Orbiter Forum Space Station Mission 9 Report

[Hmuda]

After a successful resupply mission to the OFSS, I present the official after-mission report to the community.

The Delta Glider 4 was rolled to the runway. It was then powered down until the crew and cargo loaded.

After starting up the APU, the crew checked the critical systems.

After running through the pre-launch checkilist, the craft is ready for take-off.

The start was smooth.

With the help of the LaunchMFD, the vessel was turned to the right direction and the climb began.

The ship achieved orbit at the desired altitude...

...although the inclination was a bit off, so a correction burn was neccessary.

Our target was behind us, so we raised our orbit to allow the OFSS to catch up with us.

With the target now in sight, the crew was ready to initiate the deceleration burn to arrive at a reasonable distance.

After successfully achieving a synced orbit with the station, aligning with the docking port can begin.

 

[Hmuda]

Due to the rotation of the station, it wasn't as easy as the crew initially hoped.

But after careful rotation and translation management, the docking procedure was finished.

Using the on-station RMS, the container bearing supplies was successfully freed from the cargo bay of the DGIV...

...and placed onto a free port on the station.

 

[Hmuda]

With the cargo in place, the RMS stowed and parked, the ship undocked and was ready for renetry.

Right before the retrograde burn, the captain configured the MFDs to aid in arriving at Wideawake.

Before reaching the thicker layers of the atmosphere, the vessel was aligned to hit the target right on.

The renetry was smooth and uneventful.

 

[Hmuda]

Surface temperature peaked at 1857°C from where it began to steadily decrease to safe levels.

The island came in sight and it was evident that the we arrived a bit too high.

To compensate, we began to circle around the island to avoid drifting too far while in descent.

After only a single round we arrived at a safe altitude where we could start the final approach.

 

[Hmuda]

The landing was successful.

After engaging light enhancement and requesting a a hangar from the tower, the craft taxied to it's final destination, where it's still waiting for the next mission.

 

[PriestLizard]

Nice

 

[Kyle]

EPIC!!!