Fwd: Soyuz TMA-11M Launch-to-Docking Timeline...

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From: "Moon, Larry J. (JSC-EA411)" <larry.j.moon@nasa.gov>
Date: November 5, 2013 5:46:41 PM CST
To: "Moon, Larry J. (JSC-EA411)" <larry.j.moon@nasa.gov>
Subject: FW: Soyuz TMA-11M Launch-to-Docking Timeline...

 

 

below is the Launch-to-Docking Timeline for tomorrow night's (Wednesday's) Soyuz TMA-11M flight delivering three crew members to augment the Expedition 37 & 38 crews. Mikhail Tyurin (Soyuz Commander), Rick Mastracchio & Koichi Wakata (Expedition 39 Commander) launch at 10:14 pm Central (11:14 EST) on the fourth ISS single-day launch and docking. They arrive just under six hours after liftoff from Baikonur…

 

 

ISS SOYUZ 37 (TMA-11M) LAUNCH-TO-DOCK TIMELINE

Expedition 37 Crew Augmentation

 

ISS Exp 37 Crew (aboard ISS)

CDR Fyodor Yurchikhin (35S CDR TMA-09M)                4th Flt (STS-112, E15 & E24/25)

FE5 Luca Parmitano (ESA - ASI)                                      1st Flt

FE6 Karen Nyberg                                                               2nd Flt (STS-124)

FE1 Oleg Kotov (36S CDR TMA-10M & E38 CDR)       3rd Flt (E15 & E22/23)

FE2 Sergey Ryazanskiy                                                     1st Flt (210th aboard)

FE3 Michael Hopkins                                                         1st Flt (211th aboard)

 

ISS Exp 37/38/39 Crew (en route)

FE7 Mikhail Tyurin (37S CDR TMA-11M)                       3rd Flt (E3; STS-105up/108dwn; E14)

FE8 Rick Mastracchio                                                         4th Flt (STS-106, 118 & 131)

FE9 Koichi Wakata-JAXA (E39 CDR)                             4th Flt (STS-72, 92, E18-20, 119u/127d)

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Wednesday            November 6

 

  CST                EST              EVENT

~1:44 pm          2:44 pm        Crew wakeup (L-8 hrs, 30 min)

  2:14 pm          3:14 pm        Final countdown begins; Soyuz systems cks (L-8 hrs)

  4:14 pm          5:14 pm        Crew departs hotel (L-6 hrs)

  4:29 pm          5:29 pm        Batteries installed in booster (L-5 hrs, 45 min)

  4:44 pm          5:44 pm        State Commission "Go" (L-5 hrs, 30 min)

  4:59 pm          5:59 pm        Crew arrives at Bldg 254 / Final medical check-ups

  5:14 pm          6:14 pm        Tanking begins (L-5 hrs)

  5:44 pm          6:44 pm        Crew suit up (L-4 hrs, 30 min)

  6:09 pm          7:09 pm        Booster loaded with liquid Oxygen (L-4 hrs, 5 min)

  6:44 pm          7:44 pm        Crew greets family & friends (L-3 hrs, 30 min)

  7:09 pm          8:09 pm        1^st & 2^nd stage O2 fueling complete (L-3 hrs, 5 min)

  7:14 pm          8:14 pm        Crew walkout & report to State Commission (L-3 hrs)

  7:19 pm          8:19 pm        Crew departs for pad – Site 1 (L-2 hrs, 55 min)

  7:39 pm          8:39 pm        Crew arrives at launch pad (L-2 hrs, 35 min)

  7:49 pm          8:49 pm        Crew boards Soyuz TMA-11M (L-2 hr, 25 min)

  8:14 pm          9:14 pm        Crew in re-entry vehicle (L-2 hrs)

  8:39 pm          9:39 pm        Re-entry vehicle hardware tested/suits ventilated

  8:54 pm          9:54 pm        Hatch closed; leak checks begin (L-1 hr, 20 min)

  9:14 pm        10:14 pm        Launch vehicle control sys prep; gyros active (L-1 hr)

 

  9:15 pm       10:15 pm       NASA TV LAUNCH COVERAGE BEGINS

  9:25 pm       10:25 pm       NASA TV: Crew pre-launch activities

  9:29 pm        10:29 pm        Pad service structure components lowered (L-45 min)

  9:30 pm        10:30 pm        Clamshell-like service towers retracted

  9:37 pm        10:37 pm        Suit leak checks; re-entry vehicle testing complete

  9:44 pm        10:44 pm        Emergency escape system armed (L-30 min)

  9:59 pm        10:59 pm        Suit leak checks complete; escape system to auto

10:04 pm        11:04 pm        Gyros "uncaged" & recorders activated (L-10 min)

10:07 pm        11:07 pm        Pre-launch operations complete (L-7 min)

10:08 pm        11:08 pm        Final launch countdown operations to auto (L-6 min)

·         Launch complex/vehicle systems ready

10:09 pm        11:09 pm        CDR's controls active/helmets closed (L-5 min)

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

10:10 pm        11:10 pm        Combustion chamber Nitrogen purge (L-4 min)

10:11:30 pm  11:11:30 pm  Booster propellant tank pressurization

10:12 pm        11:12 pm        Ground propellant feed terminated (L-1:30 min)

10:13:15 pm 11:13:15 pm Auto sequence start (L-1 min)

·         Vehicle to internal power

10:13:30 pm  11:13:30 pm  First umbilical tower separates (L-45 sec)

10:13:45 pm  11:13:45 pm  3rd stage ground pwr umbilical separates (L- 30 sec)

10:13:55 pm  11:13:55 pm  Launch command issued (L-20 sec)

·         Central / side pod engines start

10:14 pm        11:14 pm        Second umbilical tower separates (L-15 sec)

10:14:05 pm  11:14:05 pm  Engine turbopumps at flight speed (L-10 sec)

10:14:10 pm  11:14:10 pm  Engines at maximum thrust (L-5 sec)

10:14:15 pm 11:14:15 pm LAUNCH (ISS 260 above southern Russia near Mongolia)

10:23 pm        11:23 pm        Orbital insertion (L+8 min, 45 sec)

~10:30 pm     ~11:30 pm     PLAYBACK: Launch replays

~11:00 pm       Midnight      PLAYBACK: Post-launch interviews

10:56:34 pm  11:56:34 pm  DV-1 rendezvous burn (41.4 mph / 60.7 fps)

11:44:23 pm                          DV-2 burn (32.4 mph / 47.5 fps)

 

Thursday                November 7

 

  CST                EST              EVENT

                        12:44:23 am  DV-2 burn (32.4 mph / 47.5 fps)

12:18:22 am    1:18:22 am  DV-3 burn (12.5 mph / 18.3 fps)

12:52:26 am    1:52:26 am  DV-4 burn (24.1 mph / 35.4 fps)

  1:50 am          2:50 am        US Motion Control Sys handover to Russian segment

  2:05 am          3:05 am        Station maneuvers to docking attitude

  2:24:44 am    3:24:44 am  Automated Rendezvous & Docking (AR&D) start

  2:32 am          3:32 am        AR&D Impulse 1 (52 mph / 76.3 fps)

  2:56 am          3:56 am        AR&D Impulse 2 (3.5 mph / 5.2 fps)

  2:57 am          3:57 am        Soyuz Kurs-A (Active) activation

  2:57 am          3:57 am        Range 124 miles – establish Soyuz VHF-2 voice link

  2:58 am          3:58 am        Service Module (Zvezda) Kurs-P (Passive) activation

  3:17 am          4:17 am        AR&D DV6/Impulse 3 (79.4 mph / 116.5 fps)

  3:22:44 am    4:22:44 am  Range 49.7 miles – Valid Kurs-P range data

  3:44 am          4:44 am        Range 9.3 miles (49,212 ft) – Kurs-A & -P short test

  3:45 am         4:45 am       NASA TV DOCKING COVERAGE BEGINS

  3:52 am          4:52 am        Range 4.9 miles (26,247 ft) – Soyuz TV activation

  3:56 am          4:56 am        Sunrise

  4:00 am          5:00 am        AR&D Impulse 4 (15.5 mph / 22.8 fps)

  4:00 am          5:00 am        AR&D Ballistic Targeting Point

  4:05 am          5:05 am        AR&D Impulse 5 (13 mph / 19.2 fps)

  4:08 am          5:08 am        AR&D Impulse 6 (4.3 mph / 6.2 fps)

  4:11 am          5:11 am        Fly-around mode start

  4:18 am          5:18 am        Station keeping start

  4:21 am         5:21 am       Final approach start

  4:31:42 am    5:31:42 am  Docking to MRM1–"Rassvet" (southern Ukraine)

·         Station to free drift

  4:48 am          5:48 am        Soyuz & Rassvet hooks closed

·         Station maneuvers to LVLH attitude

  5:14 am          6:14 am        Sunset

  5:30 am          6:30 am        Russian to US Motion Control System handover

  6:15 am         7:15 am       NASA TV: Hatch/welcome ceremony coverage

  6:40 am          7:40 am        Hatch opening & welcome ceremony

·         Includes VIP & family calls from Baikonur

  7:15 am         8:15 am       PLAYBACK: Post-docking news conference

  8:00 am         9:00 am       NASA TV: Docking, hatches & welcome highlights

 

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