LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD2 and FD3 UPDATES

[Hungry4info3]

Orbital sunset.

[Ronsmytheiii]

MCC-X looks so clean.....

[Hungry4info3]

"Less than 50 km" now, according to the tracking site. Doesn't look like it's going to get any more specific.

[Ronsmytheiii]

Checking ISS live feed for downlink video:

1) S1 Lower Outboard
2) P1 Lower Inboard
3) P1 Lower Outboard
4) P1 Upper Inboard

Right now all downlinks are active through Ku

updated:

1) S1 Lower Outboard
2) P1 Lower Inboard
3) P1 Lower Outboard
4) SSRMS Tip LEE

[Chris Bergin]

Morning

Josh Byerly commentating, that's always good news.

We've covered these events in previous articles, so writing a post event article to go on after it's completed.

[Hungry4info3]

MCC-X looks so clean.....

Where is the SpaceX feed?

Edit: Good morning Chris

[Ronsmytheiii]

the CUCU unit

[Chris Bergin]

MCC-X looks so clean.....

Where is the SpaceX feed?

Edit: Good morning Chris

This is all coming through NASA TV. I don't think SpaceX are doing their own webcast for this event.

[Ronsmytheiii]

todays flight profile will just go to the keep out sphere

[psloss]

Grainy look at CBM on Node 2 nadir

[psloss]

todays flight profile will just go to the keep out sphere

That's the C3 profile for tomorrow.  (The early part starts from about the same place as today.)

[Kabloona]

MCC-X looks so clean.....

Interesting...no 3-ring binders as in every other MCC/LCC...truly a paperless office!

[Ronsmytheiii]

Grainy look at CBM on Node 2 nadir

Shows that now:

1) S1 Lower Outboard
2) P1 Lower Inboard
3) P1 Lower Outboard
4) SSRMS Base Elbow

[Ronsmytheiii]

Video was downlinked from Dragon a few minutes ago per PAO while NTV was showing launch video, hope to see it again!

Loss ku

[Rex Chan]

NTV just mentioned that SpaceX have a ground station in Australia, and had a thermal video feed (of Aus). NTV will show next time it comes around if available.

[psloss]

TDRS handover...next one is around the time of the morning DPC at about 20 minutes after the hour.

[Jorge]

todays flight profile will just go to the keep out sphere

That's the C3 profile for tomorrow.  (The early part starts from about the same place as today.)

Right. KOS is 200 m sphere. Approach Ellipsoid (AE) is +/-1 km radial and crosstrack, +/-2 km downtrack. C2 will only get to 2.5 km (HA2/CE2 combo). C3 will go to 1.4 km (HA3/CE3 combo), and only then will the HA4 burn penetrate the AE after go/no-go. Then Rbar approach to 250 m, then go/no-go inside the KOS.

[AJA]

Cool! Going to get a live station-side perspective of berthing from Cady Coleman tomorrow. PAO notes that she has experience with HTV, and should serve as a good judge in comparing the two ops.

[Ronsmytheiii]

45 minutes to go/no go for ops

[Chris Bergin]

One of the first big go/no gos coming up for the High Adjust burns. Going to be a LOT of those go/no gos tomorrow!