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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD2 and FD3 UPDATES
« Reply #200 on: 05/24/2012 07:15 am »
HA2 burn TIG looks like 07:58:30 GMT; a little less than 45 minutes from now.

CE2 burn would be 45 minutes after HA2, or 08:43:30 GMT.
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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD2 and FD3 UPDATES
« Reply #201 on: 05/24/2012 07:15 am »
narrator mentioned a couple "challenges" that were worked through.  Wonder if we will get details?

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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD2 and FD3 UPDATES
« Reply #202 on: 05/24/2012 07:16 am »
Holly Ridings polling go/no go for HA2
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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD2 and FD3 UPDATES
« Reply #203 on: 05/24/2012 07:17 am »
Per PAO, polling finnished

GO for HA2 !
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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD2 and FD3 UPDATES
« Reply #204 on: 05/24/2012 07:17 am »
Per PAO, polling finnished
ISS GO for HA2. :)
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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD2 and FD3 UPDATES
« Reply #205 on: 05/24/2012 07:18 am »

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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD2 and FD3 UPDATES
« Reply #206 on: 05/24/2012 07:19 am »
HA2 burn TIG looks like 07:58:30 GMT; a little less than 45 minutes from now.

CE2 burn would be 45 minutes after HA2, or 08:43:30 GMT.


The astute have no doubt already noticed that HA/CE burns always come in pairs, with the CE burn half an orbit after the HA burn. The one exception being the HA4 burn during the C3 demo, which is followed by Rbar approach.
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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD2 and FD3 UPDATES
« Reply #207 on: 05/24/2012 07:21 am »
SpaceX a GO
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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD2 and FD3 UPDATES
« Reply #208 on: 05/24/2012 07:21 am »
MCC-X letting NASA know that they are going to do the burn, Megan letting crew know that the flyby will be an hour later
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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD2 and FD3 UPDATES
« Reply #209 on: 05/24/2012 07:21 am »
According to google sat track, less than 100km now...
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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD2 and FD3 UPDATES
« Reply #210 on: 05/24/2012 07:23 am »
Can open Cupola window shutters as necessary for flyby :)

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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD2 and FD3 UPDATES
« Reply #211 on: 05/24/2012 07:24 am »
NTV/ISS: burns 1 hr behind. Dragon 110 km behind, 9.5km below.

H: pull forward?

ISS: focus on Dragon

H: camera zoom does not work. SMPCS disconnected, hard reboot? ANdre logged into Outlook, mail sync

ISS: thought he closed it...

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Edit: Mail sync'd!
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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD2 and FD3 UPDATES
« Reply #212 on: 05/24/2012 07:25 am »
Entering orbital sunrise

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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD2 and FD3 UPDATES
« Reply #213 on: 05/24/2012 07:26 am »
H: camera zoom does not work.

To clarify, that was specifically for the lower inboard camera on the P1 truss (P1LOIB). The other cameras should be zoomable.
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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD2 and FD3 UPDATES
« Reply #214 on: 05/24/2012 07:27 am »
According to google sat track, less than 100km now...

Wow, mine has said "Less than 50 km" for the past half hour. Must need to be refreshed periodically to account for some kind of drift.

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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD2 and FD3 UPDATES
« Reply #215 on: 05/24/2012 07:28 am »
Inorbital day above me, but too many clouds to go out and see

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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD2 and FD3 UPDATES
« Reply #216 on: 05/24/2012 07:30 am »
According to google sat track, less than 100km now...

Wow, mine has said "Less than 50 km" for the past half hour. Must need to be refreshed periodically to account for some kind of drift.

With the # of burns coming up, I doubt any of the 'public' satellite trackers will have up-to-date info on Dragons location.

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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD2 and FD3 UPDATES
« Reply #217 on: 05/24/2012 07:31 am »
According to google sat track, less than 100km now...

Wow, mine has said "Less than 50 km" for the past half hour. Must need to be refreshed periodically to account for some kind of drift.

You're really gonna love it after the HA2 burn. I'm guessing Google Sat Track is only getting periodic vectors. They will likely show an "overshoot" post-HA2 until they get a new vector to re-anchor their Dragon ephemeris.
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