Tuesday, May 22, 2012
busy day for space X here is what's coming up
0839:27 GMT....Demonstrate absolute GPS. This milestone tests Dragon's ability to determine its position in space based on GPS satellite navigation.
1011:26 GMT....Start GNC bay door deployment. The bay door contains Dragon's rendezvous sensors necessary to reach the space station.
1025:27 GMT....Check out relative navigation sensors. The Dragon spacecraft uses a LIDAR, or laser, instrument to attain position, range and attitude information on the space station. Dragon's rendezvous suite also includes a thermal imager.
1631:30 GMT....Demonstrate full abort. SpaceX will test the spacecraft's ability to abort its approach to the space station with a continuous burn.
1742:36 GMT....Demonstrate pulsed abort. This test demonstrates Dragon's ability to abort its approach with pulsed burns.
1822:36 GMT....Demonstrate free drift. This test demonstrates Dragon's ability to turn off its attitude thrusters and go to free drift mode.
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