Anyone Bored?

[mibn2cweus]

http://spaceflightnow.com/antares/orb1/status.html

[mibn2cweus]

T - 10

[mibn2cweus]

T - 3

[Mamyalynne]

Watching

[Bazile]

My picture keeps buffering ( if that's the correct term )

[berniecuddles]

lift off!!

[Mamyalynne]

woohooo

[Lie-in King]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Bazile]

i note ISS capture on 12/01 - does that mean it will be orbiting the ISS untill then ?

[mibn2cweus]

On route for Sunday rendezvous with ISS.

[mibn2cweus]

Replay of launch in five.

[Bazile]

I thought , at most the ISS is at a height of 248 miles from the earth - so why does it take untill sunday for the rendezvous ?

[mibn2cweus]

It's one thing to get there (takes a lot of energy) and quite another to arrive there a near zero relative velocity so that a successful nondestructive rendezvous can be achieved. Remember they'll both be travelling at over 17,000 mph in a precise uniform direction when docking takes place.

[mibn2cweus]

. . . also, you'll want to achieve docking with a minimum use of energy which translates into the ultimate weight/expense requirements.