Dragon SpX-3 (CRS3), Hermes 2, LMRSat, TechCube 1, All-Star (THEIA) - Falcon 9 v1.1 - Canaveral SLC-40 - 18.04.2014

[m-s Gelezniak]

Bizonich пишет:

m-s Gelezniak пишет:

vlad7308 пишет:

ykpoi пишет:

AlexioM пишет:
Мое мнение - раздвижные, иначе зачем их туда ставить?

Чтобы опять не закрутило ступень. Они надеются, что лапы помогут.

дык они помогут, если будут раздвинуты

Не помогут.

Что, закрутит аппарат и переломает опоры в итоге?

Выяснить бы время рaстопырки.

[AlexioM]

Bizonich пишет:
то, закрутит аппарат и переломает опоры в итоге?

Судя по всему, "приделывание ног"  это способ достичь результата с наименьшими расходами.
Из этого логично следует вывод не использовать раскрытие опор на большой скорости - это и аэродинамику надо тестировать, и прочность, и температурный режим, и целесообразность в принципе. Слишком много вопросов, которые можно и нужно исключить изначально.

[Lanista]

Александр Ч. пишет:
All four landing legs now mounted on Falcon 9 pic.twitter.com/5ZNG1NflsG

Так он уже в этот раз с ногами полетит? а садиться куда будет? на воду пока?

[AlexioM]

Да.

[Seerndv]

http://lenta.ru/news/2014/02/26/falconlegs/

Компания SpaceX закончила монтаж четырех подвижных опор для вертикального приземления на Falcon 9. Эта ракета-носитель должна отправить к МКС грузовик Dragon 16 марта. Сообщение об установке опор опубликовал основатель SpaceX Элон Маск в своем микроблоге.
Опоры предназначены для вертикальной посадки, подобной той, что уже отработана компанией на малой ракете Grasshopper («Кузнечик»). На «Фальконе» они сделаны из углепластика и алюминия. В рабочем состоянии опоры имеют диаметр около 18 метров.
Во время мартовского полета планируется протестировать систему раскрытия опор. Однако сама вертикальная посадка проводится пока не будет — ракету-носитель затопят в океане. По словам Маска, это связано с необходимостью «добиться полного контроля при переходе ракеты из сверхзвукового в дозвуковой режим».
Во время прошлого запуска Falcon 9 (в конце сентября 2013 года) специалисты SpaceX протестировали двигатели для вертикального приземления. Как и ранее, ракета была затоплена в океане, но перед этим специалисты испытали некоторые элементы программы приземления. Тест удался лишь частично: повторный запуск двигателей был произведен, но приводнение все равно произошло в жестком режиме из-за неконтролируемого вращения аппарата. По словам Маска, это могло быть связано с отсутствием на прошлом аппарате опор, поскольку они, помимо основной функции, также ограничивают вертикальное вращение ракеты.
SpaceX, которая сейчас имеет длительный контракт с NASA на проведение коммерческих запусков, уже давно работает над созданием космических аппаратов многоразового использования. В компании надеются, что переход на ракеты-носители с вертикальным приземлением сможет радикально, (по словам Маска, в 100 раз) сократить издержки на запуски.
 

- картинка вроде та же.

[SFN]

Вау! Они на стенке ее собирают?

[Space Alien]

[Space Alien]

Falcon 9 v1.1 conducts Static Fire ahead of CRS-3 mission


SpaceX have fired up their Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle during a Static Fire (Hot Fire) test on Saturday, allowing for a health check and countdown dress rehearsal ahead of their next flight of their Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS). The CRS-3/SpX-3 Dragon is tracking a launch – her first on the upgraded Falcon 9 – on March 16 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS).


http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/03/falcon-9-v1-1-static-fire-crs-3-mission/

[Александр Ч.]

SpaceX ‏@SpaceX  7 ч.  
Falcon 9 and #Dragon conducted a successful static fire test in prep for next week's launch to the #ISS! pic.twitter.com/kMgtJLu5U7
 
 

 
 
 

[igorvs]

 

[Александр Репной]

Коллеги, запуск Дракона 16-го числа. А когда и во сколько стыковка с МКС?

[Александр Ч.]

Александр Р., http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/march/nasa-coverage-set-for-march-16-spacex-mission-to-space-station/#.Ux24Js4p6ho

March 5, 2014
 
 MEDIA ADVISORY M14-040
 
 NASA Coverage Set for March 16 SpaceX Mission to Space Station
 
 The next SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract is scheduled to launch Sunday, March 16, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
 
 The company's Falcon 9 rocket, carrying its Dragon cargo capsule, will lift off at 4:41 a.m. EDT. NASA Television coverage of the launch begins at 3:45 a.m. If for any reason the launch is postponed, the next launch opportunity is Monday, March 17 at 4:19 a.m., with NASA TV coverage beginning at 3:15 a.m.
 
 The mission, designated SpaceX-3, is the third of 12 SpaceX flights contracted by NASA to resupply the space station. It will be the fourth trip by a Dragon capsule to the orbiting laboratory.
 
 The capsule will be filled with almost 5,000 pounds of scientific experiments and supplies. The Dragon will remain attached to the space station's Harmony module for more than three weeks, and splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California on April 17 with more than 3,500 pounds of experiment samples and equipment returning from the station.
 
 NASA will host a prelaunch news conference at 1 p.m., Saturday, March 15, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, followed by a SpaceX science and technology cargo news conference at 2 p.m. Both briefings will be carried live on NASA TV and the agency's website.
 
 If launch occurs March 16, NASA TV will provide live coverage Tuesday, March 18, of the arrival of the Dragon cargo ship to the International Space Station. Grapple and berthing coverage will begin at 5:45 a.m., with grapple at 7 a.m. Berthing coverage begins at 9:30 a.m.
 
 Media may request accreditation to attend the prelaunch news conferences and launch online at:
 
 https://media.ksc.nasa.gov
 
 The deadline for U.S. media to apply for accreditation is March 10. The deadline has passed for international media to apply.
 
 Media credentials will be valid for mission activities from launch through splashdown at Kennedy and at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
 
 For more information about media accreditation, contact Jennifer Horner at 321-867-6598.
 
 For an updated schedule of prelaunch briefings, events and NASA TV coverage items, visit:
 
 http://go.nasa.gov/1dsh9dp
 
 For NASA TV schedule and video streaming information, visit:
 
 http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv
 
 For video b-roll and other International Space Station media resources, visit:
 
 http://www.nasa.gov/stationnews
 
 For launch countdown coverage, NASA's launch blog and more information about the mission, visit:
 
 http://www.nasa.gov/spacex
 
 For more information about the International Space Station, research in low-Earth orbit, NASA's commercial space programs and the future of American spaceflight, visit:
 
 http://www.nasa.gov/exploration

[Salo]

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/009/140309staticfire/#.Ux4Nfs7-5eI

SpaceX fires Falcon 9 rocket engines for prelaunch check
BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: March 9, 2014

SpaceX fired up the nine-engine first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket Saturday in a major preflight rehearsal before the March 16 launch of nearly 5,000 pounds of experiments and supplies to the International Space Station.
 
SpaceX's official mission patch for the third Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station. Photo credit: SpaceX
 
 The brief ignition of the Falcon 9's nine Merlin 1D engines occurred with the rocket firmly fastened to SpaceX's Complex 40 launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla. The engines generate about 1.3 million pounds of thrust at sea level.
The engine firing came at the end of a multi-hour countdown, in which the SpaceX launch team loaded liquid oxygen and kerosene propellants into the two-stage Falcon 9 booster. The exercise, known as a static fire, serves as practice for engineers and helps ground crews address any problems with the rocket before launch day.
A SpaceX spokesperson said the static fire was successful.
Engineers typically spend several days reviewing data from such tests before clearing the rocket for liftoff. A launch readiness review is scheduled for next week to give the formal go-ahead for the countdown and launch of the Falcon 9 rocket with SpaceX's Dragon spaceship, an automated cargo craft to deliver and return supplies to and from the space station.
Workers will also add sensitive experiment samples, fresh food and other perishables to the Dragon capsule's pressurized module. Most of the mission's nearly 5,000-pound payload has already been packed inside the spacecraft.
 
File photo of the Falcon 9's nine Merlin 1D engines firing during a Jan. 6 launch from Cape Canaveral. Photo credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images
 
 Launch is scheduled for 4:41 a.m. EDT (0841 GMT) on March 16 from Cape Canaveral.
Two days later, after a series of course-correction burns to adjust its orbit, the Dragon spacecraft will arrive in the vicinity of the space station, beginning a laser-guided final approach toward the complex.
Astronauts Koichi Wakata and Richard Mastracchio will monitor the Dragon's rendezvous. Once the uncrewed spacecraft is at a hold position about 30 feet from the space station, Wakata will grapple the Dragon with the lab's 58-foot Canadian-built robotic arm.
Capture of the Dragon spacecraft is expected at about 6:59 a.m. EDT (1059 GMT) on March 18.
The Dragon spacecraft will be attached to the station's Harmony module with 16 remotely-driven bolts, then the crew will open hatches leading to the cargo carrier to begin removing the freighter's supplies.
The SpaceX-owned spaceship will also deliver a high-definition Earth observation camera package and a laser communications terminal inside its unpressurized trunk section. Ground controllers at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will use the robot arm and the Dextre robotic handyman, fitted with two arms and tools for tasks requiring fine dexterity, to remove the payloads and transfer them to operating posts on the European Columbus laboratory module and an exposed platform on the station's truss.
Departure of the Dragon spacecraft is set for April 17 after a one-month stay at the space station.
 
The Falcon 9 first stage has four landing legs attached. The March 16 launch will attempt to demonstrate a water recovery of the first stage in a step toward making the Falcon 9 rocket partially reusable. Photo credit: SpaceX via Elon Musk

 The capsule will return to Earth with a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California a few hours after its release from the space station, bringing back more than 3,500 pounds of experiment samples and other gear for analysis and refurbishment.
The upcoming flight is SpaceX's third operational cargo delivery to the space station under a $1.6 billion commercial resupply contract with NASA. The agreement covers 12 missions through 2016.
It is SpaceX's first flight to the station since March 2013. The March 16 launch is also the first flight of SpaceX's upgraded Falcon 9 launcher, known as the Falcon 9 v1.1, on a space station resupply flight.
The Falcon 9 v1.1 launched three times from September to January with commercial satellites.
The March 16 launch will also be the first flight with landing legs on the Falcon 9 first stage. SpaceX officials say they will attempt a controlled water landing of the first stage in the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Cape Canaveral following the launch.

Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.

[Benny]

"The capsule will be filled with almost 5,000 pounds of scientific experiments and supplies. ..., and splash down in the Pacific Ocean ... with more than 3,500 pounds of experiment samples and equipment returning from the station."

вверх 5,000 pounds (= 2,268 кг) - это почти "грузоподъемность " Прогресса.

[Victor123]

Подозреваю что будет и больше.

[SFN]

Victor123 пишет:
Подозреваю что будет и больше.

Если ноги на земле оставить.

[m-s Gelezniak]

SFN пишет:

Victor123 пишет:
Подозреваю что будет и больше.

Если ноги на земле оставить.

Кaк, "ножки Бушa" Эллонa, это уже бренд.
Или тренд. Хм... . 
 

[cavia]

Новая красивая фотография Фалкона9

 


 

http://www.spacex.com/news/2014/03/11/upcoming-mission-falcon-9-and-dragon-launching-space-station

[Space Alien]

Пресс-кит

http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/SpaceXCRS-3_PressKit_FINAL.pdf

[Salo]

March 16 - Dragon SpX-3 (CRS3), Hermes 2, LMRSat, TechCube 1, All-Star (THEIA) , SporeSat, TSAT (TestSat-Lite) - Falcon 9 v1.1 - Canaveral SLC-40 - 08:41  UTC