neufeld@aurora.physics.utoronto.ca (Christopher Neufeld) (06/19/91)
Well, I just saw a throwaway bite on the evening news relating to the
destruction by range safety of an unmanned rocket. The footage had a
round decal with Orbital Sciences Corporation on it, and the same
written across the bottom of the screen, and the voice in the original
broadcast, though obscured by the local newsguy, did include the word
"prospector".
What was this launch? I wasn't aware of any prospectors due up in the
next little while. While we're at it, what was the launch vehicle? It
sure didn't look like a Pegasus.
--
Christopher Neufeld....Just a graduate student | If ignorance is bliss
neufeld@aurora.physics.utoronto.ca Ad astra | why aren't there more
cneufeld@{pnet91,pro-cco}.cts.com | happy people?
"Don't edit reality for the sake of simplicity" |phung@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Rick Phung) (06/19/91)
In <1991Jun19.024459.15721@helios.physics.utoronto.ca> neufeld@aurora.physics.utoronto.ca (Christopher Neufeld) writes: > Well, I just saw a throwaway bite on the evening news relating to the >destruction by range safety of an unmanned rocket. The footage had a >round decal with Orbital Sciences Corporation on it, and the same >written across the bottom of the screen, and the voice in the original >broadcast, though obscured by the local newsguy, did include the word >"prospector". > What was this launch? I wasn't aware of any prospectors due up in the >next little while. While we're at it, what was the launch vehicle? It >sure didn't look like a Pegasus. ^^^^^^^ I don't think it was a Pegasus either, since it was ground-launched (as opposed to from wing of B-52). The only other details I heard was that it happened ~25 sec. into the flight, and that a "million-dollar scientific package" was ejected which parachuted into the ocean. The "package" still hasn't been recovered. >-- > Christopher Neufeld....Just a graduate student | If ignorance is bliss > neufeld@aurora.physics.utoronto.ca Ad astra | why aren't there more > cneufeld@{pnet91,pro-cco}.cts.com | happy people? > "Don't edit reality for the sake of simplicity" | -- Rick Phung phung@rex.cs.tulane.edu Tulane University New Orleans, LA
henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (06/19/91)
In article <1991Jun19.024459.15721@helios.physics.utoronto.ca> neufeld@aurora.physics.utoronto.ca (Christopher Neufeld) writes: > What was this launch? I wasn't aware of any prospectors due up in the >next little while. While we're at it, what was the launch vehicle? It >sure didn't look like a Pegasus. It was a suborbital microgravity launch, being done by OSC's Space Data subsidiary. "Prospector" is the name of the launcher, which I think is yet another of those slap-some-existing-solids-together things. -- "We're thinking about upgrading from | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology SunOS 4.1.1 to SunOS 3.5." | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry