Launch News Progress M-08M atop Soyuz-U on October 27, 2010

[SiberianTiger]

Mission: Supply run to the ISS replenishing onboard reserves of fuels, food, water and other consumables essential for continued manned flight of the orbiting complex.

The launch site:Baikonur (Launch pad no. 1/5 45°55'12.85"N, 63°20'32.27"E)

The launch time is:
1:11:50 a.m. AEST 28.10.2010
21:11:50 Baikonur 27.10.2010
19:11:50 Moscow Summer Time 27.10.2010
15:11:50 UTC October 27, 2010
11:11:50 a.m. EDT October 27, 2010


[eventTimer]2010-10-27 15:11:50?before|after;%dd% Days %hh% Hours %mm% Minutes %ss% Seconds %c%[/eventTimer] Progress M-08M launch

The expected docking time is:
12:39:39 a.m. ±3 min AEST October 31, 2010
20:39:30±3 min Moscow Summer Time 30.10.2010
18:39:30±3 min UTC October 30, 2010
10:11:30 a.m. ±3 min EDT October 30, 2010


[eventTimer]2010-10-30 18:39:30?before|after;%dd% Days %hh% Hours %mm% Minutes %ss% Seconds %c%[/eventTimer] Progress M-08M docking

Spacecraft: Progress M-08M (production #408, NASA id Progress 40P)

The spacecraft's mass is about 7290.0 kg

Cargo manifest

Refueling system propellants amount     870 kg
* Oxygen                                 50 kg
Water in Rodnik ("Creek") system tanks  272 kg
Self fuel reserve available for the ISS 250 kg

Pressured section cargo (total mass 1130 kg)

Equpiment for systems:
* SOGS gas mixture composition control    1 kg
* SVO water supply control               22 kg
* SOTR heat exchange conrtol             19 kg
* SUBA equipment control                 13 kg
* BITS2-12 telemetry                      1 kg
* SBI onboard measurement                47 kg
STOR maintenance and repair items        21 kg
Hygiene and sanitation items            102 kg
Food rations, fresh products            278 kg
Medical equipment, underwear,
personal hygiene and care                91 kg
Fire protection equipment                 4 kg
Individual protection equipment          79 kg

SM Zvezda equipment                       2 kg
MRM2 Poisk equipment                      5 kg
Scientific equipment                     99 kg
Onboard documentation, crew parcel,
video and photo equipment                22 kg

American Sergent delivery, including
food rations, life support means,
medical, personal hygiene and care means,
zero 6 prophylaxis means                324 kg

Total cargo mass                       2572 kg

Launch vehicle: Soyuz-U (model 11А511У)

|"Soyuz-U" unified middle-class launch vehicle is intended for injection of "Soyuz"-type and "Progress"-type manned and cargo spaceships into near-earth orbit, spacecraft for special purposes ("Kosmos"-series spacecraft), spacecraft for national economy ("Resurs-F"-type spacecraft), spacecraft for space technology research and spacecraft for medical and biological purposes ("Foton"-type and "Bion"-type spacecraft ), as well as foreign spacecraft. "Soyuz-U" launch vehicle can be equipped with nose fairing of the following diameters: 2,7; 3,0; 3,3; 3,7 m.

Manufacturer: Samara Space Centre

The vehicle's reliability stats up to date according to http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/reliability2010.txt (keeping the absolute 2nd place after Delta-II):

================================================================ 
Vehicle     Successes/Tries Realzd Pred  Consc. Last     Dates    
                             Rate  Rate* Succes Fail    
================================================================ 
Soyuz-U         732   752    .97  .97     49    10/15/02 1973-

Mission Profile:

1. Soyuz-U's ascent chart

The times below are Moscow Summer Time (UTC+4):

The expected payload separation time: 19h 20m 39.18s

2. Orbital Parameters of Progress M-08M and the ISS

Parameter|Designation|Prorgess-M-08M at 28/04|ISS at 01/05
Orbital Period|T, min|88,59 ±0,37|91,53
Inclination|i, degrees|51,66 ±0,06|51,66
Min altitude|h, km|193 +7 -15|348,6
Max altitude|H, km|245 ±42|372,1

Phase angle between the space ship and the ISS is about 352 degrees
Projected duration of the space ship at the nominal orbit is no less than 20 orbits (~30 hrs)

3. Transfer manoeuvres
(three days long approach scheme applied)

* 1st two-burn manoeuvre

Date|Burn at|Orbit #|Delta V, m/s|Burn duration, s|post-burn T,min|post-burn i,deg|post-burn h,km|post-burn H,km
27.10.10|22:51:16|3|21,29|53,9|89,31|51,65|220,3|268,5
27.10.10|23:45:45|4|-9,78|25,4|89,64|51,63|236,5|294,9

* 2nd one-burn correction

Date|Burn at|Orbit #|Delta V, m/s|Burn duration, s|post-burn T,min|post-burn i,deg|post-burn h,km|post-burn H,km
29.10.10|20:10:24|33|3,00|8,7|89,71|51,66|245,1|292,5

Autonomous approach program is initiated at 18:19:40,7

4. Approach at the Close range

Flyaround, station keeping and docking are to be performed on October 30th, 2010 since 20 hrs 17 min 28 sec ±3 min till making contact

5. Docking

Contact and capture are to be performed on October 30th, 2010 since 20 hrs 39 min 30 sec ±3

BACKUP TIMES:
Launch: 28.10.2010, 18 hrs 46 min 12 sec
Docking: 30.10.2010, 20 hrs 40±3 min

The Approach Chart:

Weather forecast for Baikonur, Kazakhstan for October 27, 2010 (9 p.m.)

Time|Temps|Wind Chill|Heat Index|UV Index|Dew Point|Relative Humidity|Precip|Snow|Clouds|Visibility|Wind|Weather
9 PM|+7°C|+6°C|+7°C|0 Low|-1°C|56%|0%|0%|0%|16KM|NNE 1.34 m/s|

Clear

Sunrise/Sunset and associated twilight times for Baikonur on October 27, 2010

Times are local.

Event|Time
Astronomical twilight begins|06 : 40
Nautical twilight begins|07 : 14
Civil twilight begins|07 : 49
Sunrise|08 : 18
Transit (sun is at its highest)|13 : 30
Sunset|18 : 42
Civil twilight ends|19 : 11
Nautical twilight ends|19 : 46
Astronomical twilight ends|20 : 21

Watching the launch live

TSENKI video streams (Russian + English, between UTC 15:10 and UTC 18:10)
http://www.tsenki.com/broadcast/broadcast/

Also, Vesti on-line coverage will be available in Russian (a short video report with narration):

Vesti - High Quality
http://www.vesti.ru/video1.asx?vid=onair
Vesti - Low Quality
http://www.vesti.ru/video1.asx?vid=onair_low


Source References
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com
http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru
http://www.mcc.rsa.ru
http://www.energia.ru
http://www.samspace.ru
http://www.tvroscosmos.ru
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/Forecast.aspx
http://www.good-stuff.co.uk/suntimes/sunmap.php


---------- Post added 27-10-10 at 02:21 ---------- Previous post was 26-10-10 at 10:46 ----------

The launch time has been affected by the recent ISS' DAM manoeuvre:

15:11:53 UTC October 27, 2010 -> 15:11:50 UTC October 27, 2010

 

[orb]

Here's calendar event for this launch. You can request a reminder here for this event.

Docking event will be added to O-F's calendar after the launch.

 

[SiberianTiger]

Launch preparation history in pictures/videos here:

October 19, 2010
Progress M-08M cargo vehicle fuelled with propellant components and compressed gases was delivered to the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility for final processing operations.

October 20, 2010
Progress M-08M transport cargo vehicle was docked with the transfer compartment in the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility.

October 21, 2010
Designers inspection of the Progress M-08M transport cargo vehicle was completed.

Payload shroud roll on to the cargo vehicle was performed.

October 22, 2010
Orbital module of the Soyuz-U launch vehicle, containing Progress M-08M spacecraft was transported from the spacecraft processing facility for the general integration with LV.

(TMA-20 is at right)

October 23, 2010
Orbital module of the Soyuz-U launch vehicle, containing Progress M-08M spacecraft was integrated with the Soyuz-U launch vehicle in the processing facility.

October 24, 2010
The staff of the branch office of S.P. Korolev Rocket & Space Corporation Energia and the Corporation specialists working at the cosmodrome under the Progress M-08M and Soyuz TMA-20 prelaunch processing programs took part in the measures devoted to the memory of the rocket technology test workers killed 50 years ago during the first test launch of intercontinental ballistic missile R-16.

 

[SiberianTiger]

October 25, 2010
Soyuz-U launch vehicle was rolled out from the integration building to the launch pad. Soyuz-U launch vehicle with Progress M-08M transport vehicle is installed on the launch pad. L-2 days activities have been started.

 

[Pyromaniac605]

I'm debating whether or not to stay up until ~2:00 am to watch this. :hmm:

Darren

Edit: Wrong time approximation, probably not going to stay up.

 

[SiberianTiger]

I'm debating whether or not to stay up until ~2:00 am to watch this. :hmm:

Darren

Edit: Wrong time approximation, probably not going to stay up.

It lifts off at 1:11:50 a.m. AEST - so you may go to bed at 1:30 no problem.

 

[Pyromaniac605]

It has 3 hours ~45 mins and its currently 10:30 so it actually launched around 2:15.

Darren

Edit: Well where I am anyway, but I thought AEST covered basically the whole east coast. Bah.

Edit2: Thanks alot, now I'm confused about my timezone. :lol:

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

I wrote a NASASpaceFlight article about this:

Progress M-08M set to launch – Managers update status of ISS life support.

---------- Post added at 04:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:22 PM ----------

Progress M-08M has just launched. :thumbup:

---------- Post added at 04:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:12 PM ----------

Spaceflight Now: "Cargo craft begins pursuit of International Space Station".

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Roscosmos PAO: "Soyuz-U Successfully Lifts Off from Baikonur. Progress M-08M to Deliver Supplies to the ISS".

Soyuz-U rocket designed and produced by TSKB-Progress Space Center lifted off today from Baikonur’s pad 1 (Gagarin’s launch pad) at 19.11.50 MSK. The rocket successfully orbited Progress M-08M cargo vehicle which is to deliver about 2.5 kg of supplies to the International Space Station.
After Progress M-08M separation from the third stage, MCC-M took over control of the vehicle.
The Progress is due to dock to the station at 20:40 MSK, Oct. 30.

Pete's note:
2.5 kg? I think that's an error. :lol:

 

[SiberianTiger]

I wrote a NASASpaceFlight article about this:

Cool! :thumbup:

Pete's note:
2.5 kg? I think that's an error. :lol:

A new space policy: ISS supplying by nano-sats! :lol:

 

[orb]

As promised - link to calendar event for docking.

NASA TV will start live coverage for the docking at 16:00 UTC / 12:00 p.m. EDT - i.e. [eventtimer]2010-10-30 16:0?in | ;%c%%d% days, %h%:%mm%[/eventtimer] hours[eventtimer]2010-10-30 16:0?.|ago.;%c%[/eventtimer]

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

NASA TV Video: Progress Resupply Ship Blasts Off to ISS.​

---------- Post added at 10:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:24 PM ----------

Roscosmos PAO: "Progress M-08M Cargo Supplies".

Soyuz-U rocket lifted off yesterday from Baikonur’s pad 1 at 19.11.50 MSK. The rocket successfully orbited Progress M-08M cargo vehicle to the orbit with the following parameters:

• Min altitude – 192,45 km.
• Max altitude – 242,99 km.
• Revolution – 88,57 min.
• Inclination – 51,64 deg.

The Progress is due to dock to the International Space Station at 20:40 MSK, Oct. 30, delivering different supplies.

Progress M-08M Cargo Supplies:

• Progress launch mass - 7289kg.
• Prop in the propulsion system tanks - 880kg:
  -Including prop for the ISS needs - 250 kg.
• Prop in the refueling system tanks - 870kg.
• Gas in the oxygen supply system containers:
  -Oxygen - 50kg.
• Water in the Rodnik system tanks - 272kg.
• The items in the cargo compartment - 1130kg
• Equipment for the systems:
  -Gas supply system - 1kg.
  -Water supply system - 22kg.
  -On-board hardware control system - 13kg.
  -On-board measurement system - 47kg.
  -Electrical power supply system - 77kg.
  -Telemetry data system (BITS2-12) - 1kg.
  -Thermal control system - 19kg.
  -Lightening items - 4kg.
  -Power supply system - 77kg.
  -Guidance, Navigation and Control system - 48 kg.
  -Maintenance and repair equipment - 21kg.
  -Sanitary and hygienic items - 102kg.
  -Food containers, fresh products - 278kg.
  -Medical equipment, linen, personal hygienic and prophylactics items - 91kg.
  -Personal protective items - 79kg.
  -Anti-fire protection items - 4kg.
  -PCE-pointed power sensor - 1kg.
  -On-board documentation files, crew provisions, video and photo equipment - 22kg.
  -SM hardware - 2kg.
  -MRM-2 hardware - 5kg.
  -FGB hardware - 65kg.
  -USOS hardware - 324kg.
• Total mass of the cargo delivered - 2572kg.

 

[SiberianTiger]

Launch pictured by Energia:

The official launch video:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6WAp-8FlyQ&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube - Пуск РН Союз-У с ТГК Прогресс М-08М (Progress M-08M)[/ame]

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Here's some more launch photos from Roscosmos/Yuzhny Space Center.

 

[SiberianTiger]

Shamefully, they never publish hi-res versions openly.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

M-08M has just docked to DC-1 Nadir.

Alexander Kaleri had to guide Progress in manually using the TORU system. The reason for this is not yet known.

Well done, Alexander!


ISS configuration following the M-08M docking.

Hi-res version.

 

[orb]

Spaceflight Now: Cosmonaut flies resupply ship to space station docking:

...
The Progress M-08M spacecraft, flying on autopilot, performed a flawless rendezvous with the space station after a three-day journey from the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad, but some yet-unspecified problem at the last minute prompted cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri to take over manual control and guide the vehicle to docking.
...

Roscosmos: Progress M-08M Successfully Docks to the ISS / «Прогресс М-08М» в составе МКС:

...
ISS/Progress contact occurred at 20:35:43 Moscow time. The vehicle is now attached to Pirs modulе.
The automatic rendezvous sequence performed initially was interrupted by Flight Director decision to switch to manual mode at range of 194 m. Controlled by ISS-25 flight engineer Alexander Kaleri, the vehicle docked to the station smoothly.
...

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

SPACE.com: "Cargo Ship Delivers Healthy Halloween Treats to Space Station".

---------- Post added at 11:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:29 PM ----------

From ISS On-Orbit Status Report for 30/10/2010.

Yest kasaniye! At 4:36 PM GMT, Progress M-08M/40P docked successfully to the DC-1 (Docking Compartment-1) Nadir port under precise manual control from the SM (Service Module) by FE-1 Alexander Kaleri who, on Moscow instruction, assumed control with the TORU system shortly before final approach (reason for this TsUP decision remains currently under investigation). Kurs antenna retraction was nominal. Kasaniya (contact) was followed by a final DPO post-contact thrusting burn, docking probe retraction and Sborka (hook closure) after motion damp-out while the ISS was in free drift for 20 minutes (4:36 PM to 4:56 PM GMT). At "hooks closed" signal, the SM returned to active attitude control, maneuvering the ISS to LVLH (Local Vertical/Local Horizontal) TEA (Torque Equilibrium Attitude) at ~4:59 PM GMT. Control authority returned to US Momentum Management at ~5:50 PM GMT. Clamps installation, leak checking and hatch opening are scheduled tomorrow (9:10 AM to 9:30 AM GMT). 40P is delivering a total cargo mass of 2418 kg, consisting of 870 kg propellants, 50 kg oxygen, 226 kg water & 1272 kg dry cargo.

For monitoring 40P rendezvous & docking from the ground, CDR Doug Wheelock & FE-5 Fyodor Yurchikhin had set up the Ku-band video "scheme" for covering the Progress docking, activating the FGB-based A31p SSC (Station Support Computer) laptop for the TV conversion to NTSC & Ku-band of the RS (Russian Segment) video signal from the SONY HDV camera via the MPEG-2 (Moving Pictures Expert Group-2) encoder from FGB & SM, in order to downlink "streaming video" packets via US OpsLAN and Ku-band.

Approach & docking was monitored by Fyodor as always on the SSC-1 laptop using the NVIEWER (NASA Viewer) software application.

After the docking, Doug tore down and removed the MPEG-2 "scheme" streaming video downlink setup, then deactivated the conversion A31p laptop in the FGB.

In the morning, FE-6 Shannon Walker shut down the amateur/ham radio equipment (~7:30 AM GMT) to prevent RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) with the Progress KURS radio control system, while FE-3 Scott Kelly closed the protective shutters of the Lab, JPM & Cupola windows. [Ham gear was turned on again by Shannon before sleeptime.]

---------- Post added at 11:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:17 PM ----------

NASA TV Video: Station Crew Welcomes New Supply Ship.​

 

[SiberianTiger]

Yest kasaniye! At 4:36 PM GMT, Progress M-08M/40P docked successfully to the DC-1 (Docking Compartment-1) Nadir port under precise manual control from the SM (Service Module) by FE-1 Alexander Kaleri who, on Moscow instruction, assumed control with the TORU system shortly before final approach (reason for this TsUP decision remains currently under investigation). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ykdyxzIvrs

http://www.rosbalt.ru/2010/10/30/785519.html

As spokesman of Roscosmos Alexander Vorobiyov said to reporters, during approach of the Progress spaceship to the station some oscillatory process developed, which the specialists regarded exceeding acceptable norm, and decided to fall back to manual controls for docking. When the ship was 194 metres away from the station, Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri took over control over TORU remote control system and safely finished the docking process.

According to Vorobiyov, a special commission beginning to work will determine the exact cause of the problem.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

From ISS On-Orbit Status Report for 31/10/2010.

FE-1 Alexander Kaleri performed the standard one-hour leak checking of the docking vestibule and fuel/oxidizer transfer line interface between Progress M-08M/40P and DC-1 (Docking Compartment-1).

Afterwards, Alexander:

• Opened the DC-1/Progress hatches (~9:15 AM GMT).
• Installed the QD (Quick Disconnect) screw clamps (BZV) of the docking & internal transfer mechanism (SSVP) to rigidize the coupling.
• Powered down Progress,
• Installed the ventilation/heating air duct.

FE-5 Fyodor Yurchikhin dismantled the docking mechanism (StM, Stykovochnovo mekhanizma) between Progress and DC-1 (~10:25 AM GMT). [The StM is the "classic" probe-and-cone type, consisting of an active docking assembly (ASA) with a probe (SSh), which fits into the cone (SK) on the passive docking assembly (PSA) for initial soft dock and subsequent retraction to hard dock. The ASA is mounted on the Progress' cargo module (GrO), while the PSA sits on the docking ports of the SM, FGB, DC-1, MRM-1, and MRM-2].

FE-2 Oleg Skripochka joined in by:

• Performing the standard air sampling inside Progress with the Russian AK-1M air sampler.
• Taking photographs of the internal surfaces of the docking cone of the passive docking assembly (ASP-B) of the DC-1 Nadir port, a standard practice after Russian dockings [these images are used to refine current understanding of docking conditions. Oleg subsequently downlinked the pictures via OCA assets. The objective is to take photo imagery of the scratch or scuff marks left by the head of the docking probe on the internal surface of the drogue (docking cone, ASP) ring, now rotated out of the passageway. Before shooting the picture, the cosmonaut highlights the scuffmark with a marker and writes the date next to it. As other crewmembers before him, Oleg used the Nikon D2X digital still camera to take two pictures with the hatch partially closed.]

Oleg & Fyodor then transferred two Russian high priority biotechnology payloads to the ISS, setting them up in the RS (Russian Segment) and taking documentary photography of each:

• The BTKh-42 STRUKTURA (Structure) with its Luch-2 kit [BTKh-42 attempts to obtain high-quality protein monocrystals].
• BTKh-43 KONSTANTA experiment with the Rekomb-K bioreactor [BTKh-43 studies potential effects of spaceflight factors and their nature on the activity of a model enzyme relative to a specific substrate (bioreactors are specialized hardware for growing, cells, tissues, and microorganisms).]

A third high-priority payload, ESA's SPHINX (SPaceflight of Huvec: an Integrated eXperiment) Biobox kit, was transferred to COL (Columbus Orbital Laboratory) by Oleg and handed over to FE-3 Scott Kelly for installation in the pre-heated KUBIK-6 thermo-controlled incubator in the EDR (European Drawer Rack), with VCA-1 (Video Camera Assembly-1) monitoring. [Scott then reset the EDR and KUBIK drawer back to NOMINAL and initiated the SPHINX experiment. SPHINX will determine how HUVEC (Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells) modify their behavior in microgravity which could provide better knowledge of endothelial function, and be useful for clinical applications.]

Fyodor also began the transfer of other cargo delivered on 40P, tracked by IMS (Inventory Management System), an operation requiring several days.

 

[IronRain]

Is the powering down of the progress being done inside the ISS or inside the Progress itself?