Fwd: Soyuz TMA-14M Launch-to-Docking Timeline...

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From: "Moon, Larry J. (JSC-EA411)" <larry.j.moon@nasa.gov>
Date: September 24, 2014 6:47:21 PM CDT
To: "Moon, Larry J. (JSC-EA411)" <larry.j.moon@nasa.gov>
Subject: FW: Soyuz TMA-14M Launch-to-Docking Timeline...

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Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 5:36 PM

Subject: Soyuz TMA-14M Launch-to-Docking Timeline...

below. Watch it all on NASA TV on the web: www.nasa.gov/ntv

 

-KjH (NASA Public Affairs)

 

ISS SOYUZ 40 (TMA-14M) LAUNCH-TO-DOCK TIMELINE

Expedition 41 Crew Augmentation

 

                                    

 

ISS Exp 41 Crew (currently aboard ISS)

·         CDR Max Suraev (TMA-13M CDR)                            2^nd Flt (E21/22)

·         FE5 Reid Wiseman                                                       1^st Flt (213^th aboard)

·         FE6 Alexander Gerst (ESA)                                         1^st Flt (214^th aboard)

 

ISS Exp 40/41 Crew (en route)

·         FE1 Alexander Samokutyaev (TMA-14M CDR)       2^nd Flt (E27/28))

·         FE2 Elena Serova (4^th Rsn female cosmonaut)      1^st Flt (215^th aboard)

·         FE3 Barry "Butch" Wilmore (E42 CDR)                     2^nd Flt (STS-129)

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Thursday                Sept. 25, 2014

 

  CDT               EDT              EVENT

~6:30 am        ~7:30 am        Crew wakeup (L-9 hrs)

  6:25 am          7:25 am        Final countdown begins; Soyuz systems cks (L-8 hrs)

  9:35 am        10:35 am        Crew departs hotel (L-5 hrs, 50 min)

  9:40 am        10:40 am        Batteries installed in booster (L-5 hrs, 45 min)

  9:55 am        10:55 am        State Commission "Go" (L-5 hrs, 30 min)

10:00 am       11:00 am       NASA TV: Space Station Live

10:20 am        11:20 am        Crew arrives at Bldg 254 / Final medical check-ups

10:25 am        11:25 am        Tanking begins (L-5 hrs)

11:10 am        12:10 pm        Crew suit up (L-4 hrs, 15 min)

11:20 am        12:20 pm        Booster loaded with liquid Oxygen (L-4 hrs, 5 min)

  Noon                          1:00 pm        Crew greets family & friends (L-3 hrs, 25 min)

12:20 pm          1:20 pm        1^st & 2^nd stage O2 fueling complete (L-3 hrs, 5 min)

12:25 pm          1:25 pm        Crew walkout & report to State Commission (L-3 hrs)

12:30 pm          1:30 pm        Crew departs for pad – Site 1 (L-2 hrs, 55 min)

12:50 pm          1:50 pm        Crew arrives at launch pad (L-2 hrs, 35 min)

  1:00 pm          2:00 pm        Crew boards Soyuz TMA-14M (L-2 hr, 25 min)

  1:25 pm          2:25 pm        Crew in re-entry vehicle (L-2 hrs)

  1:50 pm          2:50 pm        Re-entry vehicle hardware tested/suits ventilated

  2:05 pm          3:05 pm        Hatch closed; leak checks begin (L-1 hr, 20 min)

  2:25 pm          3:25 pm        Launch vehicle control sys prep; gyros active (L-1 hr)

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

  2:40 pm          3:40 pm        Pad service structure components lowered (L-45 min)

  2:40 pm         3:40 pm       NASA TV: Crew pre-launch activities

  2:41 pm          3:41 pm        Clamshell-like service towers retracted

  2:48 pm          3:48 pm        Suit leak checks; re-entry vehicle testing complete

  2:51 pm          3:51 pm        Emergency escape system armed (L-34 min)

  3:10 pm          4:10 pm        Suit leak checks complete; escape system to auto

  3:15 pm          4:15 pm        Gyros "uncaged" & recorders activated (L-10 min)

  3:18 pm          4:18 pm        Pre-launch operations complete (L-7 min)

  3:19 pm          4:19 pm        Final launch countdown operations to auto (L-6 min)

·         Launch complex/vehicle systems ready

  3:20 pm          4:20 pm        CDR's controls active/helmets closed (L-5 min)

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

  3:21 pm          4:21 pm        Combustion chamber Nitrogen purge (L-4 min)

  3:21:44 pm    4:21:44 pm  Station flies in-plane above Baikonur

  3:22:15 pm    4:22:15 pm  Booster propellant tank pressurization

  3:23:30 pm    4:23:30 pm  Ground propellant feed terminated (L-90 seconds)

  3:24 pm          4:24 pm        Vehicle to internal power (L-60 seconds)

  3:24:25 pm    4:24:25 pm  First umbilical tower separates (L-35 seconds)

  3:24:25 pm   4:24:25 pm Auto sequence start (L-35 seconds)

  3:24:30 pm    4:24:30 pm  3rd stage ground pwr umbilical separates (L- 30 sec)

  3:24:40 pm    4:24:40 pm  Launch command issued (L-20 sec)

·         Central / side pod engines start

  3:24:45 pm    4:24:45 pm  Second umbilical tower separates (L-15 sec)

  3:24:50 pm    4:24:50 pm  Engine turbopumps at flight speed (L-10 sec)

  3:24:55 pm    4:24:55 pm  Engines at maximum thrust (L-5 sec)

  3:25 pm         4:25 pm       LAUNCH (5 hrs, 12 min before sunrise)

·         ISS 262 miles up & above northeast Kazakhstan

·         ISS 2,311 miles ahead of Soyuz

  3:33:45 pm    4:33:45 pm  Orbital insertion (L+8 min, 45 sec)

~3:45 pm       ~4:45 pm       PLAYBACK: Launch replays

  4:10 pm          5:10 pm        DV-1 rendezvous burn (63 mph / 92 fps)

  4:54 pm          5:54 pm        DV-2 burn (42 mph / 62 fps)

  5:16 pm          6:16 pm        DV-3 burn (12 mph / 18 fps)

  6:05 pm          7:05 pm        DV-4 burn (16 mph / 24 fps)

  6:55 pm          7:55 pm        US Motion Control Sys handover to Russian segment

  7:00 pm          8:00 pm        Station maneuvers to docking attitude

  7:07 pm         8:07 pm       Automated Rendezvous & Docking (AR&D) start

  7:13 pm          8:13 pm        AR&D Impulse 1 (38 mph / 56 fps)

  7:36 pm          8:36 pm        AR&D Impulse 2 (.08 mph / .1 fps)

  7:39 pm          8:39 pm        Range 124 miles – establish Soyuz VHF-2 voice link

  7:39 pm          8:39 pm        Soyuz Kurs-A (Active) activation

  7:41 pm          8:41 pm        Service Module (Zvezda) Kurs-P (Passive) activation

  7:59 pm          8:59 pm        AR&D Impulse 3 (66 mph / 97 fps)

  8:05 pm          9:05 pm        Range 49.7 miles – Valid Kurs-P range data

  8:26 pm          9:26 pm        Range 9.3 miles (49,212 ft) – Kurs-A & -P short test

  8:45 pm         9:45 pm       NASA TV DOCKING COVERAGE BEGINS

  8:33 pm          9:33 pm        Range 4.9 miles (26,247 ft) – Soyuz TV activation

  8:36 pm          9:36 pm        SCAN & RapidScat inhibit–NLT (3.7 miles / 19,685 ft)

  8:41 pm          9:41 pm        AR&D Impulse 4 (15 mph / 22 fps)

  8:43 pm          9:43 pm        AR&D Ballistic Targeting Point

  8:46 pm          9:46 pm        AR&D Impulse 5 (13 mph / 19 fps)

  8:48 pm          9:48 pm        AR&D Impulse 6 (4.3 mph / 6.3 fps)

  8:52 pm          9:52 pm        Fly-around mode start

  9:01 pm        10:01 pm        Station keeping start

  9:04 pm       10:04 pm       Final approach start

  9:05 pm        10:05 pm        Station inertial snap-and-hold window open

  9:07 pm        10:07 pm        Sunset

  9:15 pm       10:15 pm       Docking to MRM2 –"Poisk"

·         262 miles up & above Eastern Pacific off Ecuador

·         Station to free drift

  9:29 pm        10:29 pm        Soyuz & Poisk hooks closed

·         Station maneuvers to LVLH attitude

  9:41 pm        10:41 pm        Sunrise

10:20 pm        11:20 pm        Russian to US Motion Control System handover

10:30 pm       11:30 pm       NASA TV: HATCH/WELCOME COVERAGE

10:55 pm        11:55 pm        Hatch opening & welcome ceremony

·         Includes VIP & family calls from Baikonur

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

 

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