READY FOR CYGNUS.
GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON
ON TUESDAY, AUGUST6TH, 2019.
>> 602, CYGNUS DEPARTURE
MONITORING.
>> I WILL BE GOING OVER STEP
ONE, DEPARTURE MONITORING.
>> WE ARE LIVE HERE IN THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM WITH A LIVE
VIEW OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CARGO
VEHICLE IN THE ROBOTIC ARM.
THIS MORNING WE ARE BRINGING
LIVE COVERAGE OF THE RELEASE AND
DEPARTURE OF CYGNUS FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
TODAY'S RELEASE IS BEING
CONTROLLED BY GROUND CONTROLLERS
HERE IN MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.
TEAMS HERE ARE BEING LED TODAY
BY FLIGHT DIRECTOR JUDD
FREELING, HE IS JOINED ON HIS
CONSOLE TO HIS RIGHT BY CAP COM
NEIL KENAD, AND CALL, AND HEAR
CALLS TO THE CREW AS THEY GO
THROUGH THE PROCEDURES FOR
CYGNUS RELEASE.
>> TODAY'S VISITING VEHICLE
OFFICER IS THOMAS CASTLEBERRY
AND BE COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY
WITH NORTHROP GRUMMAN A'S FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS IN DULLES VIRGINIA,
RELAYING UPDATES TO HERE IN
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.
AND LEADING THE TEAM IN DULLES,
VIRGINIA IS NORTHROP GRUMMAN
MISSION CONTROLLER BROWER.
THEY ARE KEEPING TABS ON THE
CYGNUS VEHICLE AND WILL TAKE
OVER FULL CONTROL OF THE
SPACECRAFT ONCE IT HAS CROSSED
OVER THE 0 APPROACH HE HELP
SIDE, THAT SERVES AS A MYTHICAL
COHEN AROUND THE STATION THAT IS
REFERRED TO AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO ONCE CYGNUS DEPARTS THE
NEIGHBORHOOD THIS MORNING, THE
NORTHROP GRUMMAN TEAM WILL TAKE
FULL CONTROL OF THE SPACECRAFT.
>> GET READY FOR RELEASE AND
DEPARTURE.
>> TEAMS NEAR MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON JUST FINISHED A FINAL
GO, NO GO POLL AND JUST HEARD
FROM -- GO FOR CYGNUS RELEASE ON
TIME AT 16:15-G MT.
>> STEPS 2THROUGH 4AND
REMINDER THAT RELEASE WINDOW
CLOSES AT 17:23 GMT.
>> COPY FOR ON TIME RELEASE.
..
>> AND WE NOW HAVE CONFIRMATION
THAT CYGNUS IS A GO FOR AN ON
TIME RELEASE TODAY.
THE RELEASE WINDOW IS SET TO
OPEN UP AROUND 11:59 AND 59
SECONDS A.M. CENTRAL TIME TODAY
PUTTING CYGNUS ON TRACK FOR AN
ON TIME RELEASE AROUND
11:15A.M. CENTRAL TIME THIS
MORNING.
EARLIER TODAY, FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS HERE IN MISSION
CONTROL HOUSTON USED THE SPACE
STATION'S CANADA THE ARM
2ROBOTIC ARM TO UNBOLT CYGNUS
FROM THE EARTH FACING PORT OF
THE UNITY MODULE AND MANEUVERED
THE MODULE INTO ITS RELEASE
POSITION WHERE IT SITS NOW.
>> CYGNUS'S YOUR HONOR 0 FLY THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
BEGAN ON APRIL17 WHEN THE
SPACECRAFT LAUNCHED FROM THE
WALLOP FLIGHT FACILITY IN
FLORIDA.
THE ANTARES ROCKET LAUNCHED OFF
TO INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
THE CARRYING ABOUT 7,600 POUNDS
OF SCIENCE RESEARCH, CREW
SUPPLIES AND VEHICLE HARDWARE.
>> CYGNUS ARRIVED TO ITS CAPTURE
.2 DAYS LATER ON 0 APRIL19TH
WITH NASA ASTRONAUT ANNE MCCLAIN
AT THE CONTROLS OF THE CANADA
ARM 2ROBOTIC ARM FOR CAPTURE AS
THE -- OF THE CANADIAN SPACE
AGENCY MONITORED UP THE SYSTEMS.
CYGNUS WAS INSTALLED TO THE
EARTH FACING PORT OF THE
STATION'S UNITY MODULE WHERE IT
STAYED FOR 109 DAYS.
>> EACH SPACECRAFT IS NAMED
AFTER INFLUENTIAL INDIVIDUALS IN
THE WORLD OF SPACE THE FLIGHT
AND THE CYGNUS SPACECRAFT FOR
THIS STATION RESUPPLY MISSION IS
DEDICATED TO ROGER CHAFFEE,
CHAFFEE AND HIS CREW MATES GUS
GRISSOM AND ED WHITE LOST THEIR
LIVES ON 0 JANUARY27, 1967 IN
THE APOLLO ONE FIRE ON THE
LAUNCHPAD AT KENNEDY'S -- AS
NASA'S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN
FLORIDA.
CHAFFEE WAS PART OF THE THIRD
GROUP OF ASTRONAUTS SELECTED BY
NASA IN 1963.
.. AGAIN WE ARE STANDING BY NOW
WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION THAT
RELEASE WINDOW IS OPEN, WHICH
SHOULD HAPPEN AROUND 11:59 AND
59 SECONDS A.M. CENTRAL TIME
TODAY.
.. AFTER THAT THERE WILL BE A
COUPLE OF MILESTONES AFTER CIG
US? RELEASED THE FIRST
MILESTONE COMES WHEN CYGNUS
GATHERS THE KEEPOUT SPHERE WHICH
IS AN INVISIBLE LINE ABOUT
200METERS FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
AFTER CYGNUS DEPARTURES THE
KEEPOUT SPHERE THE NEXT
MILESTONE WHEN IT ENTERS THE
APPROACH EL HELP SIDE, ONCE
CYGNUS GETS NEIGHBORHOOD JOINT
OPERATIONS WILL END AND NORTHROP
GRUMMAN TEAMS WILL TAKE FULL
CONTROL OF THE SPACECRAFT.
OUR COVERAGE WILL END THERE, BUT
ITS MISSION WON'T.
WITHIN 24 HOURS OF ITS RELEASE,
CYGNUS WILL BEGIN ITS SECONDARY
MISSION DEPLOYING A SERIES OF
CUBE SATS ONCE IT IS A SAFE
DISTANCE FROM THE STATION TO,
TWO DEPLOYMENT SYSTEMS WILL
BEGIN DEPLOYING THE FIRST IN A
SERIES OF SMALL TECHNOLOGY
DEMONSTRATION SATELLITES.
AFTER ABOUT A MONTH OF FREE
FLIGHT OPERATIONS, NASA'S SEEKER
ROBOTIC EXTERNAL CUBE SAT
INSPECTION VEHICLE WILL BE
DEPLOYED AND OPERATIONS WILL
BEGIN TO DEMONSTRATE ITS ABILITY
TO MANEUVER AROUND CYGNUS AND
TAKE HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOS.
WILL THEN TRANSMIT THOSE IMAGES
TO ITS KENOBI RECEIVER FOR
STORAGE AND TRANSMISSION TO THE
GROUND AT A LATER DATE ..
>> AFTER ORBITING EARTH FOR
ABOUT FOUR MONTHS OF SYSTEM
TESTS AND NANOSAT DEPLOYMENT
CYGNUS WILL END ITS JOURNEY
DISPOSING OF NEARLY -- TRASH IN
THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE PACIFIC
OCEAN ON DECEMBER11TH, BURNING
UP IN ENTRY INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.
WE ARE IN A SHORT HANDOVER
PERIOD RIGHT NOW BETWEEN
SATELLITES BUT WE SHOULD BE
REGAINING COMMUNICATIONS HERE IN
A LITTLE BIT.
>> THIS IS SLATED FOR 11:11A.M.
CENTRAL TIME THIS MORNING, ABOUT
FOUR MINUTES OUT RIGHT NOW. AND
WE HAVE REGAINED COMMUNICATIONS
RIGHT NOW.
AS YOU CAN SEE CYGNUS IS STILL
SITTING AT THE END OF THE CANADA
ARM 2ROBOTIC ARM.
>> THE VIEW WE ARE GETTING NOW
IS CALLED THE CUCKOO WORKSTATION
ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
THIS IS THE SAME VIEW THAT
EXPEDITION 60 FLIGHT ENGINEERS
NICK HAGUE AND CHRISTINA COOK OF
NASA ARE NOW GETTING READY NOW
AS THEY BACK UP THE GROUND
CONTROL IN OTHER WORDS MISSION
CONTROL HOUSTON.
HAGUE IS AT THE CONTROLS OF THE
ROBOTIC ARM TODAY BACKED UP BY
COOK.
>>
>> MR. NORTON:.
>> HAGUE LAUNCHED ALONGSIDE CHEN
0 ON MARCH14TH FROM THE BIKE
FOUR CASS NO DOME.
HAGUE IS NEARING THE END OF HIS
TIMES ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION WITH HIS RETURN HOME
SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER3RD WHILE
COOK IS NEARING THE HALFWAY MARK
OF HER LONG DURATION MISSION.
COOK WILL REMAIN ON BOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ISS
CONDUCTING RESEARCH STATION
MAINTENANCE VEHICLE OPERATIONS
AND SPACEWALKS UNTIL HER RETURN
HOME IS SCHEDULED FOR
FEBRUARY2020.
ONCE HER MISSION CONCLUDES SHE
WILL HAVE SPENT NEARLY A YEAR IN
ORBIT AS PART OF THREE
EXPEDITIONS.
AGAIN STANDING BY FOR THAT
RELEASE WINDOW TO OPEN WE ARE
ABOUT A MINUTE OUT.
AND WE JUST RECEIVED
CONFIRMATION THE RELEASE WINDOW
IS NOW OPEN.
>> WITH THAT RELEASE WINDOW NOW
OPEN, EVERYTHING IS STILL ON
TRACK FOR AN ON TIME RELEASE
AROUND 11:15A.M. CENTRAL TIME
TODAY.
>> WE ARE ABOUT TO MINUTES OUT
NOW FROM THE RELEASE -- THE
SCHEDULED RELEASE TIME.
>> WE ARE LESS THAN A MINUTE
OUT.
>>
>> AND RELEASE HAS BEEN
CONFIRMED AT 11:15A.M. CENTRAL
AS CYGNUS AND THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION WERE FLYING 260
STATUTE MILES OVER THE PACIFIC
OCEAN.
WE ARE GETTING A LIVE VIEW FROM
THE CANADA ARM 2AS CYGNUS IS
NOW BACKING AWAY FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
NOW STANDING BY FOR CONFIRMATION
THAT CYGNUS HAS STARTED ITS
THREE MINUTE DEPARTURE BURN
WHICH WILL MOVE THE SPACECRAFT A
SAFE DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE
STATION.
ANOTHER VIEW FROM THE CANADA ARM
2AS CYGNUS CONTINUES TO BACK
OFF.
>> AND HOUSTON STATION ON 2,
CYGNUS DEPARTURE COMMANDED.
WE COPY AND SEE IT.
>> STATION HOUSTON, ON 2FOR
CYGNUS, CYGNUS DEPARTURE BURN IS
IN PROGRESS, CONTINUE TO MONITOR
DEPARTURE, STEPS 2AND 3AND 1
DECIMAL 602.
>> WE COPY NOW.
>> AND THAT WAS CAPTAIN
CONFIRMING THE BURN IS UNDERWAY.
>> AGAIN THIS BURN WILL MOVE
CYGNUS A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY FROM
THE STATION CROSSING OVER THE
APPROACH ELLIPSOIDS WHICH IS A
MYTHICAL COHEN AROUND THE
STATION WHICH IS CONSIDERED THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
ONCE CYGNUS GATHERS THE
NEIGHBORHOOD NORTHROP GRUMMAN
WILL TAKE FULL CONTROL OF THE
SPACECRAFT FOR THE NEXT FOUR
MONTHS.
>> ABOUT TWO MINUTES LEFT IN
THIS THREE MINUTE BURN AND
GROUND CONTROLLERS HERE IN
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON ARE
REPORTING ALL IS NOMINAL SO FAR.
>> REPORTING EVERYTHING IS
NOMINAL SO FAR.
>> ONE MINUTE LEFT IN THE
DEPARTURE BURN.
>> 30 SECONDS LEFT IN THE
DEPARTURE BURN.
>> AND WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THE
DEPARTURE BURN IS NOW COMPLETE.
>> HOUSTON, STATION ON 2FOR
CYGNUS DEPARTURE, STEPS 2AND
3COMPLETE.
>> COPY RWS IS SAFE.
>> AND WE HAVE CONFIRMATION
CYGNUS IS NOW OUTSIDE OF THE
KEEPOUT SPHERE.
>>
>> STATION HOUSTON ON 2, THE
CYGNUS HAS EXITED THE 200-METER
KEEPOUT SPHERE.
>> COPY.
>> AND THAT WAS CAP COM
CONFIRMING CYGNUS IS NOW OUTSIDE
OF THE KEEPOUT SPHERE.
>> COMM AGAIN, THE KEEPOUT
SPHERE IS ONE OF THE MILESTONES
BUILT INTO CYGNUS DEPARTURE
TODAY.
CYGNUS NOW COMPLETED TWO
MILESTONES SO FAR WITH ITS
RELEASE FROM THE CANADA ARM
2ROBOTIC ARM AT 11:15A.M.
CENTRAL TIME AS THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
CYGNUS WERE FLYING 260 STATUTE
MILES ABOVE THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
IT THEN CONDUCTED A THREE MINUTE
DEPARTURE BURN TO MOVE A SAFE
DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STATION
AND CYGNUS IS NOW HEADED TOWARD
THE FINAL MILESTONE OF THE DAY,
THE APPROACH ELLIPSOID.
>> ONCE CYGNUS CROSSES OVER THE
EL LIP 0 SIDE OUT OUTSIDE OF THE
VICINITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION JOINT OPERATIONS
WILL END AND NORTHROP GRUMMAN
TEAMS WILL TAKE FULL CONTROL OF
THE SPACECRAFT.
>> UNTIL THEN, NASA ASTRONAUTS
NICK HAGUE AND CHRISTINA COOK
WILL CONTINUE TO UPONNING FOR
SYSTEMS FROM THE CUPOLA ON BOARD
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> .. LATER TODAY CYGNUS WILL
HAVE A COUPLE OF ENGINE FIRING
TO RAISE ITSELF HIRING HIGHER
THAN THE STATION TO BEGIN
DEPLOYING A SERIES OF Q SATES,
ONCE IT IS A SAFE DISTANCE IT
WILL DEPLOY THE FIRST IN A
SEARCH REALIZES SMALL TECHNOLOGY
DEMONSTRATION SATELLITES AND
AFTER ABOUT A MONTH OF FREE
FLIGHT NASA'S SEEKER ROBOTIC
EXTERNAL CUBE STATISTIC
INSPECTION VEHICLE WILL BE
DEPLOYED AND OPERATIONS WILL
BEGIN TO DEMONSTRATE ITS ABILITY
TO MANEUVER AROUND CYGNUS AND
TAKE HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOS.
SEEKER WILL THEN TRANSMIT THOSE
TO ITS KENOBI RECEIVER INSIDE
CYGNUS FOR STORAGE AND
TRANSMISSION TO THE GROUND AT A
LATER DATE.
CYGNUS WILL REMAIN IN ORBIT
UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR TO SERVE
AS A TECHNICAL TEST BED,
DEMONSTRATING ITS ABILITY TO
SUPPORT PAYLOADS ON THE CARGO
CRAFT FOR EXTENDED DURATIONS.
>>
>> AGAIN, CYGNUS HAS NOW
COMPLETED TWO MILESTONES SO FAR,
STARTING WITH ITS RELEASE FROM
THE CANADA ARM 2ROBOTIC ARM AT
11:15A.M. CENTRAL TIME, AS THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
CYGNUS WERE FLYING 260 STATUTE
MILES ABOVE THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
IT THEN CONDUCT ADD THREE MINUTE
DEPARTURE BURN TO MOVE A SAFE
DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STATION
AND CYGNUS IS NOW HEADED TOWARD
THE FINAL MILESTONE OF THE DAY,
THE APPROACH ELLIPSOID.
>> ELLIPSOID THIS MISSION
ACTUALLY STARTED AS A NOTABLE
ONE BEFORE LAUNCH WHEN NORTHROP
GRUMMAN DEMONSTRATED ITS NEW
LOAD CAPABILITY BEFORE LAUNCH.
PREVIOUSLY ALL CARGO HAD TO BE
LOADED AROUND FOUR DAYS PRIOR TO
LAUNCH, BUT THE NEW CAPABILITY
USED FOR THIS MISSION ALLOWED
FOR TIME SENSITIVE SCIENCE
EXPERIMENTS TO BE LOADED INTO
CYGNUS JUST 24 HOURS BEFORE
LIFTOFF.
>> USING THAT NEW LOAD
CAPABILITY CYGNUS DELIVERED
ABOUT 7,600 POUNDS OF SCIENCE,
RESEARCH, CREW SUPPLIES AND
VEHICLE HARDWARE TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON
APRIL17TH.
>> OF THAT 7,600 POUNDS OF CARGO
WAS ABOUT 3,500 POUNDS OF
SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS.
ONE NOTABLE SCIENCE
INVESTIGATION SENT UP ON THIS
MISSION WAS RODENT RESEARCH,
THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT FOR
RODENT RESEARCH TO BE FLOWN ON
THE CYGNUS SPACECRAFT.
SPACEFLIGHT IS KNOWN FOR HAVING
A DRAMATIC INFLUENCE ON IMMUNE
RESPONSE BUT THERE IS LITTLE
RESEARCH ON ITS EFFECT FOLLOWING
AN ACTUAL CHALLENGE TO THE
BODY'S IMMUNE SYSTEM.
USING A MOUSE MODEL MAKES THIS
POSSIBLE AS THE MOUSE IMMUNE
SYSTEM CLOSELY PARALLELS TO THAT
OF HUMANS.
A GOOD PORTION OF RESEARCH SENT
UP ON THESE RESUPPLY MISSIONS IS
DEDICATED TO UNDERSTANDING HOW
THE HUMAN BODY ADAPTS AND
THRIVES IN MICROGRAVITY. THERE
IS ALSO A GREAT DEAL OF
PARALLELS BETWEEN HEALTH
CHALLENGES IN SPACE AND
DIFFERENT AILMENTS BACK HERE ON
EARTH WITH SOME SPACE BASED
TREATMENTS TRANSLATING DIRECTLY
TO HELPING PEOPLE HERE ON EARTH.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
CONTINUES TO SERVE AS AN
ESSENTIAL TEST BED FOR PEOPLE ON
EARTH AND IN ORBIT AS WE
CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
PLACING THE FIRST WOMAN AND NEXT
MAN ON THE MOON BY 2024 AND
EVENTUALLY ON TO MARS.
>> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION IS CURRENTLY FLYING OVER
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
>>NORTHROP GRUMMAN CYGNUS WAS
RELEASED FROM THE ROBOTIC ARM AT
11:15A.M. CENTRAL TIME AS THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
CYGNUS WERE FLYING 260 STATUTE
MILES ABOVE THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
CYGNUS IS NOW HEADING TOWARD THE
THE FINAL MILESTONE OF THE DAY
TO CROSS OVER THE APPROACH
ELLIPSOID.
>> AGAIN ONCE CYGNUS CROSSES
OVER THE APPROACH ELLIPSOID
OUTSIDE OF THE VICINITY OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
NORTHROP GRUMMAN WILL TAKE FULL
CONTROL OF THE SPACECRAFT.
NORTHROP GRUMMAN, NORTHROP
GRUMMAN,.
>> AGAIN, STANDING BY FOR CYGNUS
TO CROSS OVER THE APPROACH
ELLIPSOID, WHICH IS PLANNED FOR
ABOUT THREE MINUTES FROM NOW AT
11:36A.M. CENTRAL TIME.
>> AND WE HAVE CONFIRMATION
CYGNUS NOW EXITED THE APPROACH
ELLIPSOID A LITTLE AHEAD OF
SCHEDULE.
>> STATION HOUSTON, STATION
REACHED FOR CYGNUS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
CYGNUS HAS EXITED THE APPROACH
ELLIPSOID.
>> WITH THAT, NEIL, CYGNUS IS
OUT OF THE APPROACH ELLIPSOID.
>> AND THAT WAS CAP COMM
CONFIRMING CYGNUS IS NOW OUTSIDE
OF THE APPROACH ELLIPSOID WHICH
MEANS CYGNUS HAS LEFT THE
VICINITY OF THE SPACE STATION.
>> SPACE TO GROUND 2FOR DREW,
AT YOUR CONVENIENCE WE NEED
ABOUT FIVE MINUTES OF YOUR TIME
FOR HELP WITH THE BFS.
>> AGAIN CYGNUS IS NOW OUTSIDE
OF THE APPROACH ELLIPSOID AND
THIS IS THE POINT WHERE JOINT
OPERATIONS END AND NORTHROP
GRUMMAN TEAMS WILL TAKE FULL
CONTROL OF THE SPACECRAFT.
>> RECAPPING THE EVENTS FROM
TODAY, EARLIER THIS MORNING
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS HERE IN
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON USED THE
SPACE STATION'S CANADA ARM
2ROBOTIC ARM TO UNBOLT CYGNUS
FROM THE EARTH FACING PORT OF
THE STATION'S UNITY MODULE AND
MANEUVERED THE VEHICLE INTO ITS
RELEASE POSITION.
WITH NICK HAGUE AT THE CONTROLS
OF THE CANADA ARM 2BACKED UP BY
CHRISTINA COOK, CYGNUS WAS SET
FREE AT 11:15A.M. CENTRAL TIME
AS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION AND CYGNUS WERE FLYING
260 STATUTE MILES OVER THE
PACIFIC OCEAN.
CYGNUS THEN CONDUCTED A THREE
MINUTE DEPARTURE BURN.
CYGNUS THEN CONDUCTED A THREE
MINUTE DEPARTURE BURN TO MOVE A
SAFE DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE
STATION, SECONDS AFTER THE
DEPARTURE BURN ENDED CYGNUS
EXITED THE KEEPOUT SPHERE ABOUT
200-METERS AWAY FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THE FINAL MILESTONE CAME JUST
MINUTES AGO WHEN CYGNUS CROSSED
OVER THE APPROACH ELLIPSOID,
LEAVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE
STATION WHERE JOINT OPERATIONS
ENDED AND NORTHROP GRUMMAN TEAMS
TOOK FULL CONTROL OF THE
SPACECRAFT.
>> LATER TODAY CYGNUS WILL
CONDUCT A PAIR OF ENGINE FIRINGS
TO RAISE ITS AT A ATTITUDE ABOUT
40MILES HIGHER THAN THE
STATION, PUTTING IT AT THE
CORRECT ALTITUDE TO BEGIN
DEPLOYING A SERIES OF CUBE SATS
ONCE IT IS A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY
FROM THE STATION TWO DEPLOYMENT
SYSTEMS WILL BEGIN DEPLOYING THE
FIRST IN A SERIES OF SMALL
TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION
SATELLITES AND AFTER ABOUT A
MONTH OF FREE FLIGHT OPERATIONS
NASA'S SEEKER ROBOTIC EXTERNAL
CUBE SAT INSPECTION VEHICLE WILL
BE DEPLOYED AND OPERATIONS WILL
BEGIN TO DEMONSTRATE ITS ABILITY
TO MANEUVER AROUND CYGNUS AND
TAKE HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOS.
>> SEEKER WILL TRANSMIT THOSE
PHOTOS TO ITS KENOBI RECEIVER
INSIDE CYGNUS FOR STORAGE AND
TRANSMISSION TO THE GROUND AT A
LATER DATE.
AND CYGNUS WILL REMAIN IN ORBIT
UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR TO SERVE
AS A TECHNICAL TEST BEST
DEMONSTRATING ITS ABILITY TO
SUPPORT PAYLOADS ON THE CARGO
CRAFT FOR EXTENDED DURATIONS.
>> AFTER CYGNUS ORBIT IT IS
EARTH FOR FOUR MONTHS OF SYSTEM
TESTS AND NANOSAT DEPLOYMENT
CYGNUS WILL DISPOSE OF NEARLY
5,400 POUNDS OF TRASH DURING ITS
GUYER I ARE REENTRY INTO THE
ATMOSPHERE ABOVE THE PACIFIC
OCEAN ON DECEMBER11TH.
>> WITH CYGNUS NOW SAFELY
DEPARTED FROM THE VICINITY OF
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
AFTER ITS 109 DAY STAY THAT WILL
WRAP UP OUR RELEASE COVERAGE FOR
TODAY.
THIS IS MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.