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Re: LIVE: STS-120 Flight Day 16 - EOM - Re-entry and Landing
« Reply #20 on: 11/07/2007 01:55 pm »
Deorbit burn will be 215 fps (237 fps available from OMS).
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Re: LIVE: STS-120 Flight Day 16 - EOM - Re-entry and Landing
« Reply #21 on: 11/07/2007 01:59 pm »
Block 16, Middeck entry configuration completed.
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Re: LIVE: STS-120 Flight Day 16 - EOM - Re-entry and Landing
« Reply #22 on: 11/07/2007 02:22 pm »
Camera on top of the VAB

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Offline Chris Bergin

Seems the airhorns at the SLF are down as two SUVs are on the runway beeping their horns to scare birds.
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Re: LIVE: STS-120 Flight Day 16 - EOM - Re-entry and Landing
« Reply #25 on: 11/07/2007 02:38 pm »
Note about comm: just called up to the crew that comm should be good throughout, except for a period after entry interface until the vehicle is acquired by MILA.  More specifically, it would be from just after the first roll reversal at Mach 19.4 until about Mach 10 and if I heard correctly, they'd be on the lower antenna in that period.

Edit, as PAO notes, that's for the first deorbit rev today.

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Re: LIVE: STS-120 Flight Day 16 - EOM - Re-entry and Landing
« Reply #26 on: 11/07/2007 02:39 pm »
First roll should be over Nebraska, with cities such as Abie, Adams, Agnew, Ainsworth, Air Park, Albany, Albion, Alda, Alexandria, Algernon, Allen, Alliance, Alma, Almeria, Alvo, Amelia, Ames, Amherst, Anderson, Angora, Anselmo, Ansley, Antioch, Arapahoe, Arcadia, Archer, Arlington, Armada, Arnold, Arthur, Ash Grove, Ashby...
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Re: LIVE: STS-120 Flight Day 16 - EOM - Re-entry and Landing
« Reply #27 on: 11/07/2007 02:42 pm »
Current location of Discovery

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Re: LIVE: STS-120 Flight Day 16 - EOM - Re-entry and Landing
« Reply #28 on: 11/07/2007 02:49 pm »
Block 22 in work Pambo reports.

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Re: LIVE: STS-120 Flight Day 16 - EOM - Re-entry and Landing
« Reply #29 on: 11/07/2007 02:51 pm »

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Block 22 in work Pambo reports.

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Re: LIVE: STS-120 Flight Day 16 - EOM - Re-entry and Landing
« Reply #30 on: 11/07/2007 02:52 pm »
Weather still looks good per Cap Com  winds are going down.  Some more clouds but will stay north.  

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One hour to deorbit on OP 1. Two hours to landing on Op 1.
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RE: LIVE: STS-120 Flight Day 16 - EOM - Re-entry and Landing
« Reply #32 on: 11/07/2007 03:06 pm »
Not to be a killjoy, but there's already some posts which have nothing to do with this live update thread. I will delete them, so save your fingers ;)

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Re: LIVE: STS-120 Flight Day 16 - EOM - Re-entry and Landing
« Reply #33 on: 11/07/2007 03:08 pm »
crew reports Galley has been deactivated

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Re: LIVE: STS-120 Flight Day 16 - EOM - Re-entry and Landing
« Reply #34 on: 11/07/2007 03:14 pm »
Deorbit Prep checklist completed

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GPS to inhibit. Super smooth deobit proceedures. No issues in work.

Now into the Entry Proceedures.
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State Vector on board. Go for Item 22 and 23.
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Re: LIVE: STS-120 Flight Day 16 - EOM - Re-entry and Landing
« Reply #37 on: 11/07/2007 03:23 pm »
APU pre-start in work.
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APU Prestart proceedure in work. And block 29 is complete (Clay).
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Re: LIVE: STS-120 Flight Day 16 - EOM - Re-entry and Landing
« Reply #39 on: 11/07/2007 03:28 pm »
Discovery about to cross the equator on a northwest to southeast trajectory.
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