Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Space x timeline

 
 
SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon Launch-to-Splashdown Timeline
 
ISS Exp 31 Crew
CDR Oleg Kononenko (29S CDR)                                                2nd Flt (Exp 17)
FE5 Andre Kuipers (Netherlands)                                                2nd Flt (TMA-4/3 rotation)
FE6 Don Pettit                                                                                  3rd Flt (Exp 6 & STS-126)
 
FE1 Gennady Padalka (E32 CDR/30S CDR - TMA-04M)           4th Flt (TM-26, E9, E19-20)
FE2 Sergei Revin                                                                            1st Flt
FE3 Joe Acaba                                                                                 2nd Flt (STS-119/15A)
 
Friday                      May 18
 
  CDT               EDT              EVENT                                              MET (day/hr min sec)
Noon              1:00 pm         NASA TV:     Pre-Launch News Conference
 
Tuesday                  May 22
 
  CDT               EDT              EVENT
  1:30 am         2:30 am       NASA TV LAUNCH COVERAGE BEGINS
  2:44:38 am    3:44:38 am  LAUNCH (ISS 250 miles up East of St John’s Newfoundland)
  2:44:48 am    3:44:48 am  Begin gravity turn                                        00/00:00:10
  2:46:02 am    3:46:02 am  Max Q                                                             00/00/01:24
  2:47:26 am    3:47:26 am  Shutdown engines 1 & 9                           00/00/02:48
  2:47:37 am    3:47:37 am  Shutdown engines 3 & 7                           00/00/02:59
  2:47:37 am    3:47:37 am  Shutdown engines 2 & 8                           00/00/02:59
  2:47:37 am    3:47:37 am  Shutdown engines 4 & 6                           00/00/02:59
  2:47:38 am    3:47:38 am  Shutdown engine 5 (MECO)                     00/00:03:00
  2:47:43 am    3:47:43 am  Stage separation                                          00/00:03:05
  2:47:50 am    3:47:50 am  Stage 2 engine start                                    00/00:03:12
  2:48:30 am    3:48:30 am  Nose cone jettison                                       00/00:03:52
  2:50:10 am    3:50:10 am  Begin yaw                                                     00/00:05:32
  2:53:10 am    3:53:10 am  Terminal guidance start                              00/00:08:32
  2:53:52 am    3:53:52 am  2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO)                00/00:09:14
  2:54:27 am    3:54:27 am  Dragon separation                                       00/00:09:49
  2:55:56 am    3:55:56 am  Solar Array deploy seq start                       00/00:11:18
  3:55:02 am    4:55:02 am  Coelliptic burn (CE)                                     00/01:10:24
  4:20:02 am    5:20:02 am  Abort Global Positioning Sys demo         00/01:35:24
  4:30 am         5:30 am       NASA TV:     Post Launch News Conference
  8:28:59 am    9:28:59 am  Phasing & Height Adjust burn (PHA1)    00/05:44:21
  9:15:05 am  10:15:05 am  Phasing Coelliptic burn (PCE1)               00/06:30:27
  9:40:05 am  10:40:05 am  Abort Demo Pulsed burn                           00/06/55:27
10:20:05 am  11:20:05 am  Free Drift demo                                            00/07:35:27
  6:32:31 pm    7:32:31 pm  Height Adjust burn (HA1)                           00/15:47:53
  7:18:27 pm    8:18:27 pm  Coelliptic burn (CE1)                                  00/16:33:49
  8:29:31 pm    9:29:31 pm  HA2 Out-of-Plane burn                              00/17:44:53
Thursday                May 24
 
  CDT               EDT              EVENT                                              MET (day/hr min sec)
  1:30 am         2:30 am       NASA TV:     Dragon Fly-Under Coverage
  2:02:51 am    3:02:51 am  Height Adjust Flyby burn (HA2)    01/23:18:13
  2:49 am          3:49 am        Coelliptic Flyby burn (CE2)            02/00:04:24
  3:39 am          4:39 am        Rndv GPS demo (Range 17.4sm)02/00:54:24
  3:49 am          4:49 am        COTS UHF Comm Unit check      02/01:04:24
  5:29 am          6:29 am        R-Bar Crossing                                02/02:44:30
  6:08:23 am    7:08:23 am  Departure Height Adj burn (DHA)02/03/23:45
  6:54:35 am    7:54:35 am  Departure Coelliptic burn (DCE)   02/04:09:57
  9:00 am       10:00 am       NASA TV:     Mission Status Briefing
  9:31:54 am  10:31:54 am  Flyby Height Adjust burn (FHA1) 02/06:47:16
10:18:09 am  11:18:09 am  Flyby Coelliptic burn (FCE1)         02/07:33:01
  2:12:39 pm    3:12:39 pm  Flyby Height Adjust burn (FHA2) 02/11:28:01
  2:59 pm          3:59 pm        Flyby Coelliptic burn (FCE2)         02/12:14:22
  7:13:08 pm    8:13:08 pm  Rndv Height Adjust burn (RHA1) 02/16:28:30
  7:59:24 pm    8:59:24 pm  Rndv Coelliptic burn (RCE1)         02/17:14:46
  9:35:38 pm  10:35:38 pm  Rndv Height Adjust burn (RHA2) 02/18:51:00
10:21:48 pm  11:21:48 pm  Rndv Coelliptic burn (RCE2)         02/19:37:10
11:46:31 pm                          Height Adjust burn (HA2)               02/21:01:53
 
Friday                      May 25
 
  CDT               EDT              EVENT                                              MET (day/hr min sec)
                        12:46:31 am  Height Adjust burn (HA2)               02/21:01:53
12:32:43 am    1:32:43 am  Coelliptic burn (CE2)                      02/21:48:05
  1:23 am          2:23 am        Range 17.4 statute miles               02/22:38:05
  2:04:23 am    3:04:23 am  Height Adjust burn (HA3)               02/23:19:45
  2:21:03 am    3:21:03 am  HA3-Midcourse Correction1          02/23:36:25
  2:37:43 am    3:37:43 am  HA3-MC2                                          02/23:53:05
  2:50:38 am    3:50:38 am  Coelliptic burn (CE3)                      03/00:06:00
  3:18:58 am    4:18:58 am  Approach Initiation burn (HA4)     03/00:34:20
  3:35:38 am    4:35:38 am  HA4-MC1 burn                                 03/00:51:00
  3:52:18 am    4:52:18 am  HA4-MC2 burn                                 03/01:07:40
  4:14 am          5:14 am        Arrive 1,148 ft; 180 deg yaw           03/01:29:20
  4:19 am          5:19 am        Depart 1,148 ft (350 meters)          03/01:34:20
  4:29 am          5:29 am        Arrive 820 ft (250 meters)               03/01:44:20
  4:44 am          5:44 am        Depart 820 ft (250m)                       03/01:59:20
Begin retreat/hold demo
  5:09 am          6:09 am        Station keeping at 722 ft (220m)   03/02:24:20
                                                (evaluate retreat/hold demo)
  5:24 am          6:24 am        Resume Approach inside              03/02:39:20
                                                Keep Out Sphere (KOS)
  5:29 am          6:29 am        Range 656 ft (200m) inside KOS  03/02:44:20
  6:13 am          7:13 am        Sunrise
 6:14 am          7:14 am        Arrive 100 ft (30m)                           03/03:29:20
  6:29 am          7:29 am        Depart 100 ft (30m)                          03/03:44:05
  6:49 am          7:49 am        Capture Point Arrival (~35 ft)         03/04:04:05
  6:59 am          7:59 am        “Go” for capture                                03/04:14:05
  7:06:43 am    8:06:43 am  CAPTURE the DRAGON              03/04:22:05
  7:10 am          8:10 am        Sunset
  7:31 am          8:31 am        Latest “go” for capture
  7:41 am          8:41 am        Latest Capture Point arrival
  7:46 am          8:46 am        Sunrise
  7:56 am          8:56 am        Earliest “go” for capture
  8:00 am          9:00 am        Earliest Capture Point arrival
  8:43 am          9:43 am        Sunset
  9:18 am        10:18 am       Sunrise
10:05 am       11:05 am       BERTH the DRAGON
Noon                1:00 pm       NASA TV:     Mission Status Briefing
 
Saturday                 May 26
 
  CDT               EDT              EVENT                                              MET (day/hr min sec)
  4:30 am         5:30 am       NASA TV:     Dragon hatch open/ingress coverage
  5:05 am          6:05 am        Dragon ingress operations begin
10:25 am       11:25 am       NASA TV:     Expedition 31 Crew News Conference
                                                                        (Kuipers, Pettit & Acaba)
 
Wednesday                    May 30
 
  CDT               EDT              EVENT                                              MET (day/hr min sec)
TBD               TBD               NASA TV:     Mission Status Briefing
 
Thursday                        May 31
 
  CDT               EDT              EVENT                                              MET (day/hr min sec)
  2:30 am         3:30 am       NASA TV:     Dragon unberthing coverage
  3:15 am          4:15 am        Station arm unberths Dragon from Harmony nadir
  5:12 am          6:12 am        Station arm releases Dragon
  9:15 am        10:15 am       NASA TV: Dragon deorbit & splashdown coverage
  9:27 am        10:27 am       Dragon deorbit burn
10:33 am       11:33 am       Dragon drogue chute deploy
10:34 am       11:34 am       Dragon main parachute deploy
 
10:42 am       11:42 am       Dragon Splashdown                     09/07:57:00
(off southern Calif. coast)
 
12:30 pm         1:30 pm       NASA TV: Post-Splashdown News Conference
 

 

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