Yup, a bit of a visible correction right off the pad, then it steadied
right down and flew up out of sight. Fairly brisk acceleration - they
were calling max-Q at well less under a minute after launch. It did a
nominal burn of 60 seconds, someone mentioned, with target apogee ~80 km.
We'll hear more on all the flight results somewhat later, I'd guess.
(Lots more in six weeks at Space Access, I'm sure.) Live stream is shut
down now, and I'd expect they're going to be busy for a while recovering
and safing the vehicle and packing everything up for the drive back home.
Henry
On 3/2/2019 10:56 AM, Jonathan Goff wrote:
Looked like it had a minor stability issue right after liftoff but it corrected and seemed to be flying pretty straight before it went out of sight.
~Jon
On Sat, Mar 2, 2019 at 10:48 AM Henry Vanderbilt <hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Checklist continues, cam now on swivel (presumably for tracking),
and lit and off... Looking good so far.
On 3/2/2019 10:46 AM, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:
t-2 min, vehicle pressurized. Pad very bare.
On 3/2/2019 10:45 AM, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:
Looks like they're done with vehicle prep - they're moving the
support truck away. T-5 minutes. And a "go for launch" poll
underway.... All "go".
On 3/2/2019 10:39 AM, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:
T-17 minutes, they just announced. (Yes, the youtube feed is
back up.)
They also announced something interesting, which is (I
paraphrase) that they regard this suborbital vehicle as an
excellent low-cost way of building team skills for a future
orbital vehicle. So Exos has further ambitions!
On 3/2/2019 10:32 AM, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:
Running a bit late. As best I can tell from the checklist
call-and-response in the feed, they've finished fuel-fill and
are working on LOX fill. Launch relatively soon thereafter,
I'd guess.
Henry
On 3/2/2019 8:38 AM, Jesse Hanson wrote:
Here's the live link for the launch.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=1gRuXIGNn6s
Can also visit the EXOS Aerospace Systems & Technologies page
on Facebook for updates.
On Sat, Mar 2, 2019, 10:10 Robert Steinke
<robert.steinke@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:robert.steinke@xxxxxxxxx>>
wrote:
Does anyone know if EXOS is webcasting or live blogging
their launch today?