TeamNathanFTW’s New and Improved Blog : November 2005

Saturday, November 26, 2005

Progress M-53

2005-021A

Progress No. 353 on Mission ISS 18P. 7261 kg launch mass. Docking mass 6989 kg.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

PM-53



2005 Jun 16	2309:32	Launch by Soyuz-U No. Zh15000-094	KB LC1-5
		T+1:59 Strapons sep
		T+3:11 Fairing sep
	2314:19	T+4:47 Blok A sep
	2314:29	T+4:57 KhO sep
	2318:17	T+8:45 Blok I MECO
	2318:24	T+8:49 Blok I sep
2005 Jun 17	0255:25	DV1 21.6m/s 54.5s
	0340:04	DV2 3.3m/s 9.5s
2005 Jun 18	0020:58	1.1m/s 4.0s
	2249:18	15.8m/s 43s
	2311:48	1.1m/s 29s
	2332:41	25.9m/s 67.2s
2005 Jun 19	0013:57	3 km, 8.1m/s 26s
	0020:13	1.1km, 4.5m/s 16.2s
	0022:27	600m, 2.3m/s 35s
2005 Jun 19		150m Comm failure, Krikalyov takes TORU control
	0041:31	Docking
2005 Sep 7	1025:57	Undocking from Zvezda
	1326:00	Deorbit 167s 87.1m/s	350 x 351 x 51.6
	1328:47	DO CO	56 x 350 x 51.6
	1405?	Reentry

Aviation Week: July 11,2005

https://welib.org/md5/68441144ce2ca5ec15780e9358b8535a

Monday, November 21, 2005

Among the Mansions of Eden

https://welib.org/md5/7b3245bf85c9a09d98fb6ce27b7e893b

Sunday, November 20, 2005

The F-6 satellite replaced F-2 as the primary AOR satellite, but was soon replaced in turn by F-7. After a stint in 1971 as the Atlantic backup, it was moved to the Indian Ocean in 1972, and then to the Pacific in around 1974-75. It was retired in 1976 and decommissioned in 1977.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Intelsat III F-6



1970 Jan 15	0016:03	Launch by Delta M	CK LC17A
		Azimuth 100 deg
		SRM 1-3 sep
	0019:46	T+3:43 MECO
	0019:52?	St 1 sep
	0019:52?	SES-1 6:27
	0026:19?	SECO-1
	0041?	St 2 sep
	0042?	TES 41.6s
	0042?	TECO
	0044?	St 3 sep	631.70 267 x 35750 x 28.0
1970 Jan 16	1329	SVM-2 burn
1970 Jan 19			1436.14 35754 x 35820 x 1.0 GEO 20.6W
1970 Feb 1		AOR Primary, replaced III F-2	GEO 24W
1970 Mar 9			1436.41 35784 x 35801 x 0.9 GEO 25.1W
1970 May 4			1436.25 35784 x 35794 x 0.8 GEO 24.3W
1970 May?		Replaced by III F-7
1970 May?		AOR Backup
1970 Jun 8			1436.16 35785 x 35790 x 0.7 GEO 28.7W
1971 Jan 18			1436.46 35730 x 35857 x 0.1 GEO 30.3W+0.1E
1971 Apr		AOR Backup, moved	GEO 20W
1971 Apr 26			1434.40 35718 x 35788 x 0.2 GEO 21.9W+0.4W
1971 May 3		Move in	1436.20 35787 x 35789 x 0.2 GEO 20.1W
1972 Feb 28			1436.21 35781 x 35791 x 0.9 GEO 19.4W
1972 Mar?		Move out to IOR
1972 Jul 31		IOR	1436.21 35780 x 35797 x 1.3 GEO 64.7E+0.04E
1972 Dec 22			1436.04 35784 x 35786 x 1.7 GEO 63.1E+0.0W
1974 Dec		Move out of IOR
1975?		Move to POR
1975 Mar 14			1436.26 35780 x 35799 x 3.5 GEO 176.9W+0.05E
1975 Dec 30			GEO 182E (Morgan)
1976 Jan 15			1436.24 35782 x 35796 x 4.2 GEO 178.2W+0.04E
1976		Move out
1976 Oct 20			1436.80 35733 x 35866 x 4.7 GEO 152.1W+0.1E
1977 May 9			1435.50 35737 x 35812 x 5.1 GEO 154.2W+0.1W
1977 May 25		Orbit raise	1465.69 36185 x 36542 x 5.2

Friday, November 18, 2005

Seventeen: June 2005

https://welib.org/md5/89edb97bcd0b7ca72ff7091fa2cd7742

MUBLCOM

1999-026B

MUBLCOM (Multiple beam Beyond Line-of-sight Communications) is an experimental satellite funded by DARPA and managed by the US Army's Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) at Ft Monmouth, New Jersey. It was built by Orbital using the Microstar (Orbcomm type) bus and carries a payload testing hand-held radio satellite communications for the armed forces.

Orbit is 750 x 750 km x 98 deg. The gravity gradient stabilized craft has a mass of 48 kg and is 0.16 long x 1.0 dia. MUBLCOM stands for Multiple Beam Beyond Line-of-Sight Communications. MUBLCOM relays packet data from user terminals to a data/voice network providing secure, mobile, terrain-independent, all-weather comms. The comms payload was developed by Torrey Science Corp. (TSC). The MUBLCOM demonstration satellite was launched in 1999. Program manager is the Space and Terrestrial Comms Directorate (S&TCD;) of CECOM, the US Army Communications/Electronics Command (part of Army Materiel Command?)

MUBLCOM also carries retroreflectors designed for use with MSFC's Advanced Video Guidance Sensor used on the DART satellite. This was not made public until DART launch preps in 2004.

The satellite was retired in 2005 Sep.

Saturday, November 12, 2005

STS-74 (Atlantis)

1995-061A

The STS-74 mission was the second Mir docking mission. Delivered from Atlantis to Mir were 324 kg of equipment, 147 kg of food, 450 kg of water, 20 kg of N2, and 27 kg of O2 for a total of 967 kg.. From Mir to Atlantis came 9 kg of ESA equipment, 190 kg of RKA equipment, and 171 kg of NASA equipment for a total of 371 kg. This implies a net Atlantis mass decrease of 596 kg. (The SODB data shows 313 kg down and implies 455 kg up as well as the DM; but the contemporary PAO reports seem more likely to be reliable).

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

STS-74 mission events



1995 Oct 3	0720	Roll to VAB
1995 Oct 4		Mate with ET/SRB
1995 Oct 12	0406	Roll to LC39A
1995 Nov 11		Scrub T-5m (WX)
1995 Nov 12	1230:43	Launch	KSC LC39A
	1232:47	SRB sep
	1239:17	MECO	88.29 80 x 299 x 51.7 (OMS dV)
	1239:35	ET sep
	1312:35	OMS 2 2:11 64.9m/s	90.52 294 x 305 x 51.7
	1314:46	OMS 2 CO
	1357:23	PLBD open
	1530:20	OMS-3 (R) 46s 12m/s
	1602		90.92 299 x 339 x 51.6
1995 Nov 13	0415	NC2 burn (RCS?)
	1513:55	NC3 OMS 4 40s 20m/s	91.95 346 x 394 x 51.6
	1611:44	NC4 OMS 5 (L) 38s 9m/s
1995 Nov 14	0546	RMS grapple Docking Module
	0637	Unberth DM
	0716	Berth DM to ODS with RCS
	0900	RMS ungrapple DM
	0941	HO to DM
	1519	NC4 RCS 21s 1.5m/s	92.00 350 x 394 x 51.7
1995 Nov 15	0153:04	NC5 OMS-6 (R) 33s 8m/s	92.29 379 x 394 x 51.6
	0326:43	OMS-7 (L) TI 9s 3m/s	92.39 387 x 396 x 51.7
	0528	Rendezvous at 50m
	0556	Resume approach
	0618	Stationkeep at 10m
	0622	Resume approach
	0627:39	Dock DM with Kristall
	0636	APDS retracted and latched
	0900	DM hatch open	92.42 391 x 395 x 51.6
	1130?	DM control to Russia
1995 Nov 16	0526	RCS Orbiter/Mir structural dynamics test
1995 Nov 17	1746	Crew return, hatch closed
1995 Nov 18	0815:44	Atlantis undock from DM	92.42 391 x 395 x 51.6
	0832	Stationkeep at 120 m, begin flyaround
	0915?	Second flyaround
	1005	Sep burn	92.39 388 x 395 x 51.6
	1514:20	OMS 8L 47s 13m/s lower orbit for GLO
	1558:03	OMS 9R 55s 15m/s	91.39 337 x 348 x 51.6
1995 Nov 19	1134	DTO 829 plume test RCS
	1841	GLO RCS burns begin
	1914	GLO RCS burns end
1995 Nov 20	1320	PLBD closed	91.36 336 x 346 x 51.6
	1558:43	OMS deorbit 3:54 132.2m/s	-106 x 346 x 51.6
	1602:37	OMS DO CO
	1630:02	Entry interface 122km
	1701:09	Gear down
	1701:27	MGTD RW33 KSC
	1701:37	NGTD
	1702:24	Wheels stop
	1955	Tow to OPF/1