Russian Soyuz rocket launch aborted seconds before launch
A launch of a Russian Earth resource satellite was aborted today at T -0.
The information at the link suggests they will be able to try again when the launch window opens again tomorrow. This kind of launch abort is a rare thing for the Russians. Usually they scrub much earlier, or launch.
Update: As expected they successfully launched today, Sunday, with no problems.
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A launch of a Russian Earth resource satellite was aborted today at T -0.
The information at the link suggests they will be able to try again when the launch window opens again tomorrow. This kind of launch abort is a rare thing for the Russians. Usually they scrub much earlier, or launch.
Update: As expected they successfully launched today, Sunday, with no problems.
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The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
They successfully launch March 13, 21:56 Moscow time.
Alexey:
Where can I find video of the launch?
Read the article at russianspaceweb— could someone enlighten me as to them having only a “10-second launch window.?”
If the answer is “orbital mechanics,” I can dig that. (can’t handle the Math myself, but I get the concept.)
This stuff continues to AMAZE ME, to no end! (Starting to get a grip on how little-I-really-know.)
So– can I safely assume the following, as a generalized statement on launching:
“Depending on where you want to wind up in orbit, dictates where you have-to, launch from.”
(given you have limitations in the initial thrust of your rocket & the weight of the payload.)