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Forum:	Space Shuttles - Space Station
Topic:	Expedition 64: HTV-9 exposed pallet jettison

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: [B]From Expedition 64 flight engineer Mike Hopkins ([URL=https://twitter.com/Astro_illini/status/1370158107536588809]via Twitter[/URL]): <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]Crew Dragon Resilience watched as NASA ground controllers released a pallet that will eventually burn up in the atmosphere.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/iss64_htv9_exposed_pallet_jettison01-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/iss64_htv9_exposed_pallet_jettison01.jpg" width="400" height="600" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/iss64_htv9_exposed_pallet_jettison02-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/iss64_htv9_exposed_pallet_jettison02.jpg" width="400" height="600" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/iss64_htv9_exposed_pallet_jettison03-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/iss64_htv9_exposed_pallet_jettison03.jpg" width="400" height="267" border="0"></a></center>[/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#ffffff" FACE="sans-serif">T O P I C     R E V I E W</font></CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="sans-serif">Robert Pearlman</FONT></TD><TD><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="sans-serif">From Space Station Robotics Flight Controller Kam Bahrami (<A HREF="https://twitter.com/ROBO_Kam/status/1370116887707799553" TARGET=_blank>via Twitter</A>): <BLOCKQUOTE><I>Today's [March 11, 2021] ROBO team released the HTV-9 Exposed Pallet with old space station batteries using Canadarm2 and magic of orbital mechanics! The Exposed Pallet had been on ISS for a while. Will burn up in atmosphere in 2-4 years!</I></BLOCKQUOTE> <center><iframe width="400" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PY5dm1zIkqY" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen>

From Jonathan McDowell (via Twitter):

EP9, the external pallet from the HTV-9 cargo ship, was jettisoned from the ISS by the Canadarm-2 robot arm today, March 11. With nine old batteries attached, it has a mass of about 2430 kg [5360 lbs].
This is the most massive object jettisoned from ISS to date. I believe the previous record was held by the 640 kg [1410 lbs] Early Ammonia Servicer thrown overboard in July 2007. The EP9 will be in orbit for several years before reentry.

Robert Pearlman

From Expedition 64 flight engineer Mike Hopkins (via Twitter):