Friday, January 3, 2020

TRACE

 1998-020A


The Transitional Region and Coronal Explorer was the 4th SMEX mission, to study magnetic fields and heating in solar corona. It returns the highest resolution EUV images of the sun. Mass is 250 kg; the bus was a GSFC SMEX. TRACE carries a 0.3m aperture Ritchey-Chretien telescope, with coatings for both optical-UV and EUV (narrow 171A, 195A and 284A bands) imaging. One quadrant of the primary observes in the UV, the remainder in the EUV. The telescope has an 8.5min field of view, and is derived from the NIXT sounding rocket and the EIT telescope on SOHO.


TRACE 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1998 Apr 2  0144  L-1011 t/o from VAFB 
 0242:39  Pegasus drop 
 0242:44  Stage 1 burn  
 0243:59  Stage 2 burn 
 0245:06  Stage 2 MECO 
 0249:55  Stage 2 sep 
 0250:04  Stage 3 burn 
 0251:12  Stage 3 MECO 
 0252:12  Stage 3 sep 
1998 Apr 2  1430   97.10 598 x 641 x 97.8 
1998 Apr 20   First light 
2017 Jun 21   end of science ops 

Payload:

  • TRACE telescope

  • CCD camera

Thursday, January 2, 2020

Space mission transcripts

 Freedom 7:

https://ia800607.us.archive.org/28/items/NasaAudioHighlightReels/MR03_TEC.PDF

Liberty Bell 7:

https://ia800607.us.archive.org/28/items/NasaAudioHighlightReels/MR04_TEC.PDF

Friendship 7:

https://ia600607.us.archive.org/28/items/NasaAudioHighlightReels/MA06_TEC.PDF

Aurora 7:

https://ia600607.us.archive.org/28/items/NasaAudioHighlightReels/MA07_TEC.PDF

Sigma 7:

https://ia800607.us.archive.org/28/items/NasaAudioHighlightReels/MA08_TEC.PDF

Faith 7:

https://ia800607.us.archive.org/28/items/NasaAudioHighlightReels/MA09_TEC.PDF

Gemini 3:

https://ia800607.us.archive.org/28/items/NasaAudioHighlightReels/GT03_PAO.PDF

https://ia600607.us.archive.org/28/items/NasaAudioHighlightReels/GT03_TEC.PDF

Shenzhou 10

 2013-029A


DV to docking 55 m/s for major burns, about 145 kg so mass about 7936 kg. Plus prox ops, say around 7900 kg at docking.


SZ10 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2013 Jun 11  0938:03  Launch by CZ-2F  JQ 
  T+2:00 LES sep 
  T+2:34 SOB burnout, sep 
  T+2:35 St 1 MECO 
  T+2:36 St 1 sep, St 2 burn 
  T+3:28 Fairing sep, 2 halves 
  T+7:36 St 2 MECO 
 0947  T+9:31 VECO  
 0947  St 2 sep T+9:34  89.65 198 x 316 x 42.8  
 1632?  DV1 19m/s  90.26 260 x 314 x 42.8 
2013 Jun 12  1345?  DV2 28m/s  90.95 315 x 327 x 42.8 
2013 Jun 13 0248  Begin V-bar approach 
2013 Jun 13 0320? DV3 7.5m/s  91.21 329 x 339 x 42.8 
 0511  Docked 
 0518  Hard dock 
 0811? Crew entry 
2013 Jun 23  
 0026  Undocked 
  Stationkeep 
  Begin V-bar approach 
 0200  Docked 
 0207  Hard docked 
 0509  HO to TG-1 
2013 Jun 24  
 2107  HC to TG-1 
 2305  Undocked 
  Flyaround 
2013 Jun 25  0025  Rerendezvous on V-bar 
  Sep burn 
 2321?  OM sep 
 2323?  Deorbit 
 2325? DO CO 
 2343  SM sep 
 2354  Entry 
2013 Jun 26 
 0007  Landed 111.36E 42.33N 

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Soyuz TMA-07M (Sail)

 2012-074A


Soyuz TMA-07M (factory no. 704A, ISS flight 33S) was launched on 2012 Dec 19 with Roman Romanenko, Chris Hadfield and Tom Marshburn. 

Mass 1395 kg BO, 2893 kg SA, 880 kg prop, 7186 kg total. Spacecraft 704A used the SA from 708 and the BO and PAO from 707, following ground test damage to SA 704.

 


TMA07M 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2012 Dec 19  1212:36  Launch by Soyuz-FG  Baikonur LC31 
  T+1:53 SAS sep
  T+1:58 Blok-BVGD sep, 45 km 
  T+2:37 GO sep
  T+4:47 Blok A sep
  T+4:57 KhO sep
 1221:21 T+8:45 Blok-I MECO 
 1221:24 T+8:48 Blok-I sep 
 1547:47  DV1 80.6s 32.65m/s 
 1646:10  DV2 43.8s 17.71m/s 
2012 Dec 20  1328:59  DPO burn 19s 1.3m/s 
2012 Dec 21 
 1213s  DV 
 1235s  DV 
 1259s  DV 
 1340s  Braking 
 1352  Begin flyaround at 300m 
 1357  Stationkeeping 
 1358  Final approach 
 1402  Inside 75m 

1408:44  Docked with Rassvet 
 1637  HO 
2013 May 13  
 1950  HC to ISS 
 2307:54 Undocking from Rassvet after 143d 9h 
 2310:54 15s sep burn 
2013 May 14    410 x 416 km  
 0137:09  SKD Deorbit 4:45 128.1m/s  -19 x 410  
 0141:56  DO CO 
 0204:55  Module sep 
 0207:54  Entry interface 100 km  
 0230:37s  Landing

Saturday, December 21, 2019

Echostar 16

 2012-065A


SS/L Loral 1300 satellite for Echostar at 61.5W. Mass 6650 kg full 3520 kg dry.


Echo16 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2012 Nov 20  1831:00  Launch by Proton-MLC200/39 
  T+1:55 MD2 
  T+2:00 St 1 sep 
  T+5:24 MD3 
  T+5:27 St 2 Sep 
  T+5:44 GO sep 
 1840 T+9:42 St 3 MECO 
  T+9:42 OB sep  -866 x 182 x 51.5  
 1842 T+11:16 MES-1 
 1849 T+18:42 MECO-1 176 x 177 x 51.5 
 1938 T+1:07:43 MES-2 
 1956 T+1:25:13 MECO-2 267 x 4996 x 50.3 
 2159 T+3:28:06 MES-3 
 2208 T+3:37:43 MECO-3  
 2209 T+3:38:33 DTB sep  320 x 12396 x 49.7  
 2211 T+3:40:01 MES-4 
 2218 T+3:47:33 MECO-4  428 x 35814 x 49.1 (s) 
2012 Nov 21  0325 T+8:54:20 MES-5 
  T+8:58:55 MECO-5  2434 x 35786 x 29.5 (s) 
 0343  T+9:11:46 Briz-M sep 

November 25,2004

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_poetry

Thursday, December 5, 2019

Orion EFT-1

 2014-076A


Exploration Flight Test of Orion on Delta 4, two orbits. SV is assembled at Michoud, outfitted at LM/OCF-KSC and then tested at LM/Denver. The flight is operated by LM Space Systems/Denver, rather than by NASA.

Flight capsule, dummy SM and test fairings. SM fairings provide structural strength during stage 1 burn and are jettisoned during the stage 2 burn to save mass.

Mass is 21000 kg including SM and LAS; 8600 kg CM at landing. CM+LAS at lanch 17000 kg. LAS motor is 3464 kg, with 1780 kN thrust. LAS ACS motor is 760 kg. LAS jettison motor is 410 kg, giving a lower limit of 4650 kg to LAS and upper limit of 12350 kg to the CM; infer service module is about 2650 kg. Orion to stage adapter connects to DCSS. Fairings 450 kg x 3.


CM  9400?  
SM  2650?  
LAS  7650?  
Panels 1383  


Total  21083  
OSA  510  


EFT1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2014 Dec 5  1205 Launch by Delta 4H  CC SLC37 
  T+3:58 Side CBC MECO, sep 
  T+5:31 CBC Core MECO 
 1210 T+5:38 Stage 1 sep 
 1210 T+5:51 Stage 2 MES 
 1211 T+6:16 SM fairings sep 
 1211 T+6:20 LAS sep 
 1222 T+17:17 Stage 2 MECO-1 185 x 888 x 28.8  
 1400  T+1:55:20 Rev 2 Stage 2 MES-2 4:45 
  T+2:00:11 MECO-2  -37 x 5807 km x 28.8  
 1510 T+3:05 Apogee 5807 km 
 1528 T+3:23:36 Stage 2 sep from CM -8.36 113.67 5275 km 
 1550 Stage 2 burn 3, 1 min 
 1602 T+3:57:11 RCS burn 10s, translation 
 1616  T+4:11:05 Stage 2 reentry over Pacific 
 1618 T+4:13:35 Orion reentry interface 8.9 km/s  
  T+4:19:29 Forward bay cover sep, para deploy 
 1629  T+4:23:29 Splashdown off Baja 
  23.60N 116.46W  
  Recovery by USS Anchorage 

November 20,2006

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football