...shattered pieces of an engine...
Quote from: deltaV on 05/23/2014 08:33 amGiven how close it is to June 10 I'm guessing that the engine that RUDed was intended for a later Antares, not this flight. So if they determine the cause quickly and clear CRS-2's engine of the same defect they may not have to delay at all.18 days to discover the root cause from shattered pieces of an engine and be convinced there's no chance they got it wrong, plus do whatever inspections are necessary to clear the CRS-2 engine and approve it for flight? That seems awfully optimistic.
Given how close it is to June 10 I'm guessing that the engine that RUDed was intended for a later Antares, not this flight. So if they determine the cause quickly and clear CRS-2's engine of the same defect they may not have to delay at all.
[...] a fourth engine suffered a failure during a June 9, 2011 static test at Stennis Space Center's E-1 test stand. The engine caught fire during the aborted test because of a kerosene fuel leak from an engine manifold.[...] The replacement engine was successfully hot-fire tested on September 28, 2011 after improved inspection protocols had been implemented.
Does anyone have an EDT launch time for June 20th?
Does anyone have a graphic of where you will be able to see this from. I'm going to Maryland that week but I can't drive 3.5 hours there with 4 & 1 year olds. Hoping the graphic might say we will be able to see the accent from our location. Thanks
Mission Update – June 23, 2014Orbital has updated its launch schedule for the Orb-2 mission to a date no earlier than July 10, 2014. Orb-2 is the second of eight cargo resupply missions to the International Space Station (ISS) under the company’s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA. The new launch schedule reflects progress in the investigation into the cause of an AJ26 engine test failure and identification of specific actions to clear the Orb-2 mission for flight.The Antares team will inspect the AJ26 engines installed on the Orb-2 rocket this week, and a decision to proceed toward launch will be based on the results of the inspections. All other elements of the Orb-2 mission are prepared to move forward, including the Cygnus spacecraft, which is fueled and, except for late-load cargo, is packed with its manifest of ISS cargo.
There goes that day - next Arianespace Soyuz launch is just 30 minutes after Cygnus launches (18:55 UTC vs 18:20 UTC).....