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djellison
post May 2 2005, 05:27 PM
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http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/doug_im..._arrive_ksc.mov

Approx 1Mb smile.gif

I almost wanted to put 2001 Space Odyssey music in the bgrnd as those doors opened smile.gif

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post May 2 2005, 09:53 PM
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QUOTE (djellison @ May 2 2005, 09:27 AM)
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/doug_im..._arrive_ksc.mov

Approx 1Mb smile.gif

I almost wanted to put 2001 Space Odyssey music in the bgrnd as those doors opened smile.gif

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Very cool - but with the fast motion time lapse webcam footage, I think Benny Hill music sometimes is better. laugh.gif

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post May 2 2005, 10:07 PM
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Great little movie, Doug. biggrin.gif

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! ohmy.gif

Waiting...waiting... smile.gif
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post 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 smile.gif

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post 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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post 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)

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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. smile.gif
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post May 4 2005, 01:21 AM
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Maybe they need 2 engines for insertion and one is a backup ?
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post May 4 2005, 05:31 AM
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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.  smile.gif
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post 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.

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