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I just took part in a final communication loop with Franco Bonacina, ESA's Franco Bonacina, Head of the Media Relations Office and DG Spokesman, in Kourou. All still green for launch.
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Launch countdown
09 March, 2008 04:12
Launch countdown
09 March, 2008 03:08
Charlotte Beskow: "We are finally here!"
A contribution to the blog from Charlotte Beskow, ATV Flight Operations Engineer. Charlotte is located at the ATV Control Centre in Toulouse, France.
"Wow, I can not believe it… we are finally here! After so many years of work the actual countdown is coming almost as a surprise. As I left work yesterday evening, the countdown had started and with a start I realised that this was now 'for real'.
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"Wow, I can not believe it… we are finally here! After so many years of work the actual countdown is coming almost as a surprise. As I left work yesterday evening, the countdown had started and with a start I realised that this was now 'for real'.
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Launch countdown
09 March, 2008 03:02
... Wow! We're just two hours away from the launch of Jules Verne ATV on her (?) extraordinary voyage!!
Launch countdown
09 March, 2008 02:16
If you didn't know about it yet, the Jules Verne ATV launch will be streamed live on the ESA website. A test signal will be received as from 04:03 CET (03:03 UT). The launch transmission itself starts 20 minutes before liftoff - that's at 04:43 CET (03:43 UT). Find it here: http://www.esa.int/atv
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Launch countdown
09 March, 2008 01:08
John Ellwood reports from inside the Jupiter control room at Guiana Space Centre that everything looks good in the countdown. Tanking started at 01:00 CET according to schedule. The tanking process takes almost four hours during which the launcher's first stage is loaded with 25 000 kg liquid hydrogen and 150 000 kg liquid oxygen.
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Launch countdown
09 March, 2008 01:03
Tanking started according to schedule
News received from Kourou. John Ellwood, ESA's ATV Project Manager, reports that tanking started on time. Hope to have more in a moment.
-- Maria
-- Maria
Launch countdown
08 March, 2008 22:05
A look inside the control room
Also just received from Kourou. A few images inside the control room, and one of the press visit to view the launcher on the pad. This will be my last post for today. Back again very early tomorrow morning to follow the big event.
-- Maria
Launch countdown
08 March, 2008 21:42
Launch countdown starts on schedule
A report received from Kourou earlier this evening...
John Ellwood, ESA's ATV Project Manager, has confirmed the 10-hour launch countdown started exactly on time at 15:00 Kourou time (19:00 CET) as scheduled. Everything is running smoothly. Dozens of specialists are already in front of their consoles in the three main control rooms at the Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
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Launch countdown
08 March, 2008 21:00
Your hardy eds. off for some kip
Last post for this evening from me, anyway... See you online bright and early! Feel free to post queries anytime, and we'll do our best to get the answers. G'nite... -- Daniel
Launch countdown
08 March, 2008 19:49
Or in this case every 1/100th of a second counts. Tomorrow's launch is set for 05:03:04 CET - precisely. Its this kind of timing that makes all the difference. As you can see in Daniel's posting of the ascent timeline, the timing continues with this kind of accuracy, with each critical event needing to be timed perfectly...
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