MaverickSawyer Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 11 minutes ago, 4472TJ said: incredible. Easy joke, not good but still funny Major Tim Peake's Sokol space suit Huge picture of a Soyuz I'm not sure what these are though That's the utilities umbilical port, right? Power, data, and life support is handled by the service modules, and you don't want to put holes in the heat shield, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 (edited) 34 minutes ago, 4472TJ said: I'm not sure what these are though Jettisoned electrical (power and control) umbilicals leading to the other modules. Compare with an 11F615A12/7K-TM (APAS-equipped Soyuz for Apollo-Soyuz Test Project) mockup at the RVSN academy (stored next to a flown Soyuz 9 RV): Edited January 5, 2019 by DDE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Rogozin’s visit to the US just got delayed. The Russian media is awakening from the NYE slumber and is beginning to throw excrements onto the fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4472TJ Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 35 minutes ago, DDE said: Jettisoned electrical (power and control) umbilicals leading to the other modules. Compare with an 11F615A12/7K-TM (APAS-equipped Soyuz for Apollo-Soyuz Test Project) mockup at the RVSN academy (stored next to a flown Soyuz 9 RV): Thought it was electrical, but I wasn't sure if it was the solar arrays... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 Is the metal capsule wrapped in phenolic resin or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 3 minutes ago, 4472TJ said: Thought it was electrical, but I wasn't sure if it was the solar arrays... Solar arrays would be a bit further down towards the trunk. The wiring is the tumour covered with the green insulation, aft of the periscope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 Yeah, Apollo, Orion, CST-100, and Dragon/D2 all have similar CM/SM umbilical racetracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 5 minutes ago, tater said: Is the metal capsule wrapped in phenolic resin or something? Yep. At 7° the near-vertical walls of the capsule have to be covered in secondary reentry TPS. You may notice that the insulation blankets are entirely gone by the time the ship lands. Heck, at least one Soyuz managed to survive an atmospheric interface the wrong way forwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4472TJ Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 ah, I can see now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 LOP-G to get company in the form of a separate radio telescope in a halo orbit. Reshetnev has a dish to show for it. https://www.rt.com/russia/448249-russia-telescope-moon-space/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 On 1/5/2019 at 7:00 PM, MaverickSawyer said: That's the utilities umbilical port, right? Power, data, and life support is handled by the service modules, and you don't want to put holes in the heat shield, right? Yes you see that dragon 1 has the same system but might close an hatch after dropping trunk. Smaller as trunk only do power and radiators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 28 minutes ago, magnemoe said: Yes you see that dragon 1 has the same system but might close an hatch after dropping trunk. Smaller as trunk only do power and radiators. I think most capsules have that system. Apollo: Orion: Vostok: Shenzhou: (middle and middle right) And those are just a few, there are probably a few more with this system. I couldn't find pictures of one on Gemini, though, and Mercury's system was only a few wires for the retros, so it almost doesn't count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 And not only capsules. Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reactordrone Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 39 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: And not only capsules. Hide contents Although the left hand part of that vehicle is a capsule. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TKS_(spacecraft) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Reactordrone said: Although the left hand part of that vehicle is a capsule. Yes, but I mean the umblicals on the docking face. On the left - empty, on the right - with attached cables. Edited January 8, 2019 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 11 hours ago, Ultimate Steve said: Vostok: Better image. Also, why does everyone keep depicting it with the third stage attached? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Spoiler A horror from space. (Caution, can be disgusting)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypophobia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 3 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Hide contents A horror from space. (Caution, can be disgusting)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypophobia OH GOD NO... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) Kosmos-2430 ditched into the Atlantic. Launched 2007, decommissioned 2012; an element of the Oko early ICBM warning constellation. https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5c36f3269a794755c6225ce4 The latest Blagovest is in a slightly askew geostationary orbit; its Briz appears to have then fouled up the burial burn... again. http://www.russianspaceweb.com/blagovest13l.html#0108 Edited January 10, 2019 by DDE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Rogozin’s back and on “Rossiya 24”. NASA requested a Moon-capable Soyuz as a backup LOP-G transport system, Soyuz-5/Irtysh to fly by 2022, and the lofty goal of reclaiming Russian leadership in space. https://www.interfax.ru/russia/645557 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Spoiler 14 minutes ago, DDE said: to fly by What an ominous pun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Correction: Kosmos-2430 went down on Jan 5, interfering with a cricket match: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12186107 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 9 hours ago, DDE said: Rogozin’s back and on “Rossiya 24”. NASA requested a Moon-capable Soyuz as a backup LOP-G transport system, Soyuz-5/Irtysh to fly by 2022, and the lofty goal of reclaiming Russian leadership in space. https://www.interfax.ru/russia/645557 What a glorious future for Soyuz, a backup taxi for foreign astronauts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Embezzlement scandal at Lavochkin. Again, this time around Spektr-UV. https://www.rt.com/russia/448486-space-telescope-embezzlement-probe/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Spektr-R is having comms trouble. The description is awkward, but it appears it’s failing to recieve the command to engage the high-gain dish. All outbound traffic from the satellite is still nominal. The expected lifetime ran out in 2016. https://ria.ru/20190112/1549262902.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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