http://www.ulalaunch.com/webcast.as px Delta IV launch. Bi

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It has a baller logo as well

Is that the actual logo?? If so that;s marvelous.

>>8133500
It ain't a secret now. Nice OPSEC dumbass.

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>>8133512
Yep

they have some wacky logos

https://mobile.twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/740976507548536832

>>8133514
It's good to be informed and discuss what our govt. and military are doing. After all aren't we as tax payers paying for this?

>>8133514
It's on the website, Lieutenant Scoff.

Will they be attempting recovery of their first stages????

The size of this rocket has rendered me

SPEECHLESS

I am utterly

STUNNED

>>8133529
Falcon Heavy will carry twice the payload to LEO m8 this ain't shit

>>8133529
T H I C K

>>8133518

no, because if you know it then every enemy knows it too

>>8133530
Can't wait, It spells the coming of space travel. It's glorious.

>>8133538
You should stop typing now.

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>>8133504

Let me guess: rocket scientists are not also graphic designers in their spare time. So ridiculous!

>>8133538
It's not possible to hide rocket launches or satellites in orbit

>>8133500
So how much is ULA overcharging the government to launch this mission on surplus soviet rockets?

I can't wait till SpaceX starts doing NationalSecurity launches.

>>8133543
>stop pointing at my $2000 apple computer you dwerb
>i can see it its right in front of me

>>8133517
i love the look of the lock-down clamps

>>8133555
says 375 million

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>>8133500
>Biggest rocket to date.
Russian engines.

>>8133564
The RS-68 was developed at Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power, located in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, where the SSME is manufactured. It was designed to power the Delta IV Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV).

>>8133572
>ULA has 2 rockets
>Atlas Series w/RD180 (Made in Russia)
>Delta Series w/RS68 (all made in USA)

>OH WHICH ONE SHOULD WE GET RID OF, BECAUSE RUSSIA IS OUR GOOD BUDDY?

can someone fire the bolts on the payload fairing - i wanna see this satellite

>>8133589
All russia wants to be is a US ally

>>8133555
>on surplus soviet rockets
Delta IV is all US. Stay ignorant.

SpaceX btfo

>>8133600
see this >>8133530

I bet it will explode

So how long till launch?

>>8133589
you get rid of the super uneconomical all liquid hydrogen rocket

>>8133606
I'd give it less than a hour.

>>8133606
ULA doesn't tell anyone shit. at least spacex will tell you when they aren't going to launch as soon as possible

>>8133611
back to ledit

what are these fumes ?

T-MINUS 3:59

O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT

>>8133615
nitrogen

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>>8133615
chlorine trifluoride

>>8133615
vape

>>8133615
chemtrails

what happens when a lightning strike hits a rocket ?

>>8133637
Probably nothing good,

>>8133637
what do you expect

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>>8133637
They have lightning rods

1 hour 19 minutes from now.

Also how is this the "Biggest rocket to date"?

Aren't Delta 4 Heavy rockets pretty much standardized? You mean largest payload by a delta 4?

>>8133615
water

why do rocket launches always get delayed

>>8133647
weather

>>8133640

an explosion ?

surely a hundred millions volts plus a hundred tons of highly flammable material will go boom ?

>>8133654
No. Lightning struck Apollo 12 twice. It caused problems but it didn't explode.

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>>8133654

why do they launch it night time ?

why are they painted in orange ?

>>8133670
>why do they launch it night time ?
>why are they painted in orange ?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=why+do+they+launch+it+night+time+%3F+%20why+are+they+painted+in+orange+%3F

>>8133670
orange is the natural color of the tank, the paint is too heavy to justify painting the whole thing

>>8133673

google doesn't always give the right answer

>>8133661
What a shitty flash on that camera

>>8133678
True, good thing 4chan has always been the bastion of truth and accuracy

is there a new launch time set yet?

>>8133504
Looks like the black iron Tarkus set from dark souls

>>8133500
>Carrying classified spy satellite.

You mean, "Carrying unknown payload." Because it isn't even offically confirmed that there is a satellite and the word "classified" merely means something has been put into one class or another. Like "Top Secret" is one classification for classified things while, "Public" is another classification for classified things.

It may be filled with military issue dragon dildos for all anyone knows.

>>8133691
>It may be filled with military issue dragon dildos
Delete this. An agent will arrive shortly to discuss where you got this information.

>its another rocket launch delayed episode

>>8133796
plz no

>>8133796
They've said 5.58

>>8133820

what's that in hours from now friend

>>8133829
like 20 minutes

>>8133832

dope, thanks m8

9 minutes

>>8133500
Its not even a third the mass of Saturn V

>>8133868
It's the biggest currently in use is what he meant.

stream itself and its layout are really boring. if they want the public's interest, they should at least try to get it.

>>8133875
Falcon 9 is only a little bit smaller
Falcon Heavy will be over twice the weight

>HOLD HOLD HOLD HOLD
>SCRIPT ABORTED

FFFFUUUUUCCCKKKKK

>>8133889

they heard me i guess

Santa showed up!

>HO HO HOLD!
They're delaying the launch so everyone gets presents!

>>8133875
Yeah I figured

>overcast
GO FOR LAUNCH

>starts to sprinkle
HOLD HOLD HOLD

HOL UP HOL UP

>>8133907
>LEATHER VIOLATION!
God damn it, guys. We're trying to do a launch here! We don't have time for your sex games!

>But that's what makes it fun!

>>8133660
>"it was feared that the lightning strike could have caused the Command Module's (CM) parachute mechanism to prematurely fire, disabling the explosive bolts that open the parachute compartment to deploy them.[citation needed] If they were indeed disabled, the Command Module would have crashed uncontrollably into the Pacific Ocean and killed the crew instantly. Since there was no way to figure out whether or not this was the case, ground controllers decided not to tell the astronauts about the possibility."
Holy shit man

>>8133891
Falcon 9 is about the same in height, but it has like half the mass and payload capacity.

DELAYED TO SATURDAY
SHIIIIIIIIIT

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ULA BTFO

>>8133915
550k kg for F9
733k kg for DIVH

22 tons to LEO for F9
28 tons to LEO for DIVH

>>8133915
Delta IV Heavy
mass: 733 tons
LEO payload: 29 tons

Falcon 9 1.1 FT
mass: 550 tons
LEO payload: 23 tons

>>8133929
>>8133926
Plus falcon looks a lot more like a dildo than delta-iv

>>8133937
Depends on what types of dildoes you like, i would think

>>8133967
A wise and reasoned point

>>8133975
I would ad
>about dildoes
But this is 4chan, so its pretty much already a given point

>>8133749
>where you got this information.

F-from /b/ agent.

>>8133913
This is also where the steely eyed missile man comes from:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Aaron

Remember "SCE to aux"!

Requesting ULA copypasta

>>8133538
>>8133514

I'm cringing for you

>>8135542

They're right though. You're the cringeworthy one.

Stream starts in one hour

>>8137015
no, that's the boat for interrupting SpaceX launches. The rain delay already cost SpaceX the static fire for their Tuesday launch.

Lightning is fucking nothing for rockets. Look at mighty Apollo 12, hit twice by lightning and still went to moon and back. Crew didn't even notice it.

why does it says lauch begins in 2:44 but I can't see anything but a color spectrum ??

REEEEEEEEEE

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>about a decade ago Elon Musk “showed up in torn jeans and with a plastic bag. He told us -- the chiefs of the three biggest rocket launchers worldwide -- I am here and your are dead.”
Was he autistic?

>>8133926
Those f9 numbers are sandbagged

They won't be real until 2018

>4 minuts and holding

what the shit is this

>>8137046
They kinda did notice it, that lightning nearly caused the entire thing to be aborted after launch.

>>8137071
>Initially, it was feared that the lightning strike could have caused the Command Module's >(CM) parachute mechanism to prematurely fire, disabling the explosive bolts that open the parachute compartment to deploy them.[citation needed] If they were indeed disabled, the Command Module would have crashed uncontrollably into the Pacific Ocean and killed the crew instantly. Since there was no way to figure out whether or not this was the case, ground controllers decided not to tell the astronauts about the possibility.

They didn't tell the crew on purpose

>>8137073
That may be so but I think the crew probably noticed when most of their instrumentation turned off and all the warning lights to turn on.

>ULA only doing this live feed because of memeX

T-4m and counting

AHHH!!! WASP ATTACK!

IT'S HAPPENING

WHY DOESNT IT CARRY CAMERAS ???

>>8137096
classified mission

>computer generated images

fake

>>8137100
spoiled kid. Had really good ground video this time, actually.

Shit, did I miss it?

>>8137171
Yup. Replay here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCy401hkXuk

>>8137171

yes

>all LH2 rockets
fucking ULA

>>8138085
eh. it built on the experience we had with the Shuttle engines, but cheaper to make. At least they are all American, unlike the Russian engines on the Atlas and Antares. Let's see who uses which fuel:

Poison UDMH: Proton, Rokot, Dnepr, China, India
Kerosene: Soyuz, Energia, Atlas, Falcon
Hydrogen: Delta, Japan, Ariane 5

so it seems like Hydrogen is the fuel of freedom.

>>8133654
>what is a farraday cage?

>>8137193
Meh, I missed another one.

Also, more companies need on board cameras. They are good for post diagnostics and publicity.

>>8138413
>Kerosene: Energia
Energia's main stage was hydrogen.

>>8138558
huh. I didn't think Russia did anything with hydrogen.

Anyway, the only Energia thing left is Zenit, which is kerosene. And even it and Dnepr will soon be retired because Ukraine.

>>8133589

A vanilla Delta IV costs twice as much as an Atlas V. The Delta IV Heavy only flies because some payloads simply will not fit on any configuration of the Atlas.

um you guys do know there are stealth, interceptor satellites that mitm legit satellites?

>>8137059
Is... is he anti-balding?

>>8140984
plugs