I am surprised I haven't seen a thread on this mission earlier.
I'm a bit surprised I haven't seen a lot of talk about the GRACE mission. Maybe I just missed it.
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I am surprised I haven't seen a thread on this mission earlier.
I'm a bit surprised I haven't seen a lot of talk about the GRACE mission. Maybe I just missed it.
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Thanks!Originally Posted by Lord Jubjub
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Something to make my first week in college a little brighter.
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43 minutes until launch
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New Launch window: 0916/hrs est
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Not today
I hear the French also have a grail satellite that is "very nice"GRAIL Launch Delayed for 24 Hours
Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:10:41 AM EDT
Upper level winds in the unacceptable range have delayed the GRAIL launch by 24 hours. Tomorrow's two launch times are 8:33 a.m. and 9:12 a.m. EDT.
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You've piqued my curiousity. Please tell me more.I hear the French also have a grail satellite that is "very nice"
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Can we come up and have a look?I hear the French also have a grail satellite that is "very nice"
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It was a joke. If I said it was the only satellite carried aloft by swallows (African swallows to be precise) maybe it would make my intent more clear?
Only if you are not a ka-nig-it
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Hey, I smell elderberries!
So many bugs, so little time.
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Ah, Monte Python. I'm a little slowIt was a joke. If I said it was the only satellite carried aloft by swallows (African swallows to be precise) maybe it would make my intent more clear?
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Now that it's today, we can still say not today.
GRAIL Launch News
They don't say why they need the additional time though. I would think that if it's a normal review, they would have known that before scheduling today's launch.to allow additional time to review propulsion system data from Thursday’s detanking operation
The launch now is planned for Saturday, Sept. 10 from Space Launch Complex-17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. There are two instantaneous launch opportunities at 8:29:45 a.m. and 9:08:52 a.m. EDT. The forecast for Sept. 10 shows a 60 percent chance of favorable weather conditions for a Saturday morning launch.
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http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv#utm_c...medium=6540154
http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d356/status.html
T-4:00 and holding, 13 minutes or so to go. Range is green.
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Permission to launch!
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T - 4 minutes and counting
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GRAIL Launch handout
60 seconds. Range GO for launch.
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Just got to the video in the nick of time!
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5 mins into the flight. Good launch, good fairing seperation.
IMHO NASA has a great commentator on this launch, I think his name is Steve Agid.
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Me too! I hit NASA TV, wondering if they'd launch today, and immediately saw some blue inset picture with "400". Wondered what it meant... so used to the hold times in the Shuttle launches that I didn't think of 4 minutes 0 seconds until I noticed that the rocket was venting.
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I couldn't find the live stream until 2:12 in the countdown. With the shuttle and JUNO, I don't recall see that much smoke climb up vertically. I thought a "bad thing" happened for a second or two.
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An evil person would do the things that pop into my head.
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Juno was on an Atlas V, I guess the Delta II is just more 'dramatic'.
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After GRAIL's ride aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket comes to an end, the spacecraft will be on a path that will reach the moon in three-and-a-half months.
Why so loooong?
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Low energy trajectory, money.
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Woo! Success!
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