ORS 3: STPSat 3 + попутные ПН - Minotaur I - MARS LP-0B - 20.11.2013 01:15 UTC

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20 ноября 04:30-06:15 ЛМВ.

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U.S. Air Force photo of the Orbital Sciences Corporation #Minotaur 1 rocket on the launch pad NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. The rocket will carry the Ball Aerospace-built STPSat-3 satellite and 28 cubesats into space as part of the ORS-3 mission.

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http://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/release.asp?prid=1875

Orbital Set to Launch Minotaur I Rocket in Support of ORS-3 Mission for the U.S. Air Force

-- Company's 25th Minotaur Rocket to Launch Record Number of Satellites Into Orbit --

-- Orbital-Sponsored TJ3Sat to be First Satellite Designed and Built by High School Students --

(Dulles, VA 18 November 2013) -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB), one of the world's leading space technology companies, announced today that it is in final preparations for tomorrow's launch of a Minotaur I rocket in support of the Department of Defense Operationally Responsive Space Office's ORS-3 mission. The vehicle is scheduled to be launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport located at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia on Tuesday, November 19 at approximately 7:30 p.m. (EST).

The Minotaur I space launch vehicle combines Orbital's commercial launch vehicle technologies, including upper stage rocket motors, structures, avionics and other elements, with government-supplied first- and second-stage rocket motors to create responsive, reliable and low-cost launch systems for U.S. Government-sponsored spacecraft. It can place single or multiple satellites weighing up to 1,300 lbs. into low-Earth orbit. Tomorrow's mission will be the 25th Minotaur launch since the rocket's first flight in 2000.

Under the Orbital/Suborbital Program (OSP) contract, which is managed by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), Space Development and Test Directorate (SMC/SD) Launch Systems Division (SMC/SDL) located at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, Orbital designs, integrates, tests and provides space launch services with the Minotaur I, IV, V and VI rockets, as well as suborbital launch capabilities with the Minotaur II and III configurations.

"We are pleased that the ORS office has chosen the Minotaur I rocket to support this important mission that will not only launch the Air Force's Space Test Program Satellite-3 and 28 CubeSats, but will also demonstrate new methods and technologies designed to reduce overall launch costs," said Mr. Ron Grabe, Orbital's Executive Vice President and General Manager of its Launch Systems Group. "We look forward to a successful launch of the ORS-3 mission and the opportunity to continue supporting the Department of Defense's important work in the area of ORS systems."

In addition to conducting launch operations, Orbital is also a sponsor of the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology's TJ3Sat, one of the 28 CubeSats aboard the Minotaur rocket and the first satellite to be built and tested by high school students. Over the past several years, volunteers from Orbital's technical staff mentored the student team and provided engineering oversight, while the company made its space testing facilities available and provided financial support for the satellite project at the Alexandria, VA school. The TJ³Sat was assigned to the ORS-3 mission through NASA's Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) program based on launch manifest availability.

About the ORS-3 Mission
The ORS-3 mission, also known as the Enabler mission, will demonstrate launch and range improvements to include automated vehicle trajectory targeting, range safety planning, and flight termination; employ a commercial-like procurement with FAA licensing of a Minotaur I; and launch the Air Force's Space Test Program Satellite-3 and 28 CubeSats on an Integrated Payload Stack. These enablers not only focus on the ability to execute a rapid call-up mission, they automate engineering tasks that once took months and reduce those timelines to days and/or hours resulting in decreased mission costs.

About Orbital
Orbital develops and manufactures small- and medium-class rockets and space systems for commercial, military and civil government customers. The company's primary products are satellites and launch vehicles, including low-Earth orbit, geosynchronous-Earth orbit and planetary spacecraft for communications, remote sensing, scientific and defense missions; human-rated space systems for Earth-orbit, lunar and other missions; ground- and air-launched rockets that deliver satellites into orbit; and missile defense systems that are used as interceptor and target vehicles. Orbital also provides satellite subsystems and space-related technical services to government agencies and laboratories. More information about Orbital can be found at http://www.orbital.com. Follow the company on Twitter @OrbitalSciences.

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A0742/13 - DUE TO MILITARY STATIONARY AIRSPACE RESERVATION "MINOTAUR 1/OSR-3" WITHIN THE NEW YORK OCEANIC CTA/FIR, NEW YORK OCEANIC WILL NOT ACCEPT IFR FLIGHT WITHIN THAT AIRSPACE BOUNDED BY: 3740N/7252W, 3738N/7207W, 3725N/7143W, 3703N/7134W, 3622N/7141W, 3622N/7240W, 3713N/7240W TO START POINT. THE FOLLOWING INTERNATIONAL ROUTES WILL BE AFFECTED: AR9, L453, L454, L455, L457 AND M201 INTERNATIONAL REROUTES ARE AS FOLLOWS: AR9: CLOSED L453: FILING L453 TO JOIN M201 USE INLAND RTG AND REVERSE TO CARRIBEAN USE INLAND RTG TO ECG AR8 OXANA DCT ALOBI L435 AND REVERSE L454: USE SQAUD DCT SKPPR DCT PERDO AND REVERSE L455: USE SQAUD DCT SKPPR L455 AND REVERSE L457: USE SAVIK L459 DASER M592 BDA AND REVERSE M201: USE M202 UKOKA M202 LOMPI AND REVERSE. SFC - FL999, 20 NOV 00:30 2013 UNTIL 27 NOV 03:00 2013. CREATED: 19 NOV 01:06 2013

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http://www.spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/ors3/status.html

1550 GMT (10:50 a.m. EST)
 The launch of a Minotaur 1 rocket from Virginia is on schedule for tonight at 7:30 p.m. EST (0030 GMT). The launch window extends until 9:15 p.m. EST (0215 GMT), and the weather forecast calls for nearly ideal conditions with clear skies, temperatures in the mid-40s Fahrenheit, and just a 5 percent chance of weather prohibiting launch.
The launch is sponsored by the U.S. military's Operationally Responsive Space office. Based at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, the ORS program was established to develop and demonstrate technologies to lower the cost and increase the pace of Defense Department space missions.
The ultimate objective of the ORS initiative is the rapid call-up of launchers and satellites on standby, which can be quickly assembled and launched when military commanders need them.
Tonight's mission is aimed at testing an autonomous launch safety system for the ORS program, but the 70-foot-tall Minotaur is also loaded with 29 satellites.
The largest payload is STPSat 1, a refrigerator-sized satellite that serves as a host platform for five sensors and experiments for the military, NASA and NOAA.
The Minotaur is also carrying 28 CubeSats housed in "wafer" deployment mechanisms below STPSat 3.
The countdown is due to begin at 2:30 p.m. EST (1930 GMT).
 
 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2013
1430 GMT (9:30 a.m. EST)
 Mission managers on Sunday gave approval to proceed with final launch preparations for Tuesday night's flight of a Minotaur 1 rocket on a mission to demonstrate cost-cutting technologies for the U.S. military. The mission is set for liftoff in a window between 7:30 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. EST Tuesday (0030-0215 GMT Wednesday) from launch pad 0B at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
Officials met Sunday afternoon for the launch readiness review to discuss the status of the launch vehicle, its payload comprising 29 satellites, ground systems and weather.
There is a 95 percent chance of acceptable conditions at the time of launch, according to Keith Koehler, a NASA Wallops spokesperson.
On Monday, workers planned to complete final arming of the Minotaur 1 launch vehicle, which is powered by four solid-fueled stages derived from the Minuteman missile and commercial programs.
Vehicle testing and closeouts are complete, officials said.
Tuesday's Minotaur launch from Virginia depends on today's launch of NASA's Mars-bound MAVEN spacecraft going on schedule from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The two missions share a tracking site in Antigua, and if MAVEN's launch is delayed 24 hours, the Minotaur flight would be pushed back as well.
The launch countdown is set to begin about 5 hours before liftoff Tuesday.
The nighttime launch will be visible along the U.S. East Coast, with viewing opportunities available from South Carolina to New York and inland to the Appalachians.
We'll have live coverage and check back later for a full launch preview and more details on the mission.
If you're in the area and want to see the launch, check out this map showing its visibility, weather permitting.

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http://www.spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/ors3/launchtimeline.html

Minotaur launch timeline
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: November 18, 2013

T-00:00    Liftoff
The first stage's decommissioned Minuteman 2 M55A1 solid rocket motor ignites to begin the Minotaur 1 rocket's mission. Pitch and roll commands two seconds later will put the rocket on the proper trajectory east from Wallops Island, Va.

T+00:37    Max Q
Aerodynamic pressure on the vehicle reaches its peak as the Minotaur 1 accelerates through the lower atmosphere.

T+01:01    Stage 1 Sep./Stage 2 Ignition
At an altitude of about 20 miles, the rocket's first stage exhausts its supply of solid fuel and is jettisoned. The second stage's SR19 motor ignites to continue the flight toward space.

T+01:17    Stage 2 Skirt Jettison
The second stage's aft skirt is jettisoned at an altitude of 32 miles.

T+02:13    Stage 2 Separation
After a 72-second burn, the Minotaur rocket's second stage separates at an altitude of 77 miles as the vehicle is traveling more than 6,000 mph.

T+02:15    Stage 3 Ignition
Components from the commercial Pegasus rocket program take over as the ATK Orion 50XL motor begins its 74-second firing.

T+02:25    Fairing Jettison
The 61-inch titanium payload fairing that protected the satellites during the ride through the lower atmosphere is jettisoned as the rocket ascends into space at an altitude of 86 miles.

T+03:29    Stage 3 Burnout
The Orion 50XL motor completes its burn and the Minotaur 1 enters a coast period lasting more than five minutes, during which the vehicle's altitude will soar to approximately 310 miles, the mission's orbital injection altitude.

T+08:56    Stage 3 Separation
The Minotaur's third stage is released to re-enter Earth's atmosphere.

T+09:07    Stage 4 Ignition
The Orion 38 solid rocket motor is ignited to complete the job of placing the payload into orbit.

T+10:14    Stage 4 Burnout
The fourth stage uses up its propellant and burns out as it enters the targeted orbit at an altitude of about 310 miles and an orbital inclination of 40.5 degrees.

T+12:14    STPSat 3 Separation
The Air Force's STPSat 3 satellite is deployed from the Minotaur 1 rocket's fourth stage.

T+19:49    CubeSat Separation 1
The first portion of the mission's 28 CubeSat secondary payloads begin deploying from "wafer" containers stacked on the Minotaur fourth stage.

T+22:19    CubeSat Separation 2
The last portion of the mission's 28 CubeSat secondary payloads begin deploying from "wafer" containers stacked on the Minotaur fourth stage.

Data source: Orbital Sciences Corp.

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http://www.spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/ors3/groundtrack.html#.UovEgic2NeI
Minotaur 1 launch ground track
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: November 18, 2013



This map illustrates the ground track that the Minotaur 1 rocket will follow during launch. Credit: Orbital Sciences Corp.

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1955 GMT (2:55 p.m. EST)
 There is a 100 percent probability of acceptable weather conditions on the ground at the time of launch, but space weather conditions are currently NO GO for launch. Officials are monitoring an X-ray flux event caused by a solar storm.
There is also an issue with a backup flight termination system transmitter at the Minotaur's tracking station in Coquina, N.C.
 
 1930 GMT (2:30 p.m. EST)
 T-minus 5 hours and counting. The launch team has assembled in the launch control center on the main base of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, and clocks have begun ticking backward toward liftoff at 7:30 p.m. EDT (0030 GMT). Nearly 50 senior managers from NASA, the Air Force, Orbital Sciences and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport occupy the control room during countdown operations.
The first steps of the countdown include the activation of the launcher's on-board computer, followed by communications checks between the rocket's S-band telemetry system and ground receivers.
The Minotaur's inertial guidance system will aligned for flight, and the launch team will check the rocket's destruct system to ensure it is ready to terminate the flight if the rocket goes off course and threatens populated areas.
After initial testing is complete, the launch team will power down the Minotaur rocket, workers will clear the launch pad, and the final prelaunch checklist will begin at T-minus 60 minutes.

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2055 GMT (3:55 p.m. EST)
The X-ray flux issue has been cleared because the amplified stream of particles is not aimed at Earth, according to an Orbital Sciences spokesperson.

The mobile gantry at launch pad 0B has been retracted away from the 69-foot-tall Minotaur 1 launch vehicle, exposing the rocket at the oceanfront launch complex at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport.

The structure is moved back from the launch pad using a truck similar to an airplane pushback tractor.

The gantry's height was raised to 127 feet to support the Minotaur 5 rocket's first flight from Wallops in September. The Minotaur 5 is about 11 feet taller than the Minotaur 1.

The mobile gantry was reconfigured following the Minotaur 5's launch of NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, or LADEE, mission on Sept. 6. Work platforms were moved to accommodate the Minotaur 1, which has a 5.5-foot-diameter first stage motor based on the Minuteman ballistic missile. The larger Minotaur 5 is based on the Peacekeeper missile and is 7.7 feet wide at the bottom.

Today's launch marks the sixth Minotaur flight from launch pad 0B at Wallops.

And the earlier issue with a transmitter at a tracking station in North Carolina has been resolved and will be cleared once it completes prelaunch testing.

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2119 GMT (4:19 p.m. EST)
There are no issues with the launch vehicle or the payload at this point in the countdown, but the Wallops Range is "red" as engineers continue to troubleshoot an issue with the back-up flight termination system transmitter and a data circuit at the downrange ground station in Coquina, N.C.

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2135 GMT (4:35 p.m. EST)
After completing the pre-flight vehicle test checklist, Minotaur and ground support equipment have been powered down.

During the last couple of hours, the team retracted the launch pad gantry, established radio connections with the Minotaur launcher, and checked the rocket's flight termination system. And the launch team also aligned the Minotaur 1's inertial navigation system.

The launch team reports the launch pad is ready to begin final arming procedures for the Minotaur 1 rocket. The pad team is completing the final arming of the launcher now.

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2212 GMT (5:12 p.m. EST)
 The launch team has completed final vehicle arming, and the pad crew is preparing to evacuate the launch pad for launch.

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2300 GMT (6:00 p.m. EST)
T-минус 90 минут. Это относительно спокойную фазу обратного отсчета времени до финального предстартовой контрольный список начинается с T-минус 60 минут.
Инженеры продолжают устранять проблемы в вдали станции слежения в Ракушечник, Северная Каролина, Если диапазон "красный" в 6:30 вечера. EST (2330 GMT), отсчет времени будем проводить в T-минус 60 минут, пока проблема не будет решена.

Окно запуска сегодня простирается до 9:15 вечера. EST (0215 GMT).

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2320 по Гринвичу (6:20 p.m. EST)
Следуйте вместе с сегодняшнего старта, проверяя эта хронология основных событий во время Минотавр восхождение в космос.
И вид грунта следить карту Минотавра траекторию полета по пути на орбиту в этот вечер.

Если вы находитесь на восточном побережье США от Каролины до Новой Англии, может быть, вы сможете увидеть ракеты Minotaur полос в космос в этот вечер. Проверьте карту, показывающую, видимость возможности.

2330 по Гринвичу (6:30 вечера. EST)
ЗАПУСК ЗАДЕРЖКИ. Отсчет времени проводит в Т-минус 60 минут, так как работники по-прежнему пытаются решить проблему на станции слежения на Ракушечник, штат Северная Каролина, южнее космодрома Wallops.
Окно запуска простирается до 9:15 вечера. EST (0215 GMT), так что часы должны резюме с 8:15 вечера. EST на упрощение запуска в этот вечер.

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2349 по Гринвичу (6:49 вечера. EST)
В Ракушечник диапазоне станции в Северной Каролине Outer Banks, как сообщается, работает. Придумывать убедиться, Ракушечник имеет хорошую связь с ракетного система прекращения полета.

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0015 по Гринвичу (7:15 вечера. EST Вт.)
T-минус 60 минут и подсчета голосов. Отсчет времени возобновляется с целевым время запуска 8:15 вечера. EST (0115 GMT) после решения вопроса с вдали отслеживания сайта в Северной Каролине.
В этой точке отсчета, запуск команды открывает сводный контрольный перечень для руководства деятельностью по старта.

0017 по Гринвичу (7:17 вечера. EST Вт.)
T-минус 58 минут и подсчета голосов. - Ракетные системы с-активируется для окончательного тестирования.

0020 по Гринвичу (7:20 p.m. EST Вт.)
T-минус 55 минут и подсчета голосов. Первые шаги the final countdown контрольный перечень входит активация Минотавр авионики для приведения транспортного средства инерциальной системой наведения и проверки ракеты S-band телеметрической системы связи, мощность сигнала.

0023 (7:23 вечера. EST Вт.)
T-минус 52 минуты и подсчета голосов. Ракеты S-диапазона, системы связи проверяется здоров и готов к запуску.

0026 по Гринвичу (7:26 p.m. EST Вт.)
Погода outlook призывает температурой 39 градусов по Фаренгейту, высокие перистые облака и ветры с Севера на скорости 10 узлов. Вероятность нарушения погоды ограничений составляет 0 процентов.

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0032 по Гринвичу (7:32 вечера. EST Вт.)
В Wallops запуска опасной зоны был подтвержден ясно из всего персонала.

0036 по Гринвичу (7:36 часов. EST Вт.)
Все системы функционируют нормально, в этой точке отсчета. Ракеты C-диапазона слежения Маяк был включен для проверки Минотавр разрушить систему.

0045 по Гринвичу (7:45 вечера. EST Вт.)
T-минус 30 минут и подсчета голосов.

0050 по Гринвичу (7:50 вечера. EST Вт.)
T-минус 25 минут и подсчета голосов. Ракеты отслеживания Маяк прошел предполетный досмотр, и прекращения полета система находится в стадии тестирования.