Author Topic: Antares - Cygnus NG-10 - November 17, 2018 (Read 117189 times)

centaurinasa · « **Reply #300 on:** 11/19/2018 11:33 am »

Berthing complete, all 16 bolts secured !

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #301 on:** 11/19/2018 11:33 am »

Bolted!

Thanks again to centaurinasa. Everyone give a like of three. Needs to be over 3000 likes by end of business

centaurinasa · « **Reply #302 on:** 11/19/2018 11:34 am »

End of exercise constraint.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #303 on:** 11/19/2018 11:36 am »

End of NASA TV coverage.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #304 on:** 11/19/2018 11:45 am »

ISS config.

SciNews · « **Reply #305 on:** 11/19/2018 11:54 am »

Cygnus berthing

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #306 on:** 11/19/2018 12:08 pm »

What is the exact launch time ?
09:01:31.9 (US launch schedule)
or 09:01:22 UTC
here:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/11/antares-station-ng-10-cargo-pegasus/

ZachS09 · « **Reply #307 on:** 11/19/2018 01:25 pm »

Quote from: Alter Sachse on 11/19/2018 12:08 pm

What is the exact launch time ?
09:01:31.9 (US launch schedule)
or 09:01:22 UTC
here:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/11/antares-station-ng-10-cargo-pegasus/

It's 09:01:31.9 UTC.

anik · « **Reply #308 on:** 11/19/2018 05:04 pm »

Quote from: ZachS09 on 11/19/2018 01:25 pm

Quote from: Alter Sachse on 11/19/2018 12:08 pm
What is the exact launch time ?
09:01:31.9 (US launch schedule)
or 09:01:22 UTC
here:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/11/antares-station-ng-10-cargo-pegasus/

It's 09:01:31.9 UTC.

The launch time should have exact definition.

09:01:31.9 means "first motion" time.

But, in video of launch we can see that rocket began to raise up at 09:01:34.4 UTC.

Lewis007 · « **Reply #309 on:** 11/20/2018 06:39 am »

Some pics of the Cygnus NG-10 arrival posted by Gerst on twitter and Prokopyev on VK.

jacqmans · « **Reply #310 on:** 11/20/2018 08:40 am »

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus Spacecraft Successfully Completes Rendezvous and Berthing with International Space Station

“S.S. John Young” delivers approximately 7,400 pounds of cargo to the station

November 19, 2018 Space, NASA, Cygnus, Antares

Dulles, Va. – Nov. 19 2018 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) today announced that the “S.S. John Young” Cygnus™ spacecraft successfully completed its rendezvous and berthing maneuvers with the International Space Station (ISS) earlier this morning. The mission marks the company’s 10th successful berthing with the orbiting laboratory.

Cygnus launched aboard a Northrop Grumman Antares™ rocket on Nov. 17, 2018 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A on Wallops Island, Virginia. As the spacecraft moved closer to the space station over the following few days, Cygnus executed a series of thruster burns to raise its orbit. Once the spacecraft was in close range, crew members on board the space station grappled the spacecraft with the station’s robotic arm at 5:28 a.m. EST. Cygnus was then guided to its berthing port on the nadir side of the station’s Unity module and officially installed on to the space station at 7:31 a.m. EST.

“With the 20th anniversary of the International Space Station tomorrow, we stand with NASA as a proud mission partner in support of the ISS as a premier research facility in space,” said Frank Culbertson, president, space systems group, Northrop Grumman. “Our dedication of Cygnus in honor of NASA astronaut John Young is a fitting tribute to his efforts to enable future astronauts to live and work there to advance space exploration.”

Cygnus arrived at the space station with nearly 7,400 pounds (approximately 3,350 kilograms) of cargo, supplies and scientific experiments. The crew is now scheduled to open Cygnus’ hatch and make initial ingress into the cargo module to begin unloading the pressurized cargo. Cygnus will remain docked at the station for approximately two months before departing on secondary missions.

Once Cygnus is unberthed from the station, it will reposition to deploy three CubeSats via the NanoRacks External Cygnus Deployment Program from both above and below the space station. This specific satellite deployment operation marks the first dual altitude deployment for Cygnus, demonstrating the spacecraft’s capability beyond cargo delivery and removal.

The CubeSat known as MYSat-1 is among NanoRacks’ customers to be deployed and marks the first satellite developed by Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). MYSat-1 was developed as part of Khalifa’s Space Systems and Technology Concentration, a joint program established in 2015 in collaboration with UAE-based satellite operator Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) and Northrop Grumman. Engineers from both companies helped develop the initial curriculum for the concentration, and provided guidance and mentorship during the design phase of the MYSat-1 satellite.

Cygnus is also prepared to execute on the inaugural flight for the Slingshot CubeSat Deployer System which is another example of the cargo vehicle’s ability to meet multiple customer needs. Slingshot is a flexible platform that can fly hosted payloads and CubeSats. NASA astronauts will install the system on Cygnus after the primary mission is completed. Upon completion of its secondary missions, Cygnus will perform a safe, destructive reentry into Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.

https://news.northropgrumman.com/news/releases/northrop-grummans-cygnus-spacecraft-successfully-completes-rendezvous-and-berthing-with-international-space-station

jacqmans · « **Reply #311 on:** 11/21/2018 03:44 pm »

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centaurinasa · « **Reply #315 on:** 11/23/2018 11:23 am »

Cygnus Cargo Operations: Alex & Serena make some unloading today...

Olaf · « **Reply #316 on:** 12/09/2018 07:37 am »

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2018/12/08/dragon-attached-to-station-returns-to-earth-in-january/

Quote

A small satellite deployment mechanism, called SlingShot, will be ride up in Dragon and then be installed in a Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft prior to its departure from the space station. SlingShot can accommodate as many as 18 CubeSats of any format. After the Cygnus cargo ship departs from station, the spacecraft navigates to an altitude of 280 to 310 miles (an orbit higher than that of the space station) to deploy the satellites.

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7847

tyrred · « **Reply #317 on:** 12/09/2018 07:58 am »

Never noticed this face on the end of the arm before. Is it a decal or just drawn on with magic marker?

b0objunior · « **Reply #318 on:** 12/09/2018 02:14 pm »

Quote from: tyrred on 12/09/2018 07:58 am

Never noticed this face on the end of the arm before. Is it a decal or just drawn on with magic marker?

You mean this?

tyrred · « **Reply #319 on:** 12/09/2018 09:23 pm »

Quote from: b0objunior on 12/09/2018 02:14 pm

Quote from: tyrred on 12/09/2018 07:58 am
Never noticed this face on the end of the arm before. Is it a decal or just drawn on with magic marker?
You mean this?

Aha! Makes so much more sense when in glorious color. In black and white it just appeared as an inverted tongue-lolling drunky face to my untrained eye.