https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/atlas-v-ussf-7 (https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/atlas-v-ussf-7)
ЦитироватьATLAS V TO LAUNCH USSF-7
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• Rocket: Atlas V 501
• Mission: USSF-7
• Launch Date: May 2020
• Launch Location: Space Launch Complex-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Mission Information: A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 501 configuration rocket will launch the USSF-7 mission for the U.S. Space Force. This will mark the sixth flight of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-6).
OTV is an experimental test program to demonstrate technologies for reliable, reusable, unmanned space test platform for the U.S. military. The primary objectives of the X-37B include reusable spacecraft technologies for America's future in space and operating experiments which can be returned to and examined on Earth.
Launch Notes: This will be the 139th mission for United Launch Alliance. It is the 84th for an Atlas V rocket and the 7th in the 501 configuration.
Go Atlas! Go Centaur! Go USSF-7!
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/04/07/next-gps-launch-delayed-by-coronavirus-concerns/ (https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/04/07/next-gps-launch-delayed-by-coronavirus-concerns/)
ЦитироватьNext GPS launch delayed by coronavirus concerns; X-37B launch remains on track
April 7, 2020 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/04/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)
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..., the next launch of the military's X-37B spaceplane remains on track for liftoff in May on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, officials said.
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As of Monday, CNBC reported that six SpaceX employees have tested positive for the coronavirus. ULA confirmed Monday that one of its employees at a facility near Denver tested positive for the virus.
Other Space Force operations are proceeding according to plan, SMC said.
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File photo of an X-37B spaceplane being encapsulated inside the nose cone of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket before its first test flight in April 2010. Credit. U.S. Air Force
Space Force officials are also moving forward with preparations for launch of the military's X-37B spaceplane aboard the next flight of ULA's Atlas 5 rocket next month, according to Col. Robert Bongiovi, SMC's launch enterprise director.
That mission is codenamed USSF-7, and was formerly known as AFSPC-7.
"We have decided to continue with the USSF-7 launch," Bongiovi said in a statement in response to questions from Spaceflight Now.
Space Force officials last week said the USSF-7 mission was scheduled for launch May 20.
Built by Boeing and readied for launch in a former space shuttle hangar at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the X-37B spaceplane will be encapsulated inside the Atlas 5's payload fairing and transported to Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 launch pad early next month for integration with the launch vehicle.
Stacking of the Atlas 5 rocket inside ULA's Vertical Integration Facility should begin later this month.
The military has two X-37B vehicles, which launch atop conventional rockets and can remain in orbit for years to perform top secret missions. The reusable spaceplane, which flies without astronauts on-board, resembles a miniature space shuttle and returns to Earth for landing on a runway.
There have been five X-37B missions since 2010.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/41914.jpg) (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch) ULA ✔@ulalaunch (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch) 3:35 PM (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1253301436726861824) - Apr 23, 2020
Another #AtlasV (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AtlasV?src=hash) launch campaign begins with Launch Vehicle on Stand (LVOS) day! Today at Cape Canaveral, technicians will start assembling the #AtlasV (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AtlasV?src=hash) 501 rocket that will launch the United States Space Force-7 (#USSF7 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/USSF7?src=hash)) mission. Watch for tweets throughout the day!
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/41914.jpg) (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch) ULA ✔@ulalaunch (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch) 4:44 PM (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1253318792907829248) - Apr 23, 2020
ULA is using the #AtlasV (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AtlasV?src=hash) 501 rocket to launch the #USSF7 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/USSF7?src=hash) mission. The two-stage rocket with a five-meter diameter payload fairing and no solid-fuel boosters is best suited for this mission. It will be the 7th flight of the #AtlasV (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AtlasV?src=hash) 501.
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А почему не Флаконом? :oops:
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/41914.jpg) (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch) ULA ✔@ulalaunch (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch) 5:26 PM (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1253329379431596038) - Apr 23, 2020
The Vertical Integration Facility's overhead crane is working in tandem with a ground handling fixture to guide the 107-foot-long #AtlasV (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AtlasV?src=hash) first stage to stand upright.
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/45842.jpg) (https://twitter.com/torybruno) Tory Bruno ✔@torybruno (https://twitter.com/torybruno) 1:02 AM (https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/1252719473351524352) - Apr 22, 2020
I could tell you, but then...Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/43371.jpg) (https://twitter.com/DutchSpace) DutchSpace @DutchSpace (https://twitter.com/DutchSpace) 8:56 PM (https://twitter.com/DutchSpace/status/1252657520017014786) - Apr 21, 2020
Hey @ulalaunch (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch) @torybruno (https://twitter.com/torybruno) what is the story with USSF-7 (AFSPC-7) ? one says May 20th, another says May 16th ? #OTV6 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/OTV6?src=hash) #X37B (https://twitter.com/hashtag/X37B?src=hash)
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/41914.jpg) (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch) ULA ✔@ulalaunch (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch) 6:27 PM (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1253344716558610439) - Apr 23, 2020
This will be ULA's 139th flight since the company was formed. Nearly two-thirds of those missions have delivered critical U.S. national security payloads into space, all successfully.
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/41914.jpg) (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch) ULA ✔@ulalaunch (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch) 6:56 PM (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1253352089163640841) - Apr 23, 2020
The #AtlasV (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AtlasV?src=hash) first stage is being secured to the Mobile Launch Platform inside the Vertical Integration Facility to complete LVOS. In the days ahead, the Centaur upper stage will be added and a full testing program conducted to verify the rocket is ready to receive its payload.
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/45842.jpg) (https://twitter.com/torybruno) Tory Bruno ✔@torybruno (https://twitter.com/torybruno) 10:58 PM (https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/1253412869711912962) - Apr 23, 2020
LVOS for #USSF7 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/USSF7?src=hash) is complete! Here's a #ToryTimelapse (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ToryTimelapse?src=hash) of today's operations
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1253412768591384576/pu/vid/1280x720/4L5mbXfo6ziWZi39.mp4 (https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1253412768591384576/pu/vid/1280x720/4L5mbXfo6ziWZi39.mp4) (0:19)
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/04/24/ula-begins-stacking-rocket-for-next-launch-of-u-s-military-spaceplane/ (https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/04/24/ula-begins-stacking-rocket-for-next-launch-of-u-s-military-spaceplane/)
ЦитироватьULA begins stacking rocket for next launch of U.S. military spaceplane
April 24, 2020 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/04/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)
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An Atlas 5 first stage was raised vertical Thursday inside United Launch Alliance's Vertical Integration Facility. Credit: United Launch Alliance
United Launch Alliance technicians raised the first stage of the company's next Atlas 5 rocket onto a mobile launch platform at Cape Canaveral Thursday, kicking off the launch vehicle's build-up for a mission scheduled for liftoff May 16 with the U.S. military's X-37B spaceplane.
The Atlas 5's 107-foot-tall (32.6-meter) cylindrical bronze first stage was transferred to ULA's Vertical Integration Facility early Thursday and hoisted upright by a crane. Fitted with a Russian-made RD-180 main engine, the rocket was moved over the mobile launch platform inside the vertical hangar, then lowered into position on the platform's deck.
ULA's ground team will next add the Atlas 5's Centaur upper stage, which has been outfitted with the Atlas 5's interstage adapter and the lower portion of the rocket's aerodynamic payload fairing. The elements will be stacked on top of the Atlas 5 first stage in one piece.
Then teams will put the Atlas 5 through a series of functional checkouts and testing before stacking of the rocket's payload early next month.
The U.S. Space Force's X-37B unpiloted spaceplane will be the Atlas 5's passenger. Liftoff is scheduled for May 16, according to Col. Robert Bongiovi, head of the Space and Missile Systems Center's launch enterprise division.
A launch time for the mission has not been announced.
Formerly codenamed AFSPC-7, the mission has been re-designated USSF-7 to reflect the establishment of the U.S. Space Force last December.
The military has two X-37B spaceplanes in in its inventory. Built by Boeing, the reusable winged vehicles are designed to take off on top of conventional rockets, operate in Earth orbit for years at a time, then re-enter the atmosphere and land on a runway.
The X-37B spaceplane — also called the the Orbital Test Vehicle — is shaped like a mini-space shuttle. The robotic spaceship flies without a crew, and can carry experiments, small satellites and other payloads inside a cargo bay the size of the bed of a pickup truck.
The mission scheduled for launch May 16 will mark the sixth flight of an X-37B spaceplane since 2010. The most recent X-37B mission concluded with a landing at the Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 27, wrapping up a flight that lasted more than two years.
Four of the X-37B missions have launched on top of Atlas 5 rockets, and one has launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
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File photo of an X-37B spaceplane being encapsulated inside the nose cone of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket before its first test flight in April 2010. Credit. U.S. Air Force
The experiments on the sixth X-37B mission have not been disclosed by Space Force officials.
"The primary objectives of the X-37B are twofold: Reusable spacecraft technologies for America's future in space and operating experiments which can be returned to, and examined, on Earth," officials wrote in the military's X-37B fact sheet.
"The distinctive ability to test new systems in space and return them to Earth is unique to the X-37B program and enables the U.S. to more efficiently and effectively develop space capabilities necessary to maintain superiority in the space domain," the military said in a press release last October announcing the landing of the fifth X-37B mission.
The spaceplane measures around 29 feet (8.9 meters) long and has a wing span of nearly 15 feet (4.5 meters).
The Atlas 5 rocket that will carry the X-37B spaceship into orbit will fly in the "501" configuration with 17.7-foot-diameter (5.4-meter) payload shroud made by RUAG Space, no strap-on solid rocket boosters, and a Centaur upper stage with a single Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10 engine.
It will be the seventh flight of the Atlas 5-501 variant, and the 84th launch of an Atlas 5 rocket overall since 2002.
https://www.ulalaunch.com/explore/blog-detail/blog/2020/04/27/ussf-7-atlas-v-stacked-for-space-force-launch (https://www.ulalaunch.com/explore/blog-detail/blog/2020/04/27/ussf-7-atlas-v-stacked-for-space-force-launch)
ЦитироватьUSSF-7: Atlas V stacked for Space Force launch
Apr 27, 2020, 06:02 AM
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A streamlined two-day process last week at Cape Canaveral assembled the Atlas V rocket to launch the United States Space Force-7 (USSF-7) mission.
ULA will use an Atlas V 501 rocket to launch USSF-7 for the U.S. Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center. The two-stage rocket has a five-meter diameter payload fairing, no solid-fuel boosters and a single RL10C-1 engine on the Centaur upper stage.
With 860,300 pounds of liftoff thrust, the 501-variant will supply the required performance to accomplish the USSF-7 mission. It will be the seventh launch of an Atlas V 501.
Activities for Launch Vehicle on Stand (LVOS) day began before dawn Thursday, April 23 when the Atlas V first stage was hauled by semi-truck fr om the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center (ASOC) up the road the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF). The stage was parked snuggly at the building's open doorway for the overhead crane to lock on.
A mobile crane then attached to the aft-end of the rocket, allowing the entire 107-foot-long stage to be raised up and placed in the ground handling fixture that guided the Atlas V vertically.
Once standing upright, the rocket was released from the ground equipment to allow the VIF crane to hoist the booster onto the Mobile Launch Platform (MLP) for attachment to three support pedestals that hold the Atlas V until liftoff.
Then on Saturday, April 25, the interstage adapter, Centaur and lower half of the payload fairing that surrounds the upper stage -- a pre-assembled structure known as OVI, or Off-site Vertical Integration -- was delivered by trailer to the VIF.
In the early years of Atlas V operations, each piece was added one-by-one to the rocket in the VIF by way of multiple days of crane operations. ULA has since moved to the more-efficient process of connecting those pieces together in a separate facility and bringing the finished element to the VIF for one crane lift.
The OVI was lifted into the VIF wh ere technicians awaited at the top of the first stage to bolt the two pieces of flight hardware together.
The OVI installation completes the basic build up of the USSF-7 launch vehicle. Upcoming work will be focused on thoroughly checking out the Atlas V rocket's systems, flight controls and avionics ahead of bringing the payload to the VIF for hoisting atop the rocket.
The MLP will transfer the 197-foot-tall rocket to the Space Launch Complex-41 pad for the countdown, fueling and liftoff next month.
USSF-7 is the second dedicated Space Force mission following the successful Atlas V launch of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency-6 (AEHF-6) secure communications satellite on March 26.
This will also be ULA's 139th flight since the company was formed. Nearly two-thirds of those missions have delivered critical U.S. national security payloads into space, all successfully.
https://ria.ru/20200430/1570786433.html (https://ria.ru/20200430/1570786433.html)
ЦитироватьСМИ: США в мае запустят секретный военный мини-шаттл
10:01 30.04.2020 (обновлено: 11:11 30.04.2020)
МОСКВА, 30 апр - РИА Новости. Секретный космический челнок X-37B в интересах ВВС США планируется отправить на орбиту в мае ракетой-носителем Atlas-5 с российским двигателем РД-180, сообщил американский специализированный сайт spaceflightnow.com (https://spaceflightnow.com/).
По данным сайта, следующий пуск ракеты Atlas-5 намечен на 16 мая с космодрома на мысе Канаверал (штат Флорида). В качестве ее полезной нагрузки указан секретный военный мини-шаттл X-37B. Это будет его шестой полёт в космос.
Челнок X-37B разработан американской компанией Boeing. С 2010 года состоялись пять космических полетов мини-шаттла длительностью от 225 до 780 дней с целью выполнения на орбите экспериментов в интересах ВВС США. Их подробности засекречены. Из последнего полета мини-шаттл вернулся в октябре 2019 года, выведя на орбиту три спутника неизвестного назначения.
Спойлер
Ранее бывший министр ВВС США Хизер Уилсон заявила, что необычные маневренные возможности X-37B в космосе "сводят врагов с ума".
Глава Роскосмоса Дмитрий Рогозин в октябре 2018 года выразил опасение, что X-37B может использоваться американскими военными в качестве носителя оружия. По его словам, такой аппарат нельзя засечь системой предупреждения о ракетном нападении. В то же время российские военные сообщали, что отслеживают все маневры американского челнока на орбите.
Двигатель РД-180 используется на первой ступени ракеты Atlas-5. Первый двигатель был поставлен в США в 1999 году. Всего, по данным производителя - НПО "Энергомаш" (предприятие Роскосмоса), в США отправлено 116 двигателей, при этом выполнено 89 полетов на ракетах Atlas. Ракета производится альянсом United Launch Alliance, сформированным компаниями Lockheed Martin и Boeing.
Экспорт российских двигателей в США Рогозин в сентябре 2019 года назвал взаимовыгодным проектом и отметил, что американцы покупают РД-180 из-за соотношения цена-качество.
В середине апреля 2020 года президент американской компании United Launch Alliance Тори Бруно назвал российский двигатель РД-180 технологическим чудом, хотя за два дня до этого заявлял, что покупает его по настоянию властей США, чтобы российские технологии не утекли в Иран и КНДР.
https://spacenews.com/x-37b-spaceplane-to-carry-dod-and-nasa-experiments-in-upcoming-mission/ (https://spacenews.com/x-37b-spaceplane-to-carry-dod-and-nasa-experiments-in-upcoming-mission/)
ЦитироватьX-37B spaceplane to carry DoD and NASA experiments in upcoming mission
by Sandra Erwin (https://spacenews.com/author/sandra-erwin/) — May 6, 2020
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The X-37B Operational Test Vehicle 6 will be launched to low Earth orbit on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket.
WASHINGTON — The sixth mission of the U.S. Air Force's reusable X-37B spaceplane is scheduled to launch May 16 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
The X-37B Operational Test Vehicle 6 will be launched to low Earth orbit on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. The Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office owns the Boeing-made spaceplane, which flies and lands autonomously. The U.S. Space Force is responsible for the launch, on-orbit operations and landing of the vehicle.
OTV 6 will carry more experiments than any of the previous X-37B missions, Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett said May 6 during an online event hosted by the Space Foundation.
Randy Walden, director of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, said the upcoming X-37B mission will be the first to use a service module to host experiments. The service module is an attachment to the aft of the vehicle and "enables us to continue to expand the capabilities of the spacecraft and host more experiments than any of the previous missions," he said in a statement.
One of the experimental payloads is FalconSat-8, a small satellite developed by the U.S. Air Force Academy and funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory. The FalconSat-8 will carry five science payloads. There are also two NASA experiments to study the results of radiation and other space effects on a materials sample plate and seeds used to grow food. A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory experiment will transform solar power into radio frequency microwave energy which could then be transmitted to the ground.
The Atlas 5 rocket will fly in the 501 configuration with a five-meter fairing, a single-engine upper stage and no solid rocket motors. The mission is named USSF-7.
The design and landing profile of the X-37B — weighing about 11,000 pounds and nearly 29-foot long — is similar to NASA's Space Shuttle but it's one-fourth the size. The most recent mission OTV 5 was launched Sept. 7, 2017 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. It landed on October 27, 2019.
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Страница миссии была восстановлена ULA после некоторого перерыва и вновь доступна (с исправлениями и редакторской правкой):
https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/atlas-v-ussf-7 (https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/atlas-v-ussf-7)
Цитировать• Launch Date: May 16, 2020
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ЦитироватьOTV is an experimental test program to demonstrate technologies for reliable, reusable, unmanned space test platform for the U.S. military. The primary objectives of the X-37B include reusable spacecraft technologies for America's future in space and operating experiments which can be returned to and examined on Earth.
удалён.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29897.png) Chris B - NSF @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 56 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1258056820066836480)
ULA confirms May 16 (as previously scheduled) as the launch date for the Atlas V launch of the USSF-7 mission for the U.S. Space Force. This launch will mark the sixth flight of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-6).
Overview by @josephanavin (https://twitter.com/josephanavin):
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/04/ula-enters-lvos-ussf-7-launch/ ... (https://t.co/bfRiocGSRx)
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https://www.ulalaunch.com/explore/blog-detail/blog/2020/05/06/ussf-7-payload-mounted-atop-atlas-v-for-launch (https://www.ulalaunch.com/explore/blog-detail/blog/2020/05/06/ussf-7-payload-mounted-atop-atlas-v-for-launch)
ЦитироватьUSSF-7: Payload mounted atop Atlas V for launch
May 6, 2020, 09:11 AM
The United States Space Force-7 (USSF-7) payload featuring the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle has been hoisted atop United Launch Alliance's next Atlas V rocket in preparation for launch on Saturday, May 16 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
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The encapsulated payload was delivered to the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) and lifted into position on Tuesday, May 5 to begin combined operations with the launch vehicle.
The completed 197-foot-tall rocket will be transported from the VIF to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex-41 aboard a Mobile Launch Platform for the countdown, fueling and liftoff.
ULA will webcast the launch on our website, allowing the public to view the mission from the safety of their homes.
Conducting the USSF-7 launch with the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle was deemed critical to perform during this national emergency. Personnel involved in the launch are following health guidelines such as wearing face coverings, adhering to physical distancing while on console and using virtual connections when possible.
This will be the 84th flight of the Atlas V and the seventh to fly in the 501 configuration with a five-meter payload fairing, no solid rocket boosters and a single RL10C-1 engine on the Centaur upper stage.
The Atlas V rocket has been entrusted with four previous launches of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, starting with the maiden launch in 2010. This experimental test program demonstrates technologies for a reliable, reusable, unmanned space test platform for the U.S.
Technologies being tested in the program include advanced guidance, navigation and control, thermal protection systems, avionics, high temperature structures and seals, conformal reusable insulation, lightweight electromechanical flight systems, advanced propulsion systems, advanced materials and autonomous orbital flight, reentry and landing.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67676.jpg) Michael Sheetz @thesheetztweetz (https://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz) 47 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1258061262497484800)
The U.S. Space Force is set to launch the 6th mission of the reusable X37-B on May 16. Here's the spaceplane preparing for launch atop a ULA Atlas V rocket:
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29242.jpg) DutchSpace @DutchSpace (https://twitter.com/DutchSpace) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/DutchSpace/status/1258072766458351617)
Of course I can't help myself and have to look into the new photos, at first glance (TBC) it looks like OTV-6 is vehicle 1, if true, this would make sense, as OTV-4 and OTV-5 were likely both flown by vehicle 2 as vehicle 1 was down for the new aft service module mod. #X37B (https://twitter.com/hashtag/X37B?src=hash) #OTV6 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/OTV6?src=hash)
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ЦитироватьВ США рассказали подробности предстоящего полета шаттла X-37B (https://ria.ru/20200506/1571053442.html)
МОСКВА, 6 мая - РИА Новости. Секретный космический мини-шаттл X-37B, который планируется вывести на орбиту в мае ракетой-носителем Atlas-5 с российским двигателем РД-180 (http://ria.ru/product_RD-180/), проведёт в космосе большое количество экспериментов, в том числе два в интересах НАСА (http://ria.ru/organization_NASA/), говорится в сообщении на Космических сил США (http://ria.ru/location_United_States/).
Старт ракеты Atlas-5 с челноком X-37B с космодрома на мысе Канаверал (штат Флорида (http://ria.ru/location_StateofFlorida/)) намечается на 16 мая.
"Шестой полёт является большим шагом для программы X-37B. Это будет первый полёт X-37B с использованием служебного модуля с аппаратурой для экспериментов. Внедрение служебного модуля в этом полёте позволяет нам продолжить расширение возможностей космического корабля и провести больше экспериментов, чем в любом из предыдущих полётах", - сказал директор управления быстрых возможностей ВВС США Рэнди Вальден, слова которого приводятся в сообщении на сайте военного ведомства.
Космические силы США отметили, что в ходе миссии X-37B планируется вывести малый спутник FalconSat-8 с пятью экспериментальными полезными нагрузками академии ВВС США (http://ria.ru/organization_VVS_SSHA/).
Также планируются два эксперимента НАСА по исследованию влияния радиации и других факторов космического полёта на материалы и семена. Кроме того, согласно сообщению, исследовательская лаборатория ВМС США (http://ria.ru/organization_Voenno_morskie_sily_SSHA/) проведёт эксперимент по преобразованию солнечной энергии в радиочастотную микроволновую энергию для передачи на Землю.
Челнок X-37B разработан американской компанией Boeing. С 2010 года состоялись пять космических полетов мини-шаттла длительностью от 225 до 780 дней с целью выполнения на орбите экспериментов в интересах ВВС США. Их подробности засекречены. Из последнего полета мини-шаттл вернулся в октябре 2019 года, выведя на орбиту три спутника неизвестного назначения.
Ранее бывший министр ВВС США Хизер Уилсон заявила, что необычные маневренные возможности X-37B в космосе "сводят врагов с ума".
Генеральный директор "Роскосмоса (http://ria.ru/organization_Roskosmos/)" Дмитрий Рогозин (http://ria.ru/person_Dmitrijj_Rogozin/) в октябре 2018 года выразил опасение, что X-37B может использоваться американскими военными в качестве носителя оружия. По его словам, такой аппарат нельзя засечь системой предупреждения о ракетном нападении. В то же время российские военные сообщали, что отслеживают все маневры американского челнока на орбите.
https://www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article/2177702/next-x-37b-orbital-test-vehicle-scheduled-to-launch (https://www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article/2177702/next-x-37b-orbital-test-vehicle-scheduled-to-launch)
ЦитироватьNext X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Scheduled to Launch
By Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs / Published May 06, 2020
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WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, in partnership with the U.S. Space Force, is scheduled to launch the sixth mission of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-6) on May 16 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
The Department of the Air Force continues to push the flight envelope for the X-37B, and will build upon its growing collaboration with experiment partners with its sixth mission.
"In today's age of electrons, space systems track storms, locate stranded motorists, timestamp credit card transactions, and monitor treaty compliance," said Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett. "Demonstrating the department's innovation, this X-37B mission will host more experiments than any prior missions. This launch also demonstrates the department's collaboration that pushes the boundaries for reusable space systems."
The ability to test new systems in space and return them to Earth is unique to the X-37B program and enables the U.S. to more efficiently and effectively develop space capabilities necessary to maintain superiority in the space domain.
"The X-37B team continues to exemplify the kind of lean, agile and forward-leaning technology development we need as a nation in the space domain," said U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations, Gen. John "Jay" Raymond. "Each launch represents a significant milestone and advancement in terms of how we build, test, and deploy space capabilities in a rapid and responsive manner."
The X-37B remains a Department of the Air Force asset; however, the U.S. Space Force is responsible for the launch, on-orbit operations, and landing.
"This launch is a prime example of integrated operations between the Air Force, Space Force, and government-industry partnerships," said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein. "The X-37B continues to break barriers in advancing reusable space vehicle technologies and is a significant investment in advancing future space capabilities."
This will be the first X-37B mission to use a service module to host experiments. The service module is an attachment to the aft of the vehicle that allows additional experimental payload capability to be carried to orbit.
"This sixth mission is a big step for the X-37B program," said Mr. Randy Walden, Director and Program Executive Officer for the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office. "This will be the first X-37B mission to use a service module to host experiments. The incorporation of a service module on this mission enables us to continue to expand the capabilities of the spacecraft and host more experiments than any of the previous missions."
The mission will deploy the FalconSat-8, a small satellite developed by the U.S. Air Force Academy and sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory to conduct several experiments on orbit. The FalconSat-8 is an educational platform that will carry five experimental payloads for USAFA to operate. In addition, two National Aeronautics and Space Administration experiments will be included to study the results of radiation and other space effects on a materials sample plate and seeds used to grow food. Finally, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, will transform solar power into radio frequency microwave energy which could then be transmitted to the ground.
"We are excited to return the X-37B to space and conduct numerous on-orbit experiments for both the Air Force and its mission partners," said Lt. Col. Jonathan Keen, the X-37B program manager.
The X-37B program completed its fifth mission in October 2019, landing after 780 days on orbit, extending the total number of days spent on orbit for the spacecraft to 2,865 - or seven years and 10 months.
Planet Today
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Пентагон объявил о новой миссии секретного космического беспилотника (https://planet-today.ru/novosti/tekhnologii/item/121721-pentagon-ob-yavil-o-novoj-missii-sekretnogo-kosmicheskogo-bespilotnika)
«Космический самолет», как его называют, в общей сложности провел 2865 дней в космосе, включая 780 дней на орбите для своей последней миссии...
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/127473.webp)ГЛАС.RU
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Пентагон объявил о новой миссии своего секретного космического беспилотника (https://glas.ru/army/40461-pentagon-objavil-o-novoj-missii-svoego-sekretnogo-kosmicheskogo-bespilotnika.html)
07 Мая – ГЛАС. В среду, 6 мая ВВС США заявили, что в этом месяце отправят на орбиту свой высокотехнологичный космический беспилотный самолет X-37B...
https://www.usafa.af.mil/News/News-Display/Article/2178870/air-force-academy-satellite-to-launch-aboard-x-37b-orbital-test-vehicle/ (https://www.usafa.af.mil/News/News-Display/Article/2178870/air-force-academy-satellite-to-launch-aboard-x-37b-orbital-test-vehicle/)
ЦитироватьAir Force Academy satellite to launch aboard X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle
U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs / Published May 06, 2020
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Cadets and instructors in the U.S. Air Force Academy's FalconSAT program pose for a group photograph at the Academy. They were directly involved in building a satellite scheduled to launch into space May 16 aboard the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, sponsored by the Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office and built by Boeing. This is the first time a satellite built and designed by cadets will catch a ride into space aboard the X-37B. (U.S. Air Force Academy photo)
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- A satellite built by Air Force Academy cadets will launch into space May 16 aboard the X-37B, Orbital Test Vehicle sponsored by the Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office and built by Boeing. This is the first time a satellite built and designed by cadets will catch a ride into space aboard the X-37B.
(See the May 6 report from the Secretary of the Air Force about the launch here: https://www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article/2177702/next-x-37b-orbital-test-vehicle-scheduled-to-launch (https://www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article/2177702/next-x-37b-orbital-test-vehicle-scheduled-to-launch))
Lt. Col. Dan Showalter, assistant astronautics professor at the Academy, said "as novel as this mode of transportation might be, the purpose for cadets in the school's space program is the same as it was when the school's space program began in the 80s."
"FalconSAT-8 is an educational platform for cadets. We perform technology demonstrations for the Air Force," he said. Showalter added that several cadets, including Class of 2020 graduates Reagan Good and Claudio Yambao, traveled to Cape Canaveral, Florida to deliver, test, and integrate FalconSAT-8 with the X-37B.
"Few undergraduate programs allow their students to work on flight hardware and design and build their own flight components," Good said. "Cadets are given hands-on work that allows us to get a feel for real engineering on real projects."
FalconSAT-8 will carry five experimental payloads, and members of the Cadet Space Operations Squadron will operate FalconSAT-8.
There's little doubt that the work by cadets will have an effect on the new Space Force, which opened for business in December and is designed to maintain and enhance the competitive edge of the Defense Department in space. Eighty-six cadets in this year's graduating class commission into the Space Force.
'Learning Space by Doing Space'
The Academy's space program consists of aerospace experts, mechanics, and engineers. The FalconSAT program serves as an academic platform for an array of aerospace industry and DOD experiments. Cadets design spacecraft and integrate payloads in the Space Systems Research Center with faculty support.
FalconSAT-8 is the Academy's capstone undergraduate systems engineering course managed by the school's Astronautics department.
Yambao said the space program's motto, "Learning Space by Doing Space," means cadets get to experience the postgraduate engineering world on campus.
"It entails building and testing components of a spacecraft and understanding how it plays a role in the entire space engineering community," he said.
The FalconSAT Program provides cadets with experiential, hands-on learning opportunities with the latest space technology, Showalter said.
"It's like an engineering internship – we fly experimental technologies for the Air Force to evaluate their performance on-orbit," he said.
Зона затопления 2-й ст РН Атлас V в юго-восточной части Индийского океана
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F1420/20 - ROCKET LAUNCH WILL TAKE PLACE
FLW RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
HAZARDOUS OPS WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR ATMOSPHERIC RE-ENTRY AND SPLASHDOWN OF LAUNCH VEHICLE ATLAS V USSF-7 AND PARTICIPATING SUPPORT ACFT WI THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
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16 MAY 13:19 2020 UNTIL 18 MAY 15:09 2020.
CREATED: 07 MAY 22:55 2020
Пуск - 16 мая
Резервные дни - 17 и 18 мая.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29898.jpg) ULA @ulalaunch (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch) · 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1259926721199058945)
Saturday's launch of the #USSF7 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/USSF7?src=hashtag_click) mission will carry into space the #X37B (https://twitter.com/hashtag/X37B?src=hashtag_click) Orbital Test Vehicle. United Launch Alliance successfully launched the first four OTV missions.
44 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1259940162403840006)
The next #X37B (https://twitter.com/hashtag/X37B?src=hash) Orbital Test Vehicle mission is scheduled to take flight on Saturday atop the #AtlasV (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AtlasV?src=hash) rocket. For updates, visit:
http://bit.ly/av_ussf7 (https://t.co/5ZftXkTkHn)
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29931.jpg) Tory Bruno @torybruno (https://twitter.com/torybruno) · 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/1260192049640456193)
Seems like a good week to go to space.
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29898.jpg) ULA @ulalaunch (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch) · 7 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1260293209676304394)
#ICYMI (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ICYMI?src=hashtag_click): Last week, the #USSF7 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/USSF7?src=hashtag_click) payload featuring #X37B (https://twitter.com/hashtag/X37B?src=hashtag_click) Orbital Test Vehicle was hoisted atop ULA's #AtlasV (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AtlasV?src=hashtag_click) rocket.
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125166.svg) Launching May 16: http://bit.ly/av_ussf7 (https://t.co/5ZftXlaW5X?amp=1)
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125104.svg) Learn more about spacecraft mate in the blog: https://bit.ly/2y1lQyk (https://t.co/ZBBCRn0FNX?amp=1)
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1260293169511567366/pu/vid/1280x720/FjxZY4DtT_cIHm3i.mp4 (https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1260293169511567366/pu/vid/1280x720/FjxZY4DtT_cIHm3i.mp4) (0:17)
Полигон открыт
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122667)
Прогноз погоды L-4 на 16 мая 2020 г.
Atlas V USSF-7 L-4 (https://www.patrick.af.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Atlas%20V%20USSF-7%20L-4%20Forecast.pdf?ver=2020-05-12-091905-913)
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Пусковой день (16.05) - 60 % GO
Резервный день (17.05) - 80 % GO
Воздушное пространство над полигоном будет закрыто (https://www.patrick.af.mil/Portals/14/3_%20Eastern%20Range%20Airspace%20V1.docx) 16 мая с 12:24 до 14:53 UTC
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122669)
https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/atlas-v-ussf-7 (https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/atlas-v-ussf-7)
ЦитироватьMay 13, 2020 01:04
Weather 60% GO for Saturday's launch
The initial forecast from Launch Weather Officer Jessica Williams for Saturday's launch of Atlas V and the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle indicates a 60 percent chance of acceptable conditions.
"From Friday night through Saturday, there is a split in the reliable model consensus. One scenario develops an area of low pressure over the Bahamas Friday night but lifts it northeastward, bringing favorable weather on the northwest side. The second scenario delays the development of this low, instead lifting a tropical wave northward from the Bahamas, bringing higher winds and rain chances Saturday," the launch weather team says.
"Confidence in Saturday's forecast will increase as model consensus aligns closer to launch day. Therefore, the primary concerns for launch are ground winds and the Cumulus Cloud Rule."
The operations forecast includes scattered low- and high-level clouds, a chance of isolated showers, good visibility, easterly winds 15 to 18 knots and a temperature near 76 degrees F.
If the launch is postponed to Sunday for some reason, there is an 80 percent chance of good conditions.
"For backup day, confidence is higher in the forecast as all models indicate this wave or low exiting to the northeast by early Sunday, bringing drier conditions and lighter winds on the northwest side," the launch weather team says.
Опубликована брошюра миссии
atlasv_ussf-7_mob.pdf (https://www.ulalaunch.com/docs/default-source/launch-booklets/AtlasV_USSF-7_mob.pdf) - 3.9 MB, 2 стр
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122670)
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Прогноз погоды L-3 на 16 мая 2020 г.
Atlas V USSF-7 L-3 (https://www.patrick.af.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Atlas%20V%20USSF-7%20L-3%20Forecast.pdf?ver=2020-05-13-081107-057)
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122696)
Пусковой день (16.05) - ↓ 40 % GO
Резервный день (17.05) - = 80 % GO
Уведомления мореплавателям
Зоны полигона (A), падения ГО (B), падения 1-й ст РН (C), затопления 2-й ст РН (SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN OCEAN)
ЦитироватьNAVAREA IV 388/20
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
161224Z TO 161453Z MAY, ALTERNATE
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28-36-00N 080-23-00W, 28-31-36N 080-33-34W.
B. 32-28-00N 075-12-00W, 33-50-00N 072-51-00W,
33-08-00N 072-17-00W, 31-45-00N 074-41-00W.
C. 38-43-00N 062-38-00W, 40-23-00N 058-26-00W,
39-18-00N 057-47-00W, 37-34-00N 061-56-00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 181534Z MAY 20.//
Authority: EASTERN RANGE 071623Z MAY 20.
Date: 120312Z MAY 20
Cancel: 18153400 May 20
HYDROPAC 1415/20
SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
DNC 03, DNC 04.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
161319Z TO 161528Z MAY, ALTERNATE
171409Z TO 171607Z AND 181449Z TO 181509Z MAY
IN AREA BOUND BY
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Authority: EASTERN RANGE 071656Z MAY 20.
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ЦитироватьMay 13, 2020 19:53
Launch Readiness Review completed
The Launch Readiness Review (LRR) has given the "go" to continue preparations for Saturday's liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on the USSF-7 mission carrying the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle for the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center.
Liftoff is scheduled from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
The LRR, led by ULA Launch Director Paul Aragon, was completed this morning at the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center (ASOC).
Leadership from ULA, the Space Force and Air Force assessed the readiness of the rocket, payload and mission assets, discussed the status of pre-flight processing work, heard technical overviews of the countdown and flight and previewed the weather forecast.
Launch Weather Officer Jessica Williams has lowered the odds of acceptable weather on Saturday to 40 percent due to the uncertainty with the exact location and intensity of a developing subtropical depression or storm just off the Florida coast.
At the conclusion of the LRR, senior leaders were polled and gave a unanimous ready status for launch, then signed the Launch Readiness Certificate.
United Launch Alliance will offer live reports from the ASOC in our automatically-refreshing blog during the Atlas V's rollout to the launch pad, plus provide comprehensive countdown coverage.
Our live video broadcast of the launch can be viewed on this page side-by-side with the running text updates.
At the request of our customer, live coverage will conclude after staging and Centaur Main Engine Start-1, approximately five minutes into flight.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67615.jpg) Dr Marco Langbroek @Marco_Langbroek (https://twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek) 4 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek/status/1260585013822853126)
New blog post:
"OTV 6 (USSF 7), the next X-37B launch, appears to go into a 44-degree inclined orbit"
https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2020/05/otv-6-ussf-7-next-x-37b-launch-appears.html... (https://t.co/LUxMDwsNUM?amp=1)
@SSC_NL (https://twitter.com/SSC_NL)
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ЦитироватьAtlas V USSF-7 Mission Profile
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/220329.jpg) (https://www.youtube.com/user/UnitedLaunchAlliance) United Launch Alliance (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnrGPRKAg1PgvuSHrRIl3jg)
13 мая 2020 г.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4sOJ9_ZVz0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4sOJ9_ZVz0)https://www.youtube.com/embed/W4sOJ9_ZVz0 (https://www.youtube.com/embed/W4sOJ9_ZVz0) (1:51)
Цитироватьrussianelectronics.ru (https://russianelectronics.ru/kosmicheskij-bespilotnik-ssha-stanet-translirovat-ukv-energiyu-drugim-sputnikam/) Космический беспилотник США станет транслировать УКВ-энергию другим спутникам
Многоразовый космический корабль Boeing Х-37В Военно-воздушных сил (ВВС) США, который планируют запустить 16 мая с космодрома на мысе Канаверал на ракете Atlas 5 с российским двигателем РД-180, примет участие в эксперименте по трансляции энергии космическим аппаратам, сообщает The Drive.
Американское издание, ссылаясь на инженера Пола Джаффе из Научно-исследовательской лаборатории Военно-морских сил (ВМС), отмечает, что тестируемая технология предназначена для обеспечения практически неограниченного срока службы беспилотных летательных аппаратов.
The Drive напоминает, что в октябре 2019 года Научно-исследовательская лаборатория ВМС провела наземный эксперимент, в ходе которого удалось передать по воздуху энергию c мощностью 2 киловатта на расстояние 300 метров. Согласно изданию, в ходе эксперимента в космосе энергия будет транслироваться в микроволновом диапазоне.
В октябре 2018 года гендиректор «Роскосмоса» Дмитрий Рогозин заявил, что X-37B может быть оружием массового уничтожения. «Мы, соответственно, будем избегать каких-то публичных заявлений, но при этом прекрасно понимаем, что такое может быть, и вполне вероятно, что оружие массового уничтожения, если, не дай бог, оно будет размещено в космосе, может планировать сверху», — сказал чиновник.
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В мае 2016 года опрошенные сайтом Space.com эксперты заявили, что мини-шаттл X-37B предназначен для отработки уничтожения космических спутников, а одной из его целей является проверка экономической эффективности подобных действий по сравнению с ракетными средствами ликвидации.
Работы над созданием X-37B начались в 1999 году совместными усилиями НАСА и Boeing. Предполагалось, что многоразовый космический корабль будет использоваться для ремонта околоземных спутников на высотах до 700 километров. Однако в 2004 году соответствующая программа была засекречена и отдана агентству по перспективным оборонным научно-исследовательским разработкам Пентагона. С тех пор бюджет, связанный с X-37B, был засекречен. В распоряжении ВВС США, как считается, имеется два таких мини-шаттла.
Ранее сообщалось, что DARPA создаст многоразовый беспилотный космический аппарат (https://russianelectronics.ru/darpa-sozdast-mnogorazovyj-bespilotnyj-kosmicheskij-apparat/). США открыли эру космических войн (https://russianelectronics.ru/ssha-otkryli-eru-kosmicheskih-vojn/), запустив X-37B еще в 2010 году. Позднее этот американский беспилотник провел в космосе больше года (https://russianelectronics.ru/amerikanskij-bespilotnik-provel-v-kosmose-bolshe-goda/).
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Космический беспилотник США станет транслировать УКВ-энергию другим спутникам
Многоразовый космический корабль Boeing Х-37В Военно-воздушных сил (ВВС) США, который планируют запустить 16 мая с космодрома на мысе Канаверал на ракете Atlas 5 с российским двигателем РД-180, примет участие в эксперименте по трансляции энергии космическим аппаратам, сообщает The Drive.
Американское издание, ссылаясь на инженера Пола Джаффе из Научно-исследовательской лаборатории Военно-морских сил (ВМС), отмечает, что тестируемая технология предназначена для обеспечения практически неограниченного срока службы беспилотных летательных аппаратов.
В своем релизе spaceforce.mil
Спойлер
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https://www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article/2177702/next-x-37b-orbital-test-vehicle-scheduled-to-launch (https://www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article/2177702/next-x-37b-orbital-test-vehicle-scheduled-to-launch)
ЦитироватьNext X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Scheduled to Launch
By Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs / Published May 06, 2020
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The mission will deploy the FalconSat-8, a small satellite developed by the U.S. Air Force Academy and sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory to conduct several experiments on orbit. The FalconSat-8 is an educational platform that will carry five experimental payloads for USAFA to operate. In addition, two National Aeronautics and Space Administration experiments will be included to study the results of radiation and other space effects on a materials sample plate and seeds used to grow food. Finally, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, will transform solar power into radio frequency microwave energy which could then be transmitted to the ground.
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ничего не говорил про другие спутники.
В статье ставится предположение и много-много слов о передаче энергии на объекты находящихся
не в космосеЦитироватьhttps://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33339/x-37b-space-planes-microwave-power-beam-experiment-is-a-... (https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33339/x-37b-space-planes-microwave-power-beam-experiment-is-a-way-bigger-deal-than-it-seems)
BY BRETT TINGLEYMAY 8, 2020
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According to a Space Force press release, which went out on May 6, another payload aboard the X-37B will be an experimental system designed by the Naval Research Laboratory that is capable of capturing solar power and beaming that energy back to Earth (https://www.defense.gov/Explore/News/Article/Article/2177974/leaders-chart-the-course-as-us-space-force-launches/) in the form of microwaves.
While the press releases of the Department of Defense and the Space Force (https://www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article/2177702/next-x-37b-orbital-test-vehicle-scheduled-to-launch) are scant on details, the Naval Research Laboratory's head of beamed power has explicitly stated in the past that this system has enormous implications when it comes to long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In addition, it could allow satellites to provide reliable power anywhere on the planet or even to spacecraft or other satellites in orbit (https://felbinger.us/pub/DoD_Power_Beaming_Roundtable_Report.pdf).
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Dr. Paul Jaffe, an electronics engineer with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory who is leading the NRL's research into power beaming, says that the technology will open up entirely new frontiers in terms of long-endurance unmanned aircraft. "If you have an electric drone that can fly more than an hour, you're doing pretty well," Jaffe said. "If we had a way to keep those drones and UAVs flying indefinitely, that would have really far-reaching implications. With power beaming, we have a path toward being able to do that." The Navy was granted a patent for a similar system in 2016 invented by Jaffe.
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29898.jpg) ULA @ulalaunch (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch) 18 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1260925362583805952)
Welcome to Rollout Day of ULA's #AtlasV (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AtlasV?src=hashtag_click) rocket and the #USSF7 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/USSF7?src=hashtag_click) mission for the U.S. Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral's Space Launch Complex-41 is planned for Saturday at 8:24amEDT (1224 UTC).
http://bit.ly/av_ussf7 (https://t.co/5ZftXlaW5X?amp=1)
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Прогноз погоды L-2 на 16 мая 2020 г.
Atlas V USSF-7 L-2 (https://www.patrick.af.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Atlas%20V%20USSF-7%20L-2%20Forecast.pdf?ver=2020-05-14-080319-660)
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122726)
Пусковой день (16.05) - = 40 % GO
Резервный день (17.05) - = 80 % GO
ЦитироватьMay 14, 2020 16:49
Roll Preps
Final preparations are underway for this morning's rollout of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from its assembly building to the pad at Cape Canaveral's Space Launch Complex-41.
The transfer will cover a distance of one-third-of-a-mile and position the rocket for Saturday's countdown and liftoff of the sixth X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission.
A weather briefing from Launch Weather Officer Jessica Williams of the 45th Weather Squadron has verified conditions are favorable for the move, which is expected to begin shortly. Skies are partly, winds are acceptable and there's no threat of heavy rain or lightning this morning.
ЦитироватьMay 14, 2020 16:58
GO to Roll
Pre-roll preps are complete and the weather is acceptable to move the 197-foot-tall rocket on its Mobile Launch Platform to the launch pad.
A readiness check of systems' status by ULA Launch Conductor Ron McKee has been completed satisfactorily, and ULA Launch Director Paul Aragon has authorized the rollout to begin.
"Stand Engineer, proceed with MLP transport to pad," McKee radioed to Isaac Spence at the VIF.
We are standing by to initiate the roll.
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ЦитироватьMay 14, 2020 17:10
The MLP convoy is led by two boxcars, called the PVan and GVan. The payload support van houses Starliner ground equipment such as the electrical and communication interfaces between the spacecraft systems and the launch pad throughout the countdown. The ground van supports the launch vehicle with a dedicated set of control electronics.
Bringing up the rear are two portable environmental control system trailers that supply conditioned air to the rocket's compartments during rollout.
ЦитироватьMay 14, 2020 17:15
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May 14, 2020 17:18
The Atlas V rollout continues as the rocket completes the first 1,800 feet on its journey into space, traveling by rail from the Vertical Integration Facility to the Space Launch Complex-41 pad.
This will be the 84th flight for Atlas V since debuting in August 2002. The vehicle has a 100 percent mission success record for the Defense Department, the National Reconnaissance Office, NASA and commercial customers.
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ЦитироватьMay 14, 2020 17:45
On the Pad!
The Atlas V rocket has arrived at its Cape Canaveral launch pad for Saturday's liftoff of the United States Space Force-7 (USSF-7)mission for the Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center.
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Over the next few hours today, umbilical connections will be made with launch pad systems, the environmental control system feeding conditioned air to the rocket and payload will be switched to facility supplies to allow the portable trailers used during rollout to be unplugged and moved away, and the first stage will be loaded with 25,000 gallons of RP-1 fuel, a highly refined kerosene.
The seven-hour launch countdown will begin Saturday morning, leading to a liftoff at 8:24 a.m. EDT (1224 UTC).
Our live countdown updates will begin on this page at 1 a.m. EDT.
The live video webcast of the launch starts at 8:04 a.m. EDT (1204 UTC) and will also be viewable on this page.
ЦитироватьMay 14, 2020 18:15
MLP Secured
The MLP has been lowered onto the launch pad piers, accomplishing the "harddown" milestone at 11:14 a.m. EDT.
This will enable the undercarriages with the attached portable environmental control system trailers to be removed and retreat from the pad later this afternoon.
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ЦитироватьMay 14, 2020 18:44
Post-rollout operations are continuing at Space Launch Complex-41. Technicians are powering up the Atlas and Centaur rocket stages for today's testing and RP-1 fueling activities.
ЦитироватьMay 14, 2020 20:00
Weather still 40% GO
The launch weather forecast remains unchanged with a 40 percent chance of acceptable conditions to allow liftoff on Saturday morning. The primary concern is ground winds.
A broad area of low pressure is expected to develop and lift north over the Bahamas and southeast Florida, increasing chances for scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms in the Cape Canaveral area.
"By launch day Saturday, models are still bringing this low close to the Cape as it continues to lift north, but keeps us on the drier west side. Scattered showers and an isolated thunderstorm cannot be ruled out as there is still uncertainty in the exact location of where the low is going to develop and track," the launch weather team reports.
The outlook calls for broken low- and high-level clouds, good visibility, easterly winds 18 to 25 knots and a temperature near 76 degrees F.
ЦитироватьMay 14, 2020 20:51
The environmental control system has been transfered to the launch pad facilities from the portable trailers used during rollout. The trailers will be removed from the MLP shortly.
May 14, 2020 20:57
The first trailer and undercarriage to be removed from the Mobile Launch Platform for return to the VIF complex.
May 14, 2020 21:05
The second portable environmental control system (PECS) trailer and undercarriage has disengaged and rolled away from the MLP.
ЦитироватьMay 14, 2020 21:54
Guidance system testing for Rollout Day are reported complete.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29931.jpg) Tory Bruno @torybruno (https://twitter.com/torybruno) 28 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/1261010300267970560)
Bird is hard down on the pad, checked out, and ready to tank RP1. #USSF7 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/USSF7?src=hashtag_click).
ЦитироватьMay 14, 2020 21:57
Atlas RP-1 Loading Begins
Fueling of the Atlas V first stage is underway at Cape Canaveral's Space Launch Complex-41. The launch team is pumping 25,000 gallons of RP-1 fuel, a highly refined kerosene, into the rocket for Saturday's flight.
ЦитироватьMay 14, 2020 23:04
Atlas RP-1 Load Completed
The Atlas V's first stage has been loaded with RP-1 fuel that will power the main engine during the initial phase of the USSF-7 launch. Cryogenic fueling of the rocket with liquid oxygen to the main stage and liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to Centaur occurs during the final two-and-a-half hours of the countdown Saturday.
Launch of the Atlas V with the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle remains scheduled for Saturday from Cape Canaveral at 8:24 a.m. EDT (1224 UTC).
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ЦитироватьMay 14, 2020 23:40
The Atlas V rocket is being powered down for the night.
May 14, 2020 23:43
The joint ULA and U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center team is wrapping up the planned activities for Rollout Day. The next event will be starting the launch countdown on Saturday.
The countdown clocks will be positioned at T-minus 6 hours, 20 minutes in anticipation of initiating the countdown.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185201.jpg) (https://twitter.com/DaneDrefke) Dane Drefke @DaneDrefke (https://twitter.com/DaneDrefke) 4 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/DaneDrefke/status/1261037609360543745)
Zoom in. Three pads, three rockets. Foreground is SLC-41 and Atlas V. To the left is SLC-40 with a Falcon 9, and farther left (and most distant) is SLC-37 with the Delta IV Heavy.
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https://www.ulalaunch.com/explore/blog-detail/blog/2020/05/14/ussf-7-atlas-v-launch-dedicated-to-covid-19-responders (https://www.ulalaunch.com/explore/blog-detail/blog/2020/05/14/ussf-7-atlas-v-launch-dedicated-to-covid-19-responders)
ЦитироватьUSSF-7: Atlas V launch dedicated to COVID-19 responders
May 14, 2020, 12:27 PM
Saturday's Atlas V launch of the United States Space Force-7 (USSF-7) mission exemplifies the American spirit that we can still do great things during difficult times.
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To showcase American resolve and national unity during the ongoing national emergency, United Launch Alliance and the U.S. Air and Space Forces are dedicating the USSF-7 launch to the front-line responders of the pandemic as part of the America Strong salute.
The tribute acknowledges the healthcare workers, first responders, military service members and other essential personnel working selflessly during COVID-19, and honors the victims and all those who have experienced loss during the pandemic.
A written dedication (pictured here) is affixed to the Atlas V rocket and will ride into space.
America Strong began as a show of national solidarity with the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, and the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, Thunderbirds, conducting a series of multi-city flyovers and culminates with the USSF-7 launch.
ULA will webcast the launch on our website, allowing the public to view the mission from the safety of their homes.
It was deemed mission critical to perform the USSF-7 launch of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle at its scheduled time, despite the COVID-19 emergency. Personnel involved in the launch are following health guidelines such as wearing face coverings, adhering to physical distancing while on console and using virtual connections when possible.
ULA's heritage launches have featured national dedications before, including one honoring those lost on Sept. 11, 2001 and one saluting President Ronald Reagan shortly after his death in 2004.
О трансляции пуска
Цитироватьyoutube.com/watch?v=hwWc1DHxWfs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwWc1DHxWfs)
Начало трансляции примерно за 20 минут до пуска, ориентировочно в 12:05 UTC / 15:05 ДМВ
Прогноз погоды L-1 на 16 мая 2020 г.
Atlas V USSF-7 L-1 (https://www.patrick.af.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Atlas%20V%20USSF-7%20L-1%20Forecast.pdf?ver=2020-05-15-082619-727)
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122773)
Пусковой день (16.05) - = 40 % GO
Резервный день (17.05) - = 80 % GO
ЦитироватьMay 15, 2020 16:22
Weather forecast remains 40% GO
The launch weather forecast remains unchanged with a 40 percent chance of acceptable conditions tomorrow. Ground winds and a violation of the Cumulus Cloud Rule are the concerns heading into the countdown.
"A broad area of low pressure is expected to develop just off the southeast Florida coast later today and slowly lift north between the east coast of Florida and Bahamas. This movement is predicted to be slower compared to previous forecasts, bringing the low to our southeast at its closest point of approach on Saturday morning. Due to the slower movement, the highest wind and precipitation chances are forecast tonight through Saturday morning." the launch weather team says.
"Still being on the drier northwest side, this will take the form of a few bands of scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm moving onshore. Winds at 230-foot-level remain the main concern despite any clearing between rain bands and cumulus clouds, as a tight pressure gradient is forecast regardless of the exact storm location and intensity."
The latest outlook calls for scattered-to-broken clouds, scattered showers in the area, good visibility, northeasterly winds 20 to 26 knots and a temperature near 76 degrees F.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29898.jpg) ULA @ulalaunch (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1261295513594454016)
ULA, in partnership with the @SpaceForceDoD (https://twitter.com/SpaceForceDoD) and @usairforce (https://twitter.com/usairforce), is dedicating the #USSF7 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/USSF7?src=hashtag_click) launch to all those affected by #COVID19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hashtag_click). A written dedication is affixed to the #AtlasV (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AtlasV?src=hashtag_click) rocket's payload fairing #AmericaStrong (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmericaStrong?src=hashtag_click)
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1261295461027254275/pu/vid/1162x720/rDLQqTnx8jHJNp4N.mp4 (https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1261295461027254275/pu/vid/1162x720/rDLQqTnx8jHJNp4N.mp4) (0:30)
ЦитироватьMay 15, 2020 18:08
Sunset Photos
See our Flickr album (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ulalaunch/albums/72157713645363178) for photos from last night's sunset at the Atlas V pad.
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Карты закрываемых зон
В сев. Атлантике (зоны: полигона, падения ГО, падения 1-й ст РН)
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В Индийском океане (зона затопления 2-й ст РН)
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122795)
https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=531963&lang=RU
ЦитироватьНа орбиту стартует сверхсекретный американский беспилотный шаттл X-37B
Вашингтон. 16 мая. ИНТЕРФАКС - Ракета-носитель Atlas V в субботу должна вывести на орбиту американский беспилотный корабль многоразового использования X-37B в интересах Космического командования ВВС США, сообщает компания-оператор United Launch Alliance (ULA).
Запуск челнока с помощью ракеты-носителя Atlas V компании ULA, на которой используются российские двигатели РД-180, планируется осуществить с 41-го стартового комплекса на космодроме на мысе Канаверал (штат Флорида) в 8:24 по времени Восточного побережья США (15:24 мск).
На космолете, который совмещает свойства самолета и космического корабля, установлен служебный модуль с аппаратурой для увеличения возможностей при проведении экспериментов, большая часть из которых засекречена.
По данным из неофициальных источников, запуск шаттла предназначен для обкатки технологий перспективного перехватчика, способного уничтожать на орбите чужие спутники. Предполагается, что в ходе полета беспилотный шаттл, который может быстро менять орбиты и маневрировать, доставлять на орбиту и возвращать на Землю небольшие грузы, будет выполнять разведывательные задачи, в том числе по инспекциям спутников, а также проведет эксперименты, связанные с борьбой с противоспутниковым оружием.
Что касается официальной информации, то в интересах Научно-исследовательской лаборатории ВМС США на борту X-37B будет проведен эксперимент по преобразованию солнечной энергии в радиочастотную микроволновую энергию с последующим изучением возможности ее передачи на Землю. Подобные технологии могут обеспечить практически неограниченное полетное время для электрических беспилотных летательных аппаратов и продлевать срок службы спутников, а также оказывать поддержку действиям формирований вооруженных сил в удаленных районах на Земле.
В интересах NASA также планируется проведение исследований по влиянию радиации и космоса на семена и растения. Кроме того, космолет выведет на орбиту небольшой спутник FalconSat-8 с пятью экспериментальными полезными нагрузками, разработанный Академией ВВС США.
"X-37B"
Шаттл X-37B, длина которого составляет около 9 метров, а размах крыльев - 4,5 метра, с 2010 года совершил уже пять успешных полетов для выполнения на орбите секретных экспериментов в интересах ВВС США.
Из последнего полета, который продолжался рекордные 780 дней, шаттл X-37B вернулся 22 октября 2019 года, совершив успешную посадку на взлетно-посадочной полосе на космодроме на мысе Канаверал. В ходе полета он вывел на орбиту три секретных спутника.
Всего ВВС США располагают двумя X-37B, разработанными корпорацией Boeing, которые поочередно выводятся на низкую околоземную орбиту высотой от 240 до 800 км.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg) Spaceflight Now @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 36 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1261398412240576524)
Weather permitting, United Launch Alliance and SpaceX aim to launch Atlas 5 & Falcon 9 rockets from Cape Canaveral in a span of less than 20 hours Saturday & Sunday.
It would mark the shortest time between orbital flights from the Space Coast since 1967.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/05/13/back-to-back-launches-scheduled-from-cape-canaveral-this-weekend/... (https://t.co/fLOX9WBF7Q?amp=1)
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Боинг тоже будет вести прямую трансляцию пуска
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Начало трансляции за 20 мин до пуска
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We're one day out from the next #X37B (https://twitter.com/hashtag/X37B?src=hashtag_click) launch for the U. S. Air Force on Atlas V. On this mission, X-37B will deploy the FalconSAT-8 satellite for the @AF_Academy (https://twitter.com/AF_Academy). #USSF7 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/USSF7?src=hashtag_click)
Watch the broadcast live at 8:04 a.m. ET; liftoff is targeted for 8:24 a.m. ET:
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ЦитироватьBack-to-back launches scheduled fr om Cape Canaveral this weekend
May 13, 2020 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/05/01/hopeful-for-launch-next-year-nasa-aims-to-resume-sls-operations-within-weeks/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)
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An Atlas 5 rocket, seen inside its Vertical Integration Facility at Cape Canaveral, is set for launch Saturday morning with the U.S. Air Force's X-37B spaceplane. Credit: United Launch Alliance
Working under physical distancing requirements and other precautions against the coronavirus pandemic, range teams at Cape Canaveral are preparing for launches of Atlas 5 and Falcon 9 rockets from neighboring pads this weekend.
The back-to-back launches are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, hauling up the U.S. Air Force's X-37B spaceplane and another batch of around 60 satellites for SpaceX's Starlink Internet network.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket is first in line, with liftoff scheduled Saturday from Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 launch pad. The Atlas 5 will carry into orbit the military's reusable winged X-37B mini-space shuttle some time between 8:24 a.m. and 10:53 a.m. EDT (1224-1453 GMT), according to airspace warning notices associated with the launch.
Meanwhile, at pad 40 around a mile-and-half to the south of pad 41, SpaceX is gearing up to launch a Falcon 9 rocket at 3:53 a.m. EDT (0753 GMT) Sunday with 60 more Starlink spacecraft for the company's satellite broadband network.
The Falcon 9 launch attempt Sunday will only go ahead if the Atlas 5 rocket takes off as scheduled Saturday, according to Brig. Gen. Doug Schiess, commander of the 45th Space Wing, which manages range operations at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
For now, the Atlas 5 has Sunday booked as a backup launch opportunity on the Eastern Range at Cape Canaveral.
"We do have a really busy couple of weeks coming up here," Schiess said Tuesday. "We're working ver diligently for Saturday's (Atlas 5) launch ... then if that goes on schedule on Saturday morning, about 20 hours later, early Sunday morning, we will support a SpaceX commercial launch for Starlink."
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If the Atlas 5 and Falcon 9 launches go off as scheduled this weekend, they would occur 19 hours, 29 minutes apart. That would mark the shortest turnaround between two orbital launches from Cape Canaveral since September 1967 when Delta-G and Atlas-Centaur rockets took off within a 10-hour span from separate launch pads, according to a launch log maintained by Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics who tracks global satellite and launch activity.
Last August, a Falcon 9 and an Atlas 5 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in a period of less than 35 hours. That was the shortest span between two orbital missions at Cape Canaveral since May 1981.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands vertical Wednesday morning on pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Credit: William Harwood/CBS News
Schiess said Tuesday that range teams at Cape Canaveral are working to reduce the time required between launches. In the last few decades, the range team needed up to 48 hours to reconfigure infrastructure between launches.
That was primarily driven by readying tracking radars, transmitters and other equipment to monitor the trajectory of rockets as they arced downrange, and to send a destruct command if the launcher flew off course.
The range now tracks rockets using the GPS satellite navigation network, and the Falcon 9 launches with an autonomous flight safety system, an on-board computer that would automatically terminate the flight in the event of a major problem.
Schiess said the range team for an Atlas 5 launch, which uses a ground-commanded flight termination system, numbers around 300 people, including range operations, security forces, the fire department and other support teams. That number is around 200 people for this weekend's Falcon 9 launch, which uses an autonomous flight safety system and will fly with commercial satellites, rather than a military payload.
"The fact that one is a flight termination system (with a human in the loop), and one is an autonomous flight safety system is what really gets us to the ability to do (two launches) within 24 hours," Schiess said.
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The Falcon 9 launch this weekend is the final planned SpaceX mission before the Crew Dragon demonstration flight launching May 27.
ULA ground crews plan to transfer the Atlas 5 rocket to pad 41 Thursday morning from the Vertical Integration Facility, wh ere the launcher was stacked over the last few weeks. ULA installed the X-37B spacecraft on top of the Atlas 5 inside the vertical hangar May 5.
There is a 40 percent chance of favorable conditions for launch of the Atlas 5 rocket Saturday, according to the official launch weather forecast.
The launch Saturday will be the sixth flight of the Air Force's reusable X-37B spaceplane, which takes off on top of a conventional rocket and lands on a runway. Around one-quarter the length of NASA's space shuttle, the Boeing-built X-37B will deploy a small experimental satellite developed by cadets at the Air Force Academy and perform other research investigations in orbit for NASA and the Naval Research Laboratory.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 08:00
Welcome to Atlas/USSF-7 Countdown!
From the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, this is Atlas Launch Control at T-minus 6 hours, 20 minutes and holding.
We are about to begin the countdown for the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket to perform the USSF-7 mission with the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle for the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile System Center.
Activities are on schedule for liftoff from Space Launch Complex-41 at 8:24 a.m. EDT (1224 UTC).
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Countdown Begins
T-minus 6 hours, 20 minutes (L-7 hours, 20 minutes) and counting!
The countdown has been initiated for liftoff of the Atlas V rocket on the United States Space Force-7 (USSF-7) mission carrying the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle into space.
There are two pre-planned, built-in holds, each lasting 30 minutes, scheduled in the count. One pause is reserved prior to fueling at T-minus 2 hours, the other occurs prior to the terminal count at T-minus 4 minutes. That will lead us to a liftoff at 8:24 a.m. EDT (1224 UTC) from Cape Canaveral.
We will be receiving the initial weather briefing of the countdown from Launch Weather Officer Jessica Williams just over an hour from now.
The Atlas V rocket that will launch USSF-7, designated AV-081, is flying in the 501 configuration that is distinguished by the five-meter-wide composite payload fairing, no solid rocket boosters and a single RL10C-1 engine on the Centaur upper stage. It stands 197 feet tall and will weigh 761,457 pounds at liftoff.
Today's launch showcases American resolve and national unity. The U.S. Air and Space Forces and United Launch Alliance are dedicating the USSF-7 launch to all the healthcare workers, first responders, military service members and other essential personnel on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. We stand in solidarity with those personally suffering or experiencing loss due to the virus.
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ЦитироватьAtlas 5 dedicated to health care workers, coronavirus victims
May 15, 2020 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/05/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)
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The Atlas 5 rocket launch carrying the sixth mission of the U.S. Air Force's X-37B spaceplane has become part of the military's "America Strong" campaign, which includes nationwide aerial displays by the Blue Angles and Thunderbirds. Credit: United Launch Alliance
U.S. military officials and United Launch Alliance have dedicated the planned launch Saturday of an Atlas 5 rocket with the military's winged mini-space shuttle to coronavirus first responders, front-line workers, and victims of the disease.
The launch set for 8:24 a.m. EDT (1224 GMT) Saturday from Cape Canaveral will be part of the military's "America Strong" campaign, joining a series of flyovers of cities nationwide by the Air Force Thunderbirds and Navy Blue Angels to salute health care professionals and coronavirus victims.
The Atlas 5 rocket is scheduled to deliver the unpiloted X-37B spaceplane to orbit carrying experiments for the military and NASA. The mission is codenamed USSF-7.
"The U.S. Space Force and United Launch Alliance salute each American serving on the frontlines in our fight against COVID-19," said Gen. John Raymond, chief of space operations in the U.S. Space Force and commander of U.S. Space Command. "We are proud to dedicate the upcoming launch of USSF-7 to showcase American resolve and national unity during these challenging times."
ULA also added a written tribute on the Atlas 5's payload fairing.
"In memory of COVID-19 victims and tribute to all first responders and front-line workers — AMERICA STRONG," the dedication says.
"We are honored to collaborate with the U.S. Space Force and dedicate the USSF-7 mission to front-line responders and those affected by this global pandemic," said Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance, in a statement. "This launch provides us with a unique opportunity to honor those affected by COVID-19, and pay tribute to the hard working first responders who are selflessly supporting the nation during this difficult time."
"We are proud to include the USSF-7 mission in the America Strong campaign honoring all those affected by and battling the COVID-19 pandemic," said Col. Robert Bongiovi, director of the launch enterprise at the Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center.
Mission teams are proceeding with the launch Saturday while observing safety requirements, reducing on-site personnel, and ensuring physical distancing amid the pandemic.
"We have an obligation to keep space capabilities up and running for our nation," Raymond said May 6 in a virtual webinar discussing the upcoming X-37B mission and other Space Force activities.
The mission marks the second national security launch since the establishment of the Space Force in December. The Space Force's first major national security launch occurred in March, when a previous Atlas 5 rocket lofted a secure military communications satellite into orbit.
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The Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station are not opening any public viewing sites for Saturday's launch, or for the planned liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from a neighboring launch pad Sunday.
"Everyone can view the launch from the safety of their home via livestream," the Air Force said in a statement. "Residents in Florida near Cape Canaveral should follow state guidelines for traveling to beaches, and refrain from gathering in large groups."
While the Space Force is overseeing the launch of the X-37B spaceplane, the vehicle itself remains the property of the Air Force. The Air Force has flown the two reusable X-37Bs, or Orbital Test Vehicles, in its inventory on five missions since 2010.
The Boeing-built vehicles measure more than 29 feet (8.9 meters) long, about a quarter the length of NASA's space shuttle orbiters. The X-37Bs can fly in orbit for years thanks to a deployable solar array, and electrically-driven aerodynamic flight controls that replace the life-limited hydraulic systems on NASA's space shuttle.
The most recent X-37B flight lasted 780 days — more than two years — breaking the record of the previous mission. The spaceplane re-entered the atmosphere and touched down on NASA's Shuttle Landing Facility runway at the Kennedy Space Center, the same landing strip used by the space shuttle.
Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett said May 6 the sixth X-37B mission will host more experiments than any of the program's earlier flights.
The payloads include two NASA investigations to expose advanced materials and seeds to the space environment, and a small releasable satellite developed by Air Force Academy cadets. A Naval Research Laboratory experiment is also aboard the X-37B to assess technologies that could generate electricity from solar arrays and transmit the energy to the ground for terrestrial use, a revolutionary concept known as space-based solar power.
The X-37B is likely carrying additional classified experiments. A new feature on this mission is a service module mounted to the rear of the spaceplane. In a sign that the Pentagon wants to continue keeping part of the X-37Bs mission under wraps, images of the spaceplane before launch did not show the new service module section.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 08:19
This is Atlas Launch Control at T-minus 6 hours, 5 minutes (L-7 hours, 5 minutes) and counting.
The application of power to the Atlas and Centaur stages is underway at the start of today's countdown procedures. The stages are being powered up to begin launch day testing and final preparations for fueling operations.
Over the next few hours, final preps for the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen systems will be performed, along with a test of the rocket's guidance system and the first stage propulsion and hydraulic preps, internal battery checks and testing of the GPS Metric Tracking system used to follow the rocket as it flies downrange, plus a test of the S-band telemetry relay system.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 08:46
The Atlas-Centaur rocket has been powered up for its launch of Space Force-7.
The flight control operator in the Launch Control Center performed the power up. Soon, they will begin avionics testing while the rocket's Inertial Guidance and Control Assembly (INCA) flight computer is allowed to warm up. Later, the operator will conduct guidance system testing and steering checks of the engine nozzles prior to cryogenic fueling.
The countdown continues to track on schedule for liftoff at 8:24 a.m. EDT (1224 UTC). At T-minus 5 hours, 38 minutes (L-6 hours, 38 minutes) and counting, this is Atlas Launch Control.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 09:04
This is Atlas Launch Control at T-minus 5 hours, 20 minutes (L-6 hours, 20 minutes) and counting. We are tracking no technical issues in the countdown for a liftoff at 8:24 a.m. EDT (1224 UTC). The first weather briefing of the day is coming up shortly.
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The guidance system test is beginning, the next major milestone in today's countdown. This activity will take the next couple of hours to complete.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 09:36
Weather remains 40% GO
Launch Weather Officer Jessica Williams from the 45th Weather Squadron just gave the initial briefing of today's countdown to the mission management team.
It has been a soggy night on the Space Coast as bands of showers rotate on shore from the Atlantic courtesy of an area of low pressure to our south that is trying to develop into a tropical weather system. The tight pressure gradient is keeping the ground winds brisk as well.
With those two factors, the odds of acceptable launch weather conditions at Cape Canaveral today remain at 40 percent for the flight of Atlas V and USSF-7 this morning.
The scattered showers are expected to continue to be hit-or-miss through the remainder of the countdown and meteorologists will keep a careful eye on the winds.
The outlook for launch time calls for some scattered low clouds, overcast skies at 20,000 feet, good visibility, northeasterly winds of 20 gusting to 26 knots and a temperature near 76 degrees F.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 10:06
An open-loop test of the S-band system used to relay telemetry from the launch vehicle during flight is underway.
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The Launch Team is on console, the bird looks good. A bit windy. Everyone think calm thoughts... #USSF7 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/USSF7?src=hash)
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 10:24
Antenna checks are being performed to verify functionality of the GPS Metric Tracking system. GPS MT is the system that uses the orbiting Global Positioning System navigation satellite constellation to track the rocket's flight downrange with position, velocity and timing information.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 10:36
The flight control operational test is getting underway. This test will validate the control functions on the Atlas first stage main engine and the Centaur upper stage by confirming that valves cycle properly and that the engine steering systems perform as commanded.
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Internal battery checks are beginning now.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 10:58
The cover atop the launch pad's flame bucket is being removed.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 11:09
We are working no technical issues in the countdown here in the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center (ASOC) or at the Space Launch Complex-41 pad. Weather conditions continue to be monitored. Liftoff remains scheduled for 8:24 a.m. EDT (1224 UTC)
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 11:25
The first weather balloon of the countdown has been launched. A series of balloons will be set aloft over the next few hours to measure the speed and direction of upper level winds that the Atlas V will experience during flight.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 11:34
Guidance system testing is complete.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 11:47
The initiation of gaseous nitrogen flow to the launch vehicle has started. This changes the environmental control system (ECS) to supply nitrogen gas rather than conditioned air to the internal compartments of the Atlas V in preparation for fueling and launch.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 12:09
Hold-fire checks are being conducted at this time. This verifies the circuitry used to stop the countdown if a safety concern arises.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 12:11
Weather Remains 40% GO
In the pre-fueling weather briefing to mission management, Launch Weather Officer Jessica Williams reports that the western side of the low pressure system is dissipating. That's good news for us.
The launch time forecast remains at a 40 percent of acceptable conditions due to ground winds and cumulus clouds.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 12:14
The launch pad crew has completed its hands-on work to ready Space Launch Complex-41 for today's mission, and Launch Conductor Dillon Rice has given the instruction for personnel to depart the site in advance of fueling operations.
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ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 12:24
Countdown Holding
This is Atlas Launch Control at T-minus 2 hours (L-3 hours) and holding. The countdown has entered the first of two planned, built-in holds that are scheduled in today's timeline. This first block of time gives the countdown some margin to resolve issues or catch up work that could be running late, and the hold provides an opportunity to ensure all is ready before fueling operations begin.
The final hold occurs at T-minus 4 minutes.
At the present time, all activities are on schedule and no problems are being addressed by the launch team.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 12:25
The hazard area around the launch site has been cleared of all personnel for fueling and liftoff.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 12:29
Safety officials have confirmed that there are no Collision Avoidance (COLA) periods for today's launch. COLAs are brief moments in time when the launch is not allowed to occur because the trajectory would pass too close to another object already in space. This analysis is based on a screening of known active and debris objects in orbit that could cause a conjunction with the ascending Atlas V and USSF-7.
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Polling is good for cryo Operations. Still windy. #USSF7 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/USSF7?src=hash)
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Beautiful skies over the Cape.
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ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 12:52
Go for Fueling
A readiness poll of the launch team by Launch Conductor Dillon Rice, with concurrence of ULA Launch Director Paul Aragon, has approved cryogenic tanking operations to begin once the countdown resumes.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 12:55
A current check of the local weather in the Cape Canaveral area shows that the ground winds and cumulus cloud rule are red at the present time. The Air Force Launch Weather Officer Jessica Williams displays the list of weather criteria for officials to monitor throughout the countdown when rules switch statuses. But the current red rules have no impact on the continuing progress of the count.
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ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 12:59
The cumulus cloud rule is green again again. That rule is violated when the rocket would fly through or too close to a cumulus cloud. The exact standoff limits are determined by cloud top temperature, with colder clouds requiring the rocket to stay a further distance away for safety.
The ground winds, however, remain slightly out of limits.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 13:03
Centaur LO2 Loading Begins
With the thermal conditioning, or chilldown, now complete, liquid oxygen has started to flow into the Centaur upper stage for today's launch. About 4,150 gallons of liquid oxygen will be loaded into Centaur.
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Two launch pads lit up on the way into work this morning. Atlas 5 on left and Falcon on right.
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ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 13:24
Atlas LO2 loading begins
Filling of the Atlas V rocket's largest tank has begun. About 48,800 gallons of super-cold oxidizer for the main engine is flowing into the liquid oxygen tank on common core booster first stage.
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ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 13:25
We are just inside two hours fr om the scheduled launch of the Atlas V 501 rocket on the United States Space Force-7 (USSF-7) mission fr om Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
The first rays of sunlight are beginning to rise at Space Launch Complex-41 wh ere the Atlas V rocket is being fueled for its 8:24 a.m. EDT (1224 UTC) liftoff.
Ground winds continue to hover around the lim it for launch. All other weather rules are green at this time.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 13:32
The Centaur liquid oxygen tank is topping to flight level.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 13:34
OTV-6 Mission
The Department of the Air Force continues to push the flight envelope for the X-37B, and will build upon its growing collaboration with experiment partners with its sixth mission launching today.
"In today's age of electrons, space systems track storms, locate stranded motorists, timestamp credit card transactions, and monitor treaty compliance," said Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett. "Demonstrating the department's innovation, this X-37B mission will host more experiments than any prior missions. This launch also demonstrates the department's collaboration that pushes the boundaries for reusable space systems."
The ability to test new systems in space and return them to Earth is unique to the X-37B program and enables the U.S. to more efficiently and effectively develop space capabilities necessary to maintain superiority in the space domain.
"The X-37B team continues to exemplify the kind of lean, agile and forward-leaning technology development we need as a nation in the space domain," said U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations, Gen. John "Jay" Raymond. "Each launch represents a significant milestone and advancement in terms of how we build, test, and deploy space capabilities in a rapid and responsive manner."
The X-37B remains a Department of the Air Force asset; however, the U.S. Space Force is responsible for the launch, on-orbit operations, and landing.
"This launch is a prime example of integrated operations between the Air Force, Space Force, and government-industry partnerships," said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein. "The X-37B continues to break barriers in advancing reusable space vehicle technologies and is a significant investment in advancing future space capabilities."
This will be the first X-37B mission to use a service module to host experiments. The service module is an attachment to the aft of the vehicle that allows additional experimental payload capability to be carried to orbit.
"This sixth mission is a big step for the X-37B program," said Mr. Randy Walden, Director and Program Executive Officer for the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office. "This will be the first X-37B mission to use a service module to host experiments. The incorporation of a service module on this mission enables us to continue to expand the capabilities of the spacecraft and host more experiments than any of the previous missions."
The mission will deploy the FalconSAT-8, a small satellite developed by the U.S. Air Force Academy and sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory to conduct several experiments on orbit. The FalconSAT-8 is an educational platform that will carry five experimental payloads for USAFA to operate. In addition, two National Aeronautics and Space Administration experiments will be included to study the results of radiation and other space effects on a materials sample plate and seeds used to grow food. Finally, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, will transform solar power into radio frequency microwave energy which could then be transmitted to the ground.
"We are excited to return the X-37B to space and conduct numerous on-orbit experiments for both the Air Force and its mission partners," said Lt. Col. Jonathan Keen, the X-37B program manager.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 13:48
A first stage liquid oxygen inlet temperature sensor us reading erratically. That issue has been reported to Launch Conductor Dillon Rice and is being referred to Anomaly Chief Dave McFarland for discussion, any troubleshooting steps, then resolution. The AC position in the control room that directs engineering teams work to resolve technical issues that arise during the count.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 13:48
Centaur LH2 Loading Begins
The launch team has received the "go" to begin filling the Centaur upper stage with the super-cold liquid hydrogen fuel following chilldown of the system. The Centaur holds about 12,300 gallons of the cryogenic propellant for this mission to space.
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ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 13:53
Anomaly Chief Dave McFarland in the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center has reported closure of the first stage instrumentation issue that engineers were discussing. An alternate sensor is available and can cover adequately.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 13:57
The countdown is passing T-minus 58 minutes. We will be taking the clocks down to T-minus 4 minutes where they will hold for 30 minutes while managers perform the final readiness polls. Liftoff remains targeted for 8:24 a.m. EDT (1224 UTC).
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ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 14:00
The Cumulus Cloud Rule is being violated again, with an expected clear time in about 30 minutes. Ground winds remain above the limit as well.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 14:01
Flight control final preps are getting underway. This is the steering test pattern run on the Atlas V engine nozzles to ensure proper gimbaling during the ascent.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 14:07
The liquid hydrogen tank in the Centaur upper stage just reached the 96 percent level. Topping is beginning.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 14:10
The high-pressure helium bottles for first stage main engine pneumatics have been charged for flight.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 14:14
Fast-filling of the first stage liquid oxygen tank has been completed. Topping mode is now underway. The cryogenics will be replenished throughout the countdown until the final minutes before launch to replace the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen that naturally boils away.
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ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 14:34
Atlas V 501
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Today's launch uses the 501 version of the Atlas V rocket to generate the necessary power for delivery of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle into space.
This configuration of the Atlas V is distinguished by two stages, a five-meter-wide nose cone, no side-mounted solid-fuel boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage.
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will come off the pad on 860,200 pounds of thrust produced by the RD-180 main engine. Today's version stands 197 feet tall.
The 501 has flown six times before, including the first four X-37B launches and a pair of National Reconnaissance Office missions from Vandenberg.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 14:38
The fuel fill sequence is beginning. This procedure releases RP-1 kerosene fuel into the RD-180 main engine in preparation for ignition.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 14:43
Weather conditions remain "no go" due to violation of the Cumulus Cloud Rule as showers rotate ashore and brisk ground winds.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg) Spaceflight Now @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1261622839762989056)
A rain shower is passing through Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as the Atlas 5 rocket continues counting down to launch with the US military's X-37B spaceplane. The first opportunity to launch today — weather permitting — is at 8:24am EDT (1224 GMT).
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1261622269488648194/pu/vid/1220x616/5cV0xaNvkEPGrDpJ.mp4 (https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1261622269488648194/pu/vid/1220x616/5cV0xaNvkEPGrDpJ.mp4) (0:28)
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/05/14/atlas-5-av-081-mission-status-center/ (https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/05/14/atlas-5-av-081-mission-status-center/)
Цитировать05/16/2020 14:25 Stephen Clark
One hour until launch. Here are some statistics on this morning's mission:
[/li]- 666th launch for Atlas program since 1957
- 368th Atlas launch from Cape Canaveral
- 255th mission of a Centaur upper stage
- 232nd use of Centaur by an Atlas rocket
- 501st production RL10 engine to be launched
- 32nd RL10C-1 engine launched
- 90th flight of an RD-180 main engine
- 84th launch of an Atlas 5 since 2002
- 32nd U.S. Air Force/Space Force use of an Atlas 5
- 69th launch of an Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral
- 3rd Atlas 5 launch of 2020
- 124th Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle flight
- 139th United Launch Alliance flight overall
- 76th Atlas 5 under United Launch Alliance
- 99th United Launch Alliance flight from Cape Canaveral
- 54th ULA launch for U.S. Air Force/Space Force
- 29th 500-series flight of the Atlas 5
- 6th Atlas 5 to fly in the 501 configuration
- 96th launch from Complex 41
- 69th Atlas 5 to use Complex 41
- 9th orbital launch overall from Cape Canaveral in 2020
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 14:50
Countdown Holding
T-minus 4 minutes and holding. The countdown has entered the planned 30-minute built-in hold designed to give a bit of margin to deal with any problems. Also during this time, the final readiness polls of the launch team and management members will be performed.
We remain on schedule for a liftoff at 8:24 a.m. EDT (1224 UTC) from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 14:50
In the countdown, we have completed the fuel fill sequence to ready the first stage main propulsion system for launch.
Цитироватьtnt22 написал:
666th launch for Atlas program since 1957
Число нехорошее, сплюнуть бы... :|
Цитироватьтавот написал:
Число нехорошее, сплюнуть бы...
Тут плюй - не пдюй...
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 14:57
Launch Weather Officer Jessica Williams reports conditions are observed "no go" for liftoff. A band of rain is streaming over the launch complex. The odds of meeting the launch weather rules today has decreased to 20 percent.
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122836)
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122837)
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122838)
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122839)(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122840)
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122841)
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 15:05
Today's launch opportunity has two 10-minute windows available for Atlas V to send the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle into space. The orbital requirements of the mission dictate window timing and duration, and the Atlas V rocket's robust ability can meet those parameters.
The first window opens at 8:24 a.m. and extends to 8:34 a.m. EDT (1224-1234 UTC).
The second window runs from 10:13 to 10:23 a.m. EDT (1413-1423 UTC).
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122842)
Вроде протянуло тучи, дождь прекратился. Меряют ветер...
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122843)
NO GO
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122848)(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122844)(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122847)(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122846)(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122845)
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 15:20
ULA Launch Director Paul Aragon has instructed Launch Conductor Dillon Rice to target the end of today's first launch window for liftoff at 8:34amEDT (1234 UTC).
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122849)(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122850)
На 2-е окно:
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 15:28
New Launch Time
Weather conditions are unacceptable for liftoff of the Atlas V rocket in the first launch window today due to violations of the Cumulus Cloud Rule and ground winds.
As a result, ULA Launch Director Paul Aragon has instructed Launch Conductor Dillon Rice to target the second window today that opens at 10:13amEDT (1413 UTC).
Трансляция будет возобновлена в 17:03 ДМВ
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122851)
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 15:30
The new launch time of 10:13 a.m. EDT (1413 UTC) has been coordinated with the Range and approved.
Когда точный старт мини челнока? В 17:13 мск?
До кучи... :(
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 15:32
The electric field mile rule that governs the electrical potential in the air is the third weather rule to be "no go".
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 15:35
During the period between the closure of the first launch window and the opening of the second window, the #AtlasV tanks will be replenished with their cryogenic commodities and the launch team will monitor the health and status of all vehicle and ground systems.
ЦитироватьАлександр Репной написал:
В 17:13 мск
Пока часы переставлены на это время - начало 10-минутного окна...
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122852)(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122853)
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 15:40
This sort of hold is well within the capabilities of the Atlas V system, which routinely has two-hour launch windows. In the case of USSF7, we have two 10-minute windows spread across two hours as dictated by mission requirements.
https://tass.ru/kosmos/8490745 (https://tass.ru/kosmos/8490745)
Цитировать16 МАЯ, 15:28
В США заявили, что погода во Флориде мешает запуску ракеты с секретным космопланом X-37B
НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 16 мая. /ТАСС/. Неблагоприятная погода на мысе Канаверал (штат Флорида) мешает запланированному на субботу запуску тяжелой ракеты-носителя Atlas 5 с американским космопланом X-37B военного назначения. Об этом сообщила компания United Launch Alliance (ULA).
"Условия не благоприятствуют старту. Дожди идут в районе пускового комплекса. Шансы благоприятных для старта погодных условий снизились до 20%", - говорится в блоге компании.
Пуск намечается на 08:24 по местному времени (15:24 мск). Второе временное окно открывается в субботу в 17:13 мск.
Запуск проводится в интересах Космических сил США. Проект курирует спецподразделение ВВС США, занимающееся и разработкой стратегического бомбардировщика следующего поколения, который должен превосходить по своим характеристикам самолет В-2 Spirit. Информация о приборах, установленных на борту Х-37В, в том числе о содержимом грузового отсека, засекречена.
Американская корпорация Boeing приступила к созданию X-37B в 1999 году под эгидой NASA. В 2004 году программу засекретили и передали в ведение ВВС. Аппарат имеет взлетную массу почти 5 тонн, достигает 8,9 м в длину, 2,9 м в высоту. Размах его небольших треугольных крыльев составляет 4,5 м. Он оборудован панелями солнечных батарей, которые при развертывании на орбите служат источником электроэнергии. Весь полет и приземление проходят в автоматическом режиме.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29831.jpg) (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews) William Harwood @cbs_spacenews (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1261639674973609984)
A5/X37B: If today's weather doesn't improve and the Atlas is delayed to Sunday, the Falcon 9 flight will slip to Monday; the most recent forecast for Sunday is 80 percent go, improving to 90 percent go on Monday
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 15:48
To recap, the countdown to today's Atlas V launch of the United States Space Force-7 mission featuring the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is holding at T-minus 4 minutes.
Unfavorable weather prevented liftoff during the day's first 10-minute launch window. We have retargeted liftoff for 10:13 a.m. EDT (1413 UTC) at the opening of the day's second launch opportunity.
Weather conditions remain "no go" due to violation of the Cumulus Cloud Rule and ground winds. The electric field mill rule has just returned to a "go" status.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 16:18
The next launch window opens in just under an hour from now. The countdown is holding at T-minus 4 minutes with a planned launch time of 10:13 a.m. EDT (1413 UTC). Local weather conditions are Cape Canaveral are presently "no go" due to the rain showers streaming over the pad that violate the Cumulus Cloud Rule and high ground winds.
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Стартовые окна, возможно, зависят от орбиты USA-245, который должен почему-то сфотографировать Х-37B после запуска. Предполагается, что это для оценки состояния теплозащитного покрытия.
https://www.zarya.info/Diaries/US/OTV-6Window.php (https://www.zarya.info/Diaries/US/OTV-6Window.php)
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 16:32
The launch team has developed a plan to perform manual monitoring of the ground wind limit instead of relying on computer control that could trip up terminal count.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30999.jpg) Boeing Space @BoeingSpace (https://twitter.com/BoeingSpace) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/BoeingSpace/status/1261619951452000259)
The first five flights of #X37B (https://twitter.com/hashtag/X37B?src=hash) totaled 2,865 days on-orbit and more than one billion miles traveled. Its sixth autonomous mission will help @USNRL (https://twitter.com/USNRL) transform solar power into radio frequency microwave energy. #USSF7 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/USSF7?src=hash)
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1261619922242883584/pu/vid/1280x720/RL9TWsG0Q1jkC9AY.mp4 (https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1261619922242883584/pu/vid/1280x720/RL9TWsG0Q1jkC9AY.mp4) (0:37)
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 16:53
An updated briefing from Launch Weather Officer Jessica Williams says that current conditions are violating launch commit criteria rules for cumulus clouds and the electrical potential in the air. The ground winds are out of limits as well. Overall, the odds for the upcoming launch window offer only a 20 percent chance of becoming acceptable.
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122854)
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122855)
На край окна
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 17:08
A new launch time at the end of the launch window at 10:23 a.m. EDT (1423 UTC) is being established.
666-й Атлас походу сегодня не летит. :(
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 17:11
Weather remains in a "no go" status for liftoff. However, clocks will resume at 10:19 a.m. EDT (1419 UTC) and enter the terminal countdown from the T-minus 4 minute mark. If the weather clears before T-minus 60 seconds, we will continue to count and launch at 10:23 a.m. EDT (1423 UTC) But if the constraint remains, a hold will be called at T-minus 60 seconds to stop the countdown. This plan will buy us an addition three minutes to see if the weather will come within limits.
GO!
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122856)
А вроде как небеса сжалились ?
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 17:19
Countdown Resumes
T-minus 4 minutes and counting. The final phase of today's countdown is underway at Cape Canaveral to launch the Atlas V rocket. The countdown clocks have resumed, leading us to liftoff of a national security launch featuring the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle for the U.S. Space Force.
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122857)
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 17:20
T-minus 3 minutes and counting. The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is running on internal power for launch.
The Atlas first stage liquid oxygen replenishment is being secured so that the tank can be pressurized for launch. And the ground pyrotechnics have been armed to release the vehicle from the launch pad at liftoff.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 17:21
Hold, hold, hold. The #AtlasV countdown has been stopped due to "no go" weather conditions.
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 17:22
The countdown was held at T-minus 1 minute, 40 seconds due to the weather.
Шо, опять ? !
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 17:23
Launch Conductor Dillon Rice is guiding the launch team through steps to safe the rocket and pad systems following the unplanned hold called at T-minus 100 seconds.
Отбой... До завтра
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 17:24
Scrub
Launch Director Paul Aragon was announced that we will not continue with countdown operations today. Another launch attempt will be possible in 24 hours, with Sunday's target liftoff time at 9:14 a.m. EDT (1314 UTC).
16:14 ДМВ
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122858)
Цитироватьтавот написал:
Шо, опять ? !
Не-а, снова! ;)
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29897.png) Chris B - NSF @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 10 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1261663722927460353)
ULA's Atlas V launch with the X-37B's USSF-7 mission has been scrubbed for the day due to Range Weather. The Next attempt is Sunday morning.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 Starlink launch will be delayed to Monday due to Atlas V holding priority on the Eastern Range (military launch).
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1261663601426923520/pu/vid/1144x640/iQFm4gIuiFK5pjap.mp4 (https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1261663601426923520/pu/vid/1144x640/iQFm4gIuiFK5pjap.mp4) (0:24)
Пипец просто... Надеюсь, что завтра птичка улетит.
https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=531988&lang=RU (https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=531988&lang=RU)
ЦитироватьИз-за непогоды перенесен запуск на орбиту сверхсекретного беспилотного шаттла ВВС США
16.05.2020 17:37:33
Вашингтон. 16 мая. ИНТЕРФАКС - В связи с неблагоприятными погодными условиями в районе космодрома на сутки перенесен планировавшийся в субботу запуск ракеты-носителя Atlas V с беспилотным кораблем многоразового использования X-37B Космического командования ВВС США, сообщила компания-оператор United Launch Alliance (ULA).
"Следующая попытка будет предпринята через 24 часа, в воскресенье в 9:14 (по времени Восточного побережья США, 16:14 мск), - говорится в сообщении.
Причиной переноса запуска стали сильный приземный ветер, проливной дождь и кучевые облака. Погодные условия всего лишь на 10% благоприятствовали для проведения запуска в субботу.
Старт челнока с помощью ракеты-носителя Atlas V компании ULA, первая ступень которой оснащена российским двигателем РД-180, планировалось осуществить с 41-го стартового комплекса на космодроме на мысе Канаверал (штат Флорида). Для запуска было выделено два временных окна, но в обоих случаях он за несколько минут отменялся.
По данным из неофициальных источников, запуск шаттла предназначен для обкатки технологий перспективного перехватчика, способного инспектировать чужие космические спутники и при необходимости уничтожать их. Космолет может быстро менять орбиты и маневрировать, доставлять на орбиту и возвращать на Землю небольшие грузы.
ЦитироватьАлександр Репной написал:
Пипец просто... Надеюсь, что завтра птичка улетит.
Он ещё и Старлинки с соседней 40-й площадки задерживает. Теперь они не раньше понедельника. :(
Прогноз погоды L-1 на 17 мая 2020 г.
Atlas V USSF-7 L-1 (https://www.patrick.af.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Atlas%20V%20USSF-7%20L-1%20Forecast%20for%2017%20May.pdf?ver=2020-05-16-114957-623)
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122874)
Пусковой день (17.05) - ↓ 70 % GO
Резервный день (18.05) - 90 % GO
ЦитироватьMay 16, 2020 18:31
Sunday weather 70% GO
Launch Weather Officer Jessica Williams gives a 70 percent chance of favorable conditions on Sunday morning, with cumulus clouds and ground winds again the primary concerns.
"A broad area of low pressure is developing over the northwest Bahamas. The National Hurricane Center gives this an 80% chance of becoming a subtropical depression or storm over the weekend. This area of low pressure will gradually intensify as it starts to lift slowly to the northeast by Sunday morning. This will put us on the drier west side. However, with the low's slower forecast movement, wind speeds were increased a few knots from the northwest, and remain the main concern for tomorrow," the launch weather team says.
The operations forecast for Sunday includes just a few clouds, good visibility, north-northwesterly winds of 12 peaking to 18 knots and a temperature near 76 degrees F.
Новый адрес трансляции пуска
Цитироватьyoutube.com/watch?v=DRf2MTAlQTo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRf2MTAlQTo)
Начало трансляции 17 мая примерно в 08:55 EDT / 12:55 UTC / 15:55 ДМВ
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1261689210173558785)
Okay. Major thank you to @ulalaunch (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch) and @torybruno (https://twitter.com/torybruno) for hopping on the phone with me just now to explain what happened in today's countdown regarding the weather violations. Thread... 1/x
2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1261689211385757697)
Per Tory: what wasn't clear to the public was that the only weather constraint they were under for the 10:13a window was ground winds. Somehow amazingly the cumulus clouds and the rain showers were just far enough away to not be a violation for that attempt. 2/x
2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1261689683001643014)
So because it wasn't clear that clouds and rain were GO, it gave the incorrect appearance that ULA and the Range were bending rules. They weren't! They were literally just trying to see if winds, which were fluctuating back & forth above & below the limit, would be OK. 3/x
2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1261689937554034688)
It was also the @45thSpaceWing (https://twitter.com/45thSpaceWing) weather officer who decided to make the "go pending" call and not the traditional "no go but will update at T -60secs if clear to proceed" call that normally happens when you enter terminal count in technical violation of a weather constraint. 4/x
2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1261690145037856769)
So there you have it. It certainly appeared to be very different from normal, but it was actually completely normal. And that is why we love rocketry. Hats off to everyone at @ulalaunch (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch) and the @45thSpaceWing (https://twitter.com/45thSpaceWing) who gave it a valiant attempt. 5/5
https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=531998&lang=RU (https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=531998&lang=RU)
ЦитироватьПентагон во второй раз попытается запустить на орбиту сверхсекретный беспилотный шаттл
17.05.2020 00:00:00
Вашингтон. 17 мая. ИНТЕРФАКС - Ракета-носитель Atlas V в воскресенье должна вывести на орбиту беспилотный корабль многоразового использования X-37B Космического командования ВВС США, запуск которой накануне был перенесен на 24 часа из-за непогоды в районе космодрома, сообщает компания-оператор United Launch Alliance (ULA).
Причиной переноса запуска стали сильный приземный ветер, проливной дождь и кучевые облака. Погодные условия всего лишь на 10% благоприятствовали для проведения запуска в субботу.
Старт челнока с помощью ракеты-носителя Atlas V компании ULA, первая ступень которой оснащена российским двигателем РД-180, планируется осуществить с 41-го стартового комплекса на космодроме на мысе Канаверал (штат Флорида) в 9:14 по времени Восточного побережья США, 156:14 мск.
По данным из неофициальных источников, запуск шаттла предназначен для обкатки технологий перспективного перехватчика, способного инспектировать чужие космические спутники и при необходимости уничтожать их. Космолет может быстро менять орбиты и маневрировать, доставлять на орбиту и возвращать на Землю небольшие грузы.
Серия 2-я...
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 08:46
Welcome to Atlas/USSF-7 Countdown!
From the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, this is Atlas Launch Control at T-minus 6 hours, 20 minutes and holding.
We are about to begin a fresh countdown for the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket to perform the USSF-7 mission with the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle for the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile System Center.
Activities are on schedule for liftoff today from Space Launch Complex-41 at 9:14 a.m. EDT (1314 UTC).
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 09:09
This is Atlas Launch Control at T-minus 6 hours, 5 minutes (L-7 hours, 5 minutes) and counting.
Following yesterday's scrub for weather, the cryogenic liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen commodities were drained from the Atlas V and systems deactivated. Our countdown today will repeat the testing and fueling to ensure the rocket is ready to fly.
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 09:54
This is Atlas Launch Control at T-minus 5 hours, 20 minutes (L-6 hours, 20 minutes) and counting. We are tracking no technical issues in the countdown for a liftoff at 9:14 a.m. EDT (1314 UTC). The first weather briefing of the day is coming up shortly.
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 10:00
The guidance system test is beginning, the next major milestone in today's countdown. This activity will take the next couple of hours to complete.
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 10:22
Weather forecast 70% GO
Launch Weather Officer Jessica Williams from the 45th Weather Squadron just gave the initial briefing of today's countdown to the mission management team. Conditions are much improved today to launch a rocket.
The swirling low pressure system off the Florida coast that brought a persistent stream of rain showers to the Atlas V launch pad yesterday has formed into Tropical Storm Arthur. But the system is pulling northeastward away from the Space Coast, giving us much more dry conditions this morning.
Also, the tight pressure gradient that delivered brisk ground winds has loosened. Winds are within limits so far today.
Overall, the odds of acceptable conditions at Cape Canaveral for launch of Atlas V and USSF-7 today remain at 70 percent.
The outlook for launch time calls for some scattered clouds, good visibility, northwesterly winds of 10 gusting to 16 knots and a temperature near 76 degrees F.
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 10:49
The flight control operational test is getting underway. This test will validate the control functions on the Atlas first stage main engine and the Centaur upper stage by confirming that valves cycle properly and that the engine steering systems perform as commanded.
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 11:02
Centaur LOX and LH2 preps are complete.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29931.jpg) Tory Bruno @torybruno (https://twitter.com/torybruno) 7 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/1261931156473249792)
Looking better today. Tropical Storm Arthur is moving off. Pgo at 70%. Everyone's calming thoughts are working. Let's get this bird in the air. #USSF7 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/USSF7?src=hash)
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 11:14
Now passing T-minus 4 hours (L-minus 5 hours). A status check of the countdown shows no technical issues are being worked and all weather criteria is acceptable.
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 11:19
Antenna checks are being performed to verify functionality of the GPS Metric Tracking system. GPS MT is the system that uses the orbiting Global Positioning System navigation satellite constellation to track the rocket's flight downrange with position, velocity and timing information.
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 12:26
Guidance system testing is complete.
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 12:59
Weather Improves to 80% GO
In the pre-fueling weather briefing to mission management, Launch Weather Officer Jessica Williams reports that conditions continue to look favorable for launch today.
The launch time forecast has improved to an 80 percent of acceptable weather as dry air moves into the area. Ground winds and cumulus clouds are only minor concerns.
The outlook for launch time calls for some scattered low clouds, good visibility, northwesterly winds of 10 gusting to 15 knots and a temperature near 76 degrees F.
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 13:03
The launch pad crew has completed its hands-on work to ready Space Launch Complex-41 for today's mission, and Launch Conductor Dillon Rice has given the instruction for personnel to depart the site in advance of fueling operations.
1-й плановый
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 13:14
Countdown Holding
This is Atlas Launch Control at T-minus 2 hours (L-3 hours) and holding. The countdown has entered the first of two planned, built-in holds that are scheduled in today's timeline. This first block of time gives the countdown some margin to resolve issues or catch up work that could be running late, and the hold provides an opportunity to ensure all is ready before fueling operations begin.
The final hold occurs at T-minus 4 minutes.
At the present time, all activities are on schedule and no problems are being addressed by the launch team.
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 13:44
Countdown Resumes
This is Atlas Launch Control at T-minus 2 hours (L-2 hours, 30 minutes) and counting. The next phase of today's launch countdown has started on schedule as we continue to target 9:14 a.m. EDT (1314 UTC) for liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on the USSF-7 mission, featuring the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle.
Preparatory steps for fueling are being kicked off, including ground chilldown of the Atlas first liquid oxygen system and chilldown of the transfer lines to the Centaur upper stage liquid oxygen system.
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 13:51
Centaur LO2 Loading Begins
With the thermal conditioning, or chilldown, now complete, liquid oxygen has started to flow into the Centaur upper stage for today's launch. About 4,150 gallons of liquid oxygen will be loaded into Centaur.
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 14:14
Atlas LO2 loading begins
Filling of the Atlas V rocket's largest tank has begun. About 48,800 gallons of super-cold oxidizer for the main engine is flowing into the liquid oxygen tank on common core booster first stage.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29931.jpg) Tory Bruno @torybruno (https://twitter.com/torybruno) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/1261979517280677888)
The board is green. The count is going as smooth as the laminar flow in our propellant feed system. #USSF7 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/USSF7?src=hash)
Вероятность пуска растёт
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29931.jpg) Tory Bruno @torybruno (https://twitter.com/torybruno) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/1261981343656767488)
80% Pgo!
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 14:37
Centaur LH2 Loading Begins
The launch team has received the "go" to begin filling the Centaur upper stage with the super-cold liquid hydrogen fuel following chilldown of the system. The Centaur holds about 12,300 gallons of the cryogenic propellant for this mission to space.
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ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 14:44
The countdown is passing T-minus 1 hour. We will be taking the clocks down to T-minus 4 minutes where they will hold for 30 minutes while managers perform the final readiness polls. Liftoff remains targeted for 9:14 a.m. EDT (1314 UTC).
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 14:49
Flight control final preps are getting underway. This is the steering test pattern run on the Atlas V engine nozzles to ensure proper gimbaling during the ascent.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29831.jpg) William Harwood @cbs_spacenews (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews) 8 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1261993775460728833)
A5/X37B: Now 1 hour to launch; fueling is essentially complete; the sky remains overcast
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2-й плановый
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 15:40
Countdown Holding
T-minus 4 minutes and holding. The countdown has entered the planned 30-minute built-in hold designed to give a bit of margin to deal with any problems. Also during this time, the final readiness polls of the launch team and management members will be performed.
We remain on schedule for a liftoff at 9:14 a.m. EDT (1314 UTC) from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral.
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 15:41
All three cryogenic tanks on the Atlas V have been topped off to flight level. That gives us a fully-fueled, 761,457-pound rocket to launch USSF-7 today.
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 15:45
Weather is GO
Weather is observed and forecast GO for liftoff a half-hour from now, according to the countdown's final planned briefing by weather officer Jessica Williams.
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 15:47
The Orbital Test Vehicle program patch is emblazoned on the Atlas V rocket's payload fairing. The artwork depicts the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle orbiting above the Earth.
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ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 15:51
The Automatic Determination and Dissemination of Just Updated Steering Terms, better known as the ADDJUST file, is being loaded into the Atlas V rocket's Inertial Navigation and Control Assembly (INCA) flight computer by the flight control operator here at the Launch Control Center. This is the planned steering parameters for the INCA to use based on today's upper level wind conditions.
A series of weather balloons has been launched throughout the countdown from the Range weather station at Cape Canaveral to collect measurements of wind speeds and directions to determine if conditions aloft violate the controllability or structural loads on the rocket during ascent. The balloon data was transmitted to ULA engineers in Denver to select a steering profile that minimizes launch vehicle responses.
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122881)
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 15:54
Today's launch opportunity has two 10-minute windows available for Atlas V to send the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle into space. The orbital requirements of the mission dictate window timing and duration, and the Atlas V rocket's robust ability can meet those parameters.
The first window opens at 9:14 a.m. and extends to 9:24 a.m. EDT (1314-1324 UTC).
The second window runs from 10:52 to 11:02 a.m. EDT (1452-1502 UTC).
We continue to target the opening moment of the first window for liftoff today.
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122882)
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122884)(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122883)
Это не то?
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/05/ula-atlas-v-launch-sixth-x-37b/ (https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/05/ula-atlas-v-launch-sixth-x-37b/)
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 16:01
Weather remains in our favor this morning, no technical issues are being addressed with the launch vehicle or pad systems and we are on schedule for a liftoff at 24 minutes past the hour.
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122885)
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 16:04
This will be the 84th launch of an Atlas V rocket since 2002 and the 7th in the 501 configuration with the large five-meter-diameter payload fairing and no side-mounted solid rocket boosters.
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122886)
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122887)
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 16:11
T-minus 3 minutes and counting. The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is running on internal power for launch.
The Atlas first stage liquid oxygen replenishment is being secured so that the tank can be pressurized for launch. And the ground pyrotechnics have been armed to release the vehicle from the launch pad at liftoff.
Зажигание!
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122889)(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122890)
Пуск!!!ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 16:14
LIFTOFF!
Liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on the USSF-7 mission featuring the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle for the United States Space Force! And Atlas has cleared the tower!
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Чисто по случаю: оцените высоту потолков в центре управления пуском. "Трёхэтажный подземный бункер", ага.
Звуковой барьер
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 16:15
T+plus 1 minute, 40 seconds. Atlas V has surpassed Mach 1 to go supersonic and powered through Max Q, the region of maximum stresses on the rocket in the dense lower atmosphere.
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122919)(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122920)
MaxQ
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122921)(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122922)
Сброс ГО
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 16:17
Fairing Separation
T+plus 3 minutes, 40 seconds. Payload fairing jettison is confirmed from the edge of space. The two-halves of the composite shroud have separated to expose the X-37B OTV after ascent through the atmosphere. Also, the Centaur Forward Load Reactor, a two-piece deck that rings the upper stage to support the fairing during launch, has separated as planned.
The main engine is throttling up.
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Выкл ДУ 1-й ст РН
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 16:18
T+plus 4 minutes. The main engine is throttling now to maintain a constant 4.6 G acceleration limit. The Centaur is about to begin its cooldown sequence during the boost-phase of flight in preparation for RL10 ignition.
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122931)(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122930)(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122929)(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122928)
Отделение 1-й ст РН
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 16:18
Staging
T+plus 4 minutes, 43 seconds. Successful staging and ignition of the Centaur upper stage is confirmed. The vehicle now weighs about 15 percent of its liftoff mass.
The first stage of flight was completed with booster engine cutoff, or BECO, followed by separation of the Atlas V's common core booster.
That enabled the Centaur's RL10C-1 engine to fire to life.
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122935)(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122934)(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122932)(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122933)
Вкл ДУ 2-й ст РН
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122936)
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/122888)
https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=532016&lang=RU (https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=532016&lang=RU)
Вашингтон. 17 мая. ИНТЕРФАКС - Ракета-носитель Atlas V в воскресенье успешно стартовала на орбиту Земли с беспилотным кораблем многоразового использования X-37B Космического командования ВВС США, сообщила компания-оператор United Launch Alliance (ULA).
Запуск челнока с помощью ракеты-носителя Atlas V компании ULA, первая ступень которой оснащена российским двигателем РД-180, был осуществлен с 41-го стартового комплекса на космодроме на мысе Канаверал (штат Флорида) в 9:14 по времени Восточного побережья США (16:14 мск). Первоначально старт должен был состояться еще в субботу, но был отложен на сутки из-за непогоды в районе космодрома.
По данным из неофициальных источников, запуск шаттла предназначен для обкатки технологий перспективного перехватчика, способного инспектировать чужие космические спутники и при необходимости уничтожать их. Космолет может быстро менять орбиты и маневрировать, доставлять на орбиту и возвращать на Землю небольшие грузы.
На космолете, который совмещает свойства самолета и космического корабля, установлен служебный модуль с аппаратурой для увеличения возможностей проведения экспериментов, большая часть из которых засекречена.
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 16:21
T+plus 7 minutes. This is Atlas Launch Control. At the request of our customer, this will conclude our live coverage of today's countdown and liftoff of the Atlas V rocket on the USSF-7 mission from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
To recap, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V 501 rocket lifted off at 9:14 a.m. EDT (1314 UTC) carrying the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle.
The launch was performed for the U.S. Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center.
Today's seven-hour countdown started at 1:54 a.m. EDT under the guidance of ULA Launch Conductor Dillon Rice. The rocket was powered up and underwent standard day-of-launch testing while crews finished configuring the launch pad. The "go" for fueling was given by ULA Launch Director Paul Aragon at 6:42 a.m. Tanking operations were successfully performed as 66,000 gallons of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen were placed into the rocket's tanks. The clear to launch was given at 9:08 a.m. EDT by Space Force Mission Director Col. Shane Clark.
из интервью после пуска:
первый раз полетел сервисмодуль, там стока груза скока никогда не было
запустит чпутник построеный воздышными кадетами
эр форс испытает штуковину, которая правращает солнечую энергию в радиочастотную идля отправки энергии на землю
насовские опыты с семенами
ангары для шаттла переделаны для х 37
вызов/геморрой/сложности (челендж) с пролютом через народное воздушное пространство без экипажа преодолены.
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директор ула
Долетел или нет?
А чего, об успешном выведении на орбиту в этих случаях сообщать не принято? :oops:
Запись трансляции пуска
ЦитироватьMay 17 Live Broadcast: Atlas V USSF-7
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/220329.jpg) (https://www.youtube.com/user/UnitedLaunchAlliance) United Launch Alliance (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnrGPRKAg1PgvuSHrRIl3jg)
Трансляция началась 76 минут назад
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRf2MTAlQTo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRf2MTAlQTo)https://www.youtube.com/embed/DRf2MTAlQTo?feature=oembed (https://www.youtube.com/embed/DRf2MTAlQTo?feature=oembed) (44:09)
ЦитироватьСтарый написал:
А чего, об успешном выведении на орбиту в этих случаях сообщать не принято? :oops:
Ждём-с...
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29831.jpg)William Harwood @cbs_spacenews (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1262010004330217472)
A5/X37B: No more realtime updates are planned for today's ascent; we'll stand by now for an Air Force statement later today confirming a successful launch
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30343.jpg) Supercluster @SuperclusterHQ (https://twitter.com/SuperclusterHQ) 56 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SuperclusterHQ/status/1262014613371203584)
Liftoff!
At 9:14 AM local time, @ulalaunch (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch) fires off their workhorse Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station with the @SpaceForceDoD (https://twitter.com/SpaceForceDoD) X-37B clandestine spaceplane
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125426.png): @marcuscotephoto (https://twitter.com/marcuscotephoto) for Supercluster
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/182682.jpg)
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67615.jpg) Dr Marco Langbroek @Marco_Langbroek (https://twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek/status/1262005338775138304)
This is the trajectory that the #X37B (https://twitter.com/hashtag/X37B?src=hash) #OTV6 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/OTV6?src=hash) will fly. It will launch into a ~44 degree inclined orbit at probably ~350 km altitude. Centaur upper stage deorbit is 55 minutes (half an orbit) after launch, in the Indian Ocean west of Australia.
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/182678.jpg)
ЦитироватьСтарый написал:
А чего, об успешном выведении на орбиту в этих случаях сообщать не принято?
(https://twitter.com/torybruno)@torybruno лаконичен:
139
Поздравляю с успешным пуском!
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 18:20
Our official liftoff time was 9:14:00.241 a.m. EDT.
Одного запустили, а его второй брат сейчас на Земле? Почему их оба не запустят? Или они должны поочерёдно меняться?
ЦитироватьMay 17, 2020 17:56
MISSION SUCCESS!
MISSION SUCCESS! United Launch Alliance's Atlas V has accomplished the USSF-7 mission for the U.S. Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center. Success #139 for ULA. Thank you to the Space Force and SMC!
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https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news-detail/2020/05/17/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-the-sixth-orbital-test-vehicle-for-the-u.s.-space-force (https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news-detail/2020/05/17/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-the-sixth-orbital-test-vehicle-for-the-u.s.-space-force)
ЦитироватьUnited Launch Alliance Successfully Launches the Sixth Orbital Test Vehicle for the U.S. Space Force
Atlas V USSF-7 Launch Information Page (https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/atlas-v-ussf-7)
Atlas V USSF-7 Photos (https://flic.kr/s/aHsmMdmP2m)
Mission dedicated to front-line responders and those affected by COVID-19
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., (May 17, 2020) – A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 501 rocket carrying the USSF-7 mission for the U.S. Space Force lifted off on May 17, 9:14 a.m. EDT, from Space Launch Complex-41. This marks the 84th successful launch of an Atlas V rocket, 139th launch for ULA, the second launch for the U.S. Space Force and the sixth flight of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-6).
"The success of this mission resulted from collaboration with our customer while working through challenging, and ever changing, health and safety conditions," said Gary Wentz, ULA vice president of Government and Commercial Programs. "We were honored to partner with the U.S. Space Force to dedicate this mission to first responders, front-line workers, and those affected by COVID-19. It is truly a unique time in our history and I want to thank the entire team for their continued dedication and focus on mission success."
Along with OTV-6, this mission deployed FalconSat-8, a small satellite developed by the U.S. Air Force Academy and sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to conduct experiments on orbit. The mission also carried two NASA experiments, including a material sample plate to determine the results of radiation and other space effects on various materials, and an experiment which will assess space effects on seeds used to grow food. Another experiment sponsored by the Naval Research Laboratory will examine the ability to transform solar power into radio frequency microwave energy which could be transmitted to the ground.
This mission launched aboard an Atlas V 501 configuration rocket that included a 5-meter-diameter payload fairing. The Atlas booster was powered by the RD AMROSS RD-180 engine, and the Centaur upper stage was powered by the Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-1 engine.
ULA's next launch is NASA's Mars 2020 mission carrying the Perseverance rover on an Atlas V rocket. The launch is scheduled for July 17 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
To date ULA has a track record of 100% mission success with 139 successful launches.
With more than a century of combined heritage, ULA is the world's most experienced and reliable launch service provider. ULA has successfully launched more than 135 missions to orbit that provide Earth observation capabilities, enable global communications, unlock the mysteries of our solar system, and support life-saving technology.
Охотники вышли за зверем...
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/35114.png) Cees Bassa @cgbassa (https://twitter.com/cgbassa) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/cgbassa/status/1262022698324164610)
The search for the #X37B (https://twitter.com/hashtag/X37B?src=hash) OTV-6 space plane has started. This Doppler curve may be from OTV-6, but we'll have to wait for more data over the coming days to be certain.
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ЦитироватьАлександр Репной написал:
Одного запустили, а его второй брат сейчас на Земле? Почему их оба не запустят? Или они должны поочерёдно меняться?
Так он сел недавно, проводится послеполётное обслуживание и т.п. И не факт, что наземка рассчитана на одновременную работу с двумя аппаратами.
Интереснее другое, что представляет собой сервисный модуль?
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg) Jonathan McDowell @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 39 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1262079773813153797)
The sixth flight of the X-37B spaceplane began at 1314 UTC May 17 with launch on a @ulalaunch (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch) Atlas V model 501, serial AV-081, from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral.
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The Centaur AV-081 upper stage reached orbit around 1330 UTC . The orbit has not been revealed but is thought to be around 350 x 360 km x 44.0 deg. OTV-6 separated a few minutes later.
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The launch was designated USSF-7 (US Space Force 7). The craft in orbit is expected to get the cover identity USA 299. There are two X-37B orbiters and it is suspected that this is the third flight of X-37B No. 1.
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The Centaur AV-081 stage made a deorbit burn at about 1340 UTC and reentered over the Indian Ocean about 1410 UTC. See @Marco_Langbroek (https://twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek) 's post at https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2020/05/otv-6-ussf-7-next-x-37b-launch-appears.html ... (https://t.co/8BtHg9vd2L) for his analysis
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/05/17/upgraded-x-37b-spaceplane-rockets-into-orbit-aboard-atlas-5-launcher/ (https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/05/17/upgraded-x-37b-spaceplane-rockets-into-orbit-aboard-atlas-5-launcher/)
ЦитироватьUpgraded X-37B spaceplane rockets into orbit aboard Atlas 5 launcher
May 17, 2020 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/05/03/spacex-aces-last-dragon-parachute-test-before-crew-launch/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)
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A 197-foot-tall (60-meter) Atlas 5 rocket climbs into the sky over Cape Canaveral on Sunday. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now
Darting through low clouds, the US Air Force's reusable X-37B spaceplane rode a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket into orbit Sunday, debuting upgrades to accommodate additional scientific experiments, a dishwasher-sized tech demo satellite, and classified military objectives.
Riding 860,000 pounds of thrust from its RD-180 main engine, the 197-foot-tall (60-meter) Atlas 5 rocket lumbered off Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 launch pad at 9:14 a.m. EDT (1314 GMT) Sunday.
The kerosene-fueled booster engine powered the rocket through a low cloud layer, and the Atlas 5 disappeared from the view of spectators within seconds. A powerful rumble left in the Atlas 5's wake moved across the Florida spaceport, lingering after the rocket's ascent was obscured by clouds.
Flying without any strap-on solid rocket boosters, the Atlas 5 arced toward the northeast and shed its bulbous payload fairing around the X-37B spaceplane nearly four minutes into the mission, once the rocket climbed into the rarefied vacuum of space. The Russian-made first stage engine shut down next, and a hydrogen-fueled Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10 engine ignited to continue accelerating the X-37B spaceship into orbit.
At the request of the U.S. Air Force, United Launch Alliance's live broadcast ended coverage of the mission's progress around five minutes after liftoff. The Centaur upper stage was expected to deliver the X-37B — also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle — into orbit in less than 20 minutes, then release the spacecraft.
The Centaur was programmed to re-enter the atmosphere and burn up over the Indian Ocean southwest of Australia around an hour into the mission, according to airspace warning notices released to the public. The re-entry was intended to ensure the launch did not leave any unnecessary space junk in orbit.
Trajectory information gleaned from the airspace warnings suggested the Atlas 5 rocket targeted placement of the X-37B spacecraft in an orbit more than 200 miles (about 350 kilometers) in altitude, with an inclination of around 44 degrees to the equator, according to Marco Langbroek (https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2020/05/otv-6-ussf-7-next-x-37b-launch-appears.html), an archaeologist in the Netherlands who also tracks satellites.
Military officials did not disclose the exact orbital parameters.
ULA declared the launch a success in a press release later Sunday morning, punctuating the 84th flight of an Atlas 5 rocket since its debut in 2002, and the third Atlas 5 flight of 2020.
The U.S. military and ULA dedicated the launch to coronavirus first responders, front-line workers, and victims of the disease. The launch was part of the military's "America Strong" campaign, joining a series of flyovers of cities nationwide by the Air Force Thunderbirds and Navy Blue Angels to salute health care professionals and coronavirus patients and victims.
Shrouded in secrecy, the automated X-37B spaceplane is a reusable vehicle designed to deploy small satellites, host experiments, and pursue other classified objectives. Flying without any astronauts on-board, the vehicle generates electricity with a solar array and can autonomously guide itself to a runway landing at the end of each mission.
The Air Force has disclosed it has two X-37B vehicles in its inventory, and both were built by Boeing. Officials have not confirmed which X-37B vehicle was launched Sunday.
"X-37B is a really interesting machine," said Jim Chilton, senior vice president of Boeing's space and launch division. "It's a reusable spacecraft. It is autonomous, it flies without crew. It can be rapidly reconfigured to host a wide variety of experiments, and it can take off from standard launch pads on standard rockets under fairing, and it can land autonomously through public airspace.
"You add that all up, there's a lot of innovation in this machine," Chilton said during ULA's launch broadcast Sunday.
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An Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from pad 41 Sunday. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now
The mission launched Sunday is the sixth flight of the X-37B program since 2010. It carries more experiments than any previous X-37B mission, according to the Air Force.
The sixth X-37B mission — designated OTV-6 — is the first to fly with a new service module attached to the aft end of the spaceplane, providing additional capacity for experiments and payloads. The X-37B itself, measuring more than 29 feet (8.9 meters) long, also has a cargo bay inside its fuselage.
Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett said earlier this month that the Air Force's Rapid Capabilities Office is partnering with the U.S. Space Force and the Air Force Research Laboratory on the spaceplane's sixth mission, which "maximizes the X-37B's unique capabilities."
"This important mission will host more experiments than any prior X-37B flight, including two NASA experiments," Barrett said Wednesday. "One is a sample plate evaluating the reaction of sel ect significant materials to the conditions in space. The second studies the effect of ambient space radiation on seeds."
"This machine is a great blend of defense and research," Chilton said.
"NASA has a seed experiment on this flight," he said. "The idea is they've collected a lot of data on the space station around radiation effects on seeds. Long-term human trips (into space) would require some agriculture.
"X-37B can go some places the station doesn't go, collect different kinds of radiation, and our payload bay can (provide) a different kind of shielding," Chiltonn said. "So they'll get more data to complete their set."
The X-37B also carries a space-based solar power experiment.
"A third experiment designed by the Naval Research Laboratory transforms solar power into radio frequency microwave energy, then studies transmitting that energy to Earth," Barrett said.
"The service module extends the vehicle capability," Chilton said. "We can host more payloads that way. so this is the most we've ever carried on an X-37B mission. One of the things we're carrying on that service module, which can release independent satellites, is a satellite designed and built by cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy."
The satellite, named FalconSAT-8, has its own suite of five scientific experiments and tech demo payloads.
Col. Luke Sauter, professor and head of the astronautics department at the Air Force Academy, said the FalconSAT-8 is about the size of a standard dishwasher and weighs a little more than 300 pounds (136 kilograms).
The spacecraft's will test a novel electromagnetic propulsion system, low-weight antenna technology and a commercial reaction wheel to provide attitude control in orbit, Sauter said in response to questions from Spaceflight Now.
According to the Air Force Academy, FalconSAT 8's experiments include:
[/li]- Magnetogradient Electrostatic Plasma Truster (MEP) – Novel electromagnetic propulsion system
- Metamaterials Antenna (MMA) – Low size, weight, power antenna with phased-array like performance
- Carbon nanotube experiment (CANOE) – RF cabling with carbon nanotube braiding flexed using shape-memory alloy
- Attitude Control and Energy Storage (ACES) – Commercial reaction wheel modified into a flywheel for energy storage and release
- SkyPad – Off-the-shelf cameras and GPUs integrated into low-SWAP (size, weight and power) package
Sauter said the schedule for the deployment of the FalconSAT 8 spacecraft from the X-37B spacecraft remains fluid, and "may be days, weeks or months."
"We're a secondary (payload) flying with the host mission, and we'll likely be released when it impacts their mission the least," Sauter said. "We already have cadets trained and ready to perform operations when the time comes."
In a statement before the launch, the Air Force said it "continues to push the flight envelope for the X-37B, and will build upon its growing collaboration with experiment partners with its sixth mission."
Barrett said the Air Force is declassifying some of the service's space activities. The X-37B, which Barrett said was "previously cloaked in secrecy," has accumulated 2,865 days in orbit on five previous missions.
"Each flight has been successively longer, setting a record for duration," Chilton said. "If you add up all the missions, just under eight years in orbit and a billion miles."
In addition to hosted payloads, the X-37B itself is an experimental vehicle. Boeing said in a statement after Sunday's launch that the mission "will test reusable space vehicle technologies."
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Inside a former space shuttle processing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the U.S. Air Force's X-37B spaceplane is prepared for encapsulation inside the nose shroud of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. Credit: U.S. Space Force
The X-37B remains an Air Force asset, officials said. The newly-established Space Force is responsible for the launch, on-orbit operations and landing.
"The ability to test new systems in space and return them to Earth is unique to the X-37B program and enables the U.S. to more efficiently and effectively develop space capabilities necessary to maintain superiority in the space domain," the Air Force said in a statement.
Boeing has built two X-37B vehicles for orbital flights. The program began under NASA management before transferring to DARPA in 2004, then to the Air Force in 2006.
The first X-37B space mission launched in April 2010. Four of the previous X-37B flights have launched on ULA Atlas 5 rockets, and one lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher.
Boeing and military teams ready the reusable spaceplanes inside a former space shuttle processing facility at Kennedy. The first three X-37B missions landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base, but the most recent two flights concluded with returns to the Shuttle Landing Facility runway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a few miles fr om the X-37B's hangar.
Boeing is responsible for refurbishing the X-37B between missions, and integrates experiments on the vehicle inside a modified space shuttle processing facility at Kennedy.
"You can say that the X-37B stands on the shoulders of the space shuttle," Chilton said. "The differences? The X-37B is autonomous, the X-37B is more rapidly reconfigurable, and frankly the challenge of coming down through public airspace without crew has been overcome, and proven to work well.
"Also the difference is the duration the X-37B can fly," Chilton said. "Our last mission was 780 days, and that's a lot longer than the shuttle could stay aloft."
https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2020-05-17-Boeing-built-X-37B-Launches-in-Second-Mission-for-U-S-Space-Force (https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2020-05-17-Boeing-built-X-37B-Launches-in-Second-Mission-for-U-S-Space-Force)
ЦитироватьBoeing-built X-37B Launches in Second Mission for U.S. Space Force
Record-setting autonomous spaceplane begins sixth mission
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The Boeing-built X-37B spaceplane successfully launched Sunday from Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Photo by U.S. Space Force)
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CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. May 17, 2020 — The Boeing [NYSE]-built X-37B autonomous spaceplane today launched on top of a uniquely configured United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
Boeing is the prime contractor for the X-37B spaceplane and facilitates the integration of all experiments into the vehicle ensuring they receive the correct power, thermal and data services required. Boeing also works to identify future reusable platform experiment opportunities on each mission.
The X-37B's sixth mission is the first to use a service module with additional payload capability to support a variety of experiments for multiple government partners. The mission will deploy FalconSAT-8, a small satellite developed by the U.S. Air Force Academy and sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory, to conduct experiments on orbit. Further, two NASA experiments will study the impact of radiation and other space effects on certain materials and seeds used to grow food. Another experiment by the Naval Research Laboratory will transform solar power into radio frequency microwave energy which could then be transmitted to the ground. In addition, the mission will test reusable space vehicle technologies.
The X-37B first launched in April 2010. Originally designed for missions of 270 days duration, the X-37B has set endurance records during each of its five previous flights. Most recently, X-37B spent 780 days on orbit before returning to Earth in October 2019.
"The X-37B has shifted the paradigm and redefined efficiency in space development, said Jim Chilton, Boeing Space and Launch senior vice president. "The rapid technology advancements enabled by the program will benefit the entire space community and influence the next generation of spacecraft design."
The X-37B program is a partnership between the Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office and the United States Space Force. Boeing program management, engineering, test and mission support functions for the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) program are conducted at Boeing sites in Southern California and Florida.
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ЦитироватьUSSF-7 Mission successfully launched
SMC Public Affairs / Published May 17, 2020
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LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --
The U.S. Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center's Launch Enterprise team and its mission partners successfully launched the USSF-7 mission of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle for the Department of the Air Force's Rapid Capabilities Office on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 501 launch vehicle May 17 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
This morning's liftoff at 9:14 a.m. EDT marks the 80th successful mission in a row for the National Security Space Launch program. This launch continues the Department of Defense's America Strong initiative, recognizing healthcare workers, first responders, and other essential personnel on the COVID-19 frontlines.
"The National Security Space Launch program leverages commercial launch services to deliver the Nation's most critical space capabilities safely to orbit," said Col. Rob Bongiovi, director of SMC's Launch Enterprise. "Executing this important mission during an incredibly difficult time for the Nation and the world demonstrates the tenacity of the dedicated government and contractor professionals who worked tirelessly in new and innovative ways to safely achieve 100 percent mission success."
"Congratulations to the USSF-7 integrated team on a successful launch," said Lt. Gen. John Thompson, Space and Missile Systems Center commander and Air Force program executive officer for Space. "Launching USSF-7 is just the latest example of the big things the Department of Defense continues to accomplish every day in defense of our nation during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic."
The USSF-7 launch is one of many achievements the Space and Missile Systems Center plans to accomplish this year. SMC's Launch Enterprise team intends to successfully and responsibly launch seven additional National Security Space missions throughout 2020.
The Space and Missile Systems Center is the U.S. Space Force's center of excellence for acquiring and developing military space systems. SMC's portfolio includes space launch, global positioning, military space vehicle communications, defense meteorological space vehicles, range systems, space vehicle control networks, space-based infrared systems, and space situational awareness capabilities.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30343.jpg) Supercluster @SuperclusterHQ (https://twitter.com/SuperclusterHQ) 6 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/SuperclusterHQ/status/1262047334684397570)
Stunning shot of @ulalaunch (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch)'s Atlas V 501 rocket leaving the launch pad this morning with the @SpaceForceDoD (https://twitter.com/SpaceForceDoD) X-37B in tow
Captured with a camera placed at Space Launch Complex 41 by @marcuscotephoto (https://twitter.com/marcuscotephoto)
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A closer look at this morning launch. The RD-180 putting on some heat!
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ЦитироватьMay 18, 2020 04:09
Launch Photo Gallery
See our Flickr album (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ulalaunch/albums/72157713645363178) for a full collection of beautiful photos of the Atlas V launching USSF-7 taken by United Launch Alliance.
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69534.jpg)Richard @RDAnglePhoto (https://twitter.com/RDAnglePhoto) 11 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/RDAnglePhoto/status/1262089512794181635)
A successful mission for the #ULALaunch (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ULALaunch?src=hash) #AtlasV (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AtlasV?src=hash) on the #USSF7 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/USSF7?src=hash) mission for the @SpaceForceDoD (https://twitter.com/SpaceForceDoD) taking the #X37B (https://twitter.com/hashtag/X37B?src=hash) Orbital Test Vehicle to orbit!
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/35114.png) Cees Bassa @cgbassa (https://twitter.com/cgbassa) 7 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/cgbassa/status/1262349063275589635)
Passive radio observations based on 3 passes of #OTV6 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/OTV6?src=hash), assuming its orbit is circular, indicate it is at 390 km orbital altitude and 45 degree inclination.
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67615.jpg) Dr Marco Langbroek @Marco_Langbroek (https://twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek/status/1262385920487108608)
The #X37B (https://twitter.com/hashtag/X37B?src=hash) #OTV6 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/OTV6?src=hash) has been located on orbit by amateur observers using passive radio:
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It is in a 45 degree inclined, approximately 390 km altitude orbit. It's ground-track repeats every 3 days.
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ЦитироватьAtlas V USSF-7 Launch Highlights
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67929.jpg) Cosmic Perspective @considercosmos (https://twitter.com/considercosmos) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/considercosmos/status/1262379355289911298)
Beautiful slowmo footage from our stream during @ulalaunch (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch) #USSF7 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/USSF7?src=hash) ... so quick into those clouds! (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125430.png)
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Congrats ULA @torybruno (https://twitter.com/torybruno), @SpaceForceDoD (https://twitter.com/SpaceForceDoD), @45thSpaceWing (https://twitter.com/45thSpaceWing) and the #X37B (https://twitter.com/hashtag/X37B?src=hash) space plane team (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125294.png) (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125615.png) #AmericaStrong (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmericaStrong?src=hash)
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg) Jonathan McDowell @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1262401614180220934)
Nico's report:
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30999.jpg) Boeing Space @BoeingSpace (https://twitter.com/BoeingSpace) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/BoeingSpace/status/1262455928206635012)
See how we are partnering with @AF_Academy (https://twitter.com/AF_Academy) cadets to help them deploy their FalconSAT-8 fr om aboard the just-launched #X37B (https://twitter.com/hashtag/X37B?src=hash). The satellite will test advanced propulsion technologies in space. #USSF7 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/USSF7?src=hash)
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ЦитироватьAir Force Academy cadets build satellite for latest X-37B mission
FalconSAT-8 satellite will deploy on sixth X-37B mission.
May 17, 2020 in Space, Defense
For the sixth time since 2010, the Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle has returned to orbit. The X-37B space vehicle began its latest mission on May 17, 2020, when it launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
The autonomous and reusable X-37B will perform experiments in low-Earth orbit while testing and integrating new reusable space vehicle technologies. This sixth mission will also carry unique experiments for NASA, the Naval Research Laboratory and the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Cadets from the Air Force Academy Astronautics Department, with assistance from Boeing, designed and built FalconSAT-8, a small satellite that will be deployed from the X-37B to test advanced propulsion technologies and collect important data for the Department of Defense. The U.S. Air Force Academy is the only undergraduate institution in the world wh ere students help design, build, test, launch and operate small satellites.
Originally designed to fly 270 days per mission, the X-37B has set progressive records for time on orbit during each of its five previous missions. Most recently, it flew for 780 days before returning to Earth in October 2019.
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ЦитироватьЛаборатория ВМФ США обнародовала данные относительно целевой задачи недавно запущенного X-37B
Лаборатория ВМФ США обнародовала данные относительно целевой задачи недавно запущенного X-37B. Как отмечено в пресс-релизе, в ходе полета X-37B будут проводиться исследования в области отработки "фотоэлектрического радиочастотного антенного модуля". Испытания будут проходить в рамках комплексного исследования использования на Земле солнечной энергии, сгенерированной в космосе. В эксперименте будет задействована 12-дюймовая панель, которая збудет вырабатывать электричество с последующим его преобразованием в микроволновое излучение.
Отказ от передачи энергии посредством лазерного излучения военные обосновали тем, что много энергии будет потеряно при прохождении через облака и атмосферу. К числу основных проблем подобных систем военные отнесли сложности с соблюдением тепловых режимов работы полезной нагрузки. В целом этими экспериментами военные занимаются уже более 10 лет, пишет Ecoruspace.
А.Ж.
А зачем для проведения подобных экспериментов нужен многоразовый шаттл? На обычном спутнике провести никак нельзя? :oops:
ЦитироватьСтарый написал:
А зачем для проведения подобных экспериментов нужен многоразовый шаттл? На обычном спутнике провести никак нельзя?
Видимо, очень хочется, по тем или иным причинам вернуть оборудование на Землю.
Цитироватьlev_g написал:
ЦитироватьСтарый (//forum/user/13420/) написал:
А зачем для проведения подобных экспериментов нужен многоразовый шаттл? На обычном спутнике провести никак нельзя?
Видимо, очень хочется, по тем или иным причинам вернуть оборудование на Землю.
Видимо да...
Цитата: undefined(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29931.jpg) Tory Bruno @torybruno 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/1265396588660363267)
The USSF has agreed that I can show you the standard ULA bullseye for the recent highly classified launch of #USSF7 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/USSF7?src=hashtag_click), just as long as you promise not to tell anyone... ;)
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С борта X-37B (миссия OTV-6) запущено нечто, м.б. мКА и Falconsat-8, поименован как USA-300, ID: 45610 / 2020-029B
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ЦитироватьJonathan McDowell @planet4589
The OTV-6 X-37B spaceplane made several orbit changes in the past few weeks, and now has released the USAF Academy student satellite Falconsat-8 (according to SpaceTrack, which however doesn't give any orbital data for it)
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At the beginning of its mission in 2020 OTV-6 released a satellite with the cover name USA 300. We thought at the time that that might be Falconsat-8 - apparently not, so we don't know what it actually is.
Внимание! Набор фейков! Верить можно только фотографиям. - zandr
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Что третий год делает на орбите секретный космолёт Boeing X-37
https://life.ru/p/1537768?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fdzen.ru%2Fnews%2Fsearch%3Ftext%3D
Как Лайфу объяснял известный специалист в сфере космонавтики Дмитрий Конаныхин, Boeing X-37 можно считать в немалой степени наследником программы Space Shuttle. Он действительно выглядит довольно похожим на челнок. Но есть и большие отличия. Например, челноки могли летать только с людьми на борту, под их управлением, а X-37 — беспилотный, то есть летает только в автоматическом режиме. К слову, "Буран" мог и то и другое.
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Во-вторых, X-37 не в пример более манёвренный, чем Shuttle, он может легко "перестраиваться" между высотами от 200 до 750 километров. Кстати говоря, шаттлы не поднимались выше 350 километров, и из-за этого во времена Space Shuttle Международную космическую станцию приходилось держать гораздо ниже, чем она сейчас (сейчас — около 400 километров).
Так вот, X-37 разрабатывали с 1999 года, поначалу — по программе Space Maneuver Vehicle, а в 2004 году передали в ведение DAPRA — американского Агентства по перспективным оборонным научно-исследовательским разработкам.
Это космолёт многоразовый, сейчас он находится в уже шестом по счёту полёте. Недавно его нынешней миссии "стукнуло" рекордных 900 дней. Предыдущая продлилась 780. То есть он благополучно находится где-то в космосе по несколько лет подряд. В общей сложности за шесть полётов набралось уже добрых десять лет загадочной космической деятельности.
Запускается X-37 в основном на ракетах Atlas-5. Что характерно — с российскими двигателями РД-180, которые, как известно, на фоне недавних событий в США решили больше не поставлять. В пятый полёт X-37 отправила, правда, ракета SpaceX Falcon 9, но в нынешний шестой — опять Atlas-5.
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Boeing X-37. Фото © Getty Images / Courtesy photo / Photo by DoD / Corbis
Когда Х-37 впервые запускали в 2010 году, то было официально заявлено, что его главная задача — доставка грузов на орбиту. Но со стороны разбирающихся в космонавтике людей последовали резонные возражения, что на ракетах — гораздо дешевле. И потом, к чему для банальной доставки грузов такие маневрирования?
Но перед крайним запуском в мае 2020 года секретарь ВВС США Барбара Барретт довольно многое прояснила. Во-первых, по её словам, на этот раз на борту — оборудование для эксперимента по преобразованию солнечной энергии в микроволны с тем, чтобы потом в виде электричества отправлять их на Землю: для будущих космических солнечных электростанций.
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Запуск United Launch Alliance Atlas V с X-37B 15 мая 2020 года. Фото © Getty Images / Paul Hennessy / NurPhoto
Но самое главное: космолёт взял с собой спутник FalconSat-8 разработки Военно-воздушной академии США с оборудованием для пяти экспериментов, и в том числе для испытаний некоей инновационной электромагнитной силовой установки. То есть электромагнитной пушки. А как она работает: либо воздействует сильным магнитным полем, либо током высокого напряжения выводит всю электронику из строя. Более того, электромагнитную пушку в перспективе рассматривают в том числе и как оружие против людей. Считается, что это оружие нелетального действия: делает недееспособным, но не убивает.
Мировая общественность обменивается мнениями о реальном назначении Х-37, и в том числе звучит версия, что это разведчик. Но, к примеру, историк и военный эксперт Александр Широкорад ещё в 2010 году отмечал, что для шпионской деятельности в распоряжении США предостаточно спутников.
Историк обратил внимание на другую информацию, которая, по его словам, "просочилась" ещё в 2006 году: о том, что X-37 будет отрабатывать технологии для будущего космического перехватчика KEASat – Kinetic Energy Antisatellite. По задумке, этот перехватчик будет способен либо наносить спутнику противника механические повреждения (к примеру, ломать антенны), либо атаковать лазерным оружием.
В научной монографии 2009 года "Космос: оружие, дипломатия, безопасность" сказано, что противоспутниковая система с такими аппаратами, как KEASat, сможет за неделю уничтожить все военные спутники противника на низкой орбите. Кроме того, упоминается, что KEASat создают как "экологически чистый": разработчики надеются (или, по крайней мере, надеялись на момент 2009 года), что он не будет разбрасывать по космическому пространству обломки своих жертв — для него придумано специальное тефлоновое "полотнище", в которое он должен будет каким-то образом заворачивать свою мишень перед атакой. Впрочем, насчёт того, насколько это будет эффективно, высказываются большие сомнения.
Стоит упомянуть и ещё некоторые данные, которые в 2016 году привёл в своей статье научный сотрудник Военно-космической академии имени А.Ф. Можайского Сергей Макаренко. Он писал, что создаваемые по программе X-37 аппараты могут выводить на орбиту до трёх боеголовок и доставлять их к цели в обход систем предупреждения о ракетном нападении. А если иметь их на орбите в количестве нескольких десятков, то любую цель и на земле, и в космосе можно будет поразить за считаные минуты. По данным статьи, X-37 создавались для того, чтобы дежурить по несколько лет подряд в боевой готовности к мгновенному применению оружия по сигналу с земли.
https://twitter.com/EmreKelly/status/1591417461337128965?cxt=HHwWioDUhfvv7JUsAAAA
ЦитироватьEmre Kelly @EmreKelly
Can confirm we heard booms a few hours ago, but waiting on responses from Air Force / Space Force. If it was OTV-6, that launched from the Cape on an Atlas V in May 2020.
https://twitter.com/DutchSpace/status/1591413427272048640
ЦитироватьDutchSpace @DutchSpace · 1 ч
While we wait for official confirmation of X-37B OTV-6 landing, (hello @BoeingSpace @SLDelta45 ) on-orbit duration was almost 909 days..
And for those maybe reading this, remember, landing pics or it didn't happen...hint hint wink wink :)
#X37B #OTV6
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3:07 PM · 12 нояб. 2022 г.· Twitter for iPhone
https://twitter.com/EmreKelly/status/1591427806533193728
ЦитироватьEmre Kelly @EmreKelly
Yup, it was X-37. Hopefully getting a statement with photos this morning.
https://twitter.com/BoeingSpace/status/1591468178923835398
ЦитироватьBoeing Space @BoeingSpace
The Boeing-built #X37B has landed at @NASAKennedy, marking the completion of its sixth mission with the @SpaceForceDoD . The award-winning spaceplane broke yet another endurance record, spending 908 days on orbit.
Release: https://boeing.mediaroom.com/news-releases-statements?item=131172
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6:29 PM · 12 нояб. 2022 г.
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https://boeing.mediaroom.com/news-releases-statements?item=131172
ЦитироватьBoeing-Built X-37B Completes Sixth Mission, Sets New Endurance Record
- Autonomous orbital test vehicle spent 908 days on orbit before landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
- This mission marks the first time the vehicle hosted a service module, which successfully carried experiments for Naval Research Laboratory, U.S. Air Force Academy and other partners.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., Nov. 12, 2022— The Boeing [NYSE: BA] built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) set a new endurance record after spending 908 days on orbit before landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:22 a.m. ET, November 12, 2022. This surpasses its previous record of 780 days on-orbit.
With the successful completion of its sixth mission the reusable spaceplane has now flown over 1.3 billion miles and spent a total of 3,774 days in space where it conducts experiments for government and industry partners with the ability to return them to Earth for evaluation.
For the first time, the vehicle carried a service module to augment the number of payloads it can haul. The module separated from the OTV prior to de-orbiting ensuring a safe and successful landing.
"This mission highlights the Space Force's focus on collaboration in space exploration and expanding low-cost access to space for our partners, within and outside of the Department of the Air Force (DAF)," said Gen. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations.
The sixth mission was launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in May 2020. Hosted experiments included a solar energy experiment designed by the Naval Research Lab, as well as a satellite designed and built by cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory. The satellite, dubbed FalconSat-8, was successfully deployed in October 2021 and remains on orbit today.
This mission also hosted multiple NASA experiments including the Materials Exposure and Technology Innovation in Space (METIS-2), which evaluated the effects of space exposure on various materials to validate and improve the precision of space environment models. This was the second flight for this type of experiment. Mission 6 also hosted a NASA experiment to evaluate the effects of long-duration space exposure on seeds. This experiment informs research aimed at future interplanetary missions and the establishment of permanent bases in space.
"Since the X-37B's first launch in 2010, it has shattered records and provided our nation with an unrivaled capability to rapidly test and integrate new space technologies," said Jim Chilton, senior vice president, Boeing Space and Launch. "With the service module added, this was the most we've ever carried to orbit on the X-37B and we're proud to have been able to prove out this new and flexible capability for the government and its industry partners."
The X-37B program is a partnership between the U.S Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office and the U.S. Space Force. Boeing designed and manufactured the spaceplane and continues to provide program management, engineering, test and mission support from sites in Southern California, Florida and Virginia.
In 2020, the X-37B received the Robert J. Collier Trophy for advancing the performance, efficiency and safety of air and space vehicles.
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ЦитироватьАмериканский космоплан военного назначения вернулся на Землю
НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 12 ноября. /ТАСС/. Американский космоплан военного назначения X-37B вернулся на Землю спустя 908 суток нахождения на орбите. Об этом говорится в заявлении разработчика аппарата - авиационно-космической корпорации Boeing, опубликованном в субботу на ее сайте.
В сообщении указывается, что X-37B совершил посадку на космодроме на мысе Канаверал (штат Флорида) в 05:22 по времени Восточного побережья США (13:22 мск). Он установил очередной рекорд нахождения на орбите, пробыв в космосе 908 суток. Космоплан был запущен при помощи тяжелой ракеты-носителя Atlas 5 в мае 2020 года.
Как следует из заявления Boeing, при помощи X-37B были осуществлены ряд экспериментов в интересах ВМС США и NASA, а также выведен спутник, разработанный в Академии ВВС США.
Данный полет стал шестым для космоплана данного типа. Первый полет космоплана, начавшийся в апреле 2010 года, продолжался 225 дней. Второй - 468 дней (с марта 2011 года по июнь 2012 года), третий - 675 дней (с декабря 2012 года по октябрь 2014 года). Во время четвертой миссии, завершившейся 7 мая 2017 года, аппарат находился на орбите 717 дней, пятая миссия завершилась 27 октября 2019 года, она продлилась 780 дней.
>:( Arzach, Вы дочитать строку, что цитируете, до конца в состоянии? Там её (красной строки) авторство указано явно!
ЦитироватьРанее высказывались опасения, что X-37B может использоваться американскими военными в качестве носителя оружия, его сложно засечь системой предупреждения о ракетном нападении.
Кто-то высказывал такие опасения, кроме дебил-патриота Конаныхина?
На самом деле, информация от средств СПРН позволяла определять ориентацию мини-челнока, не то, что "засечь"...
Любопытный сервисный модуль. Двигатели дуют на просвет?
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Цитата: Околоземный нищеброд от 13.11.2022 10:22:41Любопытный сервисный модуль. Двигатели дуют на просвет?
К тому времени, когда они понадобятся, его уже отстыкуют. Стандартное же решение у подобных аппаратов, начиная с Dyna Soar и заканчивая Dream Chaser с его багажником-служебником Shooting Star.
Пока исхожу из того, что сервисный модуль не каталогизирован.
Вообще, эта штука постоянно подрабатывает двигателями малой тяги, непонятно, какими именно. Явных следов нагара вокруг верньеров не просматривается (на послепосадочных снимках, понятно),
Цитата: Околоземный нищеброд от 13.11.2022 12:44:44Пока исхожу из того, что сервисный модуль не каталогизирован.
Вообще, эта штука постоянно подрабатывает двигателями малой тяги, непонятно, какими именно. Явных следов нагара вокруг верньеров не просматривается (на послепосадочных снимках, понятно),
В SpaceNews вышла обзорная статья по этой миссии (https://spacenews.com/x-37b-space-plane-completes-its-sixth-mission-lands-after-nearly-30-months-in-orbit/), и вот что там сказано про служебный модуль:
Цитата: https://spacenews.com/x-37b-space-plane-completes-its-sixth-mission-lands-after-nearly-30-months-in-orbit/Миссия ОТВ-6 впервые включала выведение служебного модуля для проведения дополнительных экспериментов.
Служебный модуль отделился от ОТВ перед посадкой. Космические силы заявили, что модуль будет утилизирован в соответствии с передовой практикой, направленной на уменьшение количества космического мусора на орбите.
«С учетом служебного модуля это была самая большая ПН, которую мы когда-либо выводили на орбиту вместе с X-37B», — заявил Джим Чилтон, старший вице-президент Boeing Space and Launch.
То есть, на мой взгляд, вариантов тут два: если основной двигатель используется для маневрирования на орбите, то - да, наверно он работает через отверстие в СМ, если же он предназначен только для торможения, то его могут включать после отделения СМ.
Скорее всего, второе, поскольку модуль (объект 2020-029D) остался на орбите высотой около 240 км, на которой челнок проследовал наилучшим практикам, а заодно сфазировался перед посадкой.
Цитата: Околоземный нищеброд от 14.11.2022 20:10:51Скорее всего, второе, поскольку модуль (объект 2020-029D) остался на орбите высотой около 240 км, на которой челнок проследовал наилучшим практикам, а заодно сфазировался перед посадкой.
Миль пардон, а этот т.н. модуль не на базе ESPA сваяли?
Внешний диаметр центрального цилиндра (определяемый сравнением с размахом передних плоскостей - 450 см) составляет около 60 см, что хорошо бьётся с паспортной дыркой ESPA Grande ports.
Браво, Liss!
И всё это коррелирует с давней мыслью о наличии ионников в попе, через ESPA можно дуть наружу.
Буагага!
До меня дошло откуда наш эксперт Ваня Моисеев додумался до своей теории Космоносца.
Ещё же в 2015 году в своём четвёртом полёте Х-37В вывалил на орбиту пачку в количестве 10 штук мусоросатов. Тут то Ваню и осенило! Оказывается это была тренировка, и теперь космоносец готов усилять мусоросатами спутниковую группировку NRO, USAF и космических сил США! ;D ;D ;D
Сколько там лет Ване потребовалось чтобы до такого додуматься? ???
Цитата: V.V. от 14.11.2022 22:18:34И всё это коррелирует с давней мыслью о наличии ионников в попе, через ESPA можно дуть наружу.
Не могёт там быть ионников. Во первых их не видно а во вторых у него недостаточно электрической мощности для их питания.
Новости из запрещенных соцсетей. Пользователь твиттера @DutchSpace (https://twitter.com/DutchSpace) накопал где-то боинговское видео (с некоего "апрельского симпозиума") и поделился некоторыми фрагментами с публикой.
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На видео с отделением ПН от Центавра хорошо заметно, что сервисный модуль действительно пустой изнутри и представляет собой цилиндрическое кольцо без днищ. Сквозь это кольцо видно несимметрично расположенное сопло основного двигателя челнока и черный "поддон" под соплом.
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(OTV-3 после приземления, источник (https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/missions/defense/fourth-x-37b-mission-lands-successfully/attachment/x37b-space-plane-landing-runway-5-oct17-2014/))
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(тоже OTV-3, фрагмент 5Мб картинки (https://www.afspc.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2000993428/))
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(OTV-4 на буксире после посадки, источник (https://www.alamy.com/the-air-forces-x-37b-orbital-test-vehicle-mission-4-landed-at-nasa-s-kennedy-space-center-shuttle-landing-facility-may-7-2017-managed-by-the-air-force-rapid-capabilities-office-the-x-37b-program-is-the-newest-and-most-advanced-re-entry-spacecraft-that-performs-risk-reduction-experimentation-and-concept-of-operations-development-for-reusable-space-vehicle-technologies-image227445144.html) Кстати, у OTV-4 рядом с соплом из задницы торчит какая-то пирамидальная приблуда, которой на OTV-3 не было).