Koniec pierwszego lotu CST-100 Starliner BY KRZYSZTOF KANAWKA ON 22 GRUDNIA 2019
CST-100 Starliner pod spadochronami na około 3 minuty przed lądowaniem / Credits - NASA TV(...) Dwudziestego drugiego grudnia nastąpił powrót kapsuły na Ziemię. O 13:24 CET nastąpił manewr deorbitacyjny, który zakończył się sukcesem. Chwilę po manewrze deorbitacyjnym nastąpiło udane odrzucenie modułu serwisowego kapsuły. Na cztery minuty przed lądowaniem nastąpiło odrzucenie osłony termicznej oraz otwarcie pierwszych spadochronów, po czym nastąpiło otwarcie głównych spadochronów kapsuły. Lądowanie w bazie White Sands nastąpiło o godzinie 13:58 CET. Kapsuła była namierzana z tej bazy od około 9 minut przed lądowaniem.
Zapis końca misji CST-100 Starliner / Credits – NASA
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https://kosmonauta.net/2019/12/koniec-pierwszego-lotu-cst-100-starliner/Boeing Starliner Completes First Orbital Flight Test with Successful LandingDecember 22, 2019
(...) “The Starliner team’s quick recovery and ability to achieve many mission objectives – including safe deorbit, re-entry and landing – is a testament to the people of Boeing who have dedicated years of their lives working toward the achievement of commercial human spaceflight,” said John Mulholland, vice president and program manager of Boeing’s Commercial Crew Program. “Their professionalism and collaboration with our NASA customer in challenging conditions allowed us to make the most of this mission.”
The Starliner landing demonstrated the robustness of its landing systems, including its innovative parachutes and airbags.
Although this Starliner carried no people, it did have a passenger. An anthropometric test device, named “Rosie,” was in the commander’s seat for the entire mission. She was outfitted with about a dozen sensors that collected data to help prove Starliner is safe for future human crews.
Next, this crew module will be returned to Florida for data retrieval, analysis and refurbishment for future missions. It is the vehicle chosen to fly NASA astronauts Sunita “Suni” Williams and Josh Cassada, along with two international partner astronauts, on the first operational mission. In parallel, Boeing’s Starliner team is finalizing the vehicle that will fly Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson and NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann on the Crewed Flight Test.
https://starlinerupdates.com/boeing-starliner-completes-1st-orbital-flight-test-with-successful-landing/Starliner OFT Returns Safely, Hits Numerous Objectives Despite Missing ISSBy Mike Killian, on December 22nd, 2019
The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is seen after it landed in White Sands, New Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019. The landing completes an abbreviated Orbital Flight Test for the company that still meets several mission objectives for NASA’s Commercial Crew program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)(...) Despite missing the ISS, Boeing was able to complete a number of other test objectives for NASA during the flight, including:
- Successful launch of the first human-rated United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket
- Checked out the Starliner propulsion systems, including conducting two orbital adjustment burns and several smaller checkout burns.
- Tested space-to-space communications
- Tested Guidance, Navigation and Control hardware including successfully using VESTA camera star tracking functionality to augment Space-Integrated GPS/INS (SIGI) navigational control. These are the “eyes” of the vehicle, which include using star trackers (capturing spacecraft orientation by comparing known star maps to stars the spacecraft observes) and far and near field observations.
Tested Starliner’s NASA Docking System (NDS) in orbit by executing a series of extensions and retractions of its soft-capture system and docking ring.
- Validated all environment control and life support systems (crew would have been fine and comfortable).
- Communication, commanding and tracking systems testing through both ground links and space-to-space communication, including a positive command uplink from mission control through the ISS.
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https://www.americaspace.com/2019/12/22/starliner-oft-returns-safely-hits-numerous-objectives-despite-missing-iss/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/12/oft-starliner-landing-white-sands/Artykuły astronautyczne
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