- Archived Page (InSight successfully launched on May 5, 2018)
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Watch archived coverage of the first interplanetary launch from the West Coast of the U.S.
Watch archived coverage of the first interplanetary launch from the West Coast of the U.S.Archived webcasts: Part 1 and Part 2
News briefings and launch commentary will be streamed on NASA TV YouTube.com/NASAJPL/live and Ustream.tv/NASAJPL . (On-demand recordings will also be available after the live events have finished on the YouTube and Ustream pages.) NASA Television Channels are digital C-band signals, carried by QPSK/DVB-S modulation on satellite Galaxy-13, transponder 11, at 127 degrees west longitude, with a downlink frequency of 3920 MHz, vertical polarization, data rate of 38.80 MHz, symbol rate of 28.0681 Mbps, and 3/4 FEC. A Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) compliant Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD) is needed for reception. For NASA TV information and schedules on the Web, visit www.nasa.gov/ntv
wolamute on May 5th, 2018 at 11:27 UTC »
Thanks for posting/the hard work. I wouldn't be alive if it weren't for NASA. You guys need to figure out a better way to publicise these launches.
adamwho on May 5th, 2018 at 09:37 UTC »
I am going to go down to the launch site with the kids in about a half hour. Everything looks good.
A live stream
https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/05/03/av-078-mission-status-center/
dohvakyn on May 5th, 2018 at 08:47 UTC »
I'm a NASA engineer on the InSight Launch team. AMA!
Edit: We just had a successful launch!! Everyone here is incredibly excited. I'm back to answer questions!
Edit 2: The response to this post has been absolutely incredible! I'm working my way through all these questions. Thank you all so much for your support!
Edit 3: Just got confirmation of successful payload separation and initial acquisition of signal. We're officially going to mars!!
Edit 4: With that, my shift is over. Don't worry! I'll get around to the questions I haven't answered yet. But first I need some sleep.