CST-100 Starliner (Orbital Flight Test) - Atlas V N22 (AV-080) - CCAFS SLC-41 - 20.12.2019, 11:36 UTC.

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 Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 1 мин. назад

ISS crew will NOT have the ability to remote-control  dock OFT Starliner is there's an issue.

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 Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 1 мин. назад

Launch dates available: Dec. 20-21, 23, 25-28, 30th- Jan. 1.

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Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 18 сек. назад

ULA has a launch a month in early 2020.  CFT is currently phased around that manifest, but they didn't want to give that date.

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Брифинг завершен

 

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Уточнил плюс-минус лапоть   

 Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 6 мин. назад

ULA's Elbon: busy launch schedule next year, but looking at ways to fit Starliner crewed flight test into schedule around Solar Orbiter in February and Mars 2020 in the summer.

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Dec 17 22:54

Launch Readiness Review completed



Mission leadership have given a "go" for liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on its Orbital Flight Test to the International Space Station for NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Liftoff is scheduled for 6:36 a.m. EST (1136 UTC) on Friday from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

The Launch Readiness Review, led by Bill Cullen, ULA's OFT launch director, was completed this morning at the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center. Leadership from ULA, Boeing, NASA and the Air Force assessed the readiness of the rocket, payload and mission assets, discussed the status of pre-flight processing work, heard technical overviews of the countdown and flight, and previewed the weather forecast.

At the conclusion of the meeting, senior leaders were polled and gave a unanimous ready status for launch. Officials then signed the Launch Readiness Certificate.

OFT will provide valuable data on the end-to-end performance of the Atlas V rocket, Starliner spacecraft, and ground systems, as well as in-orbit, docking and landing operations. The data will be used as part of NASA's process of certifying Boeing's crew transportation system for carrying astronauts to and from the space station.

United Launch Alliance will offer live reports from the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center in our automatically-refreshing blog during the Atlas V's rollout to the launch pad on Wednesday, plus provide comprehensive countdown coverage beginning Thursday evening at 7 p.m. EST (0000 UTC), with continuing commentary all the way to the spacecraft separation about 15 minutes after liftoff.

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Гы...В этом полете сисетма аварийного спасения не активна.

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Чебурашка написал:
Гы...В этом полете сисетма аварийного спасения не активна.

Интересно почему?
И можно ли тогда это назвать полноценным тестом перед пилотируемым полётом?

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https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/boeing-uncrewed-flight-test-starliner-future-science

Dec. 17, 2019

Boeing Flight Test for Commercial Crew Program Will Pave the Way for Future Science

Boeing's uncrewed Orbital Flight Test (OFT) is the second uncrewed test flight of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, a partnership with the aerospace industry to launch astronauts on U.S. rockets and spacecraft fr om U.S. soil for the first time since 2011.


The crew module of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is lifted onto its service module on Oct. 16 inside the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the company's Orbital Flight Test to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
Credits: Boeing

When Boeing's Starliner spacecraft lifts off on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Dec. 20 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida, scientists who research how things behave in space will be amongst the eager spectators watching with bated breath.

The flight test will provide valuable data about the end-to-end performance of the Atlas V rocket, Starliner spacecraft, and ground systems, as well as in-orbit, docking, and landing operations. In addition, the Starliner spacecraft will carry about 600 pounds of crew supplies and equipment to the International Space Station and return some critical research samples to Earth. NASA will use data from the test as part of its process of certifying Boeing's crew transportation system for carrying astronauts – and research – to and from the space station.

Safe, reliable and cost-effective transportation to and from the space station makes it possible to maintain a full crew of space station astronauts, maximizing the time dedicated to scientific research on the orbiting laboratory. So far, more than 4,000 researchers in 108 countries have conducted more than 2,700 experiments on the space station in the fields of biology/biotechnology, earth and space science, education, human research, physical science and technology development.

The effects of this scientific work reach far and wide. The space station program has generated more than 2,100 results publications since 1998, including many in top scientific journals. Science conducted on the space station covers 12 of the 13 primary disciplines of science, plays a major role in the growing space economy and private sector interest in space, and has many and varied benefits to humanity. Commercial crew spacecraft like Boeing's Starliner and SpaceX's Crew Dragon will enable more of this important scientific work.


Boeing's Chris Ferguson helps NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, left, and Mike Fincke, right, train for a spacewalk.
Credits: Boeing

The data from the OFT mission supports certification of Boeing's crew transportation system for carrying astronauts to and from the space station. It is the next step in moving toward the crew flight test that will carry NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Mike Fincke and Boeing's Chris Ferguson to the space station wh ere they will stay for an extended mission. NASA will validate the performance of Boeing's systems before putting crew on board the spacecraft. Starliner completed a pad abort test at Launch Complex 32 at the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico in November.


Boeing's CST-100 Starliner's four launch abort engines and several orbital maneuvering and attitude control thrusters ignite in the company's Pad Abort Test. The test at Launch Complex 32 on White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico pushed the spacecraft away from the test stand with a combined 160,000 pounds of thrust.
Credits: NASA

NASA selected SpaceX and Boeing to create integrated spacecraft, rockets and associated systems to carry astronauts on NASA missions in September 2014. Now these companies are building and operating this new generation of human-rated vehicles.

Erin Winick

International Space Station Program Science Office

Johnson Space Center

Last Updated: Dec. 17, 2019
Editor: Michael Johnson

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https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/atlas-v-oft

LAUNCH WEBCAST
The live launch webcast begins Friday at 5:30 a.m. EST (1030 UTC)

Прим. Это будет трансляция НАСА ()

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Запись прошедшего предстартового брифинга

NASA, Boeing Starliner Orbital Flight Test prelaunch briefing

https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1vAxRqqDnbjJl (52:36)
 

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 Tory Bruno‏ @torybruno 23 мин. назад

Launch Readiness Review successfully completed, F-2 close outs underway, the Console team has been briefed. #OFT is very near.

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 ULA‏ @ulalaunch 20 мин. назад

Welcome to Rollout Day for the ULA #AtlasV rocket and @BoeingSpace's CST-100 #Starliner spacecraft from the Vertical Integration Facility to the Space Launch Complex-41 pad. Launch of the Orbital Flight Test is planned for Friday at 6:36amEST (1136 UTC). http://bit.ly/av_oft

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 Tory Bruno‏ @torybruno 6 мин. назад

Getting ready to roll. Winds and rain expected, but should be within limits. #OFT is very near...

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 Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 2 мин. назад

#Starliner's first landing will be at night in the western U.S.  There is no requirement for daylight/visibility for landing.

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Dec 18 17:00

Final preparations are underway for this morning's rollout of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from its assembly building to the pad at Cape Canaveral's Space Launch Complex-41.

The transfer will cover a distance of one-third-of-a-mile and position the rocket and Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for Friday's countdown and liftoff on the Orbital Flight Test in NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

A weather briefing from Launch Weather Officer Jessica Williams of the Air Force's 45th Weather Squadron has verified conditions are acceptable for the move, which is expected to begin shortly.

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 Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 3 мин. назад

If the OMAC (Orbital Manuevering and Attitude Control) engines should not fire for Orbit Insertion Burn, Starliner is on a suborbital trajectory and would come down in the southern Indian ocean or Southern Pacific ocean.

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ULA‏ @ulalaunch 14 мин. назад

ULA Launch Director Bill Cullen has given final approval to begin the rollout. Pre-roll preps are complete and the weather is acceptable to move the 172-foot-tall rocket on its Mobile Launch Platform a third-of-a-mile north to the launch pad.




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The #AtlasV rocket has started its rollout from the 30-story Vertical Integration Facility to the Space Launch Complex-41 pad at Cape Canaveral to launch the first ##Starliner spacecraft. See our blog for live updates: http://bit.ly/av_oft




Tory Bruno‏ @torybruno 5 мин. назад

We are rolling!  Successfully worked through issue of an uncoordinated controlled burn that was blowing smoke across the pad. #OFT is very very near...

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ULA‏ @ulalaunch 5 мин. назад

The #AtlasV rocket and the first @BoeingSpace #Starliner capsule have emerged from the assembly building as they make their way to the pad.




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The Mobile Launch Platform is traveling to the pad with the help of undercarriage railcars and trackmobile machines that push the entire 1.6-million-pound platform and rocket along tracks up the hill to the pad.

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 45th Space Wing ‏ @ 45thSpaceWing 1 ч. назад

We're one day closer to the launch of CST-100! Here is your L-2 weather report:

Launch day probability of violating launch weather constraints: 20%
Primary concern(s):  Cumulus Cloud Rule, User Ground Winds

Shout out to the 45th Weather Squadron for keeping us all up to date!