http://ssep.ncesse.org/2014/04/april-17-2014-flight-ops-update-the-flight-of-charlie-brown-on-orb-2-the-ssep-mission-5-experiments-payload/Current Status: the Orb-2 launch has not yet been moved ahead of SpaceX-3. NASA has rescheduled the launch of SpaceX-3 for Friday, April 18, at 3:25 pm EDT. NASA is also holding open a second window for a launch attempt on Saturday, April 19, at 3:02 pm EDT. If SpaceX-3, for whatever reason, does not launch by Saturday, we are assuming that Orb-2 will be given the go to launch on May 6. If SpaceX-3 does launch by Saturday, the Orb-2 launch, and the flight of the SSEP Charlie Brown payload will be delayed until mid-June. The space drama …. continues. Stay tuned.
A note - if the launch of Cygnus slips to June 10, the launch time would be in the middle of the night, around 2:20 am EDT (06:20 UTC) for that day.
I have seen reports that Aerojet has been unable to acquire the start cartridges for the AJ-26s for the next few Antares due to Russia sanctions. Can anyone verify this?
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 04/26/2014 01:22 amI have seen reports that Aerojet has been unable to acquire the start cartridges for the AJ-26s for the next few Antares due to Russia sanctions. Can anyone verify this?googling didn't turn up any rumors for me... but I did find this: http://www.lpre.de/resources/articles/AIAA-1998-3361.pdfit's an extremely detailed description of the NK-33 and the things Aerojet has done to turn it into the AJ-26. there's a lot of discussion of the way various parts of the original NK-33 were started, and how things now work.
Component: Start cartridge and MCC igniter solid propellantModification: Replace with U.S. ordnanceModification Rationale: Russian availability
Where are those reports that you've seen? Links? I believe it. I'd just like to read them.
Quote from: Antares on 04/26/2014 04:04 amWhere are those reports that you've seen? Links? I believe it. I'd just like to read them.Here of all forums in the world (IIRC that member's father work with Aerojet @ Sacramento)
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 04/26/2014 03:47 pmQuote from: Antares on 04/26/2014 04:04 amWhere are those reports that you've seen? Links? I believe it. I'd just like to read them.Here of all forums in the world (IIRC that member's father work with Aerojet @ Sacramento)he just says "supply issue" it could be an entirely domestic matter.
Quote from: Danderman on 04/17/2014 01:57 pmhttp://ssep.ncesse.org/2014/04/april-17-2014-flight-ops-update-the-flight-of-charlie-brown-on-orb-2-the-ssep-mission-5-experiments-payload/Current Status: the Orb-2 launch has not yet been moved ahead of SpaceX-3. NASA has rescheduled the launch of SpaceX-3 for Friday, April 18, at 3:25 pm EDT. NASA is also holding open a second window for a launch attempt on Saturday, April 19, at 3:02 pm EDT. If SpaceX-3, for whatever reason, does not launch by Saturday, we are assuming that Orb-2 will be given the go to launch on May 6. If SpaceX-3 does launch by Saturday, the Orb-2 launch, and the flight of the SSEP Charlie Brown payload will be delayed until mid-June. The space drama …. continues. Stay tuned.Anything On "Made in Space" has it been pulled or its status? http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=33141.msg1179409#msg1179409https://twitter.com/_madeinspace http://www.madeinspace.us/
Any talk of delaying ORB-CRS-2 because of the delay in extracting the OPALS experiment from SpX-CRS-3's trunk? Unless there is any time-critical sensitive cargo, I suppose they can just leave the Cygnus in a parking orbit until the Dragon clears Harmony Nadir.
Is there somewhere online that shows the full cargo for this flight?
Given how close it is to June 10 I'm guessing that the engine that RUDed was intended for a later Antares, not this flight. So if they determine the cause quickly and clear CRS-2's engine of the same defect they may not have to delay at all.