Updates Sentinel News

[Notebook]

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Teams_ready_for_Sentinel-1B_launch

21 April 2016
A final, full rehearsal has confirmed that teams at ESA’s mission control are ready for tomorrow’s launch of the Sentinel-1B radar satellite.

An Arianespace rocket carrying Sentinel-1B is set to deliver the next satellite in Europe’s Copernicus Earth environmental monitoring programme into orbit tomorrow.

Follow the launch via live webstream.
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/O...icus/Sentinel-1/Watch_live_Sentinel-1B_launch

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[DaveS]

Launch delayed 24hrs due to adverse weather conditions at the launch site:
Arianespace
‏@Arianespace
Flight #VS14: Launch postponed for 24 hours due to weather conditions above the Spaceport

http://www.arianespace.com/press-re...-your-satellite-launch-postponed-by-24-hours/

 

[Notebook]

Liftoff from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana has been postponed 24 hours to 24 April owing to weather conditions

Ho hum, hopefully better tomorrow.

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[Notebook]

ESA live feed is now reporting Event starts at 21:40 GMT, presumably weather?

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[DaveS]

ESA live feed is now reporting Event starts at 21:40 GMT, presumably weather?

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Weather is GO and launch will occur at 2102:13 UTC. The time you quoted is BST, not UTC.

 

[Notebook]

Well, I thought I saw GMT, but its counting down now!

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[DaveS]

SCRUB! A fault has occurred with the Soyuz IMU and countdown has been stopped. Not yet decided if another try will occur tomorrow.

 

[Notebook]

Sentinel-1B launch from Kourou - Delay

Event starts Fri, Apr 29 2016 9:40 PM GMT

From livestream

Well, changed again:

Event starts Mon, Apr 25 2016 9:40 PM GMT

Think I'll stop updating and wait till Galactic Penguin does it properly.

Follow the Sentinel-1B launch live from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 25 April. Streaming begins at 20:40 GMT (22:40 CEST), with liftoff scheduled at 21:02 GMT (23:02 CEST)

From ESA



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[boogabooga]

Live coverage is via the ESA livestream?

Does Arianespace no longer offer live launch coverage?

I can't find any reference to live coverage on their website. Too bad, they had the best commentators.

 

[Notebook]

Well spotted, I'd forgot about them. I subscribed to their newsletter, but I can't remember the last time I got one.


While we are waiting:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36103812

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[Notebook]

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/O...icus/Sentinel-1/Watch_live_Sentinel-1B_launch

Streaming from Kourou starts at 22:40 CEST (20:40 GMT).

30 minutes.

 

[Notebook]

Streaming is live:

 

[mike-c]

Ariane Soyuz 2016-4-25

Ariane Soyuz

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Alternative:

http://www.arianespace.com/mission/ariane-flight-vs14/

 

[GLS]

T0, liftoff!

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Korolev cross is visible!

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Fregat ignition!

 

[mike-c]

Yeah...

 

[Notebook]

Sentinel-1B separation

Comms to Darmstadt vis Sparlsbad

 

[DaveS]

Sentinel-1B separation

Comms to Darmstadt vis Sparlsbad

It's Svalbard.

 

[Notebook]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYOZ3IzRaf4

If anyone doesn't get the joke...

The clip is from the UK comedy series Father Ted, actor Frank Kelly died recently, and had a certain...attitude.
All good stuff, well, it made me laugh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI-WRb2u4po#t=367.2587327
Final phrase is intended re #17 above.

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[boogabooga]

One of the satellites launching with this is testing that gravitational mass = inertial mass. Wow.

How reflective is the SAR antenna on the main payload? Will this be easy to track in the evening sky?

 

[Notebook]

Why not have a look!

http://www.n2yo.com/satellites/?c=latest-launches

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