anik - 19/10/2005 12:28 PMMCC-M expert has told me that two of eight Progress M-54 DPO engines during maneuver worked unstably, therefore control system has finished maneuver prematurely...
Chris Bergin - 19/10/2005 3:45 PMHow much more of a burn will they need to do it to be successful?
Chris Bergin - 19/10/2005 3:45 PMCould they simply drop off that Progress and make up for lost orbit with the next ship?
anik - 20/10/2005 8:56 AM If need be, this operation can be performed by the Progress's main propulsion engines instead of the thrusters," Kreydenko said.
James Lowe - 20/10/2005 6:36 PMI thought that would be dangerous giving the 'bump' that would cause from the thrust?
realtime - 20/10/2005 11:06 PMHopefully there will be enough working DPOs to undock and deorbit safely when the time comes.
realtime - 21/10/2005 7:06 AMHopefully there will be enough working DPOs to undock and deorbit safely when the time comes.
Avron - 21/10/2005 8:03 AMDPO?
anik - 21/10/2005 11:29 AMFor the deorbit maneuver the SKD engine, not DPO engines, is used...
anik - 22/10/2005 2:19 AMhttp://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=18449"Update on ISS Reboost Abort: Russian investigation of the 10/18 maneuver abort continues. A test reboost using four Progress thrusters is scheduled next Wednesday (10/26), for ~0.25 m/s delta-V."