Dragon CRS1, Orbcomm 2G=Falcon 9 v1.0 - Canaveral SLC-40 - 08.10.12 00:35 UTC

[Gradient]

Какое второе включение, старт сегодня ночью.

а мужики-то не знали...

[Salo]

На третий день:
http://www.spacex.com/downloads/spacex-crs-1-presskit.pdf

Day 1: LAUNCH

COUNTDOWN
Hour/Min/Sec Events
- 7:30:30 Vehicles are powered on
- 3:50:00 Commence loading liquid oxygen (LOX)
- 3:40:00 Commence loading RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene)
- 3:15:00 LOX and RP-1 loading complete
- 0:10:00 Falcon 9 and Dragon terminal count autosequence started
- 0:02:30 SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for launch
- 0:02:00 Range Control Officer (USAF) verifies range is go for launch
- 0:01:00 Command flight computer to begin final prelaunch checks. Turn on pad deck and Niagara water
- 0:00:40 Pressurize propellant tanks
- 0:00:03 Engine controller commands engine ignition sequence to start
 0:00:00 Falcon 9 launch

LAUNCH
Hour/Min/Sec Events
0:01:25 Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
0:03:00 1st stage engine shutdown/main engine cutoff (MECO)
0:03:05 1st and 2nd stages separate
0:03:12 2nd stage engine starts
0:03:52 Dragon nose cone jettisoned
0:09:11 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO)
0:09:46 Dragon separates from 2nd stage

DRAGON ON-ORBIT OPERATIONS IN THE FAR FIELD
Hour/Min/Sec Events
0:11:45 Start sequence to deploy solar arrays
2:26:49 Start GNC (guidance and navigation control) bay door deployment—this door holds sensors necessary for rendezvous

Day 2: DRAGON PHASING – DRAGON BEGINS APPROACH TO SPACE STATION
• Coelliptic burn places Dragon in a circular orbit


Day 3: HEIGHT ADJUST MANEUVERS TO R-BAR AND CAPTURE
(R-Bar - Radial Bar - is an imaginary line connecting station to the center of the Earth)
• Height adjust burns start adjusting altitude higher toward station
• COTS Ultra-high Frequency Communication Unit (CUCU) and on-board UHF communication system between Dragon
and ISS is configured
• Height adjust burn: Dragon begins burns that bring it within 2.5 km of station (go/no-go)
• Dragon receives and sends information from/to the CUCU unit on station
• Height adjust burn brings Dragon 1.2 km from station (go/no-go)
• Height adjust burn carries Dragon into the station's approach ellipsoid (go/no-go)
• Dragon holds at 250 meters (go/no-go) for confirmation of proximity sensors targeting acquisition
• Dragon begins R-Bar Approach
• Dragon holds at 30 meters (go/no-go)
• Dragon holds at capture point, 10 meters below the station (go/no-go)
• Crew captures Dragon using the station's robotic arm (SSRMS)
• Dragon is attached to the station


Day 4: HATCH OPENING
• Hatch is opened


RETURN DAY -1
• Hatch is closed
• Dragon vestibule de-mate and depressurization

RETURN
• Station's robotic arm uninstalls Dragon
• Robotic arm releases Dragon
• Crew commands the departure
• Dragon starts departure burns
• Dragon closes the guidance, navigation, and control bay door
• Deorbit burn
• Trunk jettisoned
• Drogue chutes deployed
• Main chutes deployed
• Dragon lands in water and is recovered

[bavv]

Извиняюсь, если это где-то было уже в теме. Когда планируется стыковка Dragon с МКС, если завтра утром улетит Falcon 9?

10/07/12 -- SpaceX-1 launch -- (8:35pm EDT)
10/10/12 -- SpaceX-1 docking -- (~7:32am EDT)

[Salo]

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/004/countdowntimeline.html

Falcon 9 countdown timeline

SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: October 6, 2012

NOTE: All times approximate

T-minus 7 hours, 30 minutes    Power Vehicle
Launch controllers power up the Falcon 9 rocket for countdown operations.

T-minus 3 hours, 50 minutes    Begin LOX Loading
Liquid oxygen begins flowing into the Falcon 9 rocket's first and second stages.

T-minus 3 hours, 40 minutes    Begin RP-1 Loading
Highly-refined kerosene - a product called RP-1 - begins flowing into the Falcon 9 rocket's first and second stages.

T-minus 3 hours, 15 minutes    Fueling Complete
The Falcon 9's propellant tanks are full. Cryogenic liquid oxygen will continue to be replenished until the final minutes of the countdown.

T-minus 13 minutes    Final Readiness Poll
The launch team is polled for their "go" or "no go" for entering the terminal countdown.

T-minus 10 minutes    Begin Terminal Countdown
The terminal countdown sequence begins.

T-minus 8 minutes    Dragon Internal Power
The Dragon spacecraft is transitioned to internal power.

T-minus 6 minutes    Align Flight Computer
The Falcon 9's flight computer is aligned for flight.

T-minus 5 minutes    Falcon Internal Power
The Falcon 9 rocket is transitioned to internal power.

T-minus 3 minutes    Terminate LOX Loading
The liquid oxygen replenishment to the rocket's first and second stages ends and the system is readied for liftoff.

T-minus 2 minutes, 30 seconds    SpaceX Reports GO
The SpaceX launch director confirms the Falcon 9 is "go" for launch.

T-minus 2 minutes    Air Force Range Reports GO
The U.S. Air Force range safety officer verifies "go" for launch.

T-minus 1 minute    Flight Computer in Start-Up Mode
The Falcon 9 flight computer is commanded to start-up mode, and the launch pad's Niagara and deck water systems are activated.

T-minus 50 seconds    First Stage Steering Check
The thrust vector control, or gimbal, system on the first stage's Merlin engines is checked for launch.

T-minus 40 seconds    Pressurize Propellant Tanks
The Falcon 9's first and second stage propellant tanks are pressurized for flight.

T-minus 3 seconds    Start Engine Ignition Sequence
The engine controller commands the Falcon 9's nine Merlin 1C first stage engines to ignite, followed by a computer health check to verify the engines are healthy before liftoff.

[Salo]

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/004/launchtimeline.html

Falcon 9 launch timeline

SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: October 6, 2012

T-00:00       Liftoff
After the rocket's nine Merlin engines pass an automated health check, four hold-down clamps will release the Falcon 9 booster for liftoff from Complex 40.

T+01:25       Max Q
The Falcon 9 rocket reaches Max Q, the point of maximum aerodynamic pressure.

T+03:00       MECO
Moments after two of the Falcon 9's first stage engines shut down, the remaining seven Merlin engines cut off.

T+03:05       Stage 1 Separation
The Falcon 9's first stage separates from the second stage five seconds after MECO.

T+03:12       Stage 2 Ignition
The second stage Merlin vacuum engine ignites for a six-minute burn to inject the Dragon payload into orbit.

T+03:52       Nose Cone Jettison
The nose cone covering the Dragon spacecraft's berthing port is jettisoned after the rocket climbs above the dense lower atmosphere.

T+09:11       SECO
The second stage Merlin vacuum engine shuts down after reaching a target orbit with a low point of 310 kilometers (192 miles), a high point of 340 kilometers (211 miles), and an inclination of 51.6 degrees.

T+09:46       Dragon Separation
The Dragon spacecraft separates from the Falcon 9 second stage to begin a pursuit of the International Space Station.

Data source: SpaceX

[Salo]

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/004/121005preview/

Commercial resupply of space station blasts off Sunday
BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: October 5, 2012

SpaceX is poised to start work on a $1.6 billion contract with NASA on Sunday, when a Falcon 9 rocket is set to blast off with 882 pounds of supplies on the first operational commercial cargo flight to the International Space Station.

Launch officials gave the green light for final countdown preparations during a Launch Readiness Review on Friday.


SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket was on the pad this week for launch day rehearsals. Credit: NASA-KSC

Workers will load final items into the Dragon spaceship early Sunday, then the Falcon 9 rocket will roll to the launch pad at Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

Hydraulic pistons will lift the 157-foot-tall booster vertical on the launch pad, and the automated countdown will begin at 1:05 p.m. EDT (1705 GMT).

Fuel tanks in the two-stage rocket will be filled with kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants, and liftoff is targeted for 8:35 p.m. EDT (0035 GMT Monday).

The mission is the first of 12 launches SpaceX plans under a $1.6 billion Commercial Resupply Services, or CRS, contract with NASA. The space agency reached agreements with SpaceX and Orbital Sciences Corp. in December 2008 to provide commercial cargo deliveries to the space station following the retirement of the space shuttle.

SpaceX completed three test flights of its Falcon 9 rocket and two Dragon flights before NASA approved the start of regular service.

The company's successful Dragon flight in May reached the space station and returned equipment to Earth, fulfilling the final demonstration objectives spelled out in an agreement with NASA.

The space agency in August announced SpaceX would be allowed to begin its dozen resupply missions with the next Falcon 9 launch.

Measuring 14.4 feet tall and 12 feet in diameter, the Dragon spacecraft is the newest member of a fleet of resupply freighters servicing the space station. Russia's Progress vehicle, Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle, and Japan's H-2 Transfer Vehicle also fly to the outpost.

During the last space shuttle mission in July 2011, NASA stocked the space station with enough supplies to comfortably last until some time in 2013, giving commercial operators time to finish developing spacecraft and rockets.

SpaceX plans about three missions per year to the space station through 2016.

Orbital Sciences expects to begin service next year on its contract for nine resupply flights worth $1.9 billion.

Orbital has scheduled two test flights before then, the first of which should occur before the end of this year from a commercial launch pad at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, according to the company.

About 882 pounds of supplies are stowed inside the uncrewed capsule's pressurized cabin. The cargo includes 260 pounds of food and clothing, a refrigerator to store experiment samples, a rack for fluids investigations in microgravity, and payloads for Japan and European labs.


Patch for the first Commercial Resupply Services, or CRS, mission by SpaceX. Credit: SpaceX

The mission will also deliver spare parts and hardware for the space station's life-support system.

If all goes according to plan, the spacecraft will reach the complex Wednesday after a series of rocket burns designed to fine-tune the capsule's orbit to match the space station's trajectory.

Flying at a velocity of 5 miles per second, the Dragon will approach the space station from below and hold at a point about 30 feet below the outpost.

Japanese astronaut Aki Hoshide, operating the space station's robotic arm, will grapple the spacecraft around 7:32 a.m. EDT (1132 GMT) and move the ship into position on the Earth-facing port on the Harmony module.

The astronauts are scheduled to open the hatch to the Dragon on Thursday and begin unpacking the fresh supplies.

The spacecraft will stay at the complex for 18 days before departing Oct. 28 and returning to Earth with a parachuted-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean west of Mexico.

It will come back to Earth with 1,673 pounds of equipment.

Since the shuttle's retirement, the Dragon is the only vehicle capable of returning significant cargo from the space station to Earth.

[Bizonich]

А трансляция где, простите, будет?

[Salo]

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/004/status.html

1840 GMT (2:40 p.m. EDT)
At today's launch countdown gets underway, the weather team continues to give a 60 percent chance of acceptable conditions for liftoff at 8:35 p.m. EDT. Thick clouds, anvil cloud and precipitation in the flight path are the launch rules that could be violated tonight.

"A weak boundary is still making a painfully slow push through Florida. The boundary will be in the Central Florida area through the launch count. If the boundary is south of the spaceport by launch time, drier air and more favorable weather conditions will result. However, if the boundary is still in the Central Florida area at launch time, significant clouds and scattered precipitation will likely cause unfavorable launch weather," the launch weather officer reports.

The prediction for launch time calls for scattered clouds at 4,000 feet, broken decks at 10,000 and 25,000 feet, rain showers in the area, good visibility, easterly winds of 8 knots and a temperature of 78 degrees.

The outlook for Monday has worsen a bit to 70 percent favorable for an 8:12 p.m. EDT launch opportunity.

"Models have come into better agreement that on Monday the boundary will wave back north into our area resulting in more clouds and unsettled weather. By Tuesday the boundary is forecast to continue weakening and moving slowly south, resulting in improved weather conditions with less cloud coverage and lower precipitation chances," forecasters say.

Tuesday's 7:46 p.m. EDT launch time forecast is 80 percent favorable.

1653 GMT (12:53 p.m. EDT)
SpaceX moved the Falcon 9 rocket to the launch pad and hydraulically hoisted the 15-story rocket vertical today, setting the stage for final preps for liftoff at 8:35 p.m. EDT (0035 GMT).

The rocket has a near-instantaneous launch window to lift off tonight.

Workers at Complex 40 opened the doors of SpaceX's hangar and towed the Falcon 9 and its mobile transporter the 600-foot distance to the pad.

The two-stage booster was attached to a transporter-erector, a specially-built apparatus that doubles as a device to lift the rocket vertical and provide umbilical connections to the rocket during the countdown.

The strongback also provides structural support to the rocket from high winds and other weather.

Once in place at the launch pad, the transporter-erector was to be structurally mounted to the pad and plugged into communications, electrical, fueling and pressurization systems through a series of pins and flanges.

The flanges link the rocket with ground storage tanks containing liquid oxygen, kerosene fuel, helium, gaserous nitrogen and the first stage ignitor source called triethylaluminum-triethylborane, better known as TEA-TEB.

The Falcon 9 rocket is integrated with the transporter inside the SpaceX hangar, including attachments to the launcher's propellant plumbing and avionics systems.

Comparatively simple connections are made in the outdoors once the rocket is at the pad. It's part of the Falcon 9's streamlined processing infrastructure, which is designed to ultimately support transportation to the launch pad within a few hours before blastoff.

The weather outlook continues to show a 60 percent chance of acceptable conditions for launch, calling for scattered-to-broken clouds and rain showers in the vicinity of the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

The forecast for Monday and Tuesday's launch opportunities calls for an 80 percent chance of good weather. Those times are 8:12 and 7:46 p.m. EDT, respectively.

The SpaceX launch team will power up the Falcon 9 rocket and its Dragon payload shortly after 1 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT).

Follow the countdown with this timeline of key milestones.

1645 GMT (12:45 p.m. EDT)
The Falcon 9 rocket is now going vertical at the launch pad for tonight's blastoff.

[Александр Репной]

10/10/12 -- SpaceX-1 docking -- (~7:32am EDT)

Благодарю за информацию!

[Bizonich]

Должна начаться заправка кислородом. И все-же, дайте ссылочку на трансляцию, пожалуйста.

[Salo]

Bizonich пишет:

Должна начаться заправка кислородом. И все-же, дайте ссылочку на трансляцию, пожалуйста.

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/004/status.html
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ustream.html

[Salo]

Видео вывоза:

[instml]

На орбите уже, СБ раскрыты :mrgreen:

Dragon Deploys Solar Wings

The Dragon capsule reached its planned orbit of 212 miles above Earth and is on course to catch up to the station during the next couple of days. It has opened the two solar arrays on the side of the spacecraft to power its systems from sunlight.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/living/launch/index.html

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Отделение Orbcomm запланировано через 62 мин. после пуска

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Космический грузовик Dragon успешно вышел на орбиту и раскрыл батареи

МОСКВА, 8 окт - РИА Новости. Частный космический грузовик Dragon, запущенный (в понедельник 04.35 мск) с космодрома на мысе Канаверал, успешно отделился от второй ступени ракеты-носителя Falcon 9, вышел на промежуточную орбиту и раскрыл солнечные батареи, сообщается на сайте НАСА, где идет онлайн трансляция старта.

"Мы оказались точно там, где должны быть на этой стадии полета. Конечно, нам предстоит еще много работы во время сближения корабля с МКС, но запуск был несомненным успехом", - сказал основатель компании SpaceX Элон Маск (Elon Musk), где были созданы и ракета, и корабль.

Ракета-носитель Falcon 9 с космическим кораблем Dragon C3 стартовала в понедельник в 04.35 мск. Это первый коммерческий рейс к МКС частного корабля, разработанного американской компанией SpaceX. Dragon доставит на станцию около 450 килограммов груза - питание и одежду для экипажа, оборудование для научных экспериментов и обслуживания систем станции.

Примерно через 10 минут после старта Dragon отделился от ракеты-носителя, а еще через две минуты полностью раскрыл солнечные батареи. Через два с половиной часа после старта на корабле должна заработать навигационная система, необходимая для сближения с МКС и стыковки со станцией.

Через два с половиной часа после старта на корабле должна заработать навигационная система, необходимая для сближения с МКС и стыковки со станцией.

Сближение и стыковка корабля с МКС запланированы примерно через 53 часа после старта корабля - 10 октября, около 15.30 мск. Dragon будет пристыкован к модулю Harmony с помощью 17-метрового манипулятора Canadarm, которым будут управлять астронавты Акихико Хошиде и Санита Уильямс.

Это третий полет первого в истории частного космического корабля, созданного компанией SpaceX. Он станет первым из 12 рейсов, предусмотренных так называемым CRS-контрактом (Commercial Resupply Services), заключенным SpaceX и НАСА в декабре 2008 года. Общая стоимость контракта составляет 1,6 миллиарда долларов.

http://ria.ru/science/20121008/768825044.html

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Не отпало ли от 1 ступени ракеты чото лишнее? Или просто запись слишком качественная?

+01:20

[instml]

Посмотрел по кадрам, явно что-то отвалилось. Как у Маска ракеты летают вообще? :lol: :lol:

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http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2370.html

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NASA Celebrates Milestone Liftoff

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell celebrated the successful liftoff of a landmark cargo mission to the International Space Station tonight as a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft loaded with supplies flew on its own in orbit. The flight is the first operational resupply mission for the company and NASA.

"This was a critical event in spaceflight tonight," Bolden said. "We're once again launching spacecraft from American soil with the supplies our astronauts need in space. NASA and the nation are embarking on an ambitious program of space exploration."

Hawthorne, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, launched its Dragon capsule aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 8:35 p.m. EDT, capping a flawless countdown with spectacular show of light and thunder from the rocket's nine engines.

Dragon will rendezvous with the orbiting laboratory Wednesday so astronaut and station commander Suni Williams can reach out with the station's robot arm and grapple the Dragon. The spacecraft will then be joined to one of the station's ports where astronauts will unload its 1,000 pounds of materials. They will also load about 2,000 pounds of used equipment and experiments inside the Dragon to be returned to Earth safely in about three weeks.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/living/launch/index.html

[Space Alien]

Ура!!!! Поздравляю с успешным запуском   !!!