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« Reply #76 on: 05/23/2012 05:57 PM » |
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Since SpaceX is a private company, I guess they have no obligation to share any information with the general public but having said that I know I'd liek to get a lot more status information on this mission.
I'm assuming no news, is good news but then again, since all we're getting is the occasional Tweet, who knows ??
Personally, I'd like to hear a regular status on on how well Dragon is performing..things like, Solar array performance to-date, cabin pressure and temperatures, Dracos' performance (have any failed ??....star tracker performance (within spec ??), any unexpected communication drop outs ??..etc etc...
The dirth of status info is frustrating when you compare things to a NASA mission...my $0.02..
Of course, NASA doesn't have a gaggle of politicians and pundits looking to pounce on any perceived failure (for the most part).
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ChrisC
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« Reply #77 on: 05/23/2012 06:01 PM » |
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Found a short article on floridatoday website confirming success of Dragon completing the requirements necessary to begin proximity operations. In the embedded video, it has NASA OSO describing the capture and birthing process and preparation for opening hatch. I can't see the embedded video due to FT's retarded business model, but there was an OSO interview segment yesterday, available from John44 here, which I'm guessing is the same video. This is my new personal favorite tracker, not sure if you all were aware of it. http://mada.la.coocan.jp/sat/index.htm Wasn't aware of it. That is insane! It also shows Dragon leading ISS, with an increasing distance between them, so I'm guessing that Dragon is going to do one more phasing lap of ISS before approach. It took me a while to figure out how to display data for two objects.
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mr. mark
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« Reply #78 on: 05/23/2012 06:07 PM » |
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That can't be right can it?  Didn't realize it would do an additional lap. I'm actually loving this site. You get a real sense of satellite tracking kind of like an air traffic controller.
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ugordan
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« Reply #79 on: 05/23/2012 06:11 PM » |
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I can't see the embedded video due to FT's retarded business model, but there was an OSO interview segment yesterday, available from John44 here, which I'm guessing is the same video.
Also available on youtube:
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FinalFrontier
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« Reply #80 on: 05/23/2012 06:14 PM » |
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When is docking currently supposed to happen (and yes I know that's not until tomorrow) barring any unexpected issues.
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Chris Bergin
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« Reply #81 on: 05/23/2012 06:15 PM » |
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Since SpaceX is a private company, I guess they have no obligation to share any information with the general public but having said that I know I'd liek to get a lot more status information on this mission.
I'm assuming no news, is good news but then again, since all we're getting is the occasional Tweet, who knows ??
Yep, no obligation for SpaceX to throw masses of updates out there. However, all is well and we'll get to know if not (I know there are some of my people who'd let me know, so I'd update you). Mission success is more important than additional coverage from SpaceX. Plus we haven't been short of things to put into the update thread (huge benefit of a forum format update, as we have a community of fans and industry alike, as opposed to a read only site where you'd be waiting for me to post something  ). All is well, that's good news.
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Chris Bergin
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« Reply #82 on: 05/23/2012 06:17 PM » |
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When is docking currently supposed to happen (and yes I know that's not until tomorrow) barring any unexpected issues.
It's Berthing (not docking), and it's Friday, with around 8-9am Eastern (1206 - 1300 UTC).....with 8:06am Eastern (12:06am):
The earliest scheduled time of capture (grapple). Berthing comes later.
Tidied the thread, to remove some confusion/miscommunication and get everything into one post.
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krytek
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« Reply #83 on: 05/23/2012 06:50 PM » |
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When is docking currently supposed to happen (and yes I know that's not until tomorrow) barring any unexpected issues.
It's Berthing (not docking), and it's Friday, with around 8-9am Eastern (1206 - 1300 UTC).....with 8:06am Eastern (12:06am):
The earliest scheduled time of capture (grapple). Berthing comes later.
Tidied the thread, to remove some confusion/miscommunication and get everything into one post.
Chris, can you please give us an idea of what kind of coverage to expect on Friday? Will there be some sort of live video feed? will there be minute to minute updates? If it's even half as good as the one you managed to do for the launch I'm going to cancel some plans for Friday.
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psloss
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« Reply #84 on: 05/23/2012 06:58 PM » |
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FWIW, attaching ugly pictures of the same timeline that Mr. Harwood already published. This is the version from JSC PAO. It looks like these times are preliminary, because looking at the live timeline, the HA2 burn time looks a little different (a few minutes).
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Rocket Science
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« Reply #85 on: 05/23/2012 06:58 PM » |
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Thanks everyone for all the updates. All caught up now… I think? 
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Chris Bergin
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« Reply #86 on: 05/23/2012 07:00 PM » |
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When is docking currently supposed to happen (and yes I know that's not until tomorrow) barring any unexpected issues.
It's Berthing (not docking), and it's Friday, with around 8-9am Eastern (1206 - 1300 UTC).....with 8:06am Eastern (12:06am):
The earliest scheduled time of capture (grapple). Berthing comes later.
Tidied the thread, to remove some confusion/miscommunication and get everything into one post.
Chris, can you please give us an idea of what kind of coverage to expect on Friday? Will there be some sort of live video feed? will there be minute to minute updates?
If it's even half as good as the one you managed to do for the launch I'm going to cancel some plans for Friday.
Then cancel some plans cause we'll be treating it just like a Shuttle arrival at the ISS. Fully expect lots of live NTV coverage to work with.
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ChrisC
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« Reply #87 on: 05/23/2012 07:21 PM » |
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Elon's tweet a couple hours ago said "Dragon fly by of Space Station planned for 12:47 am California time." (3:47am ET)
But that's not even close to the CBS timeline. NASA TV coverage is supposed to start at 2:30am ET, and r-bar crossing is listed at 6:29am ET. Has this really advanced as much as is implied? Would love to hear confirmation one way or another, i.e. from an original source, not just a rehash of the above sources.
I bet they are still on the timeline and Elon is referring to the beginning of the ~50 km long fly-under pass, which is timelined for 3:49am ET.
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drdave
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« Reply #88 on: 05/23/2012 07:26 PM » |
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Found a short article on floridatoday website confirming success of Dragon completing the requirements necessary to begin proximity operations. In the embedded video, it has NASA OSO describing the capture and birthing process and preparation for opening hatch.
I can't see the embedded video due to FT's retarded business model, but there was an OSO interview segment yesterday, available from John44 here, which I'm guessing is the same video.
This is my new personal favorite tracker, not sure if you all were aware of it. http://mada.la.coocan.jp/sat/index.htm
Wasn't aware of it. That is insane! It also shows Dragon leading ISS, with an increasing distance between them, so I'm guessing that Dragon is going to do one more phasing lap of ISS before approach. It took me a while to figure out how to display data for two objects.
And the previously mentioned site http://www.lizard-tail.com/isana/tracking/ shows Dragon trailing ISS. Also, the SpaceX pdf on COTS 2,3 shows phasing from behind, with no mention of a lap.
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mr. mark
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« Reply #89 on: 05/23/2012 07:28 PM » |
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NASA Coverage.
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