[HN Gopher] The Air Force weather team that keeps canceling your...
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       The Air Force weather team that keeps canceling your rocket
       launches (2020)
        
       Author : Tomte
       Score  : 31 points
       Date   : 2021-07-12 15:58 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theverge.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theverge.com)
        
       | sandworm101 wrote:
       | For comparison:
       | 
       | https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/02/28/russia-launches-arctic...
       | 
       | "The Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off from the Site 31 launch pad at
       | Baikonur at 1:55:01 a.m. EST (0655:01 GMT; 11:55:01 a.m. local
       | time) and quickly disappeared into a _shroud of fog hanging over
       | the frozen steppes_ of Kazakhstan. "
        
         | seoaeu wrote:
         | What's your point? Some kinds of weather are more problematic
         | for rocketry than others. From the original article...
         | 
         | > "Of particular concern are cumulus clouds and anvil clouds,
         | which are highly charged. There is also a criterion known as
         | the electric field mill rule that places a limit on the
         | strength of the electric field in the atmosphere."
        
       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | anything new on this situation since it's from a year ago?
        
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