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Title: ORU list - updated
Post by: Space Pete on 05/03/2013 02:41 pm
Since the most recent ORU list is now very outdated, I thought I'd make my own, which I have attached below. I have cross-checked it across multiple sources.

Comments welcome!

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Edit - see latest version.
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: brahmanknight on 05/03/2013 08:48 pm
Good stuff, Pete.   I always appreciate updated lists for the station.
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: robertross on 05/04/2013 12:57 pm
Thanks Pete!
Always like to stay current with spares on board, now more than ever due to life expectancy limitations
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: mtakala24 on 05/10/2013 12:17 am
You've done good research on the amount and locations of ORU's on the ISS. Is it possible to do such research for the ORU's that are on the ground, i. e. what NASA has ordered, or stored, or scheduled for launch?
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: axmor61 on 07/02/2013 04:51 am
 Space Pete,
I noticed that the RRM is missing from ELC-4.
Think it's time to update!
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: Space Pete on 07/02/2013 08:39 am
Space Pete,
I noticed that the RRM is missing from ELC-4.
Think it's time to update!

No, RRM is a payload, not an ORU. ;)
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: axmor61 on 07/02/2013 02:31 pm
Yeah, I noticed it too late.
I just got carried away thinking it was a complete list of ORU's and payloads on all the external pallets.
Anyway, thanks for putting all this together. Great research.
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: jcm on 12/24/2013 02:42 am
Nice!   
Minor nit: you have only half updated it I think. My understanding was that as of today,
what is on ESP-3 is indeed  the PM whose "ORU number" is #2, but it is not the thing removed on EVA-24,
which is PM # 1 launched in 2006, but the new spare PM which was launched in 2009.  As of tomorrow, if all goes well, ESP-3 will carry PM #1 for which the
rest of your data is correct.
Or do the ORU numbers get reassigned when something is swapped out?

My main  issue  - in addition to 'ORU numbers'  PM #1, PM #2, etc. there are serial numbers - so PM#1 is S/N 004,
and that is the number that is actually stamped on its side.  The difference is that the original
PM launched integrated with S1 had a serial number (it was PM S/N 002 in fact, not to be confused with PM #2), but didn't have an ORU #.

It would be great to try and collect the serial numbers for the ORUs as well as the ORU numbers.
Because you don't have enough to do :-)

In particular, I'd love to know the S/N of PM #2 (the spare on ESP-3 that will be installed in S1 on EVA-25)
 - Jonathan
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: Space Pete on 12/24/2013 08:12 am
Hi Jonathan,

You're opening up a whole can of worms with that post! ;)

I probably should have made this clear, but the ORU numbering used in my table is not representative of their actual numerical designation - I took the original numbering from an old NASA graphic showing external ORUs, however it is very difficult keeping the numbering aligned with their actual designations - since I do not even know how the designations actually work.

For instance, regarding the PMs, one could argue that on EVA-24, ORU #1 (the first PM ORU launched to the ISS) was removed, and today it will be replaced with ORU #2. Unless of course the two original PMs launched inside the P1 and S1 Trusses counted as ORUs #1 and #2? Or maybe the ORU numbers follow the same pattern as the S/Ns - so for instance PM S/N 003 would be ORU #3?

Does the ORU numbering stay fixed (i.e. ORU #2 is still designated as such even when it is in service), or would the ORU that ORU #2 has replaced then take on the designation of ORU #2?

Ideally I would, as you say, like to designate them via their S/Ns, which in the case of the PMs is fairly simple to keep track of, as there are only two units in use on the ISS (which presumably were originally S/Ns 001 and 002), and only four spares have ever been launched, all since RTF.

However, in the case of the PFCS that was removed in May (of which there are eight units in use on ISS), how would I know the S/N of the PFCS that was removed (presumably it would be S/N 001 or 002, but I don't know which since both were launched together)? Nor do I know the S/N of the PFCS that replaced it (and would the PFCSs on the Trusses be S/Ns 0 through 8, or would the S/Ns follow the order in which the PFCSs were launched, bearing in mind some spares were launched prior to Truss segments carrying the "active" units, and some spares were launched along with the active units attached to the Truss segments)?

It's all so complicated!

In short, the only way to have accurate ORU numbering is to have a list of all ORU serial numbers, and a historical record of what S/Ns were launched, installed, and returned, and in what order. Since I don't have that, I have elected to simply use the original NASA designations I had for ORU numbers - which isn't now correct, but it's no worse that having some ORUs (such as the PMs) following their presumed designation, and others using another, non S/N-based numbering system for lack of data.
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: jcm on 12/24/2013 10:34 am
Sure. I'm just suggesting adding an extra column to put the S/Ns in as we learn them...
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: srtreadgold on 07/03/2014 02:28 pm
This list is extremely useful, thanks a lot.
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: Space Pete on 05/29/2015 09:46 pm
Finally got around to updating this for the ESP-2/ELC-2 PM swap-over back in March.
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: Olaf on 11/15/2017 05:39 pm
https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2017/11/
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Spare Latching End Effector (LEE)/Utility Transfer Assembly (UTA) Flight Releasable Attachment Mechanism (FRAM) Swap:  Today, Robotics Ground Controllers maneuvered the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) and picked up the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) in preparation for tomorrow’s LEE/FRAM swap activities.  Tomorrow, they will remove the UTA from External Stowage Platform (ESP)-2 and translate the Mobile Transporter (MT) from Work Site (WS)-4 to WS-7. They then remove the LEE and install the UTA on ELC-1. The MT will then be translated back to WS-7 from WS-4 and the LEE will be installed on ESP-2. These activities are in preparation for EVAs planned next January.
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: Olaf on 01/19/2018 11:33 am
https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/954076960157814784
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On EVA-47 Vande Hei and Tingle will remove LEE 201 from the Canadarm-2,  where it has served as LEE-B since 2001. It will be stashed on ESP2 and replaced by LEE 204, which was launched in 2009 and stored on ELC1 until a spacewalk last year which staged it on ESP2.
https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/954077380007661568
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On EVA-48 Vande Hei and Kanai will remove LEE 202 from the MBS POA and bring it inside the airlock for return to Earth. LEE 202 is the old LEE A which was removed from the Canadarm  in Oct 2017.
https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/954077709646299136
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Later on EVA-48 LEE 201 will be moved from the ESP-2 temp stow point to become the new MBS POA LEE.
https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/954087717368934400
Summary of the Canadarm LEEs:
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S/N      Pre2017     Post2018
201      LEE B         POA LEE
202      LEE A        Return to Earth
203      POA LEE        LEE A
204      ELC1 spare    LEE B
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: russianhalo117 on 01/19/2018 01:10 pm
https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/954076960157814784
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On EVA-47 Vande Hei and Tingle will remove LEE 201 from the Canadarm-2,  where it has served as LEE-B since 2001. It will be stashed on ESP2 and replaced by LEE 204, which was launched in 2009 and stored on ELC1 until a spacewalk last year which staged it on ESP2.
https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/954077380007661568
Quote
On EVA-48 Vande Hei and Kanai will remove LEE 202 from the MBS POA and bring it inside the airlock for return to Earth. LEE 202 is the old LEE A which was removed from the Canadarm  in Oct 2017.
https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/954077709646299136
Quote
Later on EVA-48 LEE 201 will be moved from the ESP-2 temp stow point to become the new MBS POA LEE.
https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/954087717368934400
Summary of the Canadarm LEEs:
Quote
S/N      Pre2017     Post2018
201      LEE B         POA LEE
202      LEE A        Return to Earth
203      POA LEE        LEE A
204      ELC1 spare    LEE B
leaves out 205 ground spare at CSA.
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: Olaf on 01/19/2018 01:46 pm
But there is also a LEE SN 301 on Dextre.
http://planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.741
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: Hog on 01/21/2018 12:24 am
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: deruch on 01/21/2018 04:41 pm
leaves out 205 ground spare at CSA.

Not sure which S/N it has, but during the pre-EVA briefings they mentioned that they planned to send a new LEE up to the station in the near future.  I don't recall whether they said if it will go up in Dragon's trunk or inside the capsule and be brought outside on a subsequent EVA.
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: gongora on 01/21/2018 04:45 pm
leaves out 205 ground spare at CSA.

Not sure which S/N it has, but during the pre-EVA briefings they mentioned that they planned to send a new LEE up to the station in the near future.  I don't recall whether they said if it will go up in Dragon's trunk or inside the capsule and be brought outside on a subsequent EVA.

It's unpressurized cargo on CRS-15.
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: Olaf on 01/21/2018 06:03 pm
I have tried to create an overview of ORU´s.
I´m sure, that there are a lot of mistakes, because I have only the internet as a source. Corrections are desired.
When I didn't have serial numbers, I took consecutive numbers.
(colours of numbers: red unserviceable, black returned to earth, violet in use, green spares)
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: russianhalo117 on 01/21/2018 08:08 pm
leaves out 205 ground spare at CSA.

Not sure which S/N it has, but during the pre-EVA briefings they mentioned that they planned to send a new LEE up to the station in the near future.  I don't recall whether they said if it will go up in Dragon's trunk or inside the capsule and be brought outside on a subsequent EVA.

It's unpressurized cargo on CRS-15.
Unpressurised up but the LEE's being returned to earth will return inside Dragon's P. C. AFAIK they must return on CRS-1 Dragons because of hatch constraints traveling through the PMA's and IDA's.
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: Olaf on 01/22/2018 08:06 am
AFAIK they must return on CRS-1 Dragons because of hatch constraints traveling through the PMA's and IDA's.
Will be the CRS-2 Dragons docked to PMA/IDA and not berthed to Node 2?
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: brickmack on 01/22/2018 06:37 pm
Unpressurised up but the LEE's being returned to earth will return inside Dragon's P. C. AFAIK they must return on CRS-1 Dragons because of hatch constraints traveling through the PMA's and IDA's.

Have we had actual confirmation of this for the LEEs? That was also assumed to be the case for the EMUs, but SpaceX/NASA came up with a solution there after all (separately installing the support fixture and the suit, and mating them inside the returning Dragon)

Will be the CRS-2 Dragons docked to PMA/IDA and not berthed to Node 2?

Yes
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: axmor61 on 01/24/2018 11:29 pm
Olaf,

I checked your ORU list and have a question regarding the Yaw-Joint ORU on ESP-2 FRAM-5. You indicate it was moved by Dextre via EOTP on Jan 10, 2018. Any source please? Can't find it.
Thanks for putting together this list.
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: Olaf on 01/25/2018 07:38 am
Olaf,

I checked your ORU list and have a question regarding the Yaw-Joint ORU on ESP-2 FRAM-5. You indicate it was moved by Dextre via EOTP on Jan 10, 2018. Any source please? Can't find it.
Thanks for putting together this list.
It was moved to the EOTP of Dextre.
http://www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/jsr.html
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On Jan 10 the Dextre robot moved the spare Yaw Joint unit from the ESP-2 storage
platform to the EOTP temporary stowage unit as part of preps for more work on
the robot arm manipulators.
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: axmor61 on 01/25/2018 04:10 pm
Thanks for your reply.
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: Olaf on 01/25/2018 04:56 pm
Thanks for your reply.
You are welcome.
Title: Re: ORU list - updated
Post by: Olaf on 02/21/2018 02:33 pm
https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2018/02/
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Yesterday and overnight Robotic Ground Controllers powered up the Mobile Servicing System (MSS) and maneuvered the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) and the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) to unstow the Spare SSRMS Yaw Joint from SPDM Enhanced Orbital Replaceable Unit (ORU) Temporary Platform (EOTP) and stow it on External Stowage Platform 2 (ESP-2) site 5.