Cygnus is scheduled to deorbit Feb. 25 and enter the Earth’s atmosphere, burning up harmlessly over the Pacific Ocean.
A Falcon 9 from pad 39A is slated to launch the first Crew Dragon space capsule on an uncrewed demonstration mission, DM-1, to the ISS on March 2 at the earliest, at 2:45am EST if that day.
Astronaut Akihiko stays in the International Space Station (ISS) from spring 2020 to six months. During my stay, I will also serve as the second Japanese ISS captain.
The next correction of the ISS orbit with the help of the Progress MS-10 cargo ship docked to the ISS Star module was scheduled for February 28, but since the launch of the Dragon-2 spacecraft is now scheduled for March 2, due to the proximity to it, the correction will take place February 26
Test Flight Planning Dates:SpaceX Demo-1 (uncrewed): March 2, 2019Boeing Orbital Flight Test (uncrewed): NET April 2019Boeing Pad Abort Test: NET May 2019SpaceX In-Flight Abort Test: June 2019SpaceX Demo-2 (crewed): July 2019Boeing Crew Flight Test (crewed): NET August 2019
A Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch the next Dragon resupply mission to the ISS from pad 40, CRS-17, on April 12 at the earliest, at around 11am EDT. The launch window is instantaneous. The launch time gets 22-26 minutes earlier each day. The first stage will land back at Cape Canaveral about eight minutes after launch.
The satellite is expected to be launched from the International Space Station(ISS) into the orbit before 2019’s transform Africa Summit which happens yearly in the Month of may in Rwanda since its launch(Summit’s Launch).
March 2, for DM-1.
March 14, Thursday2 p.m. - International Space Station Expedition 59-60/Soyuz MS-12 Launch Coverage, includes video B-roll of the crew’s launch day pre-launch activities at 2:15 p.m. ET. Launch scheduled at 3:14 p.m. ET (All Channels)6 p.m. - Video File of ISS Expedition 59-60/Soyuz MS-12 (Ovchinin, Hague, Koch) Pre-Launch and Launch Video and Post-Launch Interviews – Johnson Space Center via Baikonur, Kazakhstan (NTV-3)8:15 p.m. - International Space Station Expedition 59-60/Soyuz MS-12 Docking to the ISS Coverage (Ovchinin, Hague, Koch; docking scheduled at 9:07 p.m. ET) – Johnson Space Center (All Channels)10:30 p.m. - International Space Station Expedition 59-60/Soyuz MS-12 Hatch Opening and Welcoming Ceremony; hatch opening scheduled at approximately 11:10 p.m. (All Channels)
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft was released from the Canadarm2 at 11:16 a.m. EST and has departed the International Space Station. After an extended mission to deploy several CubeSats in multiple orbits, Cygnus is scheduled to be deorbited on Feb. 25 to enter the Earth’s atmosphere and burn up harmlessly over the Pacific Ocean.Expedition 58 Flight Engineers Anne McClain of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency used the station’s robotic arm to release the craft, dubbed the “SS John Young”, after ground controllers unbolted the cargo vehicle from the Earth-facing port of the Unity module earlier this morning.
February 8 ~13:45 / 16:16 - Cygnus (NG-10) unberthing (from Unity nadir) and releasing by SSRMS
Post departure from ISS, Cygnus will perform additional mission operations prior to de-orbit, specifically the deployment of CubeSats and performing science experiments. These operations will be completed within 60 day after ISS departure. After the deployments and initial experiments the Cygnus spacecraft will perform additional science experiments for approximately 7 months, allowing Cygnus to be de-orbited within 9 months of ISS departure.
Juli - Start H-2B von Tanegashima Space Center, ISS-Versorgungsflug (HTV8)
The rest of February at the International Space Station will be primarily science work before March ramps up with crew and cargo missions and spacewalks.
