Launch News Progress M-07M launch and orbit parameters

[flying coffin]

Here is the page run through google translate. Check out #4.
Fly, crash, hitting the beach??!!!

http://translate.google.com/transla...tp://www.mcc.rsa.ru/progress_m07m.htm&act=url

 

[SiberianTiger]

Can you provide a link to the source, please?

 

[Lucy]

Google translate shows the source in the top frame.

http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/progress_m07m.htm

 

[SiberianTiger]

Google translate shows the source in the top frame.

http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/progress_m07m.htm

The pages which went through Google translate are blocked for me here, sorry.

Regarding the original concern:

Fly, crash, hitting the beach??!!!

(облёт, зависание, причаливание) means really (fly-around, station keeping, berthing), and not what Google has in mind.

Please wait a bit till my launch coverage post is ready.

 

[Lucy]

I see, I wasn't aware there was some kind of content block. I did figure that if you'd noticed the top frame you'd have noticed the source, but no matter.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Roscosmos PAO: "Soyuz-U Roll Out Took Place This Morning".

Baikonur: Soyuz-U LV, with Progress M-07M cargo vehicle atop, was delivered today from facility 40 to launch pad 31 on railway transport.
The experts commenced final prelaunch processing of the launcher slated to lift off at 15.11 MSK on Sept. 8.
Progress M-07M is to deliver cargo supplies for the crew of the International Space Station.

Progress M-07M preflight processing photos from RSC Energia are here, here and here. Rollout photos are here.

Video of the rollout.​

 

[SiberianTiger]

Okay, let's just have the Progress launch thread here.

 

[orb]

Okay, let's just have the Progress launch thread here.

I was going to wait for your detailed post, to post it later, but since it's only 24 hours before the launch, I'm posting it here and now:

There's O-F's calendar event for this launch with countdown timer, and you can request a reminder for it, that will be sent via e-mail before the launch.

Spaceflight Now: Supply ship on the launch pad (PHOTO GALLERY)

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Roscosmos PAO: "Progress M-07M Cargo Supplies".

Progress M-07M launch mass - 7122 kg
Propulsion propellant mass - 880 kg

Progress M-07M сargo supplies include:

Gas in the oxygen supply system containers - oxygen 49 kg
Water in the Rodnik system tanks - 210 kg
The items in the cargo compartment - 1136 kg

Equipment for the systems:
Gas supply system - 8 kg
Water supply system - 39 kg
Thermal control system - 52 kg
Guidance, navigation and control system - 8 kg
Fire protection items - 7 kg
Power supply system - 77 kg
Protection and fastening items - 63 kg
Maintenance and repair equipment - 18 kg
Sanitary and hygienic items - 62 kg
Food containers, fresh products - 205 kg
Medical equipment, linen, personal hygienic and prophylactics items - 83 kg
On-board documentation files, crew provisions, video and photo equipment - 20 kg
FGB-hardware - 14 kg
Rassvet hardware - 4 kg
Poisk hardware - 2 kg
Crew parcels for Russian crew members - 59 kg
USOS hardware - 389 kg

Total mass of the cargo delivered - 2515 kg

 

[SiberianTiger]

I was going to wait for your detailed post, to post it later, but since it's only 24 hours before the launch, I'm posting it here and now:

Guys - thank you for keeping track of this. I was half way throughmaking a post, but got entangled with some everyday problems. I'm perfectly OK with this thread.

 

[orb]

NASASpaceFlight: Soyuz-U set to launch Progress M-07M/39P for Friday docking with ISS:

A Russian Soyuz-U launch vehicle is scheduled to launch the M-07M/39P Progress resupply ship into orbit on Wednesday morning, ahead of docking with the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday. Meanwhile, an investigation overview into aborted docking of the M-06M/38P Progress has been reviewed by NASA managers.
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Spaceflight Now:

Weather postpones space station resupply launch

Today's scheduled launch of an International Space Station resupply ship atop a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome has been scrubbed due to bad weather. Liftoff is reset for Friday at 6:22 a.m. EDT (1022 GMT).

 

[SiberianTiger]

Roscosmos PAO: Launch of Soyuz-U rocket with Progress M-07M cargo vessel has been postponed till the backup date because of insufficient weather conditions for launch.

The next planned launch time is 14:22:58 MSK (10:22:58 UTC) on September 10, 2010.

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From http://weather.weatherbug.com/Kazakhstan/Baikonur-weather/local-forecast/detailed-forecast.html?zcode=z6286:

Hi: 19°
Lo: 6°

Sunny. Mild. Temperature of 19°C. Winds NNW 28km/h. Humidity will be 50% with a dewpoint of 8° and feels-like temperature of 19°C.

Doesn't really sound like a terrible weather. Does anyone know where can I find a more detailed weather data for this area (probably, a NOTAM database record?) revealing conditions at different altitudes?

 

[orb]

Maybe it's duststorm:

timeanddate.com shows:

25 °C
Duststorm.


intellicast.com:
UTNN 081000Z 34007MPS 8000 NSC 29/08 Q1011 R33/CLRD70 NOSIG

 

[Star Voyager]

This is the first time I've ever heard of a any Russian rocket being scrubbed because of weather (or anything as a matter of fact).

 

[orb]

NASASpaceFlight: Soyuz-U launch with Progress M-07M/39P scrubbed:

A Russian Soyuz-U launch vehicle was scheduled to launch the M-07M/39P Progress resupply ship into orbit on Wednesday morning, prior to an announcement the attempt was scrubbed due to unacceptable weather (high winds). A second attempt will take place on Friday.

The rest of NASASpaceFlight's article remained unchanged (link to it was posted here).

 

[SiberianTiger]

This is the first time I've ever heard of a any Russian rocket being scrubbed because of weather (or anything as a matter of fact).

Actually, it's a 38th launch scrubbing in Baikonur history alone.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

From ISS On-Orbit Status Report for 08/09/2010:

Progress M-07M/39P Launch Delay:
The launch of Progress 39P, planned for this morning at 11:11 AM GMT has been delayed until Friday (10/09) due to high winds over the Baikonur launch site. Launch time: 10:22 AM GMT. Docking is planned for Sunday (12/09) at ~11:57 AM GMT. This is a First for the ISS Program.

 

[SiberianTiger]

A cool looking infographics by RIA Novosti:

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

From ISS On-Orbit Status Report for 09/09/2010:

CDR Alexander Skvortsov, FE-3 Mikhail Kornienko & FE-5 Fyodor joined for a 30 minute review & discussion of a concentrated program of biotechnical experiments to be conducted throughout the month of September in the RS, focusing on a large number of biotech payloads due to arrive on Progress M-07M/39P on Sunday (12/09), including:
• BTKh-6 ARIL.
• BTKh-7 OChB.
• BTKh-8 BIOTREK.
• BTKh-10 KONYUGATSIYA.
• BTKh-14 BIOEMULSIYA.
• BTKh-26 KASKAD.
• BTKh-27 ASTROVAKTSINA.
• BTKh-40 BIF.
• BTKh-41 BACTERIOFAG.
• BIO-10 POLIGEN.
• TKhN-9 KRISTALLISATOR.

 

[SiberianTiger]

The launch site:Baikonur (Launch pad no. 31/6 45°59'46.16"N, 63°33'51.29"E)

The launch time is:
16:22:57 Baikonur 10.09.2010
14:22:57 Moscow Summer 10.09.2010
10:22:57 UTC September 10, 2010
6:22:57 a.m. EDT September 10, 2010


[eventTimer]2010-09-10 10:22:57?before|after;%dd% Days %hh% Hours %mm% Minutes %ss% Seconds %c%[/eventTimer] Progress M-07M launch

The expected docking time is:
15:58±3 min Moscow Summer 12.09.2010
11:58±3 min UTC September 12, 2010
7:58 a.m. ±3 min EDT September 12, 2010


[eventTimer]2010-09-12 11:58:00?before|after;%dd% Days %hh% Hours %mm% Minutes %ss% Seconds %c%[/eventTimer] Progress M-07M docking

Spacecraft: Progress M-07M (production #407, NASA id Progress 39P)

Mass of the vessel: 7290 kg
Mass of the payload: 2515 kg

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