LIVE: Progress M-64 launch and docking - May 14/16

• LIVE: Progress M-64 launch and docking - May 14/16 by anik on 25 Mar, 2008 14:28
• http://kz-today.kz/index.php?lang=rus&uin=1138536794&chapter=1153443275
  
  Progress M-64 has been delivered to Baikonur cosmodrome today. Soyuz-U rocket for the launch of this cargo ship has arrived there on February 22nd. The launch is scheduled for May 14th.
• #1 by anik on 04 Apr, 2008 13:46
• http://kz-today.kz/index.php?lang=rus&uin=1138536794&chapter=1153444278
  
  The preparation of Progress M-64 to the launch has begun. Autonomous tests of systems of the cargo ship are performing this week. The preparation of Soyuz-U rocket has also begun.
• #2 by anik on 16 Apr, 2008 18:21
• http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=3223
  http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=3230
  
  Blocks of the first stage have been attached to the second stage of Soyuz-U rocket yesterday.
  
  Complex tests of systems of Progress M-64 were successfully finished. Today the cargo ship has been transported to the anechoic chamber for the testing of radio systems.
• #3 by Suzy on 17 Apr, 2008 03:32
• Is this the Progress that will have digital flight controls?
• #4 by pm1823 on 17 Apr, 2008 13:55
• No, that one
  August 12 – Progress M-01M (No. 401) – Soyuz-U – Baikonur
• #5 by Jester on 17 Apr, 2008 14:01
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  anik - 16/4/2008  8:21 PM
  
  http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=3223
  http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=3230
  
  Blocks of the first stage have been attached to the second stage of Soyuz-U rocket yesterday.
  
  Complex tests of systems of Progress M-64 were successfully finished. Today the cargo ship has been transported to the anechoic chamber for the testing of radio systems.

  
  Yup, I'll see if I can snap some shots and post them, its busy in lane 2 in MIK 112
  paka
  
• #6 by anik on 17 Apr, 2008 15:58
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  Suzy - 17/4/2008  7:32 AM
  
  Is this the Progress that will have digital flight controls?

  
  "Digital flight controls". What did you mean? If you meaned onboard computer, then all Progress M/M1 cargo ships already had onboard computers before that. If you meaned telemetry system, then Progress M-01M will have new digital telemetry system, instead of old analog telemetry system as on Progress M/M1 cargo ships.
• #7 by Satori on 17 Apr, 2008 17:14
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  Jester - 17/4/2008  9:01 AM
  
  

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  anik - 16/4/2008  8:21 PM
  
  http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=3223
  http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=3230
  
  Blocks of the first stage have been attached to the second stage of Soyuz-U rocket yesterday.
  
  Complex tests of systems of Progress M-64 were successfully finished. Today the cargo ship has been transported to the anechoic chamber for the testing of radio systems.

  
  Yup, I'll see if I can snap some shots and post them, its busy in lane 2 in MIK 112
  paka
  

  
  Some images from inside the MIK-112 on April 7th. Many high resolution photos taken inside the MIK-112 will be available on L2!

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• #8 by anik on 17 Apr, 2008 17:27
• http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=3237
  
  Tests of radio systems of the cargo ship were successfully performed in the anechoic chamber yesterday. Today Progress M-64 has been transported into vacuum chamber for the leak integrity, which will begin tomorrow.
• #9 by Danderman on 01 May, 2008 04:16
• It occurred to me that, since ATV remains docked to ISS and holds beaucoup propellant, there isn't a reason for Progress M-64 to carry much propellant cargo at all. So, will this Progress hold the record for the least propellant carried by a Progress, and if so, what is the prospect that extra dry cargo will be carried?
  
• #10 by hop on 01 May, 2008 22:25
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  Danderman - 30/4/2008  9:16 PM
  
  It occurred to me that, since ATV remains docked to ISS and holds beaucoup propellant, there isn't a reason for Progress M-64 to carry much propellant cargo at all.
  

  OTOH, there is probably plenty of room in the RS tanks, so they might just save it for a rainy day. The ISS status reports used to list these quantities, but they don't seem to any more.
• #11 by catfry on 02 May, 2008 14:26
• But Danderman is probably talking about ATV's own fuel, which is not possible to transfer to the RS. Total fuel amount that ATV actually have left after docking is not really disclosed anywhere online that I know of, but pre launch numbers suggested it would have 2 300 kg available.
  Elsewhere erioladastra mentioned that fuel consumption had been lower than anticipated and that Jules Vernes' stay time with ISS was consequently stretched as a direct result of the extra fuel available.
• #12 by catfry on 02 May, 2008 17:33
• I just realised you perhaps meant that the Progress could pump fuel to the RS, my mistake if that was the case.
• #13 by The-Hammer on 02 May, 2008 17:39
• Can a Progress refuel the FGB/SM tanks from FGB Nadir?
  
  I thought that was only possible from Pirs and SM Aft.
• #14 by Danderman on 02 May, 2008 23:39

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  catfry - 2/5/2008  7:26 AM  But Danderman is probably talking about ATV's own fuel, which is not possible to transfer to the RS. Total fuel amount that ATV actually have left after docking is not really disclosed anywhere online that I know of, but pre launch numbers suggested it would have 2 300 kg available. Elsewhere erioladastra mentioned that fuel consumption had been lower than anticipated and that Jules Vernes' stay time with ISS was consequently stretched as a direct result of the extra fuel available.

  In addition to the quantity mentioned above, ATV also holds about 880 kg of Russian propellant, which will transferred into the Service Module.

   

• #15 by Danderman on 02 May, 2008 23:39

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  The-Hammer - 2/5/2008  10:39 AM  Can a Progress refuel the FGB/SM tanks from FGB Nadir?   I thought that was only possible from Pirs and SM Aft.

  It can, and such transfers have happened.

   

• #16 by anik on 05 May, 2008 14:42
• http://kz-today.kz/index.php?lang=rus&uin=1138536794&chapter=1153447062
  
  Tanks of Progress M-64 cargo ship have been fuelled by propellants and compressed gases today.
• #17 by anik on 07 May, 2008 15:31
• http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=3346
  
  Today Progress M-64 cargo ship was installed onto the transfer compartment of rocket, and the complex tests of Soyuz rocket have been performed.

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• #18 by jacqmans on 07 May, 2008 16:35
• MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-090
  
  NASA TV TO AIR SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP ARRIVAL
  
  HOUSTON -- The residents of the International Space Station will
  receive a new shipment of food, fuel and supplies next week, and NASA
  Television will broadcast its arrival live.
  
  Expedition 17 Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineers Oleg
  Kononenko and Garrett Reisman will be standing by as the unpiloted
  ISS Progress 29 resupply craft automatically docks to the
  Earth-facing port on the Zarya module at 4:37 p.m. CDT, Friday, May
  16. NASA TV coverage of the new Progress' arrival will begin at 4
  p.m. with commentary and available downlink television.
  
  The cargo ship is carrying more than two tons of supplies for the
  three crew members. It will be launched at 3:22 p.m. Wednesday, May
  14, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA TV will not
  broadcast the launch.
  
  For NASA TV streaming video, schedules and downlink information,
  visit:
  
  http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
  
  For more information about the space station and the Expedition 17
  crew, visit:
  
  http://www.nasa.gov/station
  
• #19 by anik on 08 May, 2008 08:50
• http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=3349
  
  Assembly of the ascent unit has been performed today - the fairing was rolled onto the cargo ship.