Genesis-2

[ac220]

Новостей о том, что же на орбиту вышло и что ОНО там делает, - минимум три с половиной часа ещё ждать...

Вот преимущество Америки, - там ещё вчера знают всё, что у нас сегодня ночъю делается...

[Ярослав]

http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/multiverse/news.php#update

confirmation is expected sometime after 4:30 p.m. PDT after initial passes over the ground communication station in Fairfax, Va., operated by Bigelow Aerospace partner SpaceQuest Ltd.

[ac220]

4:30 p.m. PDT

По этим часикам, например Ванкувер живёт. 12 часов разницы с Мск, если не ошибаюсь. (сам не в Москве.)
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=256

[slipstream]

Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) = UTC-7  
Moscow Summer Time (MSD) = UTC+4

11 часов разницы

4:30 p.m. PDT = 03:30 сегодня по Москве.

[Liss]

Стоп, стоп, стоп... Отделился, или нет?
Должны быть параметры:
1. Ступени
2. Корзины
3. Спутника
Что дают заклятые друзья? Элементы только на одну байду или на несколько?

Элементы на три байды, номера 31789-31791.

[Славянский танцор]

Тогда вопрос снимается. Пока. Будем ждать "конфирмации"

[Ярослав]

Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) = UTC-7  
Moscow Summer Time (MSD) = UTC+4

11 часов разницы

4:30 p.m. PDT = 03:30 сегодня по Москве.

а мне по поводу +3/+2 пиво выставили

по киевскому времени запускали в 18, по тихоокеанскому - в 8, разница - 10 часов, ожидают после 16.30, или по киевскому - после 2.30

[mrvyrsky]

Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) = UTC-7  
Moscow Summer Time (MSD) = UTC+4

11 часов разницы

4:30 p.m. PDT = 03:30 сегодня по Москве.

а мне по поводу +3/+2 пиво выставили

по киевскому времени запускали в 18, по тихоокеанскому - в 8, разница - 10 часов, ожидают после 16.30, или по киевскому - после 2.30

А с Биггелоу не поделишься, его ж... эээ... объекты  :lol:

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даже раньше прояснилось

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=7950&start=80#M156956

Genesis II Calls Home, Says It's Doing Fine

Bigelow Aerospace Confirms Space Module has Successfully Expanded and Functioning Well

Las Vegas, NV 06/28/07 – Bigelow Aerospace has established contact with its second pathfinder spacecraft, Genesis II. Launched earlier Thursday from Yasny, Russia, Mission Control in North Las Vegas, Nev., made first contact at 2:20 p.m. PDT.

Initial data suggests sufficient voltage powering up Genesis II's batteries as well as expected air pressure. While the actual confirmation of solar panel deployment and spacecraft expansion are expected later, the data suggests that deployment and expansion have been successful.

Before contact, successful communication was considered a long shot on Genesis II's first pass over the ground station in Fairfax, Va. Elevation for the pass was considered low for a successful contact.

"We don't even talk to Genesis I that low," Program Manager Eric Haakonstad said.

To the surprise of those gathered in Mission Control and shouts of "We got it" echoing through the room, contact was established and Genesis II immediately began sending data back to Earth on its condition.

After a quick celebration of cheers and hugs, the Bigelow Aerospace Mission Control staff immediately began the work of processing the data being returned from Genesis II.

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[ac220]

http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/multiverse/news.php

Bigelow Aerospace Confirms Space Module has Successfully Expanded and Functioning Well

Las Vegas, NV 06/28/07 – Bigelow Aerospace has established contact with its second pathfinder spacecraft, Genesis II. Launched earlier Thursday from Yasny, Russia, Mission Control in North Las Vegas, Nev., made first contact at 2:20 p.m. PDT.

Initial data suggests sufficient voltage powering up Genesis II's batteries as well as expected air pressure. While the actual confirmation of solar panel deployment and spacecraft expansion are expected later, the data suggests that deployment and expansion have been successful.

Before contact, successful communication was considered a long shot on Genesis II's first pass over the ground station in Fairfax, Va. Elevation for the pass was considered low for a successful contact.

"We don't even talk to Genesis I that low," Program Manager Eric Haakonstad said.

To the surprise of those gathered in Mission Control and shouts of "We got it" echoing through the room, contact was established and Genesis II immediately began sending data back to Earth on its condition.

After a quick celebration of cheers and hugs, the Bigelow Aerospace Mission Control staff immediately began the work of processing the data being returned from Genesis II.

Genesis II is the second experimental pathfinder spacecraft designed to test and confirm systems for future manned commercial space modules planned by Las Vegas-based Bigelow Aerospace The privately-funded space station module was launched atop a Dnepr rocket at 8:02 a.m. PDT from the ISC Kosmotras Yasny Cosmodrome, located in the Orenburg region of Russia, and was inserted into orbit at 8:16 a.m. PDT at an inclination of 64 degrees.

In addition to the initial communications pass, there will be further passes over the Virginia ground station on Thursday, as well as communication windows with Bigelow Aerospace ground stations in Las Vegas, Hawaii and Alaska. Communications for much of the first day will be devoted to the determination of spacecraft status and health, with the first images from Genesis II's 22 interior and exterior cameras to arrive in the coming days.

Among those images will be items and pictures sent up by paying participants in the Bigelow Aerospace "Fly your Stuff" program. The general public got a chance last fall to purchase slots to fly their pictures and memorabilia into space. Bigelow Aerospace hopes to photograph the photos and items in orbit and display them on this site.

In the coming weeks, BA also hopes to activate the first-ever Space Bingo game aboard Genesis II as a fun activity for the public.

The new spacecraft follows Genesis I, which was launched from Yasny on July 12, 2006, and continues to successfully return data and images from Earth orbit. Genesis II is identical in size and appearance to Genesis I – approximately 15 feet (4.4 meters) in length and 6.2 feet (1.9 meters) in diameter at launch, expanding to 2.54 meters (eight feet) in diameter after expansion in orbit.

Inside is where the differences can be seen, as Genesis II includes include a suite of additional sensors and avionics that didn't fly on Genesis I. Moreover, while Genesis I contained 13 video cameras, Genesis II will nearly double that figure to 22 cameras located on both the inside and outside of the spacecraft.

Like other BA spacecraft, Genesis II employs a unique architecture with an expandable outer surface that was wrapped around a central core at launch and expanded through air inflation in orbit. The skin is made of several layers that include proprietary impact-resistant materials. Testing on the ground has shown that the expandable shells of a Bigelow module are much more resistant to space debris than the modules on the International Space Station.

Bigelow Aerospace founder Robert T. Bigelow was on site in Yasny to witness the launch with other BA employees, while other BA personnel were gathered at Mission Control in North Las Vegas.

Bigelow Aerospace Program Manager Eric Haakonstad says with the experience of Genesis I, they were better primed for the launch of Genesis II. "With Genesis I, it was our first rodeo. We didn't know exactly what to expect," Haakonstad says. "This time, we were able to perform rehearsals and were more prepared for the launch phase."

That said, a brief communications difficulty in Russia increased nerves in Mission Control, as there was a delay in confirming Genesis II's separation from the Dnepr rocket. "Any deviation from nominal magnifies the anxiety. When it came in four minutes later, it was a big relief," Haakonstad says.

Bigelow Aerospace has received just the initial data from Genesis II, and expects more extensive data and imagery in the coming days. BA will provide updates and images from Genesis II on this site.

Уряя!!!

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в полчетвертого уже картинки были

http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/out_there/genesis_II_first_pics.php

Hello from Genesis II

The following images are low-resolution thumbnails taken during the solar panel deployment sequence that began an hour and a half after Genesis II was launched on June 28. The two pictures confirmed successful deployment of the eight solar panels prior to the start of the expansion sequence for the spacecraft.

[ronatu]

Big Blow!!  

[Славянский танцор]

Странный ракурс... Интересно, откуда снимали? СБ внизу... Похоже, либо со специальной откидной штанги, либо еще откуда-то.

[pk13]

Странный ракурс... Интересно, откуда снимали? СБ внизу... Похоже, либо со специальной откидной штанги, либо еще откуда-то.

Про такие подробности они не пишут, а пишут просто:

A camera on the end of one of Genesis II's forward array peeks back towards the aft panels.

A picture on the end of one of the aft solar arrays looks toward the midsection of Genesis II as well as the forward solar panels.

[Славянский танцор]

Все понятно - два блока СБ - передние и задние... Спасибо за цитаты

[ronatu]

A three-chambered "Biobox" carried hissing roaches, ants and scorpions into space aboard Bigelow Aerospace's Genesis 2 inflatable spacecraft on June 28, 2007. Credit: Bigelow Aerospace.

[ronatu]

New photos:

http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/xfer/2007-29-06_Ext01.jpg

http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/xfer/2007-29-06_Blair01.jpg

[HPC]

Простите, я немного отстал от жизни.. В чём  суть этого проекта?

[Димитър]

29.06.2007 19:32 | BBCRussian.com
Уже в этом году американец намерен запустить в космос еще один модуль под названием Galaxy, который Бигелоу называет "почти домом для живых существ в космосе".

а вот что пишет сам Бигелов:
http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/out_there/developing_a_galaxy.php
Galaxy design work and prototyping will extend through 2007, and will be integrated through 2008 in order to support launch readiness in the fall of that year.

журналисты напутали? Или Бигелов решил ускорить?
А запуск кому-то уже заказан? Конец 2008 года не так далеко...

[Андрей Суворов]

журналисты напутали? Или Бигелов решил ускорить?
А запуск кому-то уже заказан? Конец 2008 года не так далеко...

AFAIK это будет один из первых полётов Falcon-9. Во всяком случае, он значится в манифесте на сайте SpaceX