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May 2 2005, 05:27 PM
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http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/doug_im..._arrive_ksc.mov
Approx 1Mb I almost wanted to put 2001 Space Odyssey music in the bgrnd as those doors opened Doug |
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May 2 2005, 09:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1281 Joined: 18-December 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 124 |
QUOTE (djellison @ May 2 2005, 09:27 AM) http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/doug_im..._arrive_ksc.mov Approx 1Mb I almost wanted to put 2001 Space Odyssey music in the bgrnd as those doors opened Doug Very cool - but with the fast motion time lapse webcam footage, I think Benny Hill music sometimes is better. Hate to be the one to have to sign for that package..... -------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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May 2 2005, 10:07 PM
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Great little movie, Doug.
I assume we're looking at the folded solar panels in the later images? (The big bluish black things.) There are some hi-res pictures of the container being unloaded and transported on the KSC mediaarchive. But none of the S/C yet. Under 100 days to launch! Waiting...waiting... |
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May 2 2005, 11:02 PM
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Yeah - the black parts are the back of the solar arrays I'd imagine.
It needs a nice mylar coat before it'll look cool Doug |
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May 3 2005, 02:11 AM
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Upcoming milestones, according to the NASA press release:
May Tests to check MRO-DSN communications Atlas V transported to Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) and erected June MRO HGA deployment checks MRO solar array deployment checks Centaur moved to VIF and mounted atop Atlas V first stage. July MRO hydrazine fuelling Atlas V-Centaur rolled to launch pad for wet dress rehearsal countdown, then returned to VIF July 26 MRO encapsulated in Atlas V fairing July 29 MRO and fairing moved to VIF and mounted on Atlas V-Centaur August 1 Functional tests of MRO August 2-8 Final closeouts August 10 Roll to launch pad and launch at 7:53 am EDT (2 hour launch window) Cross your fingers that all goes smoothly! |
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May 3 2005, 08:10 PM
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Looks like they're taking off a solar array (the umm, err, +Y, err, Sbrd array)
Doug |
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May 3 2005, 10:50 PM
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High resolution pictures of MRO have appeared on the KSC media archive. Click on this link and select page 3 (or find the page with pictures from May 2nd). No HGA installed yet, but I was interested to see three small thrusters on the underside of the spacecraft. See the image on this page especially. Is this triple redundancy for orbit insertion? I know Cassini had a fully redundant engine, but three seems a bit excessive.
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May 4 2005, 01:21 AM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
Maybe they need 2 engines for insertion and one is a backup ?
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May 4 2005, 05:31 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
QUOTE (Redstone @ May 4 2005, 08:50 AM) High resolution pictures of MRO have appeared on the KSC media archive. Click on this link and select page 3 (or find the page with pictures from May 2nd). No HGA installed yet, but I was interested to see three small thrusters on the underside of the spacecraft. See the image on this page especially. Is this triple redundancy for orbit insertion? I know Cassini had a fully redundant engine, but three seems a bit excessive. You think three is excessive? Just wait till I tell you that there are infact six! See: http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/mission/tl_moi.html James -------------------- |
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May 4 2005, 07:53 AM
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They're probably just taking the Odyssey engine design and duplicating it to make up for the larger mass - or something similar.
Doug |
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