NAVAREA IV 389/20(11,26). WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. FLORIDA. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING 170730Z TO 170917Z MAY, ALTERNATE 180709Z TO 180856Z AND 190647Z TO 190834Z MAY IN AREAS BOUND BY: A. 28-36-55N 080-36-00W, 28-48-00N 080-24-00W, 28-54-00N 080-17-00W, 29-17-00N 079-49-00W, 29-15-00N 079-46-00W, 28-41-00N 080-17-00W, 28-34-00N 080-25-00W, 28-31-00N 080-31-00W, 28-30-26N 080-33-00W. B. 31-58-00N 076-58-00W, 33-09-00N 075-58-00W, 33-23-00N 075-36-00W, 33-23-00N 074-56-00W, 33-15-00N 074-37-00W, 32-48-00N 074-35-00W, 32-29-00N 074-59-00W, 31-40-00N 076-42-00W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 190934Z MAY 20.// NAVAREA IV 388/20(GEN). WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. FLORIDA. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING 161224Z TO 161453Z MAY, ALTERNATE 171314Z TO 171532Z AND 181354Z TO 181434Z MAY IN AREAS BOUND BY: A. 28-36-51N 080-35-57W, 28-41-00N 080-26-00W, 28-36-00N 080-23-00W, 28-31-36N 080-33-34W. B. 32-28-00N 075-12-00W, 33-50-00N 072-51-00W, 33-08-00N 072-17-00W, 31-45-00N 074-41-00W. C. 38-43-00N 062-38-00W, 40-23-00N 058-26-00W, 39-18-00N 057-47-00W, 37-34-00N 061-56-00W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 181534Z MAY 20.// On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 2:09 PM satcom ops via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> wrote: > Hopefully not too far off topic here ... > > With the Dragon crew now in 14 day quarantine in advance of their > mission a heads up for later this month when Space X will launch to the > ISS > This will be the first "manned" launch in nearly ten years , from Florida. > > Those who remember the days of the shuttle will be aware that a number > of airfields in Europe were designated as abort/escape sites for the > shuttle should > problems arise before reaching orbit. > > Last year the first unmanned test took place and a notice to mariners > issued had four ocean sectors , one of which described a point off the > Irish coast about 150 miles abeam Shannon. > > 260952Z FEB 19 > NAVAREA IV 134/19(GEN). > WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. > EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. > FLORIDA. > CANADA. > IRELAND. > 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING > 020740Z TO 020820Z MAR, ALTERNATE > 050630Z TO 050710Z MAR: > A. IN AREA BOUND BY > 28-37-00N 080-38-00W, 28-47-00N 080-31-00W, > 28-56-00N 080-19-00W, 28-53-00N 080-16-00W, > 28-41-00N 080-23-00W, 28-35-00N 080-27-00W, > 28-34-00N 080-37-00W. > B. IN AREA BOUND BY > 31-21-00N 077-35-00W, 31-50-00N 077-13-00W, > 32-06-00N 076-31-00W, 31-58-00N 076-24-00W, > 31-28-00N 076-54-00W, 31-11-00N 077-26-00W. > C. IN AREA BETWEEN > 47-58-35N 46-35-21N AND 051-18-33W 049-30-08W. > D. IN AREA BETWEEN > 53-01-57N 51-30-47N AND 011-50-53W 011- > > > > This inferred that the area off the coast of Ireland could be a late > abort zone for capsule recovery should the mission fail just prior to > orbit insertion. > The Space X capsule does not of course have the luxury of being able to > glide down to a safe > airfield , as did the shuttle , so in the event of a late abort it looks > like the eastern Atlantic could come into play. > > This seems to be confirmed by a statement here..... > > > "If required, thrusters on the Crew Dragon or Starliner spacecraft would > fire after an abort to ensure the capsule lands within about 300 miles > of eastern Canada or Ireland, NASA officials told CBS News. " > > https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/01/16/s ... e-teams/ > > > Despite enquiries to a number of agencies , Space X , NASA etc , over > the last three weeks , unusually , no one has got back to me regarding > the arrangements for late abort recovery. > This is obviously an important part of the launch campaign/contingency. > > I wonder if anyone on list has any idea as to what arrangements have > been made to deploy a SAR/recovery team to the eastern Atlantic in case > of need. > > The launch campaign starts around the 22nd , with lift off on > May 27th. > > > Thanks and best wishes > > John > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Fri May 15 2020 - 17:24:47 UTC
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