Monday, December 23, 2013

Cygnus Orb-1 (David Low)

 2013-051A


COTS Demo Mission Control from MCC-D Dulles.

Antares Vehicle No. 2 will launch Cygnus No. 0 with PCM-0. `Spaceship G. David Low' after the late astronaut and OSC employee (1956-2008). The first 4 Cygni will have DutchSpace solar arrays; Cygnus 5 to 9 will have ATK-Goleta circular arrays.


ORB D1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2013 Sep 18 1458:02 Launch by Antares  MARS LA0A 
  T+3:50 MECO 107 km 
  T+3:55 St 1 sep 113 km  -5110 x 250? x 51.5 
  T+5:19 Fairing 2-piece sep 184 km 
  T+5:24 Interstage sep 187 km 
  T+5:28 St 2 burn 189 km Vr 4.24 km/s 
 1506 T+8:03 St 2 burnout 256 km 29.4N 62.9W 7.468 km/s  
 1508 T+10:02 Cyg sep  
  Deploy solar arrays 
  Demo 1 - position and attitude control test 
 2007  DV-1 7 min, 34m/s 
 2330s Demo 2A - free drift 
  Demo 2B - Active abort above 
2013 Sep 19   DV-2 
 1900? DV-3 189s 20.7m/s 
2013 Sep 20  1811 DV-4  
2013 Sep 22 
 0700  25 km range 
2013 Sep 22  
  Rendezvous day 
 0530  RDNZ abort, DGPS issue 
 0845  4-km flyby on R-bar 
2013 Sep 29 
  Demo 3 Rel GPS Nav 
  Demo 4 - Onboard targeting 
 0713 ADV1 Approach burn 1, raise orbit 
  Demo 5 REA maneuver 
 0756 ADV2 Approach burn 2, circ at 1.4 km below 
  Demo 6 - ISS commands Cygnus from HTV control panel 
 0834:29 ADV3 Approach burn 3 (AI burn) to begin R-bar approach 
 0850? Demo 7 LIDAR  
 0849:10 ADV4, 500m 
 0908 Hold at 250m below  
 0911:29 Approach burn 5, range 200m 
 0914:29  Retreat demo start 
 0918 223m, Demo 8 retreat 
 0920:29  Retreat to 250m complete 
 0925:29 Resume approach from 250m 
 0928:29  Demo 9 hold at 230m 
 0959? Resume approach 
 1004  150m 
 1004 Demo 10 Lidar tracking, 55m plan, 133m ac 
 1013:29  60m 
 1022 Hold at 30m 
 1042 Final approach  
  Rendezvous with ISS 
 1050 10m, capture point  
 1054  Go for capture 
 1059  Arm in motion 
 1100  SSRMS capture Cygnus 
 1237  Cygnus at ready to latch 
 1244 Berthed on Harmony nadir 
2013 Oct 22  
 1005  Unberth 
 1022  SSRMS moving Cygnus 
 1131  Release 
 1135  Abort demo commanded 
 1140  Departure burn complete 
2013 Oct 23  1306s Deorbit burn 1  180 x 420  
 1741 Deorbit burn 2  50 x 420  
 1816:28  Entry over S Pacific 
 1818:40  LOS

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