Start v 11:27 p.m. EDT, tj. 5:27 SELČ v sobotu 7.9.2013.
Začátek přenosu na NASA TV 9:30 p.m. EDT, tj. 3:30 SELČ v sobotu 7.9.
Předstartovní webcast na NASA EDGE 9:30 - 11:35, tj. 3:30 - 5:35 SELČ.
Úspěšné vypuštění při prvním letu rakety Minotaur V, ddělení družice od nosné rakety je potvrzuje. NASA LADEE (familiárně vyslovováno "laddie"), řízena NASA Ames Research Center v Moffett Field v Kalifornii,letí k Měsíci.
At around 7 a.m. PDT Sept. 10, the spacecraft went into safe mode due to an alignment error between the two star tracker camera heads, affecting the rate estimator when the sun occludes one of the cameras. We corrected the alignment error, and came out of safe mode this morning, Sept. 11, to resume normal operations.
Sept. 11, 2013 update #2:
The AM-1 maneuver was successfully performed at 4 p.m. PDT today, Sept. 11. This was an engineering test of the main Orbital Control System (OCS) thruster, which is the big main thruster sticking out of the bottom of the spacecraft. It will be critical for our big Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI-1 burn) on Oct 6.
Sept. 12, 2013 update#3: The LADEE spacecraft completed the AM-1b maneuver yesterday. We are currently in fine pointing mode, and everything looks good. The post-burn engineering assessment is that the main engine performed very well with no issues.
Updates
Sept. 14, 2013: The spacecraft continues to be in good health. The engineering team is assessing Perigee Maneuver 1 telemetry from yesterday. The early performance analysis look very good so far.
Sept. 13, 2013 update #2: We have successfully completed the Perigee Maneuver (PM-1) main engine burn. Flight Dynamics preliminarily reports that it was a good burn, and will confirm later in the orbit through ranging. The spacecraft is back in Fine Pointing Mode, and did not go into safe mode before or after the burn. The spacecraft also successfully went through its first eclipse, and operated as expected.
Sept. 13, 2013 update #1: The first LADEE Phasing Loop Perigree Maneuver (PM-1) has been uploaded and started on the spacecraft, with the planned main engine burn at 9:38 a.m. PDT. The spacecraft is operating normally.
