Friday, September 23, 2005
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Thuraya 2
2003-026A
Boeing GEM launched Jun 2003 by Boeing for Thuraya/Abu Dhabi, to supplement T-1 at 44E. T-3 to follow.
5177 kg launch, 3200 kg BOL. Size is box + 2 panels 7.6 x 3.2 x 3.4m with 40.4m span. T-2 has longer arrays that T-1 with no solar concentrators.
Planned inclination is 6.3 deg at 44E.
| Thuraya 2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 Jun 10 | 1355:59.2 | Launch by Zenit-3SL | Odyssey |
| T+2:24 St 2 MES | |||
| T+2:29 St 1 sep | |||
| 1359:44 | T+3:45 Fairing sep | ||
| 1404:31 | T+8:32 St 2 sep | -2155 x 187 x 6.3 | |
| 1404:39 | T+8:40 DM MES-1 | ||
| 1409:57 | T+13:38 DM MECO-1 | 180 x 1390 x 6.3 | |
| 1510:41 | T+1:14:42 DM MES-2 | ||
| 1515:58 | T+1:20:59 DM MECO-2 | ||
| 1535:18 | T+1:40:19 DM sep | 649.54 1177 x 35755 x 6.2 | |
| 2003 Jun 11 | 650.79 1207 x 35788 x 6.3 | ||
| 2003 Jun 12 | LAM-1 | 759.15 6604 x 35772 x 6.3 | |
| 2003 Jun 16 | LAM-2 | 1259.69 28752 x 35764 x 6.3 | |
| 2003 Jun 17 | 0830? | LAM-3 | 1388.62 33920 x 35783 x 6.3 |
| 2003 Jun 19 | LAM-4 | 1436.01 35747 x 35822 x 6.3 GEO 28.7E+0.0E | |
| 2003 Jul 28 | 1436.09 35711 x 35861 x 6.2 GEO 28.8E | ||
Monday, September 19, 2005
Sunday, September 18, 2005
Apollo 11 (Eagle)
1969-059C
The first spacecraft to carry humans to a landing on another world was Lunar Module 5, the spaceship Eagle.
On 1969 Jul 20, Eagle landed at Tranquility Base, 00 41 15 N, 23 26 00 E, later given the official astronomical name Statio Tranquillitatis, in the Mare Tranquillitatis, Luna.
During the descent, computer program alarms occupied the crew, preventing them from noticing the rough terrain the automated descent was leading them towards. Armstrong took over manual control with three and a half minutes of fuel left, and flew Eagle around until he found a safe spot, landing with only 45 seconds of fuel left and 25 seconds from the abort decision point.
| Eagle (LM 5) | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 Jul 16 | 1332 | Launch by Saturn V (SA-506) | KSC LC39A |
| 1749:03 | Extract from S4B-506 by CSM 107 | ||
| 1969 Jul 18 | 2100 | Hatch open, first crew entry | |
| 1969 Jul 20 | 1300 | Crew entry | |
| 1744 | Undocked from CSM 107 | 100 x 122 | |
| 1908:14 | DPS DOI-1 (0:30) 23m/s | 16 x 106 | |
| 1908:44 | DOI-1 cutoff | ||
| 2004 | At 15 km | ||
| 2005:05 | DPS PDI | ||
| 2008 | Yaw LM to face-up | ||
| 2010:22 | 1202 program alarm | ||
| 2010:50 | At 10 km altitude | ||
| 2011:02 | 1202 alarm | ||
| 2013:32 | Program P64 2.2km, high gate | ||
| Approach phase | |||
| 2013:43 | Attitude hold | ||
| 2014:18 | 1201 alarm | ||
| 2014:19 | Below 750m | ||
| 2015:22 | P-66, manual control | ||
| 150m, low gate | |||
| Landing phase | |||
| 2017:40 | Landed at Tranquility Base | ||
| 1969 Jul 21 | 0227 | LEVA-1 begin depress | |
| 0230 | Pressure at 0.4psi | ||
| 0238 | Depress complete | ||
| 0239 | Hatch open | ||
| 0249 | Cdr egress | ||
| 0256 | Cdr to lunar surface | ||
| 0311 | LMP egress | ||
| 0315 | LMP on surface | ||
| Deploy EASEP | |||
| 0503? | LMP return after 01:47 | ||
| 0510 | Cdr return after 02:20 | ||
| 0511 | Hatch closed | ||
| 0514 | Repress | ||
| 0740:12 | Depress for equipment dump 114:08:12 | ||
| 0742? | HO? | ||
| Dump LiOH canister, 2 PLSS, 2 LM arm rests | |||
| 0744? | HC | ||
| 0745 | Repress | ||
| 0750 | Repress complete | ||
| LM 5 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 Jul 21 | 1754:01 | Launch from LM 5 DS, Tranquility Base | |
| APS burn 7:15 | |||
| Residual trim complete 8:37 | |||
| 1801:21 | LOI | 17.6 x 87.6 | |
| 1851:34 | RCS CSI (0:45) | 84 x 90 | |
| 1852:22 | RCS CSI cutoff | ||
| 1949:50 | RCS CDH (0:18) | 76 x 87 | |
| 2035:52 | TPI (0:23) | 81 x 113 | |
| 2036:14 | TPI cutoff | ||
| 2051:25 | MCC1 midcourse | ||
| 2106:58 | MCC2 midcourse | ||
| 2111:34 | TPF (0:28) | 105 x 115 | |
| 2117 | Rendezvous with CSM 107 | ||
| 2135:00 | Docked with CSM 107 | ||
| 2145 | Crew and cargo transfer | ||
| 2342 | Undocked from CSM 107 | ||
| 1969 Jul 22 | 0425? | end of ops | |