Peregrine Mission One & Enterprise Flight – Vulcan Centaur VC2S / VC001 – CCSFS SLC-41 – 08.01.2024 07:18 UTC

[Arzach]

Продолжение увлекательной переписки:

Chris Bergin - NSF (@NASASpaceflight)
Хорошо ли прошла "мокрая" репетиция с "Вулканом", Тори?

Tory Bruno (@torybruno)
Да.

И из другой ветки:

Tory Bruno (@torybruno)
Все прошло отлично. Критические события, которые мы хотели продемонстрировать, произошли штатно и в соответствии с циклограммой. Ракета "Вулкан" находится в процессе подготовки к своему первому пуску (CERT1) в следующее "лунное" окно 8 января.

[zandr]

ULA  @ulalaunch
Following a successful WDR, the launch of ULA's first #VulcanRocket flight test and #Cert1 mission is planned for Jan. 8, 2024, pending range approval. The Vulcan VC2S rocket will launch from SLC-41 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. http://bit.ly/vulcan_cert1

[Arzach]

Cудя по дате, при этом они попытаются впихнуться в тот же лунный день, что и при старте 24 декабря.

Предположение оказалось неверным.

Astrobotic (@astrobotic)
Взгляните на наш лунный посадочный модуль Peregrine, установленный рядом с обтекателем полезной нагрузки ракеты Vulcan компании ULAlaunch! Он заправлен и готов к путешествию на Луну: запуск запланирован на 8 января 2024 года, а посадка на Луну — на 23 февраля 2024 года!

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[zandr]

ULA  @ulalaunch
One of the final major milestones in our #CountdownToVulcan occurs today as we hoist the payload atop #VulcanRocket. That will give us a fully stacked rocket standing 202 feet (61.6 m) tall for launch targeting Jan. 8! https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/next-launch/vulcan-cert-1

[zandr]

ULA  @ulalaunch
The #Cert1 payload complement for the inaugural ULA #VulcanRocket is atop the launch vehicle in preparation for liftoff from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Jan. 8. #CountdowntoVulcan
Read more in our blog: https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/vulcan-cert-1-payloads-mounted-atop-rocket-for-launch

[zandr]

https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/next-launch/vulcan-cert-1

VULCAN TO LAUNCH FIRST CERTIFICATION MISSION (CERT-1)
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan VC2S rocket will launch the first certification mission from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The Cert-1 flight test includes two payloads. The first is the Peregrine Lunar Lander, Peregrine Mission One (PM1) for Astrobotic as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative to deliver science and technology to the lunar surface. The second payload is the Celestis Memorial Spaceflights deep space Voyager mission known as the Enterprise Flight.

Launch Date and Time: Jan. 8, 2024 at 2:18 a.m. ET

[zandr]

Код Выделить Развернуть

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai-AVMJdzVQ

3:08
Vulcan Certification-1 Mission Profile
  United Launch Alliance
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan VC2S rocket will launch the first certification mission from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The Cert-1 flight test includes two payloads. The first is the Peregrine Lunar Lander, Peregrine Mission One (PM1) for Astrobotic as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative to deliver science and technology to the lunar surface. The second payload is the Celestis Memorial Spaceflights deep space Voyager mission known as the Enterprise Flight.

[zandr]

https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/01/04/tune-in-to-this-weeks-prelaunch-events-for-first-robotic-artemis-moon-flight/

Tune in to This Week's Prelaunch Events for First Robotic Artemis Moon Flight
^{Ahead of launch as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander is preparing to be encapsulated in the payload fairing, or nose cone, of United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket on Nov. 21, 2023, at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Launch of Astrobotic's Peregrine Mission One will carry NASA and commercial payloads to the Moon in early 2024 to study the lunar exosphere, thermal properties, and hydrogen abundance of the lunar regolith, magnetic fields, and the radiation environment of the lunar surface. Photo credit: United Launch Alliance}
Beginning at 11 a.m. EST today, tune in to NASA TV or the agency's website for NASA's lunar science media teleconference, which will highlight the NASA payloads flying on Astrobotic's Peregrine lander to the Moon as part of the agency's CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis program.
Participants include:

Спойлер

• Chris Culbert, Program Manager, NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services
• Niki Werkheiser, director, Technology Maturation, Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
• Paul Niles, CLPS project scientist, NASA's Johnson Space Center
• Nic Stoffle, science and operations lead for Linear Energy Transfer Spectrometer, NASA Johnson
• Tony Colaprete, principal investigator, Near-Infrared Volatile Spectrometer System, NASA's Ames Research Center
• Richard Elphic, principal investigator, Neutron Spectrometer System, NASA's Ames Research Center
• Barbara Cohen, principal investigator, Peregrine Ion-Trap Mass Spectrometer, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
• Daniel Cremons, deputy principal investigator for Laser Retroreflector Array, NASA Goddard

[свернуть]

Then at 3 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 5, there will be a lunar delivery readiness media teleconference to confirm all payloads are go for launch. 
Participants include: 

Спойлер

• Joel Kearns, deputy associate administrator for Exploration, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
• Ryan Watkins, program scientist, Exploration Science Strategy and Integration Office, NASA Headquarters
• John Thornton, CEO, Astrobotic
• Gary Wentz, vice president, Government and Commercial Programs, ULA
• Melody Lovin, launch weather officer, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's 45th Weather Squadron

[свернуть]

United Launch Alliance is scheduled to launch its Vulcan rocket and Astrobotic's Peregrine lander at 2:18 a.m. EST Jan. 8 from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Peregrine is targeting landing on the Moon on Feb. 23, 2024. The NASA payloads aboard the lander aim to help the agency develop capabilities needed to explore the Moon under Artemis and in advance of human missions on the lunar surface. Peregrine will land on a mare – an ancient hardened lava flow – outside of the Gruithuisen Domes, a geologic enigma along the mare/highlands boundary on the northeast border of Oceanus Procellarum, or Ocean of Storms, the largest dark spot on the Moon. The payloads will investigate the lunar exosphere, thermal properties of the lunar regolith, hydrogen abundances in the soil at the landing site, magnetic fields, and conduct radiation environment monitoring. 
To learn more about some of the scientific research and technology demonstrations flying to the Moon as part of the CLPS initiative visit https://www.nasa.gov/clps 

[zandr]

ULA  @ulalaunch
The Launch Readiness Review is GO for Monday's launch of #VulcanRocket #Cert1 flight test carrying a commercial lunar lander. Launch time is 2:18amEST (0718 UTC) and weather is 85% GO. Updates and webcast: http://bit.ly/vulcan_cert1

[Pirat5]

Планируемое место посадки — кратер Груйтуйзен.
t.me/zheleznyakov_spaceera/2465

[Rocinante]

Планируемое место посадки — кратер Груйтуйзен

Точнее, Купола Груйтуйзена, расположенные к северу от кратера

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Видимо, где-то в "долине" между Gamma (я увидел накуренную лошадку и теперь не могу развидеть это) и Delta

[zandr]

ULA  @ulalaunch
What a sight! Here are the first views of the fully assembled #VulcanRocket atop the launch pad ahead of the #Cert1 launch. Liftoff is planned for Monday at 2:18amEST (0718 UTC) to place a commercial lunar lander on its required flight path to the Moon!
   

[Rocinante]

https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1743384961766314104

Стартовые окна:

• 08.01 - 07:18 utc (45 min)
• 09.01 - 05:15 utc (9 min)
• 10.01 - 05:12 utc (1 min)
• 11.01 - 05:14 utc (3 min)

Если не получится пустить в эти даты, следущая возможность 23 января

[zandr]

Код Выделить Развернуть

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRfdTLjJ0Lg

2:06
The first Vulcan rocket is ready for launch
  SciNews
United Launch Alliance (ULA)'s first Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle (VC2S) was transported to the Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 5 January 2024. For its first certification mission (Cert-1), Vulcan will launch Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander (Peregrine Mission One – PM1) and Celestis Memorial Spaceflights deep space Voyager mission (Enterprise Flight) on 8 January 2024, at 07:18 UTC (02:18 EST).
Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky/United Launch Alliance

[zandr]

https://twitter.com/mdcainjr/status/1744021461600219450

Michael Cain  @mdcainjr
ULA's #Vulcan rocket is poised to launch for the first time tomorrow morning at 2:18am EST!  Weather is 85% GO with a 45 min window.
 by me for @SpaceflightNow
 

[zandr]

https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/next-launch/vulcan-cert-1
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[МБР]

Т.е. старт в 10:18 по Москве, а трансляция начинается в 9:30.

[andr59]

На NSF трансляция уже идет с их камер:

[andr59]

Трансляция запуска ULA:

Jan. 8 LIVE Broadcast: Vulcan Cert-1

Дата запуска: 8 января 2024 г.
Время запуска: 2:18 утра по восточному времени.
Или 10:18 мск.

Начало трансляции 9:30 мск.

[АниКей]