Dragon SpX-3 (CRS3), Hermes 2, LMRSat, TechCube 1, All-Star (THEIA) - Falcon 9 v1.1 - Canaveral SLC-40 - 18.04.2014

[Pirat5]

Причины переноса не озвучивались?

[ilan]

Наверно, не захотели запускать ко Дню Советской Армии Дню Защитника Отечества.

[Кактус]

колеги из НАСА уже называют 16 марта датой старта

[Ну-и-ну]

К 8 марта тоже не захотели пускать.

[Salo]

NASA ‏@NASA 30m

Managers have selected Sunday, March 16 as the launch date for the 3rd @SpaceX cargo resupply mission to #ISS. Launch time is ~4:41am ET.

[Salo]

http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/39405next-spacex-station-cargo-run-slips-into-march

Next SpaceX Station Cargo Run Slips into March
By Irene Klotz | Feb. 5, 2014

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and NASA are slipping launch of the next Dragon cargo capsule to the international space station to March 16, a three-week delay, officials said Feb. 5.
SpaceX's ninth Falcon 9 rocket, carrying an unmanned Dragon spaceship, is due to lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station here, at 4:41 a.m. EDT March 16. The flight previously was targeted for Feb. 22.
A combination of SpaceX readiness, splashdown dates and station activities drove the selection of the new launch date, NASA spokesman Josh Byerly said.
SpaceX did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the cause of the delay.
Byerly said the recent swath of bad weather that has blanketed the United States may have delayed SpaceX's ability to transport the first stage of its Falcon 9 launcher to the Cape in time to support a Feb. 22 launch.

[Salo]

SpaceX realign Dragon's CRS-3 launch to March 16:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/02/spacex-dragons-crs-3-launch-march-16/

[Salo]

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/009/140209date/#.Uvic0fuB7pM

SpaceX on pace for mid-March launch to space station
BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: February 9, 2014

Juggling flight delays and busy skies with the skill of seasoned air traffic controllers, International Space Station managers have approved the launch date for SpaceX's next cargo resupply mission for March 16.
 
Photo of a previous Dragon spacecraft arriving at the International Space Station in March 2013. Photo credit: NASA

 Liftoff from Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad is set for 4:41 a.m. EST (0841 GMT), the time when Earth's rotation brings the space station's flight path over the Space Coast, NASA announced last week.

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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo carrier will make the company's third commercial logistics delivery to the space station under a $1.6 billion contract with NASA. The deal calls for 12 missions through 2016.
The Dragon spacecraft will chase the space station for two days, with final approach set for March 18 under the guidance of high-tech laser mapping sensors.
The outpost's crew, scheduled to be three-strong at the time of the Dragon capsule's arrival, will grapple the free-flying spacecraft with the space station's Canadian-built robot arm. The crane-like appendage will move the food- and experiment-toting Dragon to a parking port on the lab's Harmony module for a one-month stay.
The astronauts will unpack the Dragon spacecraft's pressurized cabin, about the size of a large walk-in closet, of several tons of supplies, including government, commercial and student experiments. Then the crew will reload the spaceship with an array of cargo tagged for return to Earth, including biological samples, equipment requiring repair, and other unnecessary gear.
The robotic removal of a pair of payloads stowed inside the Dragon spacecraft's unpressurized trunk is also on tap during the vehicle's visit. A laser communications terminal developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be mounted to a payload platform on the space station's main truss, and a package of four commercial high-definition video cameras will begin filming from an attach point on the European Columbus module.
Dragon's departure from the space station is tentatively set for April 17, with splashdown several hours later in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Southern California.
Officials delayed the flight from a previous target launch date of Feb. 22, and poor weather prevented the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage from being delivered to Florida in time to be ready for a launch attempt in early March, according to a senior NASA space station official.
The Falcon 9's first and second stages, along with the Dragon spacecraft, are now at Cape Canaveral for launch processing, a SpaceX spokesperson said.
NASA expects a busy traffic pattern around the space station over the next few weeks, with the departure of an Orbital Sciences Corp. Cygnus resupply craft Feb. 18 after more than five weeks attached to the complex.
The Cygnus spacecraft will fall to Earth and dispose of trash and excess equipment with a destructive re-entry over the Pacific Ocean.
Cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy, joined by NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, will leave the space station March 11 and return to a parachute-assisted landing in Kazakhstan, wrapping up 168 days in space.
Next on the manifest is the SpaceX cargo mission, followed by the March 25 launch and docking of three fresh crew members - Steve Swanson, Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev.
Later in the spring, a Russian Progress cargo freighter will blast off to the space station April 9, another Orbital Sciences Cygnus spacecraft will deliver goods in early May, and another crew rotation is set for later in May.
Space station schedulers like to book time between the comings and goings of visiting vehicles to reduce the workload on the flight crew and ground teams.

Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.

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[Salo]

http://amsat-uk.org/2014/02/10/new-launch-dates-for-spacex-and-soyuz-2-1b-fregat-m/

SpaceX CRS-3 (Dragon C5) Falcon 9 v1.1 is now planned for March 16, 2014 at 0841 UT. It should be carrying these satellites:
• All-Star/THEIA, Colorado Space Grant Consortium, 2401.700 MHz
• Hermes-2, Colorado Space Grant Consortium, 437.425 MHz
• Ho'oponopono-2, University of Hawaii, 427.220 MHz 9600 bps FSK / GMSK
• LMRSat, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• SporeSat, Santa Clara University, 437.100 MHz and 2401.2-2431.2 MHz
• TechCube-1, NASA Goddard
• TSAT (TestSat-Lite), Taylor University

[Space Alien]

Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk
Mounting landing legs (~60 ft span) to Falcon 9 for next month's Space Station servicing flight

[Александр Ч.]

Нельзя это давать в отрыве от следующего сообщения  

Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk 2 ч.
However, F9 will continue to land in the ocean until we prove precision control from hypersonic thru subsonic regimes

[SFN]

То есть это муляжи нераздвижные?

[AlexioM]

Точно пока неясно.
Мое мнение - раздвижные, иначе зачем их туда ставить? Количество тестовых испытаний ограничено, надо использовать каждую возможность по максимуму.

[SFN]

А "перепонка" на ласточкином хвосте на лапкахраньше была? ЕМНИП она на фото впервые.

[Valerij]

Александр Ч. пишет:
Нельзя это давать в отрыве от следующего сообщения    

Elon Musk  ‏@ elonmusk      2 ч.  
However, F9 will continue to land in the ocean until we prove precision control from hypersonic thru subsonic regimes

SFN пишет:
То есть это муляжи нераздвижные?

   
ИМХО, раздвижные (по фото понять сложно). Смысл в том, чтобы не рисковать, пока не добьются устойчивого управления ступенью при посадке, не будут назначать точку посадки на суше. При неудаче ступень просто упадет в заранее выделенном районе океана. На суше при промахе могут возникнуть серьезные проблемы.

[testest]

AlexioM пишет:
Мое мнение - раздвижные, иначе зачем их туда ставить?

Чтобы опять не закрутило ступень. Они надеются, что лапы помогут.

[vlad7308]

ykpoi пишет:

AlexioM пишет:
Мое мнение - раздвижные, иначе зачем их туда ставить?

Чтобы опять не закрутило ступень. Они надеются, что лапы помогут.

дык они помогут, если будут раздвинуты

[Александр Ч.]

Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk  27 мин.  
All four landing legs now mounted on Falcon 9 pic.twitter.com/5ZNG1NflsG
 
 

 
 
 

[m-s Gelezniak]

vlad7308 пишет:

ykpoi пишет:

AlexioM пишет:
Мое мнение - раздвижные, иначе зачем их туда ставить?

Чтобы опять не закрутило ступень. Они надеются, что лапы помогут.

дык они помогут, если будут раздвинуты

Не помогут.

[Bizonich]

m-s Gelezniak пишет:

vlad7308 пишет:

ykpoi пишет:

AlexioM пишет:
Мое мнение - раздвижные, иначе зачем их туда ставить?

Чтобы опять не закрутило ступень. Они надеются, что лапы помогут.

дык они помогут, если будут раздвинуты

Не помогут.

Что, закрутит аппарат и переломает опоры в итоге?