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Antares rocket cleared for liftoff Sunday afternoon (9:52 a.m. PDT/12:52 p.m. EDT/1652 GMT)
SpaceFlightNow.com ^ | 13JUL2014 | SpaceFlightNow.com Staff Writer

Posted on 07/13/2014 8:30:36 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine

Orbital Sciences is gearing up for liftoff of a commercial cargo craft packed with more than 3,000 pounds of supplies for the International Space Station. Launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia is set for 12:52 p.m. EDT (1652 GMT) Sunday.

Rocket: Antares

Payload: Cygnus (Orb-2)

Launch date: July 13, 2014

Launch time: 9:52:14 a.m. PDT/12:52:14 p.m. EDT (1652:14 GMT)

Window: 5 minutes

Launch site: Pad 0A, Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island, Va.

ISS capture: July 16 @ 1037 GMT

ISS departure: Aug. 15

Re-entry: TBD


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: antares; launch; orb2; orbitalsciences
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Final poll is a go.


21 posted on 07/13/2014 9:42:14 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

T - 8 minutes!


22 posted on 07/13/2014 9:43:40 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

I feel like an excited kid while waiting for a launch!


23 posted on 07/13/2014 9:48:11 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: Straight Vermonter

Same here.

T - 3 minutes!


24 posted on 07/13/2014 9:48:48 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Less than a one minute to launch.

Go, Antares, go!


25 posted on 07/13/2014 9:50:21 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Here we go!


26 posted on 07/13/2014 9:51:15 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Lift off!


27 posted on 07/13/2014 9:51:36 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

It’s cleared the tower and all is nominal!


28 posted on 07/13/2014 9:52:19 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Passing through Max Q.


29 posted on 07/13/2014 9:53:12 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

First stage shutdown and sep.


30 posted on 07/13/2014 9:55:42 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

2nd stage ignition.

Fairing and interstage sep.


31 posted on 07/13/2014 9:57:03 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

2nd stage burnout.


32 posted on 07/13/2014 9:59:43 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

It is in orbit.


33 posted on 07/13/2014 10:00:45 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Satellite sep from second stage! They’ve made it to orbit!


34 posted on 07/13/2014 10:01:25 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Now onward to the ISS.


35 posted on 07/13/2014 10:02:18 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

Cygnus has deployed.


36 posted on 07/13/2014 10:02:42 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

@SpaceflightNow: The Antares rocket put the commercial Cygnus supply ship in a good orbit close to prelaunch predictions. http://t.co/7HBysnryUI/s/Le9W #Orb2


37 posted on 07/13/2014 10:04:30 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches tomorrow at 6:21 a.m. PDT/9:21 a.m. EDT.

You can watch it here.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/010/status.html


38 posted on 07/13/2014 10:08:10 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

@SpaceflightNow: We’re posting images of today’s Antares #Orb2 launch from Virginia on our Facebook page: https://t.co/P6UJfFeB9W/s/sVTG


39 posted on 07/13/2014 10:09:41 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

1/2: @SpaceflightNow: Solar panels on the @orbitalsciences Cygnus spacecraft have extended. Arrival at the space station set for Wednesday. http://t.co/7HBysnry


40 posted on 07/13/2014 10:21:12 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin
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