https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-media-to-northrop-grumman-s-space-station-launch-from-virginia (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-media-to-northrop-grumman-s-space-station-launch-from-virginia)
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MEDIA ADVISORY M19-096
NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman's Space Station Launch from Virginia
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The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-02 (AMS-02) as seen from the International Space Station
Credits: NASA
Media accreditation is open for the launch of Northrop Grumman's 12th commercial resupply services mission aboard its Cygnus spacecraft to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/station).
Northrop Grumman is targeting liftoff of its Antares rocket for no earlier than 2:39 p.m. EDT Oct. 21 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island in Virginia. This is the first mission under Northrop's Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract with NASA.
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Each resupply mission to the station delivers scientific investigations in the areas of biology and biotechnology, Earth and space science, physical sciences, and technology development and demonstrations.
Highlights of space station research that will be facilitated by research aboard this Cygnus mission include:
[/li]- The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-02 (AMS-02 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=729)), mounted on the exterior of the International Space Station, looks for evidence of dark, strange and anti-matter to help us understand how our universe was formed. A series of spacewalks are planned for later this year to prolong the operational life of the AMS-02. Astronauts will cut and reconnect fluid lines, a feat not done before in space, which could prove valuable for future missions at NASA's upcoming lunar Gateway (https://www.nasa.gov/topics/moon-to-mars/lunar-gateway) or missions to Mars.
- The AstroRad Vest (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7803) tests a special vest designed to protect astronauts from radiation caused by unpredictable solar particle events. Astronauts will provide input on the garment as they wear it while performing daily tasks, including how easy it is to put on, how it fits and feels, and the range of motion it allows. Garment developers can use this input to improve design. Use of the vest could protect crew members on missions to the Moon and Mars.
- The Zero-G Oven (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7993) examines heat transfer properties and the process of baking food in microgravity. It uses an oven designed specifically for use aboard the space station, and may have application on future long-duration missions by offering a way to increase variety in flavor and nutrition of food for crew members.
- The Made in Space Recycler will test systems needed to reprocess plastic into 3D printing filament that can then be transferred for use to the Made in Space Manufacturing Device, a 3D printer that has operated on the orbiting laboratory since 2016. This has implications for space conservation and deep space missions.
Northrop Grumman will use a new 24-hour late load capability on this mission. This innovative system includes a mobile clean room and a removable portion of the payload fairing that will permit time-sensitive science experiments to be loaded into Cygnus as late as 24 hours before liftoff.
Cargo resupply from U.S. companies ensures a national capability to deliver critical science research to the space station, significantly increasing NASA's ability to conduct new investigations at the only laboratory in space.
Get more information about Northrop Grumman's commercial resupply missions at:
https://www.nasa.gov/northropgrumman (https://www.nasa.gov/northropgrumman)
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Last Updated: Sept. 10, 2019
Editor: Sean Potter
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Welcome to Wallops, Cygnus!
A @NorthropGrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) Antares rocket is scheduled to launch the Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) from Wallops Island, VA. Stay tuned for details!
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186266.jpg) NanoRacks Подлинная учетная запись @NanoRacks (https://twitter.com/NanoRacks) 22 авг. (https://twitter.com/NanoRacks/status/1164634464611422213)
#NG12 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG12?src=hash), we're ready for you!
#CubeSats (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CubeSats?src=hash) #Mission17 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mission17?src=hash) #ISS (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISS?src=hash)
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https://www.nasa.gov/content/upcoming-elana-cubesat-launches (https://www.nasa.gov/content/upcoming-elana-cubesat-launches)
ЦитироватьUpcoming ELaNa CubeSat Launches
ELaNa 25
Date: NET October 21, 2019
Mission: NG-12 – Antares II, Wallops Flight Facility, Va.
15 CubeSat Missions scheduled to be deployed[/COLOR][/li]- Argus – St. Louis University, Missouri
- AzTechSat-1 – NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
- CAPSat – University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign
- CryoCube – NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida
- CySat-1 – Iowa State University, Ames
- HARP – University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Maryland
- NEUTRON-1 – University of Hawaii, Manoa
- Phoenix – Arizona State University, Tempe
- RadSat-U – Montana State University, Bozeman
- SOCRATES – University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
- SORTIE – ASTRA, Boulder, Colorado
- SPOC – University of Georgia, Athens
- TJREVERB – Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria, Virginia
External Cygnus Deployments[/li]- HuskySat – University of Washington, Seattle
- SwampSat II – University of Florida, Gainesville
https://ria.ru/20190910/1558510223.html (https://ria.ru/20190910/1558510223.html)
ЦитироватьНАСА подтверждает планы отправить корабль Cygnus к МКС в октябре
06:11 10.09.2019
ВАШИНГТОН, 10 сен – РИА Новости. НАСА подтверждает, что запуск американского грузового корабля Cygnus на Международную космическую станцию состоится не раньше 21 октября.
В августе источник в российской ракетно-космической отрасли сообщил РИА Новости, что запуск к МКС следующего грузовика Cygnus намечается на 21 октября.
Грузовой корабль, принадлежащий компании Northrop Grumman, должен стартовать с космодрома Валлопс в штате Виргиния на ракете Antares. Старт, как сообщает НАСА, "состоится не раньше 14:39 по времени Восточного побережья США 21 октября".
Грузовик доставит на орбиту предметы первой необходимости и материалы для научных экспериментов, в том числе специальный жилет для защиты от космической радиации AstroRad Vest. Как сообщили в НАСА, экипажу МКС предстоит испытать его, в частности, рассказать, насколько он удобен в применении. Предполагается, что "новинка" впоследствии может быть использована в ходе миссий на Луну и Марс.
Кроме того, Cygnus доставит на станцию экспериментальный духовой шкаф Zero-G Oven, предназначенный для приготовления пищи в условиях гравитации. Он также в последующем может применяться в ходе длительных космических миссий. Еще один эксперимент, который называется The Made in Space Recycler, по информации НАСА, касается переработки в космосе пластика для использования в качестве материала для орбитальных 3D-принтеров.
Как отмечают в НАСА, предстоящий полет станет первой миссией Cygnus в рамках второго контракта на доставку грузов на МКС. В отличие от предыдущих миссий Cygnus, на предстоящем рейсе он впервые доставит на орбиту "скоропортящиеся грузы", которые должны пройти загрузку в корабль не раньше, чем за 24 часа до старта.
Прим. В оригинале НАСА - "in
microgravity" - в условиях микрогравитации
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67521.jpg) Stephen Clark @StephenClark1 (https://twitter.com/StephenClark1) 5 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/StephenClark1/status/1177299445353984002)
Launch of the Cygnus space station resupply mission is set for Oct. 21 aboard the first Antares 230+ booster, which has been modified to support higher thrust settings on the first stage's RD-181 engines.Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/31159.jpg) NASA Wallops Подлинная учетная запись @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) 5 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops/status/1177298577183449088)
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125613.png) Pit stop! Gotta get some gas.
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125535.png) @NorthropGrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman)'s Cygnus cargo spacecraft traveled to its temporary storage on NASA's Wallops Island to get fueled up before launch to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station).
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https://ria.ru/20190928/1559225113.html (https://ria.ru/20190928/1559225113.html)
ЦитироватьИсточник: октябрьский старт к МКС корабля Cygnus отложили на неделю
01:02 28.09.2019
МОСКВА, 28 сен - РИА Новости. Запуск следующего американского грузового корабля Cygnus на Международную космическую станцию (МКС) ракетой-носителем Antares с российскими двигателями, который намечался на 21 октября, отложен на 29 октября, сообщил РИА Новости источник в ракетно-космической отрасли.
Ранее НАСА сообщило, что старт Cygnus, изготовленного компанией Northrop Grumman по заказу НАСА, с космодрома "Уоллопс" (штат Вирджиния) планируется на 21 октября в 21.39 мск.
"Запуск корабля Cygnus перенесен на 29 октября", - сказал собеседник агентства, не уточнив причину задержки.
Ранее сообщалось, что грузовик доставит на орбиту предметы первой необходимости и материалы для научных экспериментов, в том числе специальный жилет для защиты от космической радиации AstroRad Vest. Как сообщили в НАСА, экипажу МКС предстоит испытать его, в частности рассказать, насколько он удобен в применении. Предполагается, что новинка впоследствии может быть использована в ходе миссий на Луну и Марс.
Кроме того, Cygnus доставит на станцию экспериментальный духовой шкаф Zero-G Oven, предназначенный для приготовления пищи в условиях гравитации. Он также может применяться в последующем в ходе длительных космических миссий. Еще один эксперимент, который называется The Made in Space Recycler, по информации НАСА, касается переработки в космосе пластика для использования в качестве материала для орбитальных 3D-принтеров.
Предстоящий полет станет, по данным НАСА, первой миссией Cygnus в рамках второго контракта на доставку грузов на МКС. В отличие от предыдущих миссий Cygnus, предстоящей рейс впервые доставит на орбиту "скоропортящиеся грузы", которые должны пройти загрузку в корабль не раньше, чем за 24 часа до старта.
В 2013-2019 годах к МКС были отправлены 12 грузовых кораблей Cygnus, из которых один в 2014 году не долетел до станции из-за аварии ракеты-носителя Antares. На первой ступени ракеты используются два двигателя РД-181 разработки российского НПО "Энергомаш".
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/31159.jpg) NASA Wallops @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) 19 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops/status/1181621408654401536)
.@NorthropGrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman)'s CRS-12 mission to deliver cargo to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) is now scheduled for no earlier than Nov. 2.
This NET date is reflective of the expected departure of @JAXA_en (https://twitter.com/JAXA_en)'s HTV-8 cargo vehicle in October, as well as other station activities.
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 33 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1181631202182270976)
Launch on 2 November would be ~09:50 EDT (13:50 UTC) for a southeast trajectory out of @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) (Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport - MARS).
#NG12 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG12?src=hash) @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman)
https://ria.ru/20191008/1559559648.html (https://ria.ru/20191008/1559559648.html)
ЦитироватьСтарт американского грузового корабля Cygnus к МКС отложили на ноябрь
21:11 08.10.2019 (обновлено: 21:17 08.10.2019)
МОСКВА, 8 окт - РИА Новости. Запуск следующего американского грузового корабля Cygnus на Международную космическую станцию (МКС) ракетой-носителем Antares с российскими двигателями перенесен с октября на ноябрь, сообщило НАСА.
Старт намечался на 21 октября. В конце сентября источник РИА Новости в российской ракетно-космической отрасли сообщил о переносе запуска на 29 октября.
Как отмечается в Twitter космодрома Уоллопс (штат Вирджиния), принадлежащего НАСА, старт корабля Cygnus к МКС теперь планируется не ранее 2 ноября. Это связано с ожидающимся в октябре уходом со станции японского грузового корабля "Конотори-8", а также другими работами на МКС.
Ранее сообщалось, что грузовик доставит на орбиту предметы первой необходимости и материалы для научных экспериментов, в том числе специальный жилет для защиты от космической радиации AstroRad Vest. Как сообщили в НАСА, экипажу МКС предстоит испытать его, в частности рассказать, насколько он удобен в применении. Предполагается, что новинка впоследствии может быть использована в ходе миссий на Луну и Марс.
Кроме того, Cygnus доставит на станцию экспериментальный духовой шкаф Zero-G Oven, предназначенный для приготовления пищи в условиях гравитации. Он также может применяться в последующем в ходе длительных космических миссий. Еще один эксперимент, который называется The Made in Space Recycler, по информации НАСА, касается переработки в космосе пластика для использования в качестве материала для орбитальных 3D-принтеров.
Предстоящий полет станет, по данным НАСА, первой миссией Cygnus в рамках второго контракта на доставку грузов на МКС. В отличие от предыдущих миссий Cygnus, предстоящий рейс впервые доставит на орбиту "скоропортящиеся грузы", которые должны пройти загрузку в корабль не раньше, чем за 24 часа до старта.
В 2013-2019 годах к МКС были отправлены 12 грузовых кораблей Cygnus, из которых один в 2014 году не долетел до станции из-за аварии ракеты-носителя Antares. На первой ступени ракеты используются два двигателя РД-181 разработки российского НПО "Энергомаш".
ЦитироватьРИА Новости написал:
...экспериментальный духовой шкаф Zero-G Oven, предназначенный для приготовления пищи в условиях гравитации.
"микро" пропустили?!
Цитироватьzandr написал:
"микро" пропустили?!
Первый раз что-ли? Подобное уже было #5 (http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic16851/message1889579/#message1889579). Уже лень на все их фокусы реагировать...
К #1 (http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic16851/message1889564/#message1889564) - уточнено и исправлено
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-media-to-northrop-grumman-s-space-station-launch-from-virginia (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-media-to-northrop-grumman-s-space-station-launch-from-virginia)
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Northrop Grumman is targeting liftoff of its Antares rocket for no earlier than 9:59 a.m. EDT Nov. 2 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island in Virginia. This is the first mission under Northrop's Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract with NASA.
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Last Updated: Oct. 9, 2019
Editor: Sean Potter
К #4 (http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic16851/message1889573/#message1889573) - уточнено и исправлено, перечень КА сокращен
https://www.nasa.gov/content/upcoming-elana-cubesat-launches (https://www.nasa.gov/content/upcoming-elana-cubesat-launches)
ЦитироватьELaNa 25A
Mission: NG-12 – Antares II, Wallops Flight Facility, VA
7 CubeSat Missions scheduled to be deployed[/li]- Argus-02 – St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
- HARP – University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
- Phoenix – Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- RadSat-U – Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
- SOCRATES – University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
External Cygnus Deployments[/li]- HuskySat I – University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- SwampSat II – University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 60 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1182324565114068998)
#NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) confirms launch times for #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) #NG12 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG12?src=hash) mission to Space Station.
2 November at 09:59 EDT (13:59 UTC)
3 November at 08:37 EST (13:37 UTC)
Those times are not a typo and are in fact only 22 minutes apart UTC time. The US clocks change on the morning of 3 November.
ЦитироватьScientific Investigations Set for Space on Northrop Grumman CRS-12
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/220577.jpg) (https://www.youtube.com/user/ReelNASA) NASA Johnson (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmheCYT4HlbFi943lpH009Q)
16 окт. 2019 г.
A Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft scheduled to liftoff in early November will carry supplies and scientific experiments to the International Space Station. The investigations making the trip range from research into human control of robotics in space to reprocessing materials for 3D printing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmIdSFMKZmA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmIdSFMKZmA)https://www.youtube.com/embed/OmIdSFMKZmA (https://www.youtube.com/embed/OmIdSFMKZmA) (2:13
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/ng12-research/ (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/ng12-research/)
ЦитироватьOct. 16, 2019
Research launching to the space station ranges from radiation protection to rover control
Supplies and scientific experiments ride to the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html) on a Northrop Grumman (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/northrop-grumman.html) Cygnus spacecraft (NG-12) scheduled for launch on Nov. 2. The investigations making the trip range from research into human control of robotics in space to reprocessing fibers for 3D printing. Cygnus lifts off on the Antares rocket from pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island in Virginia.
Resupply missions from U.S. companies ensure NASA's capability to deliver critical science research to the space station and significantly increase its ability to conduct new investigations in the only laboratory in space. This is the first mission under Northrop's Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract with NASA.
Here are some of the scientific investigations NG-12 delivers to the space station:
More Probing of Mysteries of the Universe
Stars, planets and the molecules of which they are made represent only about 15 percent of the mass content of the universe. The rest is dark matter. However, no one has ever seen this material or been able to study it directly. The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer - 02 (AMS-02 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=729)) has been looking for evidence of this mysterious substance from the vantage point of the International Space Station since 2011. AMS consists of an international team from 16 countries under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science.
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View of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer - 02 (AMS-02) on the outside of the space station, taken during an Expedition 50 extravehicular activity (EVA).
Credits: NASA
NG-12 carries components needed for prolonging the operational life of AMS-02. In a series of spacewalks planned for later this year, astronauts will update the instrument, including cutting and reconnecting fluid lines in space for the first time.
Driving a Rover on the Ground from Space
Future missions to the Moon, Mars and other celestial bodies are likely to involve landing robotic explorers to "test the waters" on uncharted planets before sending humans. ANALOG-1 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1863), part of a European Space Agency initiative, tests communications, operations and control strategies for robots. Previous studies have shown that humans experience degraded sensorimotor functions in microgravity that could affect their operation of a robot. The space station makes it possible to investigate these issues under true microgravity conditions by having crew members in space control a rover on Earth. Maneuvers include selection, collection and storage of geologic samples with a multi-purpose robotic arm and navigating the rover along a defined path.
Testing Personal Protective Equipment for Astronauts
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The AstroRad vest undergoes fit testing at the Kennedy Space Center before launching to the space station for astronaut evaluation of ease of use and comfort.
Credits: Lockheed Martin Space
Astronauts need protection from exposure to radiation, especially as they travel to the Moon and Mars. Unpredictable solar particle events, for example, could deliver, in just a few hours, a radiation dose high enough to cause serious health problems. The AstroRad Vest (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7803) investigation tests a garment that shields specific, radiation-sensitive organs, tissues and stem cell concentrations, which could reduce the risk. Astronauts wear the garment while performing daily tasks and provide feedback such as how easy it is to put on, how it fits and feels, and the range of motion it allows.
3D Printing with Recycled Materials
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The Made in Space Recycler hardware prepared for launch to the space station to test reprocessing plastic into 3D printing filament.
Credits: Made In Space, Inc.
Made in Space Recycler (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7745) (MIS Recycler) tests systems for reprocessing plastic into 3D printing filament for creating new items in microgravity. It recycles polymers into filament for use in the Additive Manufacturing Facility (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=1934), a 3D printer operating on the orbiting laboratory since 2016. The investigation looks at which materials process most effectively into 3D printing filament and which ones can be reprocessed many times without degrading. Researchers plan to analyze samples printed in space after they return to Earth and compare them to samples printed similarly on the ground.
Malting Barley in Microgravity
Barley contains antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. Malting converts starches from the raw grain into various sugars suitable for use in brewing, distilling and food production. Understanding how barley responds to microgravity could identify ways to adapt it for nutritional use on long-duration spaceflights. Malting ABI Voyager Barley Seeds in Microgravity (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7911) tests an automated malting procedure and compares malt produced in space and on the ground for genetic and structural changes.
Faster, Cheaper Access to Space
NanoRacks-Craig-X FTP (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7759) is a platform for several investigations, including a collaboration between Automobili Lamborghini and the Houston Methodist Research Institute that tests the performance of 3D-printed carbon fiber composites in the extreme environment of space. The materials are designed for use in aerospace applications, but results could replace lengthy and expensive carbon fiber manufacturing methods on Earth. In addition, the study may help improve the design of implantable devices for therapeutic drug delivery developed by Houston Methodist Research Institute.
Dinner, Fresh from the Oven
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The specially-designed Zero-G Oven, a tool for examining heat transfer properties and the process of baking food in microgravity. Testing this oven on the space station may lead to the capability of preparing fresh-baked food on spacecraft for future deep space explorers.
Credits: Zero G Kitchen
Everyone enjoys the aroma of fresh-baked cookies, even astronauts. On future long-duration space missions, fresh-baked food could have psychological and physiological benefits for crew members, providing them with a greater variety of more nutritious meals. Zero-G Oven (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7993) examines heat transfer properties and the process of baking food in microgravity. It uses a specially-designed toaster-like oven with a top temperature of 363.3 degrees Celsius or 685 degrees Fahrenheit.
Studying the Effect of Dark and Light on Liver Health
Microgravity as a Disruptor Of The 12-hour Circatidal Clock (Rodent Research-14 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7906)) studies how disruptions to daily light cycles affect human cells and organs. Recent research shows that genes associated with 12-hour light and dark phases, or the 12-hour molecular clock, also are associated with the most common form of human liver disease. Liver disease contributes to insulin resistance and diabetes. The 12-hour clock's role in controlling proper liver function has major implications for maintaining human health. Results could provide insights into liver disease and reveal new therapies, including pharmaceuticals.
These are just a few of the hundreds of investigations currently happening aboard the orbiting laboratory.
Melissa Gaskill
International Space Station Program Science Office
Johnson Space Center (http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/home/index.html)
Last Updated: Oct. 16, 2019
Editor: Michael Johnson
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NOVEMBER
November 1, Friday
11:30 a.m. – Northrop Grumman Cygnus CRS-12 "What's On Board" Briefing (All Channels)
2:30 p.m. - Northrop Grumman NG-12 Cygnus Cargo Craft Pre-Launch News Conference (All Channels)
November 2, Saturday
9:30 a.m. – Coverage of the Launch of the Northrop Grumman NG-12 Cygnus Cargo Craft Mission to the International Space Station; launch scheduled at 9:59 a.m. EDT – Johnson Space Center via Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia (All Channels)
TBD – Northrop Grumman NG-12 Cygnus post-launch news conference (All Channels)
November 4, Monday
4:15 a.m. – Coverage of the rendezvous and capture of the Northrop Grumman NG-12 Cygnus cargo craft at the International Space Station; capture scheduled at 5:45 a.m. EST (All Channels)
7:15 a.m. – Coverage of the installation of the Northrop Grumman NG-12 Cygnus cargo craft to the Unity Module of the International Space Station (All Channels)
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Упустил :( :oops: Устраняю
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Опять название корабля будет известно непосредственно перед пуском.
Неужели большой конкурс на имена, раз не могут выбрать?
Эмблемы пока нет?
ЦитироватьNG-12 Update and Naming Announcement
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Frank DeMauro, VP and GM, Space Systems Division, Northrop Grumman, provides an overview of our upcoming cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. He also announces the name of this mission's Cygnus spacecraft, in keeping with the company's tradition of honoring individuals who have made a significant impact on the aerospace industry.
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ЦитироватьMission Update: NG-12 Space Station Cargo Resupply
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Launch Date: NET November 2, 2019
Launch Site: MARS Pad 0A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia
Mission Customer: NASA
Mission Update
Northrop Grumman will launch its 12th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station no earlier than November 2, 2019 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. This mission will mark the first launch under the company's CRS-2 contract with NASA.
Additional launch information will become available as the launch date approaches. Get live mission updates on our social media accounts: Twitter (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) | Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/northropgrumman/) | Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/northropgrumman/)
About Antares
Designed to provide responsive and low-cost access to space, Antares is a two-stage vehicle (with optional third stage) that provides low-Earth orbit (LEO) launch capability for payloads weighing up to 8,000 kg. Internally funded by Northrop Grumman, Antares completed a risk reduction mission and a demonstration of commercial re-supply services for the International Space Station (ISS) under a NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) agreement in 2013. Northrop Grumman commenced delivery of cargo to the ISS under the NASA Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract in 2014.
About Cygnus
Cargo is delivered to the station using Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft. The Cygnus spacecraft consists of two modules: the Service Module (SM) which incorporates the avionics, propulsion and power systems from Northrop Grumman's flight proven LEOStar and GEOStar spacecraft buses; and the Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) which carries the crew supplies, spares and scientific experiments. The SM is integrated and tested at Northrop Grumman's Dulles, Virginia satellite manufacturing facility. The PCM is supplied by Thales Alenia Space and is produced in Turin Italy.
More Information
[/li]- Cygnus Fact Sheet (https://www.northropgrumman.com/Capabilities/CRS/Documents/Cygnus_Factsheet.pdf)
- Commercial Resupply Services Fact Sheet (https://www.northropgrumman.com/Capabilities/CRS/Documents/CRS_Factsheet.pdf)
- Antares Fact Sheet (https://www.northropgrumman.com/Capabilities/Antares/Documents/Antares_Factsheet.pdf)
Cygnus NG-12 назван в честь астронавта Алана Бина (1932-2018, Аполлон-12, 1969, Скайлэб-3, 1973)
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Полигон готов к пуску Лебедя на Антаресе
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ЦитироватьOct. 25, 2019
Watch the November 2 Antares Launch from Wallops
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The numerical values in each colored circle indicate the time (in seconds) after liftoff. This value can be used to determine when the rocket becomes visible within the associated colored region. Viewing availability is based on clear weather conditions.
November 2 will provide the opportunity to view a day launch of Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.
The NASA Wallops Flight Facility and Virginia's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport are set to support the launch of the Antares rocket, carrying the company's Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station at 9:59 a.m. EDT, Saturday, November 2.
The launch may be visible, weather permitting, to residents throughout the mid-Atlantic region and possibly the East Coast of the United States.
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If you can't make it to the Wallops area to view the launch you can still partake in the experience through the Wallops Mission Status Center (https://sites.wff.nasa.gov/wmsc/). There you will find information about the mission and links to live countdown audio as well as live video of the launch. Live coverage of the mission is scheduled to begin at 5 a.m. on the Wallops video and audio Ustream (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-tv-wallops) sites.
The Status Center can be reached using a smartphone, computer or tablet using most web browsers. By clicking the tracking link on the Status Center, you can find when you may be able to see the rocket in flight and use your device to find the viewing direction to see the rocket streak across the early morning sky.
Launch updates will be available via the Wallops Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/NASAWFF) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) sites:
Launch coverage on NASA TV will begin at 9:30 a.m. EDT. For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv (http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv)
By Keith Koehler (mailto:keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov?subject=RE%20Antares%20Set%20For%20Launch%20October%2016)
NASA's Wallops Flight Facility (http://www.nasa.gov/wallops), Wallops Island, Va.
Last Updated: Oct. 25, 2019
Editor: Patrick Black
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ЦитироватьOct. 25, 2019
MEDIA ADVISORY M19-121
NASA Television Coverage Set for Cygnus Resupply Mission to International Space Station
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A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft is seen during sunrise on Pad-0A April 16, 2019 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman's 12th contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station will launch around 8,200 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew Nov. 2, 2019.
Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls
NASA commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman is scheduled to launch its next resupply mission to the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station) at 9:59 a.m. EDT Saturday, Nov. 2. NASA's prelaunch coverage will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/live) beginning Friday, Nov. 1.
Loaded with around 8,200 pounds of research, crew supplies, and hardware, Northrop Grumman's 12th commercial resupply mission for the space station will launch on the company's Cygnus cargo spacecraft on an Antares rocket from Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home).
The Cygnus spacecraft, dubbed the SS Alan Bean (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/alan-bean/), is named after the late Apollo and Skylab astronaut who died on May 26, 2018, at the age of 86. This Cygnus will launch 50 years to the month after Bean, Pete Conrad and Dick Gordon flew to the Moon on NASA's Apollo 12 mission, during which Bean became the fourth human to walk on the lunar surface. Bean was the lunar module pilot aboard Intrepid with mission commander Conrad when they landed on Moon at the Ocean of Storms on Nov. 19, 1969.
With a Nov. 2 launch, the Cygnus spacecraft will arrive at the space station Monday, Nov. 4 at about 5:45 a.m., Expedition 61 NASA astronaut Jessica Meir will grapple the spacecraft using the station's robotic arm. She will be backed up by NASA astronaut Christina Koch. After Cygnus capture, ground controllers will command the station's arm to rotate and install Cygnus on the bottom of the station's Unity module.
Complete NASA TV coverage of activities is as follows:
Friday, Nov. 1[/li]- 11:30 a.m. – What's on Board science briefing
- Pete Hasbrook, manager of International Space Station Program Science Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston
- Liz Warren, associate program scientist with the U.S. National Lab
- Sam Ting, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-02 (AMS-2 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=729)) principal investigator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, and Ken Bollweg, AMS project manager at Johnson
- Kathleen Coderre, principal investigator for AstroRad Vest (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7803) at Lockheed Martin Space, Littleton, Colorado, and Oren Milstein, co-founder and chief scientific officer for StemRad
- Alessandro Grattoni, chairman of the Department of NanoMedicine at the Houston Methodist Research Institute, and Maurizio Geggiani, chief technology officer at Automobili Lamborghini, for the CraigX Flight Test Platform (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7759)
- Mary Murphy, senior internal payloads manager for the Zero-G Oven (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7993) at Nanoracks LLC in Washington
[/li][li]2:30 p.m. – Prelaunch news conference[/li]- Kirk Shireman, manager of NASA's International Space Station Program at Johnson
- Pete Hasbrook
- Jeff Reddish, Wallops Range Antares project manager
- Frank DeMauro, vice president and general manager of Space Systems at Northrop Grumman
- Kurt Eberly, Antares vice president at Northrop Grumman
[/li][/LIST]Saturday, Nov. 2[/li]- 9:30 a.m. – Launch coverage begins for a 9:59 a.m. liftoff
Monday, Nov. 4[/li]- 4:10 a.m. – Coverage of Cygnus capture with the space station's robotic arm
- 6:30 a.m. – Cygnus installation operations coverage
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The Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to remain at the space station until Jan. 13, 2020, when it will depart the station, deploy Nanoracks customer CubeSats, deorbit and dispose of several tons of trash during a fiery re-entry into Earth's atmosphere around Jan. 31.
This will be the first mission under Northrop Grumman's Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract with NASA, for which the company will fly a minimum of six missions to the International Space Station through 2024.
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Last Updated: Oct. 25, 2019
Editor: Karen Northon
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ЦитироватьNorthrop Grumman Cargo Mission Set to Launch More ISS National Lab Payloads Than Ever Before
OCTOBER 24, 2019
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), October 24, 2019 – More than 20 separate payloads sponsored by the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory will launch to the orbiting laboratory on Northrop Grumman's 12th commercial resupply services mission. This will mark the largest number of ISS National Lab-sponsored payloads on a Northrop Grumman resupply mission to date. The payloads launching on the Cygnus vehicle include investigations fr om a wide variety of private-sector companies seeking to leverage the unique environment of the ISS National Lab to enhance products and therapies on Earth. The launch is slated for no earlier than November 2 at 9:59 a.m. EST from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
With the payloads launching on this mission, more than 70 separate payloads will have made their way to the ISS National Lab this year—70% of which represent private-sector users. Additionally, 2019 has been a prolific year for research conducted on station, with ISS National Lab-sponsored investigations exceeding the ISS National Lab's 50% allocation of crew time dedicated to conducting experiments onboard the space station.
Building on this record-setting year for research on the orbiting laboratory, below highlights some of the payloads launching on this mission:
AstroRad Vest (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7803)
This project from Lockheed Martin Corporation (in collaboration with StemRad) will test the performance of the AstroRad radiation shielding vest on crew members onboard the ISS. The AstroRad vest selectively protects organs most sensitive to radiation exposure—with a focus on protecting stem cell concentrations within those organs. Knowledge gained from this investigation could aid in the development of shielding technologies for patients on Earth receiving radiation treatments and personnel who work in areas wh ere radiation exposure is a risk.
Investigation of Deep Audio Analytics on the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7860)
This project from Astrobotic aims to validate a novel technology from Bosch USA Research called Deep Audio Analytics (DAA) that transforms audio patterns into actionable information. DAA can be used to monitor machines, environments, and critical infrastructure by "making sense" of the distinctive audio patterns emitted. Market data indicates that this technology has high market potential in several business verticals, including machine monitoring, infrastructure, healthcare, security solutions, smart homes, and smart factories.
Study of Lamborghini's Carbon Fiber Composites for Aerospace Applications (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq23z9w1ybU&feature=youtu.be)
This investigation seeks to leverage the extreme environment of space to test the performance of proprietary carbon fiber materials developed by Automobili Lamborghini. The research team will assess the ability of the materials, which include forged and 3D-printed carbon fiber composites, to withstand exposure to temperature fluctuations, radiation, and atomic oxygen. This project is being done in collaboration with the Houston Methodist Research Institute, which seeks to leverage knowledge gained from this advanced materials study to enhance technologies for implantable drug delivery devices for patients on Earth.
Microgravity as a Disrupter of the 12-hour Circatidal Clock (Rodent Research-14) (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7906)
This rodent research experiment from Baylor College of Medicine aims to explore the role of regulatory genes in metabolic disorders such as liver disease, diabetes, and other illnesses associated with obesity. In addition to the circadian rhythm that governs biological functions in a 24-hour cycle, many genes involved in metabolism oscillate over a 12-hour cycle called the circatidal rhythm, particularly under conditions of cellular stress. This circatidal clock functions even when circadian rhythm is disrupted. Characterizing circatidal gene expression in mouse tissues such as the liver under the stress of spaceflight may inform methods for modulating these gene pathways for the treatment of metabolic disorders in humans on Earth.
Also included on this mission are multiple hardware systems and technical platforms seeking validation for future use on station. Craig Technologies seeks to validate its CraigX (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7759) Flight Test Platform, which will be mounted to the exterior of the space station, providing users with an additional platform to test samples in the extreme environment of space (Lamborghini's investigation will be part of this validation). Made In Space is sending its Commercial Polymer Recycling Facility (https://www.issnationallab.org/blog/taking-recycling-to-a-new-level/) to demonstrate the facility's plastic recycling capabilities on station to improve efficiency and process excess plastic material into a uniform feedstock suitable for use in additive manufacturing. Lastly, NanoRacks will launch its Zero-G Oven to explore new avenues of food production in space.
This is a snapshot of the more than 20 payloads launching to the orbiting laboratory on this mission under the sponsorship of the ISS National Lab. To learn about all ISS National Lab investigations flying on Northrop Grumman's 12th commercial resupply services mission to the space station, please visit our Northrop Grumman CRS-12 launch page (https://www.issnationallab.org/launches/northrop-grumman-crs-12/).
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Tiny NASA Satellite Will Soon See 'Rainbows' In Clouds
NASA's next attempt to map invisible specks in the atmosphere that impact climate change and air quality started from a window seat over the Pacific.
Vanderlei Martins, a professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, was flying across the Pacific Ocean a few years ago when he looked out the window and decided to photograph the bright white clouds floating by. On a whim, he took out a polarizer, similar to a sunglasses lens, and rotated it in front of his camera as he snapped photos. The result? "I saw rainbows in the clouds," Martins said.
This dynamic view of clouds sparked an idea for a tiny satellite that will launch on Nov. 2 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, to the International Space Station. From there it will be released into Earth orbit.
This NASA-funded CubeSat will collect vital information about clouds and aerosols, tiny particles in the atmosphere that can act as nuclei on which cloud droplets and ice particles form. These measurements will help us better understand how aerosol particles impact weather, climate and air quality.
The Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP) CubeSat is about the size of a hearty loaf of bread. It will be the first attempt to put a polarimeter, which measures the polarization of light, aboard a CubeSat. HARP could pave the way for future NASA missions involving a constellation of little satellites peering down at clouds and aerosols, Martins said. NASA's Earth Science Technology Office is funding HARP under the In-Space Validation of Earth Science Technologies (https://esto.nasa.gov/techval_space.html) program. Martin in the principal investigator of the mission.
"HARP, as the first multiangle wide field-of-view cloud-aerosol CubeSat mission, is a great example of how a creative and innovative team can advance new technologies for atmospheric science observations," said Charles Norton, special advisor for small spacecraft missions at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
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An artistic rendering of HARP's wide field of view of aerosols below.
Credits: NASA/SDL/UMBC
Cloudy with a chance of rainbows
Naturally produced aerosols, like volcanic smoke, desert dust and sea spray, and human-made aerosols, like smoke from land-clearing fires and sulfate from burning coal and oil, may be invisible to the human eye, but their presence can cast a haze and create bright red sunsets. Aerosols can contribute to poor air quality and impact human health by causing asthma and bronchitis as well as more serious respiratory illnesses.
Aerosols can also alter Earth's energy balance by reflecting sunlight back into space and altering cloud particles, which also reflect and absorb sunlight. The more light an aerosol reflects, the more it cools the atmosphere; the more light it absorbs, the more it warms the atmosphere. Generally, higher concentrations of aerosol particles lead to more, but smaller, cloud droplets that cause a cloud to brighten and keep it from producing rain. These bright, long-lasting clouds are able to reflect more sunlight and cool the Earth's system.
Once in orbit, HARP will filter light into four wavelengths and rotate that light to three polarization angles, using its prism. Just as polarized sunglasses help block bright light to help you see when it's sunny, HARP can block certain wavelengths and make observations from many angles. This reveals otherwise hidden properties of clouds and aerosols, like the amount and type of aerosols in the atmosphere as well as the size of water droplets or ice particles inside clouds. "Every time HARP flies over a region, we see that region from multiple perspectives," Martins said.
It will also be able to determine how much light is scattered by aerosol particles, said Henrique Barbosa, a professor and scientist with the University of São Paulo in São Paulo, Brazil. "HARP will be able to provide much more information about the microphysical properties of aerosols than was previously available," said Barbosa, who is collaborating with Martins on HARP and other projects.
However, the team will need to strategically determine when HARP will collect data because it's a CubeSat with limited power and data capabilities, Barbosa said. For instance, once HARP is in orbit, he would like to have it collect data over the Amazon to learn more about the impact of the ongoing Brazilian Amazon rainforest fire (https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145498/uptick-in-amazon-fire-activity-in-2019)s, which have been much larger and more intense than in previous years.
Smoke from the Amazon fires includes soot and aerosols, which can all impact weather and climate. Aerosols from burning biomass to clear land are smaller than natural aerosols. With HARP, scientists could determine whether clouds have smaller, pollution-driven droplets, or larger, naturally derived droplets. HARP's data could also be combined with ground-based observations and experiments to better extrapolate those results and reveal aerosol processes across a wider region, Barbosa said.
The three HARPs
Martins may have started with the idea for HARP as a CubeSat, but before the tiny satellite could launch, it had two siblings: AirHARP and HARP2.
AirHARP used the same polarimeter technology as HARP but flew aboard two aircraft rather than a satellite in 2017. AirHARP was part of the Lake Michigan Ozone Measurements campaign, which involved a NASA UC12 plane, and the NASA Aerosol Characterization from Polarimeter and Lidar campaign, which obtained aerosol and clouds measurements (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/features/prototype_space_sensors.html) over the U.S. from the NASA high-altitude ER-2 aircraft.
"We were able to simulate what HARP would do from space," Barbosa said of AirHARP's flights. The airborne version helped Barbosa and Martins develop procedures and algorithms that will eventually help download and digest HARP's data.
However, unlike AirHARP, which was on a set flight path, HARP cannot be controlled once in space. "Once the CubeSat leaves the space station, its course is whatever it will be, and that's it," Barbosa said. Once scientists on the ground make contact with the orbiting HARP, they can predict its orbit and turn it on and off when they want to take a measurement over a particular region, but they can't alter its course.
HARP2, on the other hand, will be a much more powerful version of HARP. HARP2 will fly with NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (https://pace.gsfc.nasa.gov/) (PACE) mission, which is currently under development and plans to improve NASA's over 20-year record of satellite observations of global ocean biology, aerosols and clouds. Since PACE is a much larger spacecraft with more power capabilities and a much larger team behind it, HARP2 will be able to operate all the time and collect significantly more science data than HARP.
"The HARP CubeSat has perfect timing," Martins said. "Once we launch it and we get data from it, we will use that data to prepare for HARP2," he continued.
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Active fire detections in Brazil as observed by the Terra and Aqua MODIS satellites between August 15-22, 2019. The locations of the fires, shown in orange, have been overlain on nighttime imagery acquired by VIIRS. In these data, cities and towns appear white; forested areas appear black; and tropical savannas and woodland (known in Brazil as Cerrado) appear gray.
Credits: NASA Earth Observatory
The little CubeSat that finally could
Although Martins is already planning for the next iteration of HARP, the first almost didn't happen.
"I want to get as much science as possible," Martins said, but collecting that much data with a CubeSat is challenging. "HARP is the most technology dense three unit CubeSat we've ever attempted," said Tim Neilsen, the HARP program manager at Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) in Logan, Utah. Martins built the instruments and SDL built the CubeSat.
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HARP Systems Engineer Ryan Martineau (left) and Thermal Vacuum Specialist Brittany Woytko configure HARP's spacecraft in a thermal vacuum chamber at the Space Dynamics Laboratory in Logan, Utah. Woytko is connecting several temperature sensors to the spacecraft to monitor the instrument during testing. Once the door is shut on the chamber, it loses its air and simulates the vacuum of space. The chamber also heats and cools the spacecraft through several cycles to simulate the extreme hot and cold temperatures the spacecraft will pass through on orbit.
Credits: SDL
As HARP's launch approaches, and new opportunities to see and study aerosols draw near, Martins is excited but a little nervous. "Once it launches, you can't touch it anymore," Martins said.
HARP is a joint effort between the University of Maryland Baltimore County, Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory, Science and Technology Corporation.
By: Elizabeth Goldbaum
NASA Earth Science Technology Office
Last Updated: Oct. 28, 2019
Editor: Sara Blumberg
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More than 20 separate payloads sponsored by the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory will launch to the orbiting laboratory on Northrop Grumman's 12th commercial resupply services mission. This will mark the largest number of ISS National Lab-sponsored payloads on a Northrop Grumman resupply mission to date. The payloads launching on the Cygnus vehicle include investigations from a wide variety of private-sector companies seeking to leverage the unique environment of the ISS National Lab to enhance products and therapies on Earth. The launch is slated for no earlier than November 2 at 9:59 a.m. EST from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
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ЦитироватьUpgraded Antares rocket rolled out for launch on space station resupply mission
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A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket rolled out to pad 0A Tuesday at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket rolled out to its launch pad on Virginia's Eastern Shore early Tuesday, setting the stage for liftoff Saturday on a resupply flight to the International Space Station that will debut an upgraded launcher and Cygnus cargo vehicle capable of hauling heavier payloads into orbit.
Northrop Grumman's next cargo delivery flight to the space station, designated NG-12, is the first in the company's follow-on Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract with NASA. It follows 11 resupply launches under a previous CRS contract.
Riding a self-propelled transporter, the two-stage Antares rocket emerged fr om its Horizontal Integration Facility at Wallops Island, Virginia, around sunrise Tuesday to begin the mile-long journey to pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, a facility run by the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority.
After guiding the Antares rocket up the ramp at pad 0A, ground teams engaged a hydraulic lift to raise the 139-foot-tall (42.5-meter) rocket vertical later Tuesday to begin a series of preflight checks.
A combined systems test is planned Wednesday morning to verify interfaces between the Antares rocket, the Cygnus cargo carrier and the NASA-operated range at Wallops, according to Kurt Eberly, Northrop Grumman's vice president of the Antares program.
Workers will then lower the Antares rocket back to a horizontal position and position a mobile clean room over the top of the launcher's payload shroud. Technicians will open the top of the fairing to access the forward hatch of the Cygnus spacecraft for loading of time-sensitive cargo and experiments Friday morning.
The Antares team will close the Cygnus hatch, re-install the top of the Antares payload fairing, and raise the rocket vertical again late Friday in time to commence the five-hour launch countdown at 4:59 a.m. EDT (0859 GMT) Saturday, Eberly said.
The launch team will oversee final activation, readiness checks and filling of the Antares rocket's first stage with kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants before liftoff at 9:59 a.m. EDT (1359 GMT) Saturday, roughly the moment that Earth's rotation brings the Wallops launch site under the International Space Station's ground track.
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The Antares rocket's twin RD-181 first stage engines are visible in this photo taken during Tuesday's rollout at Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Saturday's scheduled launch will mark the 11th flight of an Antares rocket since 2013, and sixth to fly in the Antares 230 configuration with two Russian-made RD-181 main engines, which replaced the AJ26 first stage engines used on first five Antares missions.
The AJ26s were modified decades-old NK-33 engines originally developed for the ill-fated Soviet-era N1 moon rocket, then kept in storage until their import to the United States in the 1990s. Investigators traced the cause of a dramatic Antares rocket explosion during a 2014 launch to an AJ26 engine, and officials from Orbital Sciences — now part of Northrop Grumman — elected to purchase newly-built RD-181 engines for future Antares flights.
The Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft, both owned and developed by Northrop Grumman, sport several upgrades debuting on Saturday's flight.
The twin RD-181 engines on the Antares first stage will be able to fly at full throttle through the period of maximum aerodynamic pressure on the rocket, a phase of flight called Max-Q.
"On the last five flights with what we call the 230 configuration we throttled down at Max-Q for about 18 to 20 seconds, and starting with NG-12, we're going to plan to fly at a 100 percent throttle setting throughout the first stage burn until we hit the maximum g-force lim it, and then we throttle down at that point," Eberly said Tuesday in an interview with Spaceflight Now.
The higher throttle setting is possible thanks to modifications to strengthen the Antares rocket's first stage structure, which is made by Yuzhmash in Ukraine.
Eberly said Northrop Grumman also improved the "mass fraction" of the Antares first and second stages by removing unnecessary insulation, structures and pressurization systems. He said engineers also redesigned the Antares launch trajectory beginning with NG-12 to deliver the Cygnus cargo craft into a slightly lower orbit, an altitude difference the Cygnus will make up using its own engines.
The NG-12 mission is set to deliver some 8,200 pounds of supplies and experiments to the space station, nearly 10 percent more than the previous Antares/Cygnus flight. The cargo tally will set a new record for the heaviest payload launched by a commercial U.S. resupply ship.
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The 139-foot-tall (42.5-meter) Antares rocket stands vertical on pad 0A Tuesday at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
After separation from the Antares rocket's solid-fueled, U.S.-built second stage, the Cygnus spacecraft will unfurl its two fan-shaped solar arrays and begin maneuvers to set up for an automated rendezvous with the space station. The Cygnus supply ship will arrive at the station Monday, Nov. 4, assuming an on-time launch Saturday.
Under manual control by an astronaut, the space station's Canadian-built robotic arm will capture the Cygnus spacecraft and berth it to a port on the orbiting lab's Unity module to begin a stay scheduled to last more than two months.
Like the Antares, the Cygnus spacecraft set for launch Saturday features upgrades, said Frank DeMauro, vice president and general manager of Northrop Grumman's space systems sector.
"Over time, we're continually upgrading the system, not only to add more cargo but to add more capability to the spacecraft," DeMauro told Spaceflight Now. "For CRS-2, I think the best way to describe it is we're taking a step function up and even further increasing our focus on our ability to support science to the ISS."
The Cygnus spacecraft for the NG-12 mission will launch with 10 mid-deck lockers for stowage and experiments, and six of the lockers will be powered throughout the flight to the space station. That's an improvement from six lockers — and four powered lockers — on the NG-11 mission.
"Primarily, that's the cargo that gets loaded in the final load because it's the science that gets delivered to the ISS for the crew to run the experiments on," DeMauro said.
The Cygnus spacecraft launching Saturday also carries additional communications and telemetry equipment to connect scientists with their experiments throughout the mission, from liftoff through arrival at the space station. In the past, scientists would be unable to communicate with their experiments until they were unloaded and connected inside the station.
Northrop Grumman and NASA have also established new life science laboratories close to the Wallops launch site, DeMauro said.
In another first for Cygnus, the NG-12 mission will dispose of two decommissioned experiments mounted outside the space station, a role previously reserve for SpaceX's Dragon and Japan's HTV cargo vehicles.
The Cygnus spacecraft will depart the space station in January with NASA's Space Debris Sensor, an experiment that failed soon after its installation on the orbiting complex in 2018, and the European Space Agency's SOLAR instrument, which monitored the sun's output for more than nine years.
The two experiment packages will burn up during re-entry with the Cygnus spacecraft, once the Cygnus completes a series of CubeSat deployments after flying away from the station.
"That really helps NASA on the logistics side, cleaning out the disposal cargo from outside the ISS in additional to the critical role we play in getting rid of the disposal cargo from inside the ISS," DeMauro said.
Northrop Grumman has named the next Cygnus spacecraft the "S.S. Alan Bean" after the Apollo and Skylab astronaut who died last year.
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The NG-11 Cygnus cargo freighter departed the International Space Station on Aug. 6 to begin an extended mission. Credit: NASA
The Cygnus spacecraft from Northrop Grumman's previous cargo flight, NG-11, has remained in orbit since leaving the space station Aug. 6 to begin an extended technology demonstration mission.
After Saturday's launch, Northrop Grumman will operate two Cygnus vehicles in space at the same time. DeMauro said the company wants to demonstrate the dual-operations capability before deorbiting the NG-11 Cygnus to burn up during re-entry in the atmosphere.
The NG-11 Cygnus deployed several CubeSats in August, and since then has demonstrated the performance four control moment gyroscopes to govern the spacecraft's pointing in space. The gyros reduce the supply ship's fuel consumption, allowing it to remain in orbit for a longer mission.
"That experiment has gone very well," DeMauro said. "We've shown very minimal fuel use."
DeMauro said Northrop Grumman is eager to prove its ability to fly two Cygnus missions at the same time.
"That's important for us because we want to demonstrate to NASA, other government agencies, as well as commercial companies that Cygnus does have the capability to carry on it all sorts or rideshare payloads or science that will benefit from the microgravity environment we can provide, being a free-flyer, and do that for an extended period of time and downlink the data from those experiments," he said.
NASA has ordered six additional Cygnus cargo missions Northrop Grumman under the CRS-2 contract, according to DeMauro. All six are slated to launch on Antares rockets from Wallops Island, Virginia.
NASA has also committed to a minimum of six cargo missions with the agency's other two CRS-2 transportation providers — SpaceX and Sierra Nevada Corp.
Northrop Grumman has evolved the Cygnus design over the last few years, first by lengthening its pressurized cargo module — built by Thales Alenia Space in Italy — then by expanding the supply ship's power and telemetry capacity.
Engineers have developed the upgrades with a long-term goal of growing the Cygnus spacecraft's market potential beyond space station resupply missions. The Cygnus now has a niche in deploying CubeSats and hosting standalone science experiments.
NASA has selected Northrop Grumman to develop a mini-habitation module derived from the Cygnus spacecraft for the space agency's planned Gateway station in lunar orbit, a waypoint for astronauts on lunar landing missions in NASA's Artemis program. And resupply vehicles based on the Cygnus spacecraft could ferry logistics to the Gateway in the future.
"We've always felt that Cygnus would be a great building block for the next generation of vehicles that go to the moon," DeMauro said.
Earlier this year, NASA announced its selection of Northrop Grumman for a sole-source contract to build and launch the Habitation and Logistics Outpost, or HALO, module to join the Gateway station in 2023, a year before NASA hopes to attempt a crewed lunar landing.
The first piece of the Gateway, a power and propulsion element built by Maxar, is scheduled to launch in 2022.
DeMauro said HALO contract negotiations with NASA are ongoing, with discussions centered on the agency's requirements for the habitation module, which will offer limited life support functions for astronauts on short-duration stints aboard the Gateway.
The HALO will also be designed for a longer lifetime than a typical Cygnus spacecraft.
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Seven Student-Made CubeSats Set To Fly Aboard Antares Nov. 2 fr om Wallops
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Montana State University student with RadSat-u CubeSat.
On Saturday, seven small research satellites, or CubeSats, developed by students fr om eight universities across the nation will fly on Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops, Virginia, targeting a launch at 9:59 a.m. EDT.
All seven CubeSats were selected through NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) (https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/home/CubeSats_initiative) and are a part of the 25th Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) (https://www.nasa.gov/content/about-elana) mission. CSLI enables the launch of CubeSat projects designed, built and operated by students, teachers and faculty, as well as NASA Centers and nonprofit organizations. ELaNa missions provide launch and deployment opportunities and ride-shares to space for CubeSats selected through CSLI. Students are heavily involved in all aspects of the mission from developing, assembling, and testing payloads to working with NASA and the launch vehicle integration teams. The ELaNa CubeSats are held to rigorous standards similar to those adhered to by the primary spacecraft.
Five of the CubeSats were developed through NASA's Undergraduate Student Instrument Project or USIP.
"Through USIP, NASA offers real-world experiences, with the goal of developing students' competencies in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), skills critical to building a STEM-literate workforce and achieving the nation's exploration goals," said Joyce Winterton, Wallops senior advisor for education and leadership development.
In 2016, NASA's Science Mission Directorate and the Office of Education's National Space Grant Program awarded $8 million through the USIP to 47 student teams from 33 states to conduct hands-on research with 23 of the projects being CubeSats.
The USIP student teams proposed science or technology experiments that are relevant to NASA missions, and the platform to fly their payload. The platforms include sounding rockets, scientific and hand-held balloons, aircraft, suborbital reusable and commercial launch vehicles, and CubeSats launched as a secondary payload on an orbital vehicle.
Students from all eight universities will be on site to view the launch and witness their CubeSats embark on the journey to the International Space Station wh ere they will be deployed in early 2020.
The 5 USIP CubeSats flying on Antares are:
Montana State University – Bozeman
RadSat-u is a technology demonstration mission of a radiation tolerant computer system that is resilient to faults caused by ionizing radiation. The computer technology employs a novel fault-mitigation strategy that uses redundant processing cores and real-time reconfiguration of the hardware to quickly recover from radiation-induced failures. The mission will test the addition of an error correction and synchronization strategy for the data memory of the computer. This mission will also verify that both the processor and memory system can operate reliably in the presence of ionizing radiation. RadSat-u is funded by the NASA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research and University Student Instrument Project. Arizona State University – Tempe
Phoenix is a technology demonstration mission to determine the effectiveness of nanosat platforms to conduct scientific investigations of urban environments. The Urban Heat Island Effect is a phenomenon in which the structure of the city causes a rise in surface temperature. It will use a thermal-IR imaging payload to study spatial and temporal changes in the heat properties of Phoenix, Arizona, as well as other U.S. cities. The imager is an off-the-shelf FLIR Tau 2 longwave infrared thermal camera. Phoenix is funded by the NASA University Student Instrument Project. Signal of Opportunity CubeSat Ranging and Timing ExperimentS
University of Minnesota – Minneapolis
SOCRATES is a technology demonstration mission to look at gamma ray photons from deep space. The Gamma Ray Incidence Detector (GRID) sensor being developed is a gamma-ray (and hard X-ray) detector optimized for making accurate positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) measurements. In operation, it will use signals of opportunity (e.g., naturally occurring gamma-ray emissions for sources such as Gamma-Ray Bursts or GRBs) as navigation and timing beacons akin to GPS satellites. It will advance the technology readiness level (TRL) of the sensor from 5 to 7. SOCRATES is funded by the NASA University Student Instrument Project. University of Washington – Seattle
HuskySat-1 is a technology demonstration mission to test a pulsed plasma electric propulsion system and a high-frequency K-band communication system. It will fly a newly developed Amateur Radio Linear Transceiver and a purchased UHF/VHF antenna system, but is otherwise an entirely student-designed and built 3U CubeSat, including a camera board developed by local Raisbeck Aviation High School. The project fosters interdisciplinary student participation in space systems research to inspire and train future space scientists. HuskySat-1 is funded by the NASA University Student Instrument Project. University of Florida – Gainesville
SwampSat II is a technology demonstration mission to test a boom and antenna spooling and deployment mechanism to support a matched very low frequency (VLF, 3-30 kHz) antenna receiver pair. It will experimentally quantify VLF electromagnetic wave propagation through the lower ionosphere in order to clarify the role of VLF whistler-mode waves in controlling the energetic particle populations of the Earth's radiation belts. SwampSat II is funded by NASA's Undergraduate Student Instrument Project.
The additional two CubeSats flying through CSLI are: St. Louis University – Missouri
Argus is a scientific investigation to improve modeling of the effects of radiation on space electronics. The payload is an array of radiation-effects modeling experiments wh ere on-orbit event rates will be compared against ground predictions to help calibrate new predictive models developed at the Institute for Space and Defense Electronics. Argus leverages commercial off-the-shelf CubeSat systems and extremely simple payload requirements to enable a short-turnaround mission.[/li]- HARP—Hyper Angular Rainbow Polarimeter
University of Maryland, Baltimore County – Baltimore
Utah State University – Logan
HARP is a scientific investigation mission designed to measure the microphysical properties of atmospheric aerosols, cloud water and ice particles. It is a precursor for a new generation of imaging polarimeters to be used for the detailed measurements of aerosol and cloud properties in larger missions. The wide field-of-view (FOV) imager splits three spatially identical images into three independent polarizer and detector arrays. This technique achieves simultaneous imagery of the three polarization states and is the key innovation to achieve a high polarimetric accuracy with no moving parts. HARP is funded by the NASA Earth Science Technology Office.
NASA's Wallops Flight Facility manages the USIP missions.
Header Image Caption: Montana State University student with RadSat-u CubeSat.
Tune in Saturday, Nov. 2, beginning at 9:30 a.m. EDT to watch the livestream of the launch:
https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive (https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive)
Last Updated: Oct. 31, 2019
Editor: Patrick Black
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1189922603462475781)
As we gear up for launch day, here is Saturday morning's precise 5-minute launch window for #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) and #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) down to the second. Thanks to @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) for the info.
#NG12 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG12?src=hash) #CRS2 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS2?src=hash) #Space (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Space?src=hash) #Exploration (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Exploration?src=hash) #Science (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Science?src=hash) #Station (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Station?src=hash) #ISS (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISS?src=hash) @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight)
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Предварительный прогноз погоды (31.10.2019 10:00L) по полигону на дату пуска:
Без особых изменений, преимущественно солнечно, без осадков, ночью +4° C, днём до +15° C
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Northrop Grumman CRS-12 Overview (https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/ng_crs-12_overview.pdf) - 894.6 KB, 4 стр, 2019-10-30 19:31:41 UTC
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/31159.jpg) NASA Wallops :f09f8e83: @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) 21 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops/status/1189984883629854725)
Antares and Cygnus spent several hours standing tall on the launch pad for a series of system checks. (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125513.png)(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125535.png)
They're now horizontal so late-load cargo can be packed into Cygnus just before liftoff of @NorthropGrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman)'s CRS-12 mission.
Video (https://twitter.com/i/videos/tweet/1189984883629854725)
https://blogs.nasa.gov/northrop-grumman/2019/10/31/weather-95-favorable-for-northrop-grummans-crs-12-launch-nov-2/ (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northrop-grumman/2019/10/31/weather-95-favorable-for-northrop-grummans-crs-12-launch-nov-2/)
ЦитироватьWeather 95% Favorable for Northrop Grumman's CRS-12 Launch Nov. 2
Micheala Sosby (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northrop-grumman/author/msosby/)
Posted Oct 31, 2019 at 3:45 pm
NASA commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman is scheduled to launch its next resupply mission to the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station) at 9:59 a.m. EDT on Saturday, Nov. 2.
The latest weather forecast stands at 95% favorable for the launch of the company's Antares rocket from pad 0A at Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home) in Virginia. At this time, the only weather concern being tracked is a very slight chance of cloud ceilings for a launch attempt on Saturday morning.
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The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket is seen a few hours after arriving at launch Pad-0A, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman's 12th contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station will deliver about 8,200 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Источник (https://www.northropgrumman.com/Capabilities/Antares/Documents/Antares_UsersGuide.pdf)
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ЦитироватьISS National Lab Research Overview - AstroRad Vest
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31 окт. 2019 г.
Lockheed Martin Corporation, in collaboration with StemRad will test the performance of the AstroRad radiation shielding vest on crew members onboard the ISS. The AstroRad Vest, launching on Northrop Grumman CRS-12, selectively protects organs most sensitive to radiation exposure—with a focus on protecting stem cell concentrations within those organs. Knowledge gained fr om this investigation could aid in the development of shielding technologies for patients on Earth receiving radiation treatments and personnel who work in areas wh ere radiation exposure is a risk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuRwd4N_FgE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuRwd4N_FgE)https://www.youtube.com/embed/fuRwd4N_FgE (https://www.youtube.com/embed/fuRwd4N_FgE) (1:43)
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 8 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1190270918662197248)
Note how quickly these to-the-second launch targets can change based on updated ISS position data (affected by atmosphere, solar radiation, etc). Antares launch window now opens at 09:59:46 EDT (13:59:46 UTC) tomorrow.
#Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) #NG12 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG12?src=hash) #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman)
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185380.jpg) NASA Social @NASASocial (https://twitter.com/NASASocial) 30 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASocial/status/1190267628385902593)
Good morning from @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops)! We're launching a rocket from here on Nov. 2 at 9:59am ET. The @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) Antares rocket is currently horizontal for late-stage loading—and we're all smiles! #NASASocial (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASASocial?src=hash)
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1190277615208353792)
Right now, crews are installation 100s of pounds of late-load scientific experiments & crew supplies into #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash). #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) is horizontal on the pad & will remain there until the over night hours when @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) will take it vertical for final launch countdown preps.
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29262.jpg) Jeff Foust @jeff_foust (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1190278853320749057)
The addition of late-load cargo capability means the Antares is still horizontal for the usual L-1 photo opp (that, or the rocket is sleeping in this morning.)
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ЦитироватьSpace to Ground: Continuous Presence: 11/01/2019
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1 нояб. 2019 г.
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Прогноз погоды (01.11.2019 10:00L) по полигону на дату пуска:
Высотные ветрА: max на высоте 25000 ft (7620 м) 42 м/с
Низкая вероятность осадков и молниеобразования в радиусе 10 морских миль от пусковой площадки
К моменту пуска лёгкая (частичная) облачность, ясно, температура около +15° C
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Загрузка Лебедя на пусковой. Кадр прямого эфира.
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https://news.northropgrumman.com/news/releases/northrop-grumman-set-to-launch-12th-cargo-delivery-mission-to-the-international-space-station-for-nasa (https://news.northropgrumman.com/news/releases/northrop-grumman-set-to-launch-12th-cargo-delivery-mission-to-the-international-space-station-for-nasa)
ЦитироватьNorthrop Grumman Set to Launch 12th Cargo Delivery Mission to the International Space Station for NASA
First mission under follow-on commercial resupply services contract; spacecraft named for Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean
November 01, 2019
DULLES, Va. – Nov. 1, 2019 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is set to launch the company's AntaresTM rocket carrying its CygnusTM cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station for NASA. Pending completion of cargo late load and acceptable local weather conditions, the launch will take place Nov. 2, with lift-off scheduled for 9:59 a.m. EDT fr om the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A on Wallops Island, Virginia, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.
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Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft are set to launch the Company's 12th cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station.
Scheduled to rendezvous and berth with the station on Nov. 4, 2019, NG-12 marks the 12th Cygnus mission to deliver cargo to the ISS and the first launch under the company's Commercial Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) contract. NG-12 will be the heaviest load carried by both Cygnus and Antares with approximately 8,200 pounds (3,729 kilograms) of cargo for the station. The rocket's 230+ version will be used for this mission which includes upgrades to the Stage 1 core, lighter composite structures and an optimized second stage motor. The upgraded Stage 1 core allows the Antares engines to perform at full thrust throughout most of the first stage flight profile.
"With these upgrades, we are able to offer NASA more cargo capacity for their CRS-2 missions by increasing the performance of Antares. We are also providing more flexibility for the final cargo load," said Scott Lehr, vice president and general manager, flight systems, Northrop Grumman. "As a commercial partner to NASA, we are dedicated to providing the best value to our customer in support of their critical missions."
On this mission, Cygnus will undergo a late load of critical cargo 24 hours before the scheduled launch. This capability allows time-sensitive payloads, such as the live rodents flying on Cygnus, to be safely transported to the space station. Earlier this year, Northrop Grumman began providing science facilities for NASA to support rodent research at the Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. A key flexibility feature added for CRS-2 is the ability for NASA to significantly alter the final cargo load by up to 20 percent as late as 24 hours before liftoff.
Another new capability that will be demonstrated during this mission is the simultaneous operation of two Cygnus spacecraft in orbit. The NG-12 mission will be in orbit at the same time as the NG-11 Cygnus spacecraft, which launched in April 2019 on an extended duration flight. The ability to fly two vehicles at once further demonstrates the robustness of Cygnus to support the goals of NASA's ambitious missions.
"Northrop Grumman is honored to continue providing cargo logistics services to the space station under NASA's second commercial resupply services contract as a trusted partner," said Frank DeMauro, vice president and general manager, space systems, Northrop Grumman. "The Cygnus spacecraft continues to provide critical services to the orbiting laboratory while demonstrating a number of innovative capabilities, and our recent partnership with the Eastern Virginia Medical School is just one of the ways we're expanding our program."
Northrop Grumman names each Cygnus spacecraft in honor of astronauts and individuals who contributed to the U.S. commercial space program. For the NG-12 mission, the company commemorates astronaut Alan Bean who was selected by NASA to fly on Apollo 12, the second landing of humans on the moon. The mission, launched in 1969, recently marked its 50th anniversary. Bean also flew as the commander of Skylab 3, the second crewed mission to Skylab wh ere he spent 59 days aboard the orbiting station, setting a new world record at that time. After retiring from NASA, Bean dedicated his life to painting scenes inspired by his time on the lunar surface. The S.S Alan Bean's trip to the space station honors Bean's dedication to advance capabilities that allowed humans to explore space in greater length and detail, as well as his desire to share his experiences with the rest of the world.
The S.S. Alan Bean will be captured by the space station at approximately 4:10 a.m. EST on Nov. 4, 2019. The spacecraft will remain attached to the space station for approximately two months before departing with up to 8,200 pounds (approximately 3,720 kilograms) of disposal cargo. The removal of these objects is a crucial step in keeping the station operational.
Once Cygnus is unberthed from the station, it will reposition to deploy CubeSats using a Nanoracks deployer. The Slingshot CubeSat Deployer System is also scheduled to be installed by astronauts while Cygnus is docked to the station for another round of CubeSat deployments. This reinforces how the Cygnus spacecraft continues to serve commercial business in low-earth orbit through the second phase of its resupply missions to the space station.
Live coverage of the Antares launch and Cygnus berthing with the station will be available on NASA Television at http://www.nasa.gov/ntv (http://www.nasa.gov/ntv). Details about the mission can be viewed here (http://www.northropgrumman.com/Capabilities/Antares/Pages/Antares-Missions.aspx).
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29262.jpg) Jeff Foust @jeff_foust (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust) 10 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1190337590840483840)
Northrop vice president Frank DeMauro says everything is looking good for tomorrow's launch at 9:59 am EDT (1359 GMT). #NG12 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG12?src=hash)
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29262.jpg) Jeff Foust @jeff_foust (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1190340363971678209)
Kurt Eberly, Northrop: this will be the first launch of the Antares 230+ configuration, featuring changes to decrease launch vehicle mass and increase it structural strength, increasing LEO payload mass by 800 kg. #NG12 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG12?src=hash)
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(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/104948)(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/104947)
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29262.jpg) Jeff Foust @jeff_foust (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust) 12 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1190343311002865665)
Jeff Reddish, Wallops Range Antares project manager, says the range is go for launch tomorrow. Weather is 95% go.
#NG12 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG12?src=hash)
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29262.jpg) Jeff Foust @jeff_foust (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1190345924205334528)
Eberly says Northrop has on-ramped the new Antares 230+ onto the NASA Launch Services contract; they hope the additional performance will make it more competitive for NASA science missions.
#NG12 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG12?src=hash)
Jeff Foust
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/104952)
Пресс-конференция завершена
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/104960)(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/104961)
ЦитироватьNorthrop Grumman Cygnus CRS-12 "What's On Board" Briefing
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/220544.jpg) (https://www.youtube.com/user/NASAgovVideo) NASA Video (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aP7p621ATY_yAa8jMqUVA)
1 нояб. 2019 г.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ros2IqdV4_E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ros2IqdV4_E)https://www.youtube.com/embed/ros2IqdV4_E (https://www.youtube.com/embed/ros2IqdV4_E) (1:19:23)
ЦитироватьNorthrop Grumman NG-12 Cygnus Cargo Craft Pre-Launch News Conference
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/220544.jpg) (https://www.youtube.com/user/NASAgovVideo) NASA Video (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aP7p621ATY_yAa8jMqUVA)
1 нояб. 2019 г.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXywQqUE5mM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXywQqUE5mM)https://www.youtube.com/embed/IXywQqUE5mM (https://www.youtube.com/embed/IXywQqUE5mM) (57:56)
https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=520965&lang=RU (https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=520965&lang=RU)
ЦитироватьК МКС стартует американский грузовой космический корабль Cygnus
02.11.2019 00:00:00
Вашингтон. 2 ноября. ИНТЕРФАКС - Американская ракета-носитель Antares с грузовым космическим кораблем Cygnus в субботу стартует к Международной космической станции (МКС), сообщает Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).
Запуск намечен на 09:59 по восточному времени США (16:59 мск) с космодрома NASA Уоллопс, который размещается на одноименном острове у атлантического побережья американского штата Вирджиния.
По сообщению NASA, погодные условия в районе космодрома на 95% благоприятны для проведения запуска.
Стыковка корабля Cygnus с МКС запланирована на 4 ноября. Она будет осуществляться путем захвата сблизившегося со станцией "грузовика" дистанционной рукой-манипулятором станции Canadarm-2 и последующим присоединением его к американскому модулю Unity.
Запуск осуществляется в рамках коммерческого контракта NASA с корпорацией Northrop Grumman, которой принадлежит ракета-носитель и автоматический грузовой космический корабль. Cygnus должен будет доставить на МКС около 3,7 тонн груза, в том числе продовольствие, а также оборудование и материалы для проведения десятков научных исследований.
Это будет уже 12-й полет космического "грузовика" корпорации Northrop Grumman к МКС. Был также еще один неудачный запуск в 2014 году, когда корабль не долетел до станции вследствие аварии ракеты-носителя Antares. Первый успешный запуск Cygnus состоялся 18 сентября 2013 года.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/11/01/japan-cargo-ship-departs-u-s-resupply-rocket-preps-for-launch/ (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/11/01/japan-cargo-ship-departs-u-s-resupply-rocket-preps-for-launch/)
ЦитироватьJapan Cargo Ship Departs, U.S. Resupply Rocket Preps for Launch
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Nov 1, 2019 at 5:38 pm
A U.S. cargo craft is poised to resupply the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html) just days after a Japanese space freighter departed the orbiting lab Friday afternoon. ...
Northrop Grumman's Cygnus resupply ship sits atop an Antares rocket loaded with 8,200 pounds (https://cms.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/ng_crs-12_overview.pdf) of science experiments and station hardware. Liftoff will take place on Saturday at 9:59 a.m. EDT (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-television-coverage-set-for-cygnus-resupply-mission-to-international-space) from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Meir and Koch will be in the cupola Monday morning awaiting the arrival of Cygnus. Meir will command the Canadarm2 to reach out and grapple Cygnus at 4:10 a.m. EST. Koch will back up Meir as astronaut Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan) of NASA monitors Cygnus' approach and rendezvous.
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185197.jpg) John Kraus :f09f9a80: @johnkrausphotos (https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1190390816742789122)
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket basks under golden light as late load operations continue ahead of tomorrow morning's 9:59 a.m. EDT mission to resupply the International Space Station.
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1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1190391232335355904)
Late load operations continue at sunset this evening ahead of tomorrow morning's 9:59 a.m. EDT Northrop Grumman Antares mission to resupply the International Space Station.
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185703.jpg) Northrop Grumman @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) 4 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman/status/1190423882139938816)
And we are vertical! Late cargo load is complete and #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) now sits poised for launch on Pad 0A at @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) as we begin our final countdown to tomorrow's launch. The 5-minute window will open at 9:59 am ET. #NorthropGrumman (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NorthropGrumman?src=hash)
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/31676.png) NASA HQ PHOTO @nasahqphoto (https://twitter.com/nasahqphoto) 4 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/nasahqphoto/status/1190428941930110978)
The @NorthropGrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) Antares rocket, with #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) onboard, is raised vertical this evening at the @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) launch pad. Launch to the International Space Station is planned for 9:59 a.m. EDT Saturday, Nov. 2.
More (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125427.png) https://flic.kr/s/aHsmJ2dyb3 (https://t.co/ca7yaqoLfY)
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184934.jpg) Geoff Barrett :f09f9a80: @GeoffdBarrett (https://twitter.com/GeoffdBarrett) 3 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/GeoffdBarrett/status/1190438408725975041)
В ответ @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops)
I'm so excited to have space launches back on the menu!
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ЦитироватьAntares NG-12 Media Tour
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/220546.jpg) (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSUu1lih2RifWkKtDOJdsBA) NASASpaceflight (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSUu1lih2RifWkKtDOJdsBA)
1 нояб. 2019 г.
Antares NG-12 Media Tour - Photographed by Michael Baylor and Brady Kenniston. The rocket in the Horizontal Integration Facility will launch NG-13 in February.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh5MY7isxJY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh5MY7isxJY)https://www.youtube.com/embed/jh5MY7isxJY (https://www.youtube.com/embed/jh5MY7isxJY) (1:48)
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1190587554455789570)
And good morning. @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) is working through all pre-fueling ops for launch at 09:59 EDT (13:59 UTC). Fueling will being at 08:39 EDT (12:39 UTC). #NG12 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG12?src=hash) #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash)
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 44 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1190592580884451329)
Thrust Vector Control tests - to make sure the engines can gimbal to the approbate positions needed for launch - are complete and GOOD. @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) #NG12 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG12?src=hash) #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash)
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https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/11/02/cygnus-ng-12-mission-status-center/ (https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/11/02/cygnus-ng-12-mission-status-center/)
Цитировать11/02/2019 15:15 Stephen Clark
The countdown has entered a pre-planned built-in hold. An upd ated status on the countdown from Northrop Grumman launch conductor Adam Lewis shows the Antares rocket, the Cygnus spacecraft and the Wallops range are all "green" at this time for liftoff at 9:59:47 a.m. EDT (1359:47 GMT).
The Cygnus spacecraft se t for launch aboard the Antares rocket is named the S.S. Alan Bean in honor of the late astronaut who was the fourth person to walk on the moon on the Apollo 12 mission, and who later commanded a two-month expedition on the Skylab space station.
The S.S. Alan Bean is packed with 8,168 pounds (3,705 kilograms) of supplies and experiments heading to the International Space Station. Here's a breakdown of the cargo manifest provided by NASA:[/li]- 4,372 pounds (1,983 kilograms) of science investigations
- 1,667 pounds (756 kilograms) of vehicle hardware
- 1,499 pounds (680 kilograms) of crew supplies
- 262 pounds (119 kilograms) of unpressurized cargo (NanoRacks CubeSat deployer)
- 229 pounds (104 kilograms) of spacewalk equipment
- 77 pounds (35 kilograms) of Northrop Grumman hardware
- 37 pounds (17 kilograms) of computer resources
- 24 pounds (11 kilograms) of Russian hardware
The Cygnus supply ship is expected to remain berthed at the International Space Station's Unity module until Jan. 13, when it will be released by the station's robotic arm.
The automated cargo carrier, loaded with trash after its departure from the station, will fire its engine to climb into a higher orbit roughly 300 miles (500 kilometers) above Earth to deploy multiple CubeSats before re-entering the atmosphere and burning up to end the mission.
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/105035)
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg) Spaceflight Now @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1190606159201341440)
The launch weather officer reports ideal conditions on a chilly morning on Virginia's Eastern Shore for liftoff of Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket at 9:59am EDT (1359 GMT). There is a 100 percent chance of acceptable weather at launch time.
WATCH LIVE: https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/11/02/cygnus-ng-12-mission-status-center/ ... (https://t.co/0iXXRoVWGE)
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1190607119738953728)
Opening of the window has adjusted by one second. Launch time now targeting 09:59:47 EDT (1359:47 UTC).
#NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) #NG12 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG12?src=hash) @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman)
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg) Spaceflight Now @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 50 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1190609013773406209)
The Antares launch team is "go" to begin loading liquid propellants into the rocket's first stage. Liftoff remains set for 9:59am EDT (1359 GMT) from Wallops Island, Virginia.
WATCH LIVE: https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/11/02/cygnus-ng-12-mission-status-center/ ... (https://t.co/0iXXRoVWGE)
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Фу-у-уу...
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1190610094947545089)
A LOX plug didn't pull away from Antares. They are going to pull the entire TEL back to get the plug out.
#NG12 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG12?src=hash) #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman)
1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1190610285981306880)
And it worked!
Цитировать11/02/2019 15:46 Stephen Clark
Low-flow loading of RP-1 kerosene into the Antares rocket's first stage is underway, and chilldown conditioning of the liquid oxygen system has started.
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/105036)
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185197.jpg) John Kraus :f09f9a80: @johnkrausphotos (https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1190598076844691457)
Oh boy... (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125565.png)(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125513.png)(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125593.png) This morning's sunrise was beautiful! We are just about two hours away from the launch of @NorthropGrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman)'s NG-12 mission to resupply the International @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station). The Antares rocket is scheduled to lift off at 9:59 a.m.
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Цитировать11/02/2019 16:04 Stephen Clark
Low-flow loading of liquid oxygen into the first stage has begun, the launch team confirms.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 22 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1190616859260989440)
Antares' Guidance Navigation & Control (GNC) system is being calibrated for launch.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg) Spaceflight Now @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1190616994174980096)
Today's launch will mark the 11th flight of an Antares rocket since 2013, and the first in the Antares 230+ configuration with RD-181 engines at full thrust through most of the first stage burn. See a timeline of the 8-minute, 38-second launch sequence: https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/11/02/antares-ng-12-launch-timeline/ ... (https://t.co/3liZByLfAT)
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 49 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1190618189929078789)
Flight trajectory 3 is the selected flight profile for today, and it is being loaded into Antares' flight computer now.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30565.jpg) Nanoracks @NanoRacks (https://twitter.com/NanoRacks) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/NanoRacks/status/1190585410357022720)
We have 12 #CubeSats (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CubeSats?src=hash) on the #NG12 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG12?src=hash) launch - and we're so happy to have five of them come from the Undergraduate Student Instrument Project (USIP)! Congratulations to all of the students, and thanks to all who are joining us this morning at #NG12 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG12?src=hash)!
#ISS (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISS?src=hash)
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Цитировать11/02/2019 16:15 Stephen Clark
45 minutes until liftoff. The Cygnus spacecraft on this flight is carrying 3,705 kilograms, or 8,168 pounds, of supplies to the International Space Station. This is the ninth flight of the enlarged Cygnus pressurized cargo module from Thales Alenia Space, providing 25 percent more interior volume for supplies. The spacecraft measures about 20 feet tall, and the pressurized cargo module has a volume of about 27 cubic meters, or 950 cubic feet.
Here are some statistics on today's launch:[/li]- 11th Antares rocket launch
- 1st launch of the Antares 230+ configuration
- 17th orbital launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
- 13th launch of a Cygnus spacecraft
- 2nd orbital launch from Wallops in 2019
- 17th orbital launch from the United States in 2019
- 76th global orbital launch attempt in 2019
Цитировать11/02/2019 16:19 Stephen Clark
The Wallops range is "green" for toxic and debris rules. These rules ensure debris and toxic vapors from the launcher do not spread over populated areas in the event of an accident.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1190619990384431106)
Antares telemetry is being received in the Launch Control Center, and all telemetry is verified "good".
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/105037)
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1190621690348363776)
Everyone is GO for launch. No issues on rocket or range. Teams confirm all RCC abort icons are active in case they are needed today; of course, we hope to never have to use those.
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 43 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1190622766464225281)
Flight Termination System has been powered on and tested. It is ready in case it is needed during flight today.
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/105038)
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 7 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1190623927908945921)
Upper Level Winds are GO.
Цитировать11/02/2019 16:44 Stephen Clark
The Cygnus spacecraft, named the "S.S. Alan Bean," is switching to its internal battery power supply in preparation for liftoff. The spacecraft is named for astronaut Alan Bean, who died last year.
Bean was the fourth person to walk on the moon on the Apollo 12 mission, and he later commanded a two-month expedition on the Skylab space station.
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/105043)
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 56 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1190626617611210753)
Final POLL complete. GO FOR LAUNCH!
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 39 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1190628491915669506)
Antares is on internal power.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 51 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1190628697331707904)
RANGE IS GREEN!
Зажигание!
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29262.jpg) Jeff Foust @jeff_foust (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1190632116436029440)
Antares liftoff as seen from the press site. #NG12 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG12?src=hash)
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Antares/NG12: Cygnus separation confirmed; orbit is spot on; solar array deploy expected around 12:53pm EDT (L+2h53m)
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ЦитироватьU.S. Cygnus Cargo Ship Reaches Orbit for Monday Delivery
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Nov 2, 2019 at 10:12 am
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The Antares rocket lifts off on time from Virginia carrying the Cygnus cargo craft to orbit. Credit: NASA TV
On the anniversary of the arrival of the first crew members to live aboard the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station), Northrop Grumman's Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the station with nearly 8,200 pounds of science investigations and cargo after launching at 9:59 a.m. EDT Saturday, Nov. 2 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. At the time of lift off, the International Space Station was traveling over the south Atlantic southwest of Cape Town, South Africa, at an altitude of 257 statute miles.
The spacecraft launched on an Antares 230+ rocket from the Virginia Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad 0A at Wallops. Automated command to initiate solar array deploy will begin about 2 hours and 53 minutes after launch (about 12:53 p.m.). Solar array deployment will take about 30 minutes. Confirmation of solar deployment will be shared on the launch blog (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman) and social media at @NASA_Wallops (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_NASA-5FWallops&d=DwMGaQ&c=ApwzowJNAKKw3xye91w7BE1XMRKi2LN9kiMk5Csz9Zk&r=DjCOY7g3Ql3dG1aBogkWRnB4XogRnuoZFZAyoFHDGSI&m=SeCe7kdL_6a21FHaZjTqd2xzX76ycqaAX_YxIb2S9XM&s=HInJhZm6TE0KAVAHqHqbCSuvblpwogxtm_umObLXgCw&e=) and @space_station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station).
Cygnus is scheduled to arrive at the orbiting laboratory around 4:10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 4. Coverage of the spacecraft's approach and arrival will begin at 2:45 a.m. on NASA Television and the agency's website (http://www.nasa.gov/live). Expedition 61 astronauts Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) and Christina Koch (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christina-h-koch) of NASA will use the space station's robotic arm to capture Cygnus, while NASA's Andrew Morgan monitors telemetry. The spacecraft is scheduled to stay at the space station until January.
The Cygnus spacecraft for this space station resupply mission is named in honor of NASA astronaut Alan Bean (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/alan-bean/). The late Apollo 12 astronaut flew to the Moon on Apollo 12 and became the fourth human to walk on the lunar surface. This is Northrop Grumman's 12th cargo flight to the space station, and the first under its Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract with NASA, will support dozens of new and existing investigations.
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ЦитироватьNG-12: Antares 230+ launches S.S. Alan Bean Cygnus
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2 нояб. 2019 г.
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ЦитироватьNorthrop Grumman NG-12 Resupply Launch to International Space Station
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Трансляция началась 84 минуты назад
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Long exposure view of @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) #NG12 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG12?src=hash) lifting off from @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) Pad 0-A! The wind blew a plant into the frame at the last second but I am SO happy with how this turned out! :D
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185197.jpg) John Kraus :f09f9a80: @johnkrausphotos (https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos) 23 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1190639204377792515)
Liftoff of Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket, launching at 9:59 a.m. with 8,200 pounds of supplies and science headed to the International Space Station.
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Liftoff if the @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) NG-12 mission carrying science and supplies to the International Space Station!
What an amazing morning for launch!
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РН «Антарес», головним розробником якої є американська корпорація Northrop Grumman, вивела на орбіту вантажний корабель «Сігнус», який повинен доставити на Міжнародну космічну станцію близько 3 750 кг корисного вантажу на замовлення NASA – провізію та речі для екіпажу, матеріали для наукових досліджень, обладнання для магнітного альфа-спектрометра, устаткування для станції та виходу у відкритий космос, комп'ютери та комплектуючі. Також на борту корабля знаходяться кубсати, частину яких буде запущено з МКС, а частину з самого «Сігнуса» після того, як він покине станцію. Стикування з МКС заплановано на 4 листопада.
Свій космічний корабель Cygnus NG-12 S.S. Alan Bean корпорація Northrop Grumman назвала на честь Алана Лаверна Біна (1932-2018) – четвертого астронавта, що ступив на поверхню Місяця. Це вже дев'ятий політ версії вантажівки підвищеної місткості (Enhanced).
:f09f87ba::f09f87a6: Основну конструкцію першого ступеня PH «Антарес» розробило ДП «КБ «Південне» та виготовило ДП ВО ПМЗ у кооперації з українськими підприємствами «Хартрон-АРКОС» (Харків), «Київприлад» (Київ), «Хартрон-ЮКОМ» (Запоріжжя), «ЧЕЗАРА», «РАПІД» (Чернігів) та iн.
Підготовка PH «Антарес» до пуску, її випробування i пуск виконані за участю українських фахівців, які у повному обсязі забезпечили виконання вcix операцій у своєму секторі відповідальності. Згідно з контрактом технічна підтримка пуску, приймання та обробка телеметричної інформації у режимі реального часу здійснювались з території КБ «Південне».
NG-12 – перша місія в рамках контракту CRS-2 (Commercial Resupply Services) компанії Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems з NASA з доставки вантажів на МКС. Контракт укладено як мінімум до 2024 року і він передбачає щонайменше ще п'ять місій з доставки приблизно 20 т корисного вантажу на МКС. До цього діяв контракт CRS, за яким з 2014 року було доставлено до МКС 10 кораблів «Сігнус», 7 з яких – за допомогою РН «Антарес».
Всього з 2013 року ракета-носій «Антарес» стартувала 11 разів, 10 з яких – успішно.
У рамках програми «Антарес» українська сторона виконала увесь комплекс робіт з проектування, відпрацювання та виготовлення матеріальної частини основної конструкції першого ступеня для PH, замовленої Національним кocмiчним агентством США.
Нагадаємо, що нещодавно делегація ДП «КБ «Південне» на чолі з Генеральним директором Олександром Дегтяревим здійснила робочу поїздку до Центру космічних польотів на острові Воллопс. Українські фахівці відвідали монтажно-випробувальний корпус та стартовий комплекс з метою перевірки стану робіт і переконалися у готовності РН «Антарес» до пуску: https://bit.ly/2WCoMt0
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Antares launches the NG-12 mission to resupply the International Space Station.
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Launch of @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman)'s Antares (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125513.png)with the #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) cargo spacecraft onboard full of science and supplies to the crew living and working on the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) from @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops)
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https://spacenews.com/antares-launches-cygnus-cargo-spacecraft-on-first-crs-2-mission/ (https://spacenews.com/antares-launches-cygnus-cargo-spacecraft-on-first-crs-2-mission/)
ЦитироватьAntares launches Cygnus cargo spacecraft on first CRS-2 mission
by Jeff Foust (https://spacenews.com/author/jeff-foust/) — November 2, 2019
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A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket lifts off Nov. 2, placing a Cygnus cargo spacecraft into orbit bound for the International Space Station. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket successfully launched a Cygnus cargo spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station Nov. 2, kicking off a new era in cargo delivery for the station.
The Antares 230+ rocket lifted off fr om Pad 0-A at the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport here at 9:59 a.m. Eastern. The Cygnus spacecraft, named by Northrop Grumman the S.S. Alan Bean after the late Apollo-era astronaut, separated from the rocket's upper stage about eight and a half minutes later.
The Cygnus is scheduled to arrive at the ISS Nov. 4, grappled by the station's robotic arm at around 4:10 a.m. Eastern and berthed to the station later that morning. It will remain on the station until January.
The mission, designated NG-12, is the first mission under the new Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) 2 contract, a follow-on to the original CRS contracts awarded in 2008 to Orbital Sciences Corporation (now Northrop Grumman) and SpaceX to transport cargo to and from the station. Northrop is introducing new capabilities to both Antares and Cygnus to meet the requirements of the CRS-2 contract.
"CRS-2 I would describe as more of a step-function change in the capability" of the system, said Frank DeMauro, vice president and general manager of Space Systems at Northrop Grumman, during a prelaunch briefing at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility here Nov. 1.
One change is the ability to carry more cargo. The Cygnus is loaded with 3,705 kilograms of cargo, more than any previous mission. The spacecraft can now carry 10 middeck lockers filled with payloads, compared to six on the previous Cygnus mission in April. The spacecraft also has improved power and telemetry capabilities for those payloads, allowing researchers to maintain contact with them during the two-day journey to the station.
On the previous Cygnus mission, Northrop introduced a "late load" cargo capability, allowing time-sensitive cargo, such as biological experiments, to be loaded onto the spacecraft within 24 hours of launch. A similar late-load capability was already available on SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft.
The NG-12 mission means that, for the first time, two Cygnus spacecraft are in orbit at the same time. The Cygnus from the NG-11 mission, which departed the station in early August, remains in orbit to demonstrate the ability of the spacecraft to perform a long-duration free-flying mission. "That is continuing extremely successfully," DeMauro said.
With the launch of the NG-12 Cygnus controllers will test their ability to operate two spacecraft simultaneously. "We think that is a key capability for NASA or other government agencies or commercial industries," he said.
DeMauro said Northrop will start planning the end of the NG-11 mission after the NG-12 Cygnus arrives at the ISS. "We haven't set a deadline for when we'll bring it back," he said of the NG-11 Cygnus. "I don't expect it to be that much after NG-12 on orbit."
Increased cargo, and increased mass of the Cygnus itself, required improvements to the Antares launch vehicle. This launch marked the debut of the Antares 230+, a version of the Antares with changes such as increased structural strength of the first stage. That eliminates what Kurt Eberly, Antares vice president at Northrop Grumman, called the "throttle notch" wh ere the rocket's RD-181 first stage engines throttled down during maximum dynamic pressure. Instead, the engines remain at 100% thrust throughout their nearly 200-second burn. That change, along with others to reduce the mass of the vehicle and to deploy the Cygnus in a slightly lower orbit, increase the vehicle's payload capacity by about 800 kilograms.
Eberly said that this version of the Antares is being "on-ramped" to the NASA Launch Services 2 contract, making it eligible for launching NASA science missions as well. "It allows us to be more competitive and lift heavier payloads and address more market going forward," he said. The CRS contracts have been, to date, the only customers for the medium-lift rocket.
Cygnus payload: cubesats, cookies and cosmic rays
The payload on the NG-12 Cygnus mission includes nearly 2,000 kilograms of science investigations. They span the usual gamut of science and technology demonstration payloads, from biological research to materials science.
Included on the Cygnus is the AstroRad Vest, developed by Israeli company StemRad and Lockheed Martin. Astronauts will wear the vest to test its performance in shielding them from radiation from solar storms. The suit is customized to provide "selective shielding" for key organs, said Oren Milstein, co-founder and chief scientific officer of StemRad, and its high-density polyethylene material can provide the same level of shielding as a much heavier storm shelter inside a spacecraft.
Another payload is an oven developed by Nanoracks and Zero Gravity Kitchen to test the ability to bake foods in space. The first use of the small oven will be to bake cookies in a partnership with hotel chain Doubletree.
While the experiment may sound trivial, the companies see it as a pathfinder for future human activities in space, such as commercial space stations or long-duration missions beyond Earth. "What are we going to need for those people to have a good experience?" said Mary Murphy, senior internal payloads manager at Nanoracks. Something as simple as baking in space, she said, "can make people have a comfortable experience for a long-duration spaceflight opportunity."
Several cubesats are on the Cygnus for later deployment. Two of them are for the National Reconnaissance Office as part of a program called IMPACT to perform in-space validation of 14 technologies for potential later use on operational NRO missions.
The cubesats use a standardized interface as part of an unclassified initiative called the Greenlighting program to allow experiments to easily be added to the cubesats, said Maj. Michael Felten of the NRO in a Nov. 2 interview. One example is testing of a microprocessor originally designed for the oil and gas industry to see if it can also be used in space applications.
"We use the results from the R&D as far as the performance in space and the survivability and the degradation of those components to influence the selection of new technologies into our future operational systems," he said. "It allows us to pick the newest and the most capable components for our future collection capabilities."
Also on the Cygnus is hardware to perform repairs of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) instrument outside the station. That experiment, mounted on the station in 2011 for an initial three-year mission to measure high-energy cosmic rays, continues to operate today but its cooling system is failing.
The Cygnus is bringing a new cooling system and special tools that astronauts Andrew Morgan and Luca Parmitano will use in a series of five spacewalks to repair the AMS. Kirk Shireman, NASA ISS program manager, said at the prelaunch briefing that those spacewalks would likely begin in mid-November. A separate set of spacewalks to replace batteries in the station's power system, interrupted by a failed battery charging unit last month, will resume after the AMS spacewalks.
A repaired AMS could operate through the 2020s, pending decisions by the ISS partners to extend station operations past its current deadline of 2024. Sam Ting, the Nobel laureate physicist who is the principal investigator for AMS, says the extended mission will allow it to address issues ranging from the abundance of antimatter to confirming one model for dark matter.
"AMS will continue to collect and analyze data for the lifetime of the space station, because whenever precision instruments such as AMS are used to explore the unknown, new and exciting discoveries can be expected," he said.
The NG-12 launch is part of a busy period of activity on the station. A Japanese HTV-8 cargo vehicle, launched in September, departed the station Nov. 1. Both a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft and a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft are scheduled to fly to the ISS in early December.
Two other companies have CRS-2 cargo contracts with NASA. SpaceX will transition to its CRS-2 contract, using a cargo version of its Crew Dragon spacecraft, in 2020. Sierra Nevada Corporation will start flying its Dream Chaser cargo spacecraft under development to the ISS in late 2021. All three CRS-2 contracts include a minimum of six missions per company through 2024.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg) Jonathan McDowell @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 58 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1190634032687697928)
As well as 6 cubesats in the NRCSD-17 deployer and 6 cubesats in the external NRCSD-E deployer, Cygnus carries the USAF Space Test Program's STPSat-4, which will use the SSIKLOPS deployer. The previous sats using this deployer (AggieSat4, SpinSat) were both about 50 kg
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К МКС отправился американский грузовой космический корабль Cygnus
Москва. 2 ноября. INTERFAX.RU - Американская ракета-носитель Antares с грузовым космическим кораблем Cygnus в субботу стартовала к Международной космической станции (МКС), сообщило Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (НАСА).
Запуск был осуществлен в 9:59 по восточному времени США (16:59 по Москве) с космодрома НАСА Уоллопс, который размещается на одноименном острове у атлантического побережья американского штата Вирджиния.
Стыковка корабля Cygnus с МКС запланирована на 4 ноября. Она будет осуществляться путем захвата сблизившегося со станцией "грузовика" дистанционной рукой-манипулятором Canadarm-2 и последующим присоединением его к американскому модулю Unity.
Запуск осуществляется в рамках коммерческого контракта НАСА с корпорацией Northrop Grumman, которой принадлежит ракета-носитель и автоматический грузовой космический корабль.
Cygnus должен будет доставить на МКС около 3,7 тонн груза, в том числе продовольствие, а также оборудование и материалы для проведения десятков научных исследований.
Это уже 12-й полет космического "грузовика" корпорации Northrop Grumman к МКС. Был также еще один неудачный запуск в 2014 году, когда корабль не долетел до станции вследствие аварии ракеты-носителя Antares. Первый успешный запуск Cygnus состоялся 18 сентября 2013 года.
https://tass.ru/kosmos/7074426 (https://tass.ru/kosmos/7074426)
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Американский корабль Cygnus с грузом для экипажа МКС стартовал с космодрома в США
Стыковка корабля с МКС запланирована на 4 ноября
ВАШИНГТОН, 2 ноября. /ТАСС/. Ракета-носитель Antares с грузовым кораблем Cygnus, который доставит груз на Международную космическую станцию (МКС), успешно стартовала с космодрома на острове Уоллопс (штат Вирджиния) в Атлантическом океане. Об этом в субботу сообщило Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).
Ракета Antares была запущена в 09:59 (16:59 мск). Направляющийся к МКС корабль Cygnus, построенный корпорацией Northrop Grumman, доставит около 3,7 т груза - продовольствие, предметы первой необходимости, оборудование для станции и приборы для научных экспериментов. Стыковка корабля с МКС запланирована на 4 ноября.
В частности, экипаж МКС получит спецжилет для защиты от космической радиации AstroRad Vest, который впоследствии планируется использовать во время миссий на Луну и Марс. Кроме того, на станцию отправляется экспериментальный духовой шкаф Zero-G Oven, с помощью которого можно приготовить пищу в условиях невесомости. Температура приготовления в устройстве, которое по форме немного напоминает тостер, может доходить до 363,3 градуса Цельсия. Экипаж МКС также получит специальный прибор для переработки изготовленных в космосе на 3D-принтерах изделий. Данное устройство позволит получать из них материал, который можно повторно использовать в 3D-принтерах.
NASA планировало еще 21 октября отправить к МКС Cygnus, однако специалисты управления решили отложить запуск в связи с тем, что японский беспилотный космический корабль "Конотори-8" на тот момент еще не покинул станцию.
Мужики, вы бы хоть исправили название темы, а то выходит какая-то путаница. Указан пуск 21.10.2010. Я уже подумал, почему постоянно старая тема висит 2010 года.
Стыковка с МКС 4 ноября, а во сколько? Кстати, ступень от лебедя не затопили ещё?
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29925.jpg) Michael Baylor @nextspaceflight (https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight) 7 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/1190675074648551427)
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Two RD-181 engines of the Antares first stage send the Cygnus cargo vehicle on its way to the International Space Station from @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops).
#NG12 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG12?src=hash) #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash)
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185703.jpg) Northrop Grumman @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman/status/1190682485354569728)
Mission Update: We have confirmed that the solar arrays are fully deployed on the S.S. Alan Bean #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash). Next stop: @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station)! Rendezvous is scheduled for this Monday November 4, with live coverage beginning on @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA) TV at 2:45 am ET.
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ЦитироватьАлександр Репной написал:
Стыковка с МКС 4 ноября, а во сколько?
Захват Лебедя-12 запланирован примерно в 09:10 UTC, начало трансляции - 07:45 UTC
Обнаружены два объекта запуска0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 44701U 19071A 19306.65027802 -.00003633 11487-4 00000+0 0 9993
2 44701 51.6242 34.9979 0021236 138.6426 3.8841 16.05765423 06
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 44702U 19071B 19306.65060791 -.00003753 11867-4 00000+0 0 9993
2 44702 51.6272 34.9752 0053408 124.7805 21.1895 16.19139365 0944701 / 2019-071A : 244 x 273 km x 51.624°, 89.67 min, 2019-11-02 15:36:24
44702 / 2019-071B : 187 x 257 km x 51.627°, 88.93 min, 2019-11-02 15:36:52
https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman/2019/11/02/solar-arrays-successfully-deployed-on-northrop-grummans-cygnus-spacecraft/ (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman/2019/11/02/solar-arrays-successfully-deployed-on-northrop-grummans-cygnus-spacecraft/)
ЦитироватьSolar Arrays Successfully Deployed on Northrop Grumman's Cygnus Spacecraft
Micheala Sosby (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman/author/msosby/)
Posted Nov 2, 2019 at 1:31 pm
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The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Saturday, November 2, 2019, in Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The solar arrays have successfully deployed on Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft that is its way to deliver about 8,200 pounds of science and research (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/ng12-research/), crew supplies, and hardware to the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station). This is the company's 12th contracted cargo resupply mission (https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/ng_crs-12_overview.pdf) with NASA.
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Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
This mission, designated NG-12, will be in orbit at the same time as its predecessor, the NG-11 Cygnus spacecraft, which launched in April on an extended duration flight. The NG-12 Cygnus spacecraft will remain at the space station until January before it disposes of several thousand pounds of trash through its fiery reentry into Earth's atmosphere. The ability to fly two vehicles at once further demonstrates the robustness of Cygnus to support the goals of NASA's ambitious missions.
Coverage of the spacecraft's approach and arrival to the orbiting laboratory will begin Monday, Nov. 4 at 2:45 a.m. on NASA Television and the agency's website (http://www.nasa.gov/live). Expedition 61 astronauts Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) and Christina Koch (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christina-h-koch) of NASA will use the space station's robotic arm to capture Cygnus at around 4:10 a.m., while NASA's Andrew Morgan monitors telemetry. The spacecraft is scheduled to stay at the space station until January.
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ЦитироватьLaunch to Orbit: Northrop Grumman NG-12 | Wallops, Virginia
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2 нояб. 2019 г.
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Correction from Nanoracks: Orbital Factory is in the external deployer, so that's 7 cubesats outside and 5 inside.
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-science-cargo-heads-to-space-station-on-northrop-grumman-mission (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-science-cargo-heads-to-space-station-on-northrop-grumman-mission)
ЦитироватьNov. 2, 2019
RELEASE 19-087
NASA Science, Cargo Heads to Space Station on Northrop Grumman Mission
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A crowd watches from a safe distance as Northrop Grumman launches its 12th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station from Pad-0A of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Nov. 2, 2019.
Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls
On the 19th anniversary of the arrival of the first crew to live aboard the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station), a Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the orbiting outpost with almost 8,200 pounds of science investigations and cargo after launching at 9:59 a.m. EDT Saturday from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
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A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Nov. 2, 2019.
Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls
The spacecraft launched on an Antares 230+ rocket from the Virginia Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad 0A at Wallops and is scheduled to arrive at the space station around 4:10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 4. Coverage of the spacecraft's approach and arrival will begin at 2:45 a.m. on NASA Television and the agency's website (http://www.nasa.gov/live).
Expedition 61 astronauts Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) and Christina Koch (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christina-h-koch) of NASA will use the space station's robotic arm to capture Cygnus, and NASA's Andrew Morgan will monitor telemetry. The spacecraft is scheduled to stay at the space station until January.
This delivery, Northrop Grumman's 12th cargo flight to the space station and the first under its Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract with NASA, will support dozens of new and existing investigations.
Here are some of the scientific investigations Cygnus is delivering to the space station:
More Probing of Mysteries of the Universe
This mission carries components needed to prolong the operational life of Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-02 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=729) (AMS-02). In a series of spacewalks planned in the coming weeks, astronauts will cut and reconnect fluid lines on the instrument, a feat not done before in space, which could prove valuable for future missions at NASA's upcoming lunar Gateway (https://www.nasa.gov/topics/moon-to-mars/lunar-gateway) for the Artemis program or missions to Mars.
Testing Personal Protective Equipment for Astronauts
The AstroRad Vest (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7803) tests a special garment designed to protect astronauts from radiation caused by unpredictable solar particle events. Astronauts will provide input on the garment as they wear it while performing daily tasks. Use of the vest could protect crew members on missions to the Moon and Mars.
Food Fresh from the Oven
The Zero-G Oven (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7993) examines heat transfer properties and the process of baking food in microgravity. It uses an oven designed specifically for use aboard the space station, and may have application on future long-duration missions by offering a way to increase variety in flavor and nutrition of food for crew members.
3D Printing with Recycled Materials
The Made in Space Recycler (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7745) will test systems needed to reprocess plastic into 3D printing filament that can then be transferred for use to the Made in Space Manufacturing Device, a 3D printer that has operated on the orbiting laboratory since 2016. This has implications for space conservation and deep space missions.
These are just a few of the hundreds of investigations (https://nasa.gov/iss-science) currently happening aboard the orbiting laboratory in the areas of biology and biotechnology, physical science, and Earth and space science. Advances in these areas will help to keep astronauts healthy during long-duration space travel and demonstrate technologies for future human and robotic exploration beyond low-Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars (https://www.nasa.gov/topics/moon-to-mars/lunar-gateway).
This mission, designated NG-12, will be in orbit at the same time as its predecessor, the NG-11 Cygnus spacecraft, which launched in April on an extended duration flight. The NG-12 Cygnus spacecraft will remain at the space station until January before it disposes of several thousand pounds of trash through its fiery reentry into Earth's atmosphere. The ability to fly two vehicles at once further demonstrates the robustness of Cygnus to support the goals of NASA's ambitious missions.
The Cygnus spacecraft for this space station resupply mission is named in honor of Alan Bean (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/alan-bean/). The late NASA astronaut flew to the Moon on Apollo 12 and became the fourth human to walk on the lunar surface.
Saturday begins the 20th year of continuous human presence living off-planet aboard the International Space Station. NASA and its partners have successfully supported humans living in space since the Expedition 1 crew arrived Nov. 2, 2000. A truly global endeavor, the unique microgravity laboratory has hosted 239 people from 19 countries, more than 2,600 experiments from 3,900 researchers in 107 countries, and a variety of international and commercial spacecraft. The space station is facilitating the growth of a robust commercial market in low-Earth orbit for research, technology development, and crew and cargo transportation and remains the sole space-based proving ground and stepping stone (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/how-the-international-space-station-is-helping-us-get-to-the-moon) for achieving the goals of the Artemis (http://www.nasa.gov/artemis) program, which will send the first woman and next man to land on the Moon in 2024.
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Last Updated: Nov. 2, 2019
Editor: Karen Northon
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg) Jonathan McDowell @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 16 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1190705010306428928)
Two objects from the Cygnus launch cataloged: Castor 30XL motor in a 187 x 257 km x 51.6 deg orbit, and the SS Alan Bean cargo ship in a 244 x 273 km x 51.6 deg orbit, presumably after a first orbit raising burn.
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Remote camera views from the launch of the @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) Antares rocket from @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) are posted!
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Цитировать3 НОЯ, 11:25
Корабль Cygnus доставит на МКС около 3,7 тонн груза
По данным NASA, экипаж станции получит спецжилет для защиты от космической радиации
ВАШИНГТОН, 3 ноября. /ТАСС/. Американский грузовой корабль Cygnus, запущенный в субботу с помощью ракеты-носителя Antares с космодрома на острове Уоллопс (штат Вирджиния) в Атлантическом океане, доставит на Международную космическую станцию (МКС) около 3,7 тонн груза - продовольствие, предметы первой необходимости, оборудование для станции и приборы для научных экспериментов. Об этом сообщило Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).
В частности, экипаж МКС получит спецжилет для защиты от космической радиации AstroRad Vest, который впоследствии планируется использовать во время миссий на Луну и Марс. Кроме того, на станцию отправляется экспериментальный духовой шкаф Zero-G Oven, с помощью которого можно приготовить пищу в условиях невесомости и даже испечь печенье. Температура приготовления в устройстве, которое по форме немного напоминает тостер, может доходить до 363,3 градуса Цельсия. Экипаж МКС также получит специальный прибор для переработки изготовленных в космосе на 3D-принтерах изделий. Данное устройство позволит получать из них материал, который можно повторно использовать в 3D-принтерах.
Стыковка корабля с МКС запланирована на 4 ноября. Астронавт NASA Джессика Меир осуществит захват корабля с помощью дистанционного манипулятора Canadarm, и он будет пристыкован к американскому модулю Unity. 13 января 2020 года корабль будет отстыкован от МКС, в ходе автономного полета он будет использован в качестве платформы для запуска микроспутников CubeSat, а 31 января войдет в плотные слои атмосферы.
Отправку Cygnus к МКС NASA планировало еще 21 октября, однако специалисты управления решили отложить запуск в связи с тем, что японский беспилотный космический корабль "Конотори-8" ("Аист-8") на тот момент еще не покинул станцию.
Нынешний полет Cygnus стал первым в рамках нового контракта NASA с корпорацией Northrop Grumman. Согласно договоренностям, до 2024 года будет осуществлено минимум шесть запусков грузовых кораблей. В рамках предыдущего контракта было осуществлено 11 запусков к станции, еще один оказался неудачным.
На МКС работают россияне Александр Скворцов и Олег Скрипочка, американцы Эндрю Морган, Кристина Кук и Джессика Меир, а также представитель Европейского космического агентства итальянец Лука Пармитано.
ЦитироватьАлександр Репной написал:
Кстати, ступень от лебедя не затопили ещё?
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Obj. 44702 CYGNUS NG-12 ANTARES R/B decay prediction: November 07, 2019 UTC 13h01mn ± 25h
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Прогноз разрушения: 7 ноября, 13:01 UTC ± 25h
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/11/03/nasa-tv-broadcasts-cygnus-arrival-at-station-on-monday/ (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/11/03/nasa-tv-broadcasts-cygnus-arrival-at-station-on-monday/)
ЦитироватьNASA TV Broadcasts Cygnus Arrival at Station on Monday
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Nov 3, 2019 at 6:32 pm
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The Cygnus space freighter is maneuvered by the Canadarm2 robotic arm shortly after its arrival and capture on Nov. 19, 2018.
A Northrop Grumman cargo ship carrying about 8,200 pounds of science and research (https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2019_1101_Northrop%20Grumman%20Cygnus%20CRS-12%20%E2%80%9CWhat%E2%80%99s%20On%20Board%E2%80%9D%20Briefing) investigations, supplies, and hardware is set to arrive to the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station) early Monday morning.
The uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft launched (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-science-cargo-heads-to-space-station-on-northrop-grumman-mission) at 9:59 a.m. EDT Saturday, Nov. 2 on an Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
When Cygnus, dubbed the S.S. Alan Bean, arrives to the space station on Monday, Nov. 4, Expedition 61 astronauts Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) and Christina Koch (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christina-h-koch) of NASA will use the space station's robotic arm to capture Cygnus, and NASA's Andrew Morgan will monitor telemetry. After Cygnus' capture, ground controllers will command the station's arm to rotate and install it on the bottom of the station's Unity module for a two-month stay.
Live coverage will begin on NASA TV at 2:45 a.m. and return to the air at 6:30 a.m. for installation coverage. Watch at www.nasa.gov/live (http://www.nasa.gov/live)
https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/11/02/cygnus-ng-12-mission-status-center/ (https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/11/02/cygnus-ng-12-mission-status-center/)
Цитировать11/04/2019 07:09 Stephen Clark
A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ship is set to deliver around 4.1 tons of supplies, experiments and small research CubeSats to the International Space Station Monday.
The automated spacecraft is scheduled for capture by the station's robotic arm at 4:10 a.m. EST (0910 GMT) Monday to wrap a two-day flight fr om a launch pad in Virginia.
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir will be at the controls of the Canadian-built robot arm inside the space station's cupola module.
Since launching Saturday from Wallops Island, Virginia, the Cygnus spacecraft has completed a series of orbit adjustment burns to set up for Monday's rendezvous with the space station.
The automated rendezvous will be aided by GPS navigation and laser instruments designed to determine the range and closing rate between the cargo ship and the huge 450-ton space station.
The Cygnus navigation system will initially rely on comparing GPS navigation data from its on-board computer and the space station
After arriving at the hold point about 820 feet (250 meters) directly below the space station, Cygnus will switch to a TriDAR sensor, which uses triangulation and fires light pulses and measures their reflections from the space station to measure the range and closing rate between the two vehicles.
The laser-guided visual navigation system feeds data into the Cygnus guidance computer, telling the spacecraft when and wh ere to fire its rocket jets to maneuver the unmanned freighter to a point 30 feet (10 meters) below the space station.
Once Cygnus arrives at a hold point just below the complex around 3:59 a.m. EST (0859 GMT), Meir will take control of the lab's robot arm to reach out and grapple the free-floating Cygnus spacecraft at 4:10 a.m. EST (0910 GMT).
The robot arm will maneuver the Cygnus spacecraft onto the Unity module's Earth-facing berthing port a few hours later.
The station crew will then open hatches leading to the freshly-arrived cargo vessel to begin unpacking the supplies and experiments inside.
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Над Новой Зеландией
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29912.jpg) Intl. Space Station @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) 6 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1191263263356416001)
Station cameras view the #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) cargo craft orbiting over the Indian Ocean south of Australia. The @NorthropGrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) resupply ship will reach its 250 meter hold point from the station at 3:01am ET.
250 м - Hold point
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29912.jpg) Intl. Space Station @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) 6 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1191268700633960448)
#Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) is within 200 meters of the station. It's next hold point will be at 3:43am ET when it reaches 30 meters.
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29912.jpg) Intl. Space Station @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1191273681760079872)
As the @NorthropGrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) resupply ship nears its 30 meter hold point.
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30 м - Hold point
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Над Марокко
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Цитировать11/04/2019 11:51 Stephen Clark
The Cygnus spacecraft, fitted with a pressurized cargo compartment built by Thales Alenia Space in Italy containing around 3,586 kilograms, or 7,905 pounds, of supplies, has resumed its approach to the space station.
The next hold point is the robotic arm capture box located around 10 meters, or 33 feet, below the station.
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Цитировать11/04/2019 11:56 Stephen Clark
Range between Cygnus and the space station is now 20 meters, or 66 feet.
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Цитировать11/04/2019 12:03 Stephen Clark
Cygnus has arrived at the capture point around 39 feet (12 meters) below the space station.
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Цитировать11/04/2019 12:04 Stephen Clark
Astronauts aboard the space station report they are ready to capture Cygnus using the Canadian-built robotic arm.
Цитировать11/04/2019 12:05 Stephen Clark
And mission control in Houston just gave the crew a "go" to capture Cygnus with the robotic arm.
Цитировать11/04/2019 12:08 Stephen Clark
The robotic arm is in motion to capture Cygnus. Astronaut Jessica Meir is controlling the arm for this morning's operation.
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Есть захват
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Цитировать11/04/2019 12:13 Stephen Clark
Cygnus capture confirmed. The commercial resupply vessel has arrived at the International Space Station after a two-day pursuit from a launch pad on Virginia's Eastern Shore. The craft is carrying 4 tons of experiments, provisions and supplies.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185703.jpg) Northrop Grumman @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman/status/1191282324366905344)
The crew aboard the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) has successfully captured our S.S. Alan Bean #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash). Installation coverage will begin live on @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA) TV at 6:30 am EST.
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Цитировать11/04/2019 12:15 Stephen Clark
Under the control of astronaut Jessica Meir, the space station 58-foot-long robotic arm captured the Cygnus spacecraft at 4:10 a.m. EST (0910 GMT) as the vehicles soared over Madagascar.
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ВНИМАНИЕ!
Трансляция пристыковки Лебедя-12 к станции начнётся на полчаса ранее гамеченного срока - в 11:00 UTC / 14:00 ДМВ
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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/11/04/astronaut-jessica-meir-and-christina-koch-capture-cygnus-with-stations-robotic-arm/ (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/11/04/astronaut-jessica-meir-and-christina-koch-capture-cygnus-with-stations-robotic-arm/)
ЦитироватьAstronaut Jessica Meir and Christina Koch Capture Cygnus with Station's Robotic Arm
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Nov 4, 2019 at 4:20 am
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The Canadarm2 operated by astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch moves toward the Cygnus resupply ship for its capture. Credit: NASA TV
At 4:10 a.m. EST, Expedition 61 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition61/index.html) NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch of NASA used the International Space Station's robotic Canadarm2 to grapple the Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft as NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan monitored Cygnus systems during its approach. Next, ground controllers will command the station's arm to rotate and install Cygnus, dubbed the S.S. Alan Bean, on the bottom of the station's Unity module.
The station was flying over Madagascar when it was captured.
NASA Television coverage of installation will begin at 6:30 a.m., and installation of the Cygnus spacecraft to the space station is expected to be completed later this morning. Cygnus will remain at the orbiting laboratory for a two-month stay.
ЦитироватьNG-12: S.S. Alan Bean Cygnus capture
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4 нояб. 2019 г.
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ЦитироватьРука-манипулятор МКС захватила американский "грузовик" для последующей стыковки - NASA
04.11.2019 12:26:29
Вашингтон. 4 ноября. ИНТЕРФАКС - Экипаж Международной космической станции (МКС) в понедельник осуществил с помощью дистанционной руки-манипулятора Canadarm-2 успешный захват сблизившегося с ней американского грузового космического корабля Cygnus, сообщило Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).
"Захват подтвержден", - сообщили в NASA.
По данным Центра управления полетами NASA в Хьюстоне, захват "грузовика" с помощью 17-метровой руки-манипулятора Canadarm-2, которым управляли американские астронавты Кристина Кук и Джессика Меир, осуществлен в 04:10 по восточному времени США (12:10 мск).
В настоящее время началась операция по подводу корабля для непосредственной стыковки к американскому сегменту станции - модулю Unity. Она осуществляется по командам из Центра управления полетами NASA в Хьюстоне.
Запуск "грузовика" Cygnus к МКС с помощью ракеты-носителя Antares был осуществлен 2 ноября с космодрома NASA Уоллопс, который размещается на одноименном острове у атлантического побережья американского штата Вирджиния.
Миссия проводится в рамках коммерческого контракта NASA с корпорацией Northrop Grumman, которой принадлежит ракета-носитель и автоматический грузовой космический корабль.
Cygnus доставит на МКС около 3,7 тонн груза, в том числе продовольствие, а также оборудование и материалы для проведения десятков научных исследований.
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Ровненько...
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Лебедь готов к швартовке
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Первая фаза швартовки выполнена
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4 защёлки закрыты, идёт стягивание 16-ти замков
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Есть подтверждение завершения 2-й фазы швартовки - Лебедь пристыкован к МКС
Время завершения установки Лебедя - 11:21 UTC
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ЦитироватьCygnus Resupply Ship Attached to Unity for Cargo Operations
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Nov 4, 2019 at 6:31 am
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Nov. 4, 2019: International Space Station Configuration. Four spaceships are attached to the space station including the Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply ship and Russia's Progress 73 resupply ship and Soyuz MS-13 and MS-15 crew ships.
After its capture this morning at 4:10 a.m. EST, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft was bolted into place on the International Space Station's Earth-facing port of the Unity module at 6:21 a.m. At the time of installation, Cygnus was flying over the south Pacific.
This mission, designated NG CRS-12, will be in orbit at the same time as its predecessor, the NG CRS-11 Cygnus spacecraft, which launched in April on an extended duration flight. The NG CRS-12 Cygnus spacecraft will remain at the space station until January before it disposes of several thousand pounds of trash through its fiery reentry into Earth's atmosphere. The ability to fly two vehicles at once further demonstrates the robustness of Cygnus to support the goals of NASA's ambitious missions.
The spacecraft's arrival brings close to 8,200 pounds of research and supplies to space station. Here are some of the scientific investigations:
More Probing of Mysteries of the Universe
This mission carries components needed to prolong the operational life of Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-02 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=729) (AMS-02). In a series of spacewalks planned in the coming weeks, astronauts will cut and reconnect fluid lines on the instrument, a feat not done before in space, which could prove valuable for future missions at NASA's upcoming lunar Gateway (https://www.nasa.gov/topics/moon-to-mars/lunar-gateway) for the Artemis program or missions to Mars.
Testing Personal Protective Equipment for Astronauts
The AstroRad Vest (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7803) tests a special garment designed to protect astronauts from radiation caused by unpredictable solar particle events. Astronauts will provide input on the garment as they wear it while performing daily tasks. Use of the vest could protect crew members on missions to the Moon and Mars.
Food Fresh from the Oven
The Zero-G Oven (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7993) examines heat transfer properties and the process of baking food in microgravity. It uses an oven designed specifically for use aboard the space station, and may have application on future long-duration missions by offering a way to increase variety in flavor and nutrition of food for crew members.
3D Printing with Recycled Materials
The Made in Space Recycler (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7745) will test systems needed to reprocess plastic into 3D printing filament that can then be transferred for use to the Made in Space Manufacturing Device, a 3D printer that has operated on the orbiting laboratory since 2016. This has implications for space conservation and deep space missions.
ЦитироватьNG-12: S.S. Alan Bean Cygnus berthing
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4 нояб. 2019 г.
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Our S.S. Alan Bean #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) has successfully completed its journey to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station)! After its Nov 2 launch aboard #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) from @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops), Cygnus was installed to the station ahead of schedule at 6:21 ET this morning.
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Запись трансляции захвата Лебедя-12 (НАСА)
ЦитироватьCygnus NG 12 Capture - November 4, 2019
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4 нояб. 2019 г.
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ЦитироватьСтыковка американского "грузовика" с МКС успешно завершена - NASA
Вашингтон. 4 ноября. ИНТЕРФАКС - Выведенный на орбиту Земли американский грузовой космический корабль Cygnus в понедельник успешно состыковался с Международной космической станцией (МКС), сообщило Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).
Операция по присоединению "грузовика" к американскому сегменту станции - модулю Unity была завершена в 14:21 мск, отметили в Центре управления полетами NASA в Хьюстоне.
Ранее сблизившийся с МКС корабль в 12:10 мск был захвачен с помощью 17-метровой руки-манипулятора Canadarm-2, которой управляли американские астронавты Кристина Кук и Джессика Меир. Последующая подводка корабля Cygnus дистанционной рукой-манипулятором к МКС и сам процесс пристыковки осуществлялся по командам с Центра управления полетами NASA в Хьюстоне.
Запуск "грузовика" Cygnus к МКС с помощью ракеты-носителя Antares был осуществлен 2 ноября с космодрома NASA Уоллопс, который размещается на одноименном острове у атлантического побережья американского штата Вирджиния.
Миссия проводится в рамках коммерческого контракта NASA с корпорацией Northrop Grumman, которой принадлежит ракета-носитель и автоматический грузовой космический корабль.
Cygnus доставил на МКС около 3,7 тонн груза, в том числе продовольствие, а также оборудование и материалы для проведения десятков научных исследований.
В частности, он привез на станцию экспериментальную духовку Zero-G Oven, с помощью которой экипаж сможет готовить пищу, в том числе даже печенье. На станцию доставлен антирадиационный жилет AstroRad Vest - новейшая разработка по защите от космической радиации для предстоящих дальних полетов в космос. Cygnus привез специальное оборудование для переработки произведенных на станции 3D-принтером материалов в сырье для повторной печати.
Кроме того, американский "грузовик" доставил оборудование для ремонта установленного на поверхности МКС альфа-магнитного спектрометра, который будет проведен в ходе предстоящих выходов астронавтов в открытый космос.
Корабль пробудет в составе МКС более двух месяцев - до января следующего года, после чего он отстыкуется от станции, будет сведен с орбиты и сгорит в плотных слоях атмосферы.
Это уже 12-й полет космического "грузовика" корпорации Northrop Grumman к МКС. Был также еще один неудачный запуск в 2014 году, когда корабль не долетел до станции вследствие аварии ракеты-носителя Antares. Первый успешный запуск Cygnus состоялся 18 сентября 2013 года.
В настоящее время в составе МКС продолжает находиться аналогичный американский "грузовик", состыковавшийся с нею в апреле текущего года. 11 декабря он должен будет покинуть станцию.
Запись трансляции пристыковки Лебедя-12 к МКС
ЦитироватьCygnus NG 12 Berthing - November 4, 2019
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4 нояб. 2019 г.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqVaTI6oOFs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqVaTI6oOFs)https://www.youtube.com/embed/OqVaTI6oOFs (https://www.youtube.com/embed/OqVaTI6oOFs) (27:08)
https://tass.ru/kosmos/7077803 (https://tass.ru/kosmos/7077803)
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Корабль Cygnus доставил на МКС средства радиационной защиты для астронавтов и новую печь
Также астронавтам доставили инструменты для ремонта альфа-магнитного спектрометра
НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 4 ноября. /ТАСС/. Грузовой корабль Cygnus, состыковавшийся в понедельник утром с Международной космической станцией (МКС), доставил на нее средства индивидуальной радиационной защиты, новую электропечь и компоненты для ремонта альфа-магнитного спектрометра. Об этом сообщило в понедельник на своем сайте Национальное управление по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).
Среди 3720 кг грузов на борту Cygnus - экспериментальные защитные куртки AstroRad Vest, предназначенные для защиты астронавтов от потока солнечной радиации. Астронавты будут носить их при выполнении повседневных задач на борту. Они предназначены и для защиты членов экипажей будущих экспедиций на Луну и Марс.
Кроме того, на борт доставлена новая электропечь Zero G Oven, на которой будут проведены эксперименты по выпечке изделий в условиях невесомости. Температура в электропечи компании-разработчика Nanorack может быть доведена до 177 градусов Цельсия, что в два раза больше, чем у тех средств разогрева пищи, которые сейчас имеются на МКС. Как отметила пресс-служба NASA, такая печь может быть использована во время долговременных полетов к Луне и Марсу.
Астронавтам доставлены также оборудование и инструменты для ремонта установленного на поверхности станции альфа-магнитного спектрометра. Как отмечал ранее на брифинге в Центре космических полетов имени Джонсона руководитель программы полета МКС Кирк Ширман, это станет уникальной операцией, поскольку изначально не предполагалось, что этот прибор потребует ремонта. Однако за годы эксплуатации насосы системы охлаждения спектрометра начали выходить из строя. Для установки новых насосов и замены охладителя - сжиженного углекислого газа - потребовалось, по его словам, разработать совершенно новые процедуры и инструменты, и на выполнение всех необходимых работ потребуется пять выходов астронавтов в открытый космос.
Оборудование, доставленное грузовым кораблем, также позволит астронавтам провести эксперимент Made In Space Recycler по переработке пластиковых отходов с помощью 3D-принтера.
Первый по новому контракту
Нынешний полет корабля Cygnus (с лат. "лебедь"; назван в честь одноименного созвездия) - первый в рамках нового контракта NASA с корпорацией Northrop Grumman, в рамках которого в период до 2024 года будет осуществлено минимум шесть запусков грузовых кораблей. В рамках предыдущего контракта было осуществлено 11 запусков к МКС, один запуск был неудачным.
На МКС работают россияне Александр Скворцов и Олег Скрипочка, американцы Эндрю Морган, Кристина Кук и Джессика Меир, а также представитель Европейского космического агентства итальянец Лука Пармитано.
Люди подскажите Антарес-230+ какое имеет отличие от Антарес-230 (просто). Грузоподъемность увеличилась - это видно из массы Лебедя.
Видать, стыковка-от помогла, who's who понять ;)
Наконец определились с объектами запуска
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ЦитироватьК.А. написал:
Люди подскажите Антарес-230+ какое имеет отличие от Антарес-230 (просто). Грузоподъемность увеличилась - это видно из массы Лебедя.
См #156 (http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic16851/message1908755/#message1908755)
ЦитироватьThis launch marked the debut of the Antares 230+, a version of the Antares with changes such as increased structural strength of the first stage. That eliminates what Kurt Eberly, Antares vice president at Northrop Grumman, called the "throttle notch" where the rocket's RD-181 first stage engines throttled down during maximum dynamic pressure. Instead, the engines remain at 100% thrust throughout their nearly 200-second burn. That change, along with others to reduce the mass of the vehicle and to deploy the Cygnus in a slightly lower orbit, increase the vehicle's payload capacity by about 800 kilograms.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/11/04/space-station-receives-spacewalking-gear-new-baking-oven/ (https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/11/04/space-station-receives-spacewalking-gear-new-baking-oven/)
ЦитироватьSpace station receives spacewalking gear, new baking oven
November 4, 2019 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/11/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)
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Northrop Grumman's Cygnus supply ship was captured by the space station's robotic arm at 4:10 a.m. EST (0910 GMT) Monday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir took control of the International Space Station's Canadian-built robot arm Monday to capture a Northrop Grumman Cygnus supply ship carrying crew provisions, spacewalking gear to repair an aging particle physics experiment, tech demo satellites for the U.S. military, and an oven to bake the first cookies in space.
The automated cargo freighter arrived at the space station Monday, using GPS and laser-guided navigation to fine-tune its rendezvous along an approach corridor below the research complex. The Cygnus spacecraft held its position less than 40 feet, or about 12 meters, below the station for Meir to command the robotic arm to capture the supply ship at 4:10 a.m. EST (0910 GMT) Monday.
Engineers in mission control were expected to take over commanding of the robot arm to berth the Cygnus spacecraft to the station's Unity module a few hours later, setting the stage for astronauts to open hatches leading to the pressurized cargo carrier to begin unpacking the supplies inside.
The Cygnus spacecraft launched Saturday atop an Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia, with approximately 8,168 pounds (3,705 kilograms) of food, experiments, hardware, and small satellites set for deployment in orbit in the coming months.
Here's a breakdown of the cargo manifest provided by NASA:[/li]- 4,372 pounds (1,983 kilograms) of science investigations
- 1,667 pounds (756 kilograms) of vehicle hardware
- 1,499 pounds (680 kilograms) of crew supplies
- 262 pounds (119 kilograms) of unpressurized cargo (NanoRacks CubeSat deployer)
- 229 pounds (104 kilograms) of spacewalk equipment
- 77 pounds (35 kilograms) of Northrop Grumman hardware
- 37 pounds (17 kilograms) of computer resources
- 24 pounds (11 kilograms) of Russian hardware
The equipment inside the Cygnus cargo freighter's Italian-made pressurized compartment include tools and replacement hardware for an upcoming repair of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.
European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA flight engineer Andrew Morgan will perform the spacewalks to repair the AMS instrument, which was not designed to be serviced in space. The complicated repairs are expected to require four or five spacewalks to complete, beginning in mid-November.
Mounted on the space station's truss on the final mission of the space shuttle Endeavour in 2011, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer is effectively a powerful magnet that attracts cosmic rays, subatomic particles traveling through space at nearly the speed of light.
Three of the four coolant pumps on AMS's silicon tracker, which measures the trajectory and energy of the cosmic rays captured by the instrument, have failed, prompting NASA engineers to develop a plan to repair the coolant system. The work required the development of special tools to cut into the AMS instrument, install new hardware, and re-seal tiny coolant lines.
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer was never designed to be serviced in space. Read our earlier story for details on the repairs.
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The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer instrument has been collecting data on the International Space Station since 2011. Credit: NASA
There were 15 small satellites riding aboard the Cygnus spacecraft for Saturday's launch.
The biggest of the group is a U.S. Air Force satellite named STPSat 4, which weighs roughly 220 pounds (100 kilograms) and will be transferred into the space station's Kibo module by astronauts the Cygnus hatch is opened. Sponsored by the military's Space Test Program, STPSat 4 will be one of the largest satellites ever deployed from the space station.
STPSat 4 carries five experiments from the Air Force Research Laboratory, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the U.S. Navy. The experiments will test radio frequency module tiles, help develop new solar array technology, collect data with a miniaturized space weather instrument, demonstrate the performance of an advanced U.S.-built star tracker, and assist in nanosatellite tracking.
Craig Technologies, based on Florida's Space Coast, is providing integration services for the STPSat 4 spacecraft, which will be released from the Space Station Integrated Kinetic Launcher for Orbital Payload Systems, or SSIKLOPS, deployer. The mechanism, which was first used in 2014, is designed to release small satellites with masses between 100 and 200 pounds.
The other CubeSats on-board the NG-12 mission are sponsored by NASA, the Air Force, and the National Reconnaissance Office. NanoRacks, a Houston-based space services company, arranged the launch of most of the CubeSats.
Some will be ejected from the space station after the Cygnus spacecraft's arrival, and others will be released from the Cygnus itself after the cargo vehicle departs the station in January.
Other payloads aboard the Cygnus supply ship include a rodent research experiment. Scientists loaded mice into the spacecraft to investigate how the animals respond to changes in their "circatidal" clock in microgravity.
The 12-hour circatidal clock, in which animals experience equal amounts of light and dark phases each day, is associated with maintaining stress responsive pathways. Scientists want to know if exposure to microgravity changes the animals' circadian rhythm.
Recent research shows that genes associated with the 12-hour clock are linked with the most common form of human liver disease. The rodent research experiment on the space station could reveal new insights into liver disease, and give scientists ideas for new pharmaceutical treatments, according to NASA.
The Cygnus also carries an experimental garment that astronauts could use to protect themselves from harmful radiation on future deep space missions to the moon and Mars, outside the natural shielding of Earth's magnetic field.
The Cygnus also delivered an oven to the space station designed to bake cookies in microgravity, demonstrating technology that will help future crews cook their own food on lengthy expeditions to the moon or Mars.
But an oven in microgravity doesn't work the same as one on Earth. The heating elements on the Zero-G Oven, developed by Zero G Kitchen and Nanoracks, are arranged around the oven to focus heat in the center, similar to the way a toaster oven works.
"Currently, on the International Space Station, there is rally a limited ability to prepare foods in ways that we're used to," said Ian Fichtenbaum, founder and co-chef of Zero G Kitchen.
Astronauts will load cookies into the oven on a special tray designed to keep the food from floating away in microgravity. Temperatures inside the oven will reach up to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (177 degrees Celsius) during baking, according to NASA.
"Baking in space is different because there's no gravity," Fichtenbaum said. "On earth, that air is churning around in the oven, and that's convection. In space, that is not happening. Instead, we have to use conduction through the oven, conduction through the air, to warm it up."
The first cookie to be baked in space comes from DoubleTree by Hilton, which provided chocolate chip cookie dough for the baking experiment.
"Science is awesome, food is awesome, and this is just going to be an amazing journey to see what comes out of this," said Jordana Fichtenbaum, founder and co-chef of Zero G Kitchen.
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The Zero-G Oven will bake Doubletree cookies on the International Space Station. Credit: Hilton
The Cygnus spacecraft also delivered mice to the space station to investigate how the animals respond to changes in their "circatidal" clock in microgravity.
The 12-hour circatidal clock, in which animals experience equal amounts of light and dark phases each day, is associated with maintaining stress responsive pathways. Scientists want to know if exposure to microgravity changes the animals' circadian rhythm.
Recent research shows that genes associated with the 12-hour clock are linked with the most common form of human liver disease. The rodent research experiment on the space station could reveal new insights into liver disease, and give scientists ideas for new pharmaceutical treatments, according to NASA.
The Cygnus also carries an experimental garment that astronauts could use to protect themselves from harmful radiation on future deep space missions to the moon and Mars, outside the natural shielding of Earth's magnetic field.
The AstroRad Vest could shield astronauts from radiation from unpredictable solar storms, which can deliver enough radiation in a few hours to cause serious health problems for space fliers, officials said.
"Our innovation was selective shielding, so we're selectively shielding those organs that are most prone to either acute radiation syndrome or a cancer down the road," said Oren Milstein, co-founder and chief scientific officer for StemRad, an Israeli company that originally developed the vest garment to protect first responders from radiation during a nuclear accident.
StemRad is partnering with Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor for NASA's Orion crew capsule, to transfer the vest technology to space.
Astronauts on the International Space Station will wear the vest to check its comfort and function, according to Kathleen Coderre, the AstroRad Vest's principal investigator from Lockheed Martin.
The vest weighs nearly 50 pounds (about 22 kilograms). Milstein said the garment is made of dense polyethylene embedded in a highly flexible textile mesh.
"It is an ergonomic experiment, so the vest needs to protect the crew from the deep space radiation environment, but it also needs to be comfortable to wear, flexible enough for them to do their daily duties," Coderre said.
A similar vest will fly on the Orion crew module on the Artemis 1 mission, an unpiloted test flight into orbit around the moon that will verify the spacecraft's readiness to carry astronaut. That experiment will test the vest's protective capability in the deep space radiation environment, which is more harsh than the radiation present at the International Space Station in low Earth orbit.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185732.jpg) Jessica Meir @Astro_Jessica (https://twitter.com/Astro_Jessica) 49 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Astro_Jessica/status/1191474116827734016)
Welcome to @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) – hope you enjoyed your ride on the @csa_asc (https://twitter.com/csa_asc) #Canadarm2 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canadarm2?src=hash) and your first sunrise with us. Congratulations to the @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA) @csa_asc (https://twitter.com/csa_asc) teams on another successful resupply mission. #Earth (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Earth?src=hash)
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185195.jpg) Andrew Morgan @AstroDrewMorgan (https://twitter.com/AstroDrewMorgan) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/AstroDrewMorgan/status/1191464239900352513)
Today we welcomed Cygnus NG-12 to the @space_station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) (@iss (https://twitter.com/iss)), named in memory of Alan Bean: test pilot, astronaut, artist . . . and one of my childhood heroes.
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185747.jpg) Christina H Koch @Astro_Christina (https://twitter.com/Astro_Christina) 28 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Astro_Christina/status/1191480690879193088)
Ever wondered how cargo vessels get to @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station)? It's a little bit of them parking close by and a little bit of us driving the #Canadarm2 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canadarm2?src=hash) to catch them! Then the ground teams drive the arm to attach them to a docking port. Welcome, science cargo of #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash)!
#NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) #Space (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Space?src=hash)
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Цитироватьtnt22 написал:
The first cookie to be baked in space comes from DoubleTree by Hilton, which provided chocolate chip cookie dough for the baking experiment.
Ну вот, теперь у астронавтов есть печеньки ;)
ЦитироватьHigh speed footage of the Antares NG12 rocket launch
Доступ по ссылке
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2 нояб. 2019 г.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz6gB_16aZg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz6gB_16aZg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sz6gB_16aZg (https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sz6gB_16aZg) (0:59)
Цитироватьtnt22 написал:
ЦитироватьК.А. (//forum/user/14207/) написал:
Люди подскажите Антарес-230+ какое имеет отличие от Антарес-230 (просто). Грузоподъемность увеличилась - это видно из массы Лебедя.
См #156 (http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic16851/message1908755/#message1908755) ЦитироватьThis launch marked the debut of the Antares 230+, a version of the Antares with changes such as increased structural strength of the first stage . That eliminates what Kurt Eberly, Antares vice president at Northrop Grumman, called the "throttle notch" where the rocket's RD-181 first stage engines throttled down during maximum dynamic pressure. Instead, the engines remain at 100% thrust throughout their nearly 200-second burn . That change, along with others to reduce the mass of the vehicle and to deploy the Cygnus in a slightly lower orbit, increase the vehicle's payload capacity by about 800 kilograms .
Большое спасибо.
Мужики, а когда планируется отстыковка и затопление Лебедя?
Цитироватьtnt22 написал:
That change, along with others to reduce the mass of the vehicle and to deploy the Cygnus in a slightly lower orbit
а где-то можно посмотреть что имелось ввиду - выведен на более низкую орбиту? а благодаря чему сейчас сильнее повышали орбиту?
ОК:
Предыдущий
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ЦитироватьJonathan McDowell @planet4589 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1118867335610273793)
The Cygnus cargo ship S.S. Roger Chaffee now tracked in 285 x 380 km x 51.6 deg orbit as catalog 44188. No data yet for the Antares rocket stage, SASSI2, or the ThinSats.
Этот
Цитироватьtnt22 написал:
ЦитироватьJonathan McDowell @planet4589 16 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1190705010306428928)
Two objects from the Cygnus launch cataloged: Castor 30XL motor in a 187 x 257 km x 51.6 deg orbit, and the SS Alan Bean cargo ship in a 244 x 273 km x 51.6 deg orbit, presumably after a first orbit raising burn.
ЦитироватьАлександр Репной написал:
Мужики, а когда планируется отстыковка и затопление Лебедя?
См. #172 (http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic16851/message1909105/#message1909105)
Цитировать13 января 2020 года корабль будет отстыкован от МКС, в ходе автономного полета он будет использован в качестве платформы для запуска микроспутников CubeSat, а 31 января войдет в плотные слои атмосферы.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/11/05/astronauts-unload-u-s-resupply-ship-to-continue-advanced-space-research/ (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/11/05/astronauts-unload-u-s-resupply-ship-to-continue-advanced-space-research/)
ЦитироватьAstronauts Unload U.S. Resupply Ship to Continue Advanced Space Research
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Nov 5, 2019 at 1:03 pm
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The U.S. Cygnus space freighter is pictured as the Canadarm2 robotic arm reaches out to grapple the 12th resupply ship from Northrop Grumman.
A new U.S. resupply ship is open for business and the Expedition 61 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition61/index.html) crew has begun unloading over four tons of new science experiments and station hardware. Two astronauts are also studying advanced repair techniques for a cosmic particle detector attached the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html).
The astronauts opened the hatches on Northrop Grumman (http://www.nasa.gov/northropgrumman)'s Cygnus resupply ship after its arrival on Monday (https://go.nasa.gov/33iZXos) and immediately started unpacking and activating critical science payloads. Mice delivered aboard Cygnus are now living in station habitats to help scientists understand how microgravity impacts metabolic rates. The rodent study (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7906) may provide therapeutic insights into Earth-bound ailments such as diabetes and liver disease.
Cygnus science freezers containing valuable research samples for observation are now operating inside station research racks. The crew will utilize the samples to study a variety of microgravity phenomena to benefit Earthlings and astronauts. New experiments will research how microbes affect space hardware and astronauts (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7955) and explore how weightlessness affects muscle gene expression (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7654).
Cygnus also delivered hardware to enable the complex repair job required to upgrade the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=729)'s (AMS) thermal control system. Astronauts Luca Parmitano (http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Luca_Parmitano) and Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan) are preparing for several spacewalks to cut and reconnect fluid lines to ensure the AMS continues its search for dark matter and antimatter for years to come.
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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2019/11/06/iss-daily-summary-report-11062019/ (https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2019/11/06/iss-daily-summary-report-11062019/)
ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 11/06/2019
Cygnus NG-12 Operations:
Today, the ISS crew continued to work on Cygnus cargo transfer to the ISS including unpacking and transferring payloads. The Cygnus spacecraft is currently operating off ISS power configured with prime and backup power. The Cygnus/NG-12 vehicle is part of the new Commercial Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) program that includes multiple upgrades that expands the vehicle capabilities.
Mobile Servicing System:
Yesterday, the Robotic Ground Controllers powered up the Mobile Servicing System (MSS) and released the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) from the Cygnus vehicle. Once clear, they maneuvered the SSRMS towards the International Docking Adapter (IDA) to complete a seal survey. Once that was complete, the SSRMS was maneuvered clear and powered down.
ЦитироватьSpace to Ground: Record-Breaking Delivery: 11/08/2019
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8 нояб. 2019 г.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CI9GcMUWog (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CI9GcMUWog)https://www.youtube.com/embed/8CI9GcMUWog (https://www.youtube.com/embed/8CI9GcMUWog) (2:47)
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg) Jonathan McDowell @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1192899145411055623)
The Antares second stage from this week's Cygnus launch reentered late on Nov 7 after 4.4 days in space
https://spaceflight.com/spaceflights-seops-2-mission-to-launch-multiple-spacecraft-from-international-space-station/ (https://spaceflight.com/spaceflights-seops-2-mission-to-launch-multiple-spacecraft-from-international-space-station/)
ЦитироватьSPACEFLIGHT'S SEOPS-2 MISSION TO LAUNCH MULTIPLE SPACECRAFT FR OM INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
By Jodi Sorensen
DECEMBER 3, 2019
High-altitude ISS deployment provides a routine, low-risk launch option for smallsats
SEATTLE – December 3, 2019 — Spaceflight (http://www.spaceflight.com/), the leading provider of mission management and rideshare integration services, announced that together with Hypergiant (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.hypergiant.com&d=DwMFaQ&c=9wxE0DgWbPxd1HCzjwN8Eaww1--ViDajIU4RXCxgSXE&r=fKeGQdyujW0rg5uJhPkuGXYDkPKHg79ycJO1CLUDJ6Y&m=Nadp0qIynLgIeJV9pUPjCi71PxhCdtPuJF_9-1_PbRs&s=6ijj1X7oLalPD7T1arjSxrZTc879V2aDO28bvVdLdz0&e=) SEOPS, it will be launching three CubeSats from the International Space Station (ISS) and Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft in early January.
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The payloads will travel to the ISS through a NASA Commercial Resupply (CRS) mission aboard a SpaceX Dragon scheduled to launch atop Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on December 4. The payloads are expected to reach the ISS several days later. Once they arrive, the ISS crew will transfer the cargo from Dragon to the ISS, wh ere it will be stored for several weeks until the Cygnus cargo vehicle is prepared to depart the ISS.
At that time, astronauts will mount the dispensers with the satellites already attached on the Cygnus hatch bulkhead. Once the ISS side-hatch is closed, the space between the ISS and Cygnus spacecraft is depressurized. The ISS robotic arm will then unberth the Cygnus from the ISS. Cygnus will maneuver itself to a higher orbit (450-500 km altitude, 51.6-degree inclination) and then deploy the satellites in January.
Spacecraft on Spaceflight's SEOPS-2 mission include:
[/li]- Two NASA CubeSats, both selected for flight by NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative to fly on the ELaNa 28 mission:
- Compact Infrared Radiometer in Space instrument (CIRiS), built by Ball Aerospace, is designed to investigate and optimize the calibration of infrared images acquired from a 6U CubeSat and can benefit a variety of Earth science applications, including land and water use management. CIRiS was selected by NASA's In Space Validation of Earth Science Technology (InVEST) program.
- EdgeCube, a student-built 1U CubeSat, developed via a partnership with Sonoma State University, Santa Clara University, and Morehead State University, is designed to see ecosystem change over time, as well as train and educate future STEM students.
[/li][li]A DARPA 6U CubeSat
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A Ball Aerospace engineer makes final checks on the CIRiS cubesat. Image courtesy of Ball Aerospace
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Students from Sonoma State University show off the EdgeCube, which they have designed, tested, and will operate.
Spaceflight has named the mission SEOPS-2, but it is also referred to as ISS SpX-19/NG-12, representing the two CRS missions converging at the ISS (a SpaceX Dragon and a Northrop Grumman Cygnus). Spaceflight and Hypergiant successfully executed a similar mission, dubbed SEOPS-1, in August 2019 which took three spacecraft to orbit.
"This unique approach to launch from the ISS has proven to be a valuable option for customers looking for a high-altitude deployment," said Curt Blake, CEO of Spaceflight. "After the success of our SEOPS-1 mission, we were eager to execute another with Hypergiant. These launches are particularly appealing to our customers because of the reliability of the launch vehicles, cost-effectiveness, and consistency in the launch schedule."
"It's a privilege to help the U.S. government, students and scientists improve our ability to live, work and thrive on Earth through these deployments with Spaceflight, SpaceX, the ISS, and Northrop Grumman," said Chad Brinkley, chief space officer at Hypergiant.
This will be Spaceflight's seventh mission this year. In 2019, Spaceflight will launch nearly 50 spacecraft from four different launch vehicles. Other noteworthy missions from this year include Spaceflight's GTO-1, which deployed the first commercial lunar lander aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 and its first three missions with Rocket Lab. The SEOPS-2 mission will launch about one year after the Spaceflight's historic dedicated rideshare mission, SSO-A, which successfully launched 64 unique smallsats, making it the single largest deployment of satellites from a U.S.-based launch vehicle.
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https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/schedule.html (https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/schedule.html)
ЦитироватьNASA Television Upcoming Events
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January 31, Friday
9:15 a.m. – Coverage of the departure of the Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo craft from the International Space Station. Release scheduled at 9:35 a.m. EST (All Channels)
https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2020/01/20/iss-daily-summary-report-1202020/ (https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2020/01/20/iss-daily-summary-report-1202020/)
ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 1/20/2020
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Northrop Grumman 12 (NG-12) Cygnus Cargo Operations:
The crew continued to perform Cygnus cargo operations today. Ground teams estimate ~7.5 hours of cargo operations remain prior to Cygnus departure; currently planned for January 31st.
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-tv-to-air-departure-of-cygnus-cargo-spacecraft-from-space-station (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-tv-to-air-departure-of-cygnus-cargo-spacecraft-from-space-station)
ЦитироватьJan. 24, 2020
MEDIA ADVISORY M20-013
NASA TV to Air Departure of Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft from Space Station
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The U.S. Cygnus space freighter is pictured as the Canadarm2 robotic arm, guided by NASA astronaut Jessica Meir with fellow Flight Engineer Christina Koch as her back up, reaches out to grapple the 12th resupply ship from Northrop Grumman on November 4, 2019.
Credits: NASA
More than two months after delivering several tons of supplies and scientific experiments to the International Space Station, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo spacecraft, the SS Alan Bean, will depart the orbiting laboratory on Friday, Jan. 31.
Live coverage of the spacecraft's release will air on NASA Television and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/live) beginning at 9:15 a.m. EST, with release scheduled for 9:35 a.m.
Cygnus will demonstrate a new release position for departure operations and will incorporate the first ground-controlled release. The new orientation allows for easier drift away from the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. With Expedition 61 Flight Engineers Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan) and Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) of NASA providing backup support, ground controllers will send commands to the Canadarm2 robotic arm to release the unpiloted cargo spacecraft after ground controllers remotely unbolt the craft from the Earth-facing port of the Unity module and maneuver it into release position.
Within 24 hours of its release, Cygnus will begin its secondary mission – deploying a series of payloads – before Northrop Grumman flight controllers in Dulles, Virginia, initiate its deorbit and it executes a safe, destructive reentry into Earth's atmosphere at the end of February.
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Last Updated: Jan. 24, 2020
Editor: Sean Potter
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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/01/27/science-soon-resumes-on-cosmic-ray-detector-crew-packs-cargo-ship-for-departure/ (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/01/27/science-soon-resumes-on-cosmic-ray-detector-crew-packs-cargo-ship-for-departure/)
ЦитироватьScience Soon Resumes on Cosmic Ray Detector, Crew Packs Cargo Ship for Departure
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Jan 27, 2020 at 12:37 pm
... The Expedition 61 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition61/index.html) astronauts are now preparing a U.S. cargo craft for its departure at the end of the week.
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The crew is now turning its attention to packing Northrop Grumman's Cygnus resupply ship (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/northrop-grumman-cygnus-launches-arrivals-and-departures/) with trash and discarded hardware. Robotics controllers in Mission Control will command the Canadarm2 robotic arm (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/mobile-servicing-system.html) to release Cygnus on Friday at 9:35 a.m. EST after 88 days attached to the Unity module (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/unity). The private cargo carrier will reenter Earth's atmosphere over the South Pacific for a fiery, but safe disposal.
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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/01/28/ultra-cold-science-cubesats-and-spaceship-departures-coming-up/ (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/01/28/ultra-cold-science-cubesats-and-spaceship-departures-coming-up/)
ЦитироватьUltra-Cold Science, CubeSats and Spaceship Departures Coming Up
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Jan 28, 2020 at 5:15 pm
... the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html) is getting ready for the departure of a cargo craft and crew ship.
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Meir then installed a different small satellite deployer, this one called SlingShot (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7847), on the Cygnus space freighter attached to the Unity module (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/unity). The SlingShot, attached to Cygnus' hatch, will release a variety of small satellites after the U.S. cargo craft departs the space station on Friday at 9:35 a.m. EST. The suite of eight CubeSats will study different optical and communication technologies as well as atmospheric and natural phenomena.
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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/01/29/crew-works-human-research-cubesats-and-gears-up-for-spaceship-departures/ (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/01/29/crew-works-human-research-cubesats-and-gears-up-for-spaceship-departures/)
ЦитироватьCrew Works Human Research, CubeSats and Gears Up for Spaceship Departures
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Jan 29, 2020 at 1:10 pm
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The Cygnus space freighter with its prominent cymbal-shaped solar arrays is pictured attached to the Unity module. Behind Cygnus is one of the space station's basketball court-sized solar arrays.
The Expedition 61 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition61/index.html) crew's schedule was packed today as they researched space biology and packed a pair of spaceships for departure. ...
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Meir and Morgan started the day finishing up packing the Cygnus space freighter (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/northrop-grumman-cygnus-launches-arrivals-and-departures/) with trash and discarded gear before it leaves at the end of the week. Cygnus will be detached from the Unity module (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/unity) with the Canadarm2 robotic arm (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/mobile-servicing-system.html) and released into Earth orbit on Friday at 9:35 a.m. EST. NASA TV will cover the release and departure live (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-tv-to-air-departure-of-cygnus-cargo-spacecraft-from-space-station) as mission controllers on the ground remotely command all the robotics work.
Cygnus has another mission to deploy eight CubeSats for communications and atmospheric research once it reaches a safe distance away from the orbiting lab. ...
https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2020/01/29/iss-daily-summary-report-1292020/ (https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2020/01/29/iss-daily-summary-report-1292020/)
ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 1/29/2020
SlingShot:
The crew reviewed procedures for the Slingshot deployable installation onto the Cygnus hatch. SlingShot is a small satellite deployment system that fits inside the Cygnus spacecraft's Passive Common Berthing Mechanism (PCBM). SlingShot can accommodate up to 18 satellites that are deployed post Cygnus unberth.
Northrop Grumman 12 (NG-12) Departure Preparation:
With the NG-12 Cygnus spacecraft planned for departure this Friday January 31st, the ISS crew completed the final cargo transfers and close-out procedures including inspecting the packing straps, tucking-in loose straps, and taking images of the final cargo configuration.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/01/30/cardiology-combustion-and-cubesats-before-cargo-ship-leaves/ (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/01/30/cardiology-combustion-and-cubesats-before-cargo-ship-leaves/)
ЦитироватьCardiology, Combustion and CubeSats Before Cargo Ship Leaves
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Jan 30, 2020 at 2:16 pm
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The Cygnus space freighter (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/northrop-grumman-cygnus-launches-arrivals-and-departures/) is packed, closed and ready for one more mission after its robotic release from the Canadarm2 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/mobile-servicing-system.html) Friday at 9:35 a.m. EST. It will deploy eight CubeSats for communications and atmospheric research several hours after departing the orbiting lab. Flight Engineer Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) installed the CubeSats, packed inside the SlingShot (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7847) small satellite deployer, on Cygnus' hatch Thursday afternoon.
https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=526312&lang=RU (https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=526312&lang=RU)
ЦитироватьКосмический корабль Cygnus в пятницу расстыкуется с МКС
31.01.2020 00:00:00
Вашингтон. 31 января. ИНТЕРФАКС - Американский грузовой космический корабль Cygnus ("Сигнус") корпорации Northrop Grumman после почти трехмесячного пребывания в составе Международной космической станции (МКС) в пятницу должен отстыковаться от нее и отправиться в автономный полет, сообщило Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).
Операция по отстыковке "грузовика" от американского сегмента станции - модуля Unity намечена на 9:35 по времени Восточного побережья США (17:35 мск). С помощью 17-метровой дистанционной руки-манипулятора Canadarm-2 корабль будет отведен от станции на безопасное расстояние и выпущен в автономный полет.
Через 24 часа после отхода от МКС он должен будет осуществить вторую свою миссию - вывод на орбиту группу научных мини-спутников, сообщило NASA.
Cygnus заберет с собой со станции мусор и отходы. В конце февраля по командам с Центра управления полетами NASA в Хьюстоне корабль будет сведен с орбиты и сгорит в плотных слоях атмосферы.
Как сообщалось, выведенный на орбиту в начале ноября прошлого года с помощью ракеты-носителя Antares "грузовик" Cygnus доставил на МКС около 3,7 тонн груза, в том числе продовольствие, а также оборудование и материалы для проведения десятков научных исследований.
Миссия была осуществлена в рамках коммерческого контракта NASA с корпорацией Northrop Grumman, которой принадлежит ракета-носитель и автоматический грузовой космический корабль.
Это был уже 12-й полет космического "грузовика" корпорации Northrop Grumman на МКС. Был также еще один неудачный запуск в 2014 году, когда корабль не долетел до станции вследствие аварии ракеты-носителя Antares. Первый успешный запуск Cygnus состоялся 18 сентября 2013 года.
Корпорация Northrop Grumman планирует 9 февраля направить к МКС очередной грузовой космический корабль Cygnus в рамках контракта с NASA по снабжению станции.
В настоящее время экипаж МКС состоит из россиян Александра Скворцова и Олега Скрипочки, американцев Эндрю Моргана, Кристины Кук и Джессики Меир, а также итальянца Луки Пармитано.
Прим. Орфография оригинала сохранена ... :(
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/01/30/nasa-tv-broadcasts-cygnus-cargo-craft-departure/ (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/01/30/nasa-tv-broadcasts-cygnus-cargo-craft-departure/)
ЦитироватьNASA TV Broadcasts Cygnus Cargo Craft Departure
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Jan 30, 2020 at 11:56 pm
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The Cygnus space freighter is pictured moments before its capture on Nov. 4, 2019 with the Canadarm2 robotic arm commanded by NASA astronaut Jessica Meir.
A Northrop Grumman cargo ship, dubbed the SS Alan Bean, is set to depart the International Space Station Friday, Jan. 31. Live coverage of the spacecraft's release will begin on NASA Television (http://www.nasa.gov/live) and the agency's website at 9:15 a.m. with release scheduled for 9:35 a.m.
With Expedition 61 Flight Engineers Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan) and Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) of NASA providing backup support, ground controllers will send commands to the Canadarm2 robotic arm to release the unpiloted cargo spacecraft after ground controllers remotely unbolt the craft from the Earth-facing port of the Unity module and maneuver it into release position.
NG-12 Cygnus delivered 8,200 pounds of science and research (https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2019_1101_Northrop%20Grumman%20Cygnus%20CRS-12%20%E2%80%9CWhat%E2%80%99s%20On%20Board%E2%80%9D%20Briefing) investigations, supplies, and hardware to the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station) on Saturday, Nov. 2. The investigations range from research into human control of robotics in space to reprocessing fibers for 3D printing.
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Отстыковался! Cygnus NG-12 полетел в автономный полёт.
Свободен!
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Импульс увода
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/68302.jpg) (https://twitter.com/planet4589) Jonathan McDowell✔@planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 5:37 PM - Jan 31, 2020 (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1223253942907351040)
The Cygnus cargo ship was released by Candarm-2 at 1436 UTC. It will release cubesats from the @nanoracks (https://twitter.com/Nanoracks) NRCSD-E dispenser sometime later today and the SEOPS Slingshot dispenser sometime tomorrow.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/47036.png) (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) Chris B - NSF@NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 5:43 PM - Jan 31, 2020 (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1223255519684694016)
Cygnus NG-12 Unberthing.
ARTICLE:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/01/nasa-fcc-approve-cygnus-ng-12-extension/ ... (https://t.co/aLoA9sUafF)
- By Chris Gebhardt (@ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF))
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1223255290914725888/pu/vid/1288x720/m5t0o-Dy39egmkTV.mp4 (https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1223255290914725888/pu/vid/1288x720/m5t0o-Dy39egmkTV.mp4) (1:53)
Ранее сегодня
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/68302.jpg) (https://twitter.com/planet4589) Jonathan McDowell✔@planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 5:31 PM - Jan 31, 2020 (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1223252588457611265)
Cargo ship S.S. Alan Bean (Cygnus NG-12) was unberthed from the ISS Unity module at about 1115 UTC Jan 31 by the Canadarm-2, which will release it back into orbit in a few minutes
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185001.jpg) (https://twitter.com/NASA) NASA✔@NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA) 5:48 PM - Jan 31, 2020 (https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1223256793322795010)
Departure confirmed!
At 9:36am ET, @NorthropGrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman)'s Cygnus cargo spacecraft departed the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station). This Cygnus was named SS Alan Bean in honor of the Apollo 12 astronaut who walked on the Moon in 1969 & commanded the second Skylab crew. Watch: https://www.nasa.gov/live (https://t.co/ZuxLDtRxxM)
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1223256759327956993/pu/vid/1280x720/wM98f3byrrvPPDz5.mp4 (https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1223256759327956993/pu/vid/1280x720/wM98f3byrrvPPDz5.mp4) (1:27)
ЦитироватьNG-12: S.S. Alan Bean Cygnus departure
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31 янв. 2020 г.
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Цитировать31 ЯНВ, 17:57
Корабль Cygnus отстыковался от МКС и будет использован для запуска микроспутников
НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 31 января. /ТАСС/. Грузовой корабль Cygnus отстыковался в пятницу в 09:36 по времени восточного побережья США (17:36 мск) от Международной космической станции (МКС). Трансляция операции идет на сайте Национального управления по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).
Впервые операция осуществляется дистанционно: операторы из Центра космических полетов имени Джонсона в Хьюстоне (штат Техас) управляют 17-метровым манипулятором Canadarm 2, который осуществляет отвод корабля от станции, а астронавты NASA Эндрю Морган и Джессика Меир контролируют ход операции и наблюдают за отходом корабля от станции.
Через сутки после отстыковки от МКС с корабля Cygnus с помощью пускового устройства Slingshot будут выведены на орбиты 8 микроспутников CubeSat, предназначенные для обеспечения связи и исследований атмосферы. В конце февраля по команде с Земли корабль начнет маневр торможения, сойдет с орбиты и прекратит существование в плотных слоях атмосферы.
Спойлер
Cygnus состыковался с МКС в начале ноября прошлого года и доставил экипажу 3720 кг грузов, в частности, экспериментальные защитные куртки AstroRad Vest, предназначенные для защиты астронавтов от потока солнечной радиации, новую электропечь Zero G Oven для экспериментов по выпечке изделий в условиях невесомости, а также оборудование для эксперимента Made In Space Recycler по переработке пластиковых отходов с помощью 3D-принтера.
Нынешний полет корабля Cygnus (с лат. "лебедь"; назван в честь одноименного созвездия) - первый в рамках нового контракта NASA с корпорацией Northrop Grumman, в рамках которого в период до 2024 года будет осуществлено минимум шесть запусков грузовых кораблей. В рамках предыдущего контракта было осуществлено 11 запусков к МКС, один запуск был неудачным.
На МКС сейчас работают россияне Александр Скворцов и Олег Скрипочка, американцы Эндрю Морган, Кристина Кук и Джессика Меир, а также представитель Европейского космического агентства итальянец Лука Пармитано.
https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=526356&lang=RU
Цитировать[size=16]Космический корабль Cygnus успешно отстыковался от МКС[/size]
Вашингтон. 31 января. ИНТЕРФАКС - Американский грузовой космический корабль Cygnus ("Сигнус") корпорации Northrop Grumman после почти трехмесячного пребывания в составе Международной космической станции (МКС) в пятницу успешно отстыковался от нее и отправился в автономный полет, сообщило Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).
Операция по отстыковке "грузовика" от американского сегмента станции - модуля Unity была завершена в 09:35 по времени Восточного побережья США (17:35 мск). С помощью 17-метровой дистанционной руки-манипулятора Canadarm-2 корабль был отведен от станции на безопасное расстояние и выпущен в автономный полет.
Особенностью нынешней операции по расстыковке стало то, что она полностью осуществлялась по командам с Земли без участия экипажа МКС.
Через 24 часа после отхода корабля МКС он должен будет осуществить вторую свою миссию - вывод на орбиту группу научных мини-спутников, сообщило NASA. Затем по командам с Центра управления полетами NASA в Хьюстоне Cygnus будет сведен с орбиты и сгорит в плотных слоях атмосферы.
Корабль забрал с собой со станции мусор и отходы общим весом 2,6 тонны.
"Ранее"
Как сообщалось, выведенный на орбиту в начале ноября прошлого года с помощью ракеты-носителя Antares "грузовик" Cygnus доставил на МКС около 3,7 тонн груза, в том числе продовольствие, а также оборудование и материалы для проведения десятков научных исследований.
Миссия была осуществлена в рамках коммерческого контракта NASA с корпорацией Northrop Grumman, которой принадлежит ракета-носитель и автоматический грузовой космический корабль.
Это был уже 12-й полет космического "грузовика" корпорации Northrop Grumman на МКС. Был также еще один неудачный запуск в 2014 году, когда корабль не долетел до станции вследствие аварии ракеты-носителя Antares. Первый успешный запуск Cygnus состоялся 18 сентября 2013 года.
Корпорация Northrop Grumman планирует 9 февраля направить к МКС очередной грузовой космический корабль Cygnus в рамках контракта с NASA по снабжению станции.
В настоящее время экипаж МКС состоит из россиян Александра Скворцова и Олега Скрипочки, американцев Эндрю Моргана, Кристины Кук и Джессики Меир, а также итальянца Луки Пармитано.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/01/31/u-s-cygnus-space-freighter-departs-station-after-88-days/ (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/01/31/u-s-cygnus-space-freighter-departs-station-after-88-days/)
ЦитироватьU.S. Cygnus Space Freighter Departs Station After 88 Days
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Jan 31, 2020 at 10:04 am
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The U.S. Cygnus space freighter is pictured moments after the Canadarm2 robotic arm released the 12th resupply ship from Northrop Grumman on January 31, 2020.
Northrup Grumman's Cygnus cargo spacecraft departed the International Space Station's at 9:36 a.m. EST after Expedition 61 Flight Engineers Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan) and Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) of NASA commanded its release from the Canadarm2 robotic arm. At the time of release, the station was flying about 250 miles over the South Pacific just off the West Coast of Chile.
For this mission, Cygnus demonstrated a new release position for departure operations and incorporated the first ground-controlled release. The new orientation allowed for easier drift away from the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm.
Within 24 hours, Cygnus will begin its secondary mission deploying a series of payloads. The departing spacecraft will move a safe distance away from the space station before deploying a series of CubeSats: HuskySat-1 (University of Washington), SwampSat II (University of Florida), EdgeCube (Sonoma State University), and CIRis (Utah State University).
Northrop Grumman flight controllers in Dulles, Virginia, will initiate its deorbit and execute a safe, destructive reentry into Earth's atmosphere at the end of February.
The next Cygnus is set to launch to station on Feb. 9 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia carrying another batch of research (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/ng-13-research-highlights).
The spacecraft arrived on station November 2 (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-science-cargo-heads-to-space-station-on-northrop-grumman-mission) delivering cargo under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2020/01/30/iss-daily-summary-report-1302020/ (https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2020/01/30/iss-daily-summary-report-1302020/)
ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 1/30/2020
SlingShot:
The crew completed the installation of the SlingShot Deployer onto the closed Cygnus hatch prior to Cygnus release. The Satellites will be deployed after the Cygnus is released from the ISS. Deployment is scheduled for GMT 032. SEOPS' SlingShot is a small satellite deployment system that fits inside the Cygnus spacecraft's Passive Common Berthing Mechanism (PCBM). SlingShot can accommodate up to 18 satellites that are deployed post Cygnus unberth.
Northrop Grumman 12 (NG-12) Departure Preparation:
Today, the crew closed the Cygnus hatch, installed the starboard and port Controller Panel Assemblies (CPAs), re-installed the Node 1 Nadir thermal cover and closed the Node 1 Nadir hatch. The crew then completed the Pressure Management Device (PMD) setup for the N1n vestibule depress tomorrow morning. Cygnus unberth is scheduled for tomorrow morning with release at 14:35 GMT (8:35 AM CT).
GMT 032 - 1 февраля с.г.
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Отстыковка грузового корабля Cygnus NG-12 (https://www.roscosmos.ru/media/gallery/big/27708/3661954403.jpg)
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Фото: Олег Скрипочка / Роскосмоса
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Фото: Олег Скрипочка / Роскосмоса
Отстыковка грузового корабля Cygnus NG-12 (https://www.roscosmos.ru/media/gallery/big/27708/4140512628.jpg)
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/68302.jpg) (https://twitter.com/planet4589) Jonathan McDowell✔@planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 9:01 AM - Feb 1, 2020 (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1223486593085902853)
Seven cubesats were deployed tonight from the @nanoracks (https://twitter.com/Nanoracks) NRCSD-E deployer on Cygnus NG-12. I don't have the deployment times though - can anyone share?
9:03 AM - Feb 1, 2020 (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1223487120943259652)
Planned deploy time of Huskysat I and Swampsat-II was 2230 UTC Jan 31
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/68302.jpg) (https://twitter.com/planet4589) Jonathan McDowell✔@planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 7:15 PM - Feb 1, 2020 (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1223640916709269504)
The Cygnus NG-12 is deploying the Slingshot SEOPS-2 payloads: EdgeCube, CIRiS and a 6U cubesat for DARPA
7:18 PM - Feb 1, 2020 (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1223641798716919808)
A rare pic of the Slingshot deployers on the Cygnus hatchЦитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186353.jpg) (https://twitter.com/federallamm) Ben Lamm✔@federallamm (https://twitter.com/federallamm) 12:43 AM - Feb 1, 2020 (https://twitter.com/federallamm/status/1223361189180252160)
A big day for @Hypergiant (https://twitter.com/hypergiant)! (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125618.png) Our #cubesats (https://twitter.com/hashtag/cubesats?src=hash) are poised to deploy this weekend. (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125385.png) @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA) @ISS_CASIS (https://twitter.com/ISS_CASIS) @SpaceflightInc (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightInc) @Astro_Christina (https://twitter.com/Astro_Christina) @Astro_Jessica (https://twitter.com/Astro_Jessica)
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7:19 PM - Feb 1, 2020 (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1223642092242722816)
Looks like deployment time for CiRiS was around 1600 UTC and no later than 1610 UTC.
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185501.jpg) (https://twitter.com/GeoffRichards6) Geoff Richards@GeoffRichards6 (https://twitter.com/GeoffRichards6) 9:00 PM - Feb 1, 2020 (https://twitter.com/GeoffRichards6/status/1223667382490746882)
DARPA sat is VPM (VLF Propagation Mapper) built by AFRL and carrying a receiver for VLF transmissions injected into the magnetosphere by the DSX satellite.
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185870.jpg) (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightInc) Spaceflight@SpaceflightInc (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightInc) 10:48 PM - Feb 1, 2020 (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightInc/status/1223694720037093376)
Another successful deployment! Successful deploy of ORCA at 14:43:13. #SEOPS2 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SEOPS2?src=hash) @hypergiant (https://twitter.com/hypergiant)
НОРАД обнаружил 5 объектов запуска с борта Лебедя-120 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 45113U 19071C 20032.81212060 -.00000378 00000-0 00000+0 0 9997
2 45113 51.6415 303.3594 0012021 285.5472 195.1382 15.32728823 161
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 45114U 19071D 20032.81282501 .00002847 00000-0 10000-3 0 9992
2 45114 51.6392 303.3520 0011297 277.7226 206.9640 15.32814794 160
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 45115U 19071E 20032.80963991 .00002845 00000-0 10000-3 0 9999
2 45115 51.6387 303.3757 0012406 281.6995 185.4556 15.32784999 145
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 45116U 19071F 20032.80232506 .03379048 00000-0 92059-1 0 9998
2 45116 51.6406 303.4018 0011383 285.9215 141.1777 15.33072316 197
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 45117U 19071G 20032.80952942 .00002863 00000-0 10000-3 0 9995
2 45117 51.6377 303.3690 0010449 296.7674 170.5149 15.32985181 158
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185870.jpg) (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightInc) Spaceflight@SpaceflightInc (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightInc) 12:45 AM - Feb 2, 2020 (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightInc/status/1223724133113982976)
Successful EdgeCube deployment at 16:15 EST! #SEOPS2 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SEOPS2?src=hash) @hypergiant (https://twitter.com/hypergiant)
К #283 (http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic16851/message1946086/#message1946086)
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/68302.jpg) (https://twitter.com/planet4589) Jonathan McDowell✔@planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 2:35 AM - Feb 2, 2020 (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1223751835229597697)
Five objects cataloged (45113-45117) in 459 x 476 km x 51.64 deg orbit deployed from Cygnus; probably 5 of the 7 sats thought deployed from the @nanoracks (https://twitter.com/Nanoracks) NRCSD-E on NG-12.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/44487.jpg) (https://twitter.com/Nanoracks) Nanoracks✔@Nanoracks (https://twitter.com/Nanoracks) 4:44 AM - Feb 1, 2020 (https://twitter.com/Nanoracks/status/1223421953001820160)
Tonight marks a huge milestone at Nanoracks! We have officially deployed our 250th satellite (& then some!) from #ISS (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISS?src=hash), #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash), and #PSLV (https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSLV?src=hash).
Aerocube 14 A/B & 15 A/B, SwampSat-II, Huskysat-I, & Orbital Factory-2 have been released into orbit from our #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) #CubeSat (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CubeSat?src=hash) deployer!
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http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/news/53155/
ЦитироватьС борта Cygnus NG-12 запущен ряд микроспутников
С борта находящегося в автономном полете грузового корабля Cygnus NG-12 запущен ряд микроспутников.
31 января (точное время неизвестно) были отделены микроспутники Aerocube-14A [Impact-2A], Aerocube-14B [Impact-2B], Aerocube-15A [Rogue Alpha] и Aerocube-15B [Rogue Beta].
Эти четыре космических аппарата разработаны компанией The Aerospace Corporation и предназначены для проведения разнообразных технологических экспериментов. Масса первой пары по 3,5 кг каждый, второй пары – по 3,7 кг.
31 января приблизительно в 22:30 UTC (1 февраля около 01:30 ДМВ) от Cygnus были отделены спутники SwampSat-2 и HuskySat-1 [HS-1].
КА SwampSat-2 создан специалистами Университета штата Флорида, а HuskySat-1 – специалистами Университета штата Вашингтон. Оба аппарата также предназначены для проведения технологических экспериментов.
Еще один спутник был отделен поздно вечером 31 января (в ночь на 1 февраля по московскому времени) – КА Orbital Factory-2 [OF-2]. Его создали специалисты Университета штата Техас. Он также предназначен для проведения технологических экспериментов.
1 февраля приблизительно в 16:00 UTC (около 19:00 ДМВ) был запущен экспериментальный спутник CIRiS [Compact Infrared Radiometer in Space], созданный в Университете штата Юта. Его масса 6 кг. На орбиту его доставил корабль Dragon CRS-19 в декабре минувшего года.
1 февраля в 19:43:13 UTC (22:43:13 ДМВ) был запущен технологический спутник ORCA-2, созданный в Департаменте перспективных исследований Министерства обороны США. На Мкс он прибыл вместе с кораблем Dragon CRS-18 в середине прошлого года.
Наконец, 1 февраля в 21:15 UTC (2 февраля в 00:15 ДМВ) был запущен экспериментальный спутник Государственного университета Сонома (шт. Калифорния) EdgeCube. Аппарат массой 1 кг займется изучением земной экосистемы.
А.Ж.
5 найденных объектов запуска внесены в каталог (в статусе TBA)
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/113765)
Когда затопление Лебедя?
ЦитироватьАлександр Репной написал:
Когда затопление Лебедя?
В конце февраля. Появление NOTAM или NOTMAR на зону затопления, или сообщение NorthropGrumman укажут более точную дату/время...
P.S. Появилась новая инфа - 29 февраля с.г.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2020/01/31/iss-daily-summary-report-1312020/ (https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2020/01/31/iss-daily-summary-report-1312020/)
ЦитироватьNorthrop Grumman 12 (NG-12) Departure:
... Cygnus ... destructive re-entry ... is planned for February 29th.
http://nanoracks.com/nanoracks-deploys-250th-satellite/ (http://nanoracks.com/nanoracks-deploys-250th-satellite/)
ЦитироватьNanoracks Deploys 250th Satellite, Eighth Cygnus Mission
February 3, 2020
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Feb 3, 2020 – Dulles, Virginia – Friday evening, Nanoracks successfully completed the Company's eighth CubeSat deployment mission from Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft. Cygnus (S.S. Alan Bean) departed the International Space Station on January 31, 2020 and performed a number of on-orbit activities, including yet another historic Nanoracks deployment.
Nanoracks' External Cygnus Deployment mission released seven CubeSats into a circular orbit of 465km beginning at approximately 4:00 pm ET/9:00 PM GMT. The CubeSats deployed were: Aerocube 14 A/B & Aerocube 15 A/B (Aerospace Corporation), SwampSat II (University of Florida), Orbital Factory-2 (University of Texas, El Paso), and HuskySat-1 (University of Washington).
Friday's operations also marked Nanoracks' 250th small satellite deployed since 2014 across the Company's available deployment platforms, including the International Space Station, India's Polar Space Vehicle (PSLV), and Northrop Grumman's Cygnus.
"Between standing up a new program on the Falcon 9 and maintaining our current offerings on Cygnus and the Space Station, we've been busy." says Nanoracks External Payloads Program Manager, Henry Martin. "Deploying 250 satellites is a huge milestone for Nanoracks as we continue to be the world's leading provider of commercial access to space. Since we pioneered this capability in 2016, this is our eighth mission in a row with Northrop Grumman, and our 46th CubeSat deployed from the Cygnus. It's our job to provide consistent and reliable flight opportunities to our global customer base, and this American spacecraft is a key mechanism to accomplishing that. For many reasons, this program is near and dear to me, so congratulations to all of the satellite teams on this successful mission!"
Of note, HuskySat-1 and SwampSat II were selected for flight by NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) and were launched in the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites-25A mission complement, supported by the NASA Launch Services Program.
The Nanoracks External Cygnus Program (http://nanoracks.com/products/external-cygnus-deployment/) is the first program to have leveraged a commercial resupply vehicle for use beyond the primary cargo delivery to Space Station, demonstrating the future possibilities for the Nanoracks Space Outpost Program (http://nanoracks.com/rideshare-habitat-building-demonstration/) and other commercial space station activities.
"Thank you to our friends and partners at both NASA and Northrop Grumman for their continued support towards innovative commercial satellite deployment programs," finishes Martin.
Download the press release PDF (http://nanoracks.com/wp-content/uploads/Nanoracks-Deploys-250th-Satellite.pdf).
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/02/03/cygnus-departs-space-station-deploys-cubesats/ (https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/02/03/cygnus-departs-space-station-deploys-cubesats/)
ЦитироватьCygnus departs space station, deploys CubeSats
February 3, 2020 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/02/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)
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Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo craft departed the International Space Station Friday before raising its orbit and deploying multiple CubeSats. Credit: Oleg Skripochka/Roscosmos
A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo craft departed the International Space Station Friday to close out a three-month stay, then raised its orbit to release multiple experimental nanosatellites for NASA, the U.S. military and research institutions, including one that was snap-assembled by astronauts using 3D-printed parts produced on the station.
The automated cargo freighter is scheduled to re-enter Earth's atmosphere at the end of February, when it will burn up over the South Pacific Ocean to dispose of several tons of trash and unnecessary equipment fr om the space station, including a failed NASA sensor designed to study space debris and a disused European solar research instrument.
Ground controllers commanded the space station's Canadian-built robotic arm to detach the Cygnus spacecraft from a berthing port on the Unity module. Astronauts Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir oversaw the arm's release the Cygnus spacecraft below the space station at 9:36 a.m. EST (1436 GMT) Friday, according to NASA.
NASA said Friday's departure demonstrated a new release position and incorporated the first ground-controlled release of a Cygnus spacecraft.
"The new orientation allowed for easier drift away from the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm," NASA said.
After reaching a safe distance from the space station, the Cygnus cargo craft — named the S.S. Alan Bean in honor of the late Apollo 12 moonwalker — fired thrusters to raise its orbit to an altitude of more than 285 miles (460 kilometers) to begin ejecting 14 CubeSats to begin their scientific research and technology demonstration missions.
Seven of the nanosatellites sprung out of an external mechanism provided by NanoRacks, a Houston-based company that arranges rides to space for small research payloads and CubeSats. Another seven CubeSats were programmed to deploy from containers mounted on the Cygnus spacecraft's forward hatch by astronauts in the days before the cargo ship's departure.
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NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir pose with the Hypergiant SEOPS Slingshot deployer, which carried seven CubeSats on the Cygnus spacecraft's forward hatch for deployment after the cargo ship's departure from the International Space Station. Credit: NASA
Friday's departure marked the beginning of the end of the 12th Cygnus resupply mission to the space station. The automated cargo carrier arrived at the station Nov. 4, two days after launching atop a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia.
The 12th Cygnus mission, designated NG-12, delivered approximately 8,168 pounds (3,705 kilograms) of food, experiments, hardware, and small satellites to the space station.
The equipment delivered inside the Cygnus cargo freighter's Italian-made pressurized compartment in November included tools and replacement hardware for the repair of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, which was completed last month by astronauts Luca Parmitano and Andrew Morgan, who performed a series of spacewalks to restore the $2 billion particle physics instrument to science operations.
Other payloads carried aboard the Cygnus included a zero-gravity oven that baked the first cookies on the space station, a radiation-shielding vest to protect astronauts, and mice to help scientists understand whether exposure to microgravity changes the animals' circadian rhythm.
After unloading the Cygnus spacecraft's pressurized compartment, astronauts on the station packed trash and other unnecessary equipment for disposal.
The Cygnus cargo craft flying on the NG-12 mission debuted a new capability to accommodate large instruments on the outside of the spacecraft's pressure shell. The new capability allows the Cygnus to dispose of equipment mounted outside the space station.
On this mission, the Cygnus spacecraft departed the station with the European Space Agency's SOLAR payload, which monitored the sun's radiation output from 2008 until 2017. NASA's Space Debris Sensor, which failed in 2018 soon after its launch to the station, is also fixed outside the Cygnus spacecraft to burn up with the cargo freighter when it re-enters the atmosphere later this month.
While Northrop Grumman controllers in Dulles, Virginia, oversee the final weeks of the NG-12 mission, ground teams on Virginia's Eastern Shore are readying another Cygnus spacecraft for launch on an Antares rocket Feb. 9 at 5:39 p.m. EST (2239 GMT) to begin the company's 13th resupply mission to the space station.
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A technician from Ball Aerospace works on the CIRiS CubeSat. Credit: Ball Aerospace
After raising its orbit Friday, the Cygnus spacecraft began releasing 14 CubeSats from two separate deployers.
Seven nanosatellites ejected out of a NanoRacks deployer to begin their technology demonstration and scientific research missions.
Billed as the first amateur satellite from the state of Washington, the shoebox-sized HuskySat 1 CubeSat was one of the small spacecraft deployed from the NanoRacks mechanism. It will test two experimental payloads — a pulsed plasma thrusters and a high-frequency K-band communication system — according to the University of Washington, wh ere students assembled the spacecraft.
The SwampSat 2 nanosatellite, developed at the University of Florida, was expected to unfurl a 172-square-foot (16-square meter) loop antenna after release from the NanoRacks deployer. The antenna will measure very low frequency wave propagation in the upper ionosphere.
Orbital Factory 2, another 1U CubeSat, carries a tiny 3D printer to demonstrate technologies for future self-repairing satellites.
Four CubeSats developed by the Aerospace Corp. were also deployed from the NanoRacks mechanism. Two of the nanosatellites, known as AeroCube 14A and 14B, were sponsored by the National Reconnaissance Office and will test new small satellites technologies and materials, such as structural materials, thermal straps and advanced solar cells.
The AeroCube 15A and 15B CubeSats, also known as Rogue Alpha and Beta, were developed by the Aerospace Corp. on a tight 18-month timeline for the U.S. Air Force. The CubeSats are designed to serve as a pathfinder for rapid spacecraft development processes, and each of the identical nanosatellites hosts an optical imager to observe clouds and ground targets.
NanoRacks confirmed the successful release of all seven CubeSats out of its deployment mechanism.
Seven CubeSats were also housed inside a Slingshot deployment mechanism on the Cygnus spacecraft's forward hatch. Supplied by Hypergiant SEOPS, the Slingshot was expected to release seven small CubeSats, according to Kristina Libby, an executive vice president at Hypergiant.
One of the CubeSats deployed from the Slingshot mechanism was CIRiS, which stands for the Compact Radiometer in Space. CIRiS will test the performance of a miniature Earth-observing instrument built by Ball Aerospace. The instrument on the CIRiS spacecraft — about the size of a briefcase — has applications in soil moisture observations in support of drought monitoring.
The EdgeCube nanosatellite — a 4-inch-wide (10-centimeter) 1-unit CubeSat — also separated from the Cygnus spacecraft's Slingshot deployer. It was developed by students at Sonoma State University, Santa Clara University and Morehead State University, and is designed to see ecosystem change over time.
Other CubeSats deployed from the from the Slingshot mechanism were MiniCarb for NASA and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the Very Low Frequency Propagation Mapper for the Air Force Research Laboratory.
MiniCarb will measure greenhouse gases on Earth, and the VLF Propagation Mapper — or VPM — will measure the travel of radio waves in low Earth orbit.
An engineer on the MiniCarb mission confirmed it separated successfully from the Slingshot mechanism, and ground teams successfully established contact with the spacecraft.
A tiny satellite named MakerSat 1 developed by students at Northwest Nazarene University in Idaho was also packed in the Slingshot deployer. MakeSat 1 was designed to be quickly snap-assembled by astronauts on the space station, then loaded into its deployment slot.
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The MakerSat 1 kit. Credit: Northwest Nazarene University
Stephen Parke, a professor of electrical engineering at Northwest Nazarene University, said the MakerSat 1 CubeSat began sending science data to ground teams soon after its release from the Slingshot deployer Saturday.
The data received by ground teams so far has provided insights on the robustness of the 3D-printed components, which were produced aboard the space station's Additive Manufacturing Facility owned by Made in Space.
"MakerSat 1's 1U frame structure was was specifically designed to be 3D-printed on the AMF and then quickly snapped-together aboard the ISS," Parke wrote in an email to Spaceflight Now.
A CubeSat for DARPA, the U.S. military's research and development arm, was also deployed from the Slingshot device. The Slingshot also carried a payload for Lynk — formerly known as Ubiquitilink — a Virginia-based with ambitions to launch a constellation of tiny satellites to extend the reach of terrestrial cell phone networks.
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/68302.jpg) (https://twitter.com/planet4589) Jonathan McDowell✔@planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 8:18 AM - Feb 5, 2020 (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1224925155849396224)
Debris objects 45128-45132 cataloged, leaving gaps 45118-45127 in the catalog presumably reserved for more of the NG-12 cubesats in addition to 45113-17 already associated with the mission. That's 15 gaps, but current info suggests 14 cubesats, so still a mystery to solve..
Кто доставил ORCA-2 пока непонятно. ORCA-1 стартовал на орбиту 25.07.2019 вместе с Dragon CRS-18, был запущен 07.08.2019 с борта Cygnus (NG-11) вместе с RTFSat, QR-3 и NARSSCube-2.
Кто доставил Lynk [Uniquitilink] также пока непонятно.
Обнаружены ещё 3 объекта запуска с борта Лебедя - объекты H, J и K
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/114401)
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67619.png) T.S. Kelso @TSKelso (https://twitter.com/TSKelso) 5 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1227060897035804672)
I am at a complete loss to understand the latest additions to the @SpaceTrackOrg (https://twitter.com/SpaceTrackOrg) TLE data. We have 7 more TLEs from the CYGNUS NG-12 deployments (expecting 6). OBJECT 45118-45120 are H/J/K, as are 45131-45133. All TLEs seem to represent different orbits. Not all are updating.
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3 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1227085529025515520)
And now we have 2 more TLEs for the CYGNUS NG-12 deployments, bringing the total to 17. Since we only expected 14, it looks like 45131-45133 may be about to be re-assigned to something else. That means HUSKYSAT-1 needs a new home. Very confusing.
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К #287 (http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic16851/message1946522/#message1946522)
Цитироватьzandr написал:
31 января (точное время неизвестно) были отделены микроспутники ... Aerocube-15A [Rogue Alpha] и Aerocube-15B [Rogue Beta].
https://www.losangeles.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2074745/smc-mission-partners-successfully-deploy-aerospace-rogue-cubesats-from-iss/ (https://www.losangeles.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2074745/smc-mission-partners-successfully-deploy-aerospace-rogue-cubesats-from-iss/)
ЦитироватьSMC, Mission Partners Successfully Deploy Aerospace Rogue CubeSats fr om ISS
By SMC Public Affairs, SMC Public Affairs / Published February 04, 2020
LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --
The U.S. Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center and its mission partners successfully deployed Aerospace's Rogue Alpha and Rogue Beta CubeSats from the Northrop Grumman Cygnus capsule at 1 p.m. and 4:10 p.m. respectively, Jan. 31, 2020.
This marks the beginning of the program's mission experiment plan, wh ere the two satellites will use their short-wave infrared sensors to create a baseline for processing cloud backgrounds and inform future low Earth orbit satellites. The Air Force will also utilize this program's unclassified data to investigate potential uses of the capability.
"The Space and Missile Systems Center is proud of this team's accomplishments and the speed at which this program developed," said Col. Dennis Bythewood, Program Executive Officer for Space Development.
The CubeSats were designed, built, and tested by The Aerospace Corporation, a national nonprofit corporation that operates as a federally funded research and development center dedicated to advancing the nation's missions in space.
"Aerospace is proud to present its Rogue CubeSats to support the Space Force's mission of achieving a secure and resilient space architecture," said Jeff Emdee, general manager of the Space Development Division at The Aerospace Corporation. "Each three-unit CubeSat is about the size of a shoe box and contains both visible and infrared sensing, as well as a laser communications downlink, that will allow us to explore operations in low earth orbit to benefit future system concepts."
Прим. Предполагаю, что в заметке указано тихоокеанское стандартное время (PST, UTC -8 h)
НОРАД идентифицировал 5 мКА, запущенных с борта Лебедя-12
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/115192)
Опознан 6-й объект запуска с борта Лебедя-12 - Ciris (obj. L)
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/115793)
Уведомление о затоплении Лебедя-12
NOTAM
ЦитироватьSCIZ
R0012/20 - ZONE ...D... SECT WEST PACIFIC DUE TO SPACE VEHICLE DEBRIS REENTRY.
THE AREA IS BOUNDED BY GEO COORD:
500000S 1300000W
303000S 1300000W
500000S 1310000W
303000S 1310000W
INFO PROVIDED BY NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION.
INFORMATION: SANTIAGO OCEANIC 10024KHZ/6649KHZ
FANS1A EQUIPPED ACFT LOGON SCEZ.
SFC - UNL, 02 MAR 06:00 2020 UNTIL 02 MAR 09:00 2020.
CREATED: 26 FEB 13:23 2020
Затопление 2 марта 2020 г.
с 06:00 до 09:00 UTC /
с 09:00 до 12:00 ДМВПрим. Участок зоны затопления по Оклендскому РПИ пока не опубликован...
Пока топить не будут, полетают ишшо...
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 7 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1234589220188102656)
The @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) teams have requested from the @FCC (https://twitter.com/FCC) for a 30 day extension -- again -- to the #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) #NG12 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG12?src=hash)'s post-Station mission. This extension, into early April, would be in direct support of @SEOPSLLC (https://twitter.com/SEOPSLLC) Lynk Payload.
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https://spacenews.com/cygnus-mission-extended-for-tests-of-communications-payload/ (https://spacenews.com/cygnus-mission-extended-for-tests-of-communications-payload/)
ЦитироватьCygnus mission extended for tests of communications payload
by Jeff Foust (https://spacenews.com/author/jeff-foust/) — March 4, 2020
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The NG-12 Cygnus cargo spacecraft being released from the International Space Station Jan. 31. The spacecraft, scheduled to reenter in late February, will remain in orbit another month to allow a payload on the spacecraft to perform additional tests. Credit: NASA
DENVER — A Cygnus cargo spacecraft that was scheduled to reenter in late February will instead remain in orbit for another month so a payload on the spacecraft can perform additional tests.
The Northrop Grumman NG-12 Cygnus spacecraft, called S.S. Alan Bean by the company, was unberthed from the International Space Station Jan. 31 after spending nearly four months attached to the station. The Cygnus deployed several smallsats after moving away from the station, and at the time the company said the spacecraft would end its mission with a destructive reentry at the end of February.
However, there was no notice of the spacecraft's reentry by early March, and the Space Track database of objects in orbit, maintained by the Defense Department, showed March 4 that the spacecraft remained in orbit.
In a March 4 statement to SpaceNews, Northrop Grumman said a customer with a payload on the Cygnus sought extra time in orbit, a request that required Northrop Grumman to seek an extension of a Federal Communications Commission license for spacecraft communications.
"The extension of our license by the FCC allows Northrop Grumman to extend our NG-12 mission beyond our original completion date, enabling us to offer increased operational flexibility for our customers," Frank DeMauro, vice president and general manager of Tactical Space at Northrop Grumman, said in the statement. "The NG-12 spacecraft remains in excellent health as we carry out a few more weeks of in-orbit operations."
Northrop Grumman didn't disclose the customer, but its request to amend the FCC license for the mission (https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/STA_Print.cfm?mode=current&application_seq=98774&RequestTimeout=1000) stated that it was for a payload from Lynk, a Virginia-based company working on technology for satellites to enable direct communications with mobile phones. The company, previously known as Ubiquilink, raised $12 million in a seed funding round in July 2019 (https://spacenews.com/ubiquitilink-has-raised-12-million-for-communications-constellation/).
Charles Miller, chief executive of Lynk, said March 4 that the extension will allow for additional tests, which have been going well.
"Lynk is producing great results from the space testing our third 'cell tower in space' in many different countries around the world," he said. "We asked Northrop Grumman to extend the Cygnus 12 mission because we wanted to get in more testing time on the payload and testing accomplished in additional countries."
Miller added that NASA "graciously" agreed to the Cygnus mission extension, and that both Northrop and SEOPS, the company that handed integration of the Lynk payload on the Cygnus, "have bent over backwards" to support testing of the payload.
Northrop demonstrated on the NG-11 Cygnus mission the ability for the spacecraft to remain in orbit for an extended period after departing the ISS. That spacecraft stayed in orbit for four months after leaving the station in August 2019. It successfully completed a series of tests, including showing that Northrop could operate two Cygnus spacecraft successfully once the NG-12 Cygnus launched in November 2019.
The NG-12 Cygnus mission will be extended through April 2, according the request, which the FCC approved March 3.
Так а когда затопление то? И почему его не затопили 2 марта?
ЦитироватьАлександр Репной написал:
Так а когда затопление то? И почему его не затопили 2 марта?
Потому что решили продлить испытания ПН на борту Лебедя-12 на орбите еще на 31 день. Если ещё не продлят, то затопят 2 апреля по окончании лицензии FCC USA.
Цитироватьtnt22 написал:
ЦитироватьАлександр Репной (//forum/user/15754/) написал:
Так а когда затопление то? И почему его не затопили 2 марта?
Потому что решили продлить испытания ПН на борту Лебедя-12 на орбите еще на 31 день. Если ещё не продлят, то затопят 2 апреля по окончании лицензии FCC USA.
Понял, благодарю!
Теперь 18 марта примерно в 2 часа ночи:
https://twitter.com/Zarya_Info/status/1235930148786130944
Цитировать(https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1231159882906251264/c5yYrM5z_normal.jpg) (https://twitter.com/Zarya_Info) www.zarya.info @Zarya_Info (https://twitter.com/Zarya_Info)
Cygnus NG-12 (SS Alan Bean)
Northrop Grumman has set a new date/time for de-orbit:
Mar 17, ~23:00 UTC
Date was earlier set as Mar 2 but mission was extended#satellite (https://twitter.com/hashtag/satellite?src=hash) #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) #NorthropGrumman (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NorthropGrumman?src=hash) #ISS (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISS?src=hash) #space (https://twitter.com/hashtag/space?src=hash) #news (https://twitter.com/hashtag/news?src=hash)
4:08 PM - Mar 6, 2020
ЦитироватьSalo написал:
Теперь 18 марта примерно в 2 часа ночи:
NOTAM
ЦитироватьSCIZ
R0015/20 - ZONE ...D... SECT WEST PACIFIC DUE TO SPACE VEHICLE
DEBRIS REENTRY. THE AREA IS BOUNDED BY GEO COORD:
500000S 1300000W
303000S 1300000W
500000S 1310000W
303000S 1310000W
INFO PROVIDED BY NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION.
INFORMATION: SANTIAGO OCEANIC 10024KHZ / 6649KHZ
FANS1A EQUIPPED ACFT LOGON SCEZ.
SFC - UNL, 17 MAR 22:00 2020 UNTIL 18 MAR 01:30 2020.
CREATED: 06 MAR 11:25 2020
Окно для затопления:
с 22:00 UTC 17 марта до 01:30 UTC 18 марта /
с 01:00 ДМВ до 04:30 ДМВ 18 марта
Уведомление мореплавателям (зона в южной части Тихого океана)
NOTMAR
ЦитироватьHYDROPAC 833/20
SOUTH PACIFIC.
DNC 06.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
172200Z TO 180130Z MAR IN AREA BOUND BY
50-00S 130-00W, 30-30S 130-00W,
30-30S 160-00W, 50-00S 160-00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 180230Z MAR 20.//
Authority: NORTHROP GRUMMAN 051904Z MAR 20.
Date: 120853Z MAR 20
Cancel: 18023000 Mar 20
К #308 (http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic16851/message1962646/#message1962646)
Карта зоны затопления Лебедя-12
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/118268)
Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg) Jonathan McDowell @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 6 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1240330276091428872)
Space-Track confirmes that the Cygnus NG-12 cargo ship S.S. Alan Bean has been deorbited. This was expected for about 2300 UTC Mar 17, but @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) hasn't released any details as far as I can tell.
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/118701)
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/03/18/station-science-promoting-earth-space-therapies-ahead-of-crew-swap/ (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/03/18/station-science-promoting-earth-space-therapies-ahead-of-crew-swap/)
ЦитироватьStation Science Promoting Earth, Space Therapies Ahead of Crew Swap
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Mar 18, 2020 at 1:14 pm
...
Finally, the Cygnus space freighter (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/northrop-grumman-cygnus-launches-arrivals-and-departures/) that left the station on Jan. 31 (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/01/31/u-s-cygnus-space-freighter-departs-station-after-88-days/) ended its mission Tuesday night. It burned up safely in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean after several weeks of orbital engineering tests. ...
Цитироватьtnt22 написал:
https://spacenews.com/cygnus-mission-extended-for-tests-of-communications-payload/
Cygnus mission extended for tests of communications payload
http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/news/53732/
ЦитироватьLynk Global первой подключила спутник напрямую к обычным мобильным телефонам на Земле
Компания Lynk сегодня объявила, что успешно подключила спутник на низкой околоземной орбите к обычному мобильному телефону на Земле, передает The FTimes.
Технический прорыв позволил Lynk отправить первое в мире текстовое сообщение из космоса на мобильный телефон. Эта веха представляет собой важнейший, первый в отрасли следующий шаг в окончательном использовании спутников для предоставления широкополосных услуг непосредственно более чем пяти миллиардам мобильных телефонов на планете повсюду.
«Это изменит правила игры для миллиардов людей, которые владеют мобильным телефоном, для миллиардов людей, у которых нет доступных подключений, и для всей индустрии мобильной связи. Lynk делает невозможное возможным. В ближайшем будущем вы будете оставаться на связи везде. Все время », — сказал Чарльз Миллер, соучредитель и генеральный директор Lynk.
Есть ли профильная тема? Сформулировать название мне слабО :oops:
Здесь подробно
https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/3/18/21184126/lynk-mega-constellation-text-message-android-smartphone-cell-towers-space
And on February 24th, Lynk sent its first text with the payload, a message that read "This is a test" (though the first three letters were actually cut off in the message for some reason). It was received by an Android phone located on the Falkland Islands while the Cygnus capsule passed overhead.
Сайт и видео этого сообщения
https://lynk.world/
Но маловероятно что массово выстрелит. Текущие стандарты не просто так имеют территориальное разграничение. А для широкополостной рассылки от типа МЧС нужно вначале установить спецприложение и переключится на эту спутниковую сотовую связь.
Более ранняя статья
https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/2/20746947/ubiquitilink-satellite-cell-tower-space-mega-constellation
где пишется о расстоянии стандарта GSM 2G где было SMS. И пишется о тестировании 2G с желанием потом 4G
А чего так рано то решили затопить? Вроде бы до апреля решили продлить.
ЦитироватьАлександр Репной написал:
А чего так рано то решили затопить? Вроде бы до апреля решили продлить.
может они с большим запасом продляли лицензию на частоты
Цитироватьtnt22 написал:
ЦитироватьАлександр Репной (//forum/user/15754/) написал:
Так а когда затопление то? И почему его не затопили 2 марта?
Потому что решили продлить испытания ПН на борту Лебедя-12 на орбите еще на 31 день. Если ещё не продлят, то затопят 2 апреля по окончании лицензии FCC USA.
Цитироватьtnt22 написал:
I am at a complete loss to understand the latest additions to the @SpaceTrackOrg TLE data. We have 7 more TLEs from the CYGNUS NG-12 deployments (expecting 6). OBJECT 45118-45120 are H/J/K, as are 45131-45133. All TLEs seem to represent different orbits. Not all are updating.
Чтото НОРАД не признал объекты 45131-45133 объектами от данного запуска... :( Вобще, пишет, какието фрагменты Протона... :(