GTM-4 Mission - Antares 3.0 maiden flight

[fausto]

Maiden flight of the Antares capsule version 3.0 as a preview of the future release. Mission goal is ISS rendez-vous and docking, and 6 men crew transfer to International Space Station for a six month stay

MISSION SPECIFICATIONS:

Launcher: Jarvis L manned
Crew: 6
Launch Base: Capo Passero - ASVI Pad J A
Vehicle mass at launch: 1,023,411 kg
Mission duration: 2 days
ISS docking: Tuesday, June 11 at 19:30 - 20:30 UTC
LAUNCH: Sunday, June 9 at 09:30 UTC
Launch Window: 3 minutes

The entire launch and mission will be broadcasted live on Orbiter live Missions:

http://www.livestream.com/orbiterlivemissions

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

Maiden flight of the Antares capsule version 3.0 as a preview of the future release. Mission goal is ISS rendez-vous and docking, and 6 men crew transfer to International Space Station for a six month stay

MISSION SPECIFICATIONS:

Launcher: Jarvis L manned
Crew: 6
Launch Base: Capo Passero - ASVI Pad J A
Vehicle mass at launch: 1,023,411 kg
Mission duration: 2 days
ISS docking: Tuesday, June 11 at 19:30 - 20:30 UTC
LAUNCH: Sunday, June 9 at 09:30 UTC
Launch Window: 3 minutes

The entire launch and mission will be broadcasted live on Orbiter live Missions:

http://www.livestream.com/orbiterlivemissions

Best of luck! Should be interesting to see 3.0 for the first time.

 

[Cras]

Antares 3.0, awesome!

 

[fausto]

Mission scrubbed: next launch window opens Sunday, June 16th at 09:30 UTC

 

[fausto]

Jarvis L rocket rolled out to its launch position. Weather for Sunday is 90 per cent GO. Launch countdown will start saturday at 20:00 UTC

 

[fausto]

Live coverage started:

http://www.livestream.com/orbiterlivemissions

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t- 30 minutes

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t- 10 minutes!

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Antares capsule in orbit!

Launch replay:

http://www.livestream.com/orbiterlivemissions/video?clipId=pla_e0e9a7a0-d954-498c-bbe5-654a115fe1d0

 

[fausto]

Tonight starting from 20:00 UTC rendez-vous maneuvre and docking:

http://www.livestream.com/orbiterlivemissions

 

[fausto]

After a 5 months mission GTM-4 crew members are preparing for reentry scheduled for November 13 at 21:01:40 UTC. For the first time in Antares capsule history a touchdown (and not splashdown) will end the mission. Landing site will be southern Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA.

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonneville_Salt_Flats"]Bonneville Salt Flats - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

 

[romanasul]

Fausto, what is the status of the Antares 3.0 addon? I can't wait to try it out.

 

[fausto]

Very advanced, but work on Jarvis DLL version will force us to review our release date!

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[fausto]

Today at 19:45 UTC live coverage of GTM-4 mission reentry and touchdown:

http://www.livestream.com/orbiterlivemissions

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Live coverage started!