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#220
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 01 May, 2011 03:58
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Hey i was just wondering what the rollout date for the STS-135 stack is and how long is the pad turn around from when 134 launchs till the pad is ready to receive the 135 stack?
Was May 12, then it went up to May 10 for rollover. They'll have a review this week and set it.
Pad turnaround is about three weeks (? Someone correct me on that)....but I know they've already said 135 is disconnected from 134 slips until this moves a reasonable amount to the right.
If there's a related change, we'll make sure it gets posted.
Rollover TO VAB: May 10.
Rollout to Pad-A: May 18.
Pad turnaround from STS-134 launch to STS-135 rollout is 11 days minimum.
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#221
by
Chris Bergin
on 01 May, 2011 04:02
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Hey i was just wondering what the rollout date for the STS-135 stack is and how long is the pad turn around from when 134 launchs till the pad is ready to receive the 135 stack?
Was May 12, then it went up to May 10 for rollover. They'll have a review this week and set it.
Pad turnaround is about three weeks (? Someone correct me on that)....but I know they've already said 135 is disconnected from 134 slips until this moves a reasonable amount to the right.
If there's a related change, we'll make sure it gets posted.
Rollover TO VAB: May 10.
Rollout to Pad-A: May 18.
Pad turnaround from STS-134 launch to STS-135 rollout is 11 days minimum.
*Tips hat*
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#222
by
cd-slam
on 01 May, 2011 09:33
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Rollover TO VAB: May 10.
Rollout to Pad-A: May 18.
Pad turnaround from STS-134 launch to STS-135 rollout is 11 days minimum.
Thanks Chris! So do I take it from those two gems that May 7 is the last launch date for STS-134 before the STS-135 launch date will be affected? Or is there some additional margin in the schedule to cope with a rollout later than May 18?
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#223
by
redsoxjayhawk
on 01 May, 2011 12:32
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Hey i was just wondering what the rollout date for the STS-135 stack is and how long is the pad turn around from when 134 launchs till the pad is ready to receive the 135 stack?
Was May 12, then it went up to May 10 for rollover. They'll have a review this week and set it.
Pad turnaround is about three weeks (? Someone correct me on that)....but I know they've already said 135 is disconnected from 134 slips until this moves a reasonable amount to the right.
If there's a related change, we'll make sure it gets posted.
Rollover TO VAB: May 10.
Rollout to Pad-A: May 18.
Pad turnaround from STS-134 launch to STS-135 rollout is 11 days minimum.
*Tips hat*
Thanks guys, hopfully 134 will get off the ground this week and won't effect 135. Thanks again for the clairification!!!
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#224
by
LoveMrEd
on 01 May, 2011 14:26
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Thanks guys, hopfully 134 will get off the ground this week and won't effect 135. Thanks again for the clairification!!!
So what does the slip of 134 to next week do to 135's date?
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#225
by
dsmillman
on 01 May, 2011 14:50
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Thanks guys, hopfully 134 will get off the ground this week and won't effect 135. Thanks again for the clairification!!!
So what does the slip of 134 to next week do to 135's date?
STS-135 was supposed to roll out to the launch pad on May 20. If the STS-134 slips beyond May 10-12, STS-135 will probably be delayed.
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#226
by
LoveMrEd
on 01 May, 2011 15:16
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Thanks guys, hopfully 134 will get off the ground this week and won't effect 135. Thanks again for the clairification!!!
So what does the slip of 134 to next week do to 135's date?
STS-135 was supposed to roll out to the launch pad on May 20. If the STS-134 slips beyond May 10-12, STS-135 will probably be delayed.
The most recent from ChrisG was that rollout was scheduled for May 18, with minimum 11 day pad turnaround--that math does not add up to make that rollout with a STS-134 launch May 8-10, n'est-ce pas?
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#227
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 01 May, 2011 17:00
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Thanks guys, hopfully 134 will get off the ground this week and won't effect 135. Thanks again for the clairification!!!
So what does the slip of 134 to next week do to 135's date?
STS-135 was supposed to roll out to the launch pad on May 20. If the STS-134 slips beyond May 10-12, STS-135 will probably be delayed.
The most recent from ChrisG was that rollout was scheduled for May 18, with minimum 11 day pad turnaround--that math does not add up to make that rollout with a STS-134 launch May 8-10, n'est-ce pas?
When I posted that, launch of STS-134 was NET May 2.
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#228
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 01 May, 2011 19:36
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To UPDATE based on information from today's presser,
Atlantis rollout to Pad-A is targeted for May 20.
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#229
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 02 May, 2011 19:41
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#230
by
Chris Bergin
on 03 May, 2011 12:36
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Per L2: KSC *are* rescheduling STS-135 for a rollover of May 16, with a *potential* launch slip to..........July 4 (oh my word, what a way for the program to go out if they go with it).
Still NET June 28 right now, however.
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#231
by
asmolenski
on 03 May, 2011 13:34
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Per L2: KSC *are* rescheduling STS-135 for a rollover of May 16, with a *potential* launch slip to..........July 4 (oh my word, what a way for the program to go out if they go with it).
Still NET June 28 right now, however.
Now THAT would be the BEST 4th of July FIREWORKS show ever, 2 SRB's and 3 SSME's.... awesome.
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#232
by
psloss
on 03 May, 2011 13:38
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Per L2: KSC *are* rescheduling STS-135 for a rollover of May 16, with a *potential* launch slip to..........July 4 (oh my word, what a way for the program to go out if they go with it).
Still NET June 28 right now, however.
Now THAT would be the BEST 4th of July FIREWORKS show ever, 2 SRB's and 3 SSME's.... awesome.
Works for me, but it's not going to be the same as the STS-121 launch. The current circumstances will be hard to forget.
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#233
by
Chris Bergin
on 03 May, 2011 20:24
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#234
by
Thorny
on 03 May, 2011 22:56
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Now THAT would be the BEST 4th of July FIREWORKS show ever, 2 SRB's and 3 SSME's.... awesome.
Holy mackeral! Can you imagine the crowds?
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#235
by
robertross
on 03 May, 2011 23:15
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Now THAT would be the BEST 4th of July FIREWORKS show ever, 2 SRB's and 3 SSME's.... awesome.
Holy mackeral! Can you imagine the crowds?
Yeah, and if it's anywhere near the STS-134 situation (due to workers having to wade through those crowds, meaning 48hr scrub turarounds), it would be no different.
Also, if it does become the new launch date, I (yet again) feel bad for the workers (and their families) of them having to work through their long weekend. Would be a heck of a send-off though.
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#236
by
NavySpaceFan
on 03 May, 2011 23:32
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From @NASA:
Shuttle Atlantis rollover to Vehicle Assembly Building now May 16 & rollout to pad May 23. STS-135 launch remains targeted for June 28.
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#237
by
stuart_wildcat
on 04 May, 2011 22:27
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From @NASA:
Shuttle Atlantis rollover to Vehicle Assembly Building now May 16 & rollout to pad May 23. STS-135 launch remains targeted for June 28.
Anyone know how easy it is to see the rollover from the KSC VC tours? Any changes to the tours on rollover days?
Rollout from VAB seems to always be at night lately but rollover from OPF to VAB seems like something that could be seen during the day.
Would be great to see...
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#238
by
JayP
on 04 May, 2011 22:47
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Anyone know how easy it is to see the rollover from the KSC VC tours? Any changes to the tours on rollover days?
Rollout from VAB seems to always be at night lately but rollover from OPF to VAB seems like something that could be seen during the day.
Would be great to see...
The tour doesn't go to the north side of the VAB. The best you could possibly see is from the bus as it goes to or from the Saturn V center. Rollover usually has pretty high security (note the guys standing around with M-4s in photos of previous ones). I don't know if the tour routes get adjusted for the occasion.
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#239
by
redsoxjayhawk
on 05 May, 2011 01:33
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Per L2: KSC *are* rescheduling STS-135 for a rollover of May 16, with a *potential* launch slip to..........July 4 (oh my word, what a way for the program to go out if they go with it).
Still NET June 28 right now, however.
Now THAT would be the BEST 4th of July FIREWORKS show ever, 2 SRB's and 3 SSME's.... awesome.
Anyone know what time launch would be? Maybe a night launch for the nations birthday? Now that is how you go out in style?
