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elucubra, 7 miesięcy temu w ESA Enlists Portuguese Navy Submarine to Prepare for Deep Space

They eat cod in space? I mean, the Portuguese eat a lot of cod. They have a bajillion recipes, generally amazing. Don’t get me wrong, I love eating in Portugal, but I imagine that cod must have been a part of the navy selection process. Could be that they have developed a space-ready Belem cakes. If so the astronauts are fucked. They’ll return fat as fuck! Those things are addictive.

threelonmusketeers, 7 miesięcy temu w Sentinel-1C Launch Thread (return to flight of Vega-C)

Fairing separation confirmed.

threelonmusketeers, 7 miesięcy temu w Sentinel-1C Launch Thread (return to flight of Vega-C)

Staging 2-3.

Zefiro 40 burnout and separation, Zefiro 9 third stage ignition.

threelonmusketeers, 7 miesięcy temu w Sentinel-1C Launch Thread (return to flight of Vega-C)

Staging 1-2.

P120C first stage burnout and separation, Zefiro 40 second stage ignition.

threelonmusketeers, 7 miesięcy temu w Sentinel-1C Launch Thread (return to flight of Vega-C)

Go no-go poll is complete, they are go for launch!

threelonmusketeers, 9 miesięcy temu (edited 9 miesięcy temu) w ESA launches new lunar simulation facility

I wonder how close they can get the regolith stimulant to match actual lunar regolith.

threelonmusketeers, 10 miesięcy temu w Sentinel-2C Launch Thread (final flight of Vega)

Webcast ending.

Goodbye Vega, hello Vega C!

threelonmusketeers, 10 miesięcy temu w Sentinel-2C Launch Thread (final flight of Vega)

Acquisition of signal from Sentinel 2C confirmed!

threelonmusketeers, 10 miesięcy temu w Sentinel-2C Launch Thread (final flight of Vega)

Sentinel 2C payload separation confirmed!

threelonmusketeers, 10 miesięcy temu w Sentinel-2C Launch Thread (final flight of Vega)

Circularization burn underway.

threelonmusketeers, 10 miesięcy temu w Sentinel-2C Launch Thread (final flight of Vega)

Stage 4 shutdown confirmed. Still a circularization burn remains.

threelonmusketeers, 10 miesięcy temu w Sentinel-2C Launch Thread (final flight of Vega)

Stage 3 separation and stage 4 ignition confirmed.

threelonmusketeers, 10 miesięcy temu w Sentinel-2C Launch Thread (final flight of Vega)

Stage 2 separation and stage 3 ignition confirmed. Fairing separation confirmed.

threelonmusketeers, 10 miesięcy temu w Sentinel-2C Launch Thread (final flight of Vega)

Stage 1 separation and stage 2 ignition confirmed.

threelonmusketeers, 10 miesięcy temu w Sentinel-2C Launch Thread (final flight of Vega)

Liftoff!