Updates Juno Mission News and Updates

[SandroSalgueiro]

A totally side question: have they been purging oxygen during the whole hold? Just turned NASA TV on.

 

[Codz]

Countdown restart in 2 minutes.

Go for launch.

 

[Jarvitä]

Spacecraft on internal power, countdown will continue in 2 minutes.

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And, we're now at T-4 minutes and counting!

 

[SandroSalgueiro]

What will be the spacecraft's parking orbit around Earth? Anyone knows?

 

[orb]

T-4 minutes and counting.

• The 609th launch for Atlas program since 1957
• The 321st Atlas to occur from Cape Canaveral
• The 27th launch of an Atlas 5 since 2002
• The 23rd Atlas 5 to occur from the Cape
• The 19th Atlas 5 under United Launch Alliance
• The 2nd Atlas 5 to fly in the 551 configuration
• The 5th NASA launch on Atlas 5
• The 4th Atlas launch of 2011

 

[boogabooga]

What will be the spacecraft's parking orbit around Earth? Anyone knows?

http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/docs/missionbooklets/AV/av_juno_mob.pdf

 

[Jarvitä]

T-30 seconds!

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Liftoff!

 

[Codz]

Beautiful launch!

 

[orb]

SPACE.com:

• NASA Launches Spacecraft on Journey to Jupiter
• Next Stop, Jupiter! Launch Photos of NASA's Juno Mission

Florida Today - The Flame Trench: Atlas Roars Off With Jupiter-Bound Juno

 

[Jarvitä]

MECO1, successful parking orbit insertion.

 

[boogabooga]

Did anyone else notice that for a while the listed altitude was higher than apogee altitude?

I should call NASA and complain :rofl:

 

[IronRain]

Launch video

 

[Jarvitä]

1 minute to ejection burn.

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9 minute ejection burn started.

 

[Kyle]

T-4 minutes and counting.

• The 609th launch for Atlas program since 1957
• The 321st Atlas to occur from Cape Canaveral
• The 27th launch of an Atlas 5 since 2002
• The 23rd Atlas 5 to occur from the Cape
• The 19th Atlas 5 under United Launch Alliance
• The 2nd Atlas 5 to fly in the 551 configuration
• The 5th NASA launch on Atlas 5
• The 4th Atlas launch of 2011

• The 1st NASA launch post-Space Shuttle.

 

[Jarvitä]

Reached Earth escape velocity 90 seconds to MECO2.

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Nominal MECO2.

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Successful spacecraft separation.

 

[SandroSalgueiro]

Handshake time.

 

[Jarvitä]

Past the helium cycle issues, a perfect launch in every way. Godspeed Juno!

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Great launch - Atlas V proves its reliability once more! Now, let's get humans atop it.

 

[IronRain]

JUNO on her way to Jupiter

 

[orb]

The precise liftoff time for today's launch was 16:25:00.146 UTC / 12:25:00.146 p.m. EDT.



NASA / NASA JPL:

• RELEASE : 11-257 - NASA'S Juno Spacecraft Launches To Jupiter
• JPL: NASA's Juno Spacecraft Launches to Jupiter
• NASA's Juno Spacecraft Launches to Jupiter

CBS News Space: Juno launched on long voyage to Jupiter


Spaceflight Now: Juno spacecraft leaves Earth for its journey to Jupiter


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