Question about Soyuz Systems

[Lunar_Lander]

I got a rather short question: What is the source of the gamma-rays in the Landing Altitmeter "Kaktus-2V" in the Soyuz capsule? A cathode tube or an Element? Cobalt-60 probably?

 

[Loru]

IIRC it is Cobalt-60

 

[Lunar_Lander]

Thanks Loru!

Now I got another question about what could be seen on the engineering camera during the ISS photography:

On this picture, in the top right quadrant, you can see the word Разворот, which Google translates to "turn".

Here, the same line says ВКЛ ДПО which is VKL DPO. Vertical DPO maybe? As the DPO is a set of engines on the Soyuz, does the line in the "HUD" maybe show if the RCS is in Rotational or Translational mode?

 

[kevin580]

Разворот doesn't mean turn, Раворот means turn.

For the VKL DPO thing, I read somewhere that it shows that the DPO maneuvering engines are on.
When it shows "+Y", that means the engines on the top of the ship are on, so it'll move in "-Y" direction (Stands somewhere on a russian spaceflight forum).

 

[Artlav]

Вкл=short for включено, turned on, enabled.
ДПО=Двигатели Причаливания и Ориентации, docking and orientation engines.

Разворот can also mean rotation, turn around, change of direction.

 

[Urwumpe]

Разворот means usually "Rotation" in Russian spacecraft. (If you have engineering background, you can see above Разворот are rotation rates)

 

[Lunar_Lander]

Yeah, I know the little omegas as the symbol for angular velocity (in physics), I had assumed that they show the rates .

 

[N_Molson]

A pity you can't display Cyrillic on Orbiter's HUD

 

[Thorton]

A pity you can't display Cyrillic on Orbiter's HUD

Actually, you can!

 

[N_Molson]

Oh. A special font with the SketchPad drawing method ?