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Old 30th May 2008, 17:20
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Skynet 5C Launch Tonight

Countdown to UK military launch Friday's launch window in Kourou is 2152-2235 GMT.

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Old 30th May 2008, 18:56
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Skynet eh!

Ominous choice of name!

When will we expect to see a naked Arnie suddenly appear on the streets of Britain?
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hope it doesnt turn out to be a massively expensive firework! Website mentions the launch has been postponed?

Isnt this the last one? How many other birds are they putting up as part of the net?
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Old 30th May 2008, 21:39
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Isnt this the last one? How many other birds are they putting up as part of the net?
This is the freebie. The insurance costs for A and B were so high they decided it was cheaper to build and launch a spare instead. The first 2 fly OK, so this adds extra capacity.

(Because it's a PFI, they can sell the extra capacity on the civil market if we don't use it, which makes it a good commercial proposition to build and launch it - they took the chance, and they won - good luck to them...)
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The launch was delayed due to
Software on the launch vehicle did not behave normally during a test sequence.
I wonder if any MOD project has any software which behaves normally in any circumstances.
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