New Release Launch Sounds for the Atlas V

[Gargantua2024]

Atlas V is an expendable launch system and the fifth major version in the Atlas rocket family. It was originally designed by Lockheed Martin, now being operated by United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture between Lockheed and Boeing.

This addon includes real-life launch commentaries of individual Atlas V missions that were conducted since 2002. It has flown flawlessly 86 times as of November 2020, delivering payloads into various destinations, from LEO to the deepest portions of the Solar System

REQUIRED ADDONS:

• JUNO - GEP New Generation and its update by felipi1205
• Atlas V 551 Smooth Fairing by felipi1205
• InSight by BrianJ
• Commercial Satellites (Part 1): Boeing 702 by istochnikov
• Commercial Satellites (Part 2): Boeing 601 by istochnikov
• Orbital ATK Cygnus DS2 by donamy
• Atlas V / Enhanced Cygnus Launch Scenario by boogabooga
• OSIRIS-REx by BrianJ
• Project - CST-100 Starliner by francisdrake
• MRO Updated by Abdullah Radwan
• MAVEN Updated by Abdullah Radwan
• New Horizons by castorp
• Boeing X-37B by liber
• Proton Launch Vehicle v2.2 by thorton for the A2100-class satellites
• Angara Launch Vehicle by scorpius for the Inmarsat 401 satellite
• CVEL Titans v1.36 by sputnik for the DMSP 5D3-class satellites
• SDO Updated by Abdullah Radwan
• LRO / LCROSS by BrianJ
• GPS llF-4 Updated by Abdullah Radwan

See the Statistics.txt for the info on when the launch audio starts from the countdown, and instructions on how to operate them manually on start

To minimize hard drive space, see the ReadMe.txt about which Atlas V mesh/texture on each required addon should be installed

INITIAL RELEASE: 2021-Jan-19

Added 12 missions, covering Flights 1 to 20:

• Flight 1 = AV-001 = Hot Bird 6
• Flight 2 = AV-002 = Hellas Sat 2
• Flight 3 = AV-003 = Rainbow 1 (EchoStar 12)
• Flight 4 = AV-005 = AMC-16
• Flight 5 = AV-004 = Inmarsat 401
• Flight 6 = AV-007 = MRO
• Flight 7 = AV-010 = New Horizons
• Flight 8 = AV-008 = Astra 1KR
• Flight 9 = AV-013 = STP-1
• Flight 10 = AV-009 = NROL-30
• Flight 11 = AV-011 = WGS-1
• Flight 12 = AV-015 = NROL-24
• Flight 13 = AV-006 = NROL-28
• Flight 14 = AV-014 = ICO G1
• Flight 15 = AV-016 = WGS-2
• Flight 16 = AV-020 = LRO/LCROSS
• Flight 17 = AV-018 = Nemesis 1 (PAN)
• Flight 18 = AV-017 = DMSP-18
• Flight 19 = AV-024 = Intelsat 14
• Flight 20 = AV-021 = SDO

- Missions scratched have no official addons yet on Orbiter, and therefore no sounds were included

- No official archive footage were found for the launches of AMC-16 and WGS-1, therefore no sounds were made also, but nevertheless simulated in Orbiter because of available addons

DOWNLOAD LINK

 

[Gargantua2024]

UPDATE: 2021-Jan-21

Added 13 missions, covering Flights 21 to 40:

• Flight 21 = AV-012 = Boeing OTV-1
• Flight 22 = AV-019 = AEHF-1
• Flight 23 = AV-025 = NROL-41
• Flight 24 = AV-026 = Boeing OTV-2
• Flight 25 = AV-027 = NROL-34
• Flight 26 = AV-022 = SBIRS-GEO 1
• Flight 27 = AV-029 = Juno
• Flight 28 = AV-028 = Curiosity
• Flight 29 = AV-030 = MUOS-1
• Flight 30 = AV-031 = AEHF-2
• Flight 31 = AV-023 = NROL-38
• Flight 32 = AV-032 = Van Allen Probes
• Flight 33 = AV-033 = NROL-36
• Flight 34 = AV-034 = Boeing OTV-3
• Flight 35 = AV-036 = TDRS-11
• Flight 36 = AV-035 = Landsat 8
• Flight 37 = AV-037 = SBIRS-GEO 2
• Flight 38 = AV-039 = GPS 2F-4
• Flight 39 = AV-040 = MUOS-2
• Flight 40 = AV-041 = AEHF-3

- Missions scratched have no official addons yet on Orbiter, and therefore no sounds were included

- No official archive footage was found for the launch of AEHF-1, therefore no sounds were made also, but nevertheless simulated in Orbiter because of available addons

- On GPS 2F-4, the callout is notably 6-5 seconds behind the actual countdown, as it was in real-life

- Fixed guidance files for DMSP-18 and Nemesis 1 (PAN) so that their fairings will now jettison automatically

 

[lunar]

Hey Gargantua,
The download link has missions till 20, is there a separate zip for 21 to 40?