Virtual Airline News - VAFlash.com » Constellation-1 http://vaflash.com latest news from the virtual airline world Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:08:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Copyright © Virtual Airline News - VAFlash.com 2011 editor@vaflash.com (Virtual Airline News - VAFlash.com) editor@vaflash.com (Virtual Airline News - VAFlash.com) http://vaflash.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Virtual Airline News - VAFlash.com http://vaflash.com 144 144 latest news from the virtual airline world Virtual Airline News - VAFlash.com Virtual Airline News - VAFlash.com editor@vaflash.com no no UASO Constellation-1 Mission a Success http://vaflash.com/index.php/2010/01/uaso-constellation-1-mission-a-success/ http://vaflash.com/index.php/2010/01/uaso-constellation-1-mission-a-success/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:56:45 +0000 admin http://vaflash.com/?p=1427 Cape Canaveral, FL- On Wednesday January 20th, 2010 at 6:04 pm EST, the UASO successfully kicked off its Constellation program with the successful launch of a Titan-34D launch vehicle carrying a Boing BSS 702 satellite.

The launch was streamed live via the UASO website and ustream tv.  The launch went smoothly and flawlessly and resulted in the Centaur-D/C-01 satellite stack being placed into a 152.1 x 220.8 km low earth orbit (LEO) at an altitude of 152 km.

The Guidance Systems Officer reports satellite solar panel deployment occured on Saturday January 23, 2010 at 2:23 am EST.  The next step in the Constellation-1 mission is for the Flight Director to officially deem the mission complete and to hand over control of the spacecraft from Mission Control in Cape Canaveral to Constellation Program Mission Control (CPMC) located in the Oberth Unnammed Systems Research Center (OUSRC) in Cleveland, OH.  CPMC is where the Constellation program will be monitored for the duration of the satellite constellation’s life-time.

All mission information will be released upon the Flight Director’s declaration of a mission complete and will be posted on the UASO website located at http://www.vuaso.org/

To view the recorded launch coverage, please visit: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/uaso-tv

]]> http://vaflash.com/index.php/2010/01/uaso-constellation-1-mission-a-success/feed/ 0 UASO Constellation-1 Launch Date Under Review http://vaflash.com/index.php/2010/01/uaso-constellation-1-launch-date-under-review/ http://vaflash.com/index.php/2010/01/uaso-constellation-1-launch-date-under-review/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:13:27 +0000 admin http://vaflash.com/?p=1396 Norfolk, Virginia- A redeterminination of the Constellation-1 launch date is currently under review by the Spaceflight Operations Director and Mission Control Operations Director. The redetermination comes after staffing issues were identified. Currently the Titan-34D launch vehicle carrying the Boeing BSS 702 satellite sits atop Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) and is slated to launch on Wednesday January 20, 2010 at 6pm EST / 11 pm GMT. A decision will be made by the Mission Control Operations Director Brian Davis on Friday and released to the public.  More information to come on Friday.

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