Delta IV Heavy Launch; January 17th 2009.

[Kyle]

Well, the 3rd? Delta IV launch is going off tonight at Kennedy!
Get your Camera's fellow Floridians, look to the east at 7:33 PM
Lets use this thread to cover and talk about the Launch.
Pretty cold at Kennedy too.


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Update; 2.13 PM
Terminal Launch Countdown has started.

 

[Urwumpe]

Payload is NROL-26, a huge spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office. It is classified, but will likely aim for a Low Earth Orbit.

 

[astrosammy]

Huge and low Earth orbit... could be an interesting new object in the sky, if it has a high enough inclination to be visible here.

 

[Zatnikitelman]

YEEEHAA! Another Delta IV launch! GOOOOO DELTA!!!!

 

[simonpro]

Payload is NROL-26, a huge spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office. It is classified, but will likely aim for a Low Earth Orbit.

As I said in the other thread, it's going to GEO.

 

[Urwumpe]

As I said in the other thread, it's going to GEO.

That is not sure, most older SIGINT satellites are in the best case near-GEO, some even just in molniya type orbits.

 

[Kyle]

Agreed Go Delta IV!!!
Everythings looking good too

 

[SlyCoopersButt]

ULA Web page down for anyone else too? Saw some an old launch date posting at the web cast page and boom that was the last I could access the page.

 

[Zatnikitelman]

Working for me.
[EDIT] Well it was

 

[SlyCoopersButt]

Just now worked for me. Really weird happening though.

 

[DaveS]

It seems like they're working a problem of some sort. Hold will be extended. They have a 4 hour window. No new T0 announced yet.

 

[Zatnikitelman]

If anyone wants, I've created a new FlashChat channel for this launch.


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New launch time is 01:13 Zulu thanks to DaveS.


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Starting polling


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Go For launch!


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T-5 Minutes! Hail Probe!


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Vehicle is on internal systems.


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LH2 tanks secure

 

[C3PO]

T- 2 min. Visors down......
Uhm... scratch hat last comment

 

[Zatnikitelman]

Range is go for launch


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We have a hold!

 

[C3PO]

Hold hold hold! I guess we'll wait a bit longer.

 

[Andy44]

Link to watch the launch here:

http://www.ulalaunch.com/index_webcast300.html

 

[Zatnikitelman]

New T-o is 21:13 EST

 

[C3PO]

Launch is now 02:13 zulu

 

[Zatnikitelman]

T-5 minutes!


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Go For launch!


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Another hold. Script abort.

 

[C3PO]

....... and we're holding again.