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 May 13 2009, 05:40 AM
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I will be watching Herschel & Planck! NASA got the better replays :-) Also trying to see whether my website can handle "live" launch coverage ... or rather, whether it can handle if the launch is delayed at short notice, which I really dont hope for!
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May 13 2009, 10:13 AM
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Just found a great blog being written by some of the Planck team...
http://planckmission.wordpress.com There's a Herschel blog too... http://herschelmission.wordpress.com And ESA is Twittering both missions, with regular updates... http://twitter.com/ESAHerschel http://twitter.com/Planck SO good to see ESA and ESA scientists embracing the new media like this! If you're interested in the mission, go visit the blog and congratulate them.  -------------------- |
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May 14 2009, 01:15 PM
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Lift off !!
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May 14 2009, 01:19 PM
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Fairing seperation reported. I assume this is real and not the timeline......
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May 14 2009, 01:23 PM
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Upper stage ignition.
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May 14 2009, 01:25 PM
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Herschel and Planck in orbit! Textbook launch.
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May 14 2009, 01:39 PM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 905 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
Hershel has seperated from the upper stage !
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May 14 2009, 01:44 PM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 905 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
Awesome, perfect launch indeed.
Meanwhile HST is getting a new camera and comms today. |
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 May 14 2009, 01:45 PM
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A superb day-time launch;
Herschel (3400 Kg) separated from SYLDA at altitude of 1160 Kilometers, SYLDA moved away at 1500 Kilometers and Planck (1950 Kg) was released at 1600 Kilometers. Both spacecraft will perform several apogee motor firings to get them to L2 point. Congrats to ESA & all involved! |
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May 14 2009, 01:45 PM
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Congrats to ESA - I haven't been so nervous about a launch in a long time, two such important missions on one flight - whew!
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May 14 2009, 01:51 PM
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I was too nervous to watch... Pleased to read things have gone well so far.
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May 14 2009, 01:53 PM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 905 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
Both are alive, signals detected.
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May 14 2009, 01:54 PM
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Why so nervous? This was the 30th consecutive Ariane 5 success after all. Those guys make it look easy!
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May 14 2009, 03:08 PM
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Oh, I am always nervous during a launch. You just never know if something has been overlooked during launch vehicle manufacture or assembly.
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May 14 2009, 04:50 PM
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QUOTE (ugordan @ May 14 2009, 02:54 PM)  Why so nervous? This was the 30th consecutive Ariane 5 success after all. It's great isn't it! I remember how much jeering there was after the unfortunate failure of the maiden launch carrying Cluster. They're not laughing now! Similar to the situation with Hubble in the early 90s- lots of jokes when it became apparent that there was a serious problem, but in the years after 1993 those grins slowly became slack jawed gawping at Hubble's fantastic and awe inspiring visual bounty. |
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