HTV-4 (Kounotori 4) - H-IIB - Танэгасима - 03.08.2013 - 23:48 ЛМВ

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HTV-4 prepares for ISS Departure - External Cargo Operations complete
http://www.spaceflight101.com/htv-4-mission-updates.html

The Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle 4 is preparing to depart the International Space Station after completing a complex cargo delivery mission. While crew members aboard the Space Station efficiently worked through internal cargo transfers, moving delivered items fr om HTV-4 to ISS and loading the spacecraft with trash for disposal, robotics were in progress outside the modules to move external cargo to ISS and load disposal items onto the vehicle's payload accommodations.

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After arriving at ISS on August 9 and having its hatch opened one day later, HTV-4 was open for business. The three USOS crew members aboard ISS, Chris Cassidy, Luca Parmitano and Karen Nyberg were quick to perform cargo transfers - requiring less time than anticipated. Over the course of about two weeks, the team moved items fr om HTV-4 to stowage locations on ISS before moving pre-packed trash to the spacecraft.

Robotics started on August 12 as the Space Station's Robotic Arm was used to extract the HTV Exposed Pallet fr om the Unpressurized Logistics Carrier. The EP facilitates all external payloads delivered via HTV. Once extracted fr om the ULC, Canadarm2 maneuvered the large Exposed Pallet to a handoff point wh ere the Japanese Remote Manipulator System grappled the vehicle via its Flight Releasable Grapple Fixture. Shaking hands in space, Canadarm2 handed the Pallet off to the Japanese Arm that then stowed it on the JEM Exposed Facility.

Operations then took a break until August 23 when Canadarm2 resumed preparations for the actual cargo handling. The Mobile Transporter was moved to Worksite 6, Canadarm2 walked off onto Mobile Base System (MBS) PDGF1 from wh ere it picked up the Dextre Robot.

On August 24, Dextre was used to remove the Utility Transfer Assembly from the Exposed Pallet and install it on Dextre's Enhanced On-Orbit Replaceable Unit (ORU) Temporary Platform (EOTP). Next, the robot was commanded to pick up the spare Main Bus Switching Unit from the Exposed Pallet and hold onto it while ROBO controllers translated the Mobile Transporter to Worksite 2.

The next day, the MBSU was installed on External Stowage Platform 2 Site 4 wh ere it will reside until being needed to replace an active MBSU. The UTA was picked up from the EOTP and installed on Site 4 of EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 4.

The Main Bus Switching Unit is a critical component of the Space Station's Power System that is required to distribute power from the Solar Arrays and Batteries to other electrical components before reaching the modules and users. Although there is still one good spare MBSU aboard ISS, teams want to have one more to make sure ISS can handle the failure of one or two MBSUs.

The Utility Transfer Assembly is the core of the Solar Alpha Rotary Joint that allows the solar array wings to rotate in order to follow the sun for power generation. The SARJ rotates the entire outboard truss segments to allow the solar arrays to track the sun. The individual wings are rotated via Beta Gimbal Assemblies. Because the SARJs are always rotating, there has to be a special installation to allow power and data to flow out to the solar arrays and payloads on the outer trusses. The UTA use roll ring assemblies to allow transmission of data and power across the rotating interface so the SARJ never has to unwind.

With MBSU and UTA stowed, Canadarm2 stowed Dextre in order to walk off from PDGF1 on the Mobile Base System to its PDGF3. The arm picked up Dextre again and the Mobile Transporter translated to Worksite 7 on August 27.

Also on the 27th, Dextre removed the Space Test Program – Houston (STP-H) 4 Payload from the Exposed Pallet and installed it on EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1 Site 3 wh ere the payload will reside for its technology demonstration mission. STP activation and initial checkout was reported to be nominal. NASA's Space Test Program is dedicated to fly small payloads loaded with different technical and other demonstrations to space for assessments in the space environment. A number of STP payloads have already been flown in the past including Department of Defense, university and NASA experiments. The STP-H4 payload includes eight experiments.

With all three delivered payloads moved to their spots aboard ISS, there was only one task left - retrieving the STP-H 3 payload that has completed its mission and stowing it on the Exposed Pallet. That was completed on August 28. STP-H 3 will be disposed aboard HTV-4 via destructive re-entry at the end of its mission.

When all payload moves were complete, the Robotic Arm stowed the Dextre Robot on the Mobile Base System. The Mobile Transporter was then moved to Worksite 4 and the arm walked off to the Node 2 PDGF.

On August 30, the Japanese Robotic Arm removed the Exposed Pallet and handed it to Canadarm 2 which was then maneuvered by ROBO controllers to a pre-install position. ISS Crew Members Chris Cassidy and Luca Parmitano completed the insertion form the Cupola Robotics Workstation. After initial trouble with Capture Indicators, they successfully ins erted the EP in to the ULC - marking the completion of external cargo operations.

Upon completion of EP insertion, ROBO Controllers moved Canadarm2 in order to capture HTV-4 in preparation for unberthing and release.

On Tuesday, the ISS crew will be busy buttoning up the HTV spacecraft. Final close-outs will be completed and the i-Ball Re-Entry Data Recorder will be installed and activated to gather data during HTV's destructive re-entry.

The crew members will close HTV's hatch and complete the vestibule outfitting task by removing electrical and data jumpers, installing thermal protection covers and putting the four Controller Panel Assemblies back in place to drive the Common Berthing Mechanism Bolts during unberthing. Following the closure of the Node 2 hatch, leak checks will be performed and HTV-4 will be ready for departure on Wednesday.

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Unberthing operations will get underway on Wednesday leading up to the release of HTV-4 at around 16:00 UTC.

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H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI 4" (HTV4) departure from the ISS and re-entry to the atmosphere
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2013/09/20130903_kounotori4_e.html

Schedules of departure from the International Space Station (ISS) and of re-entry to the atmosphere for the H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI 4" (HTV4) are determined as follows.

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• Departure from the ISS:
  September 5, 2013 / 1:00 a.m.(Japanese Standard Time, JST)*
  
  
• Re-entry to the atmosphere:
  September 7, 2013 / 3:36 p.m.(JST)*
  

* The time may vary according to the actual operation.


Reference link: For more details, please refer to the following website:
http://iss.jaxa.jp/en/htv/index.html

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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) | September 3, 2013 (JST)

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Люк HTV закрыли ..

И фото от Карен:

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Манипулятор захватил японский грузовик HTV для отстыковки от МКС
http://ria.ru/science/20130904/960736588.html

МОСКВА, 4 сен — РИА Новости. Канадский космический манипулятор Canadarm, управляемый с борта Международной космической станции (МКС) астронавтами НАСА и Европейского космического агентства (ЕКА) Карен Найберг и Лукой Пармитано, осуществил захват японского транспортного корабля HTV Kounotori-4 ("Белый аист") для его последующей отстыковки от станции, сообщил РИА Новости представитель НАСА в российском Центре управления полетами (ЦУП) ЦНИИмаш.

После отстыковки корабля от американского модуля Harmony ("Гармония") МКС астронавты с помощью манипулятора будут "отводить" HTV-4 на безопасное от станции расстояние. Планируется, что после этого, в период с 20.00 мск до 20.35 мск, манипулятор "освободит" HTV-4 и отправит японский корабль в "свободное плавание".

Четвертый японский космический грузовик HTV Kounotori-4 ("Белый аист"), запущенный 3 августа, был пристыкован к американскому модулю Harmony ("Гармония") 9 августа.

Помимо шести тонн стандартных грузов, "Белый аист" доставил на станцию и маленького японского робота Kirobo, высота которого составляет всего 34 сантиметра, а его вес — 2,2 килограмма. Заложенная в него программа позволяет андроиду свободно перемещаться в условиях невесомости, плавая внутри помещений станции. Робот умеет говорить на японском языке.

Корабль HTV имеет длину 9,8 метра и диаметр 4,4 метра. Масса грузовика — 16 тонн. Он состоит из четырех частей: герметичного, негерметичного, приборно-агрегатного и двигательного отсеков. Kounotori выведен на орбиту ракетой японского производства Н2В. Стоимость запуска ракеты составила 14,7 миллиарда иен (188 миллионов долларов), строительство грузового корабля обошлось в 14 миллиардов иен (около 180 миллионов долларов).

До 2016 года Япония рассчитывает отправить к МКС несколько таких кораблей.

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Небольшая задержка... Теперь через полчаса, т.е. в 20:20 ЛМВ "выпустят на свободу"   ..

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Дают GO на 20:20 ЛМВ.

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Есть отделение.

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В фильмах космические корабли намного быстрее летают!

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Если см. с камеры на манипуляторе, подозрительно близко от солн. батареи МКС пролетит

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И крутые виражи закладывают!

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Канадский манипулятор Canadarm, управляемый астронавтами НАСА и Европейского космического агентства (ЕКА) Карен Найберг и Лукой Пармитано, "оттянул" японский космический грузовой корабль (HTV) Kounotori-4 ("Белый аист") на безопасное расстояние от Международной космической станции и отпустил его в "свободное плавание". Трансляция ведется на сайте НАСА.

http://ria.ru/science/20130904/960817156.html