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Looking forward, the next expedition (Roscosmos' Oleg Kononenko, NASA's Kjell Lindgren and JAXA's Kimiya Yui) which was to fly on May 28 before the Progress accident is now planned for flight on July 22 at around 21:02 UTC.
And there's even more news for the flight after that (Soyuz TMA-18M, still scheduled to fly on September 1). While not reported on O-F, you may all know that Sarah Brightman pulled off her flight last month (apparently because she can't pay all the fees to fly this year). Well, it turns out that her back-up (a Japanese businessman) isn't ready to fly either, but the Russians managed to find someone to fill in the 10 day flight seat!
According to reports today the seat will probably be filled by Aydyn Aimbetov from Kazakhstan. A commander of the Kazakh Air Force, he was chosen as a cosmonaut way back in 2002 when Russia planned to give Kazakhstan a spaceflight seat in exchange for Kazakhstan to support continuing to lease Baikonur to them, but for some reason (rubles?) the plan eventually stalled (IIRC the flight was once planned in 2009), and with no empty seat on the Soyuz the plan was shelved for many years.
It looks like Kazakhstan have agreed to grab the empty seat. :tiphat:
Ironically Aimbetov's back-up Mukhtar Aymakhanov decided that the long waiting was enough and he actually applied for Russian citizenship 2 years ago and officially transferred to Roscosmos last year, still waiting for a place to fly with many cosmonauts on the first flight queue! :rofl:
And there's even more news for the flight after that (Soyuz TMA-18M, still scheduled to fly on September 1). While not reported on O-F, you may all know that Sarah Brightman pulled off her flight last month (apparently because she can't pay all the fees to fly this year). Well, it turns out that her back-up (a Japanese businessman) isn't ready to fly either, but the Russians managed to find someone to fill in the 10 day flight seat!
According to reports today the seat will probably be filled by Aydyn Aimbetov from Kazakhstan. A commander of the Kazakh Air Force, he was chosen as a cosmonaut way back in 2002 when Russia planned to give Kazakhstan a spaceflight seat in exchange for Kazakhstan to support continuing to lease Baikonur to them, but for some reason (rubles?) the plan eventually stalled (IIRC the flight was once planned in 2009), and with no empty seat on the Soyuz the plan was shelved for many years.
It looks like Kazakhstan have agreed to grab the empty seat. :tiphat:
Ironically Aimbetov's back-up Mukhtar Aymakhanov decided that the long waiting was enough and he actually applied for Russian citizenship 2 years ago and officially transferred to Roscosmos last year, still waiting for a place to fly with many cosmonauts on the first flight queue! :rofl:
the preliminary scenario:
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Code:
BEGIN_DESC
Soyuz TMA-17M
Launch 57225.876912, UTC 2015-7-22 21:02:45
END_DESC
BEGIN_ENVIRONMENT
System SolM
Date MJD 57225.8734397454
BEGIN_FOCUS
Ship Launchpad
END_FOCUS
BEGIN_CAMERA
TARGET Launchpad
MODE Extern
POS 5.02 92.31 -5.41
TRACKMODE TargetRelative
FOV 15.70
END_CAMERA
BEGIN_HUD
TYPE Docking
NAV 0
END_HUD
BEGIN_SHIPS
ISS:ISSR\ISS
STATUS Orbiting Earth
RPOS 3722011.78 5378344.43 -1776128.98
RVEL 2302.155 803.801 7272.110
AROT 113.97 12.91 -67.63
AFCMODE 7
PRPLEVEL 0:0.048852 1:0.342971 2:0.413667 3:0.452289 4:0.620754
DOCKINFO 3:0,ProgressM-28M 4:0,SoyuzTMA-16M
NAVFREQ 0 0
XPDR 159
CONFIGURATION 19
CAM 0
FUEL 1079.5000 186.2500 206.8334 316.6025 1862.2618
Z1 1
CMG 0 3
SSRMS 1
TS1 0 0 0 0
TS2 1 1 1 1
TS3 0.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
ZARYA_SOL1 0 0 0 0
ZARYA_SOL2 1 1 0 0
ZARYA_SOL3 0.2494 0.2480 0.2030 0.2030
ControlMode01 0 0
ZVEZDA_SOL1 0 0
ZVEZDA_SOL2 -1 -1 1 1
ZVEZDA_SOL3 1.0000 1.0000 0.7840 0.7840
ControlMode02 1 1
Ku 0 1.0000 -1
CAP 0 1.0000 -1
COV 0 0 0.0000 1 0
JAL 1 1
EMU 0 0
ORLAN 0 0
AL1 0 0.0000 1
AL2 0 0.0000 1 0 1.0000 1
MBS -18.0000
ITS 1 1
RAD1 0 0 -1 -1 1.0000 1.0000 0 0.0000
ControlMode03 0
RAD2 0 0 -1 -1 1.0000 1.0000 0 0.9093
ControlMode04 0
PV1 1 1
PV4 0 0.9978
ControlMode05 0
PV5 0 0.5007
ControlMode06 0
NODE2
END
PMA3:ISSR\PMA
STATUS Orbiting Sun
RPOS 74908736370.05 9417749.58 -132252781679.51
RVEL 27734.734 802.214 21851.624
AROT 52.46 -64.34 -31.05
ATTACHED 3:3,ISS
AFCMODE 7
NAVFREQ 0 0
END
P4:ISSR\P6
STATUS Orbiting Sun
RPOS 74908736351.11 9417757.84 -132252781659.09
RVEL 27734.734 802.214 21851.624
AROT -161.28 -21.78 104.71
ATTACHED 0:18,ISS
AFCMODE 7
NAVFREQ 0 0
TYPE 2
ControlMode 0 1
RADIATORS 0 0 -1 -1 1.0000 1.0000
SOL_DEPLOY1 0 0 -1 -1 1.0000 1.0000
SOL_DEPLOY2 0 0 -1 -1 1.0000 1.0000
BATTERY 300000.0000 100.0000
ROTATION 0.7245 0 0.0475 0
INTERSTAGE
END
P6:ISSR\P6
STATUS Orbiting Sun
RPOS 74908736345.35 9417762.46 -132252781645.47
RVEL 27734.734 802.214 21851.624
AROT -161.28 -21.78 104.71
ATTACHED 3:19,ISS
AFCMODE 7
NAVFREQ 0 0
TYPE 1
ControlMode 0 1
RADIATORS 0 0 -1 -1 1.0000 0.0000
SOL_DEPLOY1 0 0 -1 -1 1.0000 1.0000
SOL_DEPLOY2 0 0 -1 -1 1.0000 1.0000
BATTERY 300000.0000 100.0000
ROTATION 0.3478 0 0.0475 0
STOW
END
S4:ISSR\P6
STATUS Orbiting Sun
RPOS 74908736371.53 9417741.46 -132252781707.49
RVEL 27734.734 802.214 21851.624
AROT 18.72 21.78 76.34
ATTACHED 0:20,ISS
AFCMODE 7
NAVFREQ 0 0
TYPE 2
ControlMode 0 1
RADIATORS 0 0 -1 1 1.0000 0.0000
SOL_DEPLOY1 1 1 -1 -1 1.0000 1.0000
SOL_DEPLOY2 0 0 -1 -1 1.0000 1.0000
BATTERY 300000.0000 100.0000
ROTATION 0.8318 0 0.5476 0
INTERSTAGE
END
SSRMS:ISSR\SSRMS
STATUS Orbiting Sun
RPOS 74908736368.17 9417763.03 -132252781676.93
RVEL 27734.734 802.214 21851.624
AROT 56.67 -15.13 66.11
ATTACHED 0:4,ISS
AFCMODE 7
NAVFREQ 0 0
AFLG 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
APRC 0.4945 0.5375 0.6272 0.8254 0.4866 0.6295 0.4926 0.5000
ASIGN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
APNT 0.5000 0.5000
POS0 -1.71 5.74 -4.87
DIR0 -1.00 -0.05 0.02
ROT0 0.06 -0.85 0.52
POS1 0.24 0.53 -8.41
DIR1 -0.45 -0.06 -0.89
ROT1 -0.02 1.00 -0.06
CHNG 0
END
MBS:ISSR\MBS
STATUS Orbiting Sun
RPOS 74908736354.88 9417757.15 -132252781668.05
RVEL 27734.734 802.214 21851.624
AROT 113.97 12.91 -67.63
ATTACHED 0:13,ISS
AFCMODE 7
NAVFREQ 0 0
GF 0 1.0000 0 0 0.5000
CONFIG 3
POS -3.02 0.05 1.70
DIR -1.00 0.00 0.00
ROT 0.00 1.00 0.00
END
CETA1:ISSR\CETA
STATUS Orbiting Sun
RPOS 74908736356.02 9417756.04 -132252781670.38
RVEL 27734.734 802.214 21851.624
AROT 113.97 12.91 -67.63
ATTACHED 1:16,ISS
AFCMODE 7
NAVFREQ 0 0
CETA 11
END
CETA2:ISSR\CETA
STATUS Orbiting Sun
RPOS 74908736356.74 9417755.45 -132252781672.09
RVEL 27734.734 802.214 21851.624
AROT 113.97 12.91 -67.63
ATTACHED 1:17,ISS
AFCMODE 7
NAVFREQ 0 0
CETA 21
END
Strela1:ISSR\Strela
STATUS Orbiting Sun
RPOS 74908736375.92 9417730.46 -132252781673.30
RVEL 27734.734 802.214 21851.624
AROT 18.72 21.78 -103.92
ATTACHED 1:11,ISS
AFCMODE 7
NAVFREQ 0 0
SH1 1 0.3825 0
SH2 1 0.0558 0
SH3 1 0.0597 0
SH4 1 0.1882 0 0 0.0000 0
SH5 0.5000 0.5000
POS0 -0.25 2.74 1.30
DIR0 0.00 -0.05 -1.00
ROT0 1.00 0.09 0.00
POS1 0.05 -0.56 0.95
DIR1 0.00 0.00 1.00
ROT1 0.09 -1.00 0.00
END
Strela2:ISSR\Strela
STATUS Orbiting Sun
RPOS 74908736373.97 9417732.73 -132252781669.60
RVEL 27734.734 802.214 21851.624
AROT -140.47 -25.13 5.57
ATTACHED 1:12,ISS
AFCMODE 7
NAVFREQ 0 0
SH1 0 0.5000 0
SH2 1 0.0514 0
SH3 1 0.0612 0
SH4 1 0.1882 0 0 0.0000 0
SH5 0.5000 0.5000
POS0 -2.74 0.00 1.34
DIR0 0.04 0.00 -1.00
ROT0 0.00 1.00 0.00
POS1 0.56 0.00 0.95
DIR1 0.00 0.00 1.00
ROT1 1.00 0.00 0.00
END
APFR1:ISSR\APFR
STATUS Orbiting Sun
RPOS 74908736362.80 9417757.07 -132252781682.79
RVEL 27734.734 802.214 21851.624
AROT -4.21 64.12 -120.78
ATTACHED 3:7,ISS
AFCMODE 7
NAVFREQ 0 0
SH1 1 0.0058 0
SH2 0 0.0000 0
SH3 0 1.0000 0
SH5 0.5000 0.5000
POS0 0.02 -0.16 0.28
DIR0 0.00 0.70 -0.72
ROT0 1.00 0.00 0.00
POS1 0.00 -0.09 0.00
DIR1 0.00 -0.02 -1.00
ROT1 0.00 -1.00 0.02
END
APFR2:ISSR\APFR
STATUS Orbiting Sun
RPOS 74908736369.60 9417747.14 -132252781687.14
RVEL 27734.734 802.214 21851.624
AROT 113.97 12.91 22.37
ATTACHED 3:9,ISS
AFCMODE 7
NAVFREQ 0 0
SH1 1 0.0058 0
SH2 0 0.0000 0
SH3 0 1.0000 0
SH5 0.5000 0.5000
POS0 0.02 -0.16 0.28
DIR0 0.00 0.70 -0.72
ROT0 1.00 0.00 0.00
POS1 0.00 -0.09 0.00
DIR1 0.00 -0.02 -1.00
ROT1 0.00 -1.00 0.02
END
ESP3:ISSR\ESP3
STATUS Orbiting Sun
RPOS 74908736349.85 9417755.45 -132252781662.07
RVEL 27734.734 802.214 21851.624
AROT 52.46 -64.34 -121.05
ATTACHED 1:27,ISS
AFCMODE 7
NAVFREQ 0 0
TYPE 1
END
NTA:ISSR\NTAC
STATUS Orbiting Sun
RPOS 74908736349.18 9417755.47 -132252781661.78
RVEL 27734.734 802.214 21851.624
AROT 52.46 -64.34 -121.05
ATTACHED 1:1,ESP3
AFCMODE 7
END
SSRMSjoint:ISSR\SSRMSjoint
STATUS Orbiting Sun
RPOS 74908736349.89 9417756.92 -132252781661.98
RVEL 27734.734 802.214 21851.624
AROT 113.97 12.91 -157.63
ATTACHED 1:0,ESP3
AFCMODE 7
END
CMG:ISSR\CMGC
STATUS Orbiting Sun
RPOS 74908736350.38 9417754.63 -132252781660.98
RVEL 27734.734 802.214 21851.624
AROT -66.03 -12.91 -22.37
ATTACHED 1:3,ESP3
AFCMODE 7
END
ORU_box:ISSR\ORU1
STATUS Orbiting Sun
RPOS 74908736349.73 9417753.82 -132252781661.83
RVEL 27734.734 802.214 21851.624
AROT 52.46 -64.34 58.95
ATTACHED 1:5,ESP3
AFCMODE 7
END
Harmony:ISSR\Unity
STATUS Orbiting Sun
RPOS 74908736364.22 9417760.08 -132252781685.56
RVEL 27734.734 802.214 21851.624
AROT 113.97 12.91 112.37
ATTACHED 3:34,ISS
AFCMODE 7
NAVFREQ 0 0
NODE 2
TC1 0 0.0000 1
TC2 0 0.0000 1
TC3 0 0.0000 1
TC4 0 0.0000 1
END
PMA2:ISSR\PMA
STATUS Orbiting Sun
RPOS 74908736363.71 9417764.93 -132252781687.43
RVEL 27734.734 802.214 21851.624
AROT 113.97 12.91 112.37
ATTACHED 3:5,Harmony
AFCMODE 7
NAVFREQ 0 0
END
PDGF:ISSR\PDGFH
STATUS Orbiting Sun
RPOS 74908736366.58 9417759.33 -132252781684.07
RVEL 27734.734 802.214 21851.624
AROT -163.25 -28.76 104.76
ATTACHED 1:4,Harmony
AFCMODE 7
END
SoyuzTMA-16M:ISSR\SouyzTMA
STATUS Orbiting Earth
RPOS 3722010.33 5378330.10 -1776124.75
RVEL 2302.155 803.801 7272.110
AROT 52.46 -64.34 -121.05
AFCMODE 7
PRPLEVEL 0:0.600000
DOCKINFO 0:4,ISS
NAVFREQ 0 0
CAM 0 1.0000 -1
SOL_DEP 0 1.0000 -1
ENG_COV 0 0.0000 1 0 1
VKA 0 0.0000 1
PROBE 0 0.0000 1 0.0000
LIGHT 1 0
BATTERY 42000.0000 100.0000
SHOWDATA 1
DEPLOY 0.0000
TRACK 0
INIT 1
TARGET
CURDOCK 0
CMST 0
DETACH 0
DEPRESS 0 0.0000
IMP 3
BALLISTIC
ALLOW_BALLISTIC
END
ProgressM-28M:ISSR\Progress_M1
STATUS Orbiting Earth
RPOS 3722023.60 5378335.15 -1776120.86
RVEL 2302.155 803.801 7272.110
AROT -127.54 64.34 31.05
RCSMODE 2
AFCMODE 7
PRPLEVEL 0:0.999890 1:0.392191 2:0.340000 3:1.000000 4:0.810000
DOCKINFO 0:3,ISS
NAVFREQ 159 40
CAM 0 1.0000 -1
SOL_DEP 0 1.0000 -1
ENG_COV 0 1.0000 -1 1 0
VKA 0 0.0000 1
PROBE 0 0.0000 1 0.1118
LIGHT 0 1
BATTERY 35918.9860 85.5214
SHOWDATA 3
DEPLOY 0.0000
TRACK 0
INIT 1
TARGET iss
CURDOCK 3
IMP 3
FEED 1
END
SoyuzTMA-17M:ISSR\SouyzTMA
STATUS Landed Earth
POS -174.6269205 2.5259405
HEADING 0.00
ATTACHED 0:0,BlockI
AFCMODE 7
PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000
NAVFREQ 0 0
CAM 0 0.0000 1
SOL_DEP 0 0.0000 1
ENG_COV 0 0.0000 1 0 0
VKA 0 0.0000 1
PROBE 0 0.0000 1 0.0000
LIGHT 1 0
BATTERY 39938.3953 95.0914
SHOWDATA 1
DEPLOY 60.0000
TRACK 0
INIT 1
TARGET
CURDOCK 0
CMST 0
DETACH 0
DEPRESS 0 0.0000
IMP 3
ALLOW_BALLISTIC
END
SAS:r7_SZ\LES
STATUS Landed Earth
PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000
=========== VESSEL2M vars
=========== LES vars
END
Fairing1:r7_SZ\TMA_fairing
STATUS Landed Earth
PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000
=========== VESSEL2M vars
FTYPE 0
MESHNAME1 r7_SZ\SF12
MESHNAME2 r7_SZ\SF02
MASS 586.000000
END
Fairing2:r7_SZ\TMA_fairing
STATUS Landed Earth
PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000
=========== VESSEL2M vars
FTYPE 0
MESHNAME1 r7_SZ\SF11
MESHNAME2 r7_SZ\SF01
MASS 586.000000
END
BlockI:r7_SZ\BlockI
STATUS Landed Earth
PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000
=========== VESSEL2M vars
=========== BLOCK I vars
ORBIT 242.000000 200.000000 51.600000
STATEFLAGS 16
PAYLOAD SoyuzTMA-17M
PREF 0.000000 0.000000 -3.000000
FAIRING1 Fairing2
FREF1 -1.245000 0.000000 -3.000000
FROT1 0.000000 -1.000000 0.000000
FAIRING2 Fairing1
FREF2 -1.245000 -0.005000 -3.000000
FROT2 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000
LES SAS
END
BlockB:r7_SZ\BlockBD
STATUS Landed Earth
PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000
=========== VESSEL2M vars
=========== BLOCK BD vars
BODY_MESHNAME r7_SZ\BlockBD
END
BlockV:r7_SZ\BlockBD
STATUS Landed Earth
PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000
=========== VESSEL2M vars
=========== BLOCK BD vars
BODY_MESHNAME r7_SZ\BlockBD
END
BlockG:r7_SZ\BlockBD
STATUS Landed Earth
PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000
=========== VESSEL2M vars
=========== BLOCK BD vars
BODY_MESHNAME r7_SZ\BlockBD
END
BlockD:r7_SZ\BlockBD
STATUS Landed Earth
PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000
=========== VESSEL2M vars
=========== BLOCK BD vars
BODY_MESHNAME r7_SZ\BlockBD
END
Launcher:r7_SZ\BlockA
STATUS Landed Earth
PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000
=========== VESSEL2M vars
=========== BLOCK A vars
ADAPTER_MESHNAME r7_SZ\BlockIAdapter
BODY_MESHNAME r7_SZ\BlockA
PAYLOAD BlockI
PREF 0.000000 0.000000 -4.250000
BLOCK_B BlockB
BLOCK_V BlockV
BLOCK_G BlockG
BLOCK_D BlockD
TRJ_ORBIT 242.000000 200.000000 51.600000
END
Launchpad:r7_SZ\Launchpad
STATUS Landed Earth
PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000
=========== VESSEL2M vars
=========== LAUNCHPAD vars
FUELING_MAST 1.000000
BOOMS_MESHNAME r7_SZ\BoomS
CABLEMAST_MESHNAME r7_SZ\CableMast
TABLETOP_MESHNAME r7_SZ\TableTop1Late
LAUNCHER Launcher
;TIMER 300.010000
;MANUAL_CONTROL
LAUNCH_MJD 57225.876912
ORBIT 200.000000 242.000000 51.600000
LIGHT 600.0000
END
kmlWriter:r7_SZ\kmlWriter
STATUS Landed Earth
=========== VESSEL2M vars
=========== KML WRITER vars
END
END_SHIPS
BEGIN_ExtMFD
ENDCosmic Penguin
Geek Penguin in GTO
After an extra 7 weeks on Earth, the next crew to the ISS is now finally ready for the stay on the ISS!
While not as noteworthy as the one-year crew last time or with the (ex-?) tourist flight in September, today's tri-nation crew definitely is a solid choice of what an international astronaut group looks like. :yes:
Oleg Kononenko, the Russian representative, has already had two 2 previous ISS expedition experiences in 2008 and 2012 on his belt - this RSC Energia engineer certainly has witnessed many important milestones in ISS history during his 391 days on board. The other two are spaceflight rookies eagerly sharing their road to space - both selected as astronauts back in 2009. NASA's Kjell Lindgren is a USAF flight surgeon and JAXA's Kimiya Yui flew fighter jets with the JASDF.
Have a good trip guys!
Launch location:
Baikonur Launch pad no. 1/5 45°55'12.85"N, 63°20'32.27"E
Launch dates and times:
{colsp=6}Launch times
Time Zone |
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{colsp=5}Docking times
Time Zone |
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Live Coverage Of The Launch:
Soyuz TMA-17M (industry id 11F747 #717, NASA id Soyuz 43S) manned spaceship
The crew:
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The mission patch:
Mission Profile
Ascent Chart:
1. Approach and Docking Chart:
The times below are Moscow Time (UTC+3), commas separate fractional part of numbers:
Expected time of spacecraft separation: 00:11:33.26
2. Orbital Parameters of Soyuz TMA-17M and the ISS
Parameter|Designation|Soyuz TMA-17M at 22/07|ISS at 23/07
Orbital Period|T, min|88.64 +-0.367|92.53
Inclination|i, degrees|51.67 +-0.058|51.65
Min altitude|h, km|200 +7 -22|400.88
Max altitude|H, km|242 +-42|417.90
Phase angle between the space ship and the ISS is about 31.8 degrees.
Projected life duration of the space ship staying at the nominal orbit is no less than 20 orbits (~30 hrs).
3. Transfer maneuvers
(six hours short approach scheme applied)
* Nominal two-burn maneuver and two-burn orbit phasing correction
Date|Burn at|Orbit #|Delta V, m/s|Burn duration, s|post-burn T,min|post-burn i,deg|post-burn h,km|post-burn H,km
23.07.15|00:45:34|1|17.92|45.2|89.25|51.65|222.11|261.14
23.07.15|01:26:50|2|10.96|28.0|89.63|51.66|255.92|279.49
23.07.15|02:05:54|2|7.00|18.3|89.87|51.64|256.62|294.17
23.07.15|02:35:49|2|7.00|18.3|90.12|51.65|276.12|298.97
Autonomous approach program is initiated at 03:40:26.
4. Approach at the Close range
Fly-around, station keeping and docking will be initiated at 05:24:58 on July 23, 2015.
5. Docking
Contact and capture is planned on July 23, 2015 at 05:46 +-3 min.
Docking is performed to MRM-1 Rassvet -Y docking node
Launch Vehicle:
{colsp=2}Characteristics
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The vehicle's reliability statistics according to http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/log2015.html#rate:
Weather forecast for Baikonur, Kazakhstan on July 23, 2015 (3 a.m.)
Clear skies. Low 19C. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 km/h.
Time|Temps|Dew Point|Relative Humidity|Precip|Snow|Cloud cover|Pressure|Wind|Weather
3 AM|22°C|12°C|53%|0%|0%|0%|1012 hPa|2 km/h W|
Clear
References
http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/sojuztma_17m/start.htm
http://www.federalspace.ru
http://tvroscosmos.ru
http://www.tsenki.com
http://www.samspace.ru
http://www.npoenergomash.ru/engines/
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com
http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com
http://english.wunderground.com/q/locid:KZXX0055
While not as noteworthy as the one-year crew last time or with the (ex-?) tourist flight in September, today's tri-nation crew definitely is a solid choice of what an international astronaut group looks like. :yes:
Oleg Kononenko, the Russian representative, has already had two 2 previous ISS expedition experiences in 2008 and 2012 on his belt - this RSC Energia engineer certainly has witnessed many important milestones in ISS history during his 391 days on board. The other two are spaceflight rookies eagerly sharing their road to space - both selected as astronauts back in 2009. NASA's Kjell Lindgren is a USAF flight surgeon and JAXA's Kimiya Yui flew fighter jets with the JASDF.
Have a good trip guys!
Launch location:
Baikonur Launch pad no. 1/5 45°55'12.85"N, 63°20'32.27"E
Launch dates and times:
Time Zone |
Australia - Sydney/AEST (UTC+10)
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Baikonur / UTC+6
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Moscow / MSKS (UTC+3)
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Universal / UTC
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Washington / EDT (UTC-4)
Launch time (Primary):
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07:02:45
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03:02:45
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00:02:45
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21:02:45
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17:02:45
on:
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Jul. 23, 2015
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Jul. 23, 2015
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Jul. 23, 2015
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Jul. 22, 2015
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Jul. 22, 2015
Launch time (Backup):
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06:17:38
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02:17:38
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23:17:38
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20:17:38
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16:17:38
on:
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Jul. 25, 2015
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Jul. 25, 2015
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Jul. 24, 2015
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Jul. 24, 2015
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Jul. 24, 2015
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[highlight][eventTimer]2015-07-22 21:02:45?before|after;%dd% Days %hh% Hours %mm% Minutes %ss% Seconds %c%[/eventTimer] Soyuz TMA-17M Launch[/highlight]
Time Zone |
Australia - Sydney/AEST (UTC+10)
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Moscow / MSKS (UTC+3)/
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Universal / UTC
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Washington / EDT (UTC-4)
Docking time (Primary):
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12:46 +-3 min
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05:46 +-3 min
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02:46 +-3 min
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22:46 +-3 min
on:
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Jul. 23, 2015
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Jul. 23, 2015
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Jul. 23, 2015
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Jul. 22, 2015
Docking time (Backup):
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09:20 +-3 min
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02:20 +-3 min
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23:20 +-3 min
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19:20 +-3 min
on:
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Jul. 27, 2015
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Jul. 27, 2015
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Jul. 26, 2015
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Jul. 26, 2015
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[highlight][eventTimer]2015-07-23 02:46:00?before|after;%dd% Days %hh% Hours %mm% Minutes %ss% Seconds %c%[/eventTimer] Soyuz TMA-17M docking to ISS[/highlight]
Live Coverage Of The Launch:
- NASA TV: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html (coverage starts 4 p.m. EDT / 20:00 UTC)
- TSENKI Video Streams: http://www.tsenki.com/broadcast/broadcast/
Soyuz TMA-17M (industry id 11F747 #717, NASA id Soyuz 43S) manned spaceship
The crew:
Commander Oleg Kononenko, Roscosmos (previous flight experience: Soyuz TMA-12 / ISS Exp. 17, Soyuz TMA-03M / ISS Exp. 30/31)
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Flight Engineer Kimiya Yui, JAXA(previous flight experience: /)
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Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren, NASA (previous flight experience: /)
Mission Profile
Ascent Chart:
1. Approach and Docking Chart:
The times below are Moscow Time (UTC+3), commas separate fractional part of numbers:
Expected time of spacecraft separation: 00:11:33.26
2. Orbital Parameters of Soyuz TMA-17M and the ISS
Orbital Period|T, min|88.64 +-0.367|92.53
Inclination|i, degrees|51.67 +-0.058|51.65
Min altitude|h, km|200 +7 -22|400.88
Max altitude|H, km|242 +-42|417.90
Projected life duration of the space ship staying at the nominal orbit is no less than 20 orbits (~30 hrs).
3. Transfer maneuvers
(six hours short approach scheme applied)
* Nominal two-burn maneuver and two-burn orbit phasing correction
23.07.15|00:45:34|1|17.92|45.2|89.25|51.65|222.11|261.14
23.07.15|01:26:50|2|10.96|28.0|89.63|51.66|255.92|279.49
23.07.15|02:05:54|2|7.00|18.3|89.87|51.64|256.62|294.17
23.07.15|02:35:49|2|7.00|18.3|90.12|51.65|276.12|298.97
4. Approach at the Close range
Fly-around, station keeping and docking will be initiated at 05:24:58 on July 23, 2015.
5. Docking
Contact and capture is planned on July 23, 2015 at 05:46 +-3 min.
Docking is performed to MRM-1 Rassvet -Y docking node
Launch Vehicle:
Soyuz-FG
Prime contractor:
|- Samara Space Sentre (Energia Holding enterprise)
GRAU Index:
|- 11A511U-FG
Height:
| 51.1 mDiameter:
| max 10.3 mLiftoff mass:
| 313 metric tonnesPayload mass:
| 6.95 tonnes at ISS orbit from Baikonur1st stage (boosters B, V, G, D):
|- 4 X RD-107A engines
- Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
- Thrust/ISP in vacuum - / 316 s
- Thrust/ISP at sea level 79.4 tonnes / 253 s
- Total 1st stage's thrust at sea level: 411.1 tonnes
2nd stage (core A):
|- 1 X RD-108A engine
- Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
- Thrust/ISP in vacuum 102 tonnes / 314 s
- Thrust/ISP at sea level 83.5 tonnes / 257 s
3rd stage (block I):
|- 1 X RD-0110 engine
- Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
- Thrust/ISP in vacuum 30.38 tonnes / 359 s
The vehicle's reliability statistics according to http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/log2015.html#rate:
Code:
================================================================
Vehicle Successes/Tries Realzd Pred Consc. Last Dates
Rate Rate* Succes Fail
================================================================
Soyuz-FG 41 41 1.00 .98 41 None 2001-Weather forecast for Baikonur, Kazakhstan on July 23, 2015 (3 a.m.)
Clear skies. Low 19C. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 km/h.
3 AM|22°C|12°C|53%|0%|0%|0%|1012 hPa|2 km/h W|
References
http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/sojuztma_17m/start.htm
http://www.federalspace.ru
http://tvroscosmos.ru
http://www.tsenki.com
http://www.samspace.ru
http://www.npoenergomash.ru/engines/
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com
http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com
http://english.wunderground.com/q/locid:KZXX0055
GLS
Well-known member
Very "Apollo 17-ish" patch...
Cosmic Penguin
Geek Penguin in GTO
Very "Apollo 17-ish" patch...
This was Oleg's idea: http://collectspace.com/news/news-072215a-soyuz-tm17m-patch-apollo17.html
Cosmic Penguin
Geek Penguin in GTO
All iz well (except that it took manual commands to deploy one of the solar panels)! :tiphat:
Well, apparently Plane 4 (the outer most segment) of the port solar array on TMA-17M did not deploy. This is per comms between the crew in TMA-17M and the MCC-M. Rapid Rendezvous is still GO however.
---------- Post added at 01:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:11 AM ----------
MCC-M has requested that the ISS crew take multiple photos of the port solar array during the proximity ops prior to docking.
---------- Post added at 01:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:20 AM ----------
Correction: Plane 4 refers to the port side of the Soyuz and not one of the segments of the two solar arrays. So it appears we have another TMA-14M where the starboard or Plane 1 solar array did not deploy at all until well after hard-dock.
---------- Post added at 01:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:11 AM ----------
MCC-M has requested that the ISS crew take multiple photos of the port solar array during the proximity ops prior to docking.
---------- Post added at 01:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:20 AM ----------
Correction: Plane 4 refers to the port side of the Soyuz and not one of the segments of the two solar arrays. So it appears we have another TMA-14M where the starboard or Plane 1 solar array did not deploy at all until well after hard-dock.
Kyle
Armchair Astronaut
This is becoming a problem. Clearly the issue wasn't just a one-off with TMA-14M. Which array failed to deploy on that mission?
Quick_Nick
Passed the Turing Test
The hatch is open! The second part of Expedition 44 begins.
Cosmic Penguin
Geek Penguin in GTO
Uh, the stuck panel actually unfurled during docking, just like what happened last time. Creepy indeed...... :shrug:
Cosmic Penguin
Geek Penguin in GTO
In preparation for the arrival of the visiting crew next week and Sergey Volkov on his third expedition, Soyuz TMA-16M that flew Gennady Padalka and the one year crew is about to get a spin around the ISS from Poisk zenith to Zvezda aft in a couple of minutes right now. Live coverage is now on NASA TV.
Cosmic Penguin
Geek Penguin in GTO
In preparation for the arrival of the visiting crew next week and Sergey Volkov on his third expedition, Soyuz TMA-16M that flew Gennady Padalka and the one year crew is about to get a spin around the ISS from Poisk zenith to Zvezda aft in a couple of minutes right now. Live coverage is now on NASA TV.
Space Station Live: What Happens When You Move a Soyuz - YouTube
And it's complete.....with a GoPro filming the whole process!
Cosmic Penguin
Geek Penguin in GTO
The real ISS Soyuz short term visiting crew report!
For the first time in 6 years, a short term Soyuz crew is going to visit the ISS!
Of course this flight has been given lots of interest from the public already, although the main reason is with one person that (sadly) has given up the seat this time. :lol:
This short term flight arises because of the one year crew (Scott Kelly and Mikhail Korniyenko), which eliminated 2 long term crew seats, but with the 3rd crew member on the same batch and the Soyuz spacecraft needing to be replaced, this opens up 2 seats for a 10 day short trip to the ISS - the first one since Soyuz TMA-16 in September 2009.
We all knew that opera singer Sarah Brightman was to fly on this flight via the "space tourist company" Space Adventures - which would have make this flight a rather fun adventure worth our eyeballs and ears to follow. Alas, she pulled out earlier this year ("family reasons" was the official explanation, although many people guessed that she simply ran out of money at this point).
But this is not the end for interesting things that will happen over the next 2 days! For the first time since Roberto Vittori's 2nd flight in April 2005, an ESA astronaut is dispatched on a short term flight that doesn't use the Space Shuttle. Denmark's first astronaut Andreas Mogensen is very excited to get his first flight to space - even if his first flight is much shorter than all of his fellow astronauts of the same class (and this is not a representation that he is given a worse flight than others - I'll explain later). During his 10 days in space, he will get the chance to work on many experiments on the ISS (with a much larger choice of equipment that he can use than similar science laboratory flights on the Space Shuttle, with a similar flight duration!). I'm sure that he will have a memorable first trip to space! :thumbup:
Replacing Brightman on the second visitor seat is another person that will set another record. After mulling for various options, Roscosmos eventually settled on (post-independence) Kazakhstan's first fully trained cosmonaut to fill in the seat. And Aydyn Aimbertov (a test pilot of Kazakhstan's air force) certainly has reasons to look upon his flight - he was chosen as a cosmonaut way back in 2003 when Russia and Kazakhstan plans to have a Kazak cosmonaut to fly to the ISS as an exchange for supporting Russia's use of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. However the flight was pushed back several times before disappearing around 2009 when Soyuz short term flight seats dried up. He really get lucky to get a seat to space this time as a substitute, or else who knows when he can fly! His flight will focus on some bio-medical research and earth observation work that will certainly be useful for researchers of his country and others. :tiphat:
And don't forget our new ISS crew member Sergei Volkov! The veteran cosmonaut is flying his 3rd expedition to the ISS after 2 previous ones in 2008 and 2011 - which will mean he will now get as many space station flights as his father Aleksandr Volkov, who spent more than a year on Salyut 7 and Mir! He will replace Gennady Padalka for the second half of the stay of the one year crew.
Note that due to earlier debris avoidance burns of the ISS that knocked its orbit phase angle (DTmin) way off phase, this flight is the first Soyuz flight since late 2012 that uses the standard 2 day flight to the ISS right off the bat.
Have a good trip guys!
Launch location:
Baikonur Launch pad no. 1/5 45°55'12.85"N, 63°20'32.27"E
Launch dates and times:
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Time Zone |
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{colsp=5}Docking times
Time Zone |
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Live Coverage Of The Launch:
Soyuz TMA-18M (industry id 11F747 #718, NASA id Soyuz 44S) manned spaceship
The crew:
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The mission patch:
Mission Profile
Ascent Chart:
1. Approach and Docking Chart:
The times below are Moscow Time (UTC+3), commas separate fractional part of numbers:
Expected time of spacecraft separation: 07:46:31.26
2. Orbital Parameters of Soyuz TMA-18M and the ISS
Parameter|Designation|Soyuz TMA-18M at 02/09|ISS at 04/09
Orbital Period|T, min|88.64 +-0.367|92.50
Inclination|i, degrees|51.67 +-0.058|51.65
Min altitude|h, km|200 +7 -22|399.68
Max altitude|H, km|242 +-42|418.34
Phase angle between the space ship and the ISS is about 382.1 degrees.
Projected life duration of the space ship staying at the nominal orbit is no less than 20 orbits (~30 hrs).
3. Transfer maneuvers
(two days long approach scheme applied)
* Nominal two-burn manoeuvre forming a phasing orbit
Date|Burn at|Orbit #|Delta V, m/s|Burn duration, s|post-burn T,min|post-burn i,deg|post-burn h,km|post-burn H,km
02.09.15|11:12:48|3|20.44|51.3|89.33|51.66|215.78|276.48
02.09.15|12:06:14|4|8.81|22.8|89.63|51.64|235.54|295.46
* The 2nd day's one-burn correction
Date|Burn at|Orbit #|Delta V, m/s|Burn duration, s|post-burn T,min|post-burn i,deg|post-burn h,km|post-burn H,km
03.09.15|08:40:26|17|2.00|29.1|89.68|51.66|241.48|294.08
Autonomous approach program is initiated at 08:15:05.
4. Approach at the Close range
Fly-around, station keeping and docking will be initiated at 10:13:48 on September 4, 2015.
5. Docking
Contact and capture is planned on September 4, 2015 at 10:42 +-3 min.
Docking is performed to MRM-2 Poisk +Y docking node
Launch Vehicle:
{colsp=2}Characteristics
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The vehicle's reliability statistics according to http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/log2015.html#rate:
Weather forecast for Baikonur, Kazakhstan on September 2, 2015 (11 a.m.)
Overcast with rain showers at times. High 22C. Winds W at 15 to 25 km/h. Chance of rain 40%.
Time|Temps|Dew Point|Relative Humidity|Precip|Snow|Cloud cover|Pressure|Wind|Weather
11 AM|18°C|11°C|64%|23%|0%|74%|1009 hPa|6 km/h W|
Mostly Cloudy
References
http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/sojuztma_18m/start.htm
http://www.federalspace.ru
http://tvroscosmos.ru
http://www.tsenki.com
http://www.samspace.ru
http://www.npoenergomash.ru/engines/
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com
http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com
http://english.wunderground.com/q/locid:KZXX0055
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/iriss
For the first time in 6 years, a short term Soyuz crew is going to visit the ISS!
Of course this flight has been given lots of interest from the public already, although the main reason is with one person that (sadly) has given up the seat this time. :lol:
This short term flight arises because of the one year crew (Scott Kelly and Mikhail Korniyenko), which eliminated 2 long term crew seats, but with the 3rd crew member on the same batch and the Soyuz spacecraft needing to be replaced, this opens up 2 seats for a 10 day short trip to the ISS - the first one since Soyuz TMA-16 in September 2009.
We all knew that opera singer Sarah Brightman was to fly on this flight via the "space tourist company" Space Adventures - which would have make this flight a rather fun adventure worth our eyeballs and ears to follow. Alas, she pulled out earlier this year ("family reasons" was the official explanation, although many people guessed that she simply ran out of money at this point).
But this is not the end for interesting things that will happen over the next 2 days! For the first time since Roberto Vittori's 2nd flight in April 2005, an ESA astronaut is dispatched on a short term flight that doesn't use the Space Shuttle. Denmark's first astronaut Andreas Mogensen is very excited to get his first flight to space - even if his first flight is much shorter than all of his fellow astronauts of the same class (and this is not a representation that he is given a worse flight than others - I'll explain later). During his 10 days in space, he will get the chance to work on many experiments on the ISS (with a much larger choice of equipment that he can use than similar science laboratory flights on the Space Shuttle, with a similar flight duration!). I'm sure that he will have a memorable first trip to space! :thumbup:
Replacing Brightman on the second visitor seat is another person that will set another record. After mulling for various options, Roscosmos eventually settled on (post-independence) Kazakhstan's first fully trained cosmonaut to fill in the seat. And Aydyn Aimbertov (a test pilot of Kazakhstan's air force) certainly has reasons to look upon his flight - he was chosen as a cosmonaut way back in 2003 when Russia and Kazakhstan plans to have a Kazak cosmonaut to fly to the ISS as an exchange for supporting Russia's use of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. However the flight was pushed back several times before disappearing around 2009 when Soyuz short term flight seats dried up. He really get lucky to get a seat to space this time as a substitute, or else who knows when he can fly! His flight will focus on some bio-medical research and earth observation work that will certainly be useful for researchers of his country and others. :tiphat:
And don't forget our new ISS crew member Sergei Volkov! The veteran cosmonaut is flying his 3rd expedition to the ISS after 2 previous ones in 2008 and 2011 - which will mean he will now get as many space station flights as his father Aleksandr Volkov, who spent more than a year on Salyut 7 and Mir! He will replace Gennady Padalka for the second half of the stay of the one year crew.
Note that due to earlier debris avoidance burns of the ISS that knocked its orbit phase angle (DTmin
) way off phase, this flight is the first Soyuz flight since late 2012 that uses the standard 2 day flight to the ISS right off the bat.Have a good trip guys!
Launch location:
Baikonur Launch pad no. 1/5 45°55'12.85"N, 63°20'32.27"E
Launch dates and times:
Time Zone |
Australia - Sydney/AEST (UTC+10)
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Baikonur / UTC+6
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Moscow / MSKS (UTC+3)
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Universal / UTC
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Washington / EDT (UTC-4)
Launch time (Primary):
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14:37:43
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10:37:43
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07:37:43
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04:37:43
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00:37:43
on:
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Sep. 2, 2015
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Sep. 2, 2015
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Sep. 2, 2015
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Sep. 2, 2015
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Sep. 2, 2015
Launch time (Backup):
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13:49:28
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09:49:28
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06:49:28
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03:49:28
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23:49:28
on:
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Sep. 4, 2015
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Sep. 4, 2015
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Sep. 4, 2015
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Sep. 4, 2015
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Sep. 3, 2015
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[highlight][eventTimer]2015-09-02 04:37:43?before|after;%dd% Days %hh% Hours %mm% Minutes %ss% Seconds %c%[/eventTimer] Soyuz TMA-18M Launch[/highlight]
Time Zone |
Australia - Sydney/AEST (UTC+10)
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Moscow / MSKS (UTC+3)/
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Universal / UTC
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Washington / EDT (UTC-4)
Docking time (Primary):
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17:42 +-3 min
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10:42 +-3 min
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07:42 +-3 min
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03:42 +-3 min
on:
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Sep. 4, 2015
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Sep. 4, 2015
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Sep. 4, 2015
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Sep. 4, 2015
Docking time (Backup):
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09:20 +-3 min
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08:55 +-3 min
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05:55 +-3 min
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01:55 +-3 min
on:
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Sep. 6, 2015
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Sep. 6, 2015
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Sep. 6, 2015
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Sep. 6, 2015
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[highlight][eventTimer]2015-09-04 07:42:00?before|after;%dd% Days %hh% Hours %mm% Minutes %ss% Seconds %c%[/eventTimer] Soyuz TMA-18M docking to ISS[/highlight]
Live Coverage Of The Launch:
- NASA TV: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html (coverage starts 11:30 p.m. EDT / 03:30 UTC)
- TSENKI Video Streams: http://www.tsenki.com/broadcast/broadcast/
Soyuz TMA-18M (industry id 11F747 #718, NASA id Soyuz 44S) manned spaceship
The crew:
Commander Sergei Volkov, Roscosmos (previous flight experience: Soyuz TMA-12 / ISS Exp. 17, Soyuz TMA-02M / ISS Exp. 28/29)
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Flight Engineer Andreas Mogensen, ESA(previous flight experience: /)
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Flight Engineer Aydyn Aimbertov, KazCosmos (previous flight experience: /)
Mission Profile
Ascent Chart:
1. Approach and Docking Chart:
The times below are Moscow Time (UTC+3), commas separate fractional part of numbers:
Expected time of spacecraft separation: 07:46:31.26
2. Orbital Parameters of Soyuz TMA-18M and the ISS
Orbital Period|T, min|88.64 +-0.367|92.50
Inclination|i, degrees|51.67 +-0.058|51.65
Min altitude|h, km|200 +7 -22|399.68
Max altitude|H, km|242 +-42|418.34
Projected life duration of the space ship staying at the nominal orbit is no less than 20 orbits (~30 hrs).
3. Transfer maneuvers
(two days long approach scheme applied)
* Nominal two-burn manoeuvre forming a phasing orbit
02.09.15|11:12:48|3|20.44|51.3|89.33|51.66|215.78|276.48
02.09.15|12:06:14|4|8.81|22.8|89.63|51.64|235.54|295.46
* The 2nd day's one-burn correction
03.09.15|08:40:26|17|2.00|29.1|89.68|51.66|241.48|294.08
4. Approach at the Close range
Fly-around, station keeping and docking will be initiated at 10:13:48 on September 4, 2015.
5. Docking
Contact and capture is planned on September 4, 2015 at 10:42 +-3 min.
Docking is performed to MRM-2 Poisk +Y docking node
Launch Vehicle:
Soyuz-FG
Prime contractor:
|- Samara Space Sentre (Energia Holding enterprise)
GRAU Index:
|- 11A511U-FG
Height:
| 51.1 mDiameter:
| max 10.3 mLiftoff mass:
| 313 metric tonnesPayload mass:
| 6.95 tonnes at ISS orbit from Baikonur1st stage (boosters B, V, G, D):
|- 4 X RD-107A engines
- Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
- Thrust/ISP in vacuum - / 316 s
- Thrust/ISP at sea level 79.4 tonnes / 253 s
- Total 1st stage's thrust at sea level: 411.1 tonnes
2nd stage (core A):
|- 1 X RD-108A engine
- Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
- Thrust/ISP in vacuum 102 tonnes / 314 s
- Thrust/ISP at sea level 83.5 tonnes / 257 s
3rd stage (block I):
|- 1 X RD-0110 engine
- Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
- Thrust/ISP in vacuum 30.38 tonnes / 359 s
The vehicle's reliability statistics according to http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/log2015.html#rate:
Code:
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Vehicle Successes/Tries Realzd Pred Consc. Last Dates
Rate Rate* Succes Fail
================================================================
Soyuz-FG 42 42 1.00 .98 42 None 2001-Weather forecast for Baikonur, Kazakhstan on September 2, 2015 (11 a.m.)
Overcast with rain showers at times. High 22C. Winds W at 15 to 25 km/h. Chance of rain 40%.
11 AM|18°C|11°C|64%|23%|0%|74%|1009 hPa|6 km/h W|
References
http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/sojuztma_18m/start.htm
http://www.federalspace.ru
http://tvroscosmos.ru
http://www.tsenki.com
http://www.samspace.ru
http://www.npoenergomash.ru/engines/
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com
http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com
http://english.wunderground.com/q/locid:KZXX0055
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/iriss
Cosmic Penguin
Geek Penguin in GTO
Cosmic Penguin
Geek Penguin in GTO
The crew is now in orbit! They have become the 300th HSF crew to reach orbit in history and the passengers of the 500th launch from the iconic "Gagarin's Start" pad 1/5 at Baikonur (depending on how you count some marginal cases). :thumbup:
Cosmic Penguin
Geek Penguin in GTO
Volkov and the visiting crew is now on final approach to the ISS and less than 30 minutes from docking. Watch on NASA TV now for live coverage! :tiphat:
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