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International Space Flight (ESA, Russia, China and others) => Russian Launchers - Soyuz, Progress and Uncrewed => Topic started by: Alter Sachse on 09/27/2017 08:37 am
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Progress MS-07 Cargo Vehicle is ready for propellant fueling
"At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress MS-07 cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
The launch of Progress MS-07 TCV under the International Space Program (ISS) is planned for October 12, 2017. Purpose of the flight: delivery to the ISS of propellant, products, water and other expendable materials necessary for operating the station in manned mode."
https://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss53/progress_ms-07/photo_09-26.html (https://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss53/progress_ms-07/photo_09-26.html)
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Astronauts to make quickest trip ever to ISS in December
http://tass.com/science/967087
The first launch of a Soyuz spacecraft on a new two-orbit flight scheme in which it will orbit Earth two times en route to the ISS, is scheduled for December 2017, a source from the aerospace sector told TASS on Friday.
Prior to that, the new scheme will be tested on a Progress cargo craft, the source said. The Roscosmos Space Corporation said "the decision on the launch of a Soyuz manned spacecraft will be made only after the flight of a Progress under a shortened scheme has been analyzed".
Under the new scheme, the spacecraft will make two circumnavigations of the globe, which will take three hours. Currently, spacecraft get to the ISS after four orbits, the flight taking six hours.
From NASA TV Schedule
October 12 - Progress 68 Launch time is scheduled at 5:32 a.m. ET
October 12 - Docking is scheduled at 8:56 a.m. ET
It takes 3 hours 24 min :)
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planned launch time 09:32
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planned launch time 09:32
Being selfish, a civilised time! :)
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"Progress МS-07 is delivered to SC ITF"
https://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss53/progress_ms-07/photo_09-29.html
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planned launch time 09:32
09:32:06
https://www.roscosmos.ru/launch/2017/
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Progress MS-07 (no. 437)
fairing serial number U15000-117
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Progress MS-07 (no. 437)
fairing serial number U15000-117
fairing serial number U15000-117 / factory serial number 19/137 should be paired with rocket serial number У15000-029 / factory serial number 19/137 baring changes.
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new pictures
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Two-orbit rendezvous was finally approved yesterday.
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current pictures
https://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss53/progress_ms-07/photo_10-05.html
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Today Progress MS-07 was brought to the final assembly (with the carrier rocket).
https://www.energia.ru/ru/iss/iss53/progress_ms-07/photo_10-06.html
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more pics
https://www.roscosmos.ru/24187/
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Two-orbit rendezvous was finally approved yesterday.
I found Spaceflight101's article on this very illustrative: http://spaceflight101.com/russia-to-introduce-two-orbit-express-rendezvous/
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Today Progress MS-07 was connected to the 3rd stage
https://www.energia.ru/ru/iss/iss53/progress_ms-07/photo_10-09.html
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The rocket was rolled out and put on launch complex 31
https://www.energia.ru/ru/iss/iss53/progress_ms-07/photo_10-10.html
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https://www.roscosmos.ru/24202/
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http://www.russianspaceweb.com/2017.html#progress_ms07
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planned launch time 09:32
09:32:06
https://www.roscosmos.ru/launch/2017/
Updated: 09:32:03
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ready for launch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYkM0KH3aH8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiFuUmF8J78
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english version
https://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss53/progress_ms-07/photo_10-10.html
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October 10, 2017
MEDIA ADVISORY M17-122
NASA to Televise International Space Station Cargo Ship Launch, Docking
NASA Television will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Russian cargo spacecraft delivering almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies to the International Space Station beginning at 5:15 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 12.
Launch of the unpiloted Russian Progress 68 is scheduled for 5:32 a.m. (3:32 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The spacecraft is set to dock to the Pirs Docking Compartment on the Russian segment at 8:56 a.m. Docking comes just three and a half hours, or two orbits of Earth, after launch to demonstrate an expedited capability for potential use on future Russian cargo and crew launches. NASA TV coverage of rendezvous and docking will begin at 8:15 a.m. Progress 68 will remain docked at the station for more than five months before departing in March for its deorbit into Earth’s atmosphere.
Keep up with the International Space Station, and its research and crews, at:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
Get breaking news, images and features from the station on Instagram and Twitter:
http://instagram.com/iss
http://www.twitter.com/Space_Station
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Feature article on this mission, via Chris Gebhardt:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/10/progress-ms-07-two-orbit-rendezvous-mission/
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I forgot, what's the previous fast track launch-to-dock time?
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Previous fast rendezvous for Soyuz and Progress to ISS was 4 orbits/6 hours.
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Previous fast rendezvous for Soyuz and Progress to ISS was 4 orbits/6 hours.
Thanks!
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Feature article on this mission, via Chris Gebhardt:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/10/progress-ms-07-two-orbit-rendezvous-mission/
I'm surprised no one has yet to mention on NSF the Classified object attached to Progress-MS-07 that ROSCOSMOS could not disclose any information to NASA and Other ISS agencies about.
http://russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-07.html
Secret payload onboard?
Typically for the Progress cargo missions, the latest spacecraft was expected to provide resupply for the ISS crew, delivering fuel, water, food and other consumables. Among the cargo reported to be carried on the Progress MS-07 mission was the long-delayed hardware for the Russian Luch-5 data-relay satellite system, which allows the over-the-horizon communications with ground control, and a small robotic device to promote a Russian social media web site.
Interestingly, available photos of the Progress MS-07 spacecraft during the pre-launch processing revealed an unusual instrument attached to the front of the vehicle at a location where normally would be no sensors or other payloads, with the exception of the Otrazhenie ("reflection") experiment which had a different external appearance. As of October 6, Roskosmos has provided no explanation for that particular piece of hardware even on request from NASA. Russian space officials said only that this is a "one-time scientific experiment."
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Moved for live coverage.
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According to Anatoly Zak, this launch will completely simulate the launch sequence for futute Soyuz-MS flights on the Soyuz-2 series rockets. In addition to the 2 orbit to docking profile, the following changes are made:
- reverting to former practice of rotating the launch table to a fixed azimuth pre-launch (the Soyuz-2 computers have roll program control capabilities, but the Launch Escape System/SAS still can't)
- fairing separation wilk occur earlier (during second stage flight), as it will be for people carrying flights
- the Progress will be ~150 kg heavier to make it closer to the Soyuz-MS in mass
Source: http://russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-07.html (http://russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-07.html)
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Just checked the Roscosmos site http://online.roscosmos.ru/ and there's no live feed yet.
Correction - 08:00 UT and the live feed has started. :) At present there seem to be buffering problems with the coverage: I don't know how "local" the problem is.
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Just checked the Roscosmos site http://online.roscosmos.ru/ and there's no live feed yet.
For the Russian version, it should start at the top of this hour at http://www.russian.space/306/ .
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Just checked the Roscosmos site http://online.roscosmos.ru/ and there's no live feed yet.
For the Russian version, it should start at the top of this hour at http://www.russian.space/306/ .
Just trying the link but it seems to have the same buffering problems.
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http://www.tv-tsenki.com/live6.php
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Launch site 31
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L minus 1 hour
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T-55 minutes.
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Tsenki is not working very well. Great views though!
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People walking past the base of the vehicle.
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T-50 minutes.
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Soyuz snow flurries. :-)
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What the engineers are looking at.
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T-40 minutes. The work platforms under the vehicle are being retracted!
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Pretty cool. Never seen this before.
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Some engineers along for the ride!
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We now have a good view of the bottom of the trench.
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Upper platforms being retracted.
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About half way there.
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T-35 minutes. Here's a nice shot.
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Nearly there.
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T-30 minutes. Prerecorded video being shown of the neatly painted Soyuz transporter.
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T-25 minutes. NASA coverage should be starting in about 8 minutes.
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NASA TV...
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An early one for those in the US.
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T-20 minutes.
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Showing the gantries all the way down.
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NASA coverage has started.
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Someone needs to buy MCC-M a new balcony cam.
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T-15 minutes.
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An ideal weather today !
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Soyuz 2-1A will launch. ISS will pass directly overhead 29 seconds later. Then the ISS will leapfrog Progress MS-07 as it is deployed. Then Progress will pursue and chase the ISS for docking in two orbits.
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T-10 minutes.
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T-8 minutes.
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T-6 minutes.
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T-5 minutes.
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T-4 minutes. NASA seems to be about a minute behind for me.
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T-3 minutes. Strip chart recorders should be starting.
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T-2 minutes. Thought I saw a guy poke his head into the picture!
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T-1 minute.
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Abort?
I think I heard it in the TSenki webcast... they did call out the PUSK command and detach the Blok-I/fairing umbilical after the callout though.
EDIT: Looks like it, people walking around and venting has restarted.
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Abort?
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Saw the booster vent and that seemed to be the abort point.
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Standing by for further word.
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Abort?
Yes.
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NASA still waiting for further word from the Russians.
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MCC-H.
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It'll be a scrub for the day, that we know at least.
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Abort/cut off occurred after the separation of the first umbilical tower but prior to the separation of the second/final umbilical tower. This could have something to to do with the cut off. Maybe it's a case of command sent but not executed so a automatic cut off was initiated.
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Not sure but it seems that's the first Progress launch aborted....
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Abort/cut off occurred after the separation of the first umbilical tower but prior to the separation of the second/final umbilical tower.
Yes, you can see the second tower still attached behind the rocket.
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NASA confirmation of SCRUB for the day.
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New NET Saturday 14th. No reason yet for launch delay.
Edit to add: 3:46am CT, 2:46pm Local.
Would mean 2 day rendevous with docking on Monday.
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NASA confirming that the flight has been scrubbed. Delayed to no earlier to Saturday 14 October. No reason give yet.
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Never seen this before! They turned off the main screens at MCC-M!
Next launch opportunity is Saturday. 9:46 UTC - if they can correct the issue.
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Next available time is at 3:46:53 CDT, 08:46:53 UTC.
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The abort seems to be at the exact same moment as in the last Soyuz rocket abort in March last year (http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=33126.60), which I remember to be related to engine start-up issues. ;)
Edit: The problem last year was related to one of the pyrotechnic igniters failing to activate at T-10 seconds. At that time LOX had yet to be poured into the combustion chambers so a 24 hours turn around was done.
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Next available time is at 3:46:53 CDT, 08:46:53 UTC.
Did the scrub ruin the two-orbit planned maneuver?
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NASA has ended their coverage. Tsenki have also ended their coverage.
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Next available time is at 3:46:53 CDT, 08:46:53 UTC.
Did the scrub ruin the two-orbit planned manuever?
Yes. Saturday's launch opportunity is for a 34 orbit rendezvous (2.5 day rendezvous profile). So it is not the Rapid Rendezvous Profile which is 4 orbits/6 hours.
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Did the scrub ruin the two-orbit planned manuever?
Yes, but only for today. They may try again next Saturday.
Nope. The 2 orbit rendezvous profile require certain orbital conditions to be present, mainly phase angle. On Saturday the phase angle is too large so they have default back to the standard rendezvous profile that takes two days.
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When would the next 2-orbit rendezvous window be? Would they want to delay MS-07 further to be able to try the new fast-track?
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When would the next 2-orbit rendezvous window be? Would they want to delay MS-07 further to be able to try the new fast-track?
I think that would have execute another ISS orbital correction maneuver for that. The problem with that is that they usually do one burn to set things up for multiple VV arrivals/departures. Doing one now would screw other ones just for this one experiment. So they'll either have to wait until things naturally sets things up again or wait until the next available maneuver opportunity.
This is why they do these periodic reboosts, they're not required from an orbital lifetime perspective but rather required to set things up for arrivals/departures.
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Good work with the coverage everyone!
Updated Chris Gebhardt's article to where we are and what we've missed out on:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/10/progress-ms-07-two-orbit-rendezvous-mission/
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Did the scrub ruin the two-orbit planned manuever?
Yes, but only for today. They may try again next Saturday.
Nope. The 2 orbit rendezvous profile require certain orbital conditions to be present, mainly phase angle. On Saturday the phase angle is too large so they have default back to the standard rendezvous profile that takes two days.
I'm guessing that this will require reprogramming of the Progress's navigation computer for the new post-seperation flight profile? Will they need to roll back to do that?
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Apologies if I've missed this somewhere but does anyone know how long the launch window actually was today? I can't find that nugget either in the thread or referenced articles (I have looked...).
Thanks
Nick
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I'm guessing that this will require reprogramming of the Progress's navigation computer for the new post-seperation flight profile? Will they need to roll back to do that?
34-orbit profile is always available as a backup to the fast rendezvous profile. The decision to use the fast rendezvous is made after launch when they have tracking data.
Apologies if I've missed this somewhere but does anyone know how long the launch window actually was today? I can't find that nugget either in the thread or referenced articles (I have looked...).
I think it's usually ten seconds.
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Apologies if I've missed this somewhere but does anyone know how long the launch window actually was today? I can't find that nugget either in the thread or referenced articles (I have looked...).
I think it's usually ten seconds.
Crikey, I didn't realise it was as short as that - and that's the normal window, not the two-orbit window presumably? Which I assume is likely to be shorter still, if anything.
Nick
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Did the scrub ruin the two-orbit planned manuever?
Yes, but only for today. They may try again next Saturday.
Nope. The 2 orbit rendezvous profile require certain orbital conditions to be present, mainly phase angle. On Saturday the phase angle is too large so they have default back to the standard rendezvous profile that takes two days.
For a 4 orbit RDV profile, the phase angle can be no more than 35° ...
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Docking - 16 October 11:11 UTC.
https://ria.ru/science/20171012/1506686854.html
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Abort/cut off occurred after the separation of the first umbilical tower but prior to the separation of the second/final umbilical tower. This could have something to to do with the cut off. Maybe it's a case of command sent but not executed so a automatic cut off was initiated.
I have rewatched the Tsenki webcast (see below, starting at 7:07) and the abort is called *before* the separation of the first umbilical tower (which happens a full 13 seconds later, at 7:20). Therefore the cause of the abort wouldn't be the engine start-up sequence.
Incidentally, considering the first umbilical mast is retracted at T-40s, there are two main events happening right before that (20s): transfer to internal power and autosequence start (T-1m).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etwJrsNTgE0
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Thank you to Steven, Chris and all others for coverage of the aborted launch attempt.
8)
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Crikey, I didn't realise it was as short as that - and that's the normal window, not the two-orbit window presumably? Which I assume is likely to be shorter still, if anything.
Launch window is set by the need to launch when Baikonur is in the plane of the ISS orbit, so that Progress and ISS have the same RAAN. You can adjust the RAAN a bit by flying a yaw profile if performance and the guidance program support it, but of current vehicles that fly to the ISS, only Atlas does that. (Shuttle could do it as well.)
The ability to use the fast rendezvous is limited by the phase angle, how far the ISS is around its orbit at the moment of the Progress launch. The launch window set by the limit on the phase angle for fast rendezvous would be about ten minutes.
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Never seen this before! They turned off the main screens at MCC-M!
Next launch opportunity is Saturday. 9:46 UTC - if they can correct the issue.
My photo of the control room just as our BBC TV team were leaving on March 24, 1988. While we were filming the Russians were showing a re-run of the Soyuz-TM 4 redocking.
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a small amateur radio satellite is to be launched with Progress MS-07
https://amsat-uk.org/tag/iskra-5/
Iskra 1,2 and 3 were launched 1981 and 1982
Iskra MAI 85 14.07.2017 (with Canopus V-IK)
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Launch window is set by the need to launch when Baikonur is in the plane of the ISS orbit, so that Progress and ISS have the same RAAN. You can adjust the RAAN a bit by flying a yaw profile if performance and the guidance program support it, but of current vehicles that fly to the ISS, only Atlas does that. (Shuttle could do it as well.)
The ability to use the fast rendezvous is limited by the phase angle, how far the ISS is around its orbit at the moment of the Progress launch. The launch window set by the limit on the phase angle for fast rendezvous would be about ten minutes.
Sorry, I'm a bit confused now. How does the ten minutes relate to the ten seconds you mentioned earlier?
Do you mean that the phase angle constraint (10mins) is irrelevant because the RAAN constraint is tighter?
Nick
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Sorry, I'm a bit confused now. How does the ten minutes relate to the ten seconds you mentioned earlier?
Do you mean that the phase angle constraint (10mins) is irrelevant because the RAAN constraint is tighter?
Probably due to launching in-plane as opposed to because of phase angle.
Rough calculation: launch site and ISS have to have a phase angle of no more than 35 degrees of each other at launch. One orbit would be 360 degrees, so the phase angle constraint is about 10% of the orbital period of the ISS (360/35 = 10%). ISS orbital period is about 90 minutes, 10% of 90 minutes is about 10 minutes. Hence the reason he said you have about a 10 minute window where the ISS would be at the right phase angle to launch.
However, if the Soyuz can't do yaw steering, then you have to liftoff when the launch site rotates into the plane of the ISS orbit which would happen twice a day (well, once a day if you only go on an ascending or descending node). That's what drives the short launch window - having to lift off when you're in plane with the ISS. The Earth rotates really fast so once you're more than a few seconds off you'd launch to the correct inclination but the longitude of your ascending node will be wrong. You'd have to wait for the nodal precession to move your orbit into the same one as the ISS. Nodal precession is slow, the ISS's nodal precession period is about every 2 months (360 / 60 days = 3-ish degrees per day).
Getting the right longitude for the ascending node is more time-critical than the phase-angle requirement.
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Getting the right longitude for the ascending node is more time-critical than the phase-angle requirement.
Isn't the longitude of ascending node dependent only on launch azimuth? Same booster, same payload, same launch site, same launch azimuth, same ground trace, and same longitude of ascending node. I don't see a time dependence here....
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Getting the right longitude for the ascending node is more time-critical than the phase-angle requirement.
Isn't the longitude of ascending node dependent only on launch azimuth? Same booster, same payload, same launch site, same launch azimuth, same ground trace, and same longitude of ascending node. I don't see a time dependence here....
Yes, the longitude of the ascending node is dependent only on the launch azimuth, but the right ascension of a given longitude rotates with the Earth. The ISS orbit is in inertial space so (disregarding precession) it has a fixed right ascension of ascending node. Thus, you have to time the launch to match right ascensions of the respective ascending nodes.
And yes, my earlier comment meant that if you don't do yaw steering, and want to match RAANs, you only have a few seconds of launch window before fixing the RAAN error in orbit becomes prohibitively costly, whereas if you were just trying to get a phase angle within a 35° range and didn't care about the RAAN, you have about 10% of the orbital period, which gives you around 10 minutes. If you were trying to fly a hypothetical 4-orbit rendezvous for a Cygnus on Atlas, which has yaw steering profiles to correct RAAN across a 30-minute window, the phase angle limits would only let you use about 10 of those 30 minutes. The rest of the window, the Atlas could get you to the right RAAN, but you would need a longer rendezvous to match phases.
We're drifting a bit from the topic of this thread, but oddly enough, the threads in the Q&A section that seem like they would be relevant only touch on launch windows tangentially. In any case, the fast rendezvous we are talking about here is presently used only on Progress and Soyuz.
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Coming back to Progress MS-07, Roscosmos has confirmed that the next launch attempt is on Saturday:
ROSCOSMOS. THE LAUNCH OF SPACE ROCKET SOYUZ-2.1A IS MOVED TO THE RESERVE DATE
October 12, 2017, 14:27 GMT
By decision of the State Commission, the launch of the space mission vehicle as part of the carrier rocket Soyuz-2.1A and transport cargo vehicle Progress MS-07 has been moved to reserve date of October 14, 2017.
http://en.roscosmos.ru/20699/
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Regarding yesterday's scrub, it seems that on NK forums the reason was stated as due to some electrical connector failing to disconnect just before lower mast retraction, which prevented switching to internal power.
Source (http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/forum10/topic16066/?PAGEN_1=6)
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Another Sunny day for this second attempt !
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The "famous" unidentified experiment...
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Firefighter, I think....
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T minus One hour ...
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Retracting the work platforms.
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Retraction of the work platforms Under the launcher
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Looks like a nice day at Baikonur.
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Retracting the platforms.
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T-50 minutes.
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T-45 minutes. Towers are down.
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Closer view.
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L-40 minutes. Showing previous footage. Train couplings!
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Thanks for keeping an eye on this one guys!
NASA TV picking up.
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NASA coverage starting in the next few minutes.
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L-35 minutes.
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Rob Navias is again the PAO, today.
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NASA coverage has started.
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L-30 minutes. Glitch has been corrected.
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The two MCCs
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Docking 7:09 AM Monday, Eastern Time
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ISS over South Atlantic at launch. Wrong phase angle for a three hour rendeavous! :-)
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L-25 minutes. Bus leaving the pad.
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Bus ;D
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L-20 minutes.
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L-16 minutes. Someone walking near the base.
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Rob Navias talking about this launch site is where Camels and piglets sometimes roam.
OK then! ;)
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L-15 minutes. Piglets and camels are the local wildlife. 18 C temp.
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L-13 minutes.
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L-12 minutes.
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The two TVs together....
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L-10 minutes.
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Rob Navias talking about this launch site is where Camels and piglets sometimes roam.
OK then! ;)
Russian version of the SpaceX McGregor "rocket cows." :)
We've seen various critters during Baikonur launch campaign video coverage--I remember one with a cheeky ground squirrel living under the railroad tracks.
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L-9 minutes.
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I loved the little bit about the launch director actually needing to use a physical key to initiate the terminal count. ICBM origins showing a bit there, methinks ;-)
--- Tony
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L-8 minutes.
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L-7 minutes. Venting can be seen from the first and second stages.
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L-6 minutes. Nice cloudless day.
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L-5 minutes.
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L-4 minutes. Nitrogen purge of engines is underway.
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L-3 minutes.
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L-2 minutes.
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L-1 minute.
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First tower retracted.
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Liftoff!
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T+1 minute.
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LAUNCH!!
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20 secondes between NASA TV and Tsenki TV
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Staging.
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First stage separation.
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Pad now empty...
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T+3 minutes.
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T+4 minutes.
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Staging...
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Second stage separation.
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Third stage in action...
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T+6 minutes.
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T+7 minutes.
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T+8 minutes. All nominal.
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Progress sep. !
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Engine cutoff.
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Confirmation of separation and solar array and antenna deploy.
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Congratulations to Roscosmos for the successful launch!
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Docking at 7:09 EDT next Monday.
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Kurs self test went well.
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ISS over the South Atlantic.
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Soyuz camera working.
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All nominal. On the way to the ISS. Thanks to centaurinasa and Steven for the coverage!
Chris Gebhardt's article - which also showed what the two orbit mission would look like - updated:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/10/progress-ms-07-two-orbit-rendezvous-mission/
Soyuz MS-05 waiting to greet Progress MS-07.
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Docking coverage at 6:15 am EDT.
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NASA coverage has ended.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le1A0q8rOWg
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Docking to DC-1 Pirs in two days...
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http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/progress_mc07.htm
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"ROSCOSMOS. SOYUZ-2.1А LAUNCHER WITH PROGRESS MS-07 SUCCESSFULLY LIFTS OFF FROM BAIKONUR"
http://en.roscosmos.ru/20701/
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Flying a standard 2-day rendezvous, Progress will execute a pair of orbit-raising maneuvers later today on Orbit #3. A small course correction on Sunday will position the vehicle for the Automated Rendezvous on Monday for docking at 11:09 UTC.
https://twitter.com/ISS101/status/919126265579425792
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http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/progress_mc07.htm
launch mass 7428 kg !!
cargo 2549 kg
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Are there any information about small satellites on board of Progress MS-07?
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From RKK Energia, In russian: https://www.energia.ru/ru/iss/iss53/progress_ms-07/photo_10-14.html
Mission Control Moscow reports the initial orbital parameters for #Progress MS-07: 192.9 x 241.2 Kilometers, Inclination 51.671°, Period 88.55 min
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and from spaceflight101:
http://spaceflight101.com/progress-ms-07/photos-soyuz-rocket-blazes-into-clear-skies-to-dispatch-progress-cargo-vehicle-toward-iss/
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Are there any information about small satellites on board of Progress MS-07?
https://amsat-uk.org/tag/iskra-5/
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Are there any information about small satellites on board of Progress MS-07?
https://amsat-uk.org/tag/iskra-5/
This was the plan. Is there a conformation, that Iskra-5 is really inside Progress MS-07?
And what´s about Radioscaf RS-8 (Tanyusha SWSU №3), Radioscaf RS-9 (Tanyusha SWSU №4) and ТNS-0 №3?
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PAO on Nasa TV did a great job today in my opinion. The commentary on the aborted countdown two days ago was .... sparse. Might not have been the PAO's fault. But today was noticeably better.
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Are there any information about small satellites on board of Progress MS-07?
https://amsat-uk.org/tag/iskra-5/
This was the plan. Is there a conformation, that Iskra-5 is really inside Progress MS-07?
And what´s about Radioscaf RS-8 (Tanyusha SWSU №3), Radioscaf RS-9 (Tanyusha SWSU №4) and ТNS-0 №3?
It was delivered to the Cosmodrome for loading. The post might be above but could have been on another site.
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Just had an overhead ISS pass in fading twilight and the Progress was not visible :(
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http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/progress_mc07.htm
Bing translation of the payloads.
• Estimated ship weight THC progress MC-07» about 7428 kg.
Fuel in tanks refueling system 700 kg
Gas in bottles means oxygen supply:
• air 22 kg
• oxygen 25 kg
The water in the tanks system "Rodnik" 420 kg
Goods delivered in an airtight compartment (total mass) 1382 kg
Equipment for the systems:
• ensure gas composition 36 kg
• water supply 356 kg
• thermal management 25 kg
• power supply 89 kg
• maintenance and repair 10 kg
• control of on-board equipment 4 kg
• Broadband 33 kg
• management and communication "Regul-OS» 15 kg
◊ Individual protection means 72 kg
◊ Means medical care 131 kg
◊ Containers with food rations, fresh food 303 kg
◊ Hygienic equipment 66 kg
◊ On-board documentation, parcels for the crew, video and photographic equipment 32 kg
◊ Set of consumables and equipment for experiments on board the ISS 38 kg
◊ THC "progress m" SSEP-docking system and internal transition (bracket with connectors) 3 kg
◊ Equipment for small research module # 1 6 kg
◊ Cargo NASA for Russian and American crew members. 165 kg
The total weight of all delivered goods 2549 kg
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http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-07.html
Mr. Zak:
"Cargo aboard Progress MS-07:
Propellant in the refueling tanks 700 kilograms
Compressed air in the Oxygen Supply System, SrPK 22 kilograms
Oxygen in the Oxygen Supply System, SrPK 25 kilograms
Water in the Rodnik system 420 kilograms
Total mass of supplies in the pressurized cargo compartment, including... 1,382 kilograms
Gas Content System 36 kilograms
Water Supply System 356 kilograms
Thermal Control System 25 kilograms
Power Supply System 89 kilograms
Servicing and Repair System 10 kilograms
Onboard systems control 4 kilograms
Wide-band communications 33 kilograms
Regul-OS control and communications system 15 kilograms
Personal protection gear 72 kilograms
Medical supplies 131 kilograms
Containers with food rations, fresh food items 303 kilograms
Hyegene and sanitary supplies 66 kilograms
Onboard documentation, packages for the crew, video and photo equipment 32 kilograms
Expendable materials and equipment for onboard experiments 38 kilograms
A handle with connectors for Progress M docking system, SSVP 3 kilograms
Hardware for MIM1 Rassvet module 6 kilograms
NASA cargo for Russian and US crew members 165 kilograms
Total mass of cargo 2549 kilograms"
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https://www.roscosmos.ru/24229/
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"Progress MS-07 successfully maneuvered into a 304 by 336-Kilometer, 51.64° orbit, climbing closer to the Station's orbit of 401 x 408 km - continuing to approach from behind & below."
https://twitter.com/ISS101/status/919280155738148865
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http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/trassa.htm
http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/model.htm
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NTV coverage:
"6 a.m., Monday, October 16 - Coverage of the Docking of the ISS Progress 68 Cargo Ship to the ISS (Docking scheduled at 7:09 a.m. EDT) (Starts at 6:15 a.m.) (all channels)"
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Rob Navias commentating again. He's piling up some overtime!
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Left, DC-1 Pirs docking port
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Distance: 10 km....
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7 km
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TORU system activation in progress
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Cupola center window cover just opened up. That'll be the crew waiting to get a better view of the arriving Progress.
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4 km
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Tally ho!
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Progrees makes a series of three impulse maneuvers to set up for the flyaround.
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Over Greece.
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1 km
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Italy...
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Half way through flyaround.
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Final Approach.
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Coming up on power-up of the docking mechanism to prepare for contact & capture.
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30 meters
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Epic!
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WOW. HD Cam
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DOCKED!
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Contact & Capture !
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Progress MS-07 with Soyuz MS-05.
Great work by centaurinasa again :)
ARTICLE: Progress MS-07 docks after missing out on record rendezvous option - by Chris Gebhardt:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/10/progress-ms-07-two-orbit-rendezvous-mission/
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Docking probe retracting
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Hooks closed
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The Russians have been doing this for nearly 40 years and their expertise manages to make a complex orbital ballet look completely routine and easy.
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ISS config. updated
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End of NASA TV coverage...
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Thanks you guys, some FAN-tastic screensaver material in those last few photos-epic, indeed! Not-to-be taken for granted, Progress is the Energizer Bunny of the Space-Age, Space-Station Era... 8)
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About 2 hours leak checks in progress, before the cargo's hatch can be opened.
Next Progress launch: February 13, 2018...
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"Cargo vehicle Progress МS-07 delivered to the ISS 2 816 kg of cargo and equipment (1396 kg of dry cargo, 950 kg of propellant, 50 kg of compressed gases, 420 kg of water) including packages for the crew, food."
https://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss53/progress_ms-07/photo_10-16.html
I'm surprised: 2816 kg cargo
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Ryazansky posted a pic of Progress MS-07 coming in for docking
source: https://twitter.com/SergeyISS/status/919921781946945537
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http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-07.html#scrub
"According to sources at Roskosmos, the problem that had caused the scrub required to replace a flight control computer onboard the launch vehicle before the second launch attempt could be made. However there was no public explanation about the culprit in the incident."
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"Cargo vehicle Progress МS-07 delivered to the ISS 2 816 kg of cargo and equipment (1396 kg of dry cargo, 950 kg of propellant, 50 kg of compressed gases, 420 kg of water) including packages for the crew, food."
https://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss53/progress_ms-07/photo_10-16.html
I'm surprised: 2816 kg cargo
The quoted transferable propellant mass is 700 kg, so 950 kg presumably includes propellant used by the Progress itself, which is not normally accounted as cargo. This Progress had a high cargo mass, but not that high.
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https://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss53/progress_ms-07/photo_10-16.html
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Today, cosmonauts Sergueï Riazanski, and Alexander Misurkin have complete Progress's cargo inventory.
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Are there any information about small satellites on board of Progress MS-07?
https://amsat-uk.org/tag/iskra-5/
This was the plan. Is there a conformation, that Iskra-5 is really inside Progress MS-07?
And what´s about Radioscaf RS-8 (Tanyusha SWSU №3), Radioscaf RS-9 (Tanyusha SWSU №4) and ТNS-0 №3?
Is there any information about the subsatellites ?
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Is there any information about the subsatellites?
There are no subsatellites.
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Is there any information about the subsatellites?
There are no subsatellites.
OK, so not even Iskra-5. Thanks.
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Is there any information about the subsatellites?
There are no subsatellites.
Was there a new spacesuit onboard Progress MS-07?
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No.
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No.
Thank you.
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Progress MS-07 undocking from Pirs at 13.50 UTC
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Updated configuration....
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Photo by Anton Shkaplerov
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Two other pics of the undocking, posted by Artemyev
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After about a month of flying free, Progress MS-07 has been successfully deorbited today over the usual Pacific Ocean Spacecraft Cemetery.
https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/989378754064605185 (https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/989378754064605185)
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Deorbit burn at 04.08 UTC and reentry at 04.42 UTC.
And from Anatoly Zak's website:
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-07.html#deorbit