Zitat A single hydrogen-fueled BE-3 engine powered the 60-foot-tall (18-meter) booster off the launch pad. About a minute after liftoff, as the rocket neared supersonic speed, the plume from the BE-3 engine appeared to change color and shape, then the powerplant appeared to shut down, causing the rocket to tilt off its planned trajectory at an altitude of around 28,000 feet (8,500 meters).
The solid-fueled abort motor on bottom of the crew capsule fired immediately, delivering some 70,000 pounds of thrust to push the craft away from the failing rocket.
The four-ton capsule spun around and tumbled after the abort motor’s brief firing, which propelled the vehicle hundreds of feet away from the New Shepard rocket. Guided by reaction control system thrusters, the capsule’s motion stabilized as it deployed three drogue parachutes and three main chutes for a relatively gentle ride back to the ground. The capsule was designed to touch down at a speed of around 3 mph (5 kilometers per hour).
The NS-23 mission was initially set to launch Aug. 31, but poor weather forced the company to call off launch attempts on three consecutive days. Officials then rescheduled the launch date for Monday, Sept. 12.
The booster and capsule flown Monday were dedicated to flying science and research payloads to space, according to Blue Origin. The company’s crew-configured rocket and capsule are undergoing refurbishment for a future flight.
Zitat SpaceX successfully launches Starlink mission on sixth try
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Sunday night after five days of weather delays, hauling 54 more Starlink satellites to orbit as the company continues its push toward completing more than 60 missions this year.
Liftoff of the 229-foot-tall (60-meter) Falcon 9 rocket occurred at 8:18:40 p.m. EDT Sunday (0018:40 GMT Monday) to begin SpaceX’s Starlink 4-34 mission. The Falcon 9 took off powered by nine kerosene-fueled Merlin 1D engines, firing into a nighttime sky as it soared northeast from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The mission finally got off the ground after five days of delays, which began Tuesday night when the launch team called off a countdown just before starting to load propellants into the Falcon 9 rocket. Lightning flashes lit up the sky over Florida’s Space Coast throughout the evening. Similar weather conditions Wednesday night forced officials to call another scrub before tanking, and SpaceX stopped the countdown at about T-minus 30 seconds Thursday night as weather remained “no go” for launch.
It was a similar story Friday night as SpaceX loaded propellants into the Falcon 9, but stopped the countdown just inside of T-minus 60 seconds. Teams initially targeted another launch attempt Saturday, but SpaceX announced Saturday evening the mission would be delayed to Sunday night.
This flight marked SpaceX’s 42nd Falcon 9 launch so far in 2022. It was the 40th space launch attempt overall from Florida’s Space Coast this year, including launches by SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, and Astra.
Zitat Eric Berger @SciGuySpace NASA's Tom Whitmeyer says the agency will test a number of things on Wednesday with the SLS rocket: new seals on liquid hydrogen connections, engine chilldown, "kinder and gentler" fuel loading ops, etc. Won't get into terminal countdown however. 5:36 PM · Sep 19, 2022·TweetDeck
Zitat Jeff Foust @jeff_foust NASA’s Tom Whitmeyer says that, in addition to preparations for the loading test, it is working in a “proactive and collaborative” way with the Eastern Range on the FTS waiver, expect an update after the test. 5:39 PM · Sep 19, 2022 ·Tweetbot for Mac
Vor 5 Minuten Static Fire Test für Booster Nr. 7 in Boca Chica; 3 Sekunden für 7 Raptor-Triebwerke Vollschub. Diesmal nichts angebrannt oder geplatzt; nur eine riesige aufgewirbelte Staubwolke.
Zitat Kevin Randolph @CosmicalChief Chalk up another #B7 multi-engine static fire which looked successful. Elon tweeted out beforehand about a 7 engine test which would make this the most ever tested at once at #Starbase or on the booster. #Starbase #Starship #SpaceX 8:01 PM · Sep 19, 2022 from Starbase·Twitter for Android
Zitat NASA's Exploration Ground Systems @NASAGroundSys ARTEMIS I UPDATE: @NASA remains on track for an Artemis I cryogenic demonstration test on Wednesday, Sept. 21. Call to stations for the demonstration occurred at approx. 5 p.m. EDT today, Monday, Sept. 19. #Artemis 11:20 PM · Sep 19, 2022·Twitter Web App
Zitat Spaceflight Now @SpaceflightNow The countdown will get underway at 5:30 p.m. EDT (2130 GMT) for a crucial fueling test to determine if a leak in the Artemis 1 Space Launch System rocket has been fixed. Watch a live view from the Kennedy Space Center as the clock starts ticking: https://youtu.be/3973yl4mDoE 11:22 PM · Sep 19, 2022·TweetDeck
Zitat Eric Berger @SciGuySpace Latest estimate for a Starship orbital launch attempt is November. "Highly likely," Elon says. Let's hope they hit some greenlights on the way to Malibu.
Zitat Elon Musk @elonmusk · 10m Replying to @yasin_shafiei @thejackbeyer and 3 others Late next month maybe, but November seems highly likely. We will have two boosters & ships ready for orbital flight by then, with full stack production at roughly one every two months.
Falls sich jemand fragt, warum ich einen Beitrag zu den Unruhen nicht nur in Teheran, sondern mittlerweile im ganzen Land nicht in einen eigenen Strang stelle, sondern hierher:
Zitat von Guardian, Sep 24, 2022Protests spread in Iran as President Raisi vows to crack down
Demonstrations that began with death of Mahsa Amini while detained by morality police pose biggest threat to regime in 13 years
Iran’s president has vowed to “deal decisively” with protests that are gathering momentum across much of the country one week after the death of a woman in custody who had been detained by the morality police.
Demonstrations have spread to most of Iran’s 31 provinces and almost all urban centres, pitting anti-government demonstrators against regime forces, including the military, and posing the most serious test to the hardline state’s authority in more than 13 years.
President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday blamed conspirators for inciting unrest and pledged to crack down on “those who oppose the country’s security and tranquility”. Up to 35 people have been killed during clashes with security forces, according to rights groups outside Iran. Iranian officials say five security personnel have also died, trying to quell outrage surrounding the death of Mahsa Amini, 22. ... The demonstrations have evoked images of an anti-government protest in 2009, known as the green revolution, that followed contentious presidential elections and marked the last time citizens faced off against security forces on a large scale.
“The main difference between the current protest compared to the green movement in 2009 is that now people are fighting back; they are not afraid of the brutal regime,” said Sima Sabet, an Iranian journalist. “Demonstrators are now burning ambulances because the government is using ambulances to move their security forces not to rescue people. The protesters are now using different tactics; they move between all cities and make it hard for security forces to control all locations.”
“Now we’re seeing not only big cities, but smaller cities that we’ve never seen before. We’re now also seeing unprecedented ways in which people are showing up, in the messaging and the boldness. Things are a lot more unified.”
Mahmoudi said chants heard at rallies, such as “We’ll support our sisters and women, life, liberty”, had been heard around the country.
“This is unprecedented for us. We have never seen women take their hijab off in mass like this. Burning down the police centres, running after their cars, burning down the pictures of Khamenei,” she said.
Zitat Another group of 52 Starlink internet satellites rocketed into orbit Saturday night from Cape Canaveral on top of a Falcon 9 launcher, continuing deployment of SpaceX’s global broadband network now accessible from all seven continents.
With 52 more satellites on the way to join the constellation Saturday night, SpaceX will move closer to fully deploying its initial fleet of 4,400 Starlink spacecraft. After Saturday night’s mission, SpaceX will have sent 3,399 Starlink satellites into orbit, including prototypes and failed spacecraft. The company currently has around 3,000 functioning Starlink satellites in space, with about 2,500 operational and another 500 moving into their operational orbits, according to a tabulation by Jonathan McDowell, an expert tracker of spaceflight activity and an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
The launch Sunday night, designated Starlink 4-35, is SpaceX’s 43rd launch of the year.
The Starlink 4-35 mission is the fourth Falcon 9 mission of the month. SpaceX is tentatively planning one more Falcon 9 launch with additional Starlink satellites before the end of September, but that schedule hinges on potential impacts from soon-to-be Hurricane Ian, which is forecast to threaten Florida next week.
MISSION STATS: 177th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket since 2010 185th launch of Falcon rocket family since 2006 4th launch of Falcon 9 booster B1073 152nd Falcon 9 launch from Florida’s Space Coast 98th Falcon 9 launch from pad 40 153rd launch overall from pad 40 119th flight of a reused Falcon 9 booster 62nd dedicated Falcon 9 launch with Starlink satellites 43rd Falcon 9 launch of 2022 43rd launch by SpaceX in 2022 41st orbital launch attempt based out of Cape Canaveral in 2022
Damit es nicht untergeht. Vor 7 Stunden der Start von 4 Raumfahrern der Crew-5-Mission zur ISS vom Kennedy Space Center, Startrampe 39A. An der Spitze einer Falcon 9. Landung des Boosters auf der Just Read the Instructions. Erststart des Boosters. In dieser Minute Start der nächsten Starlink-Tranche von Vandenberg AFB in Kalifornien in pickepack dichtem Nebel. An der Spitze einer Falcon 9. 5. Flug des Boosters. T 8:38, 01:18 MESZ Landung auf dem Droneship Of Course I Still Love You. Das waren Start 45 & 46 für SpaceX in diesem Jahr. Morgen: Ankopplung an der ISS UND 3. F9-Start der Woche. Intelsat G33/g-34. Startrampe 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
"Les hommes seront toujours fous; et ceux qui croient les guérir sont les plus fous de la bande." - Voltaire
Zitat Eric Berger @SciGuySpace SpaceX confirms it will go for its third launch in 37 hours today with the Intelsat G-33/G-34 mission. Commercial mission is on first stage previously flown 13 times. I believe this is a record for most rapid succession of three launches in a single rocket family. 7:21 PM · Oct 6, 2022·TweetDeck
Wie schon einmal in diesem Zusammenhang angemerkt: wenn man die Privatwirtschaft machen läßt, dann kann sogar Chruschtschows Vision, "Raketen wie Würstchen zu produzieren", wahr werden.
Zitat von Ulrich Elkmann im Beitrag #31Kleine Suche nach "советские заводы могут производить ракеты, как сосиски" (ich hatte zunächst nach колбаски statt сосиски gesucht), zeigt, daß das Zitat auch im Russischen ohne Datum & Ort herumschwirrt: "seit dem Start von Sputnik 1," "auf dem Höhepunkt des Kalten Kriegs..." und ähnlichem). Es dürfte sich somit um eine kolportierte Wendung handeln, die so nie gefallen ist, aber als Stafette immer weitergereicht wird, à la "Equal goes it loose."
PPS. Die taz meint, der Satz sei 1958 nach einem Besuch im Kombinat Южмаш / Juschmasch gefallen, die neben Traktoren auch Mittelstreckenraketen produzierten; aber auch da geben die russischen Quellen nichts her.
"Les hommes seront toujours fous; et ceux qui croient les guérir sont les plus fous de la bande." - Voltaire
Startabbruch auf Cape Canaveral 30 Sekunden vor Abheben; Grund ist ein unerwartet hoher Druckabfall im Heliumtank der Erststufe. Nächster Termin morgen abend.
"Les hommes seront toujours fous; et ceux qui croient les guérir sont les plus fous de la bande." - Voltaire
Nach zwei Startabbrüchen vorgestern und gestern gerade, vor 1 Minute, Start von Startrampe 40 in Florida.
Zitat A pair of TV broadcasting satellites for Intelsat are buttoned up for launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. SpaceX aborted a countdown Thursday due to a small helium leak, then called off another launch attempt Friday evening for allow time for additional vehicle checkouts. Another launch opportunity is set for 7:05 p.m. EDT (2305 GMT) Saturday.
The launch attempt Thursday night automatically aborted at T-minus 30 seconds after the Falcon 9’s on-board computer, which controls the final minute of the countdown, detected a higher than expected pressure decay rate in the first stage’s helium system.
“Tiny helium leak (just barely triggered abort), but we take no risks with customer satellites,” tweeted Elon Musk, SpaceX’ founder and CEO. “Standing down to investigate.”
Zitat GewoonLukas_@GewoonLukas_·34m In the next 1.5 months, SpaceX will expend 3 of their Falcon boosters: Falcon Heavy Center Core B1066, Falcon 9 B1051 and B1049. This will be the first time SpaceX will deliberatly expend a booster since the Crew Dragon Inflight Abort Test in January of 2020.
B1066 is up first. It is a Falcon Heavy Center Core and will be expended on it's 1st flight. It will launch the USSF-44 mission, scheduled for October 28th. The USSF-44 payload will be deployed directly into Geostationary Orbit, thus requiring the Center Core to be expended.
Then on November 5th, B1051 will be making it's 14th and final flight. It will be launching the Galaxy 31 & 32 satellites to GTO. Due to the weight of the satellites, a droneship recovery isn't able to get the apogee to the GEO belt, while an expendable launch is able to do so.
B1051 has previously flown 13 missions, 10 of which were Starlink. It debuted on the Demo-1 mission, the 1st launch of SpaceX' Crew Dragon capsule. It further supported the Radarsat Constellation Mission on it's 2nd flight and SXM 7 on it's 7th flight.
Last will be B1049. It will support the Eutelsat 10B (potentially with iSpace Hakuto-R rideshare) mission, which can occur NET November 11th. Due to the added weight of the lunar lander, an expendable launch is required to get the payload as close to it's destination as possible.
Notable about this launch is that B1049 will be flying with an older Block 4 specification interstage. This likely is a spare which never got to fly to space. This is because B1049 donated it's interstage to B1052. This will allow SpaceX to keep reusing the newer interstage.
B1049 has previously supported 9 mission. Eutelsat 10B will be it's 10th. It debuted on the Telstar 18 Vantage mission, and then supported the Iridium-8 mission next. Since then is has only supported Starlink missions, including the 1st ever Starlink launch and 1st Group-2 launch 9:46 PM · Oct 10, 2022·Twitter Web App
Zitat Fifty-four Starlink internet satellites are fastened to a Falcon 9 rocket for launch Thursday from Cape Canaveral, continuing SpaceX’s deployments for a broadband network reaching into an ever-expanding market linking rural households, ships, commercial airplanes, and Ukrainian military forces in their fight against Russia.
The 54 satellites are set for launch at 10:50:40 a.m. EDT (1450:40 GMT) Thursday from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. SpaceX has backup launch opportunities later Thursday morning and Thursday afternoon.
64th dedicated Falcon 9 launch with Starlink satellites 48th Falcon 9 launch of 2022 48th launch by SpaceX in 2022 46th orbital launch attempt based out of Cape Canaveral in 2022
Zitat Spaceflight Now@SpaceflightNow SpaceX confirms 54 more Starlink internet satellites have deployed from the Falcon 9 rocket flying over the North Atlantic Ocean. This brings the total number of Starlink satellites launched to date to 3,505. 5:06 PM · Oct 20, 2022·TweetDeck
Am Kennedy Space Center hat sich gerade eine Falcon Heavy von der Montagehalle auf den Weg zur Startrampe 39 gemacht; sie wird in liegender Position transportiert. Der Start der Mission USSF-44 ist für den 31. Oktober geplant; die beiden Feststoffbooster sind die F9-Startstufen B1064 und B1065, beide sollen am KSC landen. Es ist die erste "geheime Mission" einer FH für das amerikanische Militär, der vierte Start einer Falcon Heavy insgesamt (der erste war der mit Elon Musks Roadster) und der erste seit Juni 2019.
The rocket is not fitted with its payload fairing because SpaceX will perform the static fire test tomorrow without the Space Force satellites on-board. The rocket will return to the hangar later this week for integration with the payloads
Zitat Eric Berger@SciGuySpace Welp, I haven’t heard anything officially, but unofficially the Falcon Heavy isn’t launching Tuesday. And maybe not for awhile. 11:27 PM · Oct 29, 2022·Twitter for iPhone
Eric Berger@SciGuySpace I stress this is unofficial. Getting some push back from another source. So 🤷♂️ 11:58 PM · Oct 29, 2022·Twitter for iPhone
Zitat Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (Alex) @Alexphysics13 Falcon Heavy is going horizontal in preparation for payload integration for the USSF-44 mission 2:38 AM · Oct 30, 2022·Twitter Web App
And rollback underway! 🚀🚀🚀 10:22 AM · Oct 30, 2022·Twitter Web App
50 hours before launch and Falcon Heavy is still outside of the hangar without payload integrated. It's still rolling back but it has been pausing every now and then and when it rolls, it does so very slowly. Will it make it to Tuesday? 🤔 12:37 PM · Oct 30, 2022·Twitter for iPad
Zitat Eric Berger@SciGuySpace I’ve deleted an earlier tweet in which I posted speculation that the Falcon Heavy USSF-44 launch might be delayed from Tuesday. Based on multiple sources, it sounds like the launch is in fact on track. Apologies for the confusion. 1:38 AM · Oct 30, 2022·Twitter for iPhone
"Les hommes seront toujours fous; et ceux qui croient les guérir sont les plus fous de la bande." - Voltaire
Die chinesische Raumstation gibt es auch noch. Start des 3. Moduls morgen.
Zitat von NASA Spaceflight.com, 30 Oct 2022 China to launch Mengtian science module to Tiangong space station
China plans to launch its second space station module of the year aboard a Chang Zheng 5B rocket Monday. The Mengtian module is scheduled for liftoff at 07:37 UTC, completing the initial phase of construction for China’s Tiangong space station.
The launch of the Mengtian Laboratory Cabin Module, meaning “Dreaming of the Heavens,” follows the successful addition of the Wentian module to China’s Tiangong station on July 24. Like Wentian and the Tianhe core module that was launched in April 2021, Mengtian will ride into orbit aboard China’s Chang Zheng 5B (CZ-5B) rocket, also known in English as the Long March 5B.
With a mass of about 20,000 kg, a length of 17.9 meters, and a diameter of 4.2 meters, Mengtian will provide space for science experiments in zero gravity, an airlock for exposure to the vacuum of space, and a small robotic arm to support extravehicular payloads.
China also plans to launch Xuntian, the Chinese Survey Space Telescope (CSST), in December 2023. While not a part of the Tiangong space station itself, this is designed to operate in an orbit close to that of the station, allowing it to be docked occasionally for maintenance.
The telescope has a mass of 15,500 kg and is equipped with a two-meter primary mirror that will allow for a field of view 300-350 times larger than Hubble. The expectation is that it will image up to 40% of the sky using a 2.6 gigapixel camera over its operational lifespan of ten years. It will be operated by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA).
Mengtian will launch aboard a Chang Zheng 5B rocket. The Chang Zheng 5 series are the most powerful rockets in China’s current fleet. Standing 56.97 meters tall and measuring five meters in diameter, the rocket’s core stage is augmented by four CZ-5-300 boosters that each feature two YF-100 engines. Each booster produces 2,400 kN at sea level, bringing the full thrust of the rocket at liftoff to 10,620 kN. The boosters provide most of the thrust during the early stages of flight, with the longer-burning core stage acting as a sustainer and continuing to burn until orbit is achieved.
The version used for this launch is the Chang Zheng 5B. This specification does not feature the CZ-5-HO second stage used on other versions and is used to lift very heavy payloads into low Earth orbit (LEO). Three of its four launches to date – including Monday’s – have been dedicated to the assembly of the Tiangong space station, whose modules are the heaviest payloads China has launched to LEO.
Zitat Chris Bergin - NSF @NASASpaceflight LAUNCH! China's Long March 5B launches with the Mengtian science module to the Tiangong space station. 8:38 AM · Oct 31, 2022·Twitter Web App
Zitat China 'N Asia Spaceflight 🚀🛰️🙏 @CNSpaceflight Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site has announced the success of launch. Upcoming next, we expect to see the partial deployment of solar arrays 8:53 AM · Oct 31, 2022·Twitter Web App
2/3) Docking of #Mengtian Laboratory Module with #Tianhe Core Module, ~13 hours after launch 9:16 AM · Oct 31, 2022·Twitter Web App
3/3) Different from the relocation of #Wentian, which happened ~2 months after docking, the relocation of #Mengtian will happen soon (not sure how soon), before the occupancy of Shenzhou-14 astronauts. 9:16 AM · Oct 31, 2022·Twitter Web App
Zitat Eric Berger@SciGuySpace In a news release just now Space Systems Command says Tuesday’s Falcon Heavy launch is on schedule for 9:41am ET (13:41 UTC). 5:37 PM · Oct 31, 2022·Twitter for iPhone
Zitat Final module docks at China’s Tiangong space station
Mengtian used its own propulsion to match orbit and rendezvous with the Tiangong space station—currently in a roughly 380 by 387-kilometer orbit—and connected with a forward port on Tiangong’s docking hub just under 13 hours after launch at 4:27 p.m. Eastern, China’s human spaceflight agency, CMSA, confirmed.
The new experiment module joins two earlier modules: the Tianhe core module and Wentian experiment module. Mengtian will soon be transpositioned to the port docking ring to complete the T-shaped arrangement of the space station. Wentian was transpositioned to the starboard docking ring in late September.
Mengtian (“dreaming of the heavens”) is a 17.9-meter-long, 4.2-meter-diameter and roughly 22-ton module designed to host a range of science experiments with areas of research including fluid physics, combustion and materials science and space technologies.
It has a total volume of nearly 110 cubic meters, including around 32 cubic meters available for use by astronauts, according to CMSA.
13:56 MEZ. Betankung der Kernstufe mit flüssigem Sauerstoff hat begonnen. 14:17. Vor 10 Minuten hat die Betankung der zweiten Stufe mit Kerosin (oder "RP") begonnen. 14:34. Beginn der Herabkühlung der Triebwerke. 14:41. Start. 14:50. Landung der beiden F9-Booster 9 km südlich der Startrampe. *Doppelter* Doppelknall beim Durchbrechen der Schallmauer.
"Les hommes seront toujours fous; et ceux qui croient les guérir sont les plus fous de la bande." - Voltaire
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