Author Topic: LIVE: Orbital's Cygnus ORB-2 (CRS-2) RNDZ/BERTHING/ISS STAY UPDATES (Read 40394 times)

Chris Bergin · « **on:** 07/15/2014 11:04 pm »

LIVE UPDATE Coverage for RNDZ and BERTHING of Cygnus on the ORB-2 (CRS-2) to the International Space Station.

This is a live update thread, so all posts need to be updates, or they will be removed. Please use the other threads for non updates.

Resources:

Orbital GENERAL Forum Section:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=46.0

Orbital (Antares/Cygnus) News Articles:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/orbital/

Launch Overview Article by William Graham
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/07/antares-loft-orb-2-cygnus-path-iss/

Berthing Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/07/orb-2-cygnus-iss-rendezvous-berthing/

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L2 Antares/Cygnus Section - Really good section with a lot of documentation, video and content resources exclusive to L2:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=54.0
(Now includes 100s of mbs of unreleased hi res images taken of Cygnus from the ISS during ORB-D And ORB-1).
L2 ORB-2/CRS-2 Updates: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=35160.0

AnalogMan · « **Reply #1 on:** 07/16/2014 12:39 am »

ISS daily summary report July 14, 2014:

Orbital-2 (Orb-2) Launch: Orb-2 launched successfully yesterday, achieved a nominal orbit and the solar array was successfully deployed. Cygnus has executed several phasing burns to support rendezvous and grapple scheduled for Wednesday, July 16 at 5:39 am CDT followed by berthing to Node 2 (N2) Nadir. The Orbital team is working through an issue with one of Cygnus Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) radios, however, the redundant system is working without any issues. Ingress is scheduled for Thursday, July 17.

http://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2014/07/14/iss-daily-summary-report-071414/

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #2 on:** 07/16/2014 12:43 am »

RNDZ and Berthing article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/07/orb-2-cygnus-iss-rendezvous-berthing/

Targeteer · « **Reply #3 on:** 07/16/2014 07:03 am »

from the DPC, Janice Voss is 35km behind and 4km below ISS and CAPCOM reports all is going well

Targeteer · « **Reply #4 on:** 07/16/2014 08:21 am »

I have a low angle, 17 degree, pass of ISS and Cygnus shortly not expecting to be able to make both out but you never know

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #5 on:** 07/16/2014 08:27 am »

With the Neptec Tridar sensors having a star role today, we remember Atlantis after she tested them out for Cygnus!

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/atlantis-gifts-tridar-orbitals-cygnus-iss-rendezvous-docking/

Targeteer · « **Reply #6 on:** 07/16/2014 08:41 am »

Quote from: Targeteer on 07/16/2014 08:21 am

I have a low angle, 17 degree, pass of ISS and Cygnus shortly not expecting to be able to make both out but you never know

May have seen Cygnus very dim behind ISS but a bright moon, street lights, and dirty glasses made it tough

Targeteer · « **Reply #7 on:** 07/16/2014 08:47 am »

Quote from: AnalogMan on 07/16/2014 12:39 am

ISS daily summary report July 14, 2014:

Orbital-2 (Orb-2) Launch: Orb-2 launched successfully yesterday, achieved a nominal orbit and the solar array was successfully deployed. Cygnus has executed several phasing burns to support rendezvous and grapple scheduled for Wednesday, July 16 at 5:39 am CDT followed by berthing to Node 2 (N2) Nadir. The Orbital team is working through an issue with one of Cygnus Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) radios, however, the redundant system is working without any issues. Ingress is scheduled for Thursday, July 17.

http://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2014/07/14/iss-daily-summary-report-071414/

Maybe the light weight S band transmitters lost too much weight

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #8 on:** 07/16/2014 09:12 am »

Reid Wiseman ‏@astro_reid
First tiny glimpse of @OrbitalSciences #Cygnus #Orb2 – lower right over the ocean

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You can also see it at the ISS Live Stream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream

Targeteer · « **Reply #9 on:** 07/16/2014 09:23 am »

Live NASA coverage has started per broken audio on the ISS link above but the NASA TV satellite feed and all the online channels (public, media, education) are showing replays of the launch...