Updates Who stole Marvin's water? The MAVEN investigation updates and discussion thread

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T-4 minutes and holding. 10 minutes built-in hold.

 

[kerlix]

Ugh. I'm gonna miss it. Doctor's appointment........crud.

 

[Urwumpe]

Now it looks a lot more windy than before, but still not bad.

 

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T-4 minutes and counting.

 

[MattBaker]

Liftoff and everything "good".

Orbital has nominal, ULA/NASA have good.

 

[Codz]

Go MAVEN!

 

[N_Molson]

Seems that the launch itself is a success, probe in parking orbit :

1844 GMT (1:44 p.m. EST)
T+plus 16 minutes. The Centaur has reached a preliminary orbit very close to prelaunch predictions, which were targeting a perigee of 87 nautical miles* and an apogee of 170 nautical miles**

* 161.124 kilometers
** 314.84 kilometers

Note : inclination of PO : 26.68 deg.

Edit : telemetry data :

ApA : 167.742 nm or 310.658 km
PeA : 85.86 nm or 159.013 km

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

Seems that the launch itself is a success, probe in parking orbit :



* 161.124 kilometers
** 314.84 kilometers

Note : inclination of PO : 26.68 deg.

Not yet - Centaur has a 2nd 5 minute burn in about 10 minutes from now!

 

[N_Molson]

Not yet - Centaur has a 2nd 5 minute burn in about 10 minutes from now!

That was the TMI, by launch I meant the liftoff and ascent to PO.

T+ 2189 sec.

Centaur vehicle at periapsis.

Altitude : 86 nm or 159.27 km
ApA : 173.81 nm or 321.90 km
Inc : 26.664°
Argument of Pe : 215.581°

Rotation to Prograde orientation successful. Burn is getting prepared.

T+ 2475 : RL-10 Ignition. Nominal readouts.

 

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T+2480 seconds. MES2 Centaur ignition.

 

[N_Molson]

T+2672 sec. Ecc. rised to 0.5, ApA 7,189.39 nm or 13,314.75 km

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Escape trajectory.

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T+2815 sec : RL-10 cutoff.
Ecc : 1.2012
Inc : 27.689°
Arg. of Pe : 241.871°
PeA : 104.55 nm or 193.63 km

 

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T+3162 seconds. MAVEN separation.

 

[Codz]

Spacecraft sep!

 

[N_Molson]

T+3163 : Spacecraft separation. Altitude 779.13 nm or 1,442.94 km.

Enroute for the Red Planet ! :thumbup:

 

[Codz]

And the journey begins!

 

[Capt_hensley]

Perfect!

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

Can't get a better start to the mission than this!

And the Atlas V is hitting a home run of 7 straight successful launches this year! Simply stunning! (and the next one is not far away with a NRO satellite from Vandenberg on December 5) :thumbup:

 

[N_Molson]

And the Atlas V is hitting a home run of 7 straight successful launches this year! Simply stunning!

Yeah I foresee a very impressive reliability record for that vehicle in several years, the time to have more launches to draw statistics. :thumbup:

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Now waiting for MAVEN to deploy its solar arrays, another critical mission step, "Hardware Power-Up" as it is said in Race Into Space

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Some smiles... People watching their watch...

 

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NASAKennedy:

NASAtelevision:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxGGc-mCwYg"]Mars Bound MAVEN Probe Launches - YouTube[/ame]

 

[N_Molson]

Solar panels deployed, batteries charging, spacecraft transmitting ! :thumbup: