Author Topic: LIVE: STS-120 Flight Day 16 - EOM - Re-entry and Landing (Read 103518 times)

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #180 on:** 11/07/2007 04:50 pm »

Merit Island tracking station has picked up Discovery! 11 minutes to touchdown.

psloss · « **Reply #181 on:** 11/07/2007 04:51 pm »

Energy, ground track, and nav are go.

Andy_Small · « **Reply #182 on:** 11/07/2007 04:51 pm »

tach ans and GPS

mwfair · « **Reply #183 on:** 11/07/2007 04:51 pm »

What are the red dots ahead of the orbiter on the trajectory?

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #184 on:** 11/07/2007 04:51 pm »

Should be receiving live views of Discovery in a few minutes as she approaches the SLF. Taking TACANs and GPS.

Felix · « **Reply #185 on:** 11/07/2007 04:51 pm »

Andy_Small · « **Reply #186 on:** 11/07/2007 04:51 pm »

landing will be 2900 ft at 195 kts

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #187 on:** 11/07/2007 04:52 pm »

Energy, ground track and nav are go. Touch down 2900 ft down the runway at 195 knots.

sts1canada · « **Reply #188 on:** 11/07/2007 04:52 pm »

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Zoomer30 - 7/11/2007 12:33 PM

I was wondering about the red lines myself, NASA TV needs a HD stream so we can read it 8-)

Those red lines are just updated milestones that the MCC follows as they are looking at an updated version of this web page (the DOL pad), I have seen that screen during earlier entries, (it is a graphical version of the DOL pad like the one below, with more information

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts120/news/dol_pad.html

Richard