Author Topic: LIVE: Progress MS-2 - Soyuz-2-1A - Baikonur - March 31, 2016 (16:23 UTC) (Read 48368 times)

Prober · « **Reply #120 on:** 04/02/2016 05:57 pm »

looks like very smooth alignment

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #121 on:** 04/02/2016 05:58 pm »

Contact and Capture!

Prober · « **Reply #122 on:** 04/02/2016 05:59 pm »

interesting graphic upper left
note slow moving animation

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #123 on:** 04/02/2016 06:02 pm »

Chris G's article updated:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2016/04/russia-launch-progress-ms-263p-iss/

Thanks to Prober for the assist with coverage!

Prober · « **Reply #124 on:** 04/02/2016 06:03 pm »

driving hooks

Mapperuo · « **Reply #125 on:** 04/02/2016 06:12 pm »

Phillip Clark · « **Reply #126 on:** 04/02/2016 06:26 pm »

Well done to the Progress-MS 2 controllers. As usual, the docking is on time without the hype and overblown publicity you get elsewhere.

Mark McCombs · « **Reply #127 on:** 04/03/2016 01:17 am »

Just got to watch the vid. Congrats to Pockocmoc and the Progress and ISS teams.

northenarc · « **Reply #128 on:** 04/03/2016 07:01 am »

Full video from Roscosmos, no commentary

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #129 on:** 04/03/2016 07:24 am »

Quote from: PGNCSandAGC on 04/02/2016 05:54 pm

A gentleman to explain what is all the telemtry we can see on the onboard Progress camera ?

At the bottom left is range (rho in km) and range rate (rho dot in m/s or m/c in Russian). omega x, y and z at the top right are angle rates (degrees per second), possibly between ISS and Progress. Then we have three angles, and then two angles (psi~ and g~). Not sure what they measure, but probably the angles between ISS and Progress. The bottom right values are Omega y and z. I don't know what these are, but Omega might mean some difference value. At very top right is Time (hours:minutes:seconds).

jacqmans · « **Reply #130 on:** 04/03/2016 11:36 am »

Phillip Clark · « **Reply #131 on:** 04/05/2016 04:50 am »

Why is it that Russian cargo freighter threads like this are bumped back to the Russian section after docking has been completed, while the threads of US Cygnus cargo freighters remain in the "live" section?

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #132 on:** 04/05/2016 08:29 am »

Quote from: Phillip Clark on 04/05/2016 04:50 am

Why is it that Russian cargo freighter threads like this are bumped back to the Russian section after docking has been completed, while the threads of US Cygnus cargo freighters remain in the "live" section?

Maybe because:
1. Progress ships are parked for a far longer time than the other logistics ships
2. more "stuff" happens with the flights of the other ships while everyone expect the Progress to work
3. people don't note them much given the quarterly flight frequency?

As someone who have been fighting against Progress discrimination here, maybe I can ask around for other opinions.....

Phillip Clark · « **Reply #133 on:** 04/05/2016 09:45 am »

Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 04/05/2016 08:29 am

As someone who have been fighting against Progress discrimination here, maybe I can ask around for other opinions.....

Let's start the Progress Equality and Liberation Front.

eric z · « **Reply #134 on:** 04/05/2016 10:01 am »

I would like to see all the ISS cargo missions by any type of freighter be at least cross-referenced in the ISS section itself. Even after a few years on this site, and with my poor computer-skills to boot

, I find the endless number of threads to be overwhelming. Over at the space-policy section the comments seem to all spill over thread-lines no matter what the nominal topic; I'm never sure where to post my humble opinions because they don't always seem to fit the exact parameters of the subject-lucky for their readers!
I want more coverage in general about the international activities on ISS, what the partners are up to...we get daily updates, which are great BTW, on the US segments but very little about what's going on in the Russian segment, unless I just don't know where to look! Thanks! Free Progress!

Joachim · « **Reply #135 on:** 04/05/2016 10:44 am »

It is not only Progress.
We see very little about the Russian activities onboard ISS. Photos of Russian cosmonauts are very rare. Sometimes it looks that there are only US astronauts onboard. I know for sure that are a lot of photos with cosmonauts (alone) or together with astronauts exist. NASA should publish them too.
Back to Progress: About every Dragon and Cygnus craft we see pictures of the docking. About Progress MS-02 docking I've seen none.

mtakala24 · « **Reply #136 on:** 04/05/2016 10:48 pm »

Quarterly Progress dockings? I think I read somewhere that Roscosmos is reducing them to 3 per year due to financial reasons. Have they reversed their decision, or did I read wrong?

vapour_nudge · « **Reply #137 on:** 04/05/2016 11:06 pm »

From 4 down to 3? That's a quarter reduction :-)

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #138 on:** 04/05/2016 11:18 pm »

The following are planned:
MS 03   04.07.2016
MS 04   20.10.2016
MS 05   feb 2017
MS 06   2017
MS 07   2017
MUM     2018
MS 08   2018
MS 09   2018
MS 10   2018
MS 11   22.02.2019
MS 12   01.07.2019
MS 13   16.10.2019
You can read at "Plan of Russian space launches (part 2)"

asmi · « **Reply #139 on:** 04/06/2016 03:13 am »

Quote from: Alter Sachse on 04/05/2016 11:18 pm

The following are planned:
MS 03   04.07.2016
MS 04   20.10.2016
MS 05   feb 2017
MS 06   2017
MS 07   2017
MUM     2018
MS 08   2018
MS 09   2018
MS 10   2018
MS 11   22.02.2019
MS 12   01.07.2019
MS 13   16.10.2019
You can read at "Plan of Russian space launches (part 2)

This looks more like 3.5 flights a year.