Cygnus COTS Demo - Antares-110 - 18.09.2013 - Wallops/MARS LP-0A

[Salo]

Поздравляю!

[LRV_75]

Молодцы!!! 
Трансляция блеск

[Штуцер]

Да, достойно.
Пропорции 15А35 напоминают. Масштаб другой.

[Not]

Хорошие пропорции, в отличие от некоторых палкостроителей

[che wi]

Пресс-релиз от Orbital
http://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/release.asp?prid=870

Orbital Successfully Launches Cygnus Spacecraft Aboard Antares Rocket on COTS Demonstration Mission to the International Space Station

(Dulles, VA 18 September 2013) – Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB), one of the world's leading space technology companies, today announced that it successfully launched its Antares rocket carrying the company's Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft into its intended orbit. The successful launch marked the beginning of a four-day in-orbit capabilities demonstration mission that will culminate in rendezvous and berthing with the International Space Station (ISS) on September 22. Cygnus will deliver approximately 1,500 lbs. of cargo and remain attached to the ISS for 30 days before departing with up to 1,750 lbs. of disposal cargo.

Lift-off of Orbital's Antares rocket occurred at approximately 10:58 a.m. EDT from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) located at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia. Following a 10-minute ascent, the Cygnus spacecraft was successfully deployed by the Antares upper stage and placed into its intended orbit of about 180 x 160 miles above the Earth, inclined at 51.6 degrees to the equator. Approximately 20 minutes later, Orbital's Cygnus engineers confirmed that reliable communications had been established and that the solar arrays were fully deployed, providing the necessary electrical power to command the spacecraft.

"We are very pleased with the early operations of the COTS demonstration mission, beginning with another on-the-mark launch by Antares. The Cygnus spacecraft appears to be fully healthy and operating as expected during this early phase of its mission," said Mr. David W. Thompson, Orbital's President and Chief Executive Officer. "Over the next few days, our Cygnus team, together with our NASA partners, will conduct an extensive series of in-orbit tests to verify the performance of the spacecraft before attempting the rendezvous and berthing operations with the space station. There is clearly still a lot of work in front of us, but the mission looks like it is off to a great start."

This demonstration flight is the final milestone in Orbital's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) joint research and development initiative with NASA. Under COTS, NASA and Orbital developed Cygnus, which meets the stringent human-rated safety requirements for ISS operations. Orbital privately developed the Antares launch vehicle to provide low-cost, reliable access to space for medium-class payloads. Together, these elements are being used for the demonstration flight of Orbital's commercial resupply capability to the ISS.

Pending the successful completion of the COTS program, Orbital will begin regularly scheduled cargo delivery missions to the ISS under the $1.9 billion Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA. Under the CRS contract, Orbital will deliver approximately 20,000 kilograms of cargo to the ISS over eight missions through 2016. For these missions, NASA will manifest a variety of essential items based on ISS program needs, including food, clothing, crew supplies, spare parts and equipment, and scientific experiments.

[Mark]

Разделение первой ступени. 

[Victor123]

Сбывается в США вьетнамский план: "по космодрому в каждом огороде к такому-то  году".

[Mark]

Orbital's Antares launches Cygnus on debut mission to ISS, 18.09.2013

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/09/orbitals-antares-loft-cygnus-debut-mission-iss/

[Sashka_1959]

18.09.2013 22:34
Американский грузовик "Сигнус" впервые отправился к МКС
Автор: Татьяна Проскурякова
Новый американский грузовой корабль "Сигнус" впервые отправился к Международной космической станции с помощью ракеты "Антарес", на которой установлены российские двигатели.

Видео сюжет на Вести 24:   http://www.vesti.ru/only_video.html?vid=538428

[Salo]

Артём Жаров пишет:

Bizonich пишет:

Артём Жаров пишет:

First motion at 1558:02.2UTC

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=32876.msg1098457#msg1098457

Артем, не поясните? Просто сразу трудно разобраться не зная.

По нашему - КП    . То бишь время КП 19:58:02.2 ЛМВ

Satori ошибся: 14:58:02.2 UTC и 18:58:02.2 ЛМВ соответственно.

[Salo]

Фотогалерея пуска:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orbitalsciences/

[Петр Зайцев]

Victor123 пишет:
Сбывается в США вьетнамский план: "по космодрому в каждом огороде к такому-то году".

А это ничего, что пуск был со старейшего американского полигона, на котором еще Фау-1 пускали? Или теперь прикажете России закрыть КапЯр?

[Alex_II]

Петр Зайцев пишет:
А это ничего, что пуск был со старейшего американского полигона, на котором еще Фау-1 пускали? Или теперь прикажете России закрыть КапЯр?

А сколько кстати в Штатах космодромов вообще? Канаверал, Вандерберг, Уоллопс, Кодьяк и Кваджалейн помню. Еще есть?

[Александр Ч.]

2145 GMT (5:45 p.m. EDT)
 A seven-minute firing of the Cygnus spacecraft's main thruster has been completed as planned, according to Orbital Sciences. This maneuver changed the freighter's velocity by nearly 100 mph and sets up the spacecraft for the first of 10 demonstration maneuvers this evening, in which the Cygnus will prove its ability to transition to free drift and abort an approach to the International Space Station.
NASA and Orbital Sciences planned 10 demo objectives on the Cygnus mission before it is approved to move toward the imaginary capture box underneath the space station, where European astronaut will grab it with the lab's Canadian robotic arm.

 
 1720 GMT (1:20 p.m. EDT)
 Frank Culbertson, vice president of advanced programs at Orbital Sciences, said the Antares rocket hit a near-perfect orbit during today's launch, releasing the Cygnus spacecraft in an orbit with a high point of 179 miles and a low point of 159 miles. The Cygnus spacecraft extended its two solar array wings shortly after deployment from the Antares solid-fueled second stage, and the freighter's propulsion system pressurized as planned to prepare the vehicle for the first in a series of engine firings to reach the International Space Station.
"The solar arrays have deployed, and we're getting good power from them," Culbertson said. "The propulsion system has activated, and we're getting good stable control of the spacecraft, pointing at the sun, and getting ready to execute the maneuvers to get to the International Space Station in four days."
The first engine burn is scheduled for approximately 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT) to adjust the Cygnus spacecraft's orbit and set it up for its chase of the space station. "This was hard," Culbertson said. "It's difficult to get a rocket off the launch pad. There are a lot of things that have to come together no matter how many times you do it."

 
 1526 GMT (11:26 a.m. EDT)
 Deployment of the Cygnus solar arrays has been completed, and the craft's propulsion system has been activated.

Ждем результатов "вальса".

[N]

Alex_II пишет:
А сколько кстати в Штатах космодромов вообще? Канаверал, Вандерберг, Уоллопс, Кодьяк и Кваджалейн помню. Еще есть?

Stargazer

[Victor123]

Петр Зайцев пишет:

Victor123 пишет:
Сбывается в США вьетнамский план: "по космодрому в каждом огороде к такому-то году".

А это ничего, что пуск был со старейшего американского полигона, на котором еще Фау-1 пускали? Или теперь прикажете России закрыть КапЯр?

Даже если бы запуск был с нового космодрома, в принципе в этом нет нечего плохого.

[Pirat5]

N пишет:

Alex_II пишет:
А сколько кстати в Штатах космодромов вообще? Канаверал, Вандерберг, Уоллопс, Кодьяк и Кваджалейн помню. Еще есть?

Stargazer

Stargazer базируется на том же Кваджалейне.
Ещё есть Космопорт Америка, но там пока геофизические и SS2

[ilan]

Сегодня по Евроньюс дикторша бодро объявляла: "Корабль доставит на орбиту 700 тонн груза."    

[instml]

http://www.nasa.gov/content/antares-rocket-with-cygnus-spacecraft-launches

[che wi]

Артём Жаров пишет:

Bizonich пишет:

Артём Жаров пишет:
1558:02.2UTC

Артем, не поясните? Просто сразу трудно разобраться не зная.

По нашему - КП  ;)  . То бишь время КП 19:58:02.2 ЛМВ

Видимо, 14:58:02.2UTC и 18:58:02.2ЛМВ соответственно :)