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 HTV seemed to have been launched! Posted on: Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:20 pm |
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Re: HTV seemed to have been launched! Posted on: Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:23 pm http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/h2bf1/live/cdreport_e.html
>"02:16 on Sep. 11, 2009 (JST) HTV Demonstration Flight Separation The separation of the HTV Demonstration Flight was confirmed. This is the end of the Countdown report. The updated status of the HTV will be reported in our HTV/H-IIB Special Site. Thank you very much for accessing our website. 02:01 on Sep. 11, 2009 (JST) Liftoff! The H-IIB Launch Vehicle Test Flight 1 lifted off at 02:01 a.m. on Sep. 11, 2009 (JST) from the Tanegashima Space Center. 01:31 on Sep. 11, 2009 (JST) X-30 (=T-30) minutes We have 30 minutes to launch. 01:01 on Sep. 11, 2009 (JST) X-60 (=T-60) minutes terminal countdown"< This is an excerpt of the launch report at the point of launch.....too bad I missed it by an hour! |
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Re: HTV seemed to have been launched! Posted on: Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:35 pm |
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Re: HTV seemed to have been launched! Posted on: Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:55 pm It's good to see more and more countries building up their space capabilities, if this mission is fully successful it means a lot for Japan as they had some setbacks in the past.
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Re: HTV seemed to have been launched! Posted on: Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:17 pm Sigurd wrote: It's good to see more and more countries building up their space capabilities, if this mission is fully successful it means a lot for Japan as they had some setbacks in the past. Absolutely! At least the riskyest part for HTV is over....launch. And to put things into perspective, Discovery is trying to land having made a cargo shipment with its MLPM. Soon that capability will be gone. SpaceX and Orbital Sciences will have to pick up the cargo missions. |
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