Do you know why there will be a test reboost?
Quote from: Nicolas PILLET on 11/22/2013 06:34 pmDo you know why there will be a test reboost?It is the forgotten old practice to have test reboost for arrived spacecraft.
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 11/26/2013 02:04 pmLaunch now scheduled on December 17 (local? probably December 18 GMT - should be ~03:00 UTC/10 pm EST) to clear away from the Chinese lunar landing party now rumored on December 16: Orbital Sciences @OrbitalSciences@OrbitalSciences and @NASA have identified December 17, 2013 as the target launch date for Orbital's first ISS commericial resupply missionWhen will the rendezvous and berthing take place?
Launch now scheduled on December 17 (local? probably December 18 GMT - should be ~03:00 UTC/10 pm EST) to clear away from the Chinese lunar landing party now rumored on December 16: Orbital Sciences @OrbitalSciences@OrbitalSciences and @NASA have identified December 17, 2013 as the target launch date for Orbital's first ISS commericial resupply mission
The schedule is updated by information from L2 section of NSF forum.Current schedule of ISS flight eventsUTC time is used in tableDecember 23 - spacewalk (ISS Russian EVA-37) from Pirs airlock [Kotov, Ryazanskiy]
Quote from: Nicolas PILLET on 11/22/2013 06:34 pmDo you know why there will be a test reboost?It is the forgotten old practice to have test reboost for arrived spacecraft
2013-12-07 CRS/OSC-03 Launch date is TBD. Mike Schaub scrub (CRS/OSC-02 is 5/8/2013).
ISS Commercial Resupply Services Mission (Orb-1)Launch Date: No Earlier Than December 18, 2013Launch Site: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island, VALaunch Window: 9:42 - 9:47 pm EST (02:42 - 02:47 am GMT Dec. 19)Cygnus Arrival at ISS : No Earlier Than December 21, 2013
The capsule is scheduled to depart the station in February and burn up during reentry in Earth’s atmosphere.
The Cygnus cargo vehicle consists of two modules. The service module provides attitude control, propulsion, navigation, electrical power and contains the solar arrays. The pressurized cargo module, which comprises the majority of the vehicle, provides the space for delivering cargo and logistics. However, there is no capacity for the recovery of cargo as the vehicle is intended for a destructive reentry over the Pacific Ocean Feb. 19. It will be unberthed and released from the station Feb. 18.