SpaceX CRS5 Update

On Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 6:50:31 PM UTC-5, Dr J R Stockton wrote:
In sci.space.station message
raweb.com, Wed, 7 Jan 2015 17:39:51, JF Mezei jfmezei.spamnot@vaxinati
on.ca posted:

New launch date:

@SpaceX selects Sat., Jan 10 at 4:47a ET to launch #ISScargo mission to
the @Space_Station

[remainder edited away - dls]
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Putting further discussion of this mission in a new thread w/o a date so that it can always remain current.

Dave

On Friday or thereabouts, David Spain asked ...
On Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 6:50:31 PM UTC-5, Dr J R Stockton wrote:
In sci.space.station message
raweb.com, Wed, 7 Jan 2015 17:39:51, JF Mezei jfmezei.spamnot@vaxinati
on.ca posted:

New launch date:

@SpaceX selects Sat., Jan 10 at 4:47a ET to launch #ISScargo mission to
the @Space_Station

[remainder edited away - dls]
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(c) John Stockton, nr London, UK. E-mail, see Home Page. Turnpike
v6.05. Website http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/ - w. FAQish topics, links,
acronyms PAS EXE etc. : http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/programs/ - see in
00index.htm Dates - miscdate.htm estrdate.htm js-dates.htm pas-time.htm
critdate.htm etc.

Putting further discussion of this mission in a new thread w/o a date so that
it can always remain current.


Launch on time and successful, capsule in orbit.

First stage: return "Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed
hard. Close, but no cigar this time. Bodes well for the future though."

URL:http://www.spacex.com/webcast/

/dps

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Snidely is guilty of mn.52677df1c05228b4.127094@snitoo as of
1/10/2015 10:15:10 AM
On Friday or thereabouts, David Spain asked ...
On Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 6:50:31 PM UTC-5, Dr J R Stockton wrote:
In sci.space.station message
raweb.com, Wed, 7 Jan 2015 17:39:51, JF Mezei jfmezei.spamnot@vaxinati
on.ca posted:

New launch date:

@SpaceX selects Sat., Jan 10 at 4:47a ET to launch #ISScargo mission to
the @Space_Station

[remainder edited away - dls]
-- (c) John Stockton, nr London, UK. E-mail, see Home Page. Turnpike
v6.05. Website http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/ - w. FAQish topics,
links, acronyms PAS EXE etc. : http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/programs/
- see in 00index.htm Dates - miscdate.htm estrdate.htm js-dates.htm
pas-time.htm critdate.htm etc.

Putting further discussion of this mission in a new thread w/o a date so
that it can always remain current.


Launch on time and successful, capsule in orbit.

First stage: return "Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed hard.
Close, but no cigar this time. Bodes well for the future though."

URL:http://www.spacex.com/webcast/

I rather like this part of the launch video, with the globules in the
tank:
URL:http://youtu.be/BCoDwGTpYQs?t=11m45s

Looks like the main mission control room in Hawthorne is staffed by
about 24 people for launch; . What sort of setup do they have in the
bunker at KSC?

/dps

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In article mn.85867df1b96dc1a4.127094@snitoo,
says...

Looks like the main mission control room in Hawthorne is staffed by
about 24 people for launch; . What sort of setup do they have in the
bunker at KSC?

You mean NASA at KSC? Not sure, since they have not launched a shuttle
from KSC in quite some time. From what I understand, for shuttle,
launch was handled by KSC, but control was turned over to JSC for
control of the actual mission.

I'm sure all of the gory details are on "the net". It's worth a Google.
Go ahead, you can do it...

Jeff
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magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper
than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in
and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer

Just this Saturday, Jeff Findley puzzled about:
In article mn.85867df1b96dc1a4.127094@snitoo,
says...

Looks like the main mission control room in Hawthorne is staffed by
about 24 people for launch; . What sort of setup do they have in the
bunker at KSC?

You mean NASA at KSC?

No, I mean
what sort of team does SpaceX have at Johnson?"

There's at least the guy that drives the erector out to the pad, the
guy that hooks up the fuel hoses, and the people strapping the capsule
to the 2nd stage. Are there 4-5 people in the block house monitoring
test equipment and communicating back to Hawthorne?

Not sure, since they have not launched a shuttle
from KSC in quite some time. From what I understand, for shuttle,
launch was handled by KSC, but control was turned over to JSC for
control of the actual mission.

I'm sure all of the gory details are on "the net". It's worth a Google.
Go ahead, you can do it...

I'm not interested in Googling shuttle launches; my curiosity is about
SpaceX.

/dps

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On Sunday, January 18, 2015 at 2:10:24 AM UTC-5, snidely wrote:
Just this Saturday, Jeff Findley puzzled about:
In article mn.85867df1b96dc1a4.127094@snitoo, snidely
says...

Looks like the main mission control room in Hawthorne is staffed by
about 24 people for launch; . What sort of setup do they have in the
bunker at KSC?

You mean NASA at KSC?

No, I mean
what sort of team does SpaceX have at Johnson?"


Erm. I'm confused. Are you talking ground support at SLC-40 at Canaveral?

There's at least the guy that drives the erector out to the pad, the
guy that hooks up the fuel hoses, and the people strapping the capsule
to the 2nd stage. Are there 4-5 people in the block house monitoring
test equipment and communicating back to Hawthorne?


One would think. The erector / strong-back with unfueled F9 is moved via rail trucks from its assembly shed to the pad along a straight rail path. I'm assuming it's standard gauge.

Not sure, since they have not launched a shuttle
from KSC in quite some time. From what I understand, for shuttle,
launch was handled by KSC, but control was turned over to JSC for
control of the actual mission.

I'm sure all of the gory details are on "the net". It's worth a Google.
Go ahead, you can do it...

I'm not interested in Googling shuttle launches; my curiosity is about
SpaceX.


Different folks, different processes. AFAIK KSC nor any of its Merritt Island facilities is involved in this at all.

That *will* change with F9H.

Also I'm sure for rendezvous operations with ISS there is a SpaceX rep or two present at JSC and possibly at (Star City?) Moscow at ISS mission control....

But for F9 from SLC-40 the launch support I presume is whatever was used for the older Titan-III missions launched from there. I don't believe that involved the LC-39A/B infrastructure. I could be wrong (but I don't think so ;-)...

Dave

In a case like this, a bottom posted comment seems rather silly.
Brian

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On Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 6:50:31 PM UTC-5, Dr J R Stockton wrote:
In sci.space.station message
raweb.com, Wed, 7 Jan 2015 17:39:51, JF Mezei jfmezei.spamnot@vaxinati
on.ca posted:

New launch date:

@SpaceX selects Sat., Jan 10 at 4:47a ET to launch #ISScargo mission to
the @Space_Station

[remainder edited away - dls]
--
(c) John Stockton, nr London, UK. E-mail, see Home Page. Turnpike
v6.05.
Website http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/ - w. FAQish topics, links,
acronyms
PAS EXE etc. : http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/programs/ - see in
00index.htm
Dates - miscdate.htm estrdate.htm js-dates.htm pas-time.htm critdate.htm
etc.

Putting further discussion of this mission in a new thread w/o a date so
that it can always remain current.

Dave