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LIVE THREAD: New Horizons Launch 2:30pm ET (Mission to Pluto & Kuiper Belt)
NASA ^ | 1-17-2006 | NASA

Posted on 01/17/2006 8:36:57 AM PST by Textide

The launch is scheduled from Cape Canaveral, FL at 1:14pm Eastern.

NASA's New Horizon Site

Spaceflightnow.com Mission Status

NASA TV links



TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: charon; kuiperbelt; nasa; newhorizons; pluto
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To: RedBloodedAmerican; getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
New launch time: 1410 EST.

Launch window closes at 1523 EST.

41 posted on 01/17/2006 10:39:20 AM PST by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL

2:10 pm launch now.


42 posted on 01/17/2006 10:39:23 AM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (Undocumented border patrol agent.)
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Now launch is set for 2:10 PM, EST.


43 posted on 01/17/2006 10:39:41 AM PST by FourtySeven (47)
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To: Mamzelle

Thanks.

Look like a half hour delay in launch as they wait for winds to die a bit..

They have a window opening 'til 323 pm ET to launch today,

new launch time is now
~210pm ET


44 posted on 01/17/2006 10:39:51 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Monthly Donor spoken Here. Go to ... https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Mamzelle

spaceflightnow.com
1838 GMT (1:38 p.m. EST)

NEW LAUNCH TIME! Liftoff has been postponed again. The new target is 2:10 p.m. EST. The further delay allows the team to assess the high-altitude winds and generate a flight profile based on those conditions.


45 posted on 01/17/2006 10:40:28 AM PST by RightWhale (pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
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To: buccaneer81

My husband is back in our old PBC stomping grounds, however, about 5 minutes ago, he and my dd had to begin heading south to catch their flight this afternoon. I'm bummed they most likely will now miss seeing it. Waaahhh.


46 posted on 01/17/2006 10:41:49 AM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (Undocumented border patrol agent.)
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL

spaceflightnow.com

1842 GMT (1:42 p.m. EST)

A new flight profile load is being created from the upper level wind speed and direction information gathered by weather balloons sent up from the Cape through the countdown.


47 posted on 01/17/2006 10:44:01 AM PST by RightWhale (pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
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To: RightWhale

reschedule to 2:10 EST last check


48 posted on 01/17/2006 10:48:09 AM PST by xcamel (Exposing clandestine operations is treason. 13 knots make a noose.)
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To: xcamel

spaceflightnow.com

1842 GMT (1:42 p.m. EST)

While the upper level wind situation is dealt with, launch managers are still keeping a close eye on the gusty ground winds at the pad. Winds have been flirting with the 33-knot limit for the past couple of hours, and sometimes going above the constraint.


49 posted on 01/17/2006 10:50:39 AM PST by RightWhale (pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
I'm bummed they most likely will now miss seeing it.

They should be able to see something if there are no clouds.

When I lived in Tampa, I could see the main engines of the shuttle as it gained altitude 80 miles away in broad daylight.

50 posted on 01/17/2006 10:52:15 AM PST by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: RightWhale; All

New launch time: 1430 EST.


51 posted on 01/17/2006 10:56:10 AM PST by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: buccaneer81

spaceflightnow.com

1852 GMT (1:52 p.m. EST)

A Lockheed Martin spokesman says the upper level wind issue is actually at an altitude of 800 feet. Attempts to develop a flight profile to withstand the current wind conditions failed the past two tries, he said.




They don't give odds, but it looks like today is iffy.


52 posted on 01/17/2006 10:56:49 AM PST by RightWhale (pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
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To: buccaneer81

Just got off the phone with him. He's still hoping. He said there are some clouds, but I'm still going to make him stop the car and look north.

He wants to pilot a spacecraft someday, and hasn't let go of that dream. He has sent for the application numerous times, but felt he wasn't ready.


53 posted on 01/17/2006 10:57:15 AM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (Undocumented border patrol agent.)
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To: RightWhale

I feel badly for Mrs. Tombaugh & family.


54 posted on 01/17/2006 10:59:52 AM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (Undocumented border patrol agent.)
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL

Pluto is merely one of 1/2 million worlds and miniworlds in the Kuiper Belt. We know essentially nothing of the true solar system; the first glimpse of Pluto a few years ago was merely a reflection off one of the nearest of the larger bodies in the whole solar system beyond our home province. These are the steppingstones to the next star.


55 posted on 01/17/2006 11:04:52 AM PST by RightWhale (pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
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To: RightWhale

Antigua tracking offline (mandatory asset) back up in :15 >> new launch time 1930GMT (2:30 eastern)


56 posted on 01/17/2006 11:10:04 AM PST by xcamel (Exposing clandestine operations is treason. 13 knots make a noose.)
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To: xcamel

spaceflightnow.com

1907 GMT (2:07 p.m. EST)

The Atlas team is getting data from the latest weather balloon. The wind information is sent to Lockheed Martin's facilities in Denver for analysis and creation of a new flight profile.

1905 GMT (2:05 p.m. EST)

A problem is now being reported with the Antigua downrange tracking station. That site must be operating for range safety and tracking for the Atlas 5 rocket to be cleared for launch. The Range expects the station to be ready again around 2:20 p.m.

1900 GMT (2:00 p.m. EST)

The upper level winds remain "no go" at this time. The latest flight profile did not find acceptable conditions. Also of concern, the pad winds remain right at the constraint red line limit.

There are no other technical problems being addressed. Countdown clocks continue to hold at T-minus 4 minutes, targeting a possible liftoff time of 2:30 p.m. EST.

1855 GMT (1:55 p.m. EST)

NEW LAUNCH TIME. Liftoff has been pushed back to 2:30 p.m. EST.




Looking like there is still a chance, but a small one, of launch today.


57 posted on 01/17/2006 11:11:40 AM PST by RightWhale (pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
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To: RightWhale

Antiqua back on line (??)


58 posted on 01/17/2006 11:17:45 AM PST by xcamel (Exposing clandestine operations is treason. 13 knots make a noose.)
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To: xcamel

here's another Pluto-like object:

2005 FY9 is the third brightest known TNO, after 2003 UB313 and Pluto. Although discovered early in 2005 by USA astronomers M. Brown and co-workers, the discovery wasn't reported until July 29th. The size of 2005 FY9 is 0.7 times that of Pluto approximately. The semi-major axis of its orbit is 46 Astronomical Units (AU, 1 AU=149,597,892 kilometres), the perihelion distance is 39 AU and the inclination of the orbit is 29 deg. These values are typical of the classical TNO family.



spaceref.com


59 posted on 01/17/2006 11:20:16 AM PST by RightWhale (pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
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To: RightWhale

wind profile falling - below maximums now


60 posted on 01/17/2006 11:21:12 AM PST by xcamel (Exposing clandestine operations is treason. 13 knots make a noose.)
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