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#40
by
centaurinasa
on 17 Sep, 2017 08:51
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#41
by
centaurinasa
on 17 Sep, 2017 08:54
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#42
by
Chris Bergin
on 17 Sep, 2017 08:54
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Nice little dance as the third burn is complete.
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#43
by
centaurinasa
on 17 Sep, 2017 08:55
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Departure burn 3 complete, Dragon out of KOS
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#44
by
centaurinasa
on 17 Sep, 2017 08:58
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Splashdown: 14.14 UTC, (10.14 am ET)
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#45
by
centaurinasa
on 17 Sep, 2017 09:00
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MCC-M: "Dragon outside of the Approach Ellipsoid"
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#46
by
Chris Bergin
on 17 Sep, 2017 09:01
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Outside of the approach ellipsoid.
9:24 AM Eastern for Deorbit burn.
10:14 AM Eastern for Splashdown.
Will be via SpaceX tweets for confirmations. Thanks again to centaurinasa for help with coverage.
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#47
by
Mapperuo
on 17 Sep, 2017 09:04
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#48
by
centaurinasa
on 17 Sep, 2017 09:11
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Next event is the closure of the GNC Bay Door (to protect the navigation sensors during the re-entry)
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#49
by
centaurinasa
on 17 Sep, 2017 09:35
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#50
by
Chris Bergin
on 17 Sep, 2017 13:24
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EOM events for CRS-12 Dragon: Deorbit Burn scheduled at this time. 10 minute Draco Thruster firing, retrograde.
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#51
by
centaurinasa
on 17 Sep, 2017 13:24
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Deorbit burn start right now, according to the timeline
SpaceX controllers from Hawthorne send command to Draco engines for retrograde firing during 10 mn, slowing Dragon by about 100 m/s
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#52
by
centaurinasa
on 17 Sep, 2017 13:41
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Soon, trunk section separation about 4 mn before entry interface
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#53
by
Chris Bergin
on 17 Sep, 2017 13:47
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SpaceX:
Dragon's de-orbit burn is complete and trunk has been jettisoned. Pacific Ocean splashdown in ~30 minutes.
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#54
by
Chris Bergin
on 17 Sep, 2017 13:49
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Coming up on Entry Interface. Dragon will be protected by her PICA-X (Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator) TPS (Thermal Protection System).
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#55
by
centaurinasa
on 17 Sep, 2017 13:53
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#56
by
centaurinasa
on 17 Sep, 2017 14:06
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dual drogue chutes deployment
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#57
by
centaurinasa
on 17 Sep, 2017 14:07
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And then... three Main chutes deployment
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#58
by
Chris Bergin
on 17 Sep, 2017 14:11
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Still lacking a tweet about Chutes. Normally they do.
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#59
by
Chris Bergin
on 17 Sep, 2017 14:14
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Yay!
SpaceX:
Dragon's drogue chutes have been deployed nominally.