Author Topic: LIVE: Progress MS-2 - Soyuz-2-1A - Baikonur - March 31, 2016 (16:23 UTC) (Read 50674 times)

Satori · « **on:** 02/20/2016 11:47 am »

The launch of Progress MS-2 is schedule for March 31, 2016, at 16:20UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

jacqmans · « **Reply #1 on:** 03/06/2016 09:47 am »

Will this be a 6 hour flight to ISS or a 2 day flight... not sure if it will be a conflict with Docking if Dragon also will be docking if this is a two day flight to ISS.

Prober · « **Reply #2 on:** 03/06/2016 05:00 pm »

Do we have picture of CubeSat?

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=33141.msg1499215#msg1499215

Nicolas PILLET · « **Reply #3 on:** 03/06/2016 09:11 pm »

Yes, we have.

http://news.tpu.ru/news/2016/02/02/24769/

Danderman · « **Reply #4 on:** 03/06/2016 09:50 pm »

Cubesat to be deployed during EVA, I believe.

Prober · « **Reply #5 on:** 03/06/2016 09:55 pm »

Quote from: Nicolas PILLET on 03/06/2016 09:11 pm

Yes, we have.

http://news.tpu.ru/news/2016/02/02/24769/

thank you ...updated

Nicolas PILLET · « **Reply #6 on:** 03/07/2016 04:40 am »

Quote from: Danderman on 03/06/2016 09:50 pm

Cubesat to be deployed during EVA, I believe.

Yes.

Fuji · « **Reply #7 on:** 03/09/2016 02:27 pm »

Quote from: jacqmans on 03/06/2016 09:47 am

Will this be a 6 hour flight to ISS or a 2 day flight... not sure if it will be a conflict with Docking if Dragon also will be docking if this is a two day flight to ISS.

2 days flight.

1 p.m., Saturday, April 2 - Coverage of the Docking of the ISS Progress 63 Cargo Craft to the ISS (Docking scheduled at 1:58 p.m. ET)
https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/schedule.html#.VuBAkSqzCaA

jacqmans · « **Reply #8 on:** 03/24/2016 08:30 pm »

March 24, 2016
MEDIA ADVISORY M16-031

Russian Space Station Cargo Ship Launch, Docking to Air on NASA TV

NASA Television will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of an unpiloted Russian cargo spacecraft, Progress 63P, to resupply the International Space Station.

Launch of the spacecraft carrying three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 47 crew is scheduled for 12:23 p.m. EDT (10:23 p.m. Baikonur time) on Thursday, March 31, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA TV coverage will begin at noon.

Progress 63P is scheduled to dock to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 2 p.m. on April 2. NASA TV coverage of rendezvous and docking will begin at 1:15 p.m. This will be the second of three cargo ships that will arrive at the station in as many weeks, flanked by Orbital ATK’s Cygnus craft and SpaceX’s Dragon vehicle.

The two-day rendezvous for the Progress is deliberately planned to enable Russian flight controllers to test new software and communications equipment for the new vehicle configuration that will be standard for future Progress and piloted Soyuz spacecraft.

The ISS Progress 61 cargo vehicle, currently docked at the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module, will depart the station on Wednesday, March 30. Its undocking will not be broadcast on NASA TV. Loaded with trash, the older Progress will be used for engineering tests before it is deorbited on Friday, April 8 to burn up over the Pacific Ocean.

The new Progress will spend more than six months at the station before departing in mid-October for its deorbit into the Earth’s atmosphere.

The NASA Television schedule is available at:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For more information on the space station, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station

SMS · « **Reply #9 on:** 03/24/2016 08:54 pm »

According to: http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/progress_mc02.htm

Progress MS-02
Launch: March 31st, 2016 at 12:23:58 pm EDT/16:23:58 UTC/19:23:58 ДМВ
Docking: April 2nd, 2016 at 2:01 pm EDT/18:01 UTC/21:01 ДМВ

Mammutti · « **Reply #10 on:** 03/25/2016 11:07 am »

Artyom. · « **Reply #11 on:** 03/27/2016 11:16 am »

The cargo spacecraft Progress MS-02 is sent to final integration with the launch vehicle

Today, March 27, the cargo transportation spacecraft of the new series Progress MS-02 developed and built by RSC Energia was transported as a part of the upper composite to the site where it will be integrated with the launch vehicle Soyuz-2.1.

The transportation was done by rail. Final assembly operations are scheduled for March 28 (Monday) in the launch vehicle processing facility with the framework of preparations for a launch under the International Space Station (ISS) Program.

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1 launch vehicle with the Progress MS-02 CTV is scheduled on March 31 from site No. 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss47/progress_ms-02/photo_03-27.html

Satori · « **Reply #12 on:** 03/28/2016 02:58 pm »

General integration of the launch vehicle has been completed.

http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss47/progress_ms-02/photo_03-28.html

Satori · « **Reply #13 on:** 03/28/2016 03:00 pm »

Today, on March 28, representatives of Technical Management and the State Commission at the Baikonur Cosmodrome issued a report on readiness of rocket-space complex within the Progress MS-02 cargo transport vehicle (CTV) of a new modification and the Soyuz-2.1 launch vehicle for the roll-out and installation at the launch site.

The launch vehicle with the Progress MS-02 CTV roll-out from the assembly & testing facilities and its installation in a vertical position at launch site No. 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome is scheduled in the morning on Tuesday, March 29.

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1 launch vehicle with the Progress MS-02 CTV is scheduled on March 31 from site No. 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss47/progress_ms-02/photo_03-28_2.html