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Spacex first human launch 27th May

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  • #92
    thecretinhop
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    de odds gods guarantee clouds saturday sad panda


  • #93
    Itssoeasy
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    scudzilla wrote: »
    I don't get it, why cancel because of low cloud, it's not like they're driving the thing and have to see where they're going

    Lightning in the area so NASA don't want to have another Apollo 12 incident.

    Edit: dissapointing but better to be safe.


  • #94
    Itssoeasy
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    "Apollo 12, Houston, try SCE to Auxiliary, over."

    :D:D


  • #95
    kegg
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    Well is the iss out and about tonight then?


  • #96
    Duke of Url
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    What time is launch on Saturday?


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  • #97
    upupup
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    ISS passing over at 22.53 and starlink4 train passing 23.07.clears skies so the starlink train may be visible


  • #98
    Itssoeasy
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    Duke of Url wrote: »
    What time is launch on Saturday?

    8:22pm Irish time.


  • #99
    namloc1980
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    Duke of Url wrote: »
    What time is launch on Saturday?

    8.22pm our time.


  • #100
    Calibos
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    namloc1980 wrote: »
    That's it. Scrubbed. No chance of seeing of it on Saturday as it'll be much earlier at around 20.22.

    Odds are we weren't going to see much if anything tonight anyway. Wasn't it only going to be mag +2.2 and in a post sunset but still bright sky at Dublins latitude.


  • #101
    Duke of Url
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    namloc1980 wrote: »
    8.22pm our time.

    So we won’t get to see it then :(


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  • #102
    namloc1980
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    Calibos wrote: »
    Odds are we weren't going to see much if anything tonight anyway. Wasn't it only going to be mag +2.2 and in a post sunset but still bright sky at Dublins latitude.

    Much better chance to glimpse it, but no chance of Saturday.


  • #103
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    upupup wrote: »
    ISS passing over at 22.53 and starlink4 train passing 23.07.clears skies so the starlink train may be visible

    Where in the sky would the starlink be visible ?


  • #104
    namloc1980
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    Duke of Url wrote: »
    So we won’t get to see it then :(

    No chance of seeing it Saturday.


  • #105
    Jeff2
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    I know people are disappointed but there are still loads of people still looking at it on YouTube.

    I only heard of this today and can learn more about it before Saturday.


  • #106
    Itssoeasy
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    Duke of Url wrote: »
    So we won’t get to see it then :(

    See it in the sky ? Probably not but you can still watch it launch.


  • #107
    Duke of Url
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    What time is starlink6 tonight?


  • #108
    Capt'n Midnight
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    More on that lightning strike. https://history.nasa.gov/afj/ap12fj/a12-lightningstrike.html

    Adjusted for inflation the Apollo 12 mission would cost $3.2 billion today.

    That steely-eyed missile man John Aaron earned his pay that day.


  • #109
    namloc1980
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    Saturday weather isn't great either. Spring/early Summer in Florida is lightning storm central.


  • #110
    upupup
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    Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »
    Where in the sky would the starlink be visible ?

    straight overhead


  • #111
    namloc1980
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    .


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  • #112
    Outkast_IRE
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    I was in Florida a few years ago at this time of the year. Every day like clockwork from around 3-6 you had sudden thunder lightning and rain . Small sudden pockets of it.

    I wouldn't think the odds for Saturday are great.


  • #113
    irishgeo
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    Outkast_IRE wrote: »
    I was in Florida a few years ago at this time of the year. Every day like clockwork from around 3-6 you had sudden thunder lightning and rain . Small sudden pockets of it.

    I wouldn't think the odds for Saturday are great.

    Sunday is backup to Saturday. The instantaneous launch window is about 30mins earlier every day.


  • #114
    fryup
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    namloc1980 wrote: »
    Saturday weather isn't great either. Spring/early Summer in Florida is lightning storm central.

    which begs the question ..why choose this time of the year??

    anyway why can't they not come back a few hours later??


  • #115
    namloc1980
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    fryup wrote: »
    which begs the question ..why choose this time of the year??

    anyway why can't they not come back a few hours later??

    It requires a very specific time and launch angle to catch up with the International Space Station. Hence the instantaneous launch window. They wouldn't intercept the ISS unless launched at a precise time.


  • #116
    Fred Cryton
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    fryup wrote: »
    which begs the question ..why choose this time of the year??

    anyway why can't they not come back a few hours later??


    Think it's something to do with aligning with the International Space Station. Only certain discrete launch points in time allow them to link up with it.


  • #117
    Itssoeasy
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    fryup wrote: »
    which begs the question ..why choose this time of the year??

    anyway why can't they not come back a few hours later??

    Sure time of year doesn't make much difference given the most famous weather event happened in November, 1969 and was in awful weather and was hit by lightning twice.

    They have a launch window planed so as to intercept the ISS.


  • #118
    fryup
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    namloc1980 wrote: »
    It requires a very specific time and launch angle to catch up with the International Space Station. Hence the instantaneous launch window. They wouldn't intercept the ISS unless launched at a precise time.

    of course Trigonometry ....


  • #119
    josip
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    At least it was an impressive pass by the ISS tonight, pity the kids were asleep in bed for it.


  • #120
    Capt'n Midnight
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    fryup wrote: »
    of course Trigonometry ....
    don't be mentioning implements of maths instruction :eek:


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  • #121
    Class MayDresser
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    josip wrote: »
    At least it was an impressive pass by the ISS tonight, pity the kids were asleep in bed for it.

    Missed it. Any links for the next few days? 8 year old scoffed at me when the launch was aborted earlier, I was reliving the 80s in my own head.
    Spent an age until 11 outside gardening, never thought to look up after the Spacex.


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