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#2145041 13-Dec-2018 19:44

Oblivian:

tdgeek:

appreciate the updates.

Android or IOS?

https://spacelaunchnow.me/launch/

I get 24 alert, 1hr alert, launch. Including delays like today :)

And webstream links

Cheers for that, installed, notifications set.

Edit: iOS

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#2145042 13-Dec-2018 19:45

msukiwi:

Launch scrubbed for today, possibly tomorrow.

Looks like 17:00 Sunday is the next potential slot.

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#2145083 13-Dec-2018 20:56

I assume all here would find this interesting

https://www.rasnz.org.nz/271-geminids

Annual Geminid shower, with NZ viewing info

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#2145085 13-Dec-2018 20:58

Not with the current cloud conditions. Not spectacular amounts. But enough to make it interesting.

Of interest at present is Comet 46P

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#2145092 13-Dec-2018 21:13

https://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/static/nz/6/cloud

I might be in with a shot in ChCh, the Sat 1am to 7am looks ok, of course that can easily change.

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#2146143 16-Dec-2018 15:13

From Rocket Labs Twitter:

Welcome to launch day!

We are currently targeting no earlier than 06:16 UTC for today's #ELaNa19 mission for NASA.

(19:16 NZDT/ 22:16 PST/ 01:16 EST)

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#2146144 16-Dec-2018 15:18

It’s a pity we’re stuck with an old thread title - the ‘trying again’ makes it sound like RL has not yet been successful. It has already been brilliantly successful.

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#2146147 16-Dec-2018 15:24

eracode: It’s a pity we’re stuck with an old thread title - the ‘trying again’ makes it sound like RL has not yet been successful. It has already been brilliantly successful.

Maybe a more accurate title is:

Rocket Lab are Launching Again

(Using the one thread keeps it all in one place)

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#2146247 16-Dec-2018 19:43

Live now

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#2146248 16-Dec-2018 19:45

Heh. Except for 40mins of nothing for a while :P

This is one of Tim from Everyday Astronaut music titles after he visited the site

Wonder if anyone caught the exhaust trail on camera as it went southbound

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#2146249 16-Dec-2018 19:47

Yeah, wee bit late in posting - missed the good bit!

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#2146259 16-Dec-2018 20:37

Well, that could have ended 40mins ago with 'please see our twitter for success/fail updates in approx 40mins..'

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#2146296 16-Dec-2018 21:53

how does propulsion from the bottom of a slim cylinder be made so good at making it fly straight?

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#2146312 16-Dec-2018 21:59

Batman:

how does propulsion from the bottom of a slim cylinder be made so good at making it fly straight?

If you watch the video, it's not as straight up the line as one would hope. But the nozzles all move and are likely gyro guided. Similarly how you get a wobble on a dart but it flies generally where you send it thanks to the weight and stabilising at the butt end

In the larger birds such as the Falcon9, they also have compressed air jets guiding the top end. Not sure if Electron has a small servo fin setup that may deploy..

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#2204551 25-Mar-2019 09:07

Rocket Lab trying again today 25/03/19.

From NZHerald:

"Rocket Lab will attempt its second commercial launch today during a window between 11.30am and 3.30pm."

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