Author Topic: LIVE: Progress M-06M/38P SECOND docking attempt - July 4, 10 (Read 51247 times)

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #60 on:** 07/04/2010 04:09 pm »

124 meters.

GoForTLI · « **Reply #61 on:** 07/04/2010 04:09 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #62 on:** 07/04/2010 04:10 pm »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #63 on:** 07/04/2010 04:10 pm »

75 meters.

Silmfeanor · « **Reply #64 on:** 07/04/2010 04:10 pm »

66 meters, looking good...

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #65 on:** 07/04/2010 04:10 pm »

66 meters. Kurs working well.

Satori · « **Reply #66 on:** 07/04/2010 04:11 pm »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #67 on:** 07/04/2010 04:11 pm »

52 meters. Closure 2/10ths of a meter per second.

GoForTLI · « **Reply #68 on:** 07/04/2010 04:11 pm »

Range 53 meters. Range rate -0.23 meters/sec. Docking mechanism powered up.

Satori · « **Reply #69 on:** 07/04/2010 04:12 pm »

jan_carlo_bascu · « **Reply #70 on:** 07/04/2010 04:12 pm »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #71 on:** 07/04/2010 04:12 pm »

Docking mechanism powered up.

Kurs antenna retracted.

Satori · « **Reply #72 on:** 07/04/2010 04:12 pm »

PahTo · « **Reply #73 on:** 07/04/2010 04:13 pm »

Thanks!

fwiw, we had clear skies here for a three minute pass last night, and I never did see the Progress (I usually go out a bit eaerly and stay a bit late).

Oops, docking time!

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 07/04/2010 04:08 pm

Quote from: PahTo on 07/04/2010 04:02 pm

Nice article--thanks Chris.
Was the parking orbit really 300km away? That sounds far, but I honestly don't know...

Question for those in the know: regardless of how far away the parking orbit, will the added manuevers impact the reboost portion of this vehicle's mission?

Happy Fourth of July, United States!

Thanks - and NASA officially said:

"The Progress 38 conducted two successful firings of its engines Friday night to put the craft in a parking orbit around 300 kilometers from the space station. "

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #74 on:** 07/04/2010 04:13 pm »

"Let's start not trusting the Kurs measurements and work on visual observations".

Satori · « **Reply #75 on:** 07/04/2010 04:13 pm »

racshot65 · « **Reply #76 on:** 07/04/2010 04:14 pm »

Range 40m

jan_carlo_bascu · « **Reply #77 on:** 07/04/2010 04:14 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #78 on:** 07/04/2010 04:14 pm »

GoForTLI · « **Reply #79 on:** 07/04/2010 04:14 pm »

Range 39 m. Range rate -0.15 m/s.