JPSS-2, LOFTID – Atlas V 401 (AV-098) – Vandenberg SLC-3E – 10.11.2022 09:49 UTC

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https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/404

JPSS-2
Launch Time
NET Nov 01, 2022
Rocket  Atlas V 401
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Mission Details

JPSS-2, or Joint Polar Satellite System-2, is the second of the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's latest generation of U.S. polar-orbiting, non-geosynchronous, environmental satellites called the Joint Polar Satellite System. JPSS-2 will join NOAA-20 the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite in the same orbit. Circling the Earth from pole-to-pole, it will cross the equator about 14 times daily, providing full global coverage twice a day.
Payloads: 1  Total Mass: 2,930 kg  Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location
SLC-3E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

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https://twitter.com/northropgrumman/status/1577765579817160725

Northrop Grumman  @northropgrumman
We're committed to #spaceandsustainability. The NG-built JPSS-2 for @NASA and @NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System will cross the equator 14x a day, providing scientists with critical data needed to help us prepare for powerful storms and long droughts. http://ms.spr.ly/6017dyMV5

[Pirat5]

должна быть AV-098

[zandr]

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/journey-to-launch-nasa-s-inflatable-heat-shield-ready-for-demonstration

Journey to Launch: NASA's Inflatable Heat Shield Ready for Demonstration

Engineers from NASA and United Launch Alliance check the fit of Low Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator hardware during match-mate testing.
Credits: NASA/David C. Bowman


The assembled LOFTID re-entry vehicle is tested for electromagnetic interference in a shielded room.
Credits: NASA/David C. Bowman


The inflated heat shield is laser-scanned to ensure exact measurements.
Credits: NASA/David C. Bowman
Before its flight demonstration in fall 2022, an inflatable heat shield technology that could one day land humans on Mars was put through its paces at multiple NASA facilities.
NASA's Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) is currently at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, where teams are preparing the novel technology for launch as a secondary payload with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) satellite, which will help track and predict Earth's weather and climate.
After hitching a ride to space aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket, LOFTID will complete a controlled inflation of its heat shield and then re-enter the atmosphere at a velocity of 18,000 miles per hour (8 kilometers per second). Designed to withstand temperatures as high as 2900°F (1600°C), this first-ever in-orbit test of this technology will prove if it can successfully slow down large payloads – such as crewed spacecraft, robotic explorers, and rocket components – enabling them to survive the heat of re-entry.

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Prior to shipping across the country from NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia,  LOFTID's journey to launch began with a series of environmental tests and preparation activities to ensure that the aeroshell will be able to withstand the harsh conditions of launch and space.
Earlier in 2022, the LOFTID team successfully performed a match-mate test, which verifies that all the hardware from both NASA and ULA will fit together and align properly. This also served as a rehearsal for the final integration procedures occurring at the launch site.
After completing the match-mate testing, LOFTID went through electromagnetic compatibility testing. This test ensured the spacecraft does not emit radio frequencies that could interfere with anything on the integrated launch vehicle. This test also checked that LOFTID won't be harmed by any of the electromagnetic radiation it may experience leading up to and during launch and throughout its mission.
Following electromagnetic compatibility testing, the team performed a complete system test. This end-to-end ground test of the LOFTID re-entry vehicle was conducted inside a 60-foot vacuum sphere that can simulate a space-like environment. The re-entry vehicle is composed of several segments that link the inflatable structure to the inflation system, avionics, ejectable data recorder, and parachute system. A full test of the flight sequence was run in vacuum, exactly as it will execute during the flight demonstration, including deployment and inflation of the aeroshell.


The vibration laboratory at Goddard is used to shake LOFTID in three directions.
Credits: NASA
Once fully inflated, the inflatable heatshield, or aeroshell, was inspected and laser-scanned to ensure exact measurements before being repacked into its stowed configuration for flight.
With the inflatable aeroshell repacked, its weight and center of gravity were measured. . Determining these characteristics is important to ensure the spacecraft will perform as expected during flight.
With LOFTID in its launch configuration, LOFTID was shipped in July from Langley to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, in Greenbelt, Maryland, for acceptance vibration testing. Vibration testing is performed to ensure that LOFTID will not be damaged during the intense launch and re-entry process.
Following these tests, LOFTID was returned to Langley, where it underwent one final test to ensure it was fully functional before being packed and shipped to its final destination, Vandenberg Space Force Base, on the central coast of California in Santa Barbara County.

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The LOFTID and payload adapter have been integrated. The stacked components were cleaned and transported to the Payload Processing Facility for encapsulation with the JPSS-2 payload. Once everything is packed into the payload fairing of the ULA Atlas V, the rocket will be rolled out to the launch pad for launch.
LOFTID is dedicated to the memory of Bernard Kutter, manager of advanced programs at ULA, who passed away in August 2020 and was an advocate for technologies like LOFTID that can lower the cost of space access.
The LOFTID project is managed and funded through NASA's Technology Demonstration Missions program, part of the agency's Space Technology Mission Directorate. The project is led by NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, in partnership with United Launch Alliance and with contributions from NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. NASA's Launch Services Program, based at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is responsible for managing the launch service.

Preparations for JPSS-2 and LOFTID continue with a fit check of the payload fairing inside an Astrotech high bay at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Credits: NASA
Last Updated: Oct 5, 2022
Editor: Kristyn Damadeo

Будет испытан надувной тепловой экран для спуска с орбиты.

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Код Выделить Развернуть

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlAgE1nPwqs

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NASA's Inflatable Heat Shield is Ready for Demonstration
NASA Langley Research Center
NASA's Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) is currently at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, where teams are preparing the novel technology for launch as a secondary payload with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) satellite, which will help track and predict Earth's weather and climate.

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Чево это? НАСА решила удачно повторить неудачный опыт Лавочки?

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/jpss-2/2022/10/19/jpss-2-encapsulated-as-weather-satellite-nears-launch/

JPSS-2 Encapsulated as Weather Satellite Nears Launch

^{Technicians check the United Launch Alliance Atlas V payload fairing containing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) inside the Astrotech Space Operations facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in California on Oct. 12, 2022. Photo credit: USSF 30th Space Wing/Steve L. Ge}
Technicians and engineers encapsulated the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) satellite within a protective payload fairing inside the Astrotech Space Operations facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on Monday, Oct. 12.
Prior to placement inside the 4-meter-wide United Launch Alliance (ULA) fairing, teams stacked JPSS-2 onto a payload adapter canister containing the re-entry vehicle for NASA's secondary payload, known as Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, or LOFTID. The encapsulated satellite will be transported to Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex-3 and hoisted by crane atop the second stage of a ULA Atlas V 401 rocket for launch Nov. 1 at 2:25 a.m. PDT.
At launch, JPSS-2 weighs 5,567 pounds and has four highly sophisticated instruments to measure weather and climate conditions on Earth:

• The Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) sees through clouds like an X-ray and can view the structure of the atmosphere underneath those clouds and inside of storms.
• The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) measures in the infrared and visible part of the spectrum and can image hurricanes, floods, dust storms, cloud patterns, ocean color, and help locate and map wildfires.
• The Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) works together with ATMS to take detailed measurements of the atmospheric conditions needed to generate extreme weather forecasts days in advance.
• The Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) consists of sensors to track the concentration of ozone in the atmosphere and measure sulfur dioxide and other aerosols emitted from volcanoes and particulates from wildfires.

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As JPSS-2 makes its way to a polar Earth orbit, LOFTID will re-enter the atmosphere as it descends back to Earth and will land in the Pacific Ocean just over two hours after launch. LOFTID will demonstrate how the inflatable aeroshell, or heat shield, can slow down and survive re-entry in conditions relevant to many potential applications, whether landing humans on Mars, new missions to Venus and Titan, or returning heavier payloads and samples from low-Earth orbit.
LOFTID is a partnership with ULA. NASA's LOFTID project is managed and funded through NASA's Technology Demonstration Missions program, part of the agency's Space Technology Mission Directorate.  LOFTID is led by Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, with contributions from Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and multiple U.S. small businesses that contributed to the hardware. NASA's Launch Services Program, based at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, manages the launch service.

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NOAA Satellites @NOAASatellites
@NOAA's #JPSS2 is undergoing final preparation in its Mobile Service Tower at Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. Third in a series of NOAA #JPSS satellites, it's scheduled to launch at 2:25 PDT (5:25 EDT), Nov. 1. http://noaa.gov/jpss2-launch
@ulalaunch .com

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ULA  @ulalaunch
The launch of a ULA #AtlasV 401 rocket carrying @NOAA's #JPSS2 and @NASA's #LOFTID has been delayed due to the need to replace a battery on board the Centaur upper stage of the launch vehicle. Launch is now planned for NET Nov. 9, pending range availability.

Перенос на 9 ноября. Понадобилось заменить батарею на верхней ступени.

[Pirat5]

31 октября 2022 г.
Последний полет ракеты Atlas 5 из Калифорнии был отложен со вторника до 9 ноября, чтобы заменить батарею на верхней ступени ракеты-носителя Centaur, сообщили представители United Launch Alliance и НАСА.
Верхняя ступень Centaur ракеты Atlas 5 выведет метеорологический спутник JPSS 2 на полярную орбиту для NOAA и НАСА, затем ступень ракеты выполнит уход с орбиты и развернет совместный эксперимент ULA-NASA по технологии повторного входа под названием LOFTID, или Low- Летные испытания надувного замедлителя на околоземной орбите.
Это будет последний полет ракеты Atlas из Ванденберга и последняя ракета Atlas 5, которая полетит с классическим обтекателем полезной нагрузки диаметром 4 метра.
В ближайшие несколько лет в расписании ULA запланировано еще 20 запусков ракет Atlas 5, включая миссию JPSS 2. ULA постепенно отказывается от ракеты Atlas 5 вместе с другой своей устаревшей ракетой, Delta 4. В программе запуска ULA осталось две ракеты Delta 4-Heavy.
Вторичная полезная нагрузка LOFTID на ракете Atlas 5 проверит конструкцию надувного теплозащитного экрана, который в будущем можно будет использовать для доставки массивных грузов на Марс.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/10/31/final-atlas-5-launch-from-california-delayed-for-battery-replacement/

[zandr]

Ещё на день вправо.
https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1588274281389215746

ULA  @ulalaunch
The launch of a ULA #AtlasV 401 rocket carrying the #JPSS2 civilian polar-orbiting weather satellite for
@NASA and @NOAA and NASA's #LOFTID is planned for Thurs., Nov. 10 at 1:25 a.m. PST. http://bit.ly/av_jpss2

12:25 мск.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eSn9_v9Q_8

Launch of JPSS-2 Weather Satellite & LOFTID Mars Tech Demo (Official NASA Broadcast)
NASA

До начала 36 часов

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ULA  @ulalaunch
In the day's first briefing, Launch Weather Officer Capt. Zackery Zounes tells mission managers that the forecast for #AtlasV #JPSS2 #LOFTID launch remains greater than 90% favorable. http://bit.ly/av_jpss2

Погода 90%

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летит

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Live coverage
https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/11/10/atlas-5-jpss-2-loftid-mission-status-center/

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MECO-1

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MES-2 и MECO-2 состоялись

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отделение JPSS

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про LOFTID

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отделение LOFTID