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Progress Docking Time Moved Up
This is very puzzling -- what more can we learn about this last-minute
change of plans? "rk" wrote in message ... Just heard on NASA TV that the docking time will be about 6:30 pm EST -- moved up about 1/2 of an hour. -- rk, Just an OldEngineer "Engineers abhor extrapolation" -- Ken Iliff, from _Runway to Orbit_, 2004 |
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Very nice description -- it tallies very well with this
'official use only' status report for today, that I just got a hold of. Progress 16P (#351) docked successfully last night at 6:58pm EST at the Service Module (SM) aft port. The docking in automated mode went flawlessly after last moment rescheduling of the event by TsUP/Moscow, delaying the linkup from the planned 6:31pm by 27 minutes. [After the entire process of fully automated rendezvous and approach had proceeded without issues, Russian Flight Control postponed the actual docking until ISS was in sunlight over Russian ground sites, because of a temporary inability of US segment (USOS) assets to downlink the Progress Klest TV picture for relay to Moscow. The video downlink was successfully acquired just prior to the actual docking activities initiation. All Progress systems operated perfectly during all phases of flight, rendezvous, and docking.] |
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