DocM Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 (edited) Both Falcon 9 and Dragon are Flight Proven™ Date: April 2, 2018 Time: 1630 EDT (2030 GMT) Pad: KSC LC-40 Core: B1039.2, first flight CRS-12 Dragon hull: first flight CRS-8 Recovery: LZ-1 Pressurized cargo mass: 2,760kg (6,080lb) External cargo mass: 550kg (1,210lb) Return cargo: Robonaut 2, misc. experiments and biosamples. External payloads Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) A climate observatory for the ISS developed by the ASIM consortium for ESA; Terma A/S, Technical University of Denmark, University of Bergen, University of Valencia, Polish Academy of Science Space Research Center, and OHB Italia. Robotic Refueling Mission 3 (RRM3) RRM3 will demonstrate innovative methods to store, transfer and freeze standard cryogenic fluid and xenon in space. Pump and Flow Control System (PFCS) Internal payloads ESA RemoveDEBRIS The mission will comprise of a main satellite platform (~100kg) that once in orbit will deploy two CubeSats as artificial debris targets to demonstrate some of the technologies; net capture, harpoon capture, vision-based navigation, and dragsail de-orbitation. The project is co-funded by the European Commission and the project partners, and is led by the Surrey Space Centre (SSC), University of Surrey, UK. Irazu Project Space Technology for the Monitoring of Climate Change, Turkey and Costa Rica. 1 KUNS-PF A technology testbed built by the University of Nairobi, Kenya. A pathfinder for future larger satellites. Crawl, walk, run. Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 Static fire window opens at 1100 Eastern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DocM Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 Date: April 2, 2018 Time: 1630 EDT (2030 GMT) Recovery: NO (2nd use, emptying the hangars for F9 Block 5's) Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 Payloads presentation Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bguy_1986 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 On 3/31/2018 at 9:07 PM, DocM said: Date: April 2, 2018 Time: 1630 EDT (2030 GMT) Recovery: NO (2nd use, emptying the hangars for F9 Block 5's) I assume no recovery means they are trashing them in the ocean? That would be a shame. Could at least melt the metals down or recycle some of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 (edited) No recovery, they're going to push the edge of the flight envelope. Likely a high angle of attack lifting entry and kamikazi landing burn to see what they can get away with. No sense risking damage to the ASDS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 Liftoff!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 MECO S2 SEP S2 START Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 SECO Good orbit Dragon away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 SECO Good orbit Dragon away Just like clockwork Arrays deployed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthdci Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Totally nominal just what we like to see. Curious to the result of the experimental s1. I guess we’ll find out in the coming days the result of it. DocM 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsItPluggedIn Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 SpaceX has been getting a lot better lately with their delays and holds, for a while there it was nearly every launch that was either delayed or they would hold, its good to see they are getting better at hitting the mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 This is launch #7 for 2018, so SpaceX is now 2 months ahead of their record-setting 2017 cadence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted April 3, 2018 Author Share Posted April 3, 2018 NASA videos Webcast Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted April 3, 2018 Author Share Posted April 3, 2018 Also, many folks saw/heard of Falcon Heavy and had a relapse of "the space bug." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 Wow..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Bwahaha ... ISS Crew have forced Mission Control to accelerate the capture and docking of CRS-14 Dragon about 20~40 minutes ahead of schedule. Dragon got there a bit earlier than expected (due to efficiency), and rather than be inefficient the JAXA and NASA crewmembers weren't about to waste that opportunity. LMAO ... that's effing great. FD was looking a little twitchy for a couple of minutes before giving them the go-ahead to proceed. DocM 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 (edited) Maybe the SpaceX guys snuck another half gallon of ice cream into one of Dragon's onboard freezers and the crew found out about it? It's happened before Edited April 4, 2018 by DocM Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 (edited) Dragon CRS-14 nose cone was found on a French island. Maybe they should also get parafoils Edited April 16, 2018 by DocM Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted May 5, 2018 Author Share Posted May 5, 2018 Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthdci Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 1 hour ago, DocM said: Do you know if the dragons are a reuse once like the pre-block5 falcon9 or can they be used multiple? Same question goes for the dragon 2? I guess that’ll have much more reuse baked into the design Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 Dragon 1 can be reused several times, but with cargo missions switching to Dragon 2 after CRS-20 certifying it for reuse begins anew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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