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Delta IV vs. Sea Launch Zenit
"G.Beat" wrote in message news:ymCWa.44827$YN5.36372@sccrnsc01...
Ed - Ok, I say the Sea Launch Zenit 3SL will be first. Why? - Weather for Delta 4 for Cape launch may be problematic - unlikely for Sea Launch - Last thing Boeing needs right now is a failed Delta 4 launch, so conservatism will reign over the "go/no-go" decisions right up to launch time. g. beat Looks like you may have called this right. Boeing announced a further Delta IV delay today that drives the launch date back to 8/6 at the earliest. Meanwhile, Sea Launch remains on track for an 8/7 launch. - Ed Kyle "ed kyle" wrote in message om... Sea Launch sailed from San Diego today (8/1/03) with a Zenit 3SL, bound for the equator for a scheduled 8/7 launch of Echostar 9/Telstar 13. Meanwhile, the third Delta IV stands on Cape Canaveral Pad 37B, waiting for a now-delayed 8/4 launch with DSCS 3-B6. Any wagers as to which Boeing Launch Services mission will get off the "ground" first? - Ed Kyle |
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Delta IV vs. Sea Launch Zenit
Not surprised at all ... can you say cork insulation?
(a.k.a. Delta 2 Heavy delays in July) "The launch is being delayed so that additional testing to verify launch vehicle insulation integrity can be accomplished." .. Boeing IDS News Bureau Last thing the USAF needs is a wrecked EELV program --- both solutions and contractors have different issues and problems --- precarious in current economic climate. Meanwhile on the West Coast Sea Launch Sails to Equator to Launch EchoStar IX/Telstar 13 Satellite LONG BEACH, Ca., August 1, 2003 - The Odyssey Launch Platform and the Sea Launch Commander have departed Sea Launch Home Port for the launch of the EchoStar IX/Telstar 13 satellite for EchoStar Communications Corporation and Loral Skynet. Liftoff is scheduled for August 7, in a two-hour launch window that will open at 8:31 pm PDT (3:31:00 GMT). ... the race is on .. Greg -- DO NOT use Reply. Reply to W9GB through A.R.R.L. forwarding service "ed kyle" wrote in message om... "G.Beat" wrote in message news:ymCWa.44827$YN5.36372@sccrnsc01... Ed - Ok, I say the Sea Launch Zenit 3SL will be first. Why? - Weather for Delta 4 for Cape launch may be problematic - unlikely for Sea Launch - Last thing Boeing needs right now is a failed Delta 4 launch, so conservatism will reign over the "go/no-go" decisions right up to launch time. g. beat Looks like you may have called this right. Boeing announced a further Delta IV delay today that drives the launch date back to 8/6 at the earliest. Meanwhile, Sea Launch remains on track for an 8/7 launch. - Ed Kyle |
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Delta IV vs. Sea Launch Zenit
"G.Beat" wrote in message news:9jNXa.70763$o%2.33912@sccrnsc02...
Delta IV Launch of DSCS III B6 Postponed ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2, 2003 - Boeing [NYSE: BA] and U.S. Air Force officials postponed the launch of the Defense Satellite Communications System spacecraft, DSCS III B6, aboard a Boeing Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), Fla. The launch team will be replacing an antenna associated with the rocket's flight termination system, and the work will not be completed in time to make the last day of the range availability assigned for this mission on Aug. 5. Boeing is coordinating with the Air Force to determine a new launch date based on the next availability in the launch range schedule at CCAFS. "ed kyle" wrote in message om... "G.Beat" wrote in message news:ymCWa.44827$YN5.36372@sccrnsc01... Ed - Ok, I say the Sea Launch Zenit 3SL will be first. Why? - Weather for Delta 4 for Cape launch may be problematic - unlikely for Sea Launch - Last thing Boeing needs right now is a failed Delta 4 launch, so conservatism will reign over the "go/no-go" decisions right up to launch time. g. beat Looks like you may have called this right. Boeing announced a further Delta IV delay today that drives the launch date back to 8/6 at the earliest. Meanwhile, Sea Launch remains on track for an 8/7 launch. - Ed Kyle Well, Sea Launch successfully delivered its payload. And now, it looks as if Delta IV will be delayed to the end of August due to the Range being booked in the next few weeks for Titan IVB and SIRTF-Delta IIH. Spaceflight Now notes the SIRTF-Delta IIH will take the distinction of being the 300th Delta launch. A marketing hype if there ever was one to include Delta IV in the same series as Delta II. |
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Sea Launch Zenit WINS!
"ed kyle" wrote in message
om... "G.Beat" wrote in message news:ymCWa.44827$YN5.36372@sccrnsc01... Ed - Ok, I say the Sea Launch Zenit 3SL will be first. Why? - Weather for Delta 4 for Cape launch may be problematic - unlikely for Sea Launch - Last thing Boeing needs right now is a failed Delta 4 launch, so conservatism will reign over the "go/no-go" decisions right up to launch time. g. beat Looks like you may have called this right. Boeing announced a further Delta IV delay today that drives the launch date back to 8/6 at the earliest. Meanwhile, Sea Launch remains on track for an 8/7 launch. - Ed Kyle Sea Launch Successfully Launches EchoStar IX/Telstar 13 Satellite into Orbit LONG BEACH, Cailf., AUG. 7, 2003 - Sea Launch, the world's most reliable launch service provider for heavy commercial communication satellites, today successfully launched the EchoStar IX/Telstar 13 satellite to orbit for EchoStar Communications Corporation and Loral Skynet. A Zenit-3SL launch vehicle lifted off at 8:31 pm PDT (3:31 GMT) from the Odyssey Launch Platform positioned at 154 degrees West Longitude, on the Equator. All systems performed nominally throughout the flight. The Block DM-SL upper stage inserted the 4,737 kg (10,443 lb) EchoStar IX/Telstar 13 satellite into a high perigee geosynchronous transfer orbit. As planned, the spacecraft's first signal was acquired at 9:46 pm PDT (4:46 GMT), shortly after spacecraft separation, by a ground station in Western Australia. The spacecraft will be located in geostationary orbit at 121 degrees West Longitude. |
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