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Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #20 on:** 03/17/2009 02:58 pm »

over Northern Africa

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #21 on:** 03/17/2009 03:02 pm »

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #22 on:** 03/17/2009 03:08 pm »

click to animate

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #23 on:** 03/17/2009 03:12 pm »

Good config for the burn

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #24 on:** 03/17/2009 03:14 pm »

Good burn, no trim required

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #25 on:** 03/17/2009 03:32 pm »

NC4 burn in 30 minutes

MarsMethanogen · « **Reply #26 on:** 03/17/2009 03:34 pm »

Pardon the naive question, but what do the letters 'NC' stand for?

kwan3217 · « **Reply #27 on:** 03/17/2009 03:37 pm »

I think it's the Nth Change in the orbit. I saw that in a document on rendezvous but I don't have a reference. NPC is Nth plane change (even though there is usually only one or zero) and NH is Nth height adjustment

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #28 on:** 03/17/2009 03:47 pm »

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #29 on:** 03/17/2009 03:52 pm »

the moon?

NavySpaceFan · « **Reply #30 on:** 03/17/2009 04:02 pm »

Quote from: Ronsmytheiii on 03/17/2009 03:52 pm

the moon?

I'm thinking a reflection of the sun.

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #31 on:** 03/17/2009 04:02 pm »

Good config for the nc4 burn

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #32 on:** 03/17/2009 04:04 pm »

Good burn, no trim required

Jorge · « **Reply #33 on:** 03/17/2009 04:06 pm »

Quote from: Ronsmytheiii on 03/17/2009 03:52 pm

the moon?

Correct.

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #34 on:** 03/17/2009 04:10 pm »

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #35 on:** 03/17/2009 04:13 pm »

Station tally ho!

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Tally Ho is also a term NASA uses during audio transmissions between the space shuttle crews and mission control to identify space objects, or unknown space debris that appears on camera or to the crew within visual range

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #36 on:** 03/17/2009 04:29 pm »

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #37 on:** 03/17/2009 04:37 pm »

Moonbase_Alphan · « **Reply #38 on:** 03/17/2009 04:41 pm »

starting to work 13A, first targeting of the Ti burn

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #39 on:** 03/17/2009 04:50 pm »