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

[Combat squirrel]

Going up later today (10:52 PDT, 18:32 BST) weather permitting. Will be live here:

http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/Launch.shtml#/42/

AWESOME, thank you what's the mission profile? where she heading ?

 

[Cosimo]

AWESOME, thank you what's the mission profile? where she heading ?

Not telling.

It's a classified payload (NROL-65) for the National Reconnaissance Office. Most probably a KH-11 Key Hole optical surveillance satellite.

 

[Cosimo]

​

 

[Cosimo]

Going up later today (10:52 PDT, 18:32 BST) weather permitting. Will be live here:

http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/Webcast.shtml

Launch now at 19:03 also live here:

http://livestre.am/rxR

 

[Cosimo]

We are GO for launch!

 

[Cosimo]

A perfect launch.

 

[Cosimo]

​

 

[Cosimo]

​

 

[Cosimo]

Rollout of a Zenit 3-SLB rocket with the AMOS-4 Communications Satellite at Baikonur Cosmodrome:

​

 

[Cosimo]

... and a successful launch:

​

 

[Cosimo]

​

Launch scheduled for 6th September.

More:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ladee/main/index.html

 

[Cosimo]

HTV-4 prepares to leave the space station. It will be released from the space station's Canadarm2 at about 17:00 BST (12:00 EDT). Now live on NASA TV:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream

 

[Cosimo]

​

 

[Cosimo]

Test flight to the Space Station of Orbital's Cygnus cargo craft:

​

Launch is scheduled for Tuesday, September 17th.

More on Cygnus:

http://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/Publications/Cygnus_fact.pdf

 

[LateX'Dog]

Southern Pinwheel Galaxy M83 by Hubble.

Beautiful.

Enjoy.

 

[Ginger-Menace]

thanks for the vid!

 

[Spook187]

In this thread for cosmos stuff.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18304064

 

[Cosimo]

Cygnus mission visualised:

​

Launch 17th September at 16:16 BST (11:16 EDT)

 

[Cosimo]

A first:

​

Kirobo arrived at the space station aboard HTV-4.

 

[Cosimo]

More on Cygnus:

​