alexpgp | Weird...

I managed to hit the ILS webcast of the Anik F3R launch at just the right time, about 5 minutes before liftoff. It's been about 20 minutes now, and everything is going well with the mission, but I'm noticing that (a) nobody was assigned to interpret the ascent announcements (something I did for all the campaigns I supported) and (b) the remarks of the Russian program manager were broadcast with no interpretation at all (though Jim Bonner, one of the two ILSers anchoring the webcast, summarized what was said afterward... still... Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot?).

The webcast is about to wrap up, and the mission will be complete about 9 hours from now.

Cheers...