Artemis 1, Orion spacecraft is set for return to Earth on this Sunday (December 11th). The return to earth starts at 16:00 UTC The capsule will splash down near Guadalupe Island, Pacific Ocean, south of the primary landing area at around 17:40 UTC (12:40 p.m. ET).
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All that time on his knees servicing Elon’s ego paid off then…
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Yeah it really has. To be fair he does make good content and has managed to get himself 1.3m subscribers on a very niche subject. He must be buzzing.
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Now all he needs is a Spaceship!
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Yeah brainiacs at work. Was even more impressive back with Apollo and Project Mercury/Gemini when humans were doing the maths. Hidden Figures is a great movie and gives some insight to how they were pushing the limits.
Agreed, great movie.
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61st launch of 2022. That is some accomplishment. Well done SpaceX
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Information about how people can watch the first orbital space launch from the UK has been released.
The Start Me Up mission will be livestreamed on Virgin Orbit's YouTube channel from 21:00 GMT on Monday.
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The Start Me Up mission will be livestreamed on Virgin Orbit's YouTube channel from 21:00 GMT on Monday.
Cornwall space launch viewing information released
The event, scheduled for Monday, will be livestreamed and all tickets available to the public have gone.
www.bbc.co.uk
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No idea if rain and wind can impact this type of launch but if it does, may as well cancel it until the summer.
It'll be well above the clouds when they do the drop/launch.
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As long as it’s within takeoff limits for the 747 itself there’s no issues. Those limits may be different from the normal aircraft due to the fact it’s got a massive rocket under one wing, but not significantly so.
At launch altitude, there shouldn’t be any issues.
At launch altitude, there shouldn’t be any issues.
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It's going to be quite a start to 2023
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YouTube feed just started, takeoff expected just after 10PM.
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The only thing is, if it's anything like all the other Virgin LauncherOne launches the footage is going to be absolutely atrocious.