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V.B.

А черные точки по окружности - это посадочные двигатели?


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Цитировать Blue Origin‏Подлинная учетная запись @blueorigin 3 ч назад

LOX/LNG oxidizer and propellant tanks delivered to LC-36. Starting to look more and more like a launch pad! #NewGlenn

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ЦитироватьMannequin Skywalker's ride to space onboard Crew Capsule 2.0

Blue Origin

Опубликовано: 14 дек. 2017 г.

Footage taken from onboard cameras. Full mission recap:
New Shepard flew again for the seventh time on Dec. 12, 2017, from Blue Origin's West Texas Launch Site. Known as Mission 7 (M7), the mission featured the next-generation booster and the first flight of Crew Capsule 2.0. Crew Capsule 2.0 features large windows, measuring 2.4 feet wide, 3.6 feet tall. M7 also included 12 commercial, research and education payloads onboard. Crew Capsule 2.0 reached an apogee of 322,405 feet AGL/326,075 feet MSL (98.27 kilometers AGL/99.39 kilometers MSL). The booster reached an apogee of 322,032 feet AGL/325,702 feet MSL (98.16 kilometers AGL/99.27 kilometers MSL).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZJghIk7_VAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZJghIk7_VA (11:09)

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https://www.blueorigin.com/news/news/first-commercial-payloads-onboard-new-shepard
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Dec 21, 2017
First Commercial Payloads Onboard New Shepard

On Dec. 12, 2017, New Shepard flew again for the seventh time. Known as Mission 7 (M7), the flight featured our next-generation booster and the first flight of Crew Capsule 2.0. While our primary objective was to progress testing this new system for human spaceflight, we also achieved an exciting milestone with suborbital research in space by sending 12 commercial, research and education payloads under full FAA license for the first time. Payloads flying on New Shepard are doing important science and research onboard the 11-minute flight to space and back. During this flight, our customers get approximately three minutes in a high-quality microgravity environment, at an apogee around 100 kilometers, making New Shepard ideal for microgravity physics, gravitational biology, technology demonstrations, and educational programs.
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The combination of high altitude and low-gravity exposure provides an environment for a wide range of payloads ranging fr om basic and applied microgravity sciences to Earth and space science. Each of these domains has the opportunity to engage users ranging from universities to corporations. The rapid timelines and low costs of flight are also increasingly attracting educators and students of all ages.

Below are a few highlights of investigations that were a part of the New Shepard M7 flight:

Zero-Gravity Glow Experiment (ZGGE)
Purdue University & Cumberland Elementary School (West Lafayette, Indiana) in partnership with Arete STEM

The Zero-Gravity Glow Experiment, or ZGGE for short, was inspired by a second grade classroom's question: "Can fireflies light up in space?" The payload operates by mixing the appropriate chemicals during the weightless coast period of the vehicle's mission and observing the response with a miniature video camera.


DCS Montessori Middle School (Castle Pines, Colorado)
 In Partnership with DreamUp

This payload was a collaboration across nearly 500 K-8 students and consisted of two parts. The first included an Arduino Nano microcontroller with a sensor package, designed and programed by the students to learn more about the environment inside the Crew Capsule. The second part contained a school-wide art project that all DCS Montessori students participated in. Upon landing, the data from the experiment will be analyzed and the art will be returned to the students and shared with the community.


Cell Research Experiment in Microgravity (CRExIM)
 Embry-Riddle University-Daytona Beach, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio & Medical University of South Carolina (Daytona Beach, Florida) in partnership with Arete STEM

The CRExIM (Cell Research Experiment In Microgravity) NanoLab was a multidisciplinary effort between students and faculty in Embry-Riddle's Spaceflight Operations degree program and Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering departments, who partnered with other teams from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and the Medical University of South Carolina. The experiment studied how microgravity impacts the cellular processes of T-cells, which develop from stem cells in the bone marrow and are key to immune system function.


Expression of Genes in Tumor Growth
 Embry-Riddle University-Daytona Beach, Grand Canyon University & Thermo Fisher Scientific (Daytona Beach, Florida) in partnership with Arete STEM

This payload focused on studying the effect of microgravity exposure on the expression of genes that play a role in tumor growth. Two modified flasks were seeded with osteosarcoma cells. Syringes containing RNAlater for cell fixation were attached to each flask and their contents were deployed just before the onset of microgravity (in the case of the experimental control flask) and just after its completion (in the case of the experimental test flask). Now that the mission is complete, the samples will be analyzed via reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to determine how the expression of the genes has changed.


JANUS Research Platform
 Johns Hopkins University-Applied Physics Laboratory (Baltimore, Maryland)

The JANUS integration and monitoring platform, about the size of a car battery, provides researchers with a look at suborbital flight conditions. While this flight deployed JANUS in the shirtsleeve environment of the New Shepard cabin, future iterations will also look at the environment outside the vehicle.


Evolved Medical Microgravity Suction Device
 Orbital Medicine (Richmond, Virginia) with Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana), with funding from NASA's Flight Opportunities Program

The Evolved Medical Microgravity Suction Device could assist in treatment of a collapsed lung wh ere air and blood enter the pleural cavity. The payload – which included the device along with a hemothorax simulator – was constructed in collaboration with the Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The device is able to collect blood in microgravity, and still allows for the suction to continuously inflate the lung and allow it to heal. The payload marked Blue Origin's first flight under NASA's Flight Opportunities program.


Our frequent flight schedule will allow you to launch your experiment multiple times to iterate on findings, improve statistics, or rapidly collect data. As human flights begin, you'll also be able to fly with your payloads for hands-on experimentation.

To learn more and fly your payload with us, please visit: https://www.blueorigin.com/payloads

Gradatim Ferociter!
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Цитировать Blue Origin‏Подлинная учетная запись @blueorigin 4 ч. назад

Latest BE-4 engine test footage where we exceeded our Isp targets. We continue to exercise the deep throttling of our full scale 550,000 lbf BE-4, the reusability of our hydrostatic pump bearings and our stable start/stop cycles. More to follow from ongoing tests. #BE4 #NewGlenn

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ЦитироватьBlue Origin ‏Подлинная учетная запись @ blueorigin 4 ч. назад

Latest BE-4 engine test footage where we exceeded our Isp targets. We continue to exercise the deep throttling of our full scale 550,000 lbf BE-4, the reusability of our hydrostatic pump bearings and our stable start/stop cycles. More to follow from ongoing tests. # BE4 # NewGlenn

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Наконец хорошее видео. Уже  прогресс - вместо трех секунд где то 11 сек. Давление в КС еще меньше расчетного, и пахать еще много предстоит.

Apollo13

KSC, Cape & Brownsville launch pads to shepherd busy launch schedules

ЦитироватьBlue Origin is currently talking with NASA about constructing a new, large launch facility for their New Armstrong rocket north of 39B, where the original Pad 39C would have been located. This new facility, if built, would be named Launch Complex 49. The Environmental Impact Study for the planned launch site is currently underway.

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ЦитироватьJeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 5m ago

Scott Henderson, Blue Origin: we hope to launch New Shepard suborbital vehicle multiple times a week. Flying from our own range, we have to handle the whole spectrum of operations, so quite a learning experience. #FAACST2018

4m ago

Henderson: our test site in west Texas among the most unpopulated regions in the country. But for almost every test flight there we have had airspace incursion or other issues. #FAACST2018

2m ago

Henderson mentions in passing that Blue Origin has had some "recent good tests" of the BE-4 engine, but no specifics. #FAACST2018

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ЦитироватьJeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 14 мин. назад

Jim Centore, Blue Origin: making good progress on BE-4 engine testing. Getting to longer duration [but unspecified] burn times, and multiple runs on the same engine. Continuing testing for the next several months.

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ЦитироватьJeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 27 мин. назад

Rob Meyerson shows this chart of the various engines Blue Origin has developed and the vehicle that have used, or will use, them. #spaceexploration


1 мин. назад

Mayerson: early New Glenn launches will be payloads; might be 7-8 years before start launching people on that orbital vehicle. Will need to increase the launch rate (initially 12/year) significantly. #spaceexploration

Alex_II

Цитироватьmight be 7-8 years before start launching people on that orbital vehicle
БлюО - такое БлюО... Интересная компания, но такая медленная...
И мы пошли за так, на четвертак, за ради бога
В обход и напролом и просто пылью по лучу...

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ЦитироватьJeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 5 мин. назад

Bob Smith, Blue Origin: making good progress on BE-4 engine. Recently had 114-second firing at 65% power. #SatShow

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ЦитироватьJeff Bezos‏Подлинная учетная запись @JeffBezos 8 ч. назад

New test video of Blue's 550K lbf thrust, ox-rich staged combustion, LNG-fueled BE-4 engine. The test is a mixture ratio sweep at 65% power level and 114 seconds in duration. Methane (or LNG) has proved to be an outstanding fuel choice. @BlueOrigin #GradatimFerociter
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/973695880984342528/pu/vid/1280x720/do_gBvHxIf2nhgX2.mp4
(video 2:01)

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ЦитироватьEmre Kelly‏Подлинная учетная запись @EmreKelly 32 мин. назад

Updated commercial crew slide from KSC Director Cabana's presentation today; appears to be as expected. Uncrewed Boeing and SpaceX flights in August, crewed in November and December, respectively. More details in photo.

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Цитироватьǝdward ǝllǝgood‏ @FLSPACErePORT 1 ч. назад

A photo showing the recent status of Blue Origin's launch site construction at LC-36.

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/04/13/blue-origins-orbital-rocket-in-the-running-to-receive-u-s-military-investment/
ЦитироватьBlue Origin's orbital rocket in the running to receive U.S. military investment
April 13, 2018Stephen Clark


Artist's concept of the two-stage version of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket. Credit: Blue Origin

Blue Origin submitted a proposal late last year in what's expected to be a four-way competition for U.S. Air Force funding to support development of new orbital-class rockets, a further step taken by the Jeff Bezos-owned company to break into the military launch market, industry officials said.

The proposal, confirmed by two space industry sources, puts Blue Origin up against SpaceX, Orbital ATK and United Launch Alliance, which could use Blue Origin's BE-4 engine to power its next-generation Vulcan rocket.

Blue Origin received funding in an earlier phase of the Air Force's initiative to help companies develop new liquid-fueled U.S.-built booster engines in a bid to end the military's reliance on the Russian RD-180 powerplant, which drives the first stage of ULA's Atlas 5 rocket.
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The Air Force's money supported development of the BE-4 engine, which was designed with private money, and is still primarily a privately-funded program. The Pentagon funding announced in early 2016 for the BE-4 program was directly awarded to ULA, which routed the money to Blue Origin's engine program.

SpaceX, Orbital ATK and Aerojet Rocketdyne also received Air Force funding in 2016 for propulsion work.

SpaceX used the Air Force money for its methane-fueled Raptor engine, which will power the company's next-generation super-heavy BFR launcher. Orbital ATK is developing its own launcher for national security missions, which would use solid-fueled rocket motors for the initial boost into space, then use a hydrogen-fueled upper stage for orbital injection. Aerojet Rocketdyne's AR1 engine is a backup option for ULA's new Vulcan rocket.

The Atlas 5 currently launches the bulk of the U.S. government's national security payloads. The basic, medium-lift versions of ULA's Delta 4 rocket are being retired next year, and the powerful Delta 4-Heavy configuration will remain in service until at least the early 2020s for military missions that require that rocket's capability.

The Air Force plans to award at least three of the companies a tranche of government funding this summer. Each launch provider will be required to supply their own multimillion-dollar investment fr om internal funds.

In late 2019, the Air Force is expected to sel ect two companies to proceed into the final phase of the public-private partnership, which will include procurement of launch services for military payloads.

The Air Force wants two certified launch providers that primarily use U.S.-built propulsion systems, giving the military assured access to space for its most critical communications, reconnaissance, navigation and early warning satellites. ULA's two rocket families and SpaceX's Falcon 9 launcher are currently certified for such missions.


Blue Origin's rocket factory near the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now

But the Delta 4 rocket is nearing retirement due to its high cost, and the Atlas 5 uses a Russian main engine. ULA says its Vulcan rocket, which could eventually fly with reusable main engines, will be less expensive and more capable than the Delta 4 and Atlas 5.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy could be certified for national security payloads as soon as 2019, once it completes additional missions and Air Force engineering reviews following its successful maiden test flight Feb. 6.

The Launch Services Agreements the Air Force is expected to award this summer will transition the military's investment from rocket propulsion to entire launchers, and the competition pits ULA against two of its prospective Vulcan suppliers: Blue Origin and Orbital ATK.

Bankrolled by Bezos's Amazon.com fortune, Blue Origin is developing the New Glenn rocket, a satellite launcher the company says could be ready for its first test flight by the end of 2020. There will be two versions of the New Glenn: a two-stage configuration for most satellite delivery missions, and a three-stage launcher for deep space missions.

Both configurations will employ the same reusable first stage booster, with seven BE-4 engines burning a mixture of liquified natural gas and liquid oxygen. The first stage will produce 3.85 million pounds of thrust will all seven engines at full throttle, then detach a few minutes after liftoff to return to Earth, landing on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean for reuse.

The BE-4 engine began hotfire testing at Blue Origin's test site in West Texas in October.

The New Glenn's second stage was originally designed with a single restartable vacuum-rated version of the BE-4 engine called the BE-4U. But Space News reported last month that Blue Origin has changed the design, and the New Glenn's second stage will instead use two BE-3U engines, a modified version of the hydrogen-fueled BE-3 engine that flies on the company's suborbital New Shepard booster.

The change simplifies the New Glenn design, meaning Blue Origin will only have to develop two types of engines for the rocket, not three.

The BE-3 engine produces 110,000 pounds of thrust, less than the 550,000 pounds of thrust generated by a BE-4 engine. But the BE-3 has a higher specific impulse, a measure of fuel efficiency, according to Space News.

The two-stage version of the New Glenn will meet all of the Air Force's launch requirements, capable of lifting the prescribed payload mass to a range of orbits specified by the military's procurement documents, Space News reported.

A BE-3U engine will also power the third stage of the New Glenn's deep space configuration.


Artist's concept of the New Glenn's flight profile. Credit: Blue Origin

Blue Origin also updated the New Glenn's design last year, opting to place a 7-meter (23-foot) diameter payload shroud on top of the rocket beginning with the rocket's inaugural launch. Officials originally planned a 5-meter (16-foot) fairing for the New Glenn's initial missions.

Officials said the wide payload envelope will allow the New Glenn to launch larger numbers of satellites in one go for commercial mega-constellations. Scientists see potential for the New Glenn to haul up telescopes with bigger mirrors.

Still nearly three years from its first flight, the New Glenn rocket, named for former astronaut John Glenn, has secured launch contracts from several commercial satellite companies, including OneWeb, Eutelsat and SKY Perfect JSAT Corp.

The New Glenn rocket will be manufactured and assembled in Blue Origin's new factory just outside the gates of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, wh ere the launcher's propellant tanks, structures and payload fairing will be produced. Blue Origin plans to base its engine manufacturing facility, currently at the company's Kent, Washington, headquarters, in Huntsville, Alabama.

Blue Origin is building its New Glenn launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The New Glenn will blast off from Launch Complex 36, the former home of the Atlas-Centaur rocket.

The company has no current plans for a West Coast launch site for polar orbit missions.

Payloads heading into polar orbit, such as OneWeb's communications satellites, could be launched fr om Cape Canaveral, then steered into polar orbit while avoiding taking a flight path over land.
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ЦитироватьJeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 16 мин. назад

An FAA temporary flight restriction suggests Blue Origin will be conducting another New Shepard suborbital test flight as soon as tomorrow: http://bit.ly/2qQjhIG 

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NOTAM (на 24.04.2018 )
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FDC 8/3909 - NM..AIRSPACE VAN HORN,TX..TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS WI AN AREA DEFINED AS 3NM RADIUS OF (312522N/1044525W) OR (SALT FLAT VORTAC SFL127026) SFC-8000FT TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR A ROCKET LAUNCH AND RECOVERY PURSUANT TO 14 CFR SECTION 91.143. AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS ARE PROHIBITED IN THIS AIRSPACE UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY ATC. BLUE ORIGIN LLC, BRET GRIFFIN, TELEPHONE 281-898-2464 IS IN CHARGE OF THE OPERATION. ALBUQUERQUE /ZAB/ ARTCC TELEPHONE 505-856-4500 IS THE FAA COORDINATION FACILITY. DLY 1330-2000. 24 APR 13:30 2018 UNTIL 27 APR 20:00 2018. CREATED: 23 APR 14:40 2018
Окно: 13:30 - 20:00 UTC 24.04.2018
Резервные дни: 25 - 27 апреля с.г.

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ЦитироватьJeff Bezos‏Подлинная учетная запись @JeffBezos 31 мин. назад

Launch preparations are underway for New Shepard's 8th test flight, as we continue our progress toward human spaceflight. Currently targeting Sunday 4/29 with launch window opening up at 830am CDT. Livestream info to come. @BlueOrigin #GradatimFerociter
13:30 UTC 29.04.2018

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NOTAM (на 29.04.2018 )
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FDC 8/6711 - NM..AIRSPACE VAN HORN,TX..TEMPORARY FLIGHT
RESTRICTIONS WI AN AREA DEFINED AS 25NM RADIUS OF
(312706N1044546W) OR (SALT FLAT VORTAC SFL125024) SFC-UNL TO
PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR ROCKET LAUNCH AND RECOVERY
PURSUANT TO 14 CFR SECTION 91.143. AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS ARE
PROHIBITED IN THIS AIRSPACE UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY ATC. BLUE ORIGIN
LLC, BRETT GRIFFIN, TELEPHONE 281-898-2464 IS IN CHARGE OF THE
OPERATION. ALBUQUERQUE /ZAB/ ARTCC TELEPHONE 505-856-4500 IS THE FAA
COORDINATION FACILITY. DLY 1330-2000. 29 APR 13:30 2018 UNTIL 02 MAY 20:00 2018.
 CREATED: 27 APR 15:03 2018