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Delta 4 Launch!!

fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
edited July 2015 in General Discussion
Tomorrow night at 20:07 hrs. From Cape Canaveral.Who else will be seeing it with their own eyes??
Granted,I will see it from about 100 mi. away but, it's still quite a show.The Delta 4's put off a TON of firelight![8D]
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,493 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Especially with solid strapons. This one will have four. Hope the weather improves over today.

    Yes, those near-sunset launches are SPECTACULAR!

    I'll only get to see it via webcast. Damn, I miss being there at spitting distance.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,811 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    strapons? In public! [:0] WoW SCOTUS really did livin things up
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Rocky Raab
    Especially with solid strapons. This one will have four. Hope the weather improves over today.

    Yes, those near-sunset launches are SPECTACULAR!

    I'll only get to see it via webcast. Damn, I miss being there at spitting distance.
    I lived in Cocoa for a couple years and got to see a few shuttles and some,I believe Atlas and Deltas.
    I used to ride my Schwinn to the launches and found I could get out of there and home,way faster than in a vehicle..
    I'll be watching NNE sky from Jupiter tomorrow.
    BTW Rocky,I noticed U have subscribed to Kiwi guy and Gundogs pages on Utube..I have been watching their channels non stop for a few days.
    I think I will subscribe to them as well.
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  • discusdaddiscusdad Member Posts: 11,427 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    FOR THE WIN!quote:Originally posted by shilowar
    strapons? In public! [:0] WoW SCOTUS really did livin things up
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  • catgunguycatgunguy Member Posts: 6,089
    edited November -1
    I hope it goes with out any trouble.
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,493 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Fish, also take a look at gschultz9. Those three are the toptier of ration reviewers. More recently to the show is The Magnus and No East Too Far. I have trouble understanding No East's accent, though.

    Anther prolific reviewer is Alduin Heath, but I dislike his incessant use of profanity. I'm no prude, but I don't enjoy listening to profanity.

    Back on topic.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • wpagewpage Member Posts: 10,201 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Go Delta 4...
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  • tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ..I know NASA has a channel on Direct TV and cable, etc. but I don't recall where it is. Anyone have a clue? (on Direct) Hopefully, they'll broadcast the launch.
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    I think they shot for 8PM because most days the rain and clouds recede at about 6-7 PM.We are now into our June weather pattern,full on.Every day from 2-5 U can count on a few showers. By 6-7 it's usually all cleared out.
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,493 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Tapwater, it is not a NASA launch. They have nothing to do with it.

    Launch windows are calculated on a bewildering number of variables, including the final orbital numbers, the time the satellite has
    in battery power before it can open its solar panels and not be in Earth shadow, the calculated orbit of any space debris along the ascending path, solar radiation forecasts, and lots more. Weather is actually one of the last things to be considered.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • gjshawgjshaw Member Posts: 14,767 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'll be watching from 150 miles away. Big Roman candle in the sky. We get a heat wave about 45 minutes after the blast off usually.
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  • Smitty500magSmitty500mag Member Posts: 13,623 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would have loved to have seen one of the Saturn V Rocket launches. It's still the biggest rocket ever launched with the heaviest payloads. Wernher von Braun was a genius no doubt.
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by gjshaw
    I'll be watching from 150 miles away. Big Roman candle in the sky. We get a heat wave about 45 minutes after the blast off usually.
    WOW!! I must be a lot farther away than you Gary.If U live in Orlando,you're closer than me.I am at LEAST twice as far away than U are..
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  • CaptFunCaptFun Member Posts: 16,678 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Smitty500mag
    I would have loved to have seen one of the Saturn V Rocket launches. It's still the biggest rocket ever launched with the heaviest payloads. Wernher von Braun was a genius no doubt.




    We went 3 times as a kid to try and watch Saturn V and 3 other times for shuttles as an adult and they either got delayed beyond what we could stay for OR twice it did go up but there was a large cloud between me and the launch.

    One of these days.....
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  • gjshawgjshaw Member Posts: 14,767 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by fishkiller41
    quote:Originally posted by gjshaw
    I'll be watching from 150 miles away. Big Roman candle in the sky. We get a heat wave about 45 minutes after the blast off usually.
    WOW!! I must be a lot farther away than you Gary.If U live in Orlando,you're closer than me.I am at LEAST twice as far away than U are..


    I live 1 hour north of Orlando but still close enough to see it clearly. I'm at WDW from 22:00 to 07:30 most days.
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by gjshaw
    quote:Originally posted by fishkiller41
    quote:Originally posted by gjshaw
    I'll be watching from 150 miles away. Big Roman candle in the sky. We get a heat wave about 45 minutes after the blast off usually.
    WOW!! I must be a lot farther away than you Gary.If U live in Orlando,you're closer than me.I am at LEAST twice as far away than U are..


    I live 1 hour north of Orlando but still close enough to see it clearly. I'm at WDW from 22:00 to 07:30 most days.


    Then I am prob. about twice as far away than U are.If it's clear out,I can still see it pretty good too.Hope U get a good look tomorrow!!
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  • Smitty500magSmitty500mag Member Posts: 13,623 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by CaptFun

    One of these days.....


    You may be waiting a long, long time. I really doubt that modern day NASA could even build a Saturn V Rocket today. Everything I've read about them launching lately hasn't even gotten out of the Earth's atmosphere before it blows up.

    That's a shame but how can we afford space travel if we're going to keep Air Force One and it's entourage in the air constantly flying Obama and his family and friends to all parts of the world to party?
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  • buschmasterbuschmaster Member Posts: 14,229 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    hey rocky... how loud is it when they launch a rocket?
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,493 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    How loud? Well, it depends on the rocket, of course. The press site is closer or farther from the pad, depending on the size (explosive content) of the rocket, I've been as close as 8,000 feet from a Delta II or an Atlas launch, but the closest they allowed anyone to the Space Shuttle was 3.5 miles.

    Delta and Atlas will shake your liver inside you. Literally. You FEEL them go.

    The Shuttle moved the ground under you. That's not an exaggeration. The grandstands shook, and you could see ripples on water if the wind was calm. And you feel ALL your internal organs moving.

    It's the deepest, sub-sonic (low frequency) rumble you can imagine, superimposed with gunshot-like cracks and snaps.

    On the other comment, I have to once again emphasize that NASA doesn't launch ANYTHING now. There are no NASA rockets at all. All launches now are by three corporations who sell launch services to various customers. Those three are Orbital Sciences, United Launch Alliance, and SpaceX.

    NASA contracts with one or more of them to launch a NASA payload at times, but that's it. It's no different than you shipping something via UPS, FEDEX or USPS.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ..So, is there anywhere on TV or the web where launches
    can be viewed?
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,493 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Certay Mwah!

    ULA (today's launch) http://www.ulalaunch.com/

    SpaceX http://www.spacex.com/

    Orbital Sciences http://www.orbitalatk.com/

    ArianeSpece (European launches) http://www.arianespace.tv/index.htm

    And to keep up with launch schedules: http://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/

    How dat?
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ..I knew you'd know, Rocky. Merci'.
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