Cygnus NG-12 (CRS-12), ELaNa 25A, +... – Antares-230+ – MARS LP-0A – 02.11.2019, 13:59:47 UTC

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 Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 5 мин. назад

Kurt Eberly, Northrop: this will be the first launch of the Antares 230+ configuration, featuring changes to decrease launch vehicle mass and increase it structural strength, increasing LEO payload mass by 800 kg. #NG12

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Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 12 мин. назад

Jeff Reddish, Wallops Range Antares project manager, says the range is go for launch tomorrow. Weather is 95% go.
#NG12

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Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 3 мин. назад

Eberly says Northrop has on-ramped the new Antares 230+ onto the NASA Launch  Services contract; they hope the additional performance will make it more competitive for NASA science missions.
#NG12

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Пресс-конференция завершена

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Northrop Grumman Cygnus CRS-12 "What's On Board" Briefing

NASA Video

1 нояб. 2019 г.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ros2IqdV4_E (1:19:23)

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Northrop Grumman NG-12 Cygnus Cargo Craft Pre-Launch News Conference

 NASA Video

1 нояб. 2019 г.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/IXywQqUE5mM (57:56)

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https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=520965&lang=RU

К МКС стартует американский грузовой космический корабль Cygnus
02.11.2019 00:00:00

Вашингтон. 2 ноября. ИНТЕРФАКС - Американская ракета-носитель Antares с грузовым космическим кораблем Cygnus в субботу стартует к Международной космической станции (МКС), сообщает Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).

Запуск намечен на 09:59 по восточному времени США (16:59 мск) с космодрома NASA Уоллопс, который размещается на одноименном острове у атлантического побережья американского штата Вирджиния.

По сообщению NASA, погодные условия в районе космодрома на 95% благоприятны для проведения запуска.

Стыковка корабля Cygnus с МКС запланирована на 4 ноября. Она будет осуществляться путем захвата сблизившегося со станцией "грузовика" дистанционной рукой-манипулятором станции Canadarm-2 и последующим присоединением его к американскому модулю Unity.

Запуск осуществляется в рамках коммерческого контракта NASA с корпорацией Northrop Grumman, которой принадлежит ракета-носитель и автоматический грузовой космический корабль. Cygnus должен будет доставить на МКС около 3,7 тонн груза, в том числе продовольствие, а также оборудование и материалы для проведения десятков научных исследований.

Это будет уже 12-й полет космического "грузовика" корпорации Northrop Grumman к МКС. Был также еще один неудачный запуск в 2014 году, когда корабль не долетел до станции вследствие аварии ракеты-носителя Antares. Первый успешный запуск Cygnus состоялся 18 сентября 2013 года.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/11/01/japan-cargo-ship-departs-u-s-resupply-rocket-preps-for-launch/

Japan Cargo Ship Departs, U.S. Resupply Rocket Preps for Launch

Mark Garcia
Posted Nov 1, 2019 at 5:38 pm

A U.S. cargo craft is poised to resupply the International Space Station just days after a Japanese space freighter departed the orbiting lab Friday afternoon. ...

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus resupply ship sits atop an Antares rocket loaded with 8,200 pounds of science experiments and station hardware. Liftoff will take place on Saturday at 9:59 a.m. EDT from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Meir and Koch will be in the cupola Monday morning awaiting the arrival of Cygnus. Meir will command the Canadarm2 to reach out and grapple Cygnus at 4:10 a.m. EST. Koch will back up Meir as astronaut Andrew Morgan of NASA monitors Cygnus' approach and rendezvous.
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John Kraus  :f09f9a80:‏ @johnkrausphotos 1 ч. назад

A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket basks under golden light as late load operations continue ahead of tomorrow morning's 9:59 a.m. EDT mission to resupply the International Space Station.




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Late load operations continue at sunset this evening ahead of tomorrow morning's 9:59 a.m. EDT Northrop Grumman Antares mission to resupply the International Space Station.

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 Northrop Grumman‏ @northropgrumman 4 ч. назад

And we are vertical! Late cargo load is complete and #Antares now sits poised for launch on Pad 0A at @NASA_Wallops as we begin our final countdown to tomorrow's launch. The 5-minute window will open at 9:59 am ET. #NorthropGrumman

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 NASA HQ PHOTO‏ @nasahqphoto 4 ч. назад

The @NorthropGrumman Antares rocket, with #Cygnus onboard, is raised vertical this evening at the @NASA_Wallops launch pad. Launch to the International Space Station is planned for 9:59 a.m. EDT Saturday, Nov. 2.
More https://flic.kr/s/aHsmJ2dyb3

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 Geoff Barrett  :f09f9a80:‏ @GeoffdBarrett 3 ч. назад

В ответ @northropgrumman @NASA_Wallops

I'm so excited to have space launches back on the menu!

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Antares NG-12 Media Tour

 NASASpaceflight

1 нояб. 2019 г.

Antares NG-12 Media Tour - Photographed by Michael Baylor and Brady Kenniston. The rocket in the Horizontal Integration Facility will launch NG-13 in February.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/jh5MY7isxJY (1:48)

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 Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 1 ч. назад

And good morning.  @northropgrumman is working through all pre-fueling ops for launch at 09:59 EDT (13:59 UTC).  Fueling will being at 08:39 EDT (12:39 UTC). #NG12 #NASA #Antares #Cygnus

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 Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 44 мин. назад

Thrust Vector Control tests - to make sure the engines can gimbal to the approbate positions needed for launch - are complete and GOOD. @northropgrumman #NG12 #NASA #Cygnus #Antares

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/11/02/cygnus-ng-12-mission-status-center/

11/02/2019 15:15 Stephen Clark

The countdown has entered a pre-planned built-in hold. An upd ated status on the countdown from Northrop Grumman launch conductor Adam Lewis shows the Antares rocket, the Cygnus spacecraft and the Wallops range are all "green" at this time for liftoff at 9:59:47 a.m. EDT (1359:47 GMT).

The Cygnus spacecraft se t for launch aboard the Antares rocket is named the S.S. Alan Bean in honor of the late astronaut who was the fourth person to walk on the moon on the Apollo 12 mission, and who later commanded a two-month expedition on the Skylab space station.

The S.S. Alan Bean is packed with 8,168 pounds (3,705 kilograms) of supplies and experiments heading to the International Space Station. Here's a breakdown of the cargo manifest provided by NASA:

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• 4,372 pounds (1,983 kilograms) of science investigations
  
• 1,667 pounds (756 kilograms) of vehicle hardware
  
• 1,499 pounds (680 kilograms) of crew supplies
  
• 262 pounds (119 kilograms) of unpressurized cargo (NanoRacks CubeSat deployer)
  
• 229 pounds (104 kilograms) of spacewalk equipment
  
• 77 pounds (35 kilograms) of Northrop Grumman hardware
  
• 37 pounds (17 kilograms) of computer resources
  
• 24 pounds (11 kilograms) of Russian hardware
  

The Cygnus supply ship is expected to remain berthed at the International Space Station's Unity module until Jan. 13, when it will be released by the station's robotic arm.

The automated cargo carrier, loaded with trash after its departure from the station, will fire its engine to climb into a higher orbit roughly 300 miles (500 kilometers) above Earth to deploy multiple CubeSats before re-entering the atmosphere and burning up to end the mission.