OTV-5 (X-37B) - Falcon 9 - Kennedy LC-39A - 07.09.2017, 14:00 UTC

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Прогноз погоды L-1

Falcon 9 Flight-42 L-1 Launch Forecast 07 Sep
 

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45-е космокрыло объявило опасную зону

Launch Hazard Area
 

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45-е космокрыло объявило ACA

Airspace Closure Area
 

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http://www.patrick.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1299902/patrick-afb-ccafs-jdmta-in-hurricane-condition-v/

PATRICK AFB, CCAFS, JDMTA IN HURRICANE CONDITION V
By 45th Space Wing Public Affairs / Published September 05, 2017

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. --
The 45th Space Wing has entered Hurricane Condition V (HURCON V) and is currently taking actions to secure property in the event Hurricane Irma nears Space Coast facilities.  HURCON V normally indicates surface winds in excess of 58 mph (50 knots) could arrive within 96 hours; however, so that we can begin preparatory actions while still supporting a launch operation on Thursday we have declared HURCON 5 early.

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Base personnel and base residents should begin preparing for the possible arrival of the storm. The 45th Space Wing commander is working closely with Florida and Brevard County officials and will post updates as the situation unfolds. The wing and our mission partners are closely monitoring this storm and will direct actions as appropriate.

During HURCON V, 45th Space Wing will begin precautionary preparations to secure property and any launch infrastructure that may be exposed to storm conditions. All hurricane response teams are now on telephone standby and teams will soon begin to store outdoor items that could become projectiles in a storm.

Information can also be found at the 45th Space Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., Facebook page and twitter page (45th Space Wing) and www.patrick.af.mil for further information and updates, including return to base and duty notifications. Base personnel should continue to update and/or monitor their contact and location information status via the Air Force Personnel Accountability and Assessment System (AFPAAS) at https://afpaas.af.mil every four hours for updates.

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Так че, получается отменят все таки?

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http://spacenews.com/as-hurricane-approaches-spacex-poised-to-launch-air-forces-x-37b-space-plane/

As hurricane approaches, SpaceX poised to launch Air Force's X-37B spaceplane
by Mike Fabey and Brian Berger — September 6, 2017


The X-37B on the Shuttle Landing Facility runway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center after a May 7 landing that ended a 718-day mission. Credit: U.S. Air Force

WASHINGTON — As Florida braces for a hurricane expected to make landfall this weekend, the U.S. Air Force and SpaceX still hope to launch the X-37B reusable spaceplane before the storm hits.

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However, officials in Cape Canaveral, Florida, are forecasting only a 50 percent chance of acceptable weather for Thursday's launch, which is expected to occur sometime between 9:00 a.m. and 3 p.m. Eastern.

Friday's forecast is worse, with only a 40 percent chance of acceptable weather.

But with Hurricane Irma expected to reach central Florida on Sunday, it looks like Thursday and Friday offer X-37B's best chance to lift off from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A before the storm passes.

Officials at neighboring Patrick Air Force Base said Tuesday that the 45th Space Wing had begun their hurricane preparations sooner than usual so that they can still support Thursday's launch attempt.

The X-37B mission is the second national security launch for SpaceX since the Air Force certified the Falcon 9 in 2015 to compete for Defense Department business. In May, SpaceX launched a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office, NROL-76.

That launch followed back-to-back wins of the first two GPS 3 launch contracts the Air Force put out for bid. A third competition, for the mid-2018 launch of the multi-spacecraft Space Test Program-3 mission, went to United Launch Alliance in June. That launch, which will employ ULA's most-powerful variant of its Atlas 5 rocket, would have required SpaceX to have used its Falcon Heavy, which is still months from its debut.

The Boeing-built X-37B has been launched into orbit four times since 2010, accumulating a total of 2,085 days in space. All four missions have been launched atop Atlas 5s.

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson disclosed during an early June congressional hearing that SpaceX, not ULA, would be launching X-37B this time around. She suggested that price was a factor in the Air Force's decision to go with Falcon 9. "The benefit we're seeing now is competition," she said. "There are some very exciting things happening in commercial space that bring the opportunity for assured access to space at a very competitive price."

Randy Walden, director of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, however, emphasized flexibility over cost savings.

"[T]he ability to launch the [X-37B] on multiple platforms will ensure a robust launch capability for our experiment designers," Walden said in June. "We are excited about this new partnership on creating flexible and responsive launch options and are confident in SpaceX's ability to provide safe and assured access to space for the X-37B program."

The Air Force says X-37B will be launched into a higher inclination orbit than prior missions, further expanding the space plane's orbital envelope. In addition to testing the vehicle's flexibility and performance, the mission will also carry aloft an undisclosed number of experimental payloads.

"The many firsts on this mission make the upcoming [X-37B] launch a milestone for the program," Walden said in a press release.

One of the technologies being hosted for the fifth mission is the Air Force Research Laboratory's Advanced Structurally Embedded Thermal Spreader (ASETS-II) payload to test experimental electronics and oscillating heat pipe technologies over long duration in the space environment.

The oscillating heat pipe features a simple, wickless design, the Air Force says, which could provide a low-cost solution to help overcome electronics thermal constraints often associated with increased power and bandwidth needs for space commercial and military users.

The tests will measure the pipe's microgravity performance, startup characteristics, and long-term performance

"It is our goal to continue advancing the X-37B [Orbital Test Vehicle] so it can more fully support the growing space community," Walden said.

This fifth mission has a tough act to follow. X-37B's fourth mission set an endurance record, racking up 718 days in orbit before landing in early May at Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

X-37B began as a NASA program in 1999, but transferred to Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in 2004.  DARPA transferred it to the Air Force in 2006.  Total program costs and budget line are classified.

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Emre Kelly‏Подлинная учетная запись @EmreKelly 8 мин. назад

SpaceX issues #OTV5 / #X37B sonic boom advisory ahead of Thursday's #Falcon9 launch from KSC. Weather still 50/50.

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Зловредный пишет:
Я так понимаю, этот запуск в реальном времени транслировать не собираются?

С чего бы это? Предыдущий OTV-4 на Atlasе показывали,  NROL-76 - тоже...

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NAVAREA IV 761/2017 (11,26)  
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 071350Z TO 071855Z SEP, ALTERNATE 081350Z TO 081855Z SEP IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 28-26N 080-37W, 28-50N 080-43W, 30-20N 078-42W, 29-09N 078-01W. 28-20N 080-12W.
   B. 30-20N 078-42W, 31-51N 076-17W, 30-43N 075-39W, 29-09N 078-01W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 081955Z SEP 17.
( 051816Z SEP 2017 )
 

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HYDROPAC 3033/2017 (GEN)  
WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS SPACE DEBRIS 071754Z TO 072226Z SEP, ALTERNATE 081754Z TO 082226Z AUG IN AREA BOUND BY
   51-00S 077-10E, 44-44S 160-09E, 58-59S 161-33E, 65-20S 078-27E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 082326Z SEP 17.
( 051942Z SEP 2017 )

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Пока не понял, где будут мелкоспутники-попутчики: на ступени "Фалькона" или внутри X-37B.

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/09/06/photos-military-mini-shuttle-transferred-to-spacex-launch-pad/

Photos: Military mini-shuttle transferred to SpaceX launch pad
September 6, 2017 Stephen Clark


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Cocooned inside the nose cone of its Falcon 9 rocket booster, the U.S. Air Force's X-37B spaceplane journeyed fr om a former space shuttle hangar at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, past the Vehicle Assembly Building and toward launch pad 39A last week ahead of liftoff Thursday.

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The miniature space shuttle, designed for robotic operations without a crew, will blast off Thursday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The primary launch window opens at 9:50 a.m. EDT (1350 GMT) and extends until 2:55 p.m. EDT (1855 GMT), according to SpaceX.

The exact launch time is still a secret and is expected to be revealed later today or early Thursday. The upcoming launch will be the fifth flight by one of the Air Force's two X-37B spaceplanes, and the target launch time on the last X-37B flight in May 2015 was not revealed until several hours before liftoff.
All four previous X-37B missions flew into orbit on United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rockets. The Air Force has not disclosed which of its two Boeing-built mini-shuttles will launch Thursday.

The photos below show the X-37B emerging from its hangar at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a repurposed processing facility that used to house the agency's space shuttle orbiters between missions. The ship was already encapsulated inside the Falcon 9's payload shroud as it rolled by the Vehicle Assembly Building and down the three-mile road to pad 39A, wh ere it entered SpaceX's hangar for attachment to the Falcon 9 rocket.


Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Timothy Kirchner


Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Timothy Kirchner


Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Timothy Kirchner


Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Timothy Kirchner


Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Timothy Kirchner


Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Timothy Kirchner


Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Timothy Kirchner


Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Timothy Kirchner


Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Timothy Kirchner


Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Timothy Kirchner

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Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 17 мин. назад

Lots and lots of uncertainty in the forecast, but the latest from Nat'l Hurricane Ctr is not good for Florida's east coast, incl. Cape/KSC.

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NOTAM

KZMA

A1015/17 - STNR ALT RESERVATION CAPE ATC ASSIGNED AIRSPACE ACT FOR
A ROCKET LAUNCH. MIAMI CENTER WILL NOT APPROVE IFR FLTS AND
VFR SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WI AN AREA DEFINED AS
2847N08050W TO 2847N08021W TO 2847N07950W TO 2825N07950W TO
2825N08030W TO 2825N08041W TO 2831N08044W TO 2838N08047W TO
POINT OF ORIGIN. THIS ALT RESERVATION ENCOMPASSES PORTIONS
OF R2933, R2934, AND W497A. SFC - FL180), 07 SEP 11:50 2017 UNTIL 07 SEP 18:55
2017. CREATED: 05 SEP 19:30 2017
 

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NOTAM

A1013/17 (Issued for KZMA PART 2 OF 5) - OR WI AFFECTED WARNING AREA.
EFF: 1709071150-1709071855 W497A WEST OF 80 WEST, SFC-5000FT MSL
EFF: 1709071150-1709071855 CAPE ATCAA, SFC-FL180
EFF: 1709071320-1709071855 R2933, 5000FT MSL-UNL
EFF: 1709071320-1709071855 R2934, SFC-UNL
EFF: 1709071350-1709071855 LAUNCH HAZARD AREA A WI AN AREA DEFINED
AS 2826N08037W TO 2850N08043W TO 3020N07842W TO 2909N07801W TO
2820N08012W TO POINT OF ORIGIN, SFC-UNL. LAUNCH HAZARD AREA B WI AN
AREA DEFINED AS 3020N07842W TO 3151N07617W TO 3043N07539W TO
2909N07801W TO POINT OF ORIGIN. SFC-UNL. THESE AREAS ENCOMPASSE
R2932, R2933, R2934, AND PORTIONS OF W497A/B, W137F/G, W138E,
W139E/F, W140C/D/E/F AND W141.
END PART 2 OF 5. SEE TEXT, 07 SEP 11:50 2017 UNTIL 07 SEP 18:55 2017. CREATED:
05 SEP 18:41 2017
 

A1445/17 (Issued for KZJX PART 2 OF 5) - OR WI AFFECTED WARNING AREA .
EFF: 1709071150-1709071855 W497A WEST OF 80 WEST, SFC-5000FT MSL
EFF: 1709071150-1709071855 CAPE ATCAA, SFC-FL180
EFF: 1709071320-1709071855 R2933, 5000FT MSL-UNL
EFF: 1709071320-1709071855 R2934, SFC-UNL
EFF: 1709071350-1709071855 LAUNCH HAZARD AREA A WI AN AREA DEFINED
AS 2826N08037W TO 2850N08043W TO 3020N07842W TO 2909N07801W TO
2820N08012W TO POINT OF ORIGIN, SFC-UNL. LAUNCH HAZARD AREA B WI AN
AREA DEFINED AS 3020N07842W TO 3151N07617W TO 3043N07539W TO
2909N07801W TO POINT OF ORIGIN. SFC-UNL. THESE AREAS ENCOMPASSE
R2932, R2933, R2934, AND PORTIONS OF W497A/B, W137F/G, W138E,
W139E/F, W140C/D/E/F AND W141.
END PART 2 OF 5. SEE TEXT, 07 SEP 11:50 2017 UNTIL 07 SEP 18:55 2017. CREATED:
05 SEP 19:05 2017
 

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Robin Seemangal‏Подлинная учетная запись @nova_road 45 мин. назад

Visiting #SpaceX's Falcon 9 that will launch the classified Air Force X-37B space plane tomorrow. Window is 9:50 to 14:55 ET. LZ-1 landing.

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