ONE MINUTE 30 SECONDS
>> MARK.
>> AGAIN, JUST A LITTLE UNDER A
MINUTE AND A HALF WAY FROM
LAUNCH.
ONLY ABOUT A 9-MINUTE RIGHT IN
TO ORBIT.
SO THE NEXT 10 MINUTES A LOT
MORE EXCITING FOR US HERE AS
ANTARES IS ABOUT TO LIFT OFF
FROM THE WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY
IN VIRGINIA.
>> IT.
-MINUS ONE MINUTE.
>> MARK.
>> FUEL TANK PRESSURIZATION
STARTED.
>> ROGER THAT, CORE ONE.
>> T-MINUS 30 SECONDS.
>> MARK.
>> T-MINUS 10.
MARK.
>> FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE.
>> AND ANTARES LIFTING OFF GOING
ACROSS THE NIGHT SKY.
DISAPPEARING THROUGH SOME CLOUDS
QUICKLY AND COMING QUICKLY BACK
IN TO VIEW.
THE FIRST STAGE LOOKING NOMINAL
OR NORMAL SO FAR.
LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT SCARE
THERE ABOVE VIM VERGE ORBITAL
ATK'S ANTARES IS ON ITS WAY.
>> GETTING GOOD PERFORMANCE
CALLS THE ATTITUDE AND
ORIENTATION OF THE ROCKET
LOOKING NORMAL.
>> VEHICLE DOES HAVE MAX "Q."
>> THE VEHICLE JUST PASSING
THROUGH MAXIMUM AERODYNAMIC
PRESSURE WHERE THE FORCES OF
LAUNCH THE HIGHEST ON THE LAUNCH
VEHICLE.
FIRST STAGE, THOUGH, CONTINUING
ON IT FIRE.
IT'S GOING TO CUT OFF ABOUT 215
SECONDS IN TO THE FLIGHT.
OR JUST A LITTLE OVER THREE
MINUTES.
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ]
>> PRESSURES NOMINAL.
LOOKS GOOD.
VEHICLE ATTITUDE IS NOMINAL.
>> JUST PASSING 100,000 FETAL
TOOT AND 7,000 FEET PER SECOND.
ENGINES REMAIN AT FULL THRUST.
ATTITUDE IS STILL GOOD.
AVIONICS POWER IS GOOD.
STEERING LOOKS GOOD.
PASSING 150,000 FEET.
ENGINE IS STEADY HAS 100 PERCENT
THRUST AS WE PASS 10,000 FEET.
>> GREAT' NATION NOW AS GET THE
PERFORMANCE CALLS STILL FROM THE
ORBITAL ATK FLIGHT ENGINEERS.
EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD SO FAR
WITH ANTARES.
AS YOU CAN CESAR AT ANNAL TOOT
OF OVER 38 MILES AND CLIMBING.
THE VEHICLE APPROACHING
6,000 MILES AN HOUR IN VELOCITY
ALREADY.
YOU CAN SEE ITS FLIGHT PATH IN
THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER.
AGAIN, IT FLIES IN THE
SOUTHEASTERLY THAT STRICT ARE
YOU AWAY FROM VIRGINIA OUT OVER
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
>> PASSING 15,000 FEET PER
SECOND.
>> WE ARE GOING TO BE STANDING
BY FOR MAIN ENGINE CUT OFF FOR
THE FIRST TIME.
>> AND WE ARE MIKKO.
>> MEKO THAT MAIN ENGINE CUT OFF
IS CONFIRM.
THE FUEL GONE, JOB DONE,
DROPPING WAY.
>> COAST FACE NOW WAIT FOR THIS
RIGHT CONDITIONS.
>> AS MATT DESCRIBED NOW WE ARE
IN A BIT OF A COAST STAGE HERE.
>> SHORT COAST FACE HERE AND
NEXT EVENT WILL BE THE FAIRING
SEPARATION.
>> WE HAVE NOMINAL STAGE ONE
BURDEN OF PROOF OUT VELOCITY,
JUST OVERS 17,300 FEET PER
SECOND.
WE HAVE FAIRING SEPARATION.
AND INNER STAGE SEPARATION.
>> THE FAIRING AND THE INNER
STAGE DROPPING WAY, CYGNUS IN
THE SECOND STAGE NOW
EX-POSITIONED.
WE HAVE STAGE TWO HE CAN ANYONE,
A GOOD COP WERE BE CONFIRMATION
THE SOLID ROCKET MOTOR IS
IGNITED.
>> BURN FOR APPROXIMATELY 150
SECONDS.
STAGE TWO ATTITUDE IS NOMINAL.
STAGE 2TBC PERFORMANCE LOOKS
GOOD.
>> EVERYTHING LOOKING GREAT.
THE VEHICLE TRAVELING IN EXCESS
OF 10,000 MILES AN HOUR FOR
100 MILES IN ALTITUDE.
AS WE ARE JUST A LITTLE OVER
FIVE MINUTES IN TO THE FLIGHT
ALREADY.
>> POWER SYSTEMS REMAIN GOOD.
STAGE 2TBC IS NOMINAL.
APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY THROUGH
STAGE TWO BURN AT THIS POINT.
AVIONICS SYSTEMS REMAIN HEALTHY
AT THIS POINT.
STAGE 2TBC IS NOMINAL.
>> JUST ABOUT ONE MINUTE LEFT ON
THE SECOND STAGE FIRING.
>> ALL SYSTEMS ARE PERFORMING
WELL AT THIS POINT.
>> AS YOU ARE HEARING EVERYTHING
IS LOOKING GOOD WITH CYGNUS AND
THE AN TEAR EASE ROCKET.
>> POWER REMAINS GOOD.
>> ATTITUDE REMAINS KNOWLEDGE
FAMILIAR.
MOTOR PRESSURE STARTING TO TAIL
OFF.
POWER SOMETIMES REMAIN GOOD.
>> STAGE TWO -- AND WE HAVE
STAGE TWO BURN OUT.
ANTARES WILL NOW COAST FOR
APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES BEFORE
PAYLOAD SEPARATION.
FTS IS DISABLED.
>> WITH THAT SECOND STAGE CUT
OFF AND THE COAST NOW YOU WERE
WAY THE ANTARES ROCKET LARGELY
HAS DONE ITS JOB SO FAR.
IT WILL CONTINUE TO COAST.
WE'LL GET THESE PERFORMANCE
CALLS FROM THE ORBITAL
ENGINEERS, BUT EVERYTHING IS
STILL LOOKING REGULAR I GOOD FOR
CYGNUS, SOON GOING TO BE IN ITS
PRELIMINARY ORBIT AND THEN GET
READY TO DEPLOY THE SOLAR ARRAYS
FOLLOWING THAT.
AND BEGIN ITS CHASE DOWN OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> POWER SOMETIMES ALL LOOK GOOD
AT THIS POINT.
POWER IS NOMINAL.
ATTITUDE REMAINS NOMINAL AS WE
AWAIT PAYLOAD SEPARATION.
POWER IS STILL GOOD.
ATTITUDE IS NOMINAL.
POWER IS KNOWLEDGE FAMILIAR.
ATTITUDE IS GOOD.
POWER IS NOMINAL.
>> NOW WE ARE STANDING BY FOR
THE PAYLOAD SEPARATION.
>> POWER SYSTEMS REMAIN HEALTHY.
AND WE HAVE CYGNUS
SPACECRAFT SEPARATION.
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