Updates ISS Soyuz flights updates

Notebook · Jun 18, 2016

Yes, confused me!
Was a bit worried there, no verbal confirmation of parachute deployment from the capsule.
Maybe they were too laid back to mention it?

N.

GLS · Jun 18, 2016

Yuri with sunglasses :rofl:

gmc007 · Jun 18, 2016

GLS said:
Yuri with sunglasses :rofl:

Compared to Tim Kopra and Tim Peake Yuri looked very chilled out with them on. :thumbup:

C3PO · Jun 18, 2016

The plane carrying Kopra and Peake just took off from Kazakhstan to Norway where Peake will switch plane.

I wonder if I ever will get used to the inaccurate reporting of "science"- journalists. Reports like "The gentle cushioning of the parachute" and "Urgent rescue because of burning grass" really irritate me, because it doesn't take much research to get the story right. Latching on to single sentences and sound bites is just lazy.
Oh well, I guess at least it makes me sympathize a bit more with lawyers, doctors and detectives watching TV soaps.

---------- Post added at 09:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:11 PM ----------

Oh God please stop!
Sky News: "... the fiery 4-minute re-entry burn that slowed them down to 1700 mph".

This was a pre-recorded segment, not live.
:suicide:

Ravenous · Jun 20, 2016

C3PO said:
Oh God please stop!
Sky News: "... the fiery 4-minute re-entry burn that slowed them down to 1700 mph".

This was a pre-recorded segment, not live.
:suicide:

Oh that sounds like fantastic technology... if we could do burns like that our rocket packs should be well on the way!

orb · Jul 4, 2016

orb · Jul 6, 2016

Posting a few images for tonight's launch. I may add some text later if I find time.

The launch is scheduled at 01:36:41 UTC.

[highlight]T[eventtimer]2016-7-7 1:36:41;%c%%ddd%/%hh%:%mm%:%ss%[/eventtimer][/highlight]

mike-c · Jul 6, 2016

Soyuz_MS-01 estimated launch scenario

Image NASA http://www.nasa.gov/feature/visiting-vehicle-launches-arrivals-and-departures

Soyuz_MS-01.scn

Code:

BEGIN_DESC

END_DESC

BEGIN_ENVIRONMENT
  System Spaceports\Sol
  Date MJD 57576.0601967593
  Context B-1
END_ENVIRONMENT

BEGIN_FOCUS
  Ship Soyuz
END_FOCUS

BEGIN_CAMERA
  TARGET Launchpad
  MODE Extern
  POS 1.06 -0.90 3.62
  TRACKMODE Ground Earth
  GROUNDLOCATION 63.34100 45.92029 27.40
  FOV 50.00
END_CAMERA

BEGIN_HUD
  TYPE Orbit
  REF AUTO
END_HUD

BEGIN_SHIPS
Mission:Soyuz\Mission
  UPDATERS MN_WATCH_FOCUS, M_TIMER_P1S, M_TIMER_P10M, 
  TIMERS_P1S MN_PLOT, 
  TIMERS_P10M MN_CLEAN, 
  STATUS Landed Earth
  CLEANUP 
  MISSION MS-01
END
ISS:ISSR\ISS
  STATUS Orbiting Earth
  RPOS 2512470.50 -737942.41 -6250698.86
  RVEL 5959.193 4447.908 1876.077
  AROT -31.55 53.98 32.20
  AFCMODE 7
  PRPLEVEL 0:0.048852 1:0.342971 2:0.416177 3:0.453647 4:0.620455
  DOCKINFO 1:0,Progress63 4:0,TMA-20M
  NAVFREQ 0 0
  XPDR 159
  CONFIGURATION 18
  CAM 6
  FUEL 1079.5000 186.2500 208.0883 317.5526 1861.3654
  PMA 
  Z1 1
  CMG 1 3
  SSRMS 1
  TS1 0 0 0 0
  TS2 -1 1 1 1
  TS3 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 0.0000
  ZARYA_SOL1 0 0 0 0
  ZARYA_SOL2 -1 -1 0 0
  ZARYA_SOL3 1.0000 1.0000 0.1246 0.1246
  ControlMode01 1 1
  ZVEZDA_SOL1 0 0
  ZVEZDA_SOL2 -1 -1 0 0
  ZVEZDA_SOL3 1.0000 1.0000 0.1246 0.1246
  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 19.0000
  ITS 1 1
  RAD1 0 0 -1 1 1.0000 0.0000 0 0.1313
  ControlMode03 0
  RAD2 0 0 -1 1 1.0000 0.0000 0 0.1308
  ControlMode04 0
  PV1 1 1
  PV4 0 0.9978
  ControlMode05 0
  PV5 0 0.5007
  ControlMode06 0
END
PMA3:ISSR\PMA
  STATUS Orbiting Sun
  RPOS 39749128308.48 4679744.00 -146822287742.37
  RVEL 34236.206 4446.532 9557.544
  AROT 110.55 29.84 -21.18
  ATTACHED 3:2,ISS
  AFCMODE 7
  NAVFREQ 0 0
END
P4:ISSR\P6
  STATUS Orbiting Sun
  RPOS 39749128295.01 4679765.52 -146822287742.54
  RVEL 34236.206 4446.532 9557.544
  AROT -69.45 -29.84 -158.03
  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 299960.3558 99.9868
  ROTATION 0.7245 0 0.7139 0
  INTERSTAGE 
END
P6:ISSR\P6
  STATUS Orbiting Sun
  RPOS 39749128314.08 4679748.23 -146822287730.85
  RVEL 34236.206 4446.532 9557.544
  AROT -148.54 18.26 31.60
  ATTACHED 3:6,ISS
  AFCMODE 7
  NAVFREQ 0 0
  TYPE 1
  ControlMode 0 0
  RADIATORS 0 0 1 1 0.0000 0.0000
  SOL_DEPLOY1 0 0 -1 -1 1.0000 1.0000
  SOL_DEPLOY2 0 0 1 1 0.0000 0.0000
  BATTERY 299960.3558 99.9868
  ROTATION 0.0000 0 0.0000 0
  STOW 
END
S4:ISSR\P6
  STATUS Orbiting Sun
  RPOS 39749128322.37 4679720.81 -146822287725.79
  RVEL 34236.206 4446.532 9557.544
  AROT 110.55 29.84 -20.93
  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 289957.9576 96.6527
  ROTATION 0.8318 0 0.2133 0
  INTERSTAGE 
END
SSRMS:ISSR\SSRMS
  STATUS Orbiting Sun
  RPOS 39749128315.02 4679721.16 -146822287718.87
  RVEL 34236.206 4446.532 9557.544
  AROT -34.51 11.96 -171.54
  ATTACHED 0:1,MBS
  AFCMODE 7
  NAVFREQ 0 0
  AFLG 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
  APRC 0.4988 0.5024 0.6380 0.7916 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 3.24 -6.80
  DIR0 -1.00 -0.04 0.04
  ROT0 0.06 -0.56 0.82
  POS1 0.67 0.58 -8.48
  DIR1 -0.03 -0.01 -1.00
  ROT1 -0.16 0.99 -0.01
  CHNG 0
END
MBS:ISSR\MBS
  STATUS Orbiting Sun
  RPOS 39749128316.20 4679726.72 -146822287727.98
  RVEL 34236.206 4446.532 9557.544
  AROT -31.55 53.98 32.20
  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 39749128315.06 4679729.08 -146822287729.02
  RVEL 34236.206 4446.532 9557.544
  AROT -31.55 53.98 32.20
  ATTACHED 1:14,ISS
  AFCMODE 7
  NAVFREQ 0 0
  CETA 11
END
CETA2:ISSR\CETA
  STATUS Orbiting Sun
  RPOS 39749128314.09 4679730.67 -146822287729.61
  RVEL 34236.206 4446.532 9557.544
  AROT -31.55 53.98 32.20
  ATTACHED 1:15,ISS
  AFCMODE 7
  NAVFREQ 0 0
  CETA 21
END
Strela1:ISSR\Strela
  STATUS Orbiting Sun
  RPOS 39749128326.64 4679744.18 -146822287753.09
  RVEL 34236.206 4446.532 9557.544
  AROT 110.55 29.84 158.82
  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 39749128323.52 4679747.65 -146822287754.01
  RVEL 34236.206 4446.532 9557.544
  AROT -79.67 -47.63 117.61
  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 39749128301.47 4679741.02 -146822287735.00
  RVEL 34236.206 4446.532 9557.544
  AROT 68.86 7.49 144.66
  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
Stashion:ISSR\S3_stashion
  STATUS Orbiting Sun
  RPOS 39749128322.41 4679724.79 -146822287729.16
  RVEL 34236.206 4446.532 9557.544
  AROT 31.46 -18.26 -121.60
  ATTACHED 1:28,ISS
  AFCMODE 7
  NAVFREQ 0 0
END
APFR2:ISSR\APFR
  STATUS Orbiting Sun
  RPOS 39749128312.60 4679735.33 -146822287737.77
  RVEL 34236.206 4446.532 9557.544
  AROT -31.55 53.98 122.20
  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 39749128297.84 4679764.76 -146822287739.78
  RVEL 34236.206 4446.532 9557.544
  AROT -148.54 18.26 -148.40
  ATTACHED 1:27,ISS
  AFCMODE 7
  NAVFREQ 0 0
  TYPE 1
END
NTA:ISSR\NTAC
  STATUS Orbiting Sun
  RPOS 39749128297.70 4679765.41 -146822287739.48
  RVEL 34236.206 4446.532 9557.544
  AROT -148.54 18.26 -148.40
  ATTACHED 1:1,ESP3
  AFCMODE 7
END
SSRMSjoint:ISSR\SSRMSjoint
  STATUS Orbiting Sun
  RPOS 39749128296.39 4679764.50 -146822287739.75
  RVEL 34236.206 4446.532 9557.544
  AROT -31.55 53.98 -57.80
  ATTACHED 1:0,ESP3
  AFCMODE 7
END
CMG:ISSR\CMGC
  STATUS Orbiting Sun
  RPOS 39749128298.46 4679765.33 -146822287740.96
  RVEL 34236.206 4446.532 9557.544
  AROT 148.45 -53.98 -122.20
  ATTACHED 1:3,ESP3
  AFCMODE 7
END
ORU_box:ISSR\ORU1
  STATUS Orbiting Sun
  RPOS 39749128299.37 4679765.34 -146822287739.98
  RVEL 34236.206 4446.532 9557.544
  AROT -148.54 18.26 31.60
  ATTACHED 1:5,ESP3
  AFCMODE 7
END
OSE1:ISSR\OSE
  STATUS Orbiting Sun
  RPOS 39749128313.82 4679736.53 -146822287730.06
  RVEL 34236.206 4446.532 9557.544
  AROT -69.45 -29.84 111.18
  ATTACHED 0:29,ISS
  AFCMODE 7
END
OSE2:ISSR\OSE
  STATUS Orbiting Sun
  RPOS 39749128318.13 4679729.50 -146822287727.42
  RVEL 34236.206 4446.532 9557.544
  AROT -69.45 -29.84 111.18
  ATTACHED 0:30,ISS
  AFCMODE 7
END
Progress63:ISSR\Progress_M1
  STATUS Orbiting Earth
  RPOS 2512495.50 -737932.90 -6250714.35
  RVEL 5959.193 4447.908 1876.077
  AROT -31.55 53.98 -12.80
  AFCMODE 7
  PRPLEVEL 0:0.653000
  DOCKINFO 0:1,ISS
  NAVFREQ 0 0
  CAM 0 1.0000 -1
  SOL_DEP 0 1.0000 -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 42000.0000 100.0000
  SHOWDATA 1
  DEPLOY 0.0000
  TRACK 0
  INIT 1
  TARGET 
  CURDOCK 0
  IMP 3
  FEED 0
END
TMA-20M:Soyuz\Soyuz
  UPDATERS M_ANIM, S_POWER, S_G, M_ME_WATCH, M_TIMER_P1S, M_GROUND_WATCH, S_FLIGHT, 
  TIMERS_P1S M_PLN_ENTER_EXIT, M_ATM_ENTER_EXIT, 
  ANIM_CTRLS 0.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,
  STATUS Orbiting Earth
  RPOS 2512483.52 -737935.54 -6250701.80
  RVEL 5959.193 4447.908 1876.077
  AROT -148.54 18.26 -148.40
  AFCMODE 7
  PRPLEVEL 0:0.513254 1:1.000000 2:1.000000
  DOCKINFO 0:4,ISS
  NAVFREQ 159 40
  SUBTYPE TMA-Flight
  CAMERA 2
  SZ_SA 0 0.000000 0 0
  SZ_ORB 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 60.000000 0 0
  SZ_TGT ISS 4
  BATT 42000.000000
END
Soyuz:Soyuz\Soyuz
  UPDATERS M_ANIM, S_POWER, S_G, 
  STATUS Landed Earth
  SUBTYPE TMA-Flight
  CAMERA 1
  SZ_SA 0 0.000000 0 0
  SZ_ORB 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 60.000000 0 0
  BATT 39999.994000
END
FairingTmaYPlus:Soyuz\Generic
  STATUS Landed Earth
  SUBTYPE FairingTmaYPlus
END
FairingTmaYMinus:Soyuz\Generic
  STATUS Landed Earth
  SUBTYPE FairingTmaYMinus
END
LES:Soyuz\Generic
  STATUS Landed Earth
  SUBTYPE LES
END
Skirt1:Soyuz\Generic
  STATUS Landed Earth
  SUBTYPE SkirtI1
END
Skirt2:Soyuz\Generic
  STATUS Landed Earth
  SUBTYPE SkirtI2
END
Skirt3:Soyuz\Generic
  STATUS Landed Earth
  SUBTYPE SkirtI3
END
BlockI:Soyuz\BlockI
  UPDATERS M_ANIM, 
  STATUS Landed Earth
  ORBIT 6611000.000000 6573000.000000 0.901812
  PAYLOAD Soyuz
  FAIRING1 FairingTmaYPlus
  FAIRING2 FairingTmaYMinus
  SKIRT1 Skirt1
  SKIRT2 Skirt2
  SKIRT3 Skirt3
  LES LES
END
BlockB:Soyuz\BlockBD
  UPDATERS M_ANIM, BD_FUEL, 
  STATUS Landed Earth
  SUBTYPE Soyuz
END
BlockV:Soyuz\BlockBD
  UPDATERS M_ANIM, BD_FUEL, 
  STATUS Landed Earth
  SUBTYPE Soyuz
END
BlockG:Soyuz\BlockBD
  UPDATERS M_ANIM, BD_FUEL, 
  STATUS Landed Earth
  SUBTYPE Soyuz
END
BlockD:Soyuz\BlockBD
  UPDATERS M_ANIM, BD_FUEL, 
  STATUS Landed Earth
  SUBTYPE Soyuz
END
BlockA:Soyuz\BlockA
  UPDATERS M_ANIM, A_LIFTOFF, 
  STATUS Landed Earth
  SUBTYPE Soyuz
  ORBIT 6611000.000000 6573000.000000 0.901812
  PAYLOAD BlockI
  BLOCK_B BlockB
  BLOCK_V BlockV
  BLOCK_G BlockG
  BLOCK_D BlockD
  FLIGHT 1.100679 0.000000 0.000000 0.801461 1.105530 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000
END
Launchpad:Soyuz\Launchpad
  TIMED_SEQUENCE LaunchSeq1, -599.990000
  UPDATERS M_TIMED_SEQ, M_TIMER_1T, M_ANIM, M_TIMER_P10M, 
  TIMERS_1T M_CHK_SPOTLIGHTS:2.000000, 
  TIMERS_P10M M_CHK_SPOTLIGHTS, 
  STATUS Landed Earth
  SUBTYPE B1-S
  ORBIT 6611000.000000 6573000.000000 0.901812
  LAUNCHER BlockA
END
END_SHIPS

BEGIN_DX9ExtMFD
END

with SoyuzMissions.cfg

Code:

;=== TMA Launch Abort tests on Pad 51
Abort = Abort.kml,UNDEFINED, SR9LaunchTableLaunchSeq

TMA_Abort_1 = Abort, 55562.33342, LaunchSeqLES
TMA_Abort_2 = Abort, 55663.33246, LaunchSeqLES

;=== demo TMA  flights to ISS
TMA = Soyuz.kml,ORBITAL,SLaunchpadST,SLaunchpadLaunchSeq,SBlockAST,SBlockAFltSeq,SBlockAEndSeq,SBlockAPitch,SBlockBDST,SBlockIPA,SBlockIFltSeq,SBlockIStartSeq,SBlockIEndSeq,SBlockIPitch,IBlockIAbort

TMA_B1  = TMA, 55663.33333,202,240,51.67,   B1-S,LaunchSeq1, Soyuz,FltSeq3st,EndSeq3st,PitchSoyuz, Soyuz,mAdSoyuz,FltSeq,StartSeqSZ,EndSeq,Pitch,1
TMA_B31 = TMA, 55663.33333,202,240,51.67, B31-S2,LaunchSeq1, Soyuz,FltSeq3st,EndSeq3st,PitchSoyuz, Soyuz,mAdSoyuz,FltSeq,StartSeqSZ,EndSeq,Pitch,1
TMA_19M  = TMA, 57371.460532,202,240,51.67,   B1-S,LaunchSeq1, Soyuz,FltSeq3st,EndSeq3st,PitchSoyuz, Soyuz,mAdSoyuz,FltSeq,StartSeqSZ,EndSeq,Pitch,1
TMA_20M  = TMA, 57465.893542,202,240,51.67,   B1-S,LaunchSeq1, Soyuz,FltSeq3st,EndSeq3st,PitchSoyuz, Soyuz,mAdSoyuz,FltSeq,StartSeqSZ,EndSeq,Pitch,1
[COLOR="Red"]MS-01 = TMA, 57576.067141,202,240,51.67,   B1-S,LaunchSeq1, Soyuz,FltSeq3st,EndSeq3st,PitchSoyuz, Soyuz,mAdSoyuz,FltSeq,StartSeqSZ,EndSeq,Pitch,1[/COLOR]
P_MS-2 = TMA, 57478.683310,202,240,51.67,   B1-S,LaunchSeq1, Soyuz,FltSeq3st,EndSeq3st,PitchSoyuz, Soyuz,mAdSoyuz,FltSeq,StartSeqSZ,EndSeq,Pitch,1

;=== demo Soyuz 2.1a launches with rolling liftoff
ROLL = Soyuz.kml,ORBITAL,SLaunchpadST,SLaunchpadLaunchSeq,ILaunchpadRoll,SBlockAST,SBlockAFltSeq,SBlockAEndSeq,SBlockAPitch,IBlockARoll,SBlockBDST,SBlockIPA,SBlockIFltSeq,SBlockIStartSeq,SBlockIEndSeq,SBlockIPitch

B31RollLEO   = ROLL, 56232.33333,182,247,51.6, B31-SF,LaunchSeq3,1, Soyuz,FltSeq3st,EndSeq3st,PitchSoyuz,1, Soyuz,mAdFregatST,FltSeq,StartSeqSZ,EndSeq,Pitch
B31RollOpen  = ROLL, 56232.33333,182,247,76.0, B31-SF,LaunchSeq3,1, Soyuz,FltSeqLun,EndSeq3st,PitchHigh,1,  Soyuz,mAdFregatST,FltSeq,StartSeqSZ,EndSeq,PitchHigh
B31RollPolar = ROLL, 56232.33333,182,247,98.0, B31-SF,LaunchSeq3,1, Soyuz,FltSeq3st,EndSeq3st,PitchSoyuz,1, Soyuz,mAdFregatST,FltSeq,StartSeqSZ,EndSeq,Pitch

and ISS.tle for 2016-7-6 from http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/stations.txt:

Code:

ISS (ZARYA)             
1 25544U 98067A   16188.56972458  .00002764  00000-0  47951-4 0  9999
2 25544  51.6437 321.3331 0001117  43.2597  53.1206 15.54721465  8009

using:
ISS v3.2 [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=3737"]http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=3737[/ame]
Soyuz v1.0 [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=6907"]http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=6907[/ame]
Scenario Editor TLE [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2617"]http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2617[/ame]

orb · Jul 7, 2016

Live feed for the launch from Roscosmos:

N_Molson · Jul 7, 2016

According to Anatoly Zak, here are the main improvements of the Soyuz-TMA-MS (man, the tag after "Soyuz" is getting long !

)

Navigation

"Surprisingly, only now does the Soyuz get true satellite navigation. Although sat nav is a common sight in cars on Earth, Soyuz until now relied on six ground stations for precise measurements of its orbital path. With Soyuz-MS, engineers will do away with a bulky system in favor of a new "Apparatus for Satellite Navigation" or ASN-K, which can talk to GPS satellites and their Russian counterparts known as GLONASS. The satellite navigation will locate the Soyuz descent capsule on the ground after landing, too."

Rendez-Vous & Docking

"Perhaps, the most important change pertains to the ship's famous automated rendezvous system known as Kurs ("course"), which has guided Soyuz to its destinations in space since the mid-1980s. Though the Kurs proved exceedingly reliable over the years, many of its electronic components are now out of date. They're also produced in Kiev, Ukraine, with whom Russia has been at a virtual state of war for two and a half years. Not surprisingly, Soyuz-MS will introduce the domestically developed Kurs-NA system. In addition to resolving the obvious political problem, the new rendezvous hardware brings a higher level of computerization while being smaller, lighter, and less power-hungry."

Electrical power management

"...many new systems on Soyuz come with an increased appetite for power, pushing the overall electricity consumption on the spacecraft to its limit. To address the deficit, engineers squeezed an extra battery alongside four existing ones in the ship's aft section. They also fitted more cells on the existing solar panels."

Communications

"Soyuz-MS will now sport a powerful communications system, dubbed EKTS, which can connect the crew to mission control in Korolev near Moscow via satellite. Previously, cosmonauts and astronauts on Soyuz could talk to their peers on the ground only when in direct view of ground stations on the Russian territory. The large antenna array of the EKTS system "on the roof" of the Soyuz-MS is the most prominent new feature on the ship's exterior. Thanks to three available Russian Luch-5 satellites, the crew will be able to stay in touch with mission control around 83 percent of the time each day. The Soyuz will be also able to communicate via American TDRS and European DRS satellites."

Micrometeroids & junk shielding

"In response to long-standing concerns from NASA, the habitation module of the Soyuz-MS spacecraft—which is essentially a thin aluminum bubble—is now reinforced with an extra layer designed to protect the crew from meteors and from ever-growing menace of space junk."

GLS · Jul 7, 2016

Liftoff!

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Blocks B, V, G, D, fairing and escape tower have separated.

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Block I ignition and Block A separation.

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Orbit has been achieved!

IronRain · Jul 7, 2016

Launch video:

N_Molson · Jul 8, 2016

Everything about tonight's rendez-vous & docking schedule (Anatoly Zak, again and again

) :

Unstung · Jul 9, 2016

Soyuz docking was confirmed. The hatch opening will occur about two hours after this post.

N_Molson · Jul 9, 2016

So here's a (dark) pic of the Soyuz-MS in flight :

orb · Jul 9, 2016

mike-c · Jul 9, 2016

an even longer coverage

Launch of Soyuz_MS-01

Approach and Docking of Soyuz_MS-01

orb · Sep 6, 2016

NASA Blogs - Space Station: Expedition 48 Undocks, Begins Journey to Earth

NASASpaceflight.com: Soyuz TMA-20M undocks as trio prepare to return to Earth

Spaceflight Now: Live coverage: Soyuz capsule bringing home station crew

IronRain · Sep 7, 2016

Soyuz spaceship lands in Kazakhstan

Less than a week after winding up a successful spacewalk, outgoing space station commander Jeff Williams, America’s most experienced astronaut, joined two Russian cosmonauts for a fiery return to Earth Tuesday, closing out a 172-day mission with an on-target landing in Kazakhstan.

Descending under a billowing orange-and-white parachute, the charred Soyuz crew module completed a jolting rocket-assisted touchdown at 9:13 p.m. EDT (GMT-4; 7:13 a.m. Wednesday local time).

As sometimes happens, the capsule tipped over on its side after landing, but Russian recovery crews stationed nearby were on the scene in minutes to tilt the spacecraft upright and to help the station fliers, getting their first taste of gravity in five-and-a-half months, out of the cramped compartment.

Williams, Soyuz commander Alexey Ovchinin and flight engineer Oleg Skripochka appeared healthy and in good spirits as they were carried out of the descent module and set down in recliners for satellite phone calls home while flight surgeons carried out quick medical checks.

Source: Spaceflight Now

Photo from the reentry as seen from the space station:

Source: Spaceflight101.com

orb · Sep 7, 2016

Updates ISS Soyuz flights updates

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