Updates Ariane 6 Updates

[Urwumpe]

Countdown has stopped at TD-2:42

 

[GLS]

Update: the live programme will begin slightly sooner than originally scheduled, starting at 20:40 CET (19:40 GMT, 16:40 local), with ignition at 21:00 CET (20:00 GMT, 17:00 local)

Arrgghh, almost missed it....

 

[Urwumpe]

Update: the live programme will begin slightly sooner than originally scheduled, starting at 20:40 CET (19:40 GMT, 16:40 local), with ignition at 21:00 CET (20:00 GMT, 17:00 local)

Arrgghh, almost missed it....

Same here, luckily my smartphone reminded me at this appointment at the right time. But countdown is still on hold.

 

[GLS]

So, it seems they will recycle back to some previous time in the countdown...

 

[GLS]

Wow, did the person who is in the broadcast to provide information, just say that he has no info, and we should go to the social media???

 

[Urwumpe]

Still waiting for a new ignition time, looks like they are confident to ignite today. Interesting finding of the Jupiter launch control center: The hot-fire test has a faux trajectory to give the ground computers something to do.

 

[GLS]

No red and lots of green in the status panel...

 

[Urwumpe]

I only see green indicators on the displays... what are they waiting for?

EDIT: Ah no, the computer screen on the center left has three red boxes. Not sure what they indicate.

EDIT2: And now we have a card to wait. Maybe they must do a walk-off to end some prelaunch disputes.

 

[GLS]

So, it seems they will recycle back to some previous time in the countdown...

Now showing -6:30

 

[GLS]

Clock is counting again: less than 6 minutes!

 

[Urwumpe]

still cloud watching (and helicopter watching) on the stream. The computer display that showed three red indicators was the RLOC position, radar tracking.

Oh sound! Countdown updated to TD-5:25

Again a big thank you to Capcom Espace:

Sommaire chronologie Ariane

 

[GLS]

Ignition!!!

 

[Urwumpe]

Ignition!

 

[GLS]

Engine now gimballing at different rates.

 

[Urwumpe]

Is my audio on?

 

[GLS]

Well, the boosters haven't ignited and haven't separated, so that is a success already...

 

[GLS]

Is my audio on?

I'm only hearing white-noise and the PAO.

 

[Urwumpe]

Well, the boosters haven't ignited and haven't separated, so that is a success already...

The booster are inert dummys, both events (ignition and separation) should have been impossible anyway.

 

[GLS]

The booster are inert dummys, both events (ignition and separation) should have been impossible anyway.

I though those were already flight units.

 

[GLS]

Early shutdown...