News Progress M-06M Updates

[Orbinaut Pete]

Progress M-06M/Progress 38 (38P), carrying basic supplies for the Expedition 24 crew, will launch to the ISS from the Baikonur Cosmodrome today at 3:35 PM GMT.

It will dock to the Aft port of the Zvezda Service Module (recently vacated by Soyuz TMA-19) on Friday 2nd July at 4:58 PM GMT.

It will remain docked to the SM Aft port until 7th September.


Spaceflight Now: "Resupply ship for the space station awaits liftoff".

Spaceflight Now: [PHOTOS] "Supply ship on the launch pad".

Progress M-06M processing photos from RSC Energia:
Spacecraft delivery to Assembly & Testing Facility at Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Spacecraft pre-launch processing.
Spacecraft insertion into payload launch shroud.
Spacecraft/payload launch shroud transportation for integration with Soyuz-U 3rd stage.
Spacecraft/payload launch shroud integration with Soyuz-U 3rd stage.
Soyuz-U rollout to launch pad.


Live video streams of launch:
Tsenki stream 1.
Tsenki stream 2.
RSC Energia stream (in Russian).
Vesti high-quality stream (short video report with narration).
Vesti low-quality stream (short video report with narration).

 

[Star Voyager]

Natchinai zhar...

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Zazhiganiye! Machina rabotayet kharasho!

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Natchinai zhar...

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Zazhiganiye! Machina rabotayet kharasho!

I think that means we have a launch! :thumbup:

 

[Star Voyager]

Natchinai zhar = I think Siberian Tiger said it means "begin roasting".
Zazhiganiye = Liftoff
Machina rabotayet kharasho = Machine works perfectly

Edit: I think the boosters seperated, but I'm not sure how you say that :embarrassed:! Tsenki 2 dropped out for a bit and Tsenki 1 had absolute poor quality.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Tsenki 2 dropped out for a bit and Tsenki 1 had absolute poor quality.

Yeah, it did for me too. Vesti is your best bet, although it lags a little.

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Spaceflight Now: "Resupply ship for the space station soars into orbit".

 

[Star Voyager]

http://flametrench.flatoday.net/2010/06/robotic-russian-space-freighter-zooms.html#links

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Video of yesterday's launch.​

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Photos of yesterday's launch from RSC Energia.

 

[SiberianTiger]

Natchinai zhar = I think Siberian Tiger said it means "begin roasting".

Could it be like "na-tchee-nai za-pis", but clipped a bit? In that case, it would bean "Begin recording (filming)".

 

[Star Voyager]

I'm not sure. This is what you told me in the Progress M-04M thread:

http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showpost.php?p=151242&postcount=6

I was just going by what you told me (since the second option was too unlikely, and there is a time where the engines seem to be roasting).

 

[orb]

Docking is scheduled for today (July 2nd, 2010), 16:56 UTC / 12:56 p.m. EDT.

It will be covered live on NASA TV:

NASA TV Daily Schedule: All Times are Eastern Time Zone

12:30 p.m. [16:30 UTC - orb] - ISS Progress 38 Docking Coverage docking scheduled at 12:56 p.m. EDT) - JSC (Public and Media Channels)

There is a calendar event entry for docking, with event timer on O-F's Calendar. You can request an e-mail reminder for it.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Apparently, the ascent was seen across a large area of central Asia!

Here's a video - check out the staging at 00:30!

 

[Star Voyager]

Progress now 11 minutes away from docking, looks like there was a telemetry/comm. dropout there, although it was re-established. Now it seems that Progress is moving away from the ISS...

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

I just tuned in to NASA TV expecting to see Progress a few meters from the SM Aft port....and it looks like they lost signal with Progress, and it flew right by the ISS! We're just lucky we didn't have a collision, like the one on Mir!!! :OMG:

 

[Star Voyager]

Russian flight controllers are implying that they will abort for another orbit.

Edit: Confirmed abort for 1 more orbit.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Docking now aborted for today.

 

[Star Voyager]

Since it's aborted for today, I would imagine the Progress would have to do another burn. If so, how would this affect it's de-orbit procedure?

 

[garyw]

shouldn't affect it at all, there should be sufficent prop.

Another docking attempt possible 48 hours, this suggests progress will simply fly around the Earth and come back to the ISS so the prop usage will be minimal

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

From Spaceflight Now:

Today's planned 12:58 PM EDT docking of the Russian-made Progress cargo freighter with the International Space Station was aborted after the autopilot telemetry link between the two vehicles was lost about 25 minutes before docking. The resupply ship then flew by the station at a safe distance. Russian flight controllers are assessing their options to recover the Progress. Another try at docking won't be attempted today.

 

[garyw]

There is some talk about a possible error or corrupt tranmission from TORU which might have caused a problem

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Spaceflight Now: "International Space Station supply ship docking aborted".

BBC News: "Russian cargo ship fails to dock with space station".