LIVE: ST5 Mission - March 22 2006

• #20 by DaveS on 15 Mar, 2006 13:38
• L-1 minute
• #21 by Jim on 15 Mar, 2006 13:38
• Fin batts activated
• #22 by Jim on 15 Mar, 2006 13:39
• stuck fin, abort
• #23 by Jonesy STS on 15 Mar, 2006 13:40
• I'm getting a faulty page on the countdown link
• #24 by Jim on 15 Mar, 2006 13:41
• Looking at a recycle or scrub
• #25 by DaveS on 15 Mar, 2006 13:42
• Launch coverage is live on NASA TV like any NASA launches.
• #26 by Jim on 15 Mar, 2006 13:44
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  DaveS - 15/3/2006  8:42 AMLaunch coverage is live on NASA TV like any NASA launches.

  
  Not everybody gets it at home or the office
  
• #27 by Jonesy STS on 15 Mar, 2006 13:45
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  DaveS - 15/3/2006  8:42 AM
  
  Launch coverage is live on NASA TV like any NASA launches.

  
  Thanks, as that countdown page was broken for me.
• #28 by DaveS on 15 Mar, 2006 13:46
• It's availabe through the Internet: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
• #29 by Jim on 15 Mar, 2006 13:47
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  DaveS - 15/3/2006  8:46 AMIt's availabe through the Internet: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

  
  or here
  
  
  http://countdown.ksc.nasa.gov/elv/
  
  
• #30 by DaveS on 15 Mar, 2006 13:47
• It's a scrub for today. The L1011 with Pegasus and ST5 is returning to Vandenberg as the fin battery on the Pegasus has expired. No idea on how long the delay will be.
• #31 by DaveS on 15 Mar, 2006 13:57
• Minimum 48 hour scrub - George Diller, NASA TV.
• #32 by Chris Bergin on 15 Mar, 2006 16:31
• The launch of NASA's ST5 spacecraft aboard an Orbital Sciences Pegasus
  XL rocket was called off today when a locking pin in the rocket's
  flight control service mechanism did not retract just prior to
  launch. Orbital Sciences Corporation and NASA engineers will diagnose
  and correct the problem. A new launch date will be established at the
  earliest opportunity pending resolution of the issue, the
  availability of the Western Range, and acceptable weather conditions
  at the Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., launch site. The delay will
  be at least 48 hours.
• #33 by Avron on 16 Mar, 2006 04:22
• A battery???
• #34 by Jim on 16 Mar, 2006 11:07
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  Avron - 15/3/2006  11:22 PMA battery???

  
  Don't understand the comment.
  
• #35 by Avron on 17 Mar, 2006 02:30
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  Jim - 16/3/2006  7:07 AM
  
  

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  Avron - 15/3/2006  11:22 PMA battery???

  
  Don't understand the comment.
  

  
  I understand that the power to remove the pins is supplied by a battey that has "limited" life, My question, was the battery not able to provide the power to remove the pin? Maybe a faulty battery or one that had become discharged.
• #36 by John44 on 17 Mar, 2006 05:08
• March 21  ST5 Launch
  
  Launch Window: 5:57:31 a.m. to 7:19:50 a.m. PST
                           8:57:31 a.m. to 10:19:50 a.m. EST
  Target Drop Time: 6:02 a.m. PST/ 9:02 a.m. EST
• #37 by Jim on 17 Mar, 2006 13:08
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  Avron - 16/3/2006  9:30 PM

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  Jim - 16/3/2006  7:07 AM

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  Avron - 15/3/2006  11:22 PMA battery???

  
  Don't understand the comment.
  

  I understand that the power to remove the pins is supplied by a battey that has "limited" life, My question, was the battery not able to provide the power to remove the pin? Maybe a faulty battery or one that had become discharged.

  
  The pin was jammed ,  batteries "issue" was unrelated.   The  batteries, which drive the fins, are thermal batteries.  They are high power but with short lives.  They are used because a hydraulic system would be heavier.  Time just ran out on the battery life.
  
  
  Launch is now schedule for 3/22
  
• #38 by Jim on 17 Mar, 2006 18:25
• Spacex use of range assets is delaying ST-5
• #39 by braddock on 17 Mar, 2006 19:20
• SpaceX's use of _Vandenberg_ range assets, or is there a conflict at Kwajalein for tracking capabilities?
  I didn't think SpaceX was doing much at Vandenberg since the whole Lockheed flare-up last summer.