• Ariane 6 has left the pad

    From Snidely@snidely.too@gmail.com to sci.space.policy on Tue Jul 9 12:06:43 2024
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    Ignition, lift off, and through booster sep. Trajectory nominal at 163
    km.

    -d
    --
    https://xkcd.com/2704
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  • From Snidely@snidely.too@gmail.com to sci.space.policy on Tue Jul 9 12:10:21 2024
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    Snidely explained on 7/9/2024 :
    Ignition, lift off, and through booster sep. Trajectory nominal at 163 km.

    Stage separation at about 300 km. Onboard cameras showing a glowing
    Vinci motor.

    -d
    --
    Maybe C282Y is simply one of the hangers-on, a groupie following a
    future guitar god of the human genome: an allele with undiscovered
    virtuosity, currently soloing in obscurity in Mom's garage.
    Bradley Wertheim, theAtlantic.com, Jan 10 2013
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  • From Snidely@snidely.too@gmail.com to sci.space.policy on Tue Jul 9 12:16:35 2024
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    Tuesday, Snidely observed:
    Snidely explained on 7/9/2024 :
    Ignition, lift off, and through booster sep. Trajectory nominal at 163 km.

    Stage separation at about 300 km. Onboard cameras showing a glowing Vinci motor.

    Flight path shown heads up over Scotland. High inclination launched
    from the equator!

    -d
    --
    Why would I want to be alone with my thoughts?
    Have you heard some of the shit that comes out of my mouth?
    -- the World Wide Web
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  • From Snidely@snidely.too@gmail.com to sci.space.policy on Tue Jul 9 12:22:04 2024
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    Snidely is guilty of <mn.4ae07e8735498b78.127094@snitoo> as of 7/9/2024 12:16:35 PM
    Tuesday, Snidely observed:
    Snidely explained on 7/9/2024 :
    Ignition, lift off, and through booster sep. Trajectory nominal at 163 >>> km.

    Stage separation at about 300 km. Onboard cameras showing a glowing Vinci >> motor.

    Flight path shown heads up over Scotland. High inclination launched from the
    equator!

    Past the Azores, and in the initial coast phase at 7.57 km/s.

    -d
    --
    "ThatrCOs where I end with this kind of conversation: Language is
    crucial, and yet not the answer."
    Jonathan Rosa, sociocultural and linguistic anthropologist,
    Stanford.,2020
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  • From Snidely@snidely.too@gmail.com to sci.space.policy on Tue Jul 9 12:59:04 2024
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    Snidely asserted that:
    Snidely is guilty of <mn.4ae07e8735498b78.127094@snitoo> as of 7/9/2024 12:16:35 PM
    Tuesday, Snidely observed:
    Snidely explained on 7/9/2024 :
    Ignition, lift off, and through booster sep. Trajectory nominal at 163 >>>> km.

    Stage separation at about 300 km. Onboard cameras showing a glowing Vinci >>> motor.

    Flight path shown heads up over Scotland. High inclination launched from >> the equator!

    Past the Azores, and in the initial coast phase at 7.57 km/s.

    Approaching Austalia, with a good circularization burn at 577 km
    altitude.

    -d
    --
    WerCOve learned way more than we wanted to know about the early history
    of American professional basketball, like that you could have once
    watched a game between teams named the Indianapolis Kautskys and the
    Akron Firestone Non-Skids. -- fivethirtyeight.com
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  • From Snidely@snidely.too@gmail.com to sci.space.policy on Tue Jul 9 13:08:34 2024
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    Lo, on the 7/9/2024, Snidely did proclaim ...
    Snidely asserted that:
    Snidely is guilty of <mn.4ae07e8735498b78.127094@snitoo> as of 7/9/2024
    12:16:35 PM
    Tuesday, Snidely observed:
    Snidely explained on 7/9/2024 :
    Ignition, lift off, and through booster sep. Trajectory nominal at 163 >>>>> km.

    Stage separation at about 300 km. Onboard cameras showing a glowing
    Vinci motor.

    Flight path shown heads up over Scotland. High inclination launched from >>> the equator!

    Past the Azores, and in the initial coast phase at 7.57 km/s.

    Approaching Austalia, with a good circularization burn at 577 km altitude.


    9 seconds of cubesat release, roughly over Tasmania.

    -d
    --
    WerCOve learned way more than we wanted to know about the early history
    of American professional basketball, like that you could have once
    watched a game between teams named the Indianapolis Kautskys and the
    Akron Firestone Non-Skids. -- fivethirtyeight.com
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  • From Snidely@snidely.too@gmail.com to sci.space.policy on Tue Jul 9 14:54:55 2024
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    Snidely formulated the question :
    Lo, on the 7/9/2024, Snidely did proclaim ...
    Snidely asserted that:
    Snidely is guilty of <mn.4ae07e8735498b78.127094@snitoo> as of 7/9/2024 >>> 12:16:35 PM
    Tuesday, Snidely observed:
    Snidely explained on 7/9/2024 :
    Ignition, lift off, and through booster sep. Trajectory nominal at 163 >>>>>> km.

    Stage separation at about 300 km. Onboard cameras showing a glowing >>>>> Vinci motor.

    Flight path shown heads up over Scotland. High inclination launched from >>>> the equator!

    Past the Azores, and in the initial coast phase at 7.57 km/s.

    Approaching Austalia, with a good circularization burn at 577 km altitude. >>

    9 seconds of cubesat release, roughly over Tasmania.



    Ooops, there's been a problem with the 2nd stage APU, used for tank
    pressure management and engine relight. A planned second boost did not
    occur, and it appears the stage could not turn to the proper
    orientation for the de-orbit burn. More information pending.

    -d
    --
    "What do you think of my cart, Miss Morland? A neat one, is not it?
    Well hung: curricle-hung in fact. Come sit by me and we'll test the
    springs."
    (Speculative fiction by H.Lacedaemonian.)
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  • From Peter Stickney@p_stickney@verizon.net to sci.space.policy on Wed Jul 10 07:00:54 2024
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    On Tue, 09 Jul 2024 14:54:55 -0700, Snidely wrote:

    Snidely formulated the question :
    Lo, on the 7/9/2024, Snidely did proclaim ...
    Snidely asserted that:
    Snidely is guilty of <mn.4ae07e8735498b78.127094@snitoo> as of
    7/9/2024 12:16:35 PM
    Tuesday, Snidely observed:
    Snidely explained on 7/9/2024 :
    Ignition, lift off, and through booster sep. Trajectory nominal >>>>>>> at 163 km.

    Stage separation at about 300 km. Onboard cameras showing a
    glowing Vinci motor.

    Flight path shown heads up over Scotland. High inclination launched >>>>> from the equator!

    Past the Azores, and in the initial coast phase at 7.57 km/s.

    Approaching Austalia, with a good circularization burn at 577 km
    altitude.


    9 seconds of cubesat release, roughly over Tasmania.



    Ooops, there's been a problem with the 2nd stage APU, used for tank
    pressure management and engine relight. A planned second boost did not occur, and it appears the stage could not turn to the proper orientation
    for the de-orbit burn. More information pending.

    Still and all, much, much better than the first launch of Ariane 5.
    --
    Peter Stickney
    Java Man knew nothing about coffee
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  • From Snidely@snidely.too@gmail.com to sci.space.policy on Wed Jul 10 01:34:23 2024
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    Peter Stickney speculated:
    On Tue, 09 Jul 2024 14:54:55 -0700, Snidely wrote:

    Snidely formulated the question :
    Lo, on the 7/9/2024, Snidely did proclaim ...
    Snidely asserted that:
    Snidely is guilty of <mn.4ae07e8735498b78.127094@snitoo> as of
    7/9/2024 12:16:35 PM
    Tuesday, Snidely observed:
    Snidely explained on 7/9/2024 :
    Ignition, lift off, and through booster sep. Trajectory nominal >>>>>>>> at 163 km.

    Stage separation at about 300 km. Onboard cameras showing a
    glowing Vinci motor.

    Flight path shown heads up over Scotland. High inclination launched >>>>>> from the equator!

    Past the Azores, and in the initial coast phase at 7.57 km/s.

    Approaching Austalia, with a good circularization burn at 577 km
    altitude.


    9 seconds of cubesat release, roughly over Tasmania.



    Ooops, there's been a problem with the 2nd stage APU, used for tank
    pressure management and engine relight. A planned second boost did not
    occur, and it appears the stage could not turn to the proper orientation
    for the de-orbit burn. More information pending.

    Still and all, much, much better than the first launch of Ariane 5.

    Hi, Peter!

    /dps
    --
    "I am not given to exaggeration, and when I say a thing I mean it"
    _Roughing It_, Mark Twain
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