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Post by buzyg » Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:42 am

I've been watching the live steam of the Virgin Satellite launch. Looks like the rocker fell out of the sky after reaching around 600,000 ft. From what I could receive on U tube, the telemetry went off line after it fell back to around 400,000 ft. :oops: :(

Took a while but now reported back as a failed rocket. Here's to the next attempt being a success.
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Post by Chris_D » Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:45 am

The guy in charge of keeping the blue touch paper dry. You had one job mate.
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Post by buzyg » Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:31 pm

Chris_D wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:45 am The guy in charge of keeping the blue touch paper dry. You had one job mate.
:roll: :lol:
His jobs safe, it went up, just not far enough up. It's the pump attendant that's for the chop. :wink:
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Post by enuff_zed » Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:33 pm

buzyg wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:31 pm
Chris_D wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:45 am The guy in charge of keeping the blue touch paper dry. You had one job mate.
:roll: :lol:
His jobs safe, it went up, just not far enough up. It's the pump attendant that's for the chop. :wink:
If only he'd squeezed that last half litre out of the pipe eh? :rofl:
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Post by Pondrew » Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:15 pm

buzyg wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:42 am the telemetry went off line after it fell back to around 400,000 ft.
Another reason not to get Virgin Broadband.
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.

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Post by Chris_D » Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:25 pm

enuff_zed wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:33 pm
buzyg wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:31 pm
Chris_D wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:45 am The guy in charge of keeping the blue touch paper dry. You had one job mate.
:roll: :lol:
His jobs safe, it went up, just not far enough up. It's the pump attendant that's for the chop. :wink:
If only he'd squeezed that last half litre out of the pipe eh? :rofl:
Xactly.
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Post by buzyg » Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:15 pm

Chris_D wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:25 pm
enuff_zed wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:33 pm
buzyg wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:31 pm His jobs safe, it went up, just not far enough up. It's the pump attendant that's for the chop. :wink:
If only he'd squeezed that last half litre out of the pipe eh? :rofl:
Xactly.
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Should have put the rocket under the other wing and stretched the hose over the plane. :wink:
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Post by MikeyH » Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:24 pm

enuff_zed wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:33 pm
buzyg wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:31 pm
Chris_D wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:45 am The guy in charge of keeping the blue touch paper dry. You had one job mate.
:roll: :lol:
His jobs safe, it went up, just not far enough up. It's the pump attendant that's for the chop. :wink:
If only he'd squeezed that last half litre out of the pipe eh? :rofl:
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Post by MikeyH » Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:26 pm

Pondrew wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:15 pm
buzyg wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:42 am the telemetry went off line after it fell back to around 400,000 ft.
Another reason not to get Virgin Broadband.
We have it and its crap but the wife wont change as they all seem to be crap.
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Post by MikeyH » Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:27 pm

buzyg wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:31 pm
Chris_D wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:45 am The guy in charge of keeping the blue touch paper dry. You had one job mate.
:roll: :lol:
His jobs safe, it went up, just not far enough up. It's the pump attendant that's for the chop. :wink:
Buzyg, keep your head done it's coming your way. :rofl:
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Post by Pondrew » Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:43 pm

MikeyH wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:27 pm Buzyg, keep your head done it's coming your way.
I heard that the debris landed in a fishing village on the South coast of Cornwall. No-one was injured as all the residents were in their homes in Surrey!
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Post by Chris_D » Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:45 pm

MikeyH wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:27 pm
buzyg wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:31 pm
Chris_D wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:45 am The guy in charge of keeping the blue touch paper dry. You had one job mate.
:roll: :lol:
His jobs safe, it went up, just not far enough up. It's the pump attendant that's for the chop. :wink:
Buzyg, keep your head done it's coming your way. :rofl:
It did in fact land in Buzy's back garden.
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Post by MikeyH » Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:56 pm

Chris_D wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:45 pm
MikeyH wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:27 pm
buzyg wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:31 pm His jobs safe, it went up, just not far enough up. It's the pump attendant that's for the chop. :wink:
Buzyg, keep your head done it's coming your way. :rofl:
It did in fact land in Buzy's back garden.
He's already removed what's left of the stabilizers and rear fin to patch up his Z4M.
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