{"id":18660,"date":"2019-05-03T19:32:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T23:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18660"},"modified":"2019-05-03T23:38:52","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T03:38:52","slug":"space-transport-roundup-may-3-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18660","title":{"rendered":"Space transport roundup &#8211; May.3.2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images dealing with space transport:<\/p>\n<p>** <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.SpaceX.com\">SpaceX<\/a> to try again to launch a Falcon 9 early Saturday morning<\/strong> with the Cargo Dragon for mission CRS-17 to the ISS. The liftoff is set for 2:48 am EDT (6:48 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patrick.af.mil\/About-Us\/Weather\/\">weather forecast<\/a> gives a 70% chance of acceptable conditions for the 1 second launch window.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/webcast\">SpaceX webcast<\/a> will go live about 15 minutes before the launch time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">All systems are currently go and weather is 70% favorable for launch of Dragon\u2019s seventeenth resupply mission on May 4 at 2:48 a.m. EDT, 6:48 UTC.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceX\/status\/1124455478543691782?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18662\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18662\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/webcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18662\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=18662\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/OnPad-May3-2019.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"900,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D750&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1556821024&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;58&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"OnPad-May3-2019\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon for CRS-17 mission.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/OnPad-May3-2019.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-18662\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/OnPad-May3-2019.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/OnPad-May3-2019.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/OnPad-May3-2019-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/OnPad-May3-2019-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon for CRS-17 mission.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>**<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\">Rocket Lab<\/a> is also set to launch an Electron<\/strong> tomorrow morning with three USAF payloads<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Launch readiness review is complete and we are green for tomorrow&#8217;s launch of the STP-27RD mission from Launch Complex 1. The launch window opens at [2:00 am EDT] 06:00 UTC \/ 18:00 NZT, 4 May. Join us then for Electron&#8217;s first night launch!&#x1f680;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RocketLab\/status\/1124208613298302977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There will be a webcast on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>** <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.istellartech.com\/\">Interstellar Technologies<\/a> of Japan successfully launched the MOMO 3<\/strong> suborbital rocket on Friday. The liftoff is at just after 1:29:00 into this video of the webcast:<\/p>\n<p>[ <strong>Update<\/strong>: A nicer video with views from the rocket:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iAAV4miS0dE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>]<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yC0bbpDEj1A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=5346&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The rocket reached beyond the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_line\">K\u00e1rm\u00e1n line<\/a> according to this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/natsuroke\/status\/1124424630058377217\">Tweet<\/a> (Google translated):<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The launch time of &#8220;shift MOMO3 to space quality&#8221; is at 5:45:0, and the arrival altitude is 113.4 km as a preliminary value, and the combustion time is about 118 seconds. The detailed values will be determined by the future analysis and will be announced again.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>** <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BlueOrigin.com\">Blue Origin<\/a> released this video of highlights<\/strong> of yesterday&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/new-shepard\/\">New Shepard<\/a> flight:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>New Shepard had a great mission on May 2, 2019. This particular rocket has flown to space and back 5 times. The mission flew 38 payloads for a variety of schools, universities, government agencies and private companies.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a51mHHCT6k0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>More at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/new-shepard-mission-ns-11-updates\">Blue Origin | New Shepard Mission NS-11 Updates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1944648453\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1944648453&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=58e1458b47a9ea2c9a71199c1a657964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Space 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners are Creating a New Space Age<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1944648453\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1944648453&amp;asins=1944648453&amp;linkId=4d5a69f3ddec04646e1ac0c549848ed6&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images dealing with space transport: ** SpaceX to try again to launch a Falcon 9 early Saturday morning with the Cargo Dragon for mission CRS-17 to the ISS. The liftoff is set for 2:48 am EDT (6:48 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18660\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space transport roundup &#8211; May.3.2019<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4QY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21918,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=21918","url_meta":{"origin":18660,"position":0},"title":"Videos: Launch of the first SpaceX Dragon with crew to the ISS","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 27, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"6:20 pm EDT: The launch was scrubbed at about 15 minutes before liftoff time due to violations of weather constraints. 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