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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 3 - RPM/Docking
« Reply #160 on: 06/02/2008 05:19 pm »
GO for docking.

Garret Reisman: "We have great photos from RPM, already downlinking.  We believe Ken Ham has some Ketchup on his shirt, though..."

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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 3 - RPM/Docking
« Reply #161 on: 06/02/2008 05:19 pm »
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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 3 - RPM/Docking
« Reply #162 on: 06/02/2008 05:21 pm »
3 minutes to the ZOE, 4 minutes to sunset on this pass, this ZOE will be 8 minutes long, may have KU through TDRS Z during this ZOE pass.

Richard
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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 3 - RPM/Docking
« Reply #163 on: 06/02/2008 05:21 pm »
Nice shot of the X-Wing docked to the aft port. :D

I love that photo, ATV, progress, soyuz, station and shuttle all in one pic!

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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 3 - RPM/Docking
« Reply #164 on: 06/02/2008 05:23 pm »

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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 3 - RPM/Docking
« Reply #165 on: 06/02/2008 05:24 pm »
1 minute to sunset, next sunrise in 35 minutes, now entering the ZOE over Russia.

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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 3 - RPM/Docking
« Reply #166 on: 06/02/2008 05:25 pm »
1 minute to sunset, next sunrise in 35 minutes, now entering the ZOE over Russia.

Richard


Will we have Orbital Sunrise / Day for Docking?
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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 3 - RPM/Docking
« Reply #167 on: 06/02/2008 05:27 pm »
KU is through TDRS Z, Discovery is now approaching the V-bar or velocity vector which is directly in front of the ISS travel path moving forward. 5 minutes to West coverage, still in the ZOE.

Richard

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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 3 - RPM/Docking
« Reply #168 on: 06/02/2008 05:27 pm »
Will we have Orbital Sunrise / Day for Docking?

Most likely yes. Sunrise in 31:40, docking in 34:00 but I would guess that would slip a bit.
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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 3 - RPM/Docking
« Reply #169 on: 06/02/2008 05:28 pm »
Will we have Orbital Sunrise / Day for Docking?

Well Ford let me see, I would say yes, sunrise is in about 31 minutes and the next sunset is now about 87 minutes away.

Richard

 


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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 3 - RPM/Docking
« Reply #170 on: 06/02/2008 05:29 pm »

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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 3 - RPM/Docking
« Reply #171 on: 06/02/2008 05:29 pm »
Thank you, Jorge.

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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 3 - RPM/Docking
« Reply #172 on: 06/02/2008 05:32 pm »
1 minute to handover to TDRS-West coverage, 28 minutes to sunset, we may have a fairly good KU pass through the ISS KU for docking through TDRS West when this TDRS Z KU pass ends in the next few minutes.

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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 3 - RPM/Docking
« Reply #173 on: 06/02/2008 05:34 pm »
Discovery is 230 feet away from the ISS.
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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 3 - RPM/Docking
« Reply #174 on: 06/02/2008 05:35 pm »
Discovery is now 230 feet in front of the ISS moving closer, 24 minutes to sunrise, KU still through Z.

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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 3 - RPM/Docking
« Reply #175 on: 06/02/2008 05:37 pm »

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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 3 - RPM/Docking
« Reply #176 on: 06/02/2008 05:38 pm »
Discovery closing in on ISS
"Lets not make things worse by guessing" - Gene Kranz - Apollo 13 Flight Director

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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 3 - RPM/Docking
« Reply #177 on: 06/02/2008 05:39 pm »
185 feet between the ISS and Discovery.

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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 3 - RPM/Docking
« Reply #178 on: 06/02/2008 05:40 pm »

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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 3 - RPM/Docking
« Reply #179 on: 06/02/2008 05:40 pm »
All RPM photos are now downlinked.

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