When & where is the next rocket launch worldwide?


#73

I believe lat/long is provided so you could use this if you want to get the local time at the location of launch:

EDIT: Nevermind, you have to pay a minimum $5/month for this service.


#74

T-99 minutes to launchā€¦
(the window is precise here, with only one shot to launch)

There is a live feed here.

Currently, the launch is a ā€œNo-Goā€, but they expect the weather to clearā€¦


Cape Canaveral weather conditions on WUnderground.


#75

Falcon 9ā€™s pilotā€™s point of viewā€¦


#76

Weather has been given a GO!


#77

Made sure to time errands run to be back and have drink in hand for this!!


#78

T-19 minutesā€¦

Fuel is almost filled


#79

T-5 minutes

Starting to ā€œchillā€ā€¦


#81

I hopeā€¦ There is usually multiple camera angles


#85

I think with the latest tech, the launch is 99% hands-free for the astronauts insideā€¦
(mostly just ā€œside-swipingā€ to see a different display)


#86

I made that same comment. For the most part they just sat there and watched the screens. Very cool none the less.


#87

So as a follow up the entire piston worked great except for the spoken section gave me a verbal error through Alexa but I think thats an issue beyond WebCore. Very happy with how it all worked out :slight_smile:


#88

I donā€™t use Echo Speaks, so that bit was just added for you guys to play around with.
(any normal voice command using that Expression should work as expected)


#90

So where do we stand on this? @WCmore are you going to take a stab at a two piston approach? I donā€™t want to put too much work into this if you (Or someone else) are already working on it. If there is anything you would like me to help with Iā€™ll be happy to pitch in.


#91

For a piston to make good use of an API, the coder (me) should have a good understanding of how the API functionsā€¦ How often it updatesā€¦ Under what circumstances are nulls returned etc.

So my current piston works well (with one minor update coming tomorrow)ā€¦ but with the size restraints, I cannot add much more without running out of room. So a two piston sounds like the way to go. (Iā€™ve left out too many features already).

This also means that I may (should) monitor the API for a bitā€¦ So my coding afterwards is professionalā€¦


#92

If you want to customize it yourself, please feel free.
(Any time spent learning or having fun is time well spent)

Me personally?
I need to become better aware of a few other dataPoints that sometimes returns unexpected results.
(For example: Chinaā€™s launch in an hour does not have any weather data in their API:)

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ā€¦ so my current piston shows:

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Which, although technically accurate, I donā€™t like itā€¦
I can code it to look much better in the hover text.
(if I had enough space to code, that is)


#94

Itā€™s worth noting thatā€¦ a second China launch was also inserted at nearly the last minuteā€¦ :partying_face:


#96

I can see this perspectiveā€¦ but alsoā€¦ with China slipping in at the last moment, and intentionally posting no relevant dataā€¦ I am wondering if it is worth itā€¦ Maybe I should code it to update every 6 hoursā€¦ With a bonus update after a launchā€¦ Hmmmā€¦


For those curious, I do have an ulterior motive: I am really trying to respect the owners of the APIā€¦ The more frequent our requests, the higher their monthly bill.

Surely 4-5 times a day is sufficient?


Edit:

Bonus points because ā€œEvery 6 hoursā€ means every import of the piston will fire at a different time!


#97

Mine is still showing some Florida Starlink data. Need to take a look to see if I screwed up a refresh interval somewhere.

5/31/2020, 8:56:50 AM +206ms
+10163ms ā•‘Piston waited at a semaphore for 10029ms

5/31/2020, 7:57:20 AM +77ms
+1739ms ā•‘The next launch is scheduled for Sun, May 31 2020 @ 3:57:21 AM EDT (-4 hrs)
+1739ms ā•‘Starlink-8
+1739ms ā•‘SpaceX plans to launch Falcon 9, from Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida, on pad SLC-40.
+1739ms ā•‘A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Starlink-8 mission. The launch date is currently targeted for June 03, 2020 (UTC).
+1739ms ā•‘nullVariable ā€˜Tags:_tagsā€™ not found

5/31/2020, 7:37:32 AM +718ms
+1629ms ā•‘The next launch is scheduled for Sun, May 31 2020 @ 3:37:34 AM EDT (-4 hrs)
+1629ms ā•‘Starlink-8
+1629ms ā•‘SpaceX plans to launch Falcon 9, from Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida, on pad SLC-40.
+1630ms ā•‘A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Starlink-8 mission. The launch date is currently targeted for June 03, 2020 (UTC).
+1630ms ā•‘nullVariable ā€˜Tags:_tagsā€™ not found

5/31/2020, 7:16:56 AM +810ms
+2118ms ā•‘The next launch is scheduled for Sun, May 31 2020 @ 3:16:58 AM EDT (-4 hrs)
+2118ms ā•‘Starlink-8
+2118ms ā•‘SpaceX plans to launch Falcon 9, from Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida, on pad SLC-40.
+2118ms ā•‘A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Starlink-8 mission. The launch date is currently targeted for June 03, 2020 (UTC).
+2118ms ā•‘nullVariable ā€˜Tags:_tagsā€™ not found

5/30/2020, 5:56:16 PM +139ms
+531ms ā•‘The next launch is scheduled for Thu, Jun 11 2020 @ 12:43:00 AM EDT (11.3 days)
+531ms ā•‘"Donā€™t Stop Me Now" (ELaNa 32)
+531ms ā•‘Rocket Lab plans to launch Electron, from Rocket Lab Launch Complex, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand, on pad LC-1.
+531ms ā•‘A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch the ā€œDonā€™t Stop Me Nowā€ (ELaNa 32) mission on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 4:43 AM (UTC).
+531ms ā•‘nullVariable ā€˜Tags:_tagsā€™ not found

5/30/2020, 5:36:17 PM +172ms
+2337ms ā•‘The next launch is scheduled for Thu, Jun 11 2020 @ 12:43:00 AM EDT (11.3 days)
+2337ms ā•‘"Donā€™t Stop Me Now" (ELaNa 32)
+2337ms ā•‘Rocket Lab plans to launch Electron, from Rocket Lab Launch Complex, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand, on pad LC-1.
+2337ms ā•‘A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch the ā€œDonā€™t Stop Me Nowā€ (ELaNa 32) mission on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 4:43 AM (UTC).
+2337ms ā•‘nullVariable ā€˜Tags:_tagsā€™ not found

5/30/2020, 5:16:16 PM +142ms
+2309ms ā•‘The next launch is scheduled for Sat, May 30 2020 @ 3:22:00 PM EDT (-2 hrs)
+2310ms ā•‘Crew Dragon Demo-2 (DM-2)
+2310ms ā•‘SpaceX plans to launch Falcon 9, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on pad LC-39A.
+2310ms ā•‘A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Crew Dragon Demo-2 (DM-2) mission on Saturday, May 30, 2020 at 7:22 PM (UTC).
+2310ms ā•‘For the first time since the last flight of the Space Shuttle in 2011, U.S. astronauts will go to orbit from American soil. As part of NASAā€™s Commercial Crew Program, SpaceXā€™s Falcon 9 will launch the Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.Variable ā€˜Tags:_tagsā€™ not found


#99

The ā€œnext launch is scheduled forā€ section came out wrong because the API only listed the day as 3 instead of 03ā€¦ So I need to tweak my code a bit to account for that.

Also, I just noticed a missing quote for tags, so that was my bad.

Expect an update in about 20 minutesā€¦


#100

My piston in the original post has been updated with a handful of small tweaks.
(the changes are mostly date and time related)

I also limited the location in the tile to the first 20 characters, so it will always be legibleā€¦
(the hover text will still show the full location name)

@guxdude, itā€™s worth mentioning that I had to tweak your {tzOffset} to make it work consistently.


Note for updatersā€¦ Please donā€™t forget to change the first line after ā€œexecuteā€ to a different minute than 6 so we spread out our queriesā€¦ (and of course, delete or pause your old piston)


New screenshot:

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