Thursday, October 4, 2012

Space X CRS 1 timeline

    Attached and below is the latest timeline information for the Commercial Resupply Services 1 (CRS-1) mission of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket delivering cargo to the ISS aboard a Dragon spacecraft. Weather for Sunday evening’s launch currently is forecast to be 60 percent “go.”   Supplies totaling 1,995 pounds will be delivered to the station with an equal amount planned to be returned to Earth on/about Oct. 28.  Here’s the official press kit:  http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/694166main_SpaceXCRS-1PressKit.pdf     SpaceX CRS-1 Launch-to-Capture Timeline   ISS Exp 33 Crew   CDR Suni Williams             (E32 FE5)                     2nd Flt (E14/15) FE4 Yuri Malenchenko     (31S CDR-TMA-05M)     5th Flt (TM-19, STS-106, E7 & E16) FE6 Akihiko “Aki” Hoshide                                 2nd Flt (STS-124) _____   Saturday                 October 6   CDT                EDT              EVENT   2:00 pm         3:00 pm       NASA TV:     Science Briefing   5:00 pm         6:00 pm       NASA TV:     Pre-Launch News Conference   Sunday                   October 7     CDT               EDT              EVENT                                              MET (day/hr min sec)   6:00 pm         7:00 pm       NASA TV LAUNCH COVERAGE BEGINS     7:35:07 pm   8:35:07 pm LAUNCH (ISS 255 miles up Southwest of Tasmania)   7:35:17 pm    8:35:17 pm  Begin gravity turn                            00/00:00:10   7:36:31 pm    8:36:31 pm  Max Q                                                 00/00/01:24   7:37:55 pm    8:37:55 pm  Shutdown engines 1 & 9               00/00/02:48   7:38:06 pm    8:38:06 pm  Shutdown engines 3 & 7               00/00/02:59   7:38:06 pm    8:38:06 pm  Shutdown engines 2 & 8               00/00/02:59   7:38:06 pm    8:38:06 pm  Shutdown engines 4 & 6               00/00/02:59   7:38:07 pm    8:38:07 pm  Shutdown engine 5 (MECO)         00/00:03:00   7:38:12 pm    8:38:12 pm  Stage separation                              00/00:03:05   7:38:19 pm    8:38:19 pm  Stage 2 engine start                        00/00:03:12   7:38:49 pm    8:38:49 pm  Nose cone jettison                           00/00:03:52   7:40:29 pm    8:40:29 pm  Begin yaw                                         00/00:05:32   7:43:29 pm    8:43:29 pm  Terminal guidance start                  00/00:08:32 7:44:10 pm     8:44:10 pm  2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO)    00/00:09:13   7:44:46 pm    8:44:46 pm  Dragon separation                           00/00:09:49   7:46:05 pm    8:46:05 pm  Solar Array deploy seq start           00/00:11:18     9:00 pm       10:00 pm       NASA TV:     Post Launch News Conference     Monday                   October 8     CDT               EDT              EVENT                                              MET (day/hr min sec)   5:22:59 pm    6:22:59 pm  Coelliptic burn (CE)                         00/21:47:52   Tuesday                  October 9     CDT               EDT              EVENT                                              MET (day/hr min sec) 12:51:32 am    1:51:32 am  Phase & Height Adj burn (PHA1) 01/05:16:25   1:37:48 am    9:28:59 am  Phasing Coelliptic burn (PCE1)   01/06:02:41 11:00 am         Noon            VIDEO: 33/34 crew departs Star City for Baikonur 11:30:23 am  12:30:23 pm  Height Adjust burn (HA1)               01/15:55:16 12:16:36 pm    1:16:36 pm  Coelliptic burn (CE1)                      01/16:41:29 10:09:25 pm  11:09:25 pm  HA2 Out-of-Plane burn                  02/02:34:18 10:55:47 pm  11:55:47 pm  Coelliptic burn (CE2)                      02/03:20:40     Wednesday            October 10   CDT                 EDT              EVENT                                              MET (day/hr min sec)   1:10 am          2:10 am        Station maneuver to Comm att     02/05:34:53   1:20 am          2:20 am        Comm maneuver complete           02/05:44:53   1:26 am          2:26 am        Range 17.4 miles (28 km)              02/05:51:00   2:01:07 am    3:01:07 am  Height Adjust burn (HA3)               02/06:26:00   2:17:47 am    3:17:47 am  HA3-Midcourse Correction 1         02/06:42:40   2:34:27 am    3:34:27 am  HA3-MC2                                          02/06:59:20   2:47:31 am    3:47:31 am  Coelliptic burn (CE3)                      02/07:12:24   3:00 am         4:00 am       NASA TV:     Grapple coverage   3:02 am          4:02 am        Range 3.7 miles (6 km)                  02/07:27:24   3:16 am          4:16 am        Approach Initiation burn (HA4)     02/07:40:59   3:32 am          4:32 am        HA4-MC1 burn                                 02/07:57:59  3:49 am          4:49 am        HA4-MC2 burn                                 02/08:14:19   3:53 am          4:53 am        Station maneuver to capture att    02/08:17:53   4:03 am          5:03 am        Capture maneuver complete         02/08:27:53   4:09 am          5:09 am        Arrive 1,148 ft; 180 deg yaw           02/08:33:59   4:14 am          5:14 am        Depart 1,148 ft (350 meters)          02/08:38:59   4:22 am          5:22 am        Arrive 820 ft (250 meters)               02/08:46:59   4:32 am          5:32 am        Depart 820 ft (250 m)                      02/08:56:59   5:26 am          6:26 am        Arrive 100 ft (30 m)                          02/09:50:59   5:40 am          6:40 am        Depart 100 ft (30 m)                         02/10:04:59   5:58 am          6:58 am        Capture Point Arrival (~35 ft)         02/10:22:59   6:03 am          7:03 am        Sunrise   6:14 am          7:14 am        “Go” for capture                                02/10:38:59   6:22:06 am    7:22:06 am  CAPTURE                                        02/10:46:59   7:04 am          8:04 am        Sunset   8:15 am         9:15 am       NASA TV:     Berthing coverage   8:40 am          9:40 am        Dragon berthing begins     Thursday                October 11     CDT               EDT              EVENT                                              MET (day/hr min sec) ~5:25 am         6:25 am        Dragon hatch opening/ingress   9:25 am       10:25 am       NASA TV: Exp 33 with ABC & collectSPACE.com 10:00 am       11:00 am       PLAYBACK: hatch opening & ingress

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