NZ to launch a suborbital flight

New Zealand is set to enter the orbital sweepstakes with it's first unmanned rocket launch show happen shortly.

The STS 129 launch photo

Comes from the NASA Tweetup folks...here.

Another will be up at noon tmw

It's Florida Today's video coverage..

As I primised one live video for STS-129

STS 129 all lit up on pad a...2:28 pm launch Monday (EST)..destination the ISS

scrub

The delay could push the shuttle launch from Monday to Tuesday -- if United Launch Alliance is ready to make another attempt Sunday, that would be the case. But if the problem cannot be resolved in time to make another attempt early Sunday, the shuttle would launch on Monday and the Atlas would be a subsequent date on the Eastern Range.

The rocket now is being de-tanked -- propellants are being drained from it.

No new launch date set the problem a signal relayer that routes commands to small detonators used to separate stages of the rocket in flight This system is called ORCA

More tmw

If they can fix this 12:48-2:18 a.m. EST Nov 15. Sat into Sunday...

Atlas V on the pad

ULA photo

What you should see

A big ball of flame..and three intense flares from the solid rocket boosters...they drop off at 2:08 into the flight..they will look like big diamonds dropping into the Atlantic.. With the weather you will be able to see it..
Best Conditions for a night launch in years...

Where to watch the Atlas V launch

closest and best place to watch the launch is Space View Park in Titusville on U.S. Highway 1, near Garden Street. The park may be close but it will be packed with people
Remember tonights launch is going into geo synchronous orbit so it goes down the florida coast..and hits orbit at the africa gate aka Ascension Island in the south Atlantic.
Also try to view from:

• Along the Indian River on U.S. Highway 1, especially in Titusville.



• The Beach Line Expressway, also called State Road 528. The portions of the Beach Line crossing over the Indian River (the Bennett Causeway) and the Banana River are good vantage points.



• Off State Road A1A along the Atlantic Ocean in Cocoa Beach.



• Jetty Park (321) 783-7111 at Port Canaveral, on the Atlantic Ocean just south of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station border. Both Space Shuttle and expendable launch vehicle liftoffs can be viewed from here. The park is open all day year-round.

About me

1. in the late 70's I once broadcast a launch from the cape for Ford Aerospace. They are bought out by Loral. Flip forward to the mid 90s.. I am working in IT for a gov't contractor..down the street from Loral Cyberstar who is doing streaming via loral's sats using one or two transponders. I am hired for gobs to money to build a billing and logging system for multicast using windows media.
2. Aerojet was once part of a company that owned KHJ.KFRC,WRKO,CKLW, and others.. RKO General, they also owned tires...when the got of radio/tv..they sold off the tires and all that was left was Aerojet. Aerojet did the three large srb's on tonights Atlas V launch...

A closer shot of Lc 41

weather looks great tonight..

Xeon lights on LC 41

Atlas V s in the middle, you can see on of the three lighting masts (like LC 39 B for Aries) and the mobile launcher is on the right..

Courtesy of United Launch Alliance.

Atlas V launch video 12:28 A Sat morning

Watch It Live the Atlas V w/ an Intelsat 14 com sat..plus a dod piggyback router in space project...three solids..great weather..no clouds.. going to be very hot.

Trying to help the early tweetup folks

If you get to the cape tonight look for an Atlas V all lit up on Complex 41..12:48 is the launch.
Best Places to view: In Titusville along the river or US 1..There is a park near the way to the beach.
In Cocca and the Cape up A1a to the Wilson Park in Cape C.

NB This has 3 count em 3 strap ons.


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Next Launch tonight early tmw morning

Atlas V with Loral's Intelsat 14... ULA has a live webcast starting at 12:28 AM Eastern.

STS 129 pre-launch in half an hour at 10 AM... NASA TV covering

Lisa Nowak walks with probation

He's an astronaut and a doctor

As for the other things Doctor McCoy was we finally have a bones on a shuttle mission. Tweeting here.

STS 129 Nov 16-Atlantis

The next shuttle mission is sts 129, now set for to head up the East Coast on Nov 16, at 228 pm with a 10 minute window. Because of sun angle issues at the space station they don't have much of a fall back before delaying a couple of weeks. The shot above is from a remote camera near LCC 39 A..looking at B pad and the Aries I X launch. (florida today)