Falcon at T-9

Auto launch sequencer running at T-10.

Dragon on internal power at T-8.

/dps

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Snidely explained on 5/22/2012 :
Auto launch sequencer running at T-10.

Dragon on internal power at T-8.

Nominal through 50 kilometers ... approaching MECO1.

MECO2

Separation and 2nd stage ignition.

/dps

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Who, me? And what lacuna?

Snidely explained on 5/22/2012 :
Snidely explained on 5/22/2012 :
Auto launch sequencer running at T-10.

Dragon on internal power at T-8.

Nominal through 50 kilometers ... approaching MECO1.

MECO2

Separation and 2nd stage ignition.



Very nice having the video of the 2nd stage burn.

[...]
Vehicle in orbit and Dragon separated.

[...]
Solar arrays deployed.

/dps

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Snidely used his keyboard to write :
Snidely explained on 5/22/2012 :
Auto launch sequencer running at T-10.

Dragon on internal power at T-8.

Nominal through 50 kilometers ... approaching MECO1.

MECO2

Separation and 2nd stage ignition.

NASA tweet pictu
http://twitpic.com/9nx6mo

/dps


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In article mn.b03a7dc50f49b43f.127094@snitoo,
says...

Snidely explained on 5/22/2012 :
Snidely explained on 5/22/2012 :
Auto launch sequencer running at T-10.

Dragon on internal power at T-8.

Nominal through 50 kilometers ... approaching MECO1.

MECO2

Separation and 2nd stage ignition.



Very nice having the video of the 2nd stage burn.

[...]
Vehicle in orbit and Dragon separated.

[...]
Solar arrays deployed.

Very nice. I whish SpaceX good luck with the rest of the mission!

Jeff
--
" Ares 1 is a prime example of the fact that NASA just can't get it
up anymore... and when they can, it doesn't stay up long. "
- tinker

In article m,
says...

Anyone know the expected time that dragon will be berthed ? I take it
NASA TV will carry this ?

Try looking for this yourself. NASA Spaceflight.com has articles on
this. You could also try NASA websites or even SpaceX's website. Why
do we have to dig up the info for you?

Also, anyone know if Dragon has the plumbing interfaces to the CBM to
allow the station's pumps to draw O2 fro Dragon's tanks and pumpy them
into the Quest airlocl tanks ?

Or will they have separate tanks which will be physically brought to
Quest and plugged into some pipe to replenish the station's tanks ? (as
I am led to understand they do with O2 tanks brought in as cargo by
Progress).

Again, see my suggestion above.

Jeff
--
" Ares 1 is a prime example of the fact that NASA just can't get it
up anymore... and when they can, it doesn't stay up long. "
- tinker

Snidely was thinking very hard :
Snidely explained on 5/22/2012 :
Auto launch sequencer running at T-10.

Dragon on internal power at T-8.

Nominal through 50 kilometers ... approaching MECO1.

MECO2

Separation and 2nd stage ignition.

Saw this shot on a newspaper front page at a news stand.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/05/21/national/a084100D72.DTL
http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2012/05/22/ba-spacex22_WRE0111180557_part6.jpg
AP's Craig Rubadoux picked a great place to watch the launch.

/dps

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JF Mezei scribbled something on Friday the 25th:
Watching NASA TV: Grappling of Dragon is expected to happen at 07:59
EDT. (11:59 GMT)

Not sure when berthig will happen. Appears the hatch will be opened on
saturday.

SpaceflightNow has some of that information, too.

quote
An approach initiation burn is scheduled for 4:11 a.m. EDT (0811 GMT),
when Dragon is at a point 1.4 kilometers, or 4,600 feet, below the
space station. Arrival at a position 250 meters, or 820 feet, below the
complex is expected at about 5:21 a.m. EDT (0921 GMT).
/quote

(Shuttles usually waited until the next day to open the hatch, also.
Gives time to check for leaks in the berthing couplings.)

BTW, does anyone know what communicatiosn facilities are available to
Dragon ? Are assets such as TDRS available to it ? Or does SpaceX rely
on its own ground stations for command and control ?

During the launch, I'm pretty sure I heard a call that the rocket was
acquiring TDRS.

How much functionlity is available on that CUCU UHF interface between
station and Dragon ? I know the control pad is simplistic with just a
few buttons, but is that a true data path that could pentilally have
bidirectional data transfers ? Or is it a simplified "analogue" type fo
interface with very specific and limited command set available ?

I haven't seen that; I've had trouble knowing what the buttons are for.

/dps

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In article m,
says...

Jeff Findley wrote:

Try looking for this yourself. NASA Spaceflight.com has articles on
this.

Yep plenty of articles, but have yet to see a precise time when final
apprpach to ISS for grappling will happen. Best I saw was "may 25th in
morning".

My guess is because the exact time will depend on other events, like how
quickly NASA approves, or disapproves, of Dragon's performance of its
prior tests in orbit. So far, the news reports that the tests have gone
well, so we'll see.

You could also try NASA websites or even SpaceX's website. Why
do we have to dig up the info for you?

Why not just say "sorry I don't know" if you don't know it ? I didn't
ask you to dig it up. Just figured someone would know by heart and this
would help those, like me, who have been unable to find the info on the
nasa and spacex websites.

In other words, you're asking for "inside information". Sorry, but
people have been *fired* in the past for doing just that in these
sci.space newsgroups. In fact, I believe that the postings in question
(for one individual) had to do with schedules of shuttle processing!

I doubt anyone else will make that same mistake again. So no, you're
not going to get anything more than the press already knows out of a
public Usenet newsgroup.

Jeff
--
" Ares 1 is a prime example of the fact that NASA just can't get it
up anymore... and when they can, it doesn't stay up long. "
- tinker

In article mn.c8457dc555fb28d7.127094@snitoo,
says...

JF Mezei scribbled something on Friday the 25th:
Watching NASA TV: Grappling of Dragon is expected to happen at 07:59
EDT. (11:59 GMT)

Not sure when berthig will happen. Appears the hatch will be opened on
saturday.

SpaceflightNow has some of that information, too.

I've got NASA TV streaming to the kids' PC (they've got the best
hardware) and it looks like Dragon is getting pretty close to ISS.

The ground has commanded a "retreat" of Dragon from rendezvous with ISS.
Not sure if it was planned (as a test?) or if something is wrong. Since
I just "tuned in", I'm a bit clueless right now. ;-)

Jeff
--
" Ares 1 is a prime example of the fact that NASA just can't get it
up anymore... and when they can, it doesn't stay up long. "
- tinker