Was there a problem or did it just take longer than expected?
Quote from: Lee Jay on 03/26/2016 02:48 pmWas there a problem or did it just take longer than expected?Longer than expected due to some alignment issues and the lack of KU to provide views to the ground.
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 03/26/2016 03:51 pmQuote from: Lee Jay on 03/26/2016 02:48 pmWas there a problem or did it just take longer than expected?Longer than expected due to some alignment issues and the lack of KU to provide views to the ground.Might this circumstance be an argument for NASA getting more time on their own TDRS network?Or for more TDRS satellites?Or for arranging for some "surge" capability with a commercial provider?I imagine the communications load to and from ISS will only increase in the future.
1 hour into unpack and the crew already has an item that won't fit in the designated storage location. This is common during the juggling act of trying to unload items into limited ISS locations already full of items needed for current operations and designated for disposal. A problem this early is unusual and suggests the ground still doesn't have a complete understanding of the situation on the station, despite considerable crew time and systems (Inventory Management System-IMS) dedicated to tracking the on-board status.
Has ISS ever received three cargo shipments in a space of less than a month before?
One sort of weird question on unpack for anyone to chime in on. The crew asked if they could trash two layers of bubble wrap on an item. They were told they could. Why not "pop" that bubble wrap like so many kids enjoy doing? It would seem to accomplish two positive things. First, release whatever is in the bubbles, presumably normal air, into the cabin, free of charge. Second it would reduce the volume of trash needing to be stowed. A curious mind want's to know
Quote from: Targeteer on 03/27/2016 03:12 pmOne sort of weird question on unpack for anyone to chime in on. The crew asked if they could trash two layers of bubble wrap on an item. They were told they could. Why not "pop" that bubble wrap like so many kids enjoy doing? It would seem to accomplish two positive things. First, release whatever is in the bubbles, presumably normal air, into the cabin, free of charge. Second it would reduce the volume of trash needing to be stowed. A curious mind want's to know My uneducated guess: that although the bubble wrap would have likely undergone sterilization, you can never be too safe with the contents of the air in the bubble? It's a stretch, as I would believe that the wrapping meets strict standards for space use.But Doug's explanation seems more logical: even though it's intended trash, it's never trash until it goes into the spacecraft for disposal. You never know if an ORU or other item needs to be returned in a Dragon & could make use of it.
Quote from: Targeteer on 03/27/2016 03:12 pmOne sort of weird question on unpack for anyone to chime in on. The crew asked if they could trash two layers of bubble wrap on an item. They were told they could. Why not "pop" that bubble wrap like so many kids enjoy doing? It would seem to accomplish two positive things. First, release whatever is in the bubbles, presumably normal air, into the cabin, free of charge. Second it would reduce the volume of trash needing to be stowed. A curious mind want's to know Could it also be a time vs cost thing? How long will it take to pop every bubble. Quite a bit if its small bubbles!
Occasionally, when shipments get backed up, such as in this case with US cargo resupply. It's not likely to be desired given the disruption to lab work.Another case was with the slips of Shuttle STS-133, with four in January/February 2011 (HTV, Progress, ATV, Shuttle)
Unberthing on Friday, I believe?
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 05/19/2016 11:42 amUnberthing on Friday, I believe?Hmm, according to Salo at NK forum, NET June, 27th only. Link: http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic12565/message1514151/#message1514151
Quote from: astropl on 05/19/2016 12:19 pmQuote from: Chris Bergin on 05/19/2016 11:42 amUnberthing on Friday, I believe?Hmm, according to Salo at NK forum, NET June, 27th only. Link: http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic12565/message1514151/#message1514151Thanks! May 20, 2016 was on the previous schedules, but yes, June 27 on others.
The press release says OA-6 is releasing five Lemur cubesats, while it was previously reported by jcm that there are four cubesats (Theresacondor, Kane, Nick-Allain and Jeff). I guess we'll soon find out which is correct.http://planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.726
What´s about the 8 remaining Flock 2e' ?
Quote from: Olaf on 06/10/2016 11:12 amWhat´s about the 8 remaining Flock 2e' ?AFAIK, they are onboard the ISS for deployment at a later date.
Quote from: Skyrocket on 06/10/2016 12:10 pmQuote from: Olaf on 06/10/2016 11:12 amWhat´s about the 8 remaining Flock 2e' ?AFAIK, they are onboard the ISS for deployment at a later date.Hmm... in another NRCSD? it seems like it would make more sense if they were on the external deployerwith the Lemurs. Like the internal ones, the external one seems like it can carry 16 3U cubesats;5 Lemur + 8 Flock makes 13, so there could even be 3 more. Or maybe the press release tells it all and the deployer is mostly empty this time.
4 of the cubesats ejected from Cygnus have been catalogedas 41595-41598 (2016-019B to E) Does anyone know when the ejection was?
ISS Daily Summary Report – 06/21/16 Posted on June 21, 2016 at 4:00 pm by HQ. NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer- External (NRCSD-E) Operations: Following Cygnus unberth last week, today NRCSD-E conducted post departure satellite deployments prior to Cygnus re-entry tomorrow, June 22. This set of cubesats includes 3 deployment silos containing a total of 5 LEMUR satellites. Two out of three silos (four out of five satellites) were successfully deployed. The Orbital team downlinked and reviewed imagery to ascertain why one of the CubeSats did not deploy. Further troubleshooting is ongoing. The LEMUR satellites are equipped with payloads to provide two primary data products: AIS Data (Maritime Domain Awareness) and GPS-RO Data (Weather). NRCSD-E is a mechanical separation system for small U-class satellites designed specifically to interface with the Orbital-ATK Cygnus cargo resupply vehicle. It consists of an array of up to six individual 6U deployers contained within one mechanical housing that releases the CubeSats from Cygnus after it has completed its primary mission and departed the ISS.
It seems as if every single reentry experiment is designed to fail. Think about it: ATV-5 had a reentry experiment, but that failed as well.