DocM Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) DM-1 is an uncrewed test flight to the international Space Station. If successful, this vehicle will be re-used for the IFA mission (in flight abort) where Crew Dragon will test its SuperDraco LAS (launch abort system) engines at high altitude and peak launch loads (MAX-Q). Launch photographer Ben Cooper has the NET launch date/time http://www.launchphotography.com/Delta_4_Atlas_5_Falcon_9_Launch_Viewing.html Launch: NET Feb. 9 T-0: ~1100 Eastern If it slips past Feb. 13 the high Beta angle will cause a further slip to at least Feb. 20. Between Feb. 9 and 13 each delay day moves the launch time 22-26 minutes earlier. Crew Dragon DM-1 vehicle. The black areas on this side of the Trunk are conformal solar arrays; no covers & no need to unfold them, so less to go wrong. The other side has thermal radiators, which keep the spacecraft cool. Edited January 15, 2019 by DocM Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 Irene Klotz is from Aviation Week, and Post-Certification Missions (PCM) are not happening until after DM-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DocM Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) Launch: NET Feb 23, 2019 Time: TBD Edited January 25, 2019 by DocM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DocM Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 Still looking like Feb 23 Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Unobscured Vision Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 The Tower is looking spiffy. All the rehab work to get it prepped for the cladding is nothing less than attractive. Gotta hand it to SpaceX ... the weather coating and sealing compounds are just .. nice. It's never looked this good. bguy_1986 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted February 6, 2019 Author Share Posted February 6, 2019 In part ISS scheduling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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flyingskippy Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Now that's a spaceship! Looks like something out of Star Trek! DocM 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Ah well. More time to get the cladding work advanced. DocM and bguy_1986 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DocM Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 WRT the PSN-VI booster, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Unobscured Vision Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 I know I am. DocM 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 I'm betting they do a tour of the Crew Dragon, then say "for our next act...." with an updated Starship video and shots from Boca Chica. Mic-Drop Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthdci Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 I know it’s a demo flight, but are they going all Falcon heavy and putting dummies in suits in there or are they basically doing a cargo mission? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+rdlenk Subscriber² Posted February 24, 2019 Subscriber² Share Posted February 24, 2019 21 minutes ago, anthdci said: I know it’s a demo flight, but are they going all Falcon heavy and putting dummies in suits in there or are they basically doing a cargo mission? Wouldn't want those interior cameras pointed at nothing, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 My understanding is that SpaceX's objectives for human flight no longer include human rating the FH, but instead are focusing on getting Starship handling all BEO human spaceflight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 DM-1 gets a full anthropomorphic simulator to test human load during launch & recovery, not your basic crash dummy. FH won't be human rated. Big human launches belong to Starship. anthdci and Unobscured Vision 1 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted February 28, 2019 Author Share Posted February 28, 2019 (edited) Weather: 80% GO! https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1100362751287939073 @SpaceXFleet Of Course I Still Love You is preparing to leave Port Canaveral this morning ahead of the DM-1 mission on Saturday. Tug Hollywood is towing for this mission! | Port Canaveral tugs Florida and Eagle are assisting Hollywood in moving OCISLY away from the dock. | Departure! Breaking the turnaround record, OCISLY is outbound for sea just 48 hours after delivering a booster to port! The droneship is heading 492km downrange, north east from the launchpad! | Calling all boats: Please stay out of this zone at 2:48am EST Saturday, March 2, as SpaceX attempts to launch Demo-1 from KSC's pad 39A (with booster landing at sea). Launch Timeline ========== NASA TV live coverage of SpX-DM1, all times UTC February 28, Thursday 16:00 - NASA Social Media Briefing 21:00 - Prelaunch briefing (only on Public Channel) 23:00 - Replay of Social Media Briefing March 2, Saturday 03:00 - Replay of prelaunch briefing 07:00 - Begin of of launch coverage 07:49 - Launch (7:49:03) 09:00 - Post-Launch News Conference March 3, Sunday 08:30 - Coverage of rendezvous and docking 11:00 - Docking (scheduled) 13:30 - Coverage of Crew Dragon hatch opening 13:45 - Hatch opening (scheduled) 15:35 - Coverage of Dragon welcoming ceremony @ ISS March 7, Thursday 17:15 - Coverage of the hatch closure 17:25 - Hatch closure (scheduled) March 8, Friday 07:00 - Coverage of undocking 07:31 - Undocking (scheduled) 12:30 - Coverage of deorbit burn and splashdown 12:50 - Deorbit burn (scheduled) 13:45 - Splashdown (scheduled) TBD - Post-Splashdown News Conference https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/schedule.html, EST times --- Updates: 2019-02-26: Prelaunch briefing has been scheduled for 21:00 UTC on Thursday. 2019-02-27: Added replay of pre-launch briefings 2019-02-27: Post-launch news conference has been preponed from 10:00 to 9:00 UTC Nogib and Unobscured Vision 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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