The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond

Cosimo · 30 Jan 2015 at 10:00

Rollout of a Proton-M with the Inmarsat 5-F2 communications satellite which will launch on Sunday at 12:31 UTC:

Cosimo · 31 Jan 2015 at 08:19

Glaucus · 31 Jan 2015 at 13:58

Lift off in 13mins, current range is red.
Edit -
New launch time 14:22

Glaucus · 31 Jan 2015 at 14:18

We are go for launch

T-4:00

Edit - And it's away.

Glaucus · 1 Feb 2015 at 19:47

SpaceX complete static fire test. Just one week till a high chance of history being made.

http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/o...ts-static-fire-test-preparation-dscvr-launch/

It will launch DSCVR to L1, it's to study and early warning system for dangerous solar activity,
scheduled liftoff time of 6:10 p.m. EST (2310 GMT), on Sunday 8th of Feb.
It has an instantaneous launch time, so if any delays it will be pushed back till the 9th.

Cosimo · 2 Feb 2015 at 08:12

Saturday's SMAP launch:

Cosimo · 2 Feb 2015 at 08:53

Yesterday's Proton-M/Inmarsat 5-F2 launch:

Cosimo · 3 Feb 2015 at 09:37

Charles Bolden gives his “State of NASA” speech from Kennedy Space Center with a look at achievements and the future:

Cosimo · 3 Feb 2015 at 14:25

More about IXV, Europe's Intermediate Experimental Vehicle:

Cosimo · 4 Feb 2015 at 09:24

More on the journey forward:

Cosimo · 4 Feb 2015 at 12:29

Spectacular re-entry burn videos from ESA…

ATV-1 taken from a DC-8 aircraft in September 2008:

ATV-4 taken from ISS in November 2013:

Trig · 4 Feb 2015 at 15:48

Subbed, missed this one somehow..

Not too late to the party lol

Cosimo · 5 Feb 2015 at 08:55

Preparation for the launch of Progress M-26M which scheduled for launch to the ISS on the 17th:

Cosimo · 6 Feb 2015 at 07:53

Coming up for the station:

Cosimo · 7 Feb 2015 at 06:59

Cosimo · 8 Feb 2015 at 10:27

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka doing Soyuz training:

Glaucus · 8 Feb 2015 at 19:49

Don't forget SpaceX launch tonight.
Web cast starts at 22:50 launch is 23:10

http://www.spacex.com/webcast/

Glaucus · 8 Feb 2015 at 21:45

Currently all green and weather is 90% chance of good for go.

Glaucus · 8 Feb 2015 at 22:59

There's an avionics issue. Continuing to t-2min, while they work the issue.

Glaucus · 8 Feb 2015 at 23:09

Scrubbed,
Another attempt tomorrow if they fix the issue in time.

Issue was with radar tracking, which Ai be live is under air force command.

** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **

The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond