STSS Demo = Delta II 7920 - 25.09.09 16:20 ЛМВ - Canaveral

[Iva]

V.V.
Спасибо!
Принято!

[Salo]

Обычно время стоит в заголовке темы. :wink:

[Iva]

Обычно время стоит в заголовке темы. :wink:

Отож!
Слепой уже и рассеяный!
Про перенос в посте прочитал, а задрать глаза и посмотреть на изменение заголовка - "сосредоточенности" не хватило!

[Salo]

Фото сделанное 23.09.09:

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d344/status.html

0515 GMT (1:15 a.m. EDT)
The mobile service tower at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's pad 17B has been wheeled to its launch position a safe distance away from the Delta 2 rocket for this morning's liftoff.

The gantry was instrumental in helping to assemble the multi-piece vehicle beginning in mid April by erecting the first stage. The nine strap-on solid boosters were added in the following days, then the second stage motor was hoisted into place in early May. The STSS Demo satellites were brought out to the pad at the end of August.

"Every vehicle has its own personality. Every spacecraft have their own personality. This was just the same. They had some challenges we had to work through during our integration process," said Garrett Skrobot, the mission manager from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

The combined weight of the payload amounts to nearly 5,000 pounds, a mass this two-stage launcher will deliver into a 730-nautical-mile orbit inclined 58 degrees to the equator.

"The Delta 2 has been a workhorse for the government. The mass of 5,000 pounds fits right into the Delta 2 performance class very well, which made this a very good match," Skrobot said.

0448 GMT (12:48 a.m. EDT)
Rollback of mobile tower is underway.

0145 GMT (9:45 p.m. EDT Thurs.)
The xenon spotlights have been turned on to shine brightly upon the Delta 2 rocket at launch pad 17B. The gantry-like mobile service tower will be retracted by ground crews a little later tonight to reveal the booster in the final hours before blastoff carrying the two Space Tracking and Surveillance System demonstration satellites. Liftoff remains on target for 8 a.m. EDT

Свеженькое фото:

[Salo]

0820 GMT (4:20 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 150 minutes and holding. The countdown is entering the first of two planned holds that will occur over the course of the morning. This first pause is 60 minutes long.

The later hold -- at the T-minus 4 minute point -- will give the launch team some time to catch up on any work running behind and verify all is in readiness for liftoff. The hold will last 10 minutes in duration.

0800 GMT (4:00 a.m. EDT)
Workers have finished their hands-on chores at pad 17B and cleared the complex for the rest of today's countdown. Meanwhile, the hold-fire safety checks to ensure the countdown could be stopped if a problem arises were just performed.

[Старый]

Ыыыыых, есть что космическое в этой Дельте! Жалко будет когда её не будет...

[Брабонт]

Ыыыыых, есть что космическое в этой Дельте! Жалко будет когда её не будет...

Может, раскраска :wink:? Рыжие баки подсознательно выглядят приземлённее синих и белых.

[Salo]

0911 GMT (5:11 a.m. EDT)
The launch team has been polled to ensure all stations are manned and systems are set for the Terminal Countdown. There are no constraints standing in the way of beginning the count.
 
0830 GMT (4:30 a.m. EDT)
There are coastal showers and storms around again this morning. So far most of the activity is occurring south of the Cape. But the associated clouds and any rain moving close to the pad will be concerns as launch time nears.

[Старый]

Может, раскраска :wink:? Рыжие баки подсознательно выглядят приземлённее синих и белых.

Да вообще она какаято устремлённая. И надкалиберный набалдашник (по крайней мере 10С) её ничуть не портит, даже наоборот...

[Salo]

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d344/status.html

0925 GMT (5:25 a.m. EDT)
The rocket's guidance system is being turned on.

And the launch team is starting the steps to pressurize the first and second stage helium and nitrogen systems and the second stage fuel and oxidizer tanks.

0920 GMT (5:20 a.m. EDT)
BEGIN COUNT. The Terminal Countdown has been initiated for today's launch of the Space Tracking and Surveillance System demonstration satellites aboard the Delta 2 rocket.

The next few hours will be spent fueling the rocket, activating systems and performing final testing before liftoff at 8:00 a.m. EDT from pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Workers have cleared the Complex 17 area in advance of the hazardous portion in today's launch operation. But a warning horn is now being sounded three times at the seaside complex as a precaution to alert any remaining personnel in the vicinity that they should leave immediately.

The pad clear status will allow the start of activities such as pressurizing the helium and nitrogen storage tanks inside the rocket's first and second stages, along with the second stage fuel and oxidizer tanks.

[Salo]

Начали заправлять керосином.

0944 GMT (5:44 a.m. EDT)
Fueling begins! About 10,000 gallons of the kerosene propellant, called RP-1, are pumping into the base of the rocket from storage tanks at pad 17B as fueling of the Delta 2's first stage begins for today's launch.

0941 GMT (5:41 a.m. EDT)
Preparations for loading the Delta 2 rocket's first stage RP-1 fuel tank are beginning. After verifying valves, sensors, flow meters and equipment are ready, the highly refined kerosene fuel will start flowing into the vehicle a few minutes from now.

0940 GMT (5:40 a.m. EDT)
The first stage helium and nitrogen systems have been pressurized. And the "go" has been given for the start of fueling operations.

[Salo]

Cape Canaveral weather

[Salo]

1000 GMT (6:00 a.m. EDT)
Passing the 9,000-gallon mark.

0957 GMT (5:57 a.m. EDT)
The launch team has computed that the full load for the first stage fuel tank will be 9,897 gallons.

Once the tank is filled to the 98 percent level, or 9,700 gallons, the "rapid load" valve will be closed and the slower "fine load" phase will continue to top off the tank.

0956 GMT (5:56 a.m. EDT)
The rocket's RP-1 tank has 7,000 gallons aboard.

0950 GMT (5:50 a.m. EDT)
First stage propellant loading has passed the 3,000-gallon mark. This process to load the kerosene fuel takes about 20 minutes.

[Salo]

1010 GMT (6:10 a.m. EDT)
The launch team has completed work to turn on and configure the Delta's onboard guidance computer.

1003 GMT (6:03 a.m. EDT)
The first stage fuel tank of the Delta 2 rocket has been fully loaded for today's planned 8:00 a.m. EDT launch. The tank was filled with a highly refined kerosene, called RP-1, during a 18-minute, 47-second process that concluded at 6:03 a.m.

1001 GMT (6:01 a.m. EDT)
Rapid-loading of the RP-1 tank has concluded with 9,800 gallons having been pumped into the rocket. Fine load is continuing.

[Salo]

1035 GMT (6:35 a.m. EDT)
There is a "pop up" cloud development just east of the Cape that has prompted a last-minute concern that is going to delay the start of liquid oxygen loading this morning. Rules prohibit fueling from occurring if it is raining.

1030 GMT (6:30 a.m. EDT)
The launch team has received approval to begin preparations for loading the rocket's first stage liquid oxygen tank as planned.

1023 GMT (6:23 a.m. EDT)
NASA launch manager Omar Baez has completed a poll to confirm the agency management team is "go" for liquid oxygen loading.

1019 GMT (6:19 a.m. EDT)
All of the weather rules are "go" for launch at this time and the outlook for today's window calls for a 70 percent chance of acceptable conditions.

The official forecast includes a few cumulus clouds at 3,000 feet, isolated coastal showers, good visibility, easterly winds from 100 degrees at 8 to 10 knots and a temperature around 76-78 degrees F.

[Salo]

Новое время старта 16:20 ЛМВ.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d344/status.html

1048 GMT (6:48 a.m. EDT)
NEW LAUNCH TIME. Liftoff has been delayed to 8:20 a.m. EDT due to this delay in liquid oxygen loading. The countdown clocks are being stopped and reset to target the revised launch time.

[Salo]

1057 GMT (6:57 a.m. EDT)
Although conditions are acceptable for fueling to begin, a check of the launch weather criteria shows the cumulus cloud rule is out of limits now. The weather team keeps managers updated as rules go green and red throughout the countdown.

1056 GMT (6:56 a.m. EDT)
LOX loading begins! Cryogenic liquid oxygen, chilled to Minus-298 degrees F, has started flowing from the storage reservoir at Complex 17, through plumbing and into the bottom of the Delta 2 rocket. The LOX will be consumed by the first stage main engine during the first four-and-a-half minutes of flight along with the 10,000 gallons of RP-1 kerosene already loaded aboard the vehicle.

1053 GMT (6:53 a.m. EDT)
After waiting a little while for a small weather cell that popped up off shore to move away, the official "go" has been given by the launch director to start filling the rocket's first stage with liquid oxygen.

[Salo]

1106 GMT (7:06 a.m. EDT)
Now 10 minutes into this approximate 25-minute process to fill the first stage liquid oxygen tank.

[Salo]

1136 GMT (7:36 a.m. EDT)
The checks of the rocket's safety systems are underway.

1132 GMT (7:32 a.m. EDT)
The launch weather officer has increased odds of acceptable conditions for today's launch opportunity to 80 percent.

1130 GMT (7:30 a.m. EDT)
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1122 GMT (7:22 a.m. EDT)
Loading of the Delta 2 rocket's first stage liquid oxygen tank has been accomplished. The filling process took 26 minutes and 8 seconds, ending at 7:22 a.m. The tank will be replenished through the countdown to replace the super-cold liquid oxygen that naturally boils away.

The rocket now stands fully fueled for liftoff. The vehicle's first stage was successfully loaded with RP-1 kerosene fuel along with the liquid oxygen over the past hour-and-a-half. The second stage was filled with its storable nitrogen tetroxide and Aerozine 50 fuels on Sunday. The nine strap-on booster rockets use solid propellants.

1120 GMT (7:20 a.m. EDT)
Now 60 minutes away from launch.

The first stage liquid oxygen tank just reached the 95 percent full level. The "rapid load" valve was closed, with the slower "fine load" phase continuing to fill the tank.

1114 GMT (7:14 a.m. EDT)
The cumulus cloud rule violation has ended. All of the weather rules are back in a "go" status as the sun rises and fueling continues.

1112 GMT (7:12 a.m. EDT)
A bright white plume of vapors have begun streaming from a vent on the rocket and the bottom of the vehicle is icing over as the super-cold liquid oxygen continues to flow into the first stage.

[LRV_75]

А это справа в углу, ферма обслуживания?