So it is......the big day of Tim Peake, the day that the British finally have a government sponsored representative in space! After throttling back on spaceflight development funding for years, this flight of the Eurofighter ace is certainly a milestone that the UK is now finally putting the cosmos back on the thinking table.
We also have another Tim on board the next ISS crew - NASA's Tim Kopra is finally back after missing out on STS-133 4 years ago when he broke his arm during downtime of Space Shuttle Discovery. Well - he will get a lot more time in microgravity this time!
Rounding out is one of the famous cosmonauts who seemed to have never smiled :rofl: - Roscosmos' super-veteran cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko is on his 6th flight to space and the 5th space station assignment since the Mir days. This flight will extend his time in space to over 2 years in total.
Safe journey to the station and back!
Launch location:
Baikonur Launch pad no. 1/5 45°55'12.85"N, 63°20'32.27"E
Launch dates and times:
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Time Zone
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Australia - Sydney/AEDT (UTC+11)
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Baikonur / UTC+6
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Moscow / MSKS (UTC+3)
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Universal / UTC
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Washington / EST (UTC-5)
Launch time (Primary):
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22:03:09
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17:03:09
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14:03:09
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11:03:09
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06:03:09
on:
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Dec. 15, 2015
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Dec. 15, 2015
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Dec. 15, 2015
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Dec. 15, 2015
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Dec. 15, 2015
Launch time (Backup):
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21:18:01
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16:18:01
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13:18:01
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10:18:01
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05:18:01
on:
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Dec. 17, 2015
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Dec. 17, 2015
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Dec. 17, 2015
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Dec. 17, 2015
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Dec. 17, 2015
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{colsp=5}Docking times
Time Zone
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Australia - Sydney/AEDT (UTC+11)
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Moscow / MSKS (UTC+3)/
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Universal / UTC
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Washington / EST (UTC-5)
Docking time (Primary):
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04:24:09 +-3 min
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20:24:09 +-3 min
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17:24:09 +-3 min
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12:24:09 +-3 min
on:
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Dec. 16, 2015
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Dec. 15, 2015
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Dec. 15, 2015
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Dec. 15, 2015
Docking time (Backup):
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21:56 +-3 min
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13:56 +-3 min
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10:56 +-3 min
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05:56 +-3 min
on:
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Dec. 19, 2015
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Dec. 19, 2015
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Dec. 19, 2015
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Dec. 19, 2015
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Live Coverage Of The Launch:
Soyuz TMA-19M (industry id 11F747 #719, NASA id Soyuz 45S) manned spaceship
The crew:
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Commander Yuri Malenchenko, Roscosmos (previous flight experience: Soyuz TM-19 / Mir Exp. 16, STS-106, Soyuz TMA-2 / ISS Exp. 7, Soyuz TMA-11 / ISS Exp. 16, Soyuz TMA-05M / ISS Exp. 32/33)
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Flight Engineer Timothy Kopra, NASA(previous flight experience: STS-127 / ISS Exp. 20 / STS-128)
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Flight Engineer Timothy Peake, ESA (previous flight experience: /)
The mission patch:
Mission Profile
Ascent Chart:
1. Approach and Docking Chart:
The times below are Moscow Time (UTC+3), commas separate fractional part of numbers:
Expected time of spacecraft separation: 14:11:58.26
2. Orbital Parameters of Soyuz TMA-19M and the ISS
Parameter|Designation|Soyuz TMA-19M at 15/12|ISS at 15/12
Orbital Period|T, min|88.64 +-0.367|92.56
Inclination|i, degrees|51.67 +-0.058|51.66
Min altitude|h, km|200 +7 -22|402.41
Max altitude|H, km|242 +-42|415.29
Phase angle between the space ship and the ISS is about 28.1 degrees.
Projected life duration of the space ship staying at the nominal orbit is no less than 20 orbits (~30 hrs).
3. Transfer maneuvers
(six hours fast approach scheme applied)
* Nominal two-burn manoeuvre forming a phasing orbit
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
15.12.15|14:48:15|1|28.54|71.1|89.62|51.64|229.63|297.29
15.12.15|15:32:29|2|23.57|58.4|90.44|51.64|296.53|323.45
15.12.15|16:06:44|2|7.00|18.2|90.69|51.67|298.06|336.85
15.12.15|16:36:58|2|7.00|18.2|90.94|51.64|318.87|337.34
Autonomous approach program is initiated at 18:15:55.
4. Approach at the Close range
Fly-around, station keeping and docking will be initiated at 20:01:07 on December 15, 2015.
5. Docking
Contact and capture is planned on December 15, 2015 at 20:24 +-3 min.
Docking is performed to MRM-1 Rassvet -Y docking node
Launch Vehicle:
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Soyuz-FG
Prime contractor:
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- Samara Space Sentre (Energia Holding enterprise)
GRAU Index:
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Height:
| 51.1 m
Diameter:
| max 10.3 m
Liftoff mass:
| 313 metric tonnes
Payload mass:
| 6.95 tonnes at ISS orbit from Baikonur
1st stage (boosters B, V, G, D):
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- 4 X RD-107A engines
- Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
- Thrust/ISP in vacuum - / 316 s
- Thrust/ISP at sea level 79.4 tonnes / 253 s
- Total 1st stage's thrust at sea level: 411.1 tonnes
2nd stage (core A):
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- 1 X RD-108A engine
- Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
- Thrust/ISP in vacuum 102 tonnes / 314 s
- Thrust/ISP at sea level 83.5 tonnes / 257 s
3rd stage (block I):
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- 1 X RD-0110 engine
- Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
- Thrust/ISP in vacuum 30.38 tonnes / 359 s
The vehicle's
reliability statistics according to
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/log2015.html#rate:
Code:
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Vehicle Successes/Tries Realzd Pred Consc. Last Dates
Rate Rate* Succes Fail
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Soyuz-FG 43 43 1.00 .98 43 None 2001-
Weather forecast for Baikonur, Kazakhstan on December 15, 2015 (5 p.m.)
Sunny. High 1C. Winds light and variable.
Time|Temps|Dew Point|Relative Humidity|Precip|Snow|Cloud cover|Pressure|Wind|Weather
5 PM|-1°C|-5°C|75%|2%|0%|16%|1021 hPa|6 km/h E|
Clear
References
http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/sojuztma_19m/start.htm
http://www.federalspace.ru
http://tvroscosmos.ru
http://www.tsenki.com
http://www.samspace.ru
http://www.npoenergomash.ru/engines/
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com
http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com
http://english.wunderground.com/q/locid:KZXX0055
