New Release Crew Dragon 2022

[BrianJ]

Polaris Dawn launch 27 Aug 2024 07:38 UTC

Launch scenario and F9 .cfg in the .zip attached below. Launch scenario in the "Crew Dragon 2022" folder, starts at 07:30 UTC. Falcon9 autopilot set for 51.6 deg inclination, 190km x 1200km orbit, booster EDL to "ASOG".

Requires Crew Dragon 2022 and Falcon9 add-ons.

Good luck Resilience

BrianJ

EDIT:Oooops, wrong launch pad! Back soon.
EDIT2: OK, LC-39A it is!

 

[gattispilot]

I have been asked about a new eva suit. I have seen a video about it.

 

[BrianJ]

I guess we'll be seeing the new EVA suits in action soon, if all goes well.
Trying for launch again tomorrow, same time.
Cheers,
Brian

 

[MarkWatney2015]

A new private Crew Dragon mission, Fram2, will become the first manned spaceflight flying in a polar orbit around the Earth. Configuration looks similar to that of Inspiration4


Mission insignia

 

[francisdrake]

Great screenshot! How did you add the Aurora Borealis to your picture?
B.t.w. I assume they will launch due South from the Cape, but need to avoid the first stage drops on a South American country, in case the retroburn fails.

 

[MarkWatney2015]

Great screenshot! How did you add the Aurora Borealis to your picture?

It's not an Orbiter screenshot. It's an actual official SpaceX render of the mission when they announced it on Twitter

 

[francisdrake]

Aurora Orbiterialis !

 

[BrianJ]

Polaris Dawn launch 10 Sept.2024

Here's another launch scenario for 10 Sept 2024, launch window opens at 07:38 UTC
Scenario starts at 07:30, in Crew Dragon 2022 folder, updated ISS vectors etc.
Weather not looking too hopeful, though.
Cheers,
Brian

 

[sberinde]

Polaris Dawn is in orbit! Does anyone knows the timeline for apogee raising?

 

[BrianJ]

Polaris Dawn is in orbit! Does anyone knows the timeline for apogee raising?

Some info on Wikipedia.....

Polaris Dawn - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Look in the "MIssion" section.
It sounds like they do the Apogee raise on first or second orbit, stay there for 10 hours (6 orbits?), then reduce Apogee to "Cruising" altitude 750km.
Cheers,
Brian

 

[MarkWatney2015]

Views of the "skywalker" ladder on Polaris Dawn

https://twitter.com/x/status/1833734681545879844

 

[MarkWatney2015]

Jared Isaacman becomes the SpaceX Leonov

And also Sarah Gillis

 

[Scorch]

I'm trying to load the scenario, but I keep getting the following error:

DM2/dm2_capsule_polaris
[Vessel::OpenConfigFile | .\Vessel.cpp | 243]

Which folder has this vessel config? I can't seem to find it in any of the posts above.

 

[BrianJ]

I'm trying to load the scenario, but I keep getting the following error:

DM2/dm2_capsule_polaris
[Vessel::OpenConfigFile | .\Vessel.cpp | 243]

Which folder has this vessel config? I can't seem to find it in any of the posts above.

Hi,
its in the latest Crew Dragon 2022 release.
Cheers,
Brian

 

[TheShuttleExperience]

 

[MarkWatney2015]

SpaceX restores Crew Dragon's abandoned capability of landing propulsively in an emergency:

Dragon receives long-planned propulsive landing upgrade after years of development - NASASpaceFlight.com

SpaceX announced a new capability for the Dragon spacecraft on Sept. 27 for the unlikely event of a parachute failure. Dragon now has built-in redundancy to propulsively land using its SuperDraco thrusters, saving the vehicle and potential crew from a rough landing or imminent danger.

www.nasaspaceflight.com

 

[francisdrake]

Maybe a word on the Orbiter 2024 compatibility:
In Orbiter 2024 the ProjectAlpha_ISS mesh was moved into the subfolder Meshes/ISS.
But the Crew Dragon scenarios look for it in the old location (directly in the Meshes folder).

Workaround:
Install the attached mesh, which is just a copy of the ProjectAlpha_ISS mesh in the Meshes folder.
After that, the Crew Dragon scenarios work fine, including MFD, auto-deorbit, etc.
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Other observations:

• As expected, the old OrbiterSound callouts do not work anymore. (Soundbridge is no help.)
• The unburnt heat shield looks more shiny than in 2016, but this could be due to render settings.

 

[BrianJ]

Crew-11 Launch

Hi,
attached below are a scenario for Crew-11 launch on the Falcon9 and the relevant falcon9 .cfg file.

Scenario in the Crew Dragon 2022 folder.
Falcon9 for Orbiter2016 add-on is required.
ISS state vectors from Horizons (see above post by @francisdrake if using Orbiter2024)

Cheers,
BrianJ

 

[BrianJ]

Gaah! Scrubbed by weather.
Try again tomorrow (weather permitting).

 

[BrianJ]

Good launch today, in spite of the weather
Sadly I missed it (watching replays now), but here's a launch scenario for today anyway.
Falcon9 autopilot set for 51deg.equ., 200km x 400km orbit. Scenario starts T-3mins.