Atlas V rocket launch
Jan 19, 2018 00:26:27 #
What a bummer. I traveled 250 miles to Cape Canavral today for the night time rocket launch at 7:52pm. This bucket list item was going to be awesome with a night launch. Set up the tripod and Canon and was ready to go. It was cancelled at T -5 to liftoff. What a bummer......
Jan 19, 2018 00:58:00 #
Jan 19, 2018 01:33:39 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
Stuck on the Space Coast for the weekend. It could be worse.
Except it has been colder there than some places out here in Colorado.
Jan 19, 2018 06:33:44 #
kcooke wrote:
What a bummer. I traveled 250 miles to Cape Canavral today for the night time rocket launch at 7:52pm. This bucket list item was going to be awesome with a night launch. Set up the tripod and Canon and was ready to go. It was cancelled at T -5 to liftoff. What a bummer......
Better not to get the shot than see death and destruction raining down. They wouldn't have stopped the launch if there wasn't a problem.
Jan 19, 2018 13:11:57 #
I tried to get a shot of one of the last night shuttle launches. Stayed in Melbourne Beach, got up at 2 AM and drove up to Port Canaveral. Got out on the rocks looking up the alligator river directly at the launch pad (along with hundreds of others). Launch cancelled about 5-10 seconds before the lift off. Never got another chance. You have my sympathies - keep trying.
Jan 19, 2018 14:44:16 #
TriX wrote:
I tried to get a shot of one of the last night shuttle launches. Stayed in Melbourne Beach, got up at 2 AM and drove up to Port Canaveral. Got out on the rocks looking up the alligator river directly at the launch pad (along with hundreds of others). Launch cancelled about 5-10 seconds before the lift off. Never got another chance. You have my sympathies - keep trying.
Thanks. Since I am now retired I will be back here to try again ! Actually last night was supposed to be a double launch. Both got cancelled
Jan 19, 2018 14:47:18 #
kcooke wrote:
Thanks. Since I am now retired I will be back here to try again ! Actually last night was supposed to be a double launch. Both got cancelled
Probably too cold.
Jan 19, 2018 22:08:46 #
mcveed wrote:
Probably too cold.
Actually it was mechanical issues. According to NASA Weather was ok. I’ll try again another time
Jan 20, 2018 05:55:51 #
Jan 20, 2018 08:12:58 #
itsnoelb
Loc: Edgewater, FL. Originally: FLINT. MI.
kcooke wrote:
What a bummer. I traveled 250 miles to Cape Canavral today for the night time rocket launch at 7:52pm. This bucket list item was going to be awesome with a night launch. Set up the tripod and Canon and was ready to go. It was cancelled at T -5 to liftoff. What a bummer......
Sorry you missed. Mayby you got lucky and got something like this Friday night.
Jan 20, 2018 08:13:39 #
Jan 20, 2018 09:45:16 #
dlmorris
Loc: Loma Linda, Ca
I live on the left coast, and last week there was supposed to be a rocket launch from Vendenberg, at 1:00. Usually can't see much at that time, but it kept getting postponed, till the projected time was 5:15, which would have been a perfect time for a spectacular launch, but it was then canceled for the day. It went up the next day at 1:00, and I saw nothing. Watching and trying to photograph rocket launches can be a stressful activity!!
Jan 20, 2018 09:51:03 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
Stuck on the Space Coast for the weekend. It could be worse.
You could have been outside of Fairbanks at the UAF launch facility at Poker Flats. It was -20F last night.
Jan 20, 2018 10:23:31 #
I tried to see one of the last shuttle launches 4 times! One cancelled midnite the night before ( not sure why), one 20 minutes before ( cursed lightning storm), one 2 minutes (rain 10 miles away) and finally we saw the last night launch. I had a cheapo camera, so I would be embarrassed to post. Just to say, keep trying. Even if you don't capture it with your camera, it will capture your heart.
Jan 20, 2018 10:23:58 #
I took the night launch of the Challenger, can't remember what year. The morning it exploded, I was in the orange groves at 4:30 am photographing the smudge pots trying to keep the fruit from freezing as it was 24 degrees to the west of Orlando. I specifically remember thinking when I went back to bed, "I'm not going to get up to see the launch, because all the brilliant scientists would never launch something that generates that much heat on a morning as cold as this." We all know what happened next!
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