{"id":15894,"date":"2015-12-02T21:51:42","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T13:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/timeline-cygnus-cargo-ships-trip-from-launch-pad-to-space-station\/"},"modified":"2015-12-02T21:51:42","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T13:51:42","slug":"timeline-cygnus-cargo-ships-trip-from-launch-pad-to-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/timeline-cygnus-cargo-ships-trip-from-launch-pad-to-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline: Cygnus cargo ship\u2019s trip from launch pad to space station"},"content":{"rendered":"

Based upon an on-time launch Thursday, this is the timeline for Cygnus from liftoff through capture by the space station\u2019s robotic arm:<\/p>\n

THURSDAY<\/strong>
<\/p>\n
EST...........HH...MM...SS...EVENT
\n05:55:45 PM...00...00...00...Launch
\n05:56:03 PM...00...00...18...Begain pitch and yaw maneuver
\n05:57:07 PM...00...01...22...Mach 1
\n05:57:19 PM...00...01...33...Max Q
\n06:00:00 PM...00...04...15...Booster engine cutoff
\n06:00:06 PM...00...04...21...Atlas separation
\n06:00:16 PM...00...04...31...Centaur main engine start
\n06:00:24 PM...00...04...39...Payload fairing jettison
\n06:14:01 PM...00...18...16...Centaur main engine cutoff
\n06:16:50 PM...00...21...05...Cygnus separation
\n06:37:45 PM...00...42...00...Verify commanding for solar array deploy
\n06:50:45 PM...00...55...00...Initiate solar array deploy
\n07:08:45 PM...01...13...00...Solar array deploy begins
\n07:25:45 PM...01...30...00 ..Solar array deploy complete
\n11:31:59 PM..................DV1 (775 s, 47.27 m\/s)<\/p>\n
FRIDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n
03:19:58 AM...DV2 (757 s, 46.89 m\/s)
\n07:10:51 AM...DV3 (4 s, 0.26 m\/s)
\n12:09:46 PM...PlaneManeuver (48 s, 3.02 m\/s)
\n05:15:27 PM...DV5 (3 s, 0.2 m\/s)
\n10:51:53 PM...DV6 (3 s, 0.2 m\/s)<\/p>\n
SATURDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n
12:17:48 PM...DV7 (3 s, 0.2 m\/s)
\n09:07:09 PM...DV8 (3 s, 0.2 m\/s)
\n12:44:56 AM...Go\/No-Go for Joint Ops<\/p>\n
SUNDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n
01:19:36 AM...Cygnus Transition to Relative Init (LVLH 0,0,0)
\n01:56:40 AM...Sunrise
\n02:15:56 AM...Joint Targeting Reference Point (JTRP) Arrival
\n02:19:56 AM...Go\/No-Go 1 (ADV1 and ADV2)
\n02:31:56 AM...ADV1 Burn
\n02:54:07 AM...Sunset
\n03:05:56 AM...ADV2 Burn
\n03:09:56 AM...Range = 6km
\n03:25:00 AM...ISS Maneuver to Capture Attitude
\n03:29:20 AM...Sunrise
\n03:30:00 AM...ISS Maneuver to Capture Attitude Complete
\n03:34:56 AM...Go\/No-Go 2 (ADV3 and ADV4)
\n03:49:56 AM...ADV3 (Approach Initiation) Burn
\n03:53:56 AM...Range = 1000m
\n04:03:56 AM...ADV4 Burn
\n04:13:56 AM...Range = 300m
\n04:20:56 AM...250m Hold Point Arrival
\n04:26:46 AM...Sunset
\n04:33:56 AM...Go\/No-Go Depart 250m; Enter KOS
\n04:35:56 AM...250m Hold Point Departure
\n04:46:56 AM...Range = 100m
\n05:01:59 AM...Sunrise
\n05:02:59 AM...30m Hold Point Arrival
\n05:02:59 AM...Capture Attempt 1: Earliest GO for Capture (Sunrise + 1 min)
\n05:07:59 AM...Go\/No-Go Depart 30m; Final Approach
\n05:12:59 AM...30m Hold Point Departure
\n05:16:59 AM...Capture Attempt 1: Earliest CP Arrival (Sunrise + 15 min)
\n05:21:59 AM...Capture Point Arrival
\n05:26:59 AM...Go\/No-Go for Capture
\n05:27:00 AM...ISS Attitude Hold with Desats Inhibited<\/p>\n
05:30:00 AM...Capture<\/p>\n
05:36:00 AM...ISS USTO After Cygnus Capture
\n05:42:00 AM...ISS Maneuver to Berthed TEA
\n05:47:00 AM...ISS Maneuver to Berthed TEA Complete
\n05:49:24 AM...Capture Attempt 1: Latest GO for Capture (Sunset - 10 min)
\n05:59:24 AM...Sunset
\n06:29:39 AM...Capture Attempt 1: Latest CP Arrival (Sunrise - 5 min)
\n06:34:39 AM...Sunrise
\n06:35:39 AM...Capture Attempt 2: Earliest GO for Capture (Sunrise + 1 min)
\n06:49:39 AM...Capture Attempt 2: Earliest CP Arrival (Sunrise + 15 min)
\n07:22:03 AM...Capture Attempt 2: Latest GO for Capture (Sunset - 10 min)
\n07:32:03 AM...Sunset
\n08:02:19 AM...Capture Attempt 2: Latest CP Arrival (Sunrise - 5 min)<\/p>\n
See earlier Cygnus OA-4 coverage.<\/p>\n
Our Atlas archive.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Based upon an on-time launch Thursday, this is the timeline for Cygnus from liftoff through capture by the space station\u2019s robotic arm: THURSDAY EST………..HH…MM…SS…EVENT 05:55:45 PM…00…00…00…Launch 05:56:03 PM…00…00…18…Begain pitch and yaw maneuver 05:57:07 PM…00…01…22…Mach 1 05:57:19 PM…00…01…33…Max Q 06:00:00 PM…00…04…15…Booster engine cutoff 06:00:06 PM…00…04…21…Atlas separation 06:00:16 PM…00…04…31…Centaur main engine start 06:00:24 PM…00…04…39…Payload fairing jettison 06:14:01 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[724,3800,286,2304,639,717,3801,2899],"class_list":["post-15894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-atlas-5","tag-av-061","tag-cargo","tag-crs","tag-cygnus","tag-international-space-station","tag-oa-4","tag-orbital-atk"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}