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Beccab Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Ugh, they're streaming the telemetry display... I hoped for some onboard cam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 Unsure when Cygnus gets to ISS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 Cygnus berthed at ~5am per personal conversation with MCC just now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 (edited) Reports are coming in that Yozhnoye Design Office in Ukraine has been destroyed. This is where the Antares 1st stage was made. Embargoed RD181s are now the least of NG's problems. Edited February 25, 2022 by RCgothic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 5 minutes ago, RCgothic said: Reports are coming in that Yozhnoye Design Office in Ukraine has been destroyed. This is where the Antares 1st stage was made. Embargoed RD181s are now the last of NG's problems. Also affected the Vega fourth stage and RFA, as well as Cyclone 4M probably Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 48 minutes ago, RCgothic said: Reports are coming in that Yozhnoye Design Office in Ukraine has been destroyed. This is where the Antares 1st stage was made. Embargoed RD181s are now the last of NG's problems. between this and most of the worlds heavy/medium lvs being retired and replaced, I wonder what they can launch on other than falcon 9? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 7 minutes ago, insert_name said: between this and most of the worlds heavy/medium lvs being retired and replaced, I wonder what they can launch on other than falcon 9? The choice probably falls between removing a payload from Atlas V or F9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 F9 can fly it looks like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Reports were false. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 20 hours ago, SunlitZelkova said: Reports were false. Found them dubious at face value. They called Yuzhmash a ballistic missile manufacturer, which it hasn't been for longer than I'm alive, and thus it wouldn't merit a long-range strike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 22 hours ago, SunlitZelkova said: Reports were false. Glad to hear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 (edited) On 2/26/2022 at 2:33 PM, DDE said: Found them dubious at face value. They called Yuzhmash a ballistic missile manufacturer, which it hasn't been for longer than I'm alive, and thus it wouldn't merit a long-range strike. [snip] That said though, so long as the source of the news is "reports" or "sources" with no follow up, it can be considered false. Also apart from it not actually manufacturing ballistic missiles, there may be some consideration to deliberately not targeting it/keeping it safe if complete ISS cooperation is still something Russia desires. Also something interesting- This might be a question for the ISS or SpaceX thread instead, but what is Cargo Dragon's flight rate like? Could it fly more often to make up for the loss of Cygnus depending on how long the conflict lasts and/or its outcome? I saw the recommendations to launch Cygnus on Falcon 9, but wouldn't that be redundant? And if Progress can do orbital corrections, and Russian cooperation is needed anyways because you can't just split the ISS, would it be worth spending money to mate Cygnus with F9? Edited February 27, 2022 by Vanamonde Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Some comments removed. Avoid current politics, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scotius Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Love the name. If only those crafts were not one-use-only... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 55 minutes ago, Scotius said: Love the name. If only those crafts were not one-use-only... I would go as far as to say they are given in bad taste. Who’s idea was it to name a disposable spacecraft, that is, one that will burn up in the atmosphere, after Kalpana Chawla, a victim of the Columbia disaster? Its like a patriotic shooting target manufacturer naming their latest human shaped board “the JFK” in honor of the former President… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 17, 2022 Author Share Posted October 17, 2022 I think the families understand that expendable vehicles move the project forward that their lost family member gave their life for. I think it's fine. I'd worry more about losing the vehicle to some off-nominal event having anthropomorphized it than it completing its mission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 31 minutes ago, tater said: I'd worry more about losing the vehicle to some off-nominal event having anthropomorphized it Already happened, with S.S. Deke Slayton in 2014. Thankfully, S.S. Deke Slayton II worked great when it launched later on Atlas V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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insert_name Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 cygnus is in orbit, one of the solar arrays has failed to deploy https://spacenews.com/cygnus-solar-array-fails-to-deploy/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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