Jules Verne ATV Blog | Launch and early orbit

Launch and early orbit 09 March, 2008 06:29

Update from ATV-CC: "All screens are green"

I just spoke with Bob Chesson, the head of ESA's Human Spaceflight operations department; he's at ATV-CC and he says the ESA-CNES team there are seeing all green!

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Launch and early orbit 09 March, 2008 06:13

In orbit... separation a-ok

"A perfect injection into orbit" says Arianespace TV... :-) -- Daniel

Launch and early orbit 09 March, 2008 06:00

Report from SMA ESTRACK station

I just spoke with ESA's Gerhard Billig at Santa Maria station - acquisition of signal (AOS) from Ariane went perfect! The guys at the station also had a great (and unexpected) visual show - they could see cut-off of the main engine. They are now waiting for the second pass, during the second orbit, about 1:45 after launch. -- Daniel

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Launch and early orbit 09 March, 2008 05:40

V. cool launch pics

This just in from the launch transmission, snapped by ~~ESA's own Stefan Corvaja~~ by ESA's Nadia Imbert-Vier. There will be more published in the ESA portal shortly... (click on image for full-size view) -- Daniel

Launch and early orbit 09 March, 2008 05:37

Ariane track

Over on the FR blog, our colleague Stefan has just posted a map showing Ariane's track; she was over West Europe just a few minutes ago (click map for full size image). -- Daniel