Author Topic: LIVE: STS-120 Flight Day 3 - RPM and Docking (Read 89409 times)

Zachstar · « **Reply #40 on:** 10/25/2007 09:36 am »

Go for TI burn!

Zachstar · « **Reply #41 on:** 10/25/2007 09:38 am »

View from centerline camera.

Zachstar · « **Reply #42 on:** 10/25/2007 09:51 am »

TI burn in 5 mins.

Zachstar · « **Reply #43 on:** 10/25/2007 09:57 am »

Good burn! No trim required.

TI burn complete. They showed the view from ISS but the plume went too fast for me to capture. (Even with my backup!)

Zachstar · « **Reply #44 on:** 10/25/2007 09:58 am »

2 hours 35 mins until docking.

More coffee!

ckiki lwai · « **Reply #45 on:** 10/25/2007 10:03 am »

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Zachstar - 25/10/2007 11:57 AM

Good burn! No trim required.

TI burn complete. They showed the view from ISS but the plume went too fast for me to capture. (Even with my backup!)

I recorded it but I can't really see it
maybe you got some better eyes then me

I'll try to PM it to you if you want

Zachstar · « **Reply #46 on:** 10/25/2007 10:06 am »

No thanks its too small to be worth a capture anyway.

Thanks alot tho!

Zachstar · « **Reply #47 on:** 10/25/2007 10:15 am »

Some burns to refine approach.

MKremer · « **Reply #48 on:** 10/25/2007 10:19 am »

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uko - 25/10/2007 4:12 AM

Maybe it has already been explained, but it seems to me we are getting very little live video from the shuttle side.. is there a problem? Could it be connected to the network problems?

The Ku antenna is used for radar during docking, so no live video (other than S-band still pics) is available.

DaveS · « **Reply #49 on:** 10/25/2007 10:23 am »

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MKremer - 25/10/2007 12:19 PM

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uko - 25/10/2007 4:12 AM

Maybe it has already been explained, but it seems to me we are getting very little live video from the shuttle side.. is there a problem? Could it be connected to the network problems?

The Ku antenna is used for radar during docking, so no live video (other than S-band still pics) is available.

Actually, it is only during rendezvous. For docking they rely on a sensor called the Trajectory Control Sensor(TCS) that is mounted on the External Airlock/Orbiter Docking System truss. They also use a set of hand-held laser ranging units.