Today, after Dragon X completed the installation of 2 Recovery Chutes into Galaxy's Simulator Deck (SD) in the early evening which took time about an hour, the Chute Cap was covered up onto the Simulator Deck with the Recovery Chutes installed in it.
Finally, at about 5.45pm today, Dragon X had successfully completed the mock up of the Galaxy's booster and the Simulator Deck.
The 50 centimeter booster and the 13 centimeter Simulator Deck (SD) made the vehicle stood up right in the Space Vehicle Assembly Center (SVAC), High Bay 3 with a total completed height of 63 centimeter.
By the new launch date that was postponed from 13 December 2011 to 17 February 2012, Galaxy will be awaiting for the Potassium Nitrate fuel to arrive to SVAC for installation and launch. Furthermore, the postponed launch window will also enable Dragon X Team to make some test and configuration onto the 7 In 1 Designation.
0 comments:
Post a Comment