Ignition, lift off, and through booster sep. Trajectory nominal at 163
km.

-d

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Snidely explained on 7/9/2024 :
> Ignition, lift off, and through booster sep. Trajectory nominal at 163 km.

Stage separation at about 300 km. Onboard cameras showing a glowing
Vinci motor.

-d

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future guitar god of the human genome: an allele with undiscovered
virtuosity, currently soloing in obscurity in Mom's garage.
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Tuesday, Snidely observed:
> Snidely explained on 7/9/2024 :
>> Ignition, lift off, and through booster sep. Trajectory nominal at 163 km.
>
> Stage separation at about 300 km. Onboard cameras showing a glowing Vinci
> motor.

Flight path shown heads up over Scotland. High inclination launched
from the equator!

-d

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Snidely is guilty of <mn.4ae07e8735498b78.127094@snitoo> as of 7/9/2024
12:16:35 PM
> Tuesday, Snidely observed:
>> Snidely explained on 7/9/2024 :
>>> Ignition, lift off, and through booster sep. Trajectory nominal at 163
>>> km.
>>
>> Stage separation at about 300 km. Onboard cameras showing a glowing Vinci
>> motor.
>
> Flight path shown heads up over Scotland. High inclination launched from the
> equator!

Past the Azores, and in the initial coast phase at 7.57 km/s.

-d

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crucial, and yet not the answer."
Jonathan Rosa, sociocultural and linguistic anthropologist,
Stanford.,2020

Snidely asserted that:
> Snidely is guilty of <mn.4ae07e8735498b78.127094@snitoo> as of 7/9/2024
> 12:16:35 PM
>> Tuesday, Snidely observed:
>>> Snidely explained on 7/9/2024 :
>>>> Ignition, lift off, and through booster sep. Trajectory nominal at 163
>>>> km.
>>>
>>> Stage separation at about 300 km. Onboard cameras showing a glowing Vinci
>>> motor.
>>
>> Flight path shown heads up over Scotland. High inclination launched from
>> the equator!
>
> Past the Azores, and in the initial coast phase at 7.57 km/s.

Approaching Austalia, with a good circularization burn at 577 km
altitude.

-d

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of American professional basketball, like that you could have once
watched a game between teams named the Indianapolis Kautskys and the
Akron Firestone Non-Skids. -- fivethirtyeight.com

Lo, on the 7/9/2024, Snidely did proclaim ...
> Snidely asserted that:
>> Snidely is guilty of <mn.4ae07e8735498b78.127094@snitoo> as of 7/9/2024
>> 12:16:35 PM
>>> Tuesday, Snidely observed:
>>>> Snidely explained on 7/9/2024 :
>>>>> Ignition, lift off, and through booster sep. Trajectory nominal at 163
>>>>> km.
>>>>
>>>> Stage separation at about 300 km. Onboard cameras showing a glowing
>>>> Vinci motor.
>>>
>>> Flight path shown heads up over Scotland. High inclination launched from
>>> the equator!
>>
>> Past the Azores, and in the initial coast phase at 7.57 km/s.
>
> Approaching Austalia, with a good circularization burn at 577 km altitude.
>

9 seconds of cubesat release, roughly over Tasmania.

-d

--
We’ve learned way more than we wanted to know about the early history
of American professional basketball, like that you could have once
watched a game between teams named the Indianapolis Kautskys and the
Akron Firestone Non-Skids. -- fivethirtyeight.com

Snidely formulated the question :
> Lo, on the 7/9/2024, Snidely did proclaim ...
>> Snidely asserted that:
>>> Snidely is guilty of <mn.4ae07e8735498b78.127094@snitoo> as of 7/9/2024
>>> 12:16:35 PM
>>>> Tuesday, Snidely observed:
>>>>> Snidely explained on 7/9/2024 :
>>>>>> Ignition, lift off, and through booster sep. Trajectory nominal at 163
>>>>>> km.
>>>>>
>>>>> Stage separation at about 300 km. Onboard cameras showing a glowing
>>>>> Vinci motor.
>>>>
>>>> Flight path shown heads up over Scotland. High inclination launched from
>>>> the equator!
>>>
>>> Past the Azores, and in the initial coast phase at 7.57 km/s.
>>
>> Approaching Austalia, with a good circularization burn at 577 km altitude.
>>
>
> 9 seconds of cubesat release, roughly over Tasmania.
>

Ooops, there's been a problem with the 2nd stage APU, used for tank
pressure management and engine relight. A planned second boost did not
occur, and it appears the stage could not turn to the proper
orientation for the de-orbit burn. More information pending.

-d

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Well hung: curricle-hung in fact. Come sit by me and we'll test the
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On Tue, 09 Jul 2024 14:54:55 -0700, Snidely wrote:

> Snidely formulated the question :
>> Lo, on the 7/9/2024, Snidely did proclaim ...
>>> Snidely asserted that:
>>>> Snidely is guilty of <mn.4ae07e8735498b78.127094@snitoo> as of
>>>> 7/9/2024 12:16:35 PM
>>>>> Tuesday, Snidely observed:
>>>>>> Snidely explained on 7/9/2024 :
>>>>>>> Ignition, lift off, and through booster sep. Trajectory nominal
>>>>>>> at 163 km.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Stage separation at about 300 km. Onboard cameras showing a
>>>>>> glowing Vinci motor.
>>>>>
>>>>> Flight path shown heads up over Scotland. High inclination launched
>>>>> from the equator!
>>>>
>>>> Past the Azores, and in the initial coast phase at 7.57 km/s.
>>>
>>> Approaching Austalia, with a good circularization burn at 577 km
>>> altitude.
>>>
>>>
>> 9 seconds of cubesat release, roughly over Tasmania.
>>
>>
>
> Ooops, there's been a problem with the 2nd stage APU, used for tank
> pressure management and engine relight. A planned second boost did not
> occur, and it appears the stage could not turn to the proper orientation
> for the de-orbit burn. More information pending.

Still and all, much, much better than the first launch of Ariane 5.

--
Peter Stickney
Java Man knew nothing about coffee

Peter Stickney speculated:
> On Tue, 09 Jul 2024 14:54:55 -0700, Snidely wrote:
>
>> Snidely formulated the question :
>>> Lo, on the 7/9/2024, Snidely did proclaim ...
>>>> Snidely asserted that:
>>>>> Snidely is guilty of <mn.4ae07e8735498b78.127094@snitoo> as of
>>>>> 7/9/2024 12:16:35 PM
>>>>>> Tuesday, Snidely observed:
>>>>>>> Snidely explained on 7/9/2024 :
>>>>>>>> Ignition, lift off, and through booster sep. Trajectory nominal
>>>>>>>> at 163 km.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Stage separation at about 300 km. Onboard cameras showing a
>>>>>>> glowing Vinci motor.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Flight path shown heads up over Scotland. High inclination launched
>>>>>> from the equator!
>>>>>
>>>>> Past the Azores, and in the initial coast phase at 7.57 km/s.
>>>>
>>>> Approaching Austalia, with a good circularization burn at 577 km
>>>> altitude.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> 9 seconds of cubesat release, roughly over Tasmania.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Ooops, there's been a problem with the 2nd stage APU, used for tank
>> pressure management and engine relight. A planned second boost did not
>> occur, and it appears the stage could not turn to the proper orientation
>> for the de-orbit burn. More information pending.
>
> Still and all, much, much better than the first launch of Ariane 5.

Hi, Peter!

/dps

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