[Tweet from Nov. 24, 2017]Passed Qualification and Acceptance Review successfully. @Terma_Global will pick-up ASIM in Tortona Monday and ship the flight model to @NASAKennedy.
Herlev, Denmark – Denmark's next major space project, The Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM), is on its way to the U.S. to be prepared for launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch date is scheduled for Tuesday, 13 March 2018, and ASIM is planned for launch on the SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher.ASIM is an advanced observatory to be mounted on the outside of the European Columbus module at ISS.Once the observatory is in operation, ASIM will observe and photograph the large electrical discharges from thunder clouds in the area between the earth’s atmosphere and space – the layers called the stratosphere and mesosphere. These spectacular electrical discharges, known as red sprites, blue jets, haloes, and elves, were observed for the first time in 1989. There is great scientific interest in a closer study, and while staying at ISS in September 2015, Astronaut Andreas Mogensen made a series of spectacular recordings of the huge lightning phenomena.The Danish technology company Terma is technical lead on the observatory, while Torsten Neubert, chief consultant at DTU Space, is scientific lead on this exciting program led by ESA in collaboration with the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI). Terma and DTU Space have both played a key role in the development of the advanced instruments included in the observatory."It has been an exciting challenge for Terma. This is the first time that we have been the technical main contractor on such a large space project, and thus responsible for the development and completion to the European Space Agency (ESA). With ASIM, the Danish space community has proven its expertise and the high scientific and technical level that it masters", says Carsten Jørgensen, Senior Vice President of Terma’s Space business.According to Kristian Pedersen, Director of DTU Space, ASIM proves Danish international leadership – both within space science and technology:"Danish space exploration is important to Denmark. With ASIM, we show that Denmark has technological and scientific competencies at a high international level, and that we at DTU, through collaboration with Danish industry, are at the forefront within important space applications. In addition, we hope that the program will help to attract more young people to studies in natural science. We need these engineers in future."At an event at Terma in Herlev today, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen unveiled a 1:1 model of the 314 kg observatory with a total value of DKK 350 million. Andreas Mogensen's participation in the event at Terma has been arranged in collaboration with ESA and the Danish Board of Education and Research.
Mission OverviewRRM3 builds on the first two phases of International Space Station technology demonstrations that tested tools, technologies, and techniques to refuel and repair satellites in orbit. RRM3 will demonstrate innovative methods to store, transfer and freeze standard cryogenic fluid and xenon in space.The mission is scheduled to launch to the space station in early 2018 aboard the SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services Mission 14 (CRS-14). It has a projected two-year life on the space station, though NASA intends to accomplish RRM3's objectives within the first year. RRM3 is developed and operated by the Satellite Servicing Projects Division at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, under direction of NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate.RRM3 Primary Objectives1. Perform cryogenic liquid methane transfer2. Perform xenon gas transferRRM3 Secondary Objectives1. Maintain cryogen fluid mass for six months via zero boil-off2. Demonstrate and validate the Compact Thermal Imager - An instrument that utilizes available room on RRM3 to observe Earth to detect smoke and fires, as well as measure crop transevaporation.3.Complete Machine Vision Tasks -In-space assessment of fiducials (decals) with unique patterns that enhance machine vision algorithms and aid in autonomous rendezvous and tool positioning.
[Terma Press Release, Nov. 20, 2017] DENMARK’S NEXT MAJOR SPACE PROJECT PREPARED FOR LAUNCHQuoteHerlev, Denmark – Denmark's next major space project, The Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM), is on its way to the U.S. to be prepared for launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch date is scheduled for Tuesday, 13 March 2018, and ASIM is planned for launch on the SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher.
Herlev, Denmark – Denmark's next major space project, The Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM), is on its way to the U.S. to be prepared for launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch date is scheduled for Tuesday, 13 March 2018, and ASIM is planned for launch on the SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher.
http://www.thedailystar.net/science/space-science/satellite-test-space-garbage-collection-methods-surrey-space-centre-removedebris-1453465QuoteRemoveDEBRIS is due for launch in January next year.
RemoveDEBRIS is due for launch in January next year.
Quote from: Salo on 11/23/2017 02:12 pmhttp://www.thedailystar.net/science/space-science/satellite-test-space-garbage-collection-methods-surrey-space-centre-removedebris-1453465QuoteRemoveDEBRIS is due for launch in January next year.https://www.surrey.ac.uk/surrey-space-centre/missions/removedebris
Quote from: gongora on 11/27/2017 02:09 pmQuote from: Salo on 11/23/2017 02:12 pmhttp://www.thedailystar.net/science/space-science/satellite-test-space-garbage-collection-methods-surrey-space-centre-removedebris-1453465QuoteRemoveDEBRIS is due for launch in January next year.https://www.surrey.ac.uk/surrey-space-centre/missions/removedebrisThe Daily Star article indicating the January date is from 24 August, so likely out of date. Image showing launch on a Falcon 9 mission to ISS.
Slides from NAC HEO Committee meeting still show CRS-14 launching around Feb. 11. External payloads shown as RRM3, ASIM, PFCS.
Last week @ASIM_Payload – the red sprites, blue jets & elves hunter – was shipped to @NASAKennedy from #Frankfurt. Launching next year to @Space_Station it will monitor what happens above thunderstorms from space: ⛈️⚡ http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Research/Atmosphere_Space_Interactions_Monitor
ASIM is ready for the CRS-14 mission to the International @Space_Station . Today ASIM left the integration facilities in Milan and is on its way to Dallas, Texas http://bit.ly/2BfLsTZ
ASIM released from US customs in Dallas. Picked up and en route to @NASAKennedy.
ASIM arrived and offloaded at @NASAKennedy. Ready for unpacking and check-out processing.
QuoteLast week @ASIM_Payload – the red sprites, blue jets & elves hunter – was shipped to @NASAKennedy from #Frankfurt. Launching next year to @Space_Station it will monitor what happens above thunderstorms from space: ⛈️⚡ http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Research/Atmosphere_Space_Interactions_Monitorhttps://twitter.com/esaspaceflight/status/937660093784625152
Presents came early this year @NASAKennedy: unpacking the high-altitude thunderstorm observer @ASIM_Payload for testing – launching to @Space_Station next year. Shiny! http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Research/Atmosphere_Space_Interactions_Monitor
Mon, 18 Dec 2017SSTL ships RemoveDEBRIS mission for ISS launchSurrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has shipped the RemoveDEBRIS spacecraft to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for launch to the International Space Station (ISS) inside a Dragon capsule on board the SpaceX CRS-14 re-supply mission, a service provided through supply agent, Nanoracks. RemoveDEBRIS is an Active Debris Removal (ADR) demonstration mission led by the Surrey Space Centre at the University of Surrey and co-funded by the European Commission and partners. The RemoveDEBRIS satellite platform was designed and manufactured by SSTL in Guildford UK, and will fly four space debris removal technologies and two target cubesats. The platform, which is approximately one metre cubed, has a flight mass of less than 100kg and is due to be the largest satellite deployed from the ISS to date. It will be delivered in a box to the ISS where it will be unpacked by the astronauts and attached to a slide table for deployment using the Japanese Experiment Module Robotic Manipulator System, developed by JAXA. Once in orbit the ADR experiments on board the spacecraft will be performed. In the first of two capture experiments a net will be discharged at one of the deployed target cubesats to demonstrate net capture in space. The second capture experiment will see a harpoon launched at a deployable target plate made of representative satellite panel materials – the first harpoon capture in orbit. The third experiment involves vision-based navigation by deploying the second cubesat and demonstrating rendezvous navigation using cameras and a LiDaR. Finally, the RemoveDEBRIS spacecraft will deploy a large dragsail to speed de-orbit, where it will burn up as it enters Earth’s atmosphere. Professor Sir Martin Sweeting, Executive Chairman of SSTL commented “Since the beginning of the space era, orbital debris has progressively been building up and there are now almost 7,000 tons of it around the Earth. It is now time for the international space community to begin to mitigate, limit and control space junk and I am very pleased that the RemoveDEBRIS consortium is leading the way with an innovative ADR mission which I hope will be a precursor to future operational ADR missions.” “This is an excellent example of what can be achieved when Industry and Academia are working together to tackle real problems” said Prof G Aglietti, Director of the Surrey Space Centre, and current Principal Investigator for the project. The RemoveDEBRIS mission, which started in 2013 and at peak times has had more than 60 people assigned to the mission, is led by the Surrey Space Centre and draws on the expertise of some of Europe’s most prominent space companies and institutions. Mission & Consortium coordination - Surrey Space Centre (UK)Satellite system engineering - ASF (France)Platform & Avionics – SSTL (UK)Harpoon – Airbus (UK)Net – Airbus (Germany)Vision Based Navigation – CSEM (Switzerland)/INRIA/Airbus (Toulouse)Cubesat dispensers – Innovative solutions in space (Holland)Target cubesats – Surrey Space Centre (UK)/STEDragsail – Surrey Space Centre (UK) The project is co-funded by the European Commission and the research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n°607099. ENDS
The RemoveDEBRIS satellite platform was designed and manufactured by SSTL in Guildford UK, and will fly four space debris removal technologies and two target cubesats. The platform, which is approximately one metre cubed, has a flight mass of less than 100kg and is due to be the largest satellite deployed from the ISS to date.
Is there any indication which pad this will launch from? The manifest has this and TESS launching a week apart. Is 39A being used for regular launches once FH is off the pad?