QuoteMedia accreditation is open for the launch of Northrop Grumman’s 12th commercial resupply services mission aboard its Cygnus spacecraft to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station.Northrop Grumman is targeting liftoff of its Antares rocket for no earlier than 9:59 a.m. EDT Nov. 2 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island in Virginia. This is the first mission under Northrop’s Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract with NASA.https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-media-to-northrop-grumman-s-space-station-launch-from-virginia9:59 a.m. EDT = 13:59 UTC right? [Yes]
Media accreditation is open for the launch of Northrop Grumman’s 12th commercial resupply services mission aboard its Cygnus spacecraft to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station.Northrop Grumman is targeting liftoff of its Antares rocket for no earlier than 9:59 a.m. EDT Nov. 2 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island in Virginia. This is the first mission under Northrop’s Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract with NASA.
Craig Technologies Aerospace Solutions (Craig) is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of CraigX, their on-orbit external experimental facility hosted on the NanoRacks International Space Station External Platform (NREP). The mission is scheduled to launch in October 2019 on the Northrop Grumman Antares rocket mission NG-12 under the NASA Commercial Resupply Services (CRS2) contract.
The CraigX Flight Test Platform (FTP) is designed to mount externally to the International Space Station (ISS) and promote electronics testing to raise Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) at a low cost and a reduced time frame. The interchangeable panel design minimizes hardware changes between missions while maximizing flexibility to accommodate customer requirements. Additive manufactured hardware is used internally to reduce manufacturing cost and schedule. Some of the features include: • Flight computer with a custom power distribution board capable of scheduling multiple payloads • Data downlink and uplink availability to analyze data during missions with the option to modify operational software and test parameters while the payload is deployed • 2TB onboard data storage • Wake facing camera with limited streaming • Two 2.4 in. spiral antennae (nadir and zenith facing) • GPS patch antenna for position data • Volume: ~ 18U • Payloads are not required to conform to standard CubeSat footprints • Typical mission duration: 15-24 weeks
In addition to CraigX, NG-12 will be carrying the DoD Space Test Satellite-4 (STPSat-4) which is made up of five distinct experiments from the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA), and the U.S. Navy. These experiments include Radio Frequency (RF) Module Tiles, the Modular Array Technology for Reconfigurable Spacecraft (MATRS) the Integrated Miniaturized Electrostatic Analyzer (iMESA), Navy Interferometric Star Tracker Experiment (NISTEx), and Nanosat Tracking Experiment (NTE). STPSat-4 will be launched from the ISS using the Space Stations Integrated Kinetic Launcher for Orbital Payload Systems (SSIKLOPS).
Finally, the satellite is scheduled to be launched at the end of this year in an Antares rocket from Wallops and deployed either from a Cygnus spacecraft or the ISS.
• Deployment estimated for January 2020
I've searched, and cannot find launch weather limits - only probabilities of being within limits. I'm looking at the 10-day forecast for MARS and see 10% chance of rain and roughly 10mph winds. How does that compare to launch limits?Need to make a final go/no-go decision to head up to Wallops - NG-12 is carrying Phoenix, the cubesat my son worked on while at ASU.