1st launch attempt tonight on Pegasus aborted; 2nd attempt a success
Less than two minutes from launch mission control aborted the launch of the Pegasus rocket because of a communications problem between mission control and the flight crew on L-1011 aircraft.
This is after more than a year’s delay because of a difficult-to-pin-down problem with the Pegasus rocket itself.
They are presently working towards a second launch attempt tonight in about thirty minutes. You can follow this at the link above. Note that the NASA television feed is delayed about two minutes from the comment feed below. It is also filled with NASA’s incessant propaganda and pandering documentaries.
Pegasus has launched ICON and the first two stages have done their job. They are now coasting to the point where the third stage will fire. That coast is complete, the third stage has completed its job and ICON is in orbit.
This is Northrop Grumman’s second launch in 2019, so the leader rankings for the 2019 launch race remains unchanged:
19 China
17 Russia
10 SpaceX
6 Europe (Arianespace)
The U.S. however has regained its lead over China, 20 to 19, in the national rankings.
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Less than two minutes from launch mission control aborted the launch of the Pegasus rocket because of a communications problem between mission control and the flight crew on L-1011 aircraft.
This is after more than a year’s delay because of a difficult-to-pin-down problem with the Pegasus rocket itself.
They are presently working towards a second launch attempt tonight in about thirty minutes. You can follow this at the link above. Note that the NASA television feed is delayed about two minutes from the comment feed below. It is also filled with NASA’s incessant propaganda and pandering documentaries.
Pegasus has launched ICON and the first two stages have done their job. They are now coasting to the point where the third stage will fire. That coast is complete, the third stage has completed its job and ICON is in orbit.
This is Northrop Grumman’s second launch in 2019, so the leader rankings for the 2019 launch race remains unchanged:
19 China
17 Russia
10 SpaceX
6 Europe (Arianespace)
The U.S. however has regained its lead over China, 20 to 19, in the national rankings.
The support of my readers through the years has given me the freedom and ability to analyze objectively the ongoing renaissance in space, as well as the cultural changes -- for good or ill -- that are happening across America. Four years ago, just before the 2020 election I wrote that Joe Biden's mental health was suspect. Only in this year has the propaganda mainstream media decided to recognize that basic fact.
Fourteen years ago I wrote that SLS and Orion were a bad ideas, a waste of money, would be years behind schedule, and better replaced by commercial private enterprise. Even today NASA and Congress refuse to recognize this reality.
In 2020 when the world panicked over COVID I wrote that the panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Only in the past year have some of our so-called experts in the health field have begun to recognize these facts.
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It is interesting that once prominent companies have become minor players in the US space launch industry (while still getting billions of dollars a year).
However at the end of the race I guess every mile counts, and it is nice if you can play it as a relay race when everyone else is doing the marathon solo.