New Horizons I (and II!) Mission Update Thread

[elguapoguano]

we are go to resume countdown.... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#ff0000"><u><em>Don't let your sig line incite a gay thread ;>)</em></u></font> </div>

 

[jmilsom]

Excellent!!! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Philotas]

1 minute to countdown <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[llivinglarge]

UHF Comm Check

 

[rybanis]

THis is driving me nuts, I can only look at Spaceflightnow at school, there is no live feed <img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[teije]

T-4 minutes AND COUNTING

 

[Philotas]

Countdown started <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[robotical]

Countdown resumed! Yes! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[formulaterp]

Scrub. <img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" />

 

[spacefire]

tried to stream from NASA and it got stuck buffering <img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.com</p><p>http://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </p><p> </p> </div>

 

[elguapoguano]

NO_GO! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#ff0000"><u><em>Don't let your sig line incite a gay thread ;>)</em></u></font> </div>

 

[teije]

bummer. <br />What is a 'red line monitor call?'

 

[spacefire]

c'est la vie... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.com</p><p>http://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </p><p> </p> </div>

 

[llivinglarge]

Stupid red line monitor fault.

 

[rybanis]

Crap! How much launch window is there remaining for the Jupiter assist? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Philotas]

It`s tomorrow then.. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[jmilsom]

I agree - bummer. Is that it for today then? It is 3am over here - time to go to bed! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[redracer02]

I read Feb 2nd this morning.<br /><br />But end of the window for today, they will try again tomorrow.

 

[jmilsom]

Good night then everyone!<br /><br />(An amazing quintuple simultaneous post at 3:21!) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[teije]

I'll be watching those trees closely tomorrow. And they'd better not move too much! <br />(And they'd better launch early. Not much time to watch tomorrow)

 

[yg1968]

There's a 30% chance that the weather will not cooperate on Wednesday (there was a 20% chance on Tuesday).<br /><br />Thursday's chance of a scrub due to weather is only 10%.<br /><br />See:<br /><br />http://www.floridatoday.com/floridatoday/blogs/plutolaunch/ <br />

 

[vt_hokie]

So, what's the deal with the asymmetric, 5 SRB configuration of the Atlas 5?

 

[henryhallam]

Presumably the thrust vectoring can handle it, and maybe they just don't need (or would have trouble fitting) 6?

 

[jmilsom]

Just to summarise then:<br /><br />High winds prevented the launch on Jan17. It was cleared to go almost at the end of the day's window, but was scrubbed just two minutes and 42 seconds before the booster's engines were scheduled to fire. There were earlier delays due to minor glitches at the ground tracking station in Antigua and NASA's deep space network. There is an SDC update here and a short update on the mission homepage here. <br /><br />Tomorrow's Jan 18 launch window will open at 13:16 EST and extends through to 15:15 EST. <br /><br /><font color="orange">Days 0 Hours 15 Mins 21 Secs 28 - until launch!!!</font>/safety_wrapper> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[SpaceKiwi]

Hopefully they will get away early in the launch window tomorrow as work waits for no man unfortunately. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em><font size="2" color="#ff0000">Who is this superhero?  Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!</font></em></p><p><em><font size="2">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></em></p><p><font size="5">Bring Back The Black!</font></p> </div>