Author Topic: Antares : Cygnus NG-18 : 7 Nov 2022 (10:32 UTC) (Read 69704 times)

Rondaz · « **Reply #280 on:** 11/12/2022 10:45 pm »

#ICYMI: @NorthropGrumman's Cygnus space freighter, loaded with science gear and spacewalk hardware, was captured using the Canadarm2 robotic arm and installed to the station's Unity module on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022.

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1591542643041112064

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #281 on:** 11/15/2022 05:46 am »

More photos from NASA Johnson

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #282 on:** 11/16/2022 08:18 am »

Comparing the NG-18 Cygnus solar array attachment point with NG-12

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISS-61_Cygnus_NG-12_grappled_by_Canadarm2_(1).jpg

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #283 on:** 11/17/2022 07:19 pm »

twitter.com/space_pete/status/1593334442189365252

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Update: Per Northrop Grumman, this is debris from an "acoustic blanket". Possible that it came from inside the fairing, where it would have been used to shield Cygnus from noise & vibrations during launch. Probably got snagged on the array when the fairing separated.

https://twitter.com/space_pete/status/1593336449788743681?

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Here's a look inside the Antares fairing that protects Cygnus during launch, complete with mylar blankets. This could be the material that became jammed in the array. Image credit: @ken_kremer

Rondaz · « **Reply #284 on:** 11/18/2022 01:37 am »

Image of Cygnus NG-18 arriving at ISS with one array undeployed. The 2nd image is a zoomed-in view of the undeployed array compared with the same angle of a deployed array - it appears to me as though some foam-like material has "bulged" out of the folded array (see red circle)?

https://twitter.com/Space_Pete/status/1593328255532257282

edkyle99 · « **Reply #285 on:** 11/28/2022 01:15 pm »

Acoustic blanket material from inside the fairing, probably due to Cygnus snagging the fairing during separation because the whole vehicle was in motion, possibly rotating, at the time of separation, for reasons still unexplained. Thruster firings around this time might also be an explanation.

- Ed Kyle

Conexion Espacial · « **Reply #286 on:** 12/06/2022 12:44 pm »

The Cubesats flight on NG-18 were deployed from the ISS last Friday.

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Crewmembers observed the J-SSOD-23 deployed satellites. J-SSOD-23 CubeSat deployment mission launched to the ISS aboard the NG-18 Cargo Vehicle. The CubeSats planned deployables are: PearlAfricaSat-1 (1U), Science, Technology, and Innovation Office of the President (Uganda); TAKA (2U) Kyushu Institute of Technology (Japan); ZIMSAT-1 (1U), Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency (ZINGSA) (Zimbabwe); SpaceTuna1 (1U), Service provider: Mitsui Bussan Aerospace Inc. (Japan).
https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2022/12/02/iss-daily-summary-report-12-02-2022/

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #287 on:** 02/27/2023 08:18 am »

Anyone knows when Cygnus NG-18 is undocking from the ISS? NSF forum’s ISS Schedule thread still lists it at NET March 1st but I don’t see NASA TV listing it.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #288 on:** 04/21/2023 10:04 am »

Friday, April 21
7 a.m. – Release coverage of the Northrop Grumman “SS Sally Ride” Cygnus cargo craft from the International Space Station (release is scheduled at 7:20 a.m.) – Johnson Space Center (all channels)

The SSRMS picked up the pace to move Cygnus to its release position.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #289 on:** 04/21/2023 10:08 am »

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1649146475232784456?cxt=HHwWkMGz7en--OItAAAA

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[email protected]'s Cygnus space freighter leaves the station at 7:20am ET on Friday live on @NASA TV. It delivered 8,200 pounds of cargo on Nov. 9, 2022. More... https://go.nasa.gov/3NbEaJl