Author Topic: LIVE: Progress MS-2 - Soyuz-2-1A - Baikonur - March 31, 2016 (16:23 UTC) (Read 48372 times)

Phillip Clark · « **Reply #140 on:** 04/06/2016 06:40 am »

Quote from: asmi 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.

Assuming that one day both Dragon and Cygnus are capable of reliably launching on time at the first attempt, then with two series of US cargo freighters in service the need for Progress missions might well decline. Or maybe Progress will supply the Russians and the US freighters will supply the Americans on ISS.

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #141 on:** 04/06/2016 07:53 am »

Progress launches since 2011
2011:5 launches (4 successful)
2012:4 launches
2013:4 launches
2014:4 launches
2015:5 launches (Progress M 27M without docking)

Star One · « **Reply #142 on:** 04/06/2016 07:59 am »

Quote from: Phillip Clark on 04/06/2016 06:40 am

Quote from: asmi on 04/06/2016 03:13 am
Quote from: Alter Sachse on 04/05/2016 11:18 pm
The following are planned:
MS 0304.07.2016
MS 0420.10.2016
MS 05feb 2017
MS 062017
MS 072017
MUM 2018
MS 082018
MS 092018
MS 102018
MS 1122.02.2019
MS 1201.07.2019
MS 1316.10.2019
You can read at "Plan of Russian space launches (part 2)
This looks more like 3.5 flights a year.

Assuming that one day both Dragon and Cygnus are capable of reliably launching on time at the first attempt, then with two series of US cargo freighters in service the need for Progress missions might well decline. Or maybe Progress will supply the Russians and the US freighters will supply the Americans on ISS.

Only Progress can now re-fuel ISS. I don't know how fast ISS uses up this particular item, but that's always going to dictate a certain flight rate.

Stan Black · « **Reply #143 on:** 04/06/2016 03:36 pm »

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)" :D

See also here:-
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=39741.0#msg1500660

Targeteer · « **Reply #144 on:** 04/06/2016 07:19 pm »

Quote from: Phillip Clark on 04/06/2016 06:40 am

Quote from: asmi 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.

Or maybe Progress will supply the Russians and the US freighters will supply the Americans on ISS.

Looking at the available manifests for the US and Russian supply vehicles makes it pretty clear that the respective vehicles almost exclusively resupply the segment, and crews, they dock to. One recent Cygnus or Dragon listed only 20 pounds of "Russian Cargo." Listening to Cosmonaut transfer updates to the US segment after a Progress docking indicate US cargo is similarly rare on Russian spacecraft. One interesting note during a cargo ops transfer conference today. Most of the items were EDV-Us (yed a vay oohs) used primarily in the US and Russian toilets. They were all stored in the FGB indicating they were Russian cargo. Alternatively, both toilets are of Russian design and the pool of components for both may be kept in the Russian segment for "political correctness."

edit: case in point from this Dragon mission out of 3800 pounds of pressurized cargo "Russian Hardware 72.7 lbs. / 33 kg"

Lewis007 · « **Reply #145 on:** 04/07/2016 07:21 am »

Quote from: Joachim 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.

Three pics of the Progress MS-2 docking (posted by Jeffrey Williams).

PS remark: when answering to a post using the "quote" button, it is not possible to add pictures. I first typed my text and posted my reply, and then used "modify" button to add the pics. Can this be changed?

AnalogMan · « **Reply #146 on:** 04/07/2016 11:39 am »

Quote from: Lewis007 on 04/07/2016 07:21 am

[...]
PS remark: when answering to a post using the "quote" button, it is not possible to add pictures. I first typed my text and posted my reply, and then used "modify" button to add the pics. Can this be changed?

You need to click the "Preview" button (bottom right) rather than "Post" once you've typed your text into the quick reply box. This brings up the full set of tools for creating posts, including the ability to attach pictures.

gwiz · « **Reply #147 on:** 10/14/2016 01:41 pm »

Should be coming back to earth today - any news?

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #148 on:** 10/14/2016 01:48 pm »

Quote from: gwiz on 10/14/2016 01:41 pm

Should be coming back to earth today - any news?

Undocked at 09:37 UTC and should be down by now:
http://www.roscosmos.ru/22745/

Didn't know it was coming down today - I thought with the delay it would stay till November.

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #149 on:** 10/14/2016 01:57 pm »

Quote from: gwiz on 10/14/2016 01:41 pm

Should be coming back to earth today - any news?

http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms02.html

Progress MS-02 ends its mission

Progress MS-02 departed the ISS on October 14, 2016. The undocking command was issued at 12:37 Moscow Time (5:37 a.m. EDT) and the cargo ship parted with the station a minute and a half later.

The mission control in Korolev then began deorbiting operations. The spacecraft was programmed to begin the braking maneuver at 15:50 Moscow Time (8:50 a.m. EDT) to reenter the Earth's atmosphere. According to estimates, surviving debris of the cargo ship were to impact a remote part of the Pacific Ocean at 16:39 Moscow Time (7:39 a.m. EDT).

cletus · « **Reply #150 on:** 10/14/2016 06:50 pm »

Departure visible on this autorecorded ISS HDEV feed starting around 01:05:50

northenarc · « **Reply #151 on:** 10/14/2016 08:37 pm »

Departure videos, beware no audio except a loud test signal. (second video won't embed, its a longer departure sequence)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4THWuGL6us?t=6m5s

northenarc · « **Reply #152 on:** 10/14/2016 08:55 pm »

https://twitter.com/NASA_Astronauts/status/786928862307332096
“Progress spacecraft re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere in a blazing trail of plasma, as seen from @Space_Station" #AstroKate

catdlr · « **Reply #153 on:** 10/29/2016 11:59 pm »

RELIVE IN 3D! The preparations of Soyuz FG launch with technicians & engineers at Baikonur.

Dan Beaumont Space Museum

Published on Oct 28, 2016
For fans of 3D-video.
Baikonur Cosmodrome. Removal of a space rocket "Soyuz-FG" on the launch pad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H3cIZEQxHg?t=001

catdlr · « **Reply #154 on:** 10/30/2016 12:00 am »

Launch in 3D VIDEO ! Soyuz-U with Progress

Dan Beaumont Space Museum

Published on Oct 28, 2016
3D video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcNVmIAlz5o?t=001