NROL-35 – Atlas V 541 – Vandenberg SLC-3E – 13.12.2014

[Slaanesh]

а что, если 4 элемент (то есть вода) не упомянут именно потому что он и относится к "стихии" аппарата?
Может все же обновленный NOSS?слепая, потому что не оптическая, четыре спутника (1+3) работают по одной цели,

[Slaanesh]

к тому же NROL-34 и 36 были именно такими

[Безумный Шляпник]

Не думаю, что это NOSS следующего поколения. По всяким косвенным признакам, еще не все NOSS'ы нынешнего поколения отстреляли. Склоняюсь к версии с высокой орбитой - а раз Ванденберг, значит ОТМ. Правда и здесь есть смущающее обстоятельство: NROL-22 и NROL-28 улетели на легких носителях с 4-метровыми ГО, т.е. аппараты относительно небольшие в стартовой конфигурации. А тут 5-метровый ГО, да еще и 4 ТТУ.

[Безумный Шляпник]

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NAVAREA XII 474/2014 (18,21,22)  

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
ROCKETS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0226Z TO 0419Z DAILY
   12 THRU 17 DEC IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 31-29N 119-02W, 31-24N 119-19W,
      32-54N 119-57W, 32-59N 119-39W.
   B. 23-28N 113-46W, 22-56N 115-00W,
      25-36N 116-23W, 25-59N 115-29W,
      25-53N 115-16W, 25-45N 115-05W,
      25-20N 114-43W.
   C. 07-25N 105-07W, 06-21N 107-26W,
      10-09N 109-13W, 11-13N 106-52W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 170519Z DEC 14.

( 071035Z DEC 2014 )  

[Безумный Шляпник]

Наклонение около 63 градусов подтверждается. То есть - либо ОТМ, либо что-то НОССоподобное, либо что-то совсем новенькое. Полагаю, первый из перечисленных вариантов наиболее вероятен.

[G.K.]

Безумный Шляпник пишет:
Наклонение около 63 градусов подтверждается. То есть - либо ОТМ, либо что-то НОССоподобное, либо что-то совсем новенькое. Полагаю, первый из перечисленных вариантов наиболее вероятен.

А что такого тяжёлого можно отправить на ОТМ? 
С самой ОТМ вопросов нет, я думаю  будет три аппарата через 120 в итоге. 

[G.K.]

Безумный Шляпник пишет:
Не думаю, что это NOSS следующего поколения. По всяким косвенным признакам, еще не все NOSS'ы нынешнего поколения отстреляли. Склоняюсь к версии с высокой орбитой - а раз Ванденберг, значит ОТМ. Правда и здесь есть смущающее обстоятельство: NROL-22 и NROL-28 улетели на легких носителях с 4-метровыми ГО, т.е. аппараты относительно небольшие в стартовой конфигурации. А тут 5-метровый ГО, да еще и 4 ТТУ.

Может их двоих туда посадили?

[G.K.]

Интересно, сколько витков он будет на НОО сидеть? Или три витка вокруг гарпуна до отправки на трезубец- это просто так?

[G.K.]

Безумный Шляпник пишет:
Наклонение около 63 градусов подтверждается.

А под  РБ они заняли поля, или опять в дальний космос?

[Безумный Шляпник]

G.K. пишет:
А что такого тяжёлого можно отправить на ОТМ?

Аналог геостационарного USA-250 (NROL-67), например.

G.K. пишет:
С самой ОТМ вопросов нет, я думаю будет три аппарата через 120 в итоге.

Не факт. Могут двумя ограничиться. Второй - NROL-42.

[Безумный Шляпник]

G.K. пишет:
А под  РБ они заняли поля, или опять в дальний космос?

Думаю, РБ останется болтаться на ОТМ.

[che wi]

с форума nsf

[Безумный Шляпник]

Оба-на! Еще райончик к югу от Австралии. М.б. и под разгонник.

[che wi]

Пока по прогнозу – 10% на благоприятные погодные условия в день пуска.

"Unfavorable weather may delay the launch."

http://spaceflightnow.com/2014/12/10/weather-not-looking-promising-for-atlas-5-launch/

[G.K.]

Безумный Шляпник пишет:
Оба-на! Еще райончик к югу от Австралии. М.б. и под разгонник.

А вот это уже интересно. В "старые" времена РБ оставались либо на ОТМ, либо на некой переходной орбите. А теперь его утопят. Идея с утоплением с "высоких", кажется, обретает мясо. Товарищи, а грузоподъёмность Атласа известна?

[triage]

про запуск, наверное калька с других ресурсов
http://www.americaspace.com/?p=72989

[Salo]

http://spaceflightnow.com/2014/12/10/nrol35-mission-status-center/

1:15 p.m. local (2115 GMT)
SCRUB. A rainy weather forecast for drought-stricken California has forced officials to delay Thursday night's planned launching of an Atlas 5 rocket with a classified reconnaissance satellite payload.

Liftoff has been reset for Friday evening at approximate 7:21 p.m. local time (10:21 p.m. EST; 0321 GMT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Officials made the rare decision to delay the mission ahead of time. But the forecast predicted rain, thick clouds gusty winds and even lightning would violate weather rules tonight.

This first time in 17 Atlas launches, dating back to 2012, that a scrub has occurred after the countdown was initiated. The consecutive string had been fueled and launched on the first attempts.

12:32 p.m. local (2032 GMT)
Atlas and Centaur have been powered up. Guidance system testing is next.

11:27 a.m. local (1927 GMT)
Clocks begin ticking now for today's flight by the Atlas 5 rocket from America's western spaceport to deploy the NROL-35 payload into space.

As the countdown gets started, the launch team will power up the rocket to conduct standard pre-flight tests and ready the vehicle.

Rollback of the mobile service tower from around the rocket is expected in about three hours. Once the gantry is removed, crews at the pad will make preparations to systems and equipment before the site is cleared of all personnel for fueling.

Supercold liquid oxygen begins flowing into the Centaur upper stage, followed by the Atlas first stage. Liquid hydrogen fuel loading for Centaur will be completed a short time later.

A final hold is scheduled when clocks hit the T-minus 4 minute mark. That will give the team a chance to finish any late work and assess the status of the rocket, payload, Range and weather before proceeding into the last moments of the countdown.

[Salo]

http://spaceflightnow.com/2014/12/13/photos-gantry-retracted-from-atlas-5/

Photos: Gantry retracted from Atlas 5       
Posted on December 13, 2014 by Justin Ray
          
The 8-million-pound mobile service tower is retracted from around the Atlas 5 rocket, revealing the 20-story-tall vehicle for liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
 

Credit: ULA

 

Credit: ULA


Credit: ULA
 


Credit: James Murati/Bionetics


Credit: James Murati/Bionetics

[Salo]

http://spaceflightnow.com/2014/12/10/nrol35-mission-status-center/

6:30 p.m. local (0230 GMT)
The Atlas 5 rocket's rigid body first stage is known as the Common Core Booster. The CCB replaced the "balloon" pressure-stabilized stage used by previous Atlas vehicles.

It is equipped with the RD-180 liquid-fueled main engine. This liquid oxygen/kerosene powerplant is a two-thrust chamber, two-nozzle engine.

As the CCB's name suggests, the stage is common and is used in all the various configurations of the Atlas 5 family. The booster stage is 106.6 feet long and 12.5 feet diameter.

6:14 p.m. local (0214 GMT)
 Now 60 minutes from launch. All activities are proceeding smoothly toward a liftoff at 7:14 p.m. Pacific Time.
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6:14 p.m. local (0214 GMT)
 The liquid hydrogen tank in the Centaur upper stage just reached the 97 percent level. Topping is now beginning.
 
6:12 p.m. local (0212 GMT)
 Fast-filling of the first stage liquid oxygen has been completed. Topping mode is now underway.
 
6:06 p.m. local (0206 GMT)
 The Centaur liquid hydrogen tank is 50 percent loaded so far. The cryogenic propellant will be consumed with liquid oxygen by the stage's Aerojet Rocketdyne-made RL10 engine.
 
5:59 p.m. local (0159 GMT)
 Now beyond the three-quarters level of liquid oxygen on the first stage.
 
5:52 p.m. local (0152 GMT)
 Chilldown of the liquid hydrogen system is now complete, allowing the super-cold rocket fuel to begin filling the Centaur upper stage.
 
5:48 p.m. local (0148 GMT)
 First stage liquid oxygen tank is passing the half-full mark. Chilled to Minus-298 degrees F, the liquid oxygen will be used with RP-1 kerosene by the RD-180 main engine on the first stage during the initial minutes of flight today. The 25,000 gallons of RP-1 were loaded into the rocket earlier.
 
5:44 p.m. local (0144 GMT)
 Now 90 minutes from liftoff. There are no reports of technical troubles from the launch team. Fueling operations remain in work for the launch time of 7:14 p.m. local.
 
5:27 p.m. local (0127 GMT)
 NEW LAUNCH TIME. The target liftoff time has been adjusted slightly to 7:14:00 p.m. local (0314 GMT).
 
5:27 p.m. local (0127 GMT)
 The Centaur liquid oxygen tank is 75 percent full now.
And the chilldown conditioning of liquid hydrogen propellant lines is starting to prepare the plumbing for transferring the Minus-423 degree F fuel into the rocket. The Centaur holds about 13,000 gallons of the cryogenic propellant.
 
5:19 p.m. local (0119 GMT)
 The Centaur liquid oxygen tank is nearing 40 percent full already.
 
5:09 p.m. local (0109 GMT)
 The conditioning of the systems for the first stage liquid oxygen tank have been completed. And a "go" has been given to begin flowing supercold liquid oxygen into the Atlas 5's first stage.
The Common Core Booster stage's liquid oxygen tank is the largest tank to be filled today. It holds about 50,000 gallons of cryogenic oxidizer for the RD-180 main engine.
 
5:05 p.m. local (0105 GMT)
 Filling of the Centaur upper stage with about 4,300 gallons of liquid oxygen is beginning at Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex 3 following the thermal conditioning of the transfer pipes.
The liquid oxygen -- chilled to Minus-298 degrees F -- will be consumed during the launch by the Centaur's single RL10 engine along with liquid hydrogen to be loaded into the stage a little later in the countdown.
 
4:58 p.m. local (0058 GMT)
 The Centaur liquid oxygen system's pad storage area has been prepped. The next step is conditioning the transfer lines, which is now beginning to prepare the plumbing for flowing the cryogenic oxidizer.
 
4:53 p.m. local (0053 GMT)
 T-minus 120 minutes and counting! The launch countdown has resumed for today's flight of the Atlas 5 rocket following the planned half-hour built-in hold.
Clocks have one more hold scheduled at T-minus 4 minutes. That pause will last 20 minutes during which time the final "go" for launch will be given.
All remains targeted for liftoff at 7:13 p.m. local time (0313 GMT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
 
4:50 p.m. local (0050 GMT)
 The launch team and all systems are "ready" to proceed with the countdown and begin fueling the Atlas 5 rocket as planned.
Loading of cryogenic liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen into the Atlas 5 rocket will be getting underway a short time from now.
 
4:48 p.m. local (0048 GMT)
 The Atlas launch conductor is briefing his team on procedures before entering into the final two hours of the countdown. A readiness check of the team members is next.
 
4:23 p.m. local (0023 GMT)
 T-minus 2 hours and holding. The countdown just entered the first of the planned holds over the course of the day that will lead to the 7:13 p.m.local launch of the Atlas-Centaur rocket.
This initial pause lasts 30 minutes, giving the team some margin in the countdown timeline to deal with technical issues or any work that is running behind. The final hold is scheduled to occur at T-minus 4 minutes.
Workers have left the pad area in advance of today's propellant loading and launch of the Atlas 5 rocket.
 
3:55 p.m. local (2355 GMT)
 Guidance system testing is complete.
 
3:45 p.m. local (2345 GMT)
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3:22 p.m. local (2322 GMT)
 The pad crew reports the gantry is parked, closed up and ready for launch.
 
3:00 p.m. local (2300 GMT)
 The 8-million-pound mobile service tower has been retracted from around the Atlas 5 rocket, revealing the 20-story-tall vehicle for liftoff at 7:13 p.m. PST today.
The ground crews are getting the gantry's doors closed, plus finishing the final buttoning up of pad equipment over before all workers clear the pad for the remainder of the countdown.
Today's launch will be the 10th Atlas 5 rocket to fly from Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex 3-East pad. The site underwent an extensive overhaul, with construction occurring in 2004 and 2005, to accommodate the larger and more powerful Atlas 5 family of rockets. Some of the major modifications included:

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• 30-foot extension to mobile service tower
• 20-foot exhaust duct depth increase
• 250-ton Fixed Launch Platform installed
• Significant ambient and cryogenic fluid ground system modifications
• Complete replacement of the Ground Command/Control/Communication system
• New and refurbished Launch Control/Mission Support Centers
  

2:30 p.m. local (2230 GMT)
 Rollback of the launch pad's service gantry is underway! This is a major milestone in today's countdown, getting the mobile tower retracted to uncover the Atlas 5 rocket.
The structure's internal crane was instrumental in bringing the rocket stages and payload together. And now the fully assembled Atlas 5 has been unveiled for its 51st launch, the 10th to originate from Vandenberg.
 
2:19 p.m. local (2219 GMT)
 A readiness poll of the team has verified all systems are GO for retraction of the gantry.
 
12:30 p.m. local (2030 GMT)
 Atlas and Centaur have been powered up. Guidance system testing is next.
 
11:23 a.m. local (1923 GMT)
 The countdown begins anew for tonight's launch of the Atlas 5 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Liftoff is scheduled for 7:13:30 p.m. local time (10:13:30 p.m. EST; 0313:30 GMT).
"Any of the folks who get to watch this launch, which will be an evening launch, will really get to see a show both in sound and light produced," said Lt. Col. Jim Bodnar, 4th Space Launch Squadron commander at Vandenberg.
Last night's initial countdown was halted due to a bleak weather forecast. Conditions are predicted to improve for tonight's try, with a 40 percent chance of acceptable conditions.
"We've got a weather squadron here on base that provides us frequent updates on the weather, including probabilities of violations of the many weather constraints," Bodnar said.
Rollback of the mobile service tower from around the rocket is expected in about three hours. Once the gantry is removed, crews at the pad will make preparations to systems and equipment before the site is cleared of all personnel for fueling.
Supercold liquid oxygen begins flowing into the Centaur upper stage, followed by the Atlas first stage. Liquid hydrogen fuel loading for Centaur will be completed a short time later.
A final hold is scheduled when clocks hit the T-minus 4 minute mark. That will give the team a chance to finish any late work and assess the status of the rocket, payload, Range and weather before proceeding into the last moments of the countdown.
"Looking forward to NROL-35. So many people...so much preparation...so much riding on the Atlas 5...so much fun to be a part of," tweeted Col. Keith Balts, 30th Space Wing commander and the launch decision authority.

[Salo]

6:51 p.m. local (0251 GMT)
Liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen tanks are at flight level.

6:49 p.m. local (0249 GMT)
T-minus 4 minutes and holding. The countdown has entered the planned hold to give the launch team a chance to review all systems before pressing ahead with liftoff.

6:48 p.m. local (0248 GMT)
-minus 5 minutes and counting. Standing by to go into the final built-in hold that will last for 20 minutes and 30 seconds.

6:47 p.m. local (0247 GMT)
The fuel-fill sequence for the first stage main engine has been completed.

6:40 p.m. local (0240 GMT)
The workhorse Centaur upper stage has flown in various configurations for decades. For this launch, the stage will use one Aerojet Rocketdyne-built RL10C-1 liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen engine that develops a thrust of about 22,890 pounds.

The stage is 41.5 feet in length and 10 feet it diameter. It also houses the navigation unit that serves as the rocket's guidance brain.