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I almost wanted to put 2001 Space Odyssey music in the bgrnd as those doors opened
Doug
Full Version: Arrived At Ksc
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I almost wanted to put 2001 Space Odyssey music in the bgrnd as those doors opened
Doug
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I almost wanted to put 2001 Space Odyssey music in the bgrnd as those doors opened
Doug
QUOTE (djellison @ May 2 2005, 09:27 AM)
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/doug_im..._arrive_ksc.mov
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I almost wanted to put 2001 Space Odyssey music in the bgrnd as those doors opened
Doug
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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.....
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...
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...
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
It needs a nice mylar coat before it'll look cool
Doug
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!
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!
Looks like they're taking off a solar array (the umm, err, +Y, err, Sbrd array)
Doug
Doug
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.
Maybe they need 2 engines for insertion and one is a backup ?
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
They're probably just taking the Odyssey engine design and duplicating it to make up for the larger mass - or something similar.
Doug
Doug
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