Progress M-64 Launch May 14/15, 2008

[SiberianTiger]

Progress M-64 (#364)
The official launch time set:

15.05.2008 02:22:54 Baikonur
15.05.2008 00:22:54 Moscow Daylight Savings Time
14.05.2008 23:22:54 TSUP Time
14/05/2008 22:22:54 MET
May 14, 2008 20:22:54 UTC
May 14, 2008 4:22:54 P.M. EDT

During the past day, works conitued in Assembly Building at the Area 254 of Baikonur Cosmodrome. Designers inspection of the Progress M-64 cargo vehicle was completed.

Payload shroud roll on to the cargo vehicle was performed.

 

[SiberianTiger]

Cargo Manifest for Progress M-64

Full Vehicle's launch mass - 7056 kg

Propellant in the combined propulsion module's tanks - 880 kg
(which includes propellant to replenish the ISS reserve, given a nominal docking is achieved - 250 kg)

Propellant in refuelling tanks - 350 kg

Gas in oxygen supply bottles:
air - 21 kg
oxygen - 29 kg

Water in the Rodnik (Creek) system - 420 kg

Deliverable equipment in the pressurized volume, totals 1292 kg:

- SOGS gas analysers - 4 kg

- SVO - waste purification column block, condensate supply block - 29 kg

- SSGO - solid waste containers, water vessels, compressible collector, E-K preservative vessels - 128 kg

- SOP - food rations containers, fresh food - 258 kg

- SMO - underwears, medical monitoring and inspection equipment, personal hygiene means, zero-g influence countering means, first aid kits, air purity checks, cleaning means - 126 kg

- SIZ - individual oxygen blocks, water vessels, radiation measuring equipment - 98 kg

- SOTR - system for heat balance keeping - 15 kg

- STTS - system for telephone and telegraph comminications - 1 kg

- SUBA - system for onboard equipment control - 8 kg

- Electric lamps - 3 kg

- SEP - accumulator battery block 800 A - 77 kg

- BITS2-12 - cableware for onboard telemetry downlink system - 3 kg

- STOR - tools cartrige belt, extenders cartrige belt, container pouches, repair equipment - 48 kg

- KSPE (crew support complex) - onboard documentation, parcel for crewmembers, photo and video equipment - 14 kg

- SSVP - docking assembly springs - 0.1 kg

- KTSN - the scientific payload assembly - 42 kg

- TPK Soyuz TMA - Sokol KV-2 pressure suit - 8 kg

- Upgrage equipment for SM - docking target apadter, docking target container - 9 kg

- Upgrade equipment for FGB - a "Fungistat" set, induction smoke alarm detectors IDE-2 - 13 kg

- US Payload - food ration containers, crew support items, medical items, onboard equipment - 406 kg

 

[TSPenguin]

I've never seen such a detailed cargo manifest. Very interesting!

 

[SiberianTiger]

I've never seen such a detailed cargo manifest. Very interesting!

Had you been a subscriber of Novosti Kosmonavtiki magaznie, you would have even more detailed one for each Progress launch, but 1.5 months after the blastoff and in Russian.

Frankly enough, this one I've got from Roscosmos web site.

BTW, my friend who is responsible for precision observance of a part this manifest is now at Baikonur. A lucky guy he is!

 

[SiberianTiger]

The launch vehicle's integration

May 11, 2008. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia​

Orbital module of the Soyuz-U launch vehicle, containing Progress M-64 spacecraft was integrated with the Soyuz-U launch vehicle in the processing facility.

 

[SiberianTiger]

Rollout to the Launch Pad

This morning, the Soyuz-U LV with Progress M-64 cargo spacecraft attached has been rolled out and erected at the LC #5 in the Area 1 of Baikonur Cosmodrome.

The first launch day operations are under way on the pad. There beginning of the full dry run tests is planned to 15:00 Moscow time.

 

[Moe]

Maybe this is a stupid question (sorry in this case), but anyone knows any web (or something like that) for watching the launch this Wendsday?

 

[Woo482]

try this site http://www.roscosmos.ru/index.asp?Lang=ENG#

 

[Missioncmdr]

I thought that the only Russian launches that have live webcast were manned Soyuz launches. They do not usualy have webcasts for Progress launches, do they?

 

[Moe]

thanks!! I´ll try it

 

[SiberianTiger]

Maybe this is a stupid question (sorry in this case), but anyone knows any web (or something like that) for watching the launch this Wendsday?

If there will be any, I promise to post the link. Try looking through the thread shortly before the launch.

 

[Moe]

Ok SiberianTiger. Thanks!

 

[SiberianTiger]

Progress M-64 Data Sheet

All times in the sheet are given as Moscow Daylight Savings time
(Baikonur Local +2 hrs; UTC -4 hrs)

Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U
Cargo Space Craft: Progress M-64
Date of Launch: 15.05.2008
Time of Launch: 00:22:56
Launch Pad: Area 1

Launch Vehicle's Mission Profile:
Flight Stage | Time, seconds | Time, min:sec | Time, MSK
---------------------------------------------------------
Liftoff .... | .... 0 |... 00:00 | 00:22:56
1st St. Sep. | 118.78 | 01:58.78 | 00:24:55
Fairing Sep. | 161.06 | 02:41.06 | 00:25:37
2nd St. Sep. | 287.30 | 04:47.30 | 00:27:43
Adapter Sep. | 297.05 | 04:57.05 | 00:27:53
3rd St. MECO | 525.88 | 08:45.88 | 00:31:42
Payload Sep. | 529.18 | 08:49.18 | 00:31:45

Areas of Launch Vehicle's separable parts falling:
Part | Area # | Location, Country
---------------------------------------------------------
1st Stage ..... | . 16, 67 | Karaganda Oblast, Kz
Payload Fairing | ..... 69 | Karaganda Oblast, Kz
2nd Stage...... | 306, 307 | Eastern Kazakhstan Oblast, Kz
............... | ........ | Altay Kray, Ru
Payload Adapter | .... 309 | Eastern Kazakhstan Oblast, Kz
............... | ........ | Altay Kray, Ru
............... | ........ | Republic Altay, Ru

Planned moment of docking to the ISS: May 17, 2008 01:37.30
Backup Launch Date: May 16, 2008 23:34:42

 

[Notebook]

It seems

[SIZE=-2]The 1733rd flight of a Soyuz launch vehicle was performed Thursday, May 15, 2008 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 02:22 Baikonur time (22:22 Paris time on May 14, 2008).[/SIZE]

http://www.starsem.com/news/releases.htm#1733

Misssed it, oh well, have to find the replay!

N.

 

[SiberianTiger]

It seems

http://www.starsem.com/news/releases.htm#1733

Misssed it, oh well, have to find the replay!

N.

I have missed this one too because my ISP has been lazy tonight, no connection was available (I already consider switching over to a different one).

You can view a small clip embedded into a news issue by this link:
http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=132051&cid=7&doc_type=news&doc_id=181407

Apparently, no live launch coverage was available during the launch.

The exact launch time was 20:22:56.216 UTC

According to the latest report, the orbital parameters were:

ApA 244 km
PeA 194 km
T 88.6 mins
i 51.65°

Docking to the ISS is expected to happen at:
17.05.2008 01:37:30 Moscow
May 16, 21:37:30 GMT

It will be covered live by NASA TV, don't miss the event!

 

[Notebook]

Thanks for that, wish they would do more coverage of these launches!

N.

 

[SiberianTiger]

Some pictures of the launch

 

[SiberianTiger]

NASA TV schedule

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html

May 16, Friday
5 p.m. - ISS Progress 29 Docking to the International Space Station (docking scheduled at 5:37 p.m.) – JSC (Public and Media Channels)

 

[SiberianTiger]

The live streaming video is now here:
http://www.nasa.gov/55644main_NASATV_Windows.asx

 

[SiberianTiger]

The Progress is now spottable against Earth.