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ЦитироватьAJ26 Engine Acceptance Test Successfully Conducted

August 2013

On August 8, 2013 Orbital and its Aerojet Rocketdyne and NASA teammates successfully conducted a 54 second hot fire acceptance test of an AJ26 engine. The AJ26 used in this test will be one of two engines that will power the first stage of Orbital's Antares rocket in its second mission to deliver cargo to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) agreement with NASA. The mission, dubbed Orb-2, is scheduled to occur in 2014. The test was conducted at NASA Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. (NASA photo)

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ЦитироватьSome improvements will be introduced as soon as the next Cygnus resupply mission, named Orb-2 and tentatively scheduled for launch May 1.
DeMauro said engineers will install a U.S.-built software-defined radio on the Orb-2 mission to replace a radio from a European subcontractor. And the Orb-2 flight will see the debut of a new navigation sensor to aid the craft's approach to the space station.
The TriDAR sensor, developed and built by Ottawa-based Neptec Design Group, is a next-generation rendezvous aid tested on three space shuttle flights, including the final mission in July 2011.
The Cygnus spacecraft's existing laser navigation system measures the distance and closing rate of the spaceship by bouncing light signals off of reflectors mounted on the space station's Japanese lab module. The TriDAR system does not need reflectors, instead determining the Cygnus spacecraft's position by creating a three-dimensional thermal map of the station and comparing it with a model embedded in the system's software.
The TriDAR is also effective at greater distances from the space station, according to Neptec engineers.
Orbital will use the radio and TriDAR in backup mode on Orb-2. If they perform well, they will be used operationally on the Orb-3 resupply mission in October.
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According to DeMauro, the Cygnus service module for Orb-2 is finishing up testing at the company's headquarters here and will be moved to the launch site at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore in March. The pressurized cargo module, built by Thales Alenia Space in Turin, Italy, will be shipped to Wallops aboard an Antonov An-124 transport plane in late January, he said.

ЦитироватьCygnus Arrival
Обновлено в четверг

In gearing up for the May 1 Antares mission, the Cygnus PCM arrived today at Wallops on the Antonov. The snow made for a lovely background. (NASA Photos)
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Цитировать (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/91915.jpg) Orbital Sciences ‏@OrbitalSciences  (https://twitter.com/OrbitalSciences)
 
Speaking of the #Orb2 (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Orb2&src=hash) #CRS (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23CRS&src=hash) mission. PCM arriving at @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) today. Service module near completion at Dulles pic.twitter.com/SzMFGdzGuu (http://t.co/SzMFGdzGuu)
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9:52 - 30 янв. 2014 г.

ЦитироватьSalo пишет:
Пуск ожидается 1 мая.

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In May, for #Orb2 (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Orb2&src=hash), the 3rd #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Cygnus&src=hash) spacecraft will be launched in an 8 month period. Demonstrates discipline/efficiency of commercial space
 

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The CRS #Orb2 (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Orb2&src=hash) mission will be the 4th launch of the #Antares (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Antares&src=hash) rocket in its first 13 months of operations. @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA)
 

  (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/91915.jpg) Orbital Sciences ‏@OrbitalSciences  (https://twitter.com/OrbitalSciences) 25 мин. (https://twitter.com/OrbitalSciences/status/446370046609072129)
 
#Orb2 (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Orb2&src=hash) CRS mission launch time on May 6 is targeted for 3:44 pm (EDT), with a 5 minute window to 3:49 pm @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA) @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops)
 

 
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Update on #Orb2 (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Orb2&src=hash) CRS mission schedule: We're targeting Tues. May 6 for the launch of the cargo resupply mission from @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) for @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA)

ЦитироватьNext Orbital Sciences resupply mission slips to June
BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: April 22, 2014

The second space station resupply run by Orbital Sciences Corp. has been reset for June after NASA officials juggled the outpost's visiting vehicle manifest to accommodate delays in launching a SpaceX cargo craft, the company announced Monday.
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File photo of an Antares rocket launch. Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now
 
 Launch of the Orbital Sciences Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft is set for no earlier than June 10 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
If liftoff occurs June 10, the launch time would be approximately 2:07 a.m. EDT (0607 GMT). The launch time is determined by the orbit of the space station.
Orbital Sciences was preparing for launch was soon as May 6 in case SpaceX was unable to launch its resupply mission by late April, but Sunday's arrival of the SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule at the space station allows Orbital to stand down and reschedule its launch for June.
The decision to delay the launch to June was expected.
NASA officials wanted at least one of the two commercial resupply ships to reach the space station in the next few weeks to bolster the space station's stocks of food, provisions and research experiments.
The Orbital Sciences mission's move to June avoids a scheduling conflict with the ongoing Dragon mission, a Soyuz crew rotation in May, and high solar angles on the space station's orbit in early June.
"The Antares and Cygnus teams have made great progress in preparing for this mission," Orbital Sciences wrote in a mission update on the company's website.
About 65 percent of the cargo manifested for the Cygnus supply mission, known as Orb-2, is already loaded inside the spacecraft's Italian-built pressurized cargo module. NASA has identified 1,650 kilograms, or 3,637 pounds, of cargo to be carried to the space station on the Orb-2 mission.
Earlier in April, technicians attached the Cygnus craft's cargo cabin and service module.
"The team has also been completing final Cygnus closeouts and has transferred the integrated Cygnus spacecraft from the payload processing facility on the Wallops main base to the fueling facility on Wallops Island," the company wrote in the update. "Fueling will take place in the near future. The remaining cargo, some of which is time-sensitive, will be loaded just prior to the encapsulation of the spacecraft within the Antares rocket's fairing."
Officials said final testing is nearing completion on the Antares rocket for the Orb-2 mission, and teams will soon move on to preparing the next Antares launcher for the Orb-3 resupply mission scheduled for launch in October. The two rockets are located inside the Horizontal Integration Facility about one mile north of the Antares launch pad.
Orbital Sciences has a $1.9 billion contract with NASA for eight Cygnus resupply flights through 2016.

Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1 (http://www.twitter.com/stephenclark1/).

ЦитироватьISS Commercial Resupply Services Mission (Orb-2)
Launch Date:    No Earlier Than June 10, 2014
Launch Site:    MARS Pad 0A Wallops Island, VA
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Antares Launch

Mission Status - April 21, 2014

Orbital's upcoming cargo logistics mission to the International Space Station (ISS) under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA is now scheduled for no earlier than June 10. With the successful berthing of the SpaceX Dragon capsule at the Station, a crew rotation and a "solar beta cutout" also to occur in May, the earliest date that Orbital can launch will be during the second week in June.

The Antares and Cygnus teams have made great progress in preparing for this mission. The Cygnus spacecraft is currently loaded with 1083 kg of NASA cargo, approximately 65% of the planned total cargo load. The team has also been completing final Cygnus closeouts and has transferred the integrated Cygnus spacecraft from the payload processing facility on the Wallops main base to the fueling facility on Wallops Island. Fueling will take place in the near future. The remaining cargo, some of which is time sensitive, will be loaded just prior to the encapsulation of the spacecraft within the Antares rocket's fairing.

The Antares team continues to prepare the rocket for the mission, conducting final testing and preparing for the integration of Cygnus with the vehicle's upper stage. In addition, the team will also be making progress on the rocket that will conduct the Orb-3 resupply mission later this year. While not as far along as the Orb-2 rocket, the Antares ground team is working on both rockets in parallel at the Wallops Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF).

The Cygnus and Antares team also completed the Flight Readiness Certification Review (FRCR) on April 15. The FRCR is a comprehensive review of the current status of the spacecraft and the rocket and the team's readiness to support the Orb-2 mission operations.

Mission Description

Cygnus will be boosted into orbit by a two-stage Antares rocket from Pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. The launch sequence will last about ten minutes from liftoff through the separation of Cygnus from the Antares vehicle.

Once in orbit, Cygnus will deploy its solar arrays and undergo initial check-out. The spacecraft will then conduct a series of thruster burns to raise its orbit to bring it within 4 km of the ISS prior to receiving authorization to autonomously rendezvous with the station. When the vehicle approaches to within 12 meters, the astronauts will use the station's robotic arm to grapple Cygnus and berth it to the Harmony node of the station.

Cygnus is planned to remain berthed at the ISS for approximately 40 days during which time the station crew will unload cargo from Cygnus and subsequently load it with materials for disposal. At the end of the mission Cygnus will depart the station and reenter the Earth's atmosphere.

 Mission Info

Launch Site:
MARS Pad 0A
Antares Launch Sequence:
Approximately 10 minutes
Cygnus ISS Rendezvous:
Approx. 2.5 days from launch
Cygnus Stay at ISS:
Approximately 40 days
 

ЦитироватьSonic пишет:
Читаю-читаю эти новости, и решил спросить... А чем slip отличается от scrub ? Сроками ?

ЦитироватьSonic пишет:

А чем slip отличается от scrub

ЦитироватьOrbital Sciences ‏@OrbitalSciences  (https://twitter.com/OrbitalSciences) 5 мин. (https://twitter.com/OrbitalSciences/status/463303210904477698)
Orbital and @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA) are targeting June 10 at 2:07 a.m. for the #Antares (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Antares&src=hash) launch of the #Orb2 (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Orb2&src=hash) cargo mission from @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) to the #ISS (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ISS&src=hash)

ЦитироватьA Russian-built rocket engine assigned to launch an Orbital Sciences Corp. commercial resupply flight to the International Space Station in early 2015 was damaged Thursday during a test mishap at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.


File photo of an AJ26 engine lifted into the E-1 test stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center in southern Mississippi. Credit: NASA
 
"A test anomaly occurred earlier today at Stennis during an acceptance test of an AJ26 engine slated to fly in 2015," said Orbital Sciences spokesperson Barry Beneski. "The cause of the failure is unknown at this time."

The Antares launch vehicle is powered by two AJ26-62 first stage main engines at the start of Orbital's commercial cargo missions to the space station. The Dulles, Va.-based company has a $1.9 billion contract for eight resupply flights through 2016 using Antares boosters and Cygnus logistics spaceships.

Orbital has completed the first supply mission under the contract, and the second flight is scheduled for takeoff June 10 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

"We don't know yet if this will affect the upcoming Antares launch schedule," Beneski wrote in an email.

SpaceX holds a similar cargo contract with NASA to transport supplies to and from the space station using the company's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule.

Aerojet Rocketdyne provides the AJ26 engines for Orbital's Antares launch vehicle. A spokesperson for the propulsion firm said there no injuries from Thursday's engine mishap, and the company is leading an investigation to determine the cause of the failure.


Photo of an Antares launch on Jan. 9, 2014. Credit: Orbital Sciences Corp.
 
Aerojet purchased 43 NK-33 engines from Russia's Kuznetsov Design Bureau in the 1990s to integrate on U.S. rockets. The first American launch contractor to commit to using the engines was Orbital Sciences, which bought 20 engines for 10 flights, consisting of two test launches and the eight cargo deliveries to the space station.

Aerojet Rocketdyne converted the 20 NK-33 engines into the AJ26 configuration by adding U.S. electronics, qualifying the engines for U.S. propellants, putting in equipment to permit the engines to gimbal for steering, and adding electromechanical valve actuators, according to officials familiar with the engine's modernization.

The AJ26 engines consume liquid oxygen and rocket-grade kerosene propellants. Each engine generates more than 350,000 pounds of thrust at sea level.

Officials said the AJ26 engine that failed Thursday suffered the anomaly about 30 seconds into a planned 54-second test. The engine test terminated prematurely, resulting in extensive damage to the engine.

A team of NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Orbital Sciences and Lockheed Martin engineers put each AJ26 engine through acceptance testing on the E-1 test stand at the Stennis Space Center in southern Mississippi before delivering the engines to the Antares launch site on Virginia's Eastern Shore.


File photo of an NK-33 engine test. Credit: Aerojet Rocketdyne
 
Engines for the next two Antares launches, currently scheduled for June 10 and early October, have finished acceptance testing and are ready for flight. But officials said Thursday it was too soon to tell whether the launches would be delayed in the aftermath of the engine mishap at Stennis.

The first stage structures for the next three flights have also been delivered to the United States from Yuzhmash in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, according to Frank Culbertson, executive vice president and general manager of Orbital's advanced programs group.

In an interview Wednesday, Culbertson said two more Ukrainian stages were on schedule to arrive in the United States later this year.

Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.

ЦитироватьАмериканская частная ракетная корпорация Orbital Sciences отменила запланированный на 10 июня запуск ракеты Antares с грузовым кораблем Cygnus из-за отказа российского двигателя первой ступени. На прошлой неделе в ходе испытаний произошел отказ (http://www.gazeta.ru/science/2014/05/26_a_6048489.shtml) российского двигателя НК-33, который ныне под маркой AJ26 компания использует в своей ракете.
Компания сообщает, что старт произойдет не ранее 17 июня. «Новое расписание необходимо, чтобы позволить инженерным командам главной ступени определить причины отказа двигателя, который произошел на прошлой неделе в Космическом центре имени Стенниса», — говорится в сообщении.
Orbital Sciences имеет контракт с NASA на сумму $1.9 млрд на запуск восьми грузовых кораблей к МКС. С 2010 года компания проводит модернизацию советских «лунных» двигателей НК-33, чтобы снабдить их современной электрикой и подогнать их под американские стандарты и требования.

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Цитироватьanik пишет:
http://www.nasa.gov/content/crew-ramps-up-for-station-vehicle-traffic-and-june-19-spacewalk/

"The Cygnus commercial cargo craft on its second Commercial Resupply Services mission for Orbital Sciences is targeted for a June 20 launch to the International Space Station"

Olaf пишет:

21 июня  по ЛМВ  и UTC

ЦитироватьLaunch Date:    July 11, 2014
Launch Site:    MARS Pad 0A at NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA
Cygnus ISS Arrival:    July 15, 2014

Mission Update – July 3, 2014

Orbital has established July 11, 2014 as the targeted date for the launch of the Orb-2 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the second operational cargo resupply mission under the company's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA. The targeted launch time from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on July 11 will be 1:40 p.m. (EDT).

The engineering team that is investigating the failure of an AJ26 engine during an acceptance test at Stennis Space Center recommended that certain inspections be performed on the two AJ26 engines that are currently integrated on the Antares rocket. These inspections were recently completed and program officials have cleared the rocket for flight.

Leading up to the launch, the Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft will be mated to the rocket today. After the loading of the final time sensitive cargo and installation of the rocket's payload fairing, Antares will be rolled out to the launch pad on July 9. A launch on July 11 will result in a rendezvous and berthing with the ISS on July 15. The Cygnus spacecraft will deliver 1,657 kg of cargo to the ISS and will be loaded with approximately 1,346 kg of material for disposal upon reentry into Earth's atmosphere.

An image gallery for the launch campaign is available here (http://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/MissionUpdates/Orb-2/Gallery/default.aspx)

ЦитироватьАлександр Ч. пишет:
....Тhe Cygnus spacecraft will deliver 1,657 kg of.....

ЦитироватьВВК пишет:

ЦитироватьАлександр Ч. пишет:
....Тhe Cygnus spacecraft will deliver 1,657 kg of.....

А сколько всего у него максимальная грузоподъемность?

ЦитироватьАлександр Ч. пишет:

ЦитироватьВВК пишет:

ЦитироватьАлександр Ч. пишет:
....Тhe Cygnus spacecraft will deliver 1,657 kg of.....

А сколько всего у него максимальная грузоподъемность?

2/2,7т http://www.orbital.com/AdvancedSystems/Publications/Cygnus_factsheet.pdf

ЦитироватьБампер пишет:
А логотипа миссии Orb-2 ни у кого нет?

ЦитироватьSFN пишет:
Грузовики начали персонально именовать?

ЦитироватьNAVAREA IV 515/14
 WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
 ROCKETS.
 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 111730Z TO 111900Z JUL,
 ALTERNATE 121700Z TO 121830Z, 131645Z TO 131815Z,
 141615Z TO 141745Z, 151600Z TO 151730Z,
 161530Z TO 161700Z AND 171500Z TO 171630Z JUL
 IN AREAS BOUND BY:
 A. 37-50-57N 075-30-41W, 37-59-06N 075-13-20W,
 37-01-49N 074-07-31W, 36-55-06N 074-14-28W,
 37-22-58N 075-38-40W, 37-36-17N 075-36-33W.
 B. 25-56-33N 062-31-08W, 24-14-49N 060-51-21W,
 25-16-13N 059-25-38W, 27-01-48N 061-04-40W.
 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 171730Z JUL 14.//
 Authority: WALLOPS 031434Z JUL 14.
 Date: 
 Cancel: 17173000 Jul 14

ЦитироватьOrbital Sciences ‏@OrbitalSciences  (https://twitter.com/OrbitalSciences) 7 мин. (https://twitter.com/OrbitalSciences/status/486509560283156480)
#Orb2 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Orb2?src=hash) mission update to #ISS (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISS?src=hash) for @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA) from @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) 585kg of late load cargo now onboard. Hatch closure to be complete later today.

ЦитироватьRoll-out of #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) rocket to MARS pad at @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) scheduled for ~12:30 pm EDT. Thunderstorm last night pushed sked back.

ЦитироватьOrbital announced today that the launch of Antares for the Orb-2 Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station has been rescheduled for Saturday, July 12 at 1:14 p.m. EDT. Due to severe thunderstorms in the Wallops area the night of Tuesday, July 8, the rollout of the Antares rocket to its launch pad at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport scheduled for this morning was delayed resulting in a compression of the operational schedule leading to the launch. This afternoon, the company's launch team determined the best course of action would be to postpone the launch one day to allow for normal launch operations processing. Despite the one day schedule slip, Cygnus will still arrive at the ISS on July 15 with berthing scheduled at approximately 7:24 a.m. EDT.

ЦитироватьВВК пишет:
И когда стартует?

ЦитироватьВВК пишет:
И когда стартует?

ЦитироватьOrbital Sciences Corp. has postponed the launch of its Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station until 12:52 p.m. EDT on Sunday, July 13, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Severe weather in the Wallops area has repeatedly interrupted Orbital's operations schedule leading up to the launch.

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ЦитироватьAlex376 пишет:
Что-то мне подсказывает не на сутки, а пол-суток

ЦитироватьSalo пишет:
12:52 p.m. EDT это эквивалент нашего 00:52. Таким образом пуск назначен на 08:52 ЛМВ в воскресенье.

Цитироватьanik пишет:

ЦитироватьВВК пишет:
И когда стартует?

Тему почитать не в состоянии?  :D

Крутим выше и находим ответ: http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic13754/message1277479/#message1277479

Цитироватьche wi пишет:
Пуск перенесен на сутки (из-за погоды)

Цитироватьnapalm пишет:
В 20:52 сегодня?

Цитироватьnapalm пишет:
В 20:52 сегодня?

Цитироватьnapalm пишет:
На действительно интересный вопрос - что там за "engine anomaly", никто не ответил

Цитировать1112 GMT (7:12 a.m. EDT)
The Antares rocket's systems are now being powered up.

ЦитироватьThe Red Team will re-enter the launch pad to look at a Nitrogen valve that is not behaving and another valve in the prop system.

ЦитироватьThe issue with the Bermuda ground station is resolved, but the range still red due to boat in prohibited area.

ЦитироватьRange is green - Coasties cleared a sailboat that was in the launch zone. Beautiful day for a launch on the Eastern Shore!

Цитироватьopty пишет:
Как все таки Антарес водит при уходе со стола ...

ЦитироватьНиколай Плюснин пишет:
Через несколько минут ракета взорвётся и упадёт где-то в Атлантическом океане

ЦитироватьНу-и-ну пишет:
Буднично, спокойно, молодцы.

ЦитироватьВАШИНГТОН, 13 июля. /ИТАР-ТАСС/. Американский грузовой корабль Cygnus стартовал к Международной космической станции (МКС). Запуск грузовика Cygnus с помощью ракеты-носителя Antares состоялся с космодрома NASA на острове Уоллопс в Атлантическом океане у побережья штата Вирджиния.

Это уже второй регулярный рейс Cygnus к МКС. Впервые он совершил стыковку со станцией в январе нынешнего года.

Cygnus доставит экипажу орбитального комплекса более 1,5 т грузов, в том числе продовольствие, воду, запчасти, оборудование и материалы для научных экспериментов. Он, в частности, привезет на МКС мобильные автоматические устройства для контроля за уровнем радиации, уровнем света и качеством воздуха, а также прототип микроспутника, который в перспективе будет использоваться для оперативной отправки на Землю различных образцов со станции, космических кораблей или даже других планет.

Стыковка Cygnus с МКС была запланирована на вторник. Однако из-за того, что запуск дважды переносился по погодным условиям, стыковка может быть сдвинута на сутки. Тем не менее, в любом случае порядок этой операции известен заранее. Когда корабль по команде с Земли приблизится к орбитальному комплексу на расстояние около 10 м, американский астронавт Стивен Суонсон захватит его с помощью 17-метровой автоматической руки-манипулятора Canadarm, изготовленной канадским космическим агентством. Помогать Суонсону будет астронавт Европейского космического агентства Александер Герст, которому затем предстоит подвести корабль к стыковочному отсеку на американском модуле Harmony. В состав нынешней экспедиции на МКС входят также российские космонавты Александр Скворцов, Олег Артемьев, Максим Сураев и американец Рид Вайзман.

На обратном пути Cygnus заберет со станции накопившийся там мусор и вместе с ним сгорит в плотных слоях атмосферы. Построила корабль, как и носитель Antares, частная американская компания Orbital Sciences, базирующаяся в Вирджинии. В прошлом году она успешно осуществила первый пробный полет Cygnus к МКС, а затем NASA подписала с ней контракт стоимостью $1,9 млрд на восемь запусков грузовика в течение трех лет.

ЦитироватьНиколай Плюснин пишет:
К великому сожалению у американцев удался запуск Но когда-нибудь они ответят за неудачные пуски Протон-М с тремя спутниками ГЛОНАСС 2 июля 2013 г. и Протон-М со спутником Экспресс АМ4Р 16 мая 2014 г.

Цитироватьopty пишет:
Как все таки Антарес водит при уходе со стола ...

ЦитироватьVeganin пишет:

ЦитироватьНиколай Плюснин пишет:
К великому сожалению у американцев удался запуск Но когда-нибудь они ответят за неудачные пуски Протон-М с тремя спутниками ГЛОНАСС 2 июля 2013 г. и Протон-М со спутником Экспресс АМ4Р 16 мая 2014 г.

Зависть - это плохо.

ЦитироватьTheoristos пишет:

Цитироватьopty пишет:
Как все таки Антарес водит при уходе со стола ...

Это Хитрый План
... хотя в этот раз на вид получилось особо забористо.

Цитироватьche wi пишет:
Отличная работа, поздравляю Орбитал и НАСА с успешным пуском.

ЦитироватьБольшой пишет:

Цитироватьopty пишет:
Как все таки Антарес водит при уходе со стола ...

как Ангара, тоже с наклоном 8)

Цитировать(Dulles,  VA  13  July  2014)  –  Orbital  Sciences  Corporation  (NYSE:  ORB),  one  of  the  world's  leading  space  technology  companies,  today  announced  it  successfully  launched  its  AntaresTM  medium-class  rocket  carrying  a  CygnusTM  cargo  logistics  spacecraft,  beginning  the  company's  second  operational  cargo  resupply  mission  to  the  International  Space  Station  (ISS).    Cygnus  will  deliver  vital  equipment,  supplies  and  scientific  experiments  to  the  ISS  as  part  of  its  $1.9  billion  Commercial  Resupply  Services  (CRS)  contract  with  NASA.    More  information  about  the  CRS  mission  is  available  at  http://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/MissionUpdates/Orb-2/.

Lift-off  of  the  Antares  rocket  occurred  today  at  12:52  p.m.  (EDT)  from  the  Mid-Atlantic  Regional  Spaceport's  Pad  0A  located  NASA's  Wallops  Flight  Facility  in  eastern  Virginia.    Following  a  10-minute  ascent,  the  Cygnus  spacecraft  was  successfully  deployed  and  placed  into  its  intended  orbit  of  120  x  180  miles  (190  x  290  kilometers)  above  the  Earth,  inclined  at  51.6  degrees  to  the  equator.    Orbital's  engineering  team  has  confirmed  that  reliable  communications  had  been  established  and  that  the  solar  arrays  are  fully  deployed,  providing  the  necessary  electrical  power  to  command  the  spacecraft.  

The  launch  of  Orbital's  Antares  rocket  and  Cygnus  cargo  logistics  spacecraft  will  culminate  in  rendezvous  and  berthing  with  the  ISS  on  July  16  at  approximately  6:39  a.m.  (EDT).    Cygnus  will  deliver  3,669  pounds  (1,664  kilograms)  of  cargo  to  the  Expedition  40  astronauts  and  remain  attached  to  the  station  approximately  30  days  before  departing  with  approximately  2,950  pounds  (1,340  kilograms)  of  disposable  cargo  for  a  safe,  destructive  reentry  over  the  Pacific  Ocean  approximately  five  days  later.

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"Today's  mission  was  the  fourth  successful  launch  of  Antares  in  the  past  15  months  and  the  third  deployment  of  Cygnus  in  less  than  a  year,"  said  Mr.  David  W.  Thompson,  Orbital's  President  and  Chief  Executive  Officer.    "So  far,  our  second  operational  CRS  mission  is  off  to  a  great  start  with  Cygnus  operating  exactly  as  anticipated  at  this  early  stage  of  the  mission.    We  are  very  pleased  to  be  a  reliable  partner  with  NASA  to  meet  their  need  for  reliable,  regularly  scheduled  cargo  resupply  for  the  ISS.    I  salute  the  combined  NASA  and  Orbital  team  for  its  hard  work  to  get  us  to  this  point,  and  look  forward  to  completing  another  safe  and  successful  mission  for  our  NASA  customer."  

Under  the  CRS  contract  with  NASA,  Orbital  will  use  Antares  and  Cygnus  to  deliver  approximately  44,000  pounds  (20,000  kilograms)  of  cargo  to  the  ISS  over  eight  missions  through  2016.    For  these  missions,  NASA  will  manifest  a  variety  of  essential  items  based  on  ISS  program  needs,  including  food,  clothing,  crew  supplies,  spare  parts  and  equipment,  and  scientific  experiments.

Orbital  privately  developed  the  Antares  launch  vehicle  to  provide  low-cost,  reliable  access  to  space  for  medium-class  payloads.    It  is  the  largest  and  most  complex  rocket  the  company  has  ever  produced.    Under  the  Commercial  Orbital  Transportation  Services  (COTS)  joint  research  and  development  initiative  with  NASA,  Orbital  also  developed  the  Cygnus  spacecraft,  which  is  an  advanced  maneuvering  vehicle  that  meets  the  stringent  human-rated  safety  requirements  for  ISS  operations.    Together,  these  products  showcase  Orbital's  ability  to  apply  rigorous  engineering  approaches  and  commercial  business  practices  to  significantly  shorten  development  timelines  and  lower  operational  costs  of  sophisticated  space  systems  as  compared  to  traditional  government-run  programs.

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ЦитироватьВВК пишет:
А в предыдущих по-моему такого не было, может что перестраховались в свете последних вопросов, при испытании двигателей.

ЦитироватьАртём Жаров пишет:
The engine that failed was designated for use in a 2015 CRS mission and was undergoing hot fire testing that all Antares AJ26 engines are subject to in order to ensure nominal performance and acceptance for use in Antares missions. The investigation into the failure is being led by the Antares main stage propulsion supplier, Aerojet Rocketdyne, with Orbital and NASA engineers also supporting the effort. Once the investigation team reaches the point in their process that they can clear Antares to launch the Orb-2 mission, a targeted launch date will be established. For now, NET July 1 is simply a planning date. Please check back to this page for further updates.

 http://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/MissionUpdates/Orb-2/

ЦитироватьАндрей Суворов пишет:
Баки от Южмаша, НК-33 от Самары. И, если бы что и вправду случилось, всех бы собак повесили на нас. Так что тьфу-тьфу-тьфу, пусть летает без осечек.

Цитировать#Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) is now installed at the #ISS (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISS?src=hash). Excellent job by the crew - #Swanson (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Swanson?src=hash) and @astro_reid (https://twitter.com/astro_reid)!

Цитироватьanik пишет:

ЦитироватьБампер пишет:
А логотипа миссии Orb-2 ни у кого нет?

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=33924.msg1222062#msg1222062

Корабль "Дженис Восс"

ЦитироватьБампер пишет:
Так какой же из логотипов правильный?

ЦитироватьPirat5 пишет:
А если нет - то получается Antares часть грузоподъёмности впустую тратит?

ЦитироватьCady Coleman @Astro_Cady (https://twitter.com/Astro_Cady)

The #Exp40 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Exp40?src=hash) crew opened the hatch of the Janice E Voss #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) #Orb2 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Orb2?src=hash) supply ship this morning. First on the list: Fresh food!

ЦитироватьVK пишет:
Выше - это ответ 2Pirat5 и BBK

ЦитироватьVK пишет:
Как выяснилось, на МСС надо возить не столько тяжелые грузы, сколько объемные.

ЦитироватьАлександр Р. пишет:
Когда ожидается расстыковка Лебедя и сколько он будет летать в АП?

Цитировать15 августа - отстыковка и отделение Cygnus (Orb-2) от нижнего узла модуля Harmony манипулятором SSRMS 
30 августа - сведение Cygnus (Orb-2) с орбиты (или 20 августа) 

ЦитироватьАлександр Р. пишет:
Спасибо, Артём! А время лмв расстыковки завтра известно?