/c/SpaceX CRS-29 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread

threelonmusketeers · edit-2 1 year ago

@Decronym · edit-2 1 year ago

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
CRS	Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA
LEO	Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)
~	Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)
MECO	Main Engine Cut-Off
~	MainEngineCutOff podcast
RP-1	Rocket Propellant 1 (enhanced kerosene)
SECO	Second-stage Engine Cut-Off

Jargon	Definition
cryogenic	Very low temperature fluid; materials that would be gaseous at room temperature/pressure
~	(In re: rocket fuel) Often synonymous with hydrolox
hydrolox	Portmanteau: liquid hydrogen fuel, liquid oxygen oxidizer
regenerative	A method for cooling a rocket engine, by passing the cryogenic fuel through channels in the bell or chamber wall

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Scheduled for (UTC)	2023-11-10, 01:28
Scheduled for (local)	2023-11-09, 20:28 (EST)
Launch Window	Instantaneous
Docking scheduled for (UTC)	2023-11-11, 10:20
Launch site	LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Payload	Dragon SpX-29
Booster	B1081-2
Landing	B1081 will attempt to land back at the launch site (LZ-1) after this flight.
Dragon	C211-2
Customer	NASA
Mission success criteria	Successful delivery of cargo to and from ISS

Stream	Link
NASA	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgj1byn08lM
Spaceflight Now	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UasA6SVOeng
NASASpaceflight	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTHzdQODuJ0
The Launch Pad	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iEhR-vEGHk
Space Affairs	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqi9yABmphE
SpaceX	https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1722781226157879612#m
The Space Devs

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