Author Topic: LIVE: Soyuz MS-03 Events - November 17-19, 2016  (Read 80902 times)

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Re: LIVE: Soyuz-FG launch with Soyuz MS-03 - November 17, 2016
« Reply #100 on: 11/17/2016 06:50 pm »
After suiting up, Novitsky, Pesquet, and Whitson got to talk with friends and family using microphones behind a glass wall.

As always, their backup crew members: Fyodor Yurchikhin, Paolo Nespoli, and Jack Fischer, stood behind the prime crew members and continued to follow behind them up until they boarded the Service Tower elevator just in case a last-minute issue arose.

Under 30 minutes to launch.
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Dan's getting annoyed by the static camera view ;D
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz-FG launch with Soyuz MS-03 - November 17, 2016
« Reply #102 on: 11/17/2016 06:52 pm »
Apparently, there's a problem with the NASA TV feed.

So, we'll have to watch the past footage from a small screen in the Korolev Control Center until the NASA TV problem is fixed.
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz-FG launch with Soyuz MS-03 - November 17, 2016
« Reply #103 on: 11/17/2016 06:55 pm »
L-25 minutes. The Service Tower halves are now retracting.

You can barely hear "Fight Song" by Rachel Platten playing over the Roskosmos feed.

Now "On Top of the World" by Imagine Dragons is being played.
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz-FG launch with Soyuz MS-03 - November 17, 2016
« Reply #104 on: 11/17/2016 06:58 pm »
L-23 minutes. This launch will mark the 48th flight of the Soyuz-FG rocket and the 1862nd R-7 rocket to be flown since 1957.
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz-FG launch with Soyuz MS-03 - November 17, 2016
« Reply #105 on: 11/17/2016 06:59 pm »
When Novitsky, Pesquet, and Whitson rode the Crew Transfer Van to Gagarin's Start, it took 25 minutes to get from the suitup facility to the launch pad.

I can't tell what song is being played right now.
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Dan overjoyed they've sorted out the feed.
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz-FG launch with Soyuz MS-03 - November 17, 2016
« Reply #107 on: 11/17/2016 07:00 pm »
L-20 minutes. NASA TV feed has been restored.

Just in time to see Novitsky, Whitson, and Pesquet waving goodbye to everyone before boarding the Service Tower elevator.

All three have been aboard for about 2 hours.
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz-FG launch with Soyuz MS-03 - November 17, 2016
« Reply #108 on: 11/17/2016 07:02 pm »
Back to the launch pad shots. Showing the Soyuz venting liquid oxygen from its valves. Those valves will close about 2 minutes before launch.
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Support gantry has retracted.
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz-FG launch with Soyuz MS-03 - November 17, 2016
« Reply #110 on: 11/17/2016 07:03 pm »
At the present time, the Launch Abort System has been armed.

L-17 minutes.
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz-FG launch with Soyuz MS-03 - November 17, 2016
« Reply #111 on: 11/17/2016 07:04 pm »
At the time of launch, the ISS will be flying at an altitude of 251 statute miles over the South Atlantic Ocean just east of Argentina.
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz-FG launch with Soyuz MS-03 - November 17, 2016
« Reply #112 on: 11/17/2016 07:05 pm »
L-15 minutes. The Gagarin's Start launch pad is now clear of all personnel and the Service Tower halves are fully retracted.

Just showed a quick tour of the interior of the Descent Module.
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz-FG launch with Soyuz MS-03 - November 17, 2016
« Reply #113 on: 11/17/2016 07:08 pm »
Showing a past interview with Peggy Whitson about the two-day trip to the Space Station.
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz-FG launch with Soyuz MS-03 - November 17, 2016
« Reply #114 on: 11/17/2016 07:08 pm »
Expedition 50 crewmembers ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, top, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, middle, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos wave farewell before boarding their Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft for launch Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, (Kazakh Time) in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The trio will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of November 18 (Kazakh time.) All three will spend approximately six months on the orbital complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz-FG launch with Soyuz MS-03 - November 17, 2016
« Reply #115 on: 11/17/2016 07:10 pm »
L-10 minutes. The Inertial Guidance System is on. Standing by to start the Terminal Count in four minutes.
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz-FG launch with Soyuz MS-03 - November 17, 2016
« Reply #116 on: 11/17/2016 07:12 pm »
L-8 minutes. Everything looking good for an on-time launch at 20:20:13 UTC (2:20:13 AM local).
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz-FG launch with Soyuz MS-03 - November 17, 2016
« Reply #118 on: 11/17/2016 07:13 pm »
L-7 minutes. Flight data recorders and gyros have been turned on.
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Great tune being played into the Soyuz

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