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Re: Soyuz-2-1a - Progress MS-09 - Baikonur - July 9, 2018
« Reply #40 on: 07/09/2018 08:27 pm »
« Last Edit: 07/09/2018 08:33 pm by centaurinasa »
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Re: Soyuz-2-1a - Progress MS-09 - Baikonur - July 9, 2018
« Reply #41 on: 07/09/2018 08:27 pm »
Isn't it a lot odd to have that many people working around a fully fueled vehicle?
Well Soyuz family isn't highly automated like newer launchers thus the crews of that size are necessary.

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Re: Soyuz-2-1a - Progress MS-09 - Baikonur - July 9, 2018
« Reply #42 on: 07/09/2018 08:32 pm »
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Re: Soyuz-2-1a - Progress MS-09 - Baikonur - July 9, 2018
« Reply #43 on: 07/09/2018 08:33 pm »
Isn't it a lot odd to have that many people working around a fully fueled vehicle?
Well Soyuz family isn't highly automated like newer launchers thus the crews of that size are necessary.

Worth pointing out, too, that NASA routinely sent dozens of the people (for final inspection, crew load/closeouts, and final configurations for launch) to the pads after their rockets were fully fueled.
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Re: Soyuz-2-1a - Progress MS-09 - Baikonur - July 9, 2018
« Reply #44 on: 07/09/2018 08:34 pm »
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Re: Soyuz-2-1a - Progress MS-09 - Baikonur - July 9, 2018
« Reply #45 on: 07/09/2018 08:43 pm »
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Re: Soyuz-2-1a - Progress MS-09 - Baikonur - July 9, 2018
« Reply #46 on: 07/09/2018 08:44 pm »
Rotating Service Gantry nearly ready for retraction and pad services power down, service panel disconnect switching and safing non flight systems for the launch.

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Re: Soyuz-2-1a - Progress MS-09 - Baikonur - July 9, 2018
« Reply #47 on: 07/09/2018 08:44 pm »
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Re: Soyuz-2-1a - Progress MS-09 - Baikonur - July 9, 2018
« Reply #48 on: 07/09/2018 08:51 pm »
T-1 hour and COUNTING.

At this time, teams are evacuating the Service Tower (in preparation for its lowering to the ground) AND the Guidance System is being activated for launch and flight.

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Re: Soyuz-2-1a - Progress MS-09 - Baikonur - July 9, 2018
« Reply #49 on: 07/09/2018 08:58 pm »
Loading the Orlan MKS...
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Re: Soyuz-2-1a - Progress MS-09 - Baikonur - July 9, 2018
« Reply #50 on: 07/09/2018 09:06 pm »
T-45mins and COUNTING.

Teams are performing Flight Computer Software Load at this time and retracting the Service Tower.
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Re: Soyuz-2-1a - Progress MS-09 - Baikonur - July 9, 2018
« Reply #51 on: 07/09/2018 09:11 pm »
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Re: Soyuz-2-1a - Progress MS-09 - Baikonur - July 9, 2018
« Reply #52 on: 07/09/2018 09:12 pm »
Service gantry rapid retract in work.
« Last Edit: 07/09/2018 09:14 pm by ChrisGebhardt »

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Re: Soyuz-2-1a - Progress MS-09 - Baikonur - July 9, 2018
« Reply #53 on: 07/09/2018 09:12 pm »
Gantry retraction

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Re: Soyuz-2-1a - Progress MS-09 - Baikonur - July 9, 2018
« Reply #54 on: 07/09/2018 09:13 pm »
Service tower retracting…..
« Last Edit: 07/09/2018 09:16 pm by centaurinasa »
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Re: Soyuz-2-1a - Progress MS-09 - Baikonur - July 9, 2018
« Reply #55 on: 07/09/2018 09:18 pm »
pad power down and safing underway for the launch.

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Re: Soyuz-2-1a - Progress MS-09 - Baikonur - July 9, 2018
« Reply #56 on: 07/09/2018 09:21 pm »
T-30mins and COUNTING.  Launch Command Power Activation is now happening.

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Re: Soyuz-2-1a - Progress MS-09 - Baikonur - July 9, 2018
« Reply #57 on: 07/09/2018 09:22 pm »
Midsummer 'white nights' means that the vehicle plume will be in full sunlight from over the pole pretty quickly, so downrange observers are probably gearing up their video gear. The stage-3 shutdown and fuel dump for separation will make a brief spiral in the night sky, but too far east for launch site observers.

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Re: Soyuz-2-1a - Progress MS-09 - Baikonur - July 9, 2018
« Reply #58 on: 07/09/2018 09:22 pm »
With phasing tightly aligned, here is the position of the ISS at the time of launch today.  If the skies are clear, ISS crew should be able to see the launch quite clearly.

Credit: GoISSWatch

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Re: Soyuz-2-1a - Progress MS-09 - Baikonur - July 9, 2018
« Reply #59 on: 07/09/2018 09:23 pm »
T-30 minutes.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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