Author Topic: LIVE: STS-124: Launch Day / Flight Day 1 - May 31 (Read 159534 times)

MechTech · « **Reply #540 on:** 05/31/2008 09:39 pm »

Broken pipe picture.

John44 · « **Reply #541 on:** 05/31/2008 09:39 pm »

STS-124 - Discovery LAUNCH
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3733&Itemid=2

psloss · « **Reply #542 on:** 05/31/2008 09:40 pm »

OMS-2 underway; 2 min 44 sec burn...

??? · « **Reply #543 on:** 05/31/2008 09:40 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 05/31/2008 09:35 pm

Read the posts. It's not a concern at this time. Foam liberation is normal. So long as it's not a hit and not before T+2:20...

Well, the news media also saw what I saw so I think it is a concern for those who are going to make a public statement to answer the question of what happened.

dember · « **Reply #544 on:** 05/31/2008 09:41 pm »

About 20 minutes to Post Launch press Conference.

DaveS · « **Reply #545 on:** 05/31/2008 09:41 pm »

Quote from: kneecaps on 05/31/2008 09:37 pm

It's not the 'Gimbal' itself. It's the secondary drive electronics and motor.

No impact for a first failure. A second failure would prevent that OMS engine from being gimballed...I suspect this would mark the entire engine 'failed' apart from deorbit burns (need to check flight rules).

However...no impact in the current situation.

Nope. They would use it as they still have RCS control capability, so called "RCS Wraparound".

psloss · « **Reply #546 on:** 05/31/2008 09:41 pm »

ET camera replay coming up.

psloss · « **Reply #547 on:** 05/31/2008 09:42 pm »

Good OMS-2, no trim required.

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #548 on:** 05/31/2008 09:43 pm »

Good burn. No trim req.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #549 on:** 05/31/2008 09:43 pm »

Quote from: ??? on 05/31/2008 09:40 pm

Well, the news media also saw what I saw so I think it is a concern for those who are going to make a public statement to answer the question of what happened.

Incorrect. Ill-informed media does not change the event. There will be nothing they can say to such media today. Everything gets evalauted and more will be known only after that.

What we DO know, is it happened at T+3 minutes. This is very important, as already mentioned.

Repeating it does not make it any more danagerous.

Felix · « **Reply #550 on:** 05/31/2008 09:43 pm »

Page 5-1 ascent checklist: POST OMS 2 BURN PROCEDURES

No OMS TVC GMBL CHECK on the secondary left gimbal system

AstroRJY · « **Reply #551 on:** 05/31/2008 09:44 pm »

Quote from: TJL on 05/31/2008 09:38 pm

Anyone see the replay of launch from the white room?
Amazing!!

They haven't showed the white room shot on NASA TV for years. Where did you see it at? Would like to look. NASA TV has been very disappointing in recent launches.

jeff122670 · « **Reply #552 on:** 05/31/2008 09:46 pm »

yeah, where did you see the white room launch replay?

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #553 on:** 05/31/2008 09:46 pm »

Recording this. A video of the foam liberation will be posted, along with images.

Oersted · « **Reply #554 on:** 05/31/2008 09:47 pm »

it does look pretty slow and benign

ntschke · « **Reply #555 on:** 05/31/2008 09:47 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 05/31/2008 09:43 pm

Incorrect. Ill-informed media does not change the event. There will be nothing they can say to such media today. Everything gets evalauted and more will be known only after that.

What we DO know, is it happened at T+3 minutes. This is very important, as already mentioned.

Repeating it does not make it any more danagerous.

*L* maybe mr

works for the media and as such, has no clue.

Lee Jay · « **Reply #556 on:** 05/31/2008 09:48 pm »

I saw a dark-colored FRCS puff (I think) just after SRB-sep, a foam event that passed under the right wing soon after, and the one that bounced off the right underside way too late to be meaningful.

edkyle99 · « **Reply #557 on:** 05/31/2008 09:49 pm »

Quote from: Oersted on 05/31/2008 09:47 pm

it does look pretty slow and benign

First one missed. Second one bounced off starboard side, but with little relative velocity.

IMO

- Ed Kyle

elmarko · « **Reply #558 on:** 05/31/2008 09:49 pm »

The white room replay was on HDNET apparently.

Felix · « **Reply #559 on:** 05/31/2008 09:49 pm »

Crew is ready for OPS 106

Ascent checklist complete.
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