Saturday, May 23, 2015

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Dragon CRS-4

 2014-056A


CRS-4 carried 2216 kg up cargo, 1486 kg down cargo. Docking mass was 9245 kg. Undocking mass 8542 kg.


Dragon CRS-4
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2014 Sep 21  0552  Launch by Falcon 9 v1.1  CC SLC40 
  T+2:41 MECO 80 km 
  T+2:44 St 1 sep 
  T+2:52 St 2 burn 
  T+3:32 Dragon nose cone sep 
 0601 T+9:42? SECO 
 0602 T+10:15 Dragon sep  90.10 203 x 354 x 51.65 
 0604:30? T+12 Solar array covers off 
 0628? Stage 2 deorbit burn 
 0655?  Stage 2 reentry S of NZ 
2014 Sep 23  1009  At 30m hold point 
 1025  Resume approach 
 1043  At 10m capture point 
 1052  SSRMS grapple 
 1302  Ready to latch on Harmony 
 1316  Berthed, stage 1 capture 
 1321  Stage 2 capture 
2014 Sep 29    
 1300?  RS Adapter out of trunk 
 1700?  RS Adapter on SDX  
2014 Sep 30  0800?  Grapple RS 
 0900? RS unberth from trunk 
 1100? RS attached to adapter 
2014 Oct 20   SSRMS grapple Dragon 
2014 Oct 25  
 1202?  Unberth from Harmony 
 1307  Dragon in release pos 
 1357 Release 
 1358  Sep-1 
 1359 Sep-2 
  Slew to departure attitude
 1407  Sep-3  
 1408  depart 200m KOS 
 1729s  GNC door close 
 1843:07s  DO 
 1853  DO CO 
 1859s  Trunk sep 
 1938  Splashdown 426 km W of Baja 

Sunday, May 17, 2015

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ATV-4 (Albert Einstein)

 2013-027A


Launch mass 20235 kg (ATV blog; 20060 kg PK page 7, 19887 kg PK page 2 plus 365 kg payload adapter), 9778 kg dry. However, mission report mass in free flight quoted as 20193.7 kg. Size 10.3m long 4.5m dia 22.3m span.

The cargo mass is 4105 kg fluid and 2479 kg dry for a total of 6584 kg. It includes a spare 80 kg Columbus water pump, the FASES emulsion experiment, a 3D printed toolbox, a Biolab microscope, a Columbus cooling servicer. The fluid is 860 kg of Zvezda prop, 564 kg of water, 100 kg of air/O2, and 2580 kg of prop for orbit maintenance.

Launch mass 20194 kg, reduced to 19831 kg after 11 kg of prop use - so really launch mass 19844 kg with 350 kg launch adapter. Prior to docking (report AE013) with 213 kg used, mass was 19630 kg. After undocking 16587 kg. At deorbit, 16309 kg?

As of Jul 5, 909 kg prop was used.

As of Sep 24, trash 1238 kg added; 1246 kg used, 2236 kg prop remained.


ATV4 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2013 Jun 5  2152:07  T-10 seconds
 2152:18  Launch by Ariane 5ES 
  T+2:15 EAP sep 
  T+3:26 Fairing sep
 2200:52 T+8:45 EPC MECO  -1242 x 141 x 51.2  
 2200:58 T+8:51 EPC sep 
 2201:05 T+8:58 EPS burn 1 137 x 260 
 2209:16 T+17:09 EPS MECO 1 
 2251:26 T+59:19 EPS MES2 
 2251:45 T+59:48 EPS MECO2 
 2255:53 T+1:03:46 ATV sep 
 2256:03 T+1:03:56 ADM burn to sep EPS 
2013 Jun 6  0016:21 T+2:24:14 EPS MES3 
 0016:36 T+2:24:29 EPS MECO3 
  T+2:35:54 End of Ariane mission 
2013 Jun 14  
 1131:35  TV1-1 burn 22.4m/s 
 1218:25  TV1-2 burn 22.3 m/s 
2013 Jun 15  
 0938  Waypoint at 39 km 
 1111s  Arrive S2, 3.5 km 
 1142  Depart S2 
  One of four thruster units failed 
 1223  250m S3 hold 
 1320  Resume approach 
 1324  Range 150m 
 1343  19m S4 hold  
 1356? Resume approach 
 1359  11m S41 hold 
 1407  Docking with Zvezda 
2013 Jun 19  1305  ATV test burn, OCS2/4, 6:47 0.98m/s 1.7 km 
2013 Jun 20   HO to ATV/ISS 
2013 Jul 10  0545  ATV reboost OCS2/4 1.4m/s 199 kg 
2013 Aug 14   ISS refuelling 860 kg 
2013 Aug 12   O2 transfers begin 100 kg 
2013 Aug 14   Purge refuel lines of ISS complete 
2013 Aug 27   Final water transfer 564 kg 
2013 Aug 31  0717  ATV reboost 204.8s or 185s? , 0.48m/s, 0.8 km 69 kg 
2013 Sep 15  1242 Reboost 0.5m/s, 68 kg 205s 
2013 Oct 2  1922  Reboost 818s 1.95m/s 272 kg 
2013 Oct 24  1103 Reboost 257s 0.62m/s 86 kg 
2013 Oct 28  0855  Undocked from Zvezda 
 0859 Sep burn 4m/s  
 1948:35  TP1 burn 3:50 11.8m/s 
 1952:25  TP1 cutoff 
 2031:40  TP2 burn 3:54 11.8m/s 
 2035:34  TP2 cutoff 
  Drift on Phasing orbit 
2013 Oct 31  0742  MC1 29s  
 0830  MC2 
2013 Nov 1 1827s  TV1, transfer to ISS vicinity 
 1913s  TV2 
2013 Nov 2  0835  DEO1 26m/s 7 min  
 0842  DEO1 cutoff  220? x 317 x 51.6 
 1128:43  DEO2 88.4 m/s 23m:06s 
 1151:49  DEO2 cutoff  -70 x 314 x 51.6  
 1204  Entry LOS 

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Tianlian 1

 2008-019A


Chinese data relay satellite. Launch by CZ-3C from Xichang. CZ-3C is like the CZ-3B but with two strapons. Based on DFH-3 bus.

Mass 2500-3400 kg? Located at 77E until 2013, when it was moved to 80E.


Tian Lian 1-1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2008 Apr 25  1535  Launch by CZ-3C  Xichang 
  T+2:07? Booster sep 
  T+2:27? St 1 sep 
  T+3:52? Fairing sep
  T+5:32? St 2 sep 
  T+5:32? St 3 MES-1 
 1545  T+10:31? MECO-1  220? x 450? x 28.5? 
 1556? T+21:21? MES-2 
 1559? T+24:20? MECO-2  218 x 41817 x 18.1  
 1600  Perigee 
 1601? Stage 3 sep 
2008 Apr 25    218 x 41817 x 18.1 
2008 May 2    1436.22 35768 x 35809 x 0.5 GEO 77.0E 
2008 Jun 6    1436.11 35767 x 35806 x 0.4 GEO 77.0E 
2013 Jul 2    1436.09 35759 x 35813 x 0.2 GEO 77.0E 

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