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Re: Challenger STS 41-C / Ace Satellite Repair Company
« Reply #140 on: 01/03/2012 11:39 pm »
PAO: Altitude 75,000 feet. Dryden’s long range tracker now has a visual of the Challenger.

CapCom: … new altimeter 3004.

PAO: 66,000 feet.

Crippen: … 3004, go ahead.

PAO: Air speed 1237 miles per hour, altitude 55,000… Air speed down to 920 miles per hour, 46,000 feet… 800 knots, 35,000 feet… 690 knots, 26,000 feet… 600 knots, 20,000…

Chase: Hello, Crip, Chase is aboard.

Crippen: Well, hello Chase.

PAO: 600 knots, 14,000 feet.

CapCom: Challenger, Houston, looking good on final, winds are calm.

Crippen: That’s my kind of winds.

PAO: 6600 feet, 3000 feet…

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Re: Challenger STS 41-C / Ace Satellite Repair Company
« Reply #141 on: 01/03/2012 11:42 pm »

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Re: Challenger STS 41-C / Ace Satellite Repair Company
« Reply #142 on: 01/03/2012 11:52 pm »

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Re: Challenger STS 41-C / Ace Satellite Repair Company
« Reply #143 on: 01/03/2012 11:58 pm »
Crippen: Houston, Challenger is wheel stop.

CapCom: Roger, welcome back on Friday the 13th, 41 Charlie…   And Challenger, Houston, I’m sure you remember the good news, bad news that Brian O’Connor gave you a while back on flight 7…

Crippen: I’ll bet I’ve still got some buddies out here.

PAO: Unofficial touchdown time 7:38:05, wheels stop 7:38:54 Central Time.

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Re: Challenger STS 41-C / Ace Satellite Repair Company
« Reply #144 on: 01/04/2012 12:00 am »

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Re: Challenger STS 41-C / Ace Satellite Repair Company
« Reply #145 on: 01/04/2012 12:04 am »

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Re: Challenger STS 41-C / Ace Satellite Repair Company
« Reply #146 on: 01/04/2012 12:08 am »
And there is a nice collection of additional 41-C high-resolution pics at L2 ;):

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=13678.0

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Re: Challenger STS 41-C / Ace Satellite Repair Company
« Reply #147 on: 01/04/2012 04:35 am »
     Can't help but laugh - not in a happy way - at that 'end of the era of throw-away spacecraft' comment.  Oh, really.  Should it ever be launched, let's pray JWST doesn't conk out the moment it reaches orbit.

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Re: Challenger STS 41-C / Ace Satellite Repair Company
« Reply #148 on: 01/04/2012 06:10 am »
     Can't help but laugh - not in a happy way - at that 'end of the era of throw-away spacecraft' comment.  Oh, really.  Should it ever be launched, let's pray JWST doesn't conk out the moment it reaches orbit.
Amen!
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Re: Challenger STS 41-C / Ace Satellite Repair Company
« Reply #149 on: 01/04/2012 09:06 am »
Crippen: Well, we’re going to do our best to repair it tomorrow, Sir. And, if for some reason that is unsuccessful, which we don’t think it will be, we will be able to return it.

Out of interest, if the repair was indeed unsuccessful, how were the crew planning to return the satellite? It doesn't appear to be fitted with any trunnion pins? ???

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Re: Challenger STS 41-C / Ace Satellite Repair Company
« Reply #150 on: 01/04/2012 04:35 pm »
Crippen: Well, we’re going to do our best to repair it tomorrow, Sir. And, if for some reason that is unsuccessful, which we don’t think it will be, we will be able to return it.

Out of interest, if the repair was indeed unsuccessful, how were the crew planning to return the satellite? It doesn't appear to be fitted with any trunnion pins? ???

"If the satellite cannot be repaired, the FSS provides the structural retention that will allow Challenger to return Solar Max to Earth."

This is what the 41-C press kit says - without any further details.

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Re: Challenger STS 41-C / Ace Satellite Repair Company
« Reply #151 on: 01/06/2012 07:23 pm »
Another bit of history, the FSS used on this flight, the first satellite servicing mission, was used on Atlantis during the last satellite servicing mission, STS-125.
<----First launch of DISCOVERY, STS-41D!!!!

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Re: Challenger STS 41-C / Ace Satellite Repair Company
« Reply #152 on: 04/24/2021 06:13 am »
bump....

STS-41C - MMU


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STS-41C - MMU - The unsuccessful attempt to capture the Solar Maximum Satellite using the MMU/TPAD during the STS-41C mission (1984) as seen live on Network TV

Tony De La Rosa, ...I'm no Feline Dealer!! I move mountains.  but I'm better known for "I think it's highly sexual." Japanese to English Translation.

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Re: Challenger STS 41-C / Ace Satellite Repair Company
« Reply #153 on: 04/28/2021 04:17 pm »
bump....

STS-41C - MMU


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STS-41C - MMU - The unsuccessful attempt to capture the Solar Maximum Satellite using the MMU/TPAD during the STS-41C mission (1984) as seen live on Network TV


Dr Musgrave for the win!  Interjecting that the MMU flown by Bruce McCandless II had already successfully soft AND hard docked on the trunnion pins during testing missions.(STS-41B)  Those early MMU missions must have been, well unreal.
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Re: Challenger STS 41-C / Ace Satellite Repair Company
« Reply #154 on: 10/15/2022 02:19 am »
bump for another launch video:

STS-41-C Launch - 1st Shuttle Direct Ascent Trajectory, Challenger, 1984, 60fps

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Launch of space shuttle Challenger for the STS-41-C mission on April 6, 1984, following a Direct Ascent Trajectory to orbit. The liftoff is shown using mostly 60fps remaster TV coverage, with some tracking shots from the film cameras. Afterward Orbiter Space Simulator is used to show the final parts of the ascent.

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STS-41-C (formerly STS-13) was NASA's eleventh Space Shuttle mission, and the fifth mission of Space Shuttle Challenger.
The launch, which took place on 6 April 1984, marked the first direct ascent trajectory for a shuttle mission. During the mission, Challenger's crew captured and repaired the malfunctioning Solar Maximum Mission ("Solar Max") satellite, and deployed the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) experimental apparatus.
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« Last Edit: 10/15/2022 02:19 am by catdlr »
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Re: Challenger STS 41-C / Ace Satellite Repair Company
« Reply #155 on: 11/03/2022 05:58 pm »
Does anyone know if it is possible to get the Cinema 360 fish eye lens movie footage that was filmed during STS-41-C and two other Space Shuttle missions?

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