Fwd: Soyuz TMA-08M Launch-to-Docking Timeline...

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From: "Moon, Larry J. (JSC-EA411)" <larry.j.moon@nasa.gov>
Date: March 28, 2013 10:12:57 AM GMT-06:00
To: "Moon, Larry J. (JSC-EA411)" <larry.j.moon@nasa.gov>
Subject: FW: Soyuz TMA-08M Launch-to-Docking Timeline...

Fyi,,,,Soyuz launch this afternoon looks like!

 

 

Attached and below is the Launch-to-Docking Timeline for tomorrow's (Thursday) Soyuz TMA-08M flight delivering three crew members to augment the Expedition 35 crew. Also attached is the LTD spreadsheet provided by the ISS Flight Control Team's Visiting Vehicle Officer (VVO).

 

Pavel Vinogradov (Soyuz & Expedition 36 Commander), Alexander Misurkin, and Chris Cassidy launch at 3:43 pm Central (4:43 EDT) on the first ISS single-day launch and docking. They arrive just under six hours after liftoff from Baikonur…

 

NASA TV:

·         2:30 pm Central (3:30 EDT) – Soyuz TMA-08M launch coverage begins (Expedition 35/36)

·         3:43:20 pm Central (4:43 EDT) – LAUNCH

·         6 pm Central (7 EDT) – File of pre-launch & launch activities as well as post-launch interviews

·         8:30 pm Central (9:30 EDT) – Soyuz docking coverage begins

·         9:32:13 pm Central (10:32 EDT) – DOCKING

·         10:30 pm Central (11:30 EDT) – Soyuz hatch opening coverage

·         11:10 pm Central (12:10 am Friday EDT) – HATCH OPENING (welcome & other activities)

·         11:45 pm Central (12:45 am Friday EDT) – Replay of Soyuz post-docking news conference

·         1 am Central FRIDAY (2 EDT) – File of Soyuz docking, hatch opening, welcome & other activities

 

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ISS SOYUZ 34 (TMA-08M) LAUNCH-TO-DOCK TIMELINE

Expedition 35 Crew Augmentation

 

                                           

 

ISS Exp 35 Crew (aboard ISS)

CDR Chris Hadfield-CSA  (E35 CDR)                                          3rd Flt (STS-74, STS-100)

FE4 Roman Romanenko   (33S CDR of TMA-07M)                    2nd Flt (E20-21)

FE6 Tom Marshburn                                                                       2nd Flt (STS-127)

 

ISS Exp 35/36 Crew (en route)

FE1 Pavel Vinogradov (34S CDR of TMA-08M & E36 CDR)      3rd Flt (TM-26, E13)

FE2 Alexander Misurkin                                                                 1st Flt

FE3 Chris Cassidy                                                                          2nd Flt (STS-127)

 

Thursday                March 28

 

  CDT               EDT              EVENT

  7:13 am          8:13 am        Crew wakeup (L-8 hrs, 30 min)

  7:43 am          8:43 am        Final countdown begins; Soyuz systems cks (L-8 hrs)

  9:43 am        10:43 am       Crew departs hotel (L-6 hrs)

  9:58 am        10:58 am       Batteries installed in booster (L-5 hrs, 45 min)

10:00 am       11:00 am       NASA TV: ISS Update Hour

10:13 am       11:13 am       State Commission "Go" (L-5 hrs, 30 min)

10:28 am       11:28 am       Crew arrives at Bldg 254 / Final medical check-ups

10:43 am       11:43 am       Tanking begins (L-5 hrs)

11:13 am       12:13 pm       Crew suit up (L-4 hrs, 30 min)

11:33 am       12:33 pm       Booster loaded with liquid Oxygen (L-4 hrs, 5 min)

12:13 pm         1:13 pm        Crew greets family & friends (L-3 hrs, 30 min)

12:38 pm         1:38 pm        1^st & 2^nd stage O2 fueling complete (L-3 hrs, 5 min)

12:43 pm         1:43 pm        Crew walkout & report to State Commission (L-3 hrs)

12:48 pm         1:48 pm        Crew departs for pad – Site 1 (L-2 hrs, 55 min)

  1:08 pm          2:08 pm        Crew arrives at launch pad

  1:18 pm          2:18 pm        Crew boards Soyuz TMA-08M (L-2 hr, 25 min)

  1:43 pm          2:43 pm        Crew in re-entry vehicle (L-2 hrs)

  2:08 pm          3:08 pm        Re-entry vehicle hardware tested/suits ventilated

  2:23 pm          3:23 pm        Hatch closed; leak checks begin (L-1 hr, 20 min)

  2:30 pm         3:30 pm       NASA TV LAUNCH COVERAGE BEGINS

  2:43 pm          3:43 pm        Launch vehicle control sys prep; gyros active (L-1 hr)

  2:45 pm         3:45 pm       NASA TV: Crew pre-launch activities

  2:58 pm          3:58 pm        Pad service structure halves lowered (L-45 min)

  3:06 pm          4:06 pm        Suit leak checks; re-entry vehicle testing complete

  3:13 pm          4:13 pm        Emergency escape system armed (L-30 min)

  3:21 pm          4:21 pm        Clamshell-like service towers retracted (L-22 min)

 3:28 pm          4:28 pm        Suit leak checks complete; escape system to auto

  3:33 pm          4:33 pm        Gyros "uncaged" & recorders activated (L-10 min)

  3:36 pm          4:36 pm        Pre-launch operations complete (L-7 min)

  3:37 pm          4:37 pm        Final launch countdown operations to auto (L-6 min)

·         Launch complex/vehicle systems ready

  3:38 pm          4:38 pm        CDR's controls active/helmets closed (L-5 min)

·         Launch key inserted (yes, it's a real key)

  3:39:20 pm    4:39:20 pm  Combustion chamber Nitrogen purge (L-4 min)

  3:40:20 pm    4:40:20 pm  Ground propellant feed terminated (L-3 min)

  3:40:35 pm    4:40:35 pm  Booster propellant tank pressurization

  3:42:20 pm   4:42:20 pm Auto sequence start (L-1 min)

·         Vehicle to internal power

  3:42:35 pm    4:42:35 pm  First umbilical tower separates (L-45 sec)

  3:42:40 pm    4:42:40 pm  3rd stage ground pwr umbilical separates (L- 40 sec)

  3:43 pm          4:43 pm        Launch command issued (L-20 sec)

·         Central / side pod engines start

  3:43:05 pm    4:43:05 pm  Second umbilical tower separates (L-15 sec)

  3:43:10 pm    4:43:10 pm  Engine turbopumps at flight speed (L-10 sec)

  3:43:15 pm    4:43:15 pm  Engines at maximum thrust (L-5 sec)

  3:43:20 pm   4:43:20 pm LAUNCH (ISS 255 miles up & ~1,000 miles downrange)

  3:52:05 pm    4:52:05 pm  Orbital insertion (L+8 min, 45 sec)

~4:00 pm       ~5:00 pm       PLAYBACK: Launch replays

  6:00 pm         7:00 pm       PLAYBACK: Post-launch interviews

  4:25:36 pm    5:25:36 pm  DV-1 rendezvous burn (46 mph / 67.7 fps)

  5:06:32 pm    6:06:32 pm  DV-2 burn (30.7 mph / 45 fps)

  5:46:37 pm    6:46:37 pm  DV-3 burn (15.6 mph / 22.9 fps)

  6:16:35 pm    7:16:35 pm  DV-4 burn (15.6 mph / 22.9 fps)

  7:20 pm          8:20 pm        US to Russian Motion Control System handover

  7:25 pm          8:25 pm        Station maneuvers to docking attitude

  7:26:29 pm   8:26:29 pm Automated Rendezvous & Docking (AR&D) start

  7:32:44 pm    8:32:44 pm  AR&D DV5/Impulse 1 (49.6 mph / 72.8 fps)

  7:57:36 pm    8:57:36 pm  AR&D Impulse 2 (2.8 mph / 4 fps)

  7:58:29 pm    8:58:29 pm  Soyuz Kurs-A (Active) activation

  7:58:49 pm    8:58:49 pm  Range 124 miles – establish Soyuz VHF-2 voice link

  8:00 pm          9:00 pm        Service Module (Zvezda) Kurs-P (Passive) activation

  8:18:46 pm    9:18:46 pm  AR&D DV6/Impulse 3 (77.5 mph / 113.7 fps)

  8:24 pm          9:24 pm        Sunrise

  8:25 pm          9:25 pm        Range 49.7 miles – Valid Kurs-P range data

  8:30 pm         9:30 pm       NASA TV DOCKING COVERAGE BEGINS

  8:46 pm          9:46 pm        Range 9.3 miles (49,212 ft) – Kurs-A & -P short test

  8:53 pm          9:53 pm        Range 4.9 miles (26,247 ft) – Soyuz TV activation

  9:00:53 pm  10:00:53 pm  AR&D Impulse 4 (15.2 mph / 22.3 fps)

 9:02:29 pm  10:02:29 pm  AR&D Ballistic Targeting Point

  9:05:42 pm  10:05:42 pm  AR&D Impulse 5 (13 mph / 19 fps)

  9:08:26 pm  10:08:26 pm  AR&D Impulse 6 (4.2 mph / 6.2 fps)

  9:11:24 pm  10:11:24 pm  Fly-around mode start

  9:16:49 pm  10:16:49 pm  Station keeping start

  9:21:30 pm 10:21:30 pm Final approach start

  9:21:30 pm  10:21:30 pm  Station inertial snap-and-hold window open

  9:23 pm        10:23 pm       Sunset

  9:31:30 pm  10:31:30 pm  Station inertial snap-and-hold window close

  9:32:13 pm 10:32:13 pm Docking to MRM2 – "Poisk" (SW of Ecuador)

·         Station to free drift

  9:47 pm        10:47 pm       Soyuz hooks closed

·         Station maneuvers to LVLH attitude

  9:56 pm        10:56 pm       Sunrise

10:50 pm       11:50 pm       Russian to US Motion Control System handover

10:30 pm       11:30 pm       NASA TV: Hatch/welcome ceremony coverage

11:10 pm                               Hatch opening & welcome ceremony

11:45 pm                               PLAYBACK: Post-docking news conference

 

Friday              March 29

 

  CDT               EDT              EVENT

                        12:10 am       Hatch opening & welcome ceremony

            12:45 am       PLAYBACK: Post-docking news conference

  1:00 am         2:00 am       NASA TV: Docking, hatches & welcome highlights

 

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