[Stalwart]

Launch time is estimated. Supposed to be anywhere between 7:30 to 9:30 PM EST

[MeganC]

With 29 satellites it’s almost more of a shotgun than a rocket!

[Darksheare]

Station cape may might have a good view of this.

[pogo101]

“Minotaur” seems such an odd choice for a launch vehicle! But it reminds me of laughing at the film “Role Models.”

“It’s not poison. It’s got juice in it.”

[yarddog]

Well how did the launch go?

[Islander7]

[neal1960]

22 minutes to lift off. Live streaming video here. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-tv-wallops

[logitech]

I just heard them say T—20 min So around 7:15 cst

[HokieMom]

Some very bright Fairfax County students built one of the satellites. From the FCPS facebook page:

As mentioned earlier today, a satellite built by students from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology will be launched into orbit today by NASA. You can watch the launch live on FCPS Red Apple Channel 21 on Cox, Comcast, and Verizon FIOS cable channels beginning at 6:30 p.m. EST, courtesy of NASA TV. If you do not have cable TV you can watch the launch on channel 21 live online by going to http://origin.eastbaymedia.com/~fcps/asx/live/live.asx. In the event that the launch is canceled due to weather, channel 21 will show its regular programming.

[isthisnickcool]

I absolutely LOVE countdowns. Ever since I was a kid I have loved count downs. The drama mixed with the steely calm way engineers work through their lists is just a joy to me. I really admire the people that are in the aerospace business. These are some of our finest people. To heck with some basketball playing thug, some singer or actor or even the president, these are our finest minds. I would not be the nerd I am today if not for one of the heads of JSC who told me to go a certain direction when I was in high school.

Go baby go!!!!

[Riley]

I darted outside just about right when it left the pad. I’m in Northern VA. Couldn’t see a thing. Heard a ‘ka-bump’ which could’ve been anything.

[isthisnickcool]

I was asked to leave a building at JSC once when I happened across John Glenn and told him he was an ass for having such a big ego he bumped someone who had been training for years off their shuttle ride. I’m pretty sure he had never been spoken to that way before. What he did really pissed me off.

[whodathunkit]

Thanks for the heads up. We watched the launch on NASA TV and then took my teenage son outside to see it.

Saw the flame from north central PA for about a minute. My son was impressed. Maybe even inspired!

[ottbmare]

Now that the leaves are down I can just look out the window to see this. Really thrilling!