Author Topic: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD10 - EOM - UNBERTH, ENTRY, SPLASHDOWN (Read 296686 times)

Chris Bergin · « **on:** 05/30/2012 11:57 pm »

LIVE UPDATES FOR DRAGON'S FLIGHT EOM - UNBERTH, ENTRY, SPLASHDOWN.

NSF Resources:

LAUNCH DAY ARTICLE - by William Graham:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/05/spacex-falcon-9-send-dragon-to-iss/

POST LAUNCH/FD1+ ARTICLE:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/05/spacexs-dragon-achieving-milestones-falcon-9-ride/

FLYUNDER TEST ARTICLE:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/05/dragon-completes-iss-comm-test-ahead-berthing-opportunity/

BERTHING ARTICLE:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/05/spacexs-dragon-historic-attempt-berth-with-iss/

ISS MISSION:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/05/canadas-dextre-spacexs-dragon-demo-crs-operations/

EOM ARTICLE:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/05/spacexs-dragon-unberthing-return-to-earth/

SCRUBBED ATTEMPT 1 UPDATES:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=28918.0

LAUNCH and FD1 LIVE UPDATES:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=28942.0

FD2-3 UPDATES:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=28952.0

FD4 UPDATES (BERTHING DAY):
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=28970.0

FD5+ UPDATES (ISS MISSION):
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=28991.0

SpaceX Forum Section:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=45.0 - please use this for general questions, non updates.

SpaceX News Articles from 2006 (Including numerous exclusive Elon interviews):
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=21862.0

SpaceX News Articles (Recent):
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/spacex/

Recent COTS C2+ Specific articles:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/Dragon/

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L2 SpaceX Section:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=tags&tags=SpaceX

L2 SpaceX Dragon C2/C3 Mission Special (Exclusively acquired pre-launch and Mission Coverage, NOW INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF UNRELEASED HI RES IMAGES FROM THE MISSION (over 800mb), Presentations, Graphics, Videos, Updates, NASA/Space industry member comments):
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=54.0

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Silmfeanor · « **Reply #1 on:** 05/31/2012 12:07 am »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 05/30/2012 11:57 pm

L2 SpaceX Dragon C2/C3 Mission Special (Exclusively acquired pre-launch and Mission Coverage, NOW INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF UNRELEASED HI RES IMAGES FROM THE MISSION (over 800mb), Presentations, Graphics, Videos, Updates, NASA/Space industry member comments):
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=54.0

It's awesome

Dragon, currently on the ISS stream of NASA tv. Arm attached to its FRGF once again.

modemeagle · « **Reply #2 on:** 05/31/2012 12:24 am »

ISS track a.k.a. dragon reentry path from north west to south east.

clongton · « **Reply #3 on:** 05/31/2012 02:05 am »

Splashdown is off Mexican coast?

mr. mark · « **Reply #4 on:** 05/31/2012 02:16 am »

Yes just like COTS 1

spectre9 · « **Reply #5 on:** 05/31/2012 02:30 am »

Estimated time of deorbit and splashdown?

Any coverage from the recovery boats?

Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere. There's lots of stuff I haven't had time to go through yet.

catdlr · « **Reply #6 on:** 05/31/2012 02:35 am »

Quote from: spectre9 on 05/31/2012 02:30 am

Estimated time of deorbit and splashdown?

Try here:

http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/home/spacenews/files/spacex_dragon_splashdown_timeline.html

Confusador · « **Reply #7 on:** 05/31/2012 03:14 am »

I just had to look this up, so I figured I'd copy it over from the FD5 thread for folks who are getting caught up here.

Schedule for the morning (as of the MSB yesterday):

01:30 CT Unberthing coverage begins
03:05 CT Unberthing
04:35 CT Release

08:00 CT ISS Update

09:15 CT Reentry coverage begins
09:51 CT Deorbit burn
10:44 CT Splashdown

13:00 CT Mission Status Briefing

Regarding the amount of detail we'll get during reentry, from the MSB:

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 05/31/2012 02:15 pm

Three boats for recovery, with fast boats. Dragon gets on dock at port of Los Angeles and then immediately goes to Texas for unloading.

Several GPS systems for tracking and recovery. Have a NASA P3 aircraft to capture Dragon during entry, like they have for shuttle.

Mainly IR views for Dragon. HD video on the recovery boats.

Quote from: JimO on 05/31/2012 04:22 pm

Josh Byerly just emailed me that entry comm will be via a TDRSS link. So Dragon MCC should have good data almost all the way down.

Obviously we don't know how much of that will be relayed real time (I'm guessing none).

Lars_J · « **Reply #8 on:** 05/31/2012 03:22 am »

SpaceX added an update with a more specific timeline: http://www.spacex.com/press.php?page=20120530

Dragon Return Timeline 5/31/12 - (times are approximate and subject to change)

Time (Pacific) - Event

01:05 Dragon uninstalled using station's robotic arm
03:10 Dragon released by the robotic arm
03:11 Dragon's Draco thrusters fire departure burns
04:07 Unlatch/close/latch GNC door holding sensors
07:51 Dragon's Draco thrusters fire deorbit burn
08:09 Dragon's trunk is jettisoned
08:35 Dragon's drogue parachutes are deployed
08:36 Dragon's main parachutes are deployed
08:44 Dragon lands in the Pacific

JimO · « **Reply #9 on:** 05/31/2012 04:07 am »

Can somebody's map ap plot the NOTAMS points that define the ocean keep-out zone?

Confusador · « **Reply #10 on:** 05/31/2012 04:20 am »

Quote from: JimO on 05/31/2012 04:07 am

Can somebody's map ap plot the NOTAMS points that define the ocean keep-out zone?

Pete did earlier.

Orbiter · « **Reply #11 on:** 05/31/2012 04:25 am »

Are we going to get actual video of the splashdown or is it going to be like COTS-1 with no video and only some pictures?

Orbiter

QuantumG · « **Reply #12 on:** 05/31/2012 04:29 am »

Quote from: Orbiter on 05/31/2012 04:25 am

Are we going to get actual video of the splashdown or is it going to be like COTS-1 with no video and only some pictures?

I heard hints from the master of video that there may be more

Zed_Noir · « **Reply #13 on:** 05/31/2012 04:46 am »

IIRC NASA is dispatching a P3 Orion aircraft to video the splashdown.

ChrisC · « **Reply #14 on:** 05/31/2012 05:03 am »

And FYI here is the segment in the presser this morning where SpaceX's John Couluris described what assets they have looking at the entry, descent and splashdown. This URL cues up directly to that segment (embedding suppressed; copy and paste the URL).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIrM2F0k_NE&t=11m29s

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #15 on:** 05/31/2012 05:18 am »

Article on the EOM events:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/05/spacexs-dragon-unberthing-return-to-earth/

Will update that as we go.

alexw · « **Reply #16 on:** 05/31/2012 05:21 am »

Quote from: Zed_Noir on 05/31/2012 04:46 am

IIRC NASA is dispatching a P3 Orion aircraft to video the splashdown.

This can't be right, because surely NASA does not own a P-3 ... but they do! N426NA, a P-3B based out of Wallops no less.
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=N426NA
-Alex

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #17 on:** 05/31/2012 05:23 am »

That was mentioned in the previous thread via the media briefing. Common knowledge, covered numerous times, per previous use with Shuttle.

Discussion thread stuff again. This is the update thread.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #18 on:** 05/31/2012 06:29 am »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #19 on:** 05/31/2012 06:31 am »