization stream will show the spacecraft position and attitude throughout the swingby.

Camera Feeds
The live streaming coverage of the lunar swingby will consist of two separate video streams:
Live video feed from the spacecraft's visible light camera at one frame per second. Real-time, telemetry-based animation of the lunar swingby.


http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/l...ngby/index.html

Perhaps this should really go to a new thread for mission. We are certainly past launch.

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post Jun 21 2009, 02:13 AM
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Perhaps this should really go to a new thread for mission. We are certainly past launch.


Never mind... I see this is the thread for launch through ORBIT..

Old brain needs a tweak!!!

I too am looking forward to whatever old lunar landers and rovers the LRO can pick out.

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post Jun 21 2009, 02:42 AM
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QUOTE (belleraphon1 @ Jun 20 2009, 06:13 PM) *
Never mind... I see this is the thread for launch through ORBIT..

Yep. ;-) The idea was to separate the discussion about launch and cruise from the discussion about the pictures. I thought that made sense, since a) the pre-launch thread had gotten to be pretty long and b) the cruise is so short.

But as soon as someone has actual moon pictures to play with, he or she should create a "Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission" thread (or something like that). At least, that was MY thinking. :-)

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post Jun 21 2009, 05:24 PM
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QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jun 20 2009, 09:42 PM) *
...as soon as someone has actual moon pictures to play with, he or she should create a "Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission" thread (or something like that).

Zvezdichko already created one -- LROC news and images -- a couple of days ago. Seems an appropriate place for LROC images, though a separate LCROSS topic may indeed be called for.

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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
- - SpaceListener   The rocket Centaur along with the shepherding spac...   Jun 18 2009, 03:56 AM
- - 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
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- - 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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