Author Topic: Boeing Starliner (CST-100) Master Update Thread - April 2019 onwards (Read 385436 times)

Chris Bergin · « **on:** 04/16/2019 03:25 pm »

New main update thread for Starliner. Standalone articles have standalone threads in this section, but this can be used for tweets and releases etc.

Thread 1 (Included Updates):
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=22125.0

Thread 2 (Included Updates):
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=32438.0

Thread 3 (Included Updates):
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=39244.0

Thread 4 (Discussion):
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=47916.0

News articles:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/cst-100/
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/starliner/

L2 Master Thread:
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=29664.0

So updates only in this thread. Discussion to be in the discussion thread. Non updates will be removed. If you see an update you want to discuss, quote the post and paste with your reply into the discussion thread.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #1 on:** 04/17/2019 06:18 pm »

ULA tweet to show they are ready and already building up the CFT Atlas V.

https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1118578404243247104

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #2 on:** 04/17/2019 06:22 pm »

And a really nice page of images and info for the CFT Atlas V.

(I'd like to include the LV in this update thread)

https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/atlas-v-starliner-updates

But the main update thread for AV-082 created here:
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=47978.0

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #3 on:** 04/23/2019 02:33 pm »

Water rescue testing. Chris G is on the spot

https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1120696853778042880

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #4 on:** 04/23/2019 02:49 pm »

In the water.

https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1120699843444465664

Somewhat amusing that Boeing has told the assembled media if this test doesn't go to plan, they aren't allowed to publish anything!

They really can't get their media message right at all.

And Boeing says it wasn't really them, but a miscommunication relating to the 45th, so fair enough.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #5 on:** 04/23/2019 06:44 pm »

ARTICLE: DoD practices Starliner at sea recovery for first time -

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/04/dod-starliner-sea-recovery-first-time/

By Chris Gebhardt along with his photos.

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1120759818036424707

arachnitect · « **Reply #6 on:** 05/11/2019 06:19 pm »

https://twitter.com/BoeingSpace/status/1126859948477034502

parachute test

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #7 on:** 05/24/2019 06:23 am »

twitter.com/boeingspace/status/1131726543900819457?s=21

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#Starliner’s integrated propulsion system hot fire test was a success. This paves the way for both the capsule’s pad abort test and upcoming flights to @Space_Station later this year.

https://twitter.com/boeingspace/status/1131736571655254017

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Thank you, @NASA and the NASA White Sands Test Facility, for your help in making this qualification test a success. Thank you to our #Starliner team who showed their resiliency while working through development challenges.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #8 on:** 05/24/2019 08:06 am »

Attaching the photo from the tweet. Shows an interesting configuration with three down thrusters, one side thruster and two up thrusters. The down and side thrusters are firing.

Joseph Peterson · « **Reply #9 on:** 05/24/2019 05:21 pm »

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WASHINGTON — Boeing has completed ground testing of the thrusters for its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle, nearly a year after a setback in earlier testing of those thrusters.

In a statement, Boeing said it completed hot-fire testing May 23 of the spacecraft’s entire propulsion system, including various thrusters, fuel tanks and related systems within a “flight-like” service module of the spacecraft. Those tests took place at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico.

A series of tests demonstrated thruster firings for in-space maneuvers, high-altitude aborts and low-altitude aborts. The company said the tests were all successful.

https://spacenews.com/boeing-completes-tests-of-starliner-thrusters/

PM3 · « **Reply #10 on:** 05/24/2019 06:07 pm »

Boeing Completes Starliner Hot Fire Test

Boeing teams ran multiple tests on Starliner’s in-space maneuvering system and the spacecraft’s launch abort system on Thursday at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. Photo credit: Boeing

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner propulsion system was put to the test on Thursday at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico in support of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Teams ran multiple tests on Starliner’s in-space maneuvering system and the spacecraft’s launch abort system, which are key elements on the path to restore America’s capability to fly astronauts to the International Space Station on American rockets and spacecraft from U.S. soil.

The test used a flight-like Starliner service module with a full propulsion system comprising of fuel and helium tanks, reaction control system and orbital maneuvering and attitude control thrusters, launch abort engines and all necessary fuel lines and avionics.

During the test:

19 thrusters fired to simulate in-space maneuvers.
12 thrusters fired to simulate a high-altitude abort.
22 propulsion elements, including the launch abort engines, fired to simulate a low-altitude abort.

Boeing’s Starliner will launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The company will complete a Starliner pad abort test and uncrewed flight test, called Orbital Flight Test, to the station ahead of the first flight test with a crew onboard. As commercial crew providers, Boeing and SpaceX, begin to make regular flights to the space station, NASA will continue to advance its mission to go beyond low-Earth orbit and establish a human presence on the Moon with the ultimate goal of sending astronauts to Mars.

James Cawley / May 24, 2019

https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/

AnalogMan · « **Reply #11 on:** 05/24/2019 07:07 pm »

Slightly tweaked version of the photo Steven posted above to try and bring out a little more detail.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #12 on:** 05/28/2019 06:35 pm »

https://twitter.com/sciguyspace/status/1133437479841927169

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Boeing progress on Starliner spacecraft, per @Commercial_Crew

https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1133439009752010754

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Lueders: Starliner crew module and service module for Orbital Flight Test in final testing; goal is for them to be integrated in mid-June.

https://twitter.com/spcplcyonline/status/1133439296575279104

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Lueders: Boeing is finishing up final pieces and headed into acceptance testing of OFT vehicle that will start end of next week.

theonlyspace · « **Reply #13 on:** 05/28/2019 10:06 pm »

Can we get a written transcript of the meeting these slides were part of the meeting please?

russianhalo117 · « **Reply #14 on:** 05/28/2019 11:56 pm »

Quote from: theonlyspace on 05/28/2019 10:06 pm

Can we get a written transcript of the meeting these slides were part of the meeting please?

Typically written up in L2 first for articles and such.

eeergo · « **Reply #15 on:** 05/29/2019 01:01 am »

Nice video showing Starliner's SM underside with the larger-size engines, as well as the RCS pods. Annoying PR superimposed after a few seconds, but you can get a good brief look at the test before that.

What's the official technical name for these engines?

https://twitter.com/BoeingSpace/status/1133487084965117952

Gliderflyer · « **Reply #16 on:** 05/29/2019 01:21 am »

Quote from: eeergo on 05/29/2019 01:01 am

Nice video showing Starliner's SM underside with the larger-size engines, as well as the RCS pods. Annoying PR superimposed after a few seconds, but you can get a good brief look at the test before that.

What's the official technical name for these engines?

https://twitter.com/BoeingSpace/status/1133487084965117952

The abort engines are a derivative of the RS-88, but I'm not sure what their official name is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-88

russianhalo117 · « **Reply #17 on:** 05/29/2019 06:06 am »

Quote from: Gliderflyer on 05/29/2019 01:21 am

Quote from: eeergo on 05/29/2019 01:01 am
Nice video showing Starliner's SM underside with the larger-size engines, as well as the RCS pods. Annoying PR superimposed after a few seconds, but you can get a good brief look at the test before that.

What's the official technical name for these engines?

https://twitter.com/BoeingSpace/status/1133487084965117952

The abort engines are a derivative of the RS-88, but I'm not sure what their official name is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-88

The official name of the starliner version is just Launch Abort Engine (LAE). Original RS-88 version ran on ethalox and LAE is hypergolic. Detailed RS-88 version designations are not public.

tyrred · « **Reply #18 on:** 05/29/2019 07:32 am »

Quote from: eeergo on 05/29/2019 01:01 am

Nice video showing Starliner's SM underside with the larger-size engines, as well as the RCS pods. Annoying PR superimposed after a few seconds, but you can get a good brief look at the test before that.

What's the official technical name for these engines?

https://twitter.com/BoeingSpace/status/1133487084965117952

Port engine off-nominal shutdown?

edkyle99 · « **Reply #19 on:** 05/29/2019 01:47 pm »

Quote from: tyrred on 05/29/2019 07:32 am

Port engine off-nominal shutdown?

"#Starliner’s integrated propulsion system hot fire test was a success." (Boeing)

So no.

- Ed Kyle