* Astronomy

Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Home -> Astronomy News -> Mission News -> New Horizons mission
Post Info
TOPIC: New Horizons mission
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
RE: New Horizons mission
Permalink  
 

T minus 30 minutes

Primary adjust transfer

__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Permalink  
 

T minus 33 minutes



A planned 10-minute hold will occur at T minus 4 minutes

All systems nominal



__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Permalink  
 

T minus 47 minutes
Today's launch window is still set for 18:07 to 20:07 GMT.

First stage liquid oxygen tank is 90 percent full.
The hydrogen tank is 80 percent full.





__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Permalink  
 

T minus 1 hour





-- Edited by Blobrana at 17:09, 2006-01-19

__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Permalink  
 

T minus 1 hour 15 minutes



__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Permalink  
 

T minus 1 hour 22 minutes
Today's launch window is still set for 18:07 to 20:07 GMT.


The Centaur liquid oxygen tank has been filled.
Topping up will continue.

The first stage liquid oxygen tank is now being filled.


Weather conditions are good for launch.

__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Permalink  
 

T minus 1 hour 50 minutes

Today's launch window is still set for 18:07 to 20:07 GMT.

The launch window includes two Collision Avoidance blackout periods, at 18:20 and 19:55, because of the possibility of collision with orbiting satellites.

The thermal Chilldown of the mobile launch platform has begun prior to the cryogenic fuel being loaded.

__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Permalink  
 

Today's launch attempt has been cancelled.
The New Horizons mission control centre at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory suffered a power cut this morning due to thunderstorm activity in the area.
Launch Pad winds will are from the east at 12 to 18 knots, and low ceiling clouds are moving in from the Atlantic associated with the easterly flow.

Tomorrow's launch window extends from 18:08 to 20:07 GMT (1:08 to 3:07 p.m. EST).

__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
RE: New Horizons Launch
Permalink  
 

Isolated thunderstorms and high winds are still a concern today.


Weather forecasters predict a 70 percent chance of good conditions for launch.

__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
RE: New Horizons mission
Permalink  
 

The launch of the New Horizons probe was postponed at least a day, due to high winds reported in the last four minutes of the countdown.



The New Horizons spacecraft sits atop an Atlas 5 launch vehicle Tuesday on the launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US.

__________________
«First  <  1 … 14 15 16 17 18 … 21  >  Last»  | Page of 21  sorted by
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
Home -> Astronomy News -> Mission News -> New Horizons mission


Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse 		Powered by ActiveBoard