Moreover, and quite excitingly, the OA-9E Cygnus might be the first U.S. commercial vehicle to reboost the orbit of the International Space Station. Speaking to the NASA Advisory Council last month, Ms. Gatens related that there is a potential Detailed Test Objective (DTO) in work for OA-9E to use Cygnus’ thrusters to perform an ISS reboost.If the DTO is approved and executed, Cygnus will become the first U.S. spacecraft to perform a reboost of the ISS since the Space Shuttle fleet was retired seven years ago.
QuoteMoreover, and quite excitingly, the OA-9E Cygnus might be the first U.S. commercial vehicle to reboost the orbit of the International Space Station. Speaking to the NASA Advisory Council last month, Ms. Gatens related that there is a potential Detailed Test Objective (DTO) in work for OA-9E to use Cygnus’ thrusters to perform an ISS reboost.If the DTO is approved and executed, Cygnus will become the first U.S. spacecraft to perform a reboost of the ISS since the Space Shuttle fleet was retired seven years ago.How exactly would that work in practice given the berthing location of Cygnus?
Other than the CO2 scrubber tests, is there any information on the actual usefulness of all these experiments?
How exactly would that work in practice given the berthing location of Cygnus?
Quote from: deruch on 04/21/2018 02:44 amQuoteMoreover, and quite excitingly, the OA-9E Cygnus might be the first U.S. commercial vehicle to reboost the orbit of the International Space Station. Speaking to the NASA Advisory Council last month, Ms. Gatens related that there is a potential Detailed Test Objective (DTO) in work for OA-9E to use Cygnus’ thrusters to perform an ISS reboost.If the DTO is approved and executed, Cygnus will become the first U.S. spacecraft to perform a reboost of the ISS since the Space Shuttle fleet was retired seven years ago.How exactly would that work in practice given the berthing location of Cygnus?We're working on that.
I gather berthing vs docking is one. Will crs2 missions lack berthing capability?Other significant added capabilities to crs2 contract requirements?Is pusher capability to raise orbit part of crs2 and included in all crs2 contract vehicles?Ps, another great article answering questions I didn't know to ask.