Dragon SpX-16 (CRS-16), GEDI, RRM3 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 - 05.12.2018 18:16 UTC

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Прогноз погоды на пуск 2018-12-04 L-4

L-4 Forecast 4 Dec Launch

Пусковой день: 40% GO
Резервный день: 80% GO

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Tom McCool‏ @Cygnusx112 5 ч. назад

The #SpaceX booster for the #CRS16 launch is still vertical on the pad. Still awaiting word on the static fire.
#Falcon9

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NASA Goddard‏Подлинная учетная запись @NASAGoddard 2 ч. назад

May the forest be with you! GEDI is a new @NASAEarth laser instrument set to launch to the @Space_Station to help scientists create the first 3-D map of the world's temperate and tropical forests. Get the GEDI team's behind-the-scenes stories here: https://go.nasa.gov/2FQhvRJ 

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/2018/11/30/science-briefing-prelaunch-news-conference-set-for-spacex-crs-16/
https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2018/11/30/science-briefing-prelaunch-news-conference-set-for-spacex-crs-16/

Science Briefing, Prelaunch News Conference Set for SpaceX CRS-16

Linda Herridge
Posted Nov 30, 2018 at 3:38 pm

SpaceX's 16th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA is targeted to launch at 1:39 p.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 4, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Join us Monday, Dec. 3, as we start SpaceX CRS-16 launch week coverage with prelaunch events on NASA Television and the agency's website.

9:30 a.m. – What's on Board science briefing from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The briefing will highlight the following research:

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Jill McGuire, project manager, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, will discuss RRM3.

Dr. Ralph Dubayah, principal investigator, University of Maryland, and Bryan Blair, deputy principal investigator, Goddard, will discuss GEDI.

Dr. Elaine Horn-Ranney, principal investigator, Tympanogen, will discuss an investigation into novel wound dressings and how antibiotics can be directly released on wound sites.

Nicole Wagner, LambdaVision, will discuss the Enhancement of Performance and Longevity of a Protein-Based Retinal Implant.

Winners of the Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy Space Station Challenge:

Adia Bulawa, project lead, Staying Healthy in Space

Sarina Kopf, project lead, Aeroponic Farming in Microgravity

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3:30 p.m. – Prelaunch News Conference from Kennedy with the following representatives:

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Joel Montelbano, deputy ISS program manager, NASA's Johnson Space Center

Hans Koenigsmann, vice president of Build and Flight Reliability at SpaceX

Kirt Costello, ISS program chief scientist, Johnson

Clay Flinn, launch weather officer

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For the latest schedule of prelaunch briefings, events and NASA TV coverage, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/content/spacex-crs-16-briefings-and-events/

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По моим прикидкам масса корабля в этой миссии будет около 8063 кг.

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William Harwood‏ @cbs_spacenews 19:25 - 30 нояб. 2018 г.

F9/CRS-16: Falcon 9 hot fire test went off at CCAFS pad 40 at 10:20pm EST; appeared to run normal duration; will stand by for an update from SpaceX re plans for launch Tuesday

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SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX 19:57 - 30 нояб. 2018 г

Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete—targeting December 4 launch from Pad 40 in Florida for Dragon's sixteenth mission to the @Space_Station.

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Прогноз погоды на пуск 2018-12-04 L-3

L-3 Forecast 4 Dec Launch

Пусковой день: = 40% GO
Резервный день: ↑ 90% GO

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/12/01/all-new-falcon-9-rocket-tested-in-florida-as-spacex-preps-for-back-to-back-launches/

All-new Falcon 9 rocket tested in Florida as SpaceX preps for back-to-back launches
December 1, 2018 | Stephen Clark


The Falcon 9 rocket slated to launch SpaceX's 16th operational resupply mission to the space station stands at pad 40 at Cape Canaveral on Thursday. Credit: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now

An all-new SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fired its engines Friday night on launch pad 40 at Cape Canaveral, the opening act in a busy weekend of SpaceX launch preps leading up to a pair of blastoffs Sunday and Tuesday from California's Central Coast and Florida's Space Coast, respectively.

The two-stage Falcon 9 launcher test-fired at pad 40 Friday night is set to blast off Tuesday at 1:38 p.m. EST (1838 GMT) with an automated Dragon supply ship heading to the space station. The Dragon cargo craft will haul several tons of supplies and experiments to the station, including NASA-funded payloads to be affixed outside the research complex to study Earth's forests and demonstrate in-orbit satellite refueling techniques.

A weather forecast issued by the U.S. Air Force's 45th Weather Squadron at nearby Patrick Air Force Base suggests rain showers, thunderstorms and clouds might be a problem for Tuesday's instantaneous launch opportunity. There is a 60 percent probability that weather conditions at Cape Canaveral will prevent liftoff, with the major concerns involving the thick cloud, cumulus cloud, and flight through precipitation launch rules.

A backup launch opportunity is available Wednesday.

SpaceX's launch team loaded kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants into the Falcon 9 rocket Friday evening at pad 40, ran the launcher through a mock countdown, then ignited the first stage's nine Merlin 1D main engines for several seconds at 10:20 p.m. EST (0320 GMT Saturday), while hold-down restraints kept the vehicle firmly on the ground. Workers will lower the rocket horizontal, return it to SpaceX's nearby hangar, and install the Dragon spacecraft on the launcher this weekend before rolling the fully-assembled vehicle back to the pad.

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A hotfire attempt was apparently previously planned for Thursday night, but SpaceX aborted the engine firing and tried again Friday.

It will be SpaceX's 16th resupply launch to the space station under a $3.04 billion NASA contract for 20 cargo transport flights through next year. SpaceX and NASA have a follow-on deal for at least six additional cargo missions through 2024, plus a separate contract covering development and missions by SpaceX's Crew Dragon spaceship for astronaut transport services.

The Falcon 9 rocket set to lift off Tuesday, weather permitting, will fly with a new first stage booster. SpaceX plans to land the rocket at Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station a few miles south of pad 40, the first such rocket return to Florida's Space Coast since February.

The Dragon capsule was recovered in March 2017 following a previous resupply flight to the station, then refurbished and outfitted for a second flight. Assuming an on-time launch Tuesday, the Dragon supply ship will reach the space station Thursday, Dec. 6, to begin a roughly one-month stay before departing and heading back to Earth for a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

Meanwhile, a SpaceX team at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is preparing to launch a different Falcon 9 rocket Sunday at 10:31 a.m. PST (1:31 p.m. EST; 1831 GMT) on a commercial flight with 64 smallsats built and owned by companies, governments and institutions from 17 countries. The launch was set for Nov. 19, but SpaceX ordered a delay to conduct additional inspections, and the launch was further pushed back to wait for better weather.

Sunday's launch from California will set a record for the highest number of satellites ever launched on a U.S. rocket. The rideshare mission, arranged by Seattle-based Spaceflight, will also mark the first time SpaceX has flown the same Falcon 9 first stage booster a third time.

SpaceX has re-launched Falcon boosters 17 times since March 2017 — the fruits of a multi-year effort to recover the rockets and cut launch costs — but no Falcon 9 first stage has flown more than twice. That changes Sunday.

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Прогноз погоды на пуск 2018-12-04 L-2 

L-2 Forecast 4 Dec Launch

Пусковой день: = 40% GO
Резервный день: = 90% GO

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https://www.nasa.gov/content/upcoming-elana-cubesat-launches

ELaNa 21
Date: NET December 4, 2018
Mission: SpaceX-16 – Falcon 9, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
2 CubeSat Missions scheduled to be deployed

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• TechEdSat-8 – NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett, California
• UNITE – University of South Indiana, Evansville, Indiana
  

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Прогноз погоды на пуск 2018-12-04 L-1 

L-1 Forecast 4 Dec Launch

Пусковой день: = 40% GO 
Резервный день: = 90% GO

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Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 3 мин. назад

Enjoying NASA TV's coverage of the science on the next Dragon mission to the ISS, which appears to involve... black holes? sensory depravation? existential dread?

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Запуск ракеты Falcon 9 с космическим кораблем Dragon

Четвертого декабря, в 21:38 должен состояться пуск ракеты Falcon 9 с грузовым космическим кораблем Dragon в рамках миссии CRS-16.
Старт произведут из пускового комплекса 40 на мысе Канаверал (Флорида, США).

 CRS-16 — 16-я миссия космического корабля Dragon к Международной космической станции. Компания SpaceX организовала ее в рамках масштабной программы Commercial Resupply Services, цель которой — организация снабжения МКС.

 Одна из важнейших задач CRS-16 — доставка аппаратуры для проекта GEDI (Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation Lidar), направленного на изучение лесов планеты с помощью лазеров. В качестве второстепенной нагрузки выступают спутники формата CubeSat.

 Для запуска ракеты-носителя SpaceX применит последнюю версию Falcon 9 — Block 5. После старта планируют посадку первой ступени на наземный комплекс.

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