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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 05:30:48 2018 No.10218980 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>10219046 >>10219134

No Electron Launch thread?

ELaNa launch from Mahia, New Zealand. Stream starting in about 45 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Kr3664hJs

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 05:38:50 No.10218993 Report

Quoted By: >>10219009

Thanks anon, I was on a plane and couldn’t make my typical launch thread.

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 05:50:09 No.10219009 Report

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>>10218993
Can't say I did a good job of it.

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 06:10:53 No.10219046 Report

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>>10218980
15 minute delay. new target is 06:33 UTC

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 06:17:42 No.10219058 Report

Quoted By: >>10219118

Youtube is LIVE

https://youtu.be/F7Kr3664hJs

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 06:28:37 No.10219081 Report

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5 minutes until launch!

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 06:34:12 No.10219089 Report

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We have lift off!

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 06:35:53 No.10219095 Report

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>cat pushing button.jpg
Go Electron.

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 06:37:45 No.10219098 Report

Quoted By: >>10219106 >>10219108 >>10219118

What's New Zealand's endgame?

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 06:41:12 No.10219103 Report

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There goes the battery packs

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 06:42:48 No.10219106 Report

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>>10219098
Kiwi here. Super power by 2020.

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 06:44:20 No.10219108 Report

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>>10219098
Sheep in space.

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 06:49:13 No.10219116 Report

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smooth as silk!

I've heard there is much less vibration with their electric pumps, so they don't have to build the satellites as robustly, saving weight and engineering effort.

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 06:50:40 No.10219118 Report

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>>10219058
Electron-tan when?

>>10219098
Space Rugby on Mars, clearly

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 06:52:14 No.10219121 Report

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>>10219106
how much public enthusiasm is there for RocketLab over in NZ? It's pretty impressive that you're into space

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 06:52:52 No.10219123 Report

Quoted By: >>10219127 >>10219130

How do we crowdfund a /sci/ Electron launch cubesat that shitposts from orbit

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 06:54:16 No.10219127 Report

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>>10219121
Peter Beck is doing a ton of public outreach, which is neat as fuck.

>>10219123
I'll catch the train to Britomart and then get a Lime to Rocket Lab and ask for a single slot

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 06:55:19 No.10219128 Report

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Place full sanctions on New Zealand. The last thing we need is another North Korea on our hands.

Stop them before it's too late.

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 06:55:34 No.10219130 Report

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did anyone else find this hilarious?

>>10219123
it would be totally doable, but the entire certification process takes about 5 years. That's a long time

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 06:56:16 No.10219132 Report

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>>10219130
Got that in HD? I want a new desktop BG

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 06:59:40 No.10219134 Report

Quoted By: >>10219135 >>10219136 >>10219138

>>10218980
Rooting for garbage electron to go up in smoke. Nobody needs more shitty microsats clogging up the carmen line.

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 07:00:10 No.10219135 Report

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>>10219134
Blame NASA this time dude

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 07:00:12 No.10219136 Report

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>>10219134
t. Australia

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 07:01:33 No.10219137 Report

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>>10219132

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 07:02:36 No.10219138 Report

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>>10219134
Blame India then.

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 07:03:33 No.10219140 Report

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>>10219127
you guys have lime over there? do your hobos smear them with poop as well?

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 07:05:17 No.10219143 Report

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>>10219140
They're a fucking plague here. Some stories are great though. Some have appeared over 300 kilometres away from any charging place

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 07:25:05 No.10219177 Report

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"Mr. Beck, I don't feel so good."

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 07:26:22 No.10219179 Report

Quoted By: >>10219182 >>10219187

Oh come on, no actual camera footage?

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 07:28:28 No.10219182 Report

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>>10219179
Gotta save weight on the kick stage. Need all the delta v as possible

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 07:28:33 No.10219183 Report

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>>10219137
looks like a scene out of Iron Sky

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 07:29:08 No.10219187 Report

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>>10219179
would be hard to mount a camera to be able to see anything. The whole top part is for mounting the dispensers

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Anonymous Sun 16 Dec 2018 07:38:33 No.10219198 Report

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>>10219187
Possibly that, possibly also having to pay for video bandwidth from the other side of the planet.

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