So, who is watching the launch tonight?

[JohnH]

The feed is up on Telstar 5 Ku 25 with color bars and SEA LAUNCH FROM LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

[DenR]

I'll be watching it on Dish channel 101. Coverage is to begin at 10:00 central

[JohnH]

I'll be watching on both.

I guess we have no chat for this?

[Mike123abc]

Dish just put up the launch screen (well a panel saying launch coverage to begin at 11:10pm ET)

[PSB]

I will watch on line if I cant findit on T5 I am scanning now but cant find it so far...

[JohnH]

Analog only 12046 MHZ Vertical

[music_beans]

Got it here, Card and all. (Dish CH 101, the Loopy De Loop channel! :D )

BTW, I am planning to tape it.

[JohnH]

I have the 721 and the 7100 set to record it.

[Darkman]

Analog only 12046 MHZ Vertical

12046, V, and??? - what is the Frequency or the other one (forgot the name: S. Rate maybe, example 22, 000, etc) :)

quick! - it starting soon :)

hehe - i just woke up :)

[PSB]

Analog only : ) That would explain it.... On line it will have to be, thank goodness for broadband!

[JohnH]

12046, V, and??? - what is the Frequency or the other one (forgot the name: S. Rate maybe, example 22, 000, etc) :)

quick! - it starting soon :)

hehe - i just woke up :)

Wake up Some more.

There is no SR(Symbol Rate ) for an analog feed.

[Darkman]

hmm...
K...
NOt sure then
i think i got KU only on BEC 6600+

I ll just stick to Dishnet then :)

[Unthinkable]

Great stuff here. T-minus seventeen minutes and counting.

[Darkman]

feed just broke at 101, then came back :)

[JohnH]

Yeah, the feed died from Sea Launch, briefly, but it is back now.

[Mike123abc]

This will be the first time I have watched a sea launch... Funny seeing the rocket out in the middle of the water looking like a giant oil drilling platform.

[Unthinkable]

The elderly lady in the red dress looks like she used to be a former schoolteacher with that hairstyle and demeanor.

[blingbling]

That old bat sure likes to use the phrase "erect" and "erector" a lot...

[Darkman]

not a cheerleader?
:)

[jeffwtux]

ScottG: Maybe you should have a chat for this stuff. Wow that looks so primitive. Any rocket scientists out there?

5:10 and counting

[Unthinkable]

Is it me or was there a helicopter hovering near the rocket for a while about ten minutes ago or so?

[jeffwtux]

Is that on Pacific Time or the time zone west of it, Alaska time? Anyways, I can't believe it's still light out there. They must be like 4 hours behind Eastern time. Wow the worlds only bilingual countdown(English and Russian)

[jeffwtux]

Ok, I have a very DOMB question. Where's the satellite? I see the rocket. Where's the satellite?

[Darkman]

There she goes!!!! ( the rocket, not the elderly lady :) )

[Unthinkable]

Inside the payload. Keep watching.

[jeffwtux]

That's a graphic, right? That's just a graphic simulation right?

[Unthinkable]

That's a graphic, right? That's just a graphic simulation right?

Yes. All computer graphics there simulating the separation stage.

[jeffwtux]

The image of the satellite module with the Zenit label on it. That's just an animated simulation right? That can't be live video right?

[music_beans]

When the guest was talking about some of the team members, a picture of one of them came up, and it looked like he was mad or something. (scary :D )

[jeffwtux]

This is funny because Apollo 13 was on USA tonight. That room looks like the Apollo 13 Nasa room

[Mike D-CO5]

The elderly lady in the red dress looks like she used to be a former schoolteacher with that hairstyle and demeanor.


Oh come on I think she is one hot babe!! they ought to put her on the remote control commercial full time. Something about the bun :lol: :lol: :D

[Unthinkable]

The image of the satellite module with the Zenit label on it. That's just an animated simulation right? That can't be live video right?

Definately not live footage. All representations.

[John Corn]

Everything seems so "nominal" :grin:

[jeffwtux]

MikeD: I heard that is Marnie Brooks's grandmother :)

[markh]

Nominal = good

:)

Anomoly = bad


BTW, any Terminator fans uneasy about E* sharing this sat with Loral "Skynet"? :D

[jeffwtux]

markh: I knew that "Skynet" name sounded familiar.

[Darkman]

John,
At Telstar 5 there - i had it on 12046, V...
so just for the hell of it i punched in 22000 - and i am getting a signal there..
It is actually a Lock now...

But when i go to scan it - it shows me "Complete" with nothing found...

What a heck is that, that i discovered there?
Probably nothing eh?

[jeffwtux]

They still don't have a signal.

[rtt2]

Success!!!!!!!!

[Darkman]

John,
I think you screwed up a bit on the TP 25's info (re: Telstar 5) :)

I just checked Lyngsat for tp 25 on T5 and it shows 12146 (not 12046)

:p

[JohnH]

As you pointed out, it was late at night or early in the morning. Sorry about that. Can't read sometimes.

[Darkman]

NP...
We forgive you :)

[Nick]

"Ok, I have a very DOMB question. Where's the satellite? I see the rocket. Where's the satellite?"

There are no DOMB questions, Jeff, just DUMB answers. Here's mine:

The payload rides atop the rocket in the nose cone. Iri brief, when the rocket ascends to the designated altitude, the nose cone separates and the payload (satellite) is deployed.
.
.

[Scott Greczkowski]

So did it get up last night? I was carting Steve Mehs around town as he was here on Vacation and was not home to see what went on. :)

The chat room is ALWAYS open at http://chat.dbstalk.com everyone can use it at anytime. :)

[DenR]

Everything went as expected through satellite separation.

[mjz]

IMHO ILS does much better launch coverage; boeing needs to work on there presentation.

[Mike D-CO5]

MikeD: I heard that is Marnie Brooks's grandmother :)



Now I see where Marnie gets her good looks!! :lol: :grin: