Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 : CRS-16 (Dragon SpX-16) : December 5, 2018 - DISCUSSION  (Read 247889 times)

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Do you think this will be on a new or reused booster ?

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Do you think this will be on a new or reused booster ?

As of right now, there aren't any sources saying whether a new or flight-proven booster will be used.
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Are there any obvious manifest changes for a mission likely to be in the window when Soyuz is still down?

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Are there any obvious manifest changes for a mission likely to be in the window when Soyuz is still down?

More importantly is there any point in sending Dragon up to a station that may need to be abandoned a week later?
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Are there any obvious manifest changes for a mission likely to be in the window when Soyuz is still down?

More importantly is there any point in sending Dragon up to a station that may need to be abandoned a week later?

More like a month later. Why not stock up for future crews? Anyway, there are other options than leaving ISS without a crew. For example, send up the next Progress as a test. Even if there is still doubt after a successful Progress flight, send the next Soyuz without crew so the current crew can stay for another six months.

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Are there any obvious manifest changes for a mission likely to be in the window when Soyuz is still down?

https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1050425498071789568

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It looks like SpX-16 is now in December.
https://twitter.com/TristanPrejean/status/1053366248590004224
Has to because NG-10 will be berthed N1N and HTV-7 is currently N2N. Unless they relocate PMA3 to N3 or Z1 there is no room until HTV-7 leaves.

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Has to because NG-10 will be berthed N1N and HTV-7 is currently N2N. Unless they relocate PMA3 to N3 or Z1 there is no room until HTV-7 leaves.

Couldn't HTV-7 leave before Nov. 27?  Its planned duration was just under 2 months.  (I really wouldn't be surprised if CRS-16 slipped a little, just not sure that HTV-7 would be the reason.)
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Has to because NG-10 will be berthed N1N and HTV-7 is currently N2N. Unless they relocate PMA3 to N3 or Z1 there is no room until HTV-7 leaves.

Couldn't HTV-7 leave before Nov. 27?  Its planned duration was just under 2 months.  (I really wouldn't be surprised if CRS-16 slipped a little, just not sure that HTV-7 would be the reason.)

They have to change the batteries on the solar panels so they need HTV-7 at the station for that. However, they also need more people trained on EVA's to do them, so maybe HTV-7 will stay longer until Soyuz MS-11 flies to the ISS. I would just unberth HTV-7 and let it free fly for a month or two until CRS-16 has left the station... but obviously I'm not the one making decisions and I could totally be wrong.

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Has to because NG-10 will be berthed N1N and HTV-7 is currently N2N. Unless they relocate PMA3 to N3 or Z1 there is no room until HTV-7 leaves.

Couldn't HTV-7 leave before Nov. 27?  Its planned duration was just under 2 months.  (I really wouldn't be surprised if CRS-16 slipped a little, just not sure that HTV-7 would be the reason.)

They have to change the batteries on the solar panels so they need HTV-7 at the station for that. However, they also need more people trained on EVA's to do them, so maybe HTV-7 will stay longer until Soyuz MS-11 flies to the ISS. I would just unberth HTV-7 and let it free fly for a month or two until CRS-16 has left the station... but obviously I'm not the one making decisions and I could totally be wrong.

I had the same question about HTV departing and "station-keeping" with the ISS until after the battery replacement EVA's were completed, then returning and berthing so the replaced batteries could be stowed externally.

I cross-posted in the US EVA-52 and HTV-7 threads.

I hadn't gotten an answer yet.
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There was an information by anik in the NK forum about the possibility, that HTV-7 will leave the ISS when the US EVAs are performed.
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If I understand correctly, in the case of the US exits in December, the HTV-7 should leave after them.
http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic12565/message1808190/#message1808190

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Has to because NG-10 will be berthed N1N and HTV-7 is currently N2N. Unless they relocate PMA3 to N3 or Z1 there is no room until HTV-7 leaves.

Couldn't HTV-7 leave before Nov. 27?  Its planned duration was just under 2 months.  (I really wouldn't be surprised if CRS-16 slipped a little, just not sure that HTV-7 would be the reason.)

They have to change the batteries on the solar panels so they need HTV-7 at the station for that. However, they also need more people trained on EVA's to do them, so maybe HTV-7 will stay longer until Soyuz MS-11 flies to the ISS. I would just unberth HTV-7 and let it free fly for a month or two until CRS-16 has left the station... but obviously I'm not the one making decisions and I could totally be wrong.
Certified solo flight of 5 days docked, 45 days and stand by 7 days. Contingency loitering capability is unknown but I do recall that HTV onboard battery lifetime was a contributing factor in the numbers above.
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Cross-post re: delay of launch to December:
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Falcon 9 from pad 40 will launch the next Dragon resupply mission to the ISS, CRS-16, on December
at the earliest.
http://www.launchphotography.com/Delta_4_Atlas_5_Falcon_9_Launch_Viewing.html
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There was an information by anik in the NK forum about the possibility, that HTV-7 will leave the ISS when the US EVAs are performed.
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If I understand correctly, in the case of the US exits in December, the HTV-7 should leave after them.
http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic12565/message1808190/#message1808190
The above information is not correct.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2018/10/23/station-preps-for-japan-us-ship-operations-next-month/
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The packed HTV-7 is due to be removed from the Harmony module with the Canadarm2 and released back into Earth orbit in November.

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Iridium and NASA just learned that TechEdSat-8 has been added to the launch manifest for SpaceX-16, which is scheduled to be launched on December 1, 2018
The question is now, only TechEdSat-8 or all ELaNa-21 satellites?
Are there any news to this topic?

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October 31, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY M18-161

NASA Invites Media to 16th SpaceX Cargo Launch to Space Station
 
Media accreditation now is open for the targeted Dec. 4 SpaceX launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida to deliver supplies, equipment and science investigations to the International Space Station.

A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is planned to launch on a Falcon 9 rocket at 1:38 p.m. EST on the company’s 16th Commercial Resupply Services contract mission. Media prelaunch and launch activities will take place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and neighboring CCAFS.

Media accreditation deadlines are as follows:

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For questions about accreditation, please email [email protected]. For other questions, contact Kennedy’s newsroom at 321-867-2468.

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