FIREBIRD I-3LF Esalab launch on Orbiter Live Missions

[Cizurator]

Maiden flight of the Cizurator's Firebird I heavy launch vehicle with french Esalab module on board. The goal is to succesfuly make it to the LEO, than perform the GTO burn, so the Esalab would be later fixed on it's GEO position.

MISSION SPECIFICATIONS:
Launcher: Firebird I-3 long fairing
Payload: Esalab v2
Launch Base: Makatea Space Center - launchpad LC2
Vehicle mass at launch: 1,217,258 kg
Vehicle length at launch: 64.96 m
LAUNCH: Wednesday, June 19th at 21:30:00 CEST (19:30:00 UTC)

The entire launch will be broadcasted with both italian and english commentary with Cizurator - the author of the rocket as a guest-commentator,
live on Orbiter Live Missions:

http://www.livestream.com/orbiterlivemissions

 

[fausto]

Firebird rocket ready to fly, live english / italian coverage starting from 19:00 UTC. Launch scheduled for 19:30 UTC

http://www.livestream.com/orbiterlivemissions

 

[Pipcard]

Congratulations on having your launcher as part of a live event! It's like an Arianespace GTO launch.

 

[fausto]

Thank you for watching!

 

[Cizurator]

Thanks for watching! It has been great, cooperating with Fausto and Orbiter Forum Italia.

Congratulations on having your launcher as part of a live event! It's like an Arianespace GTO launch.

Thanks! When Fausto offered this to me, it was a complete surprise - you know, My rockets since 2010 can't be even compared to those big professional projects with extensive capabilities, programmed guidance, all the realism and variability. This was just a multistage2 rocket, but I tried to go as far as possible. Now I see new options, and they should be implemented with the next update...