Launch News Soyuz TMA-02M Updates

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Roscosmos:

• SOYUZ TMA-02M BACKUP CREW. Oleg KONONENKO - Commander
  
  BACKUP CREW: Oleg KONONENKO​

  

  Soyuz Commander​

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  ISS Flight Engineer​
  
  
• SOYUZ TMA-02M BACKUP CREW. Donald PETTIT - Flight Engineer
  
  BACKUP CREW: Donald PETTIT​

  

  Soyuz TMA Flight Engineer​

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  ISS-28 Flight Engineer,​

  ISS-29 Commander​
  
  
• SOYUZ TMA-02M BACKUP CREW. Andre KUIPERS - Flight Engineer
  
  BACKUP CREW: Andre KUIPERS​

  

  Soyuz Flight Engineer​

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  ISS Flight Engineer​
  
  
• Soyuz TMA-02M Crews: Second Training at Baikonur

RSC Energia:

• 2011-06-03: Primary & backup crews make a check inspection of the spacecraft in the launch configuration and get acquainted with equipment (PHOTO GALLERY)
  
  
• 2011-06-03: Orbital module of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle transported for the general integration with LV (PHOTO GALLERY)

 

[diogom]

State Board gives "Go" for Soyuz-FG/Soyuz TMA-02M rollout

http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=11871&lang=en

 

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Roscosmos:
Soyuz-FG with Soyuz TMA-02M Erected on the Launch Pad
:: 05.06.2011

Soyuz-FG/Soyuz TMA-02M roll-out which began this morning at 5 a.m. MSK, completed on launch pad 1 (Gagarin’s Launch Pad), where the launch vehicle was successfully erected. Experts of the rocket and space industry commenced L-3 operations.

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Roscosmos (links to articles will be added when there's English translation):

• SOYUZ TMA-02M PRIME CREW. СOMMANDER - Sergei Alexandrovich VOLKOV
  
  PRIME CREW: Sergey Alexandrovich VOLKOV​

  

  Soyuz Commander​

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  ISS Flight Engineer​
  
  
• SOYUZ TMA-02M PRIME CREW. FLIGHT ENGINEER - Michael Edward FOSSUM
  
  PRIME CREW: Michael Edward FOSSUM​

  

  Soyuz TMA Flight Engineer​

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  ISS-28 Flight Engineer,​

  ISS-29 Commander​
  
  
  [*]SOYUZ TMA-02M PRIME CREW. FLIGHT ENGINEER - Satoshi FURUKAWA:
  
  PRIME CREW: Satoshi FURUKAWA​

  

  Soyuz Flight Engineer​

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  ISS Flight Engineer​

NASATelevision: Soyuz Readied for Launch to ISS:

Rollout & erection of Soyuz-FG/TMA-02M; comments of managers

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RSC Energia:

• 2011-06-04: Integration of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with the upper composite / meeting of the Technical management team (PHOTO GALLERY)
  
  
• 2011-06-05: Rollout of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with the Soyuz TMA-02M transport spacecraft from the assembly-test facility to the launch site and erection on the launch pad (PHOTO GALLERY)

Spaceflight Now:

• Mission Status Center

 

[N_Molson]

Another obvious proof of the world-wide Tuesday conspiration : :lol:

[FONT=VERDANA, ARIAL, HELVETICA, SANS-SERIF][SIZE=+2]Soyuz rocket to launch three-man crew Tuesday[/SIZE][/FONT]

A Russian-made Soyuz booster rocket and its crew transport capsule were transported by rail from the final assembly building to the launch pad Sunday in preparation for this week's trip to the International Space Station.

 

[SiberianTiger]

A scenario to simulate TMA-02M's launch (Using Thornton's International Space Station and Soyuz-FG(U) addons):

BEGIN_DESC
Mission: ISS Exp 28

Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-02M

Launch vehicle: Soyuz-FG


Lauching Expedition 28 Crew:

Sergei Volkov, Commander

Mike Fossum, Flight Engineer 1

Satoshi Furukawa, Flight Engineer 2


Launch: June 7, 2011 at 20:12:45 UT.  

Launch Pad: LC-1

Orbit Altitude: 200 x 242 km

Orbit Inclination: 51.67 degrees
END_DESC

BEGIN_ENVIRONMENT
  System SolM
  Date MJD 55719.840799
END_ENVIRONMENT

BEGIN_FOCUS
  Ship Launchpad
END_FOCUS

BEGIN_CAMERA
  TARGET Launchpad
  MODE Extern
  POS 3.01 -0.29 0.43
  TRACKMODE TargetRelative
  FOV 30.00
END_CAMERA

BEGIN_SHIPS
SoyuzTMA-02M:ISSR\SouyzTMA
  STATUS Landed Earth
  POS -128.5364451 26.0026864
  HEADING 96.22
  ATTACHED 0:5,Stage3
  PRPLEVEL 0:1.000
  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 39938.4015 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 0:1.000 1:1.000
  LESTYPE 3
END
Fairing1:r7_SZ\TMA_fairing
  STATUS Landed Earth
  PRPLEVEL 0:1.0000
  FTYPE 0
  MESHNAME1 r7_SZ\SF12
  MESHNAME2 r7_SZ\SF02
END
Fairing2:r7_SZ\TMA_fairing
  STATUS Landed Earth
  PRPLEVEL 0:1.0000
  FTYPE 0
  MESHNAME1 r7_SZ\SF11
  MESHNAME2 r7_SZ\SF01
END
BlockI:r7_SZ\BlockI
  STATUS Landed Earth
  PRPLEVEL 0:1.000
  FAIRING1 Fairing2
  FREF1 -1.245 0 -3
  FROT1 0 -1 0
  FAIRING2 Fairing1 
  FREF2 -1.245 -0.005 -3
  FROT2 0 1 0
  LES SAS
  PAYLOAD SoyuzTMA-02M
  PREF 0 0 -3
  PAY_ADAPTER 0
END
BlockB:r7_SZ\BlockBD
  STATUS Landed Earth
  PRPLEVEL 0:1.000
  BODY_MESHNAME r7_SZ\BlockBD
END
BlockV:r7_SZ\BlockBD
  STATUS Landed Earth
  PRPLEVEL 0:1.000
  BODY_MESHNAME r7_SZ\BlockBD 
END
BlockG:r7_SZ\BlockBD
  STATUS Landed Earth
  PRPLEVEL 0:1.000
  BODY_MESHNAME r7_SZ\BlockBD
END
BlockD:r7_SZ\BlockBD
  STATUS Landed Earth
  PRPLEVEL 0:1.000
  BODY_MESHNAME r7_SZ\BlockBD
END
Launcher:r7_SZ\BlockA
  STATUS Landed Earth
  PRPLEVEL 0:1.000
  =========== BLOCK A vars 
  PAYLOAD BlockI
  PREF 0.0 0.0 -4.25
  ADAPTER_MESHNAME r7_SZ\BlockIAdapter
  BODY_MESHNAME r7_SZ\BlockA
  BLOCK_B BlockB 
  BLOCK_V BlockV 
  BLOCK_G BlockG 
  BLOCK_D BlockD 
END
Launchpad:r7_SZ\Launchpad
 STATUS Landed Earth
 LAUNCHER Launcher
 LAUNCH_MJD 55719.842187
 ORBIT 200.00 242.00 51.67
 BOOMS_MESHNAME r7_SZ\BoomS
 FUELING_MAST 1.00
 CABLEMAST_MESHNAME r7_SZ\CableMast
 TABLETOP_MESHNAME r7_SZ\TableTop1Late
END
kmlWriter:r7_SZ\kmlWriter
  STATUS Landed Earth
END
END_SHIPS

A KML file for the flight track:
https://sites.google.com/site/exclusionlands/home/my-kml-files/SoyuzTMA-02M.kml?attredirects=0&d=1

Ground track preview:



The block I will enter sunlight at about 20:20:21 UTC.

 

[SiberianTiger]

Rolling out and erection at the launch pad:

 

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Roscosmos:
Baikonur Space Port: State Board Approves Soyuz TMA-02M Prime and Backup Crews
:: 06.06.2011

The meeting of the State Board chaired by Roscosmos Head Vladimir Popovkin took place today at Baikonur. The Board reviewed the reports of the crew readiness for the space mission and Soyuz-FG/Soyuz TMA-02M readiness for further prelaunch processing.
The State Board approved Soyuz TMA-02M/ ISS-28/29 prime and backup crews, and gave the permission to continue Soyuz-FG/Soyuz TMA-02M prelaunch processing, including propellant filling. The launch is to take place on June 8, 2011, at 00:12 a.m. Moscow time.


The Board approved the Soyuz TMA-02M prime and backup crews:

• Prime Crew:
  • Soyuz TMA-02M Commander, ISS Flight Engineer – Sergey Volkov (Roscosmos)
  • Soyuz TMA-02M Flight Engineer, ISS Flight Engineer – Satoshi Furukawa (JAXA)
  • Soyuz TMA-02M Flight Engineer, ISS Flight Engineer/Commander– Michael Fossum (NASA)
• Backup Crew:
  • Soyuz TMA-02M Commander, ISS Flight Engineer – Oleg Kononenko (Roscosmos)
  • Soyuz TMA-02M Flight Engineer, ISS Flight Engineer – Andre Kuipers (ESA)
  • Soyuz TMA-02M Flight Engineer, ISS Flight Engineer/Commander– Donald Pettit (NASA).

Talking to the prime crew, Roscosmos Head noted that administration of the Federal Space Agency is sure in success of their mission in the ISS.
V.Popovkin added that prelaunch operations with Soyuz are proceeding in line with the schedule.
Roscosmos Head congratulated the crews on their appointment and wished good luck to cosmonauts and astronauts.

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[IronRain]

 

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Roscosmos: ISS Crew Ready for Launch

Spaceflight Now: Soyuz TMA-02M set for launch to space station today

CBS News Space: Soyuz TMA-02M set for blastoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome

And an article by Orbinaut Pete:

NASASpaceflight: Second digital Soyuz spacecraft set for launch to International Space Station​

Live video coverage of the launch:

• NASA TV (link to HD stream is included at that page too)
• TV Tsenki Video Streams
• Vesti - High Quality
• Vesti - Low Quality

 

[Star Voyager]

Liftoff has occurred, the strap-ons jettisoned, and everything is progressing nominally!

 

[N_Molson]

Soyuz TMA-M02 in orbit ! :thumbup:

---------- Post added at 08:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:23 PM ----------

The crew reported "We are fine."

 

[IronRain]

Launch of Soyuz TMA-02M

 

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Docking is scheduled at 21:22 UTC / 5:22 p.m EDT on 9th / 01:22 MSD on 10th.

Here's calendar event for docking of Soyuz TMA-02M to ISS. Here you can request a reminder for that calendar event.



Roscosmos:

• Soyuz FG Successfully Lifts Off from Baikonur with Soyuz TMA-02M Crew Vehicle

JAXA Press Release:

• Launch of the Soyuz Spacecraft (27S/TMA-02M) with Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa aboard for ISS Expedition Mission

NASA:

• New Space Station Crew Members Launch from Kazakhstan:

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  On Thursday, coverage of the Soyuz docking will begin on NASA Television at 3:30 p.m. (CDT) [20:30 UTC] NASA TV coverage of the hatches opening and the welcoming ceremony aboard the orbiting laboratory will begin at 8:30 p.m. (CDT) [01:30 UTC].
  
  {...}

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Launch video from Roscosmos.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

NASA: "Rocket Rock: Soyuz Crew Gets a Sendoff Song from ZZ Top".

A celebratory toast, an Orthodox Russian priest blessing, and a salute are a few trademarks of a Soyuz launch. This time cheap sunglasses, long beards and an iconic guitar also made their way to the rocket pad.

NASA Astronaut Michael Fossum, now on his way to the International Space Station aboard the Russian Soyuz TMA-02M along with his fellow astronauts and cosmonauts aboard got a sneak preview of a track that is slated to be in part of ZZ Top’s, as yet untitled, forthcoming album.

› Watch mission video while “Flyin’ High” is playing
› Listen to “Flyin’ High” played during mission audio (mp3)

The sound of music, yet another time-honored trademark of a Soyuz launch, provided temporary entertainment for the crew moments before blastoff. About an hour before the rocket’s first two stages ignited, the crew nestled in their custom-fitted seat liners rocked out inside the descent module of the vehicle poised at the tip of the rocket.

ZZ Top offered a track entitled “Flyin’ High” from the new album, the band’s first studio recording since 2005, to be played in honor of the crew’s loved ones. An excerpt from the song’s lyrics, “Flyin’ high, I’m gonna touch the sky,” resonates with the Soyuz trajectory and docking at the International Space Station.

Fossum grew up in McAllen, Texas, and holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University. The long-bearded, American rock band also from Texas shares the common tie with Fossum in its roots.

During the course of his previous mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, Fossum played the band’s hit “Got Me Under Pressure,” a reference to the raising of cabin pressures during the course of that 2008 flight.

Astronaut Fossum is joined on the Soyuz heading to the space station by Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

› Read more about Expedition 28

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Video:​

 

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Roscosmos:
Soyuz TMA-02M is Flying Towards the ISS
:: 09.06.2011

Russian crew vehicle Soyuz TMA-02M which was launched from Baikonur on June 8, continues its autonomous mission towards the International Space Station.

The vehicle with three crew – commander Sergey Volkov (Roscosmos), flight engineers Satoshi Furukawa (JAXA), Michael Fossum (NASA) – is slated to arrive at its destination this night.

The Soyuz executed two reboost maneuvers on the way to the station in order to reach the necessary orbital position for the final approach which is to begin today at about 11 p.m. [19:00 UTC]

The vehicle is due to dock to Russian module Rassvet on June 10, at 01.22 MSK. [21:22 UTC on June 9]

Soyuz TMA-02M is a vehicle of new series, equipped with digital control systems. It undergoes the second stage of flight testing.

 

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Docking (contact & caputre) occurred at 21:17:52 UTC.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

From ISS On-Orbit Status Report for 09/06/2011.

Soyuz TMA-02M/27S Anomalies:
RSC-Energia this morning reported two anomalies on 27S:

During today's rendezvous burn on Soyuz Orbit 17 a lower than expected thrust (~60%) was seen in DPO-B thruster #14 (nominal thrust: 13.3 kgf). A subsequent test on Orbit 20 confirmed this, and specialists suspect FOD (Foreign Object Debris), perhaps some shaving, in the prop metering line. Thruster #14 acts along x-axis and is also used for yaw control (y-axis). There is no other thruster like this one, but 2 smaller DPO-M thrusters (nominal: 2.7 kgf each) can perform this function independently of #14. Because even at 60% capacity this thruster still provides more thrust than the 2 smaller ones together, specialists recommend using the degraded engine after uplinking a software patch to extend the range of its allowable burning time (nominal: 400 sec). The software patch will also account for the case of the thruster becoming completely blocked, in which case the system will switch over to the 2 smaller thrusters. If #14 should clear, the time range in the s/w patch will allow a return to the nominal configuration. The docking plan will be modified to account for the decreased thrust. RSC-Energia expressed confidence that the docking can still be kept on time, at 5:22pm.

The second anomaly were lower than expected CO2 (carbon dioxide) readings of the Soyuz GA (Gas Analyzer) during the first two orbits. On Orbit 3, the data became nominal. Specialists believe that Sokol spacesuit checks prior to liftoff flooded the sensor with O2 (oxygen), suppressing CO2 (the GA in this Soyuz has no screen to protect against this case). Plans are to leave the GA activated for 3 days after docking to allow specialists to monitor data. Borisenko has turned on the Soyuz TMA-21/26S GA and will use it with the ISS GA to compare the readings for accuracy.

 

[SiberianTiger]

Fortunately, everything is OK, despite the rumors I've caught about a possible problem with DPO engines.

I hope the rest of the mission will be problem-free!