Доработка агрегата 17Т725 для обеспечения транспортирования КГЧ с СЗБ 81КС-УМ
http://www.energia.ru/ru/news/news-2013/news_06-19.html
We have a name: «Причал»?
Quote from: Stan Black on 07/12/2013 08:21 pmWe have a name: «Причал»?Yes. Words «Причал» and «Пирс» is synonymous in the Russian language
"Berth" versus "Pier" ?
One issue that has not been discussed here much is the Progress PAO that will bring the Node to ISS. Because of the Node's heavy lateral docking ports, the current Progress thruster arrangement is insufficient to control the stack during docking operations - so, at the very least, the mid section thrusters will have to be moved. I have not seen any documentation on this modification. Nor do I know if the modification to the thrusters would become standard for future Progress.
Quote from: Danderman on 10/16/2013 06:11 pmOne issue that has not been discussed here much is the Progress PAO that will bring the Node to ISS. Because of the Node's heavy lateral docking ports, the current Progress thruster arrangement is insufficient to control the stack during docking operations - so, at the very least, the mid section thrusters will have to be moved. I have not seen any documentation on this modification. Nor do I know if the modification to the thrusters would become standard for future Progress. http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic12244/message898397/#message898397
According to this diagram, the mid section thrusters extend out to 1.57 meters from the center line, compared to 1.22 meters for Progress.If you look closely on the image above, you can see mid section thrusters on a stand-off.
I don't want to disrupt the thread, but once this new thruster configuration is done. Couldn't this be used for a new Progress configuration that can take advantage of the Soyuz-2.1B performance?
http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic12244/message1086827/#message1086827PAO mockup and UM mockup for static ground test