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

[steve45]

Exciting week, Blue Origin launching New Glenn today and SpaceX IFT-7 potentially on Wednesday.

Frustratingly if the current T-minus dosnt change, I'm going to have to leave for work just before launch and I can afford to run late today...

 

[VaderDSL]

It’s scrubbed for today, not sure why, if it was weather or with the vehicle.?

 

[N0ddie]

It’s scrubbed for today, not sure why, if it was weather or with the vehicle.?

From the stream it sounded like it wasn't the weather. So either vehicle or ground services.

 

[sprite1275]

When's it rescheduled for?

 

[VaderDSL]

When's it rescheduled for?

I don’t think they know just yet, apparently there was a sub system issue, so they need to go sort that first. If it requires a replacement or something like that it’ll be a while before they try again, if it was say a sensor issue it might be really soon.

 

[Chuk_Chuk]

Hopefully it is a quick and simple fix. I'm excited to see player two enter the race.

 

[visibleman]

When's it rescheduled for?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1878987377705881992

 

[LostCorpse]

any updates from the UK space program people are aware of?

 

[Chuk_Chuk]

Successful launch by blue origin

Managed to get stage 2 into orbit but stage 1 was lost on reentry.

Well done to all those involved

 

[LostCorpse]

they kept that quiet, didnt even know they had a launch date/time

 

[darkgen]

they kept that quiet, didnt even know they had a launch date/time

Aye, I thought it was around midday our time for a daylight launch. Oh well. Well done. Hope we get more footage in the coming hours / days of what happened to both stages.

 

[steve45]

Yeah missed that launch as well, only noticed it just as the stream ended. Think we are still on for IFT-7 tonight approx 2200utc.

 

[Penfold101]

they kept that quiet, didnt even know they had a launch date/time

The tweet was posted three posts above yours…

 

[LostCorpse]

misread that tweet to be honest.i thought it was the 16th yesterday. and it was the cancelaiton launch.

 

[darkgen]

misread that tweet to be honest.i thought it was the 16th yesterday. and it was the cancelaiton launch.

Don't feel bad, I misread UTC as EST, so thought it was happening around 11am today!

 

[PlacidCasual]

I watched the New Glen this morning and the on board video and telemetry were pants but what it shows me is how utterly spoiled we've been by Starship and Falcon 9 launches with multiple cameras and high bandwidth Starlink comms.

Looking forward to Starship this evening I've found the whole development super interesting.

 

[Penfold101]

I watched the New Glen this morning and the on board video and telemetry were pants but what it shows me is how utterly spoiled we've been by Starship and Falcon 9 launches with multiple cameras and high bandwidth Starlink comms.

Looking forward to Starship this evening I've found the whole development super interesting.

Should compare them to Virgin Orbit - they were horrific in comparison!

 

[godinman]

Sound of meteorite striking Earth caught on doorbell camera

Experts from the University of Alberta believe this is the first time audio of a meteorite fall is recorded.

www.bbc.com

Meteorite caught on a doorbell camera, kinda cool.

 

[visibleman]

Was an extremely impressive first launch for BO even if they lost the first stage; hopefully they'll share some info on that.
Some great photos around too...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1879855639016673283

https://twitter.com/x/status/1879802275176267959

I watched the New Glen this morning and the on board video and telemetry were pants but what it shows me is how utterly spoiled we've been by Starship and Falcon 9 launches with multiple cameras and high bandwidth Starlink comms.

SpaceX had the same with their early 'televised' launches, so i imagine BO will offer better onboard footage over time and probably do something similar in using Project Kuiper for better comms.

 

[keyser van someone]