Monday, November 13, 2017
Sunday, November 12, 2017
Orbital ATK OA8 succesfull Launch
The Antares rocket with spacecraft Cygnus was succesfully launched from Launch Pad in Virginia.
Update T Minus 00-01-30-00 AO8
Orbital ATK Antares rocket is getting fueled by now and is still according the plan to be launched today. Target time 13h14 local time with a free launch pad of 5 minutes. See NASA TV as well.
Saturday, November 11, 2017
Close encounter between Venus and Jupiter
About 45minutes (or 7AM in the morning) before sunrise on November 12th & 13th you can observe both Jupiter and Venus low above the southeast horizon. Jupiter and Venus will be as close as about 0,3° from each other. Be aware you need to have a good view on the horizon as both planets show up at a max of 9° above the horizon before sunrise.
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| Source : Stellarium |
Orbital ATK Antares OA8 Launch has scrubbed
The launch of Orbital ATK's Antares rocket is postponed for24h and will take place 13h27 local time (MET) on Sunday November 12th. The reason was a airplane within the launch pad.
T minus 00-02-30-00
Still 2h30m to go for lift off for the Orbital ATK Antares rocket. This rocket will be launched from the launchpad in Virginia and will bring Spacecraft Cygnus into space in order to resupply the International Space Station ISS. See the launch live on NASA TV
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