Atlantis de-stack Sept 7

• Atlantis de-stack Sept 7 by Chris Bergin on 05 Aug, 2005 19:47
• Well, that's it for a while. Atlantis is getting de-stacked from her ET.
• #1 by Avron on 05 Aug, 2005 20:11
• ET Fix in work? or change out of the ET?
  
  So we are talking 90 days at least here until the next attempt at the earliest?
• #2 by Flightstar on 05 Aug, 2005 20:52
• Re-config work. No more launches this year if you want an assumption, although I don't like making them.
• #3 by Matty Picard on 05 Aug, 2005 23:03
• damn
• #4 by Rocket Guy on 05 Aug, 2005 23:38
• No de-stack decisions have been made yet. They will not decide anything until they know for sure the foam needs to be repaired or replaced. They are still studying whether 114's tank was alone in that respect, and they stated this again at today's press conference.
  
  Atlantis is still on a schedule where they are working towards rollout August 18 and launch Sept 22. The schedule, as always, is planned and executed as if they were launching while elsewhere they figure out the problem and make the decision (probably next week) whether they will make September.
• #5 by Chris Bergin on 06 Aug, 2005 12:34
• Given the fact that you have a nifty knack of being right, I'll take it
  
  I hope so too, given the potential wishes of a September launch.
  
  The USA guy that told me seemed pretty sure about it, but he's the only one, so let's see.
• #6 by Rocket Guy on 06 Aug, 2005 13:00
• The consensus may be that they probably won't make Sept and maybe even have to destack to be sure. But at the moment everything points to the PAL repairs on 114 alone. So that may spell good news in the end.
• #7 by Chris Bergin on 06 Aug, 2005 13:11
• I've got PAL Ramps on the brain. Woke up today and thought, hmmm, PAL Ramps and Bacon. Went to the newsagents for some cigs, said "I'll have 20 PAL Ramps please" It's not fun!
• #8 by Chris Bergin on 18 Aug, 2005 20:37
• Atlantis De-Mate (ET-120) on Sept 7th. Shipped back to MAF on Sept 17.
• #9 by Rocket Guy on 18 Aug, 2005 20:50
• Yep, ET-119 headed back to Michoud. This sucks. This year will see a total of nine launches at Cape Canaveral, down from 14 last year and about 17 on average.
• #10 by Jason Sole on 18 Aug, 2005 21:10
• Wow, I didn't know the amount of launches was an average of 17. Mainly Deltas and such?
  
  What's the most Shuttle launches in a single year?
• #11 by Rocket Guy on 18 Aug, 2005 21:51
• Well, 9 in 1985 and 8 in two other years in the 1990s....but technically, the answer is 11, from January 24 1985 to January 28 1986.
  
  All the Shuttle, Delta, Atlas and Titans added up to a lot. But now, with no more Titan or Atlas 2 and 3, and the Shuttle grounded, (and Boeing unable to launch more than one Delta 4 per two year period!!!) it's gotten rather dull here!
• #12 by Chris Bergin on 19 Aug, 2005 00:06
• You know, until you posted that I hadn't realised how much launch activity has reduced of late.
• #13 by Matty Picard on 23 Aug, 2005 18:34
• Still on target for this date and will NASA TV cover the rollback to the OPF?
• #14 by NASA_Twix_JSC on 24 Aug, 2005 22:22
• So far it is.
• #15 by Avron on 29 Aug, 2005 20:41
• ET-120 PAL last rebuild..

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• #16 by JamesSpaceFlight on 01 Sep, 2005 15:32
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  Avron - 29/8/2005  3:41 PM
  
  ET-120 PAL last rebuild..

  
  What is with the metal bar? Is that for the PAL Ramp to set against?
• #17 by Avron on 01 Sep, 2005 17:38
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  JamesSpaceFlight - 1/9/2005  11:32 AM
  
  

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  Avron - 29/8/2005  3:41 PM
  
  ET-120 PAL last rebuild..

  
  What is with the metal bar? Is that for the PAL Ramp to set against?

  
  its the cable try
• #18 by SimonShuttle on 02 Sep, 2005 14:06
• Does that stay in? I find it strange that a metal tray, next to the PAL Ramp would work? The whole ET vibrates and metal against foam wouldn't be too clever?
• #19 by MKremer on 02 Sep, 2005 14:42
• It's not metal. More like a tough, thick, insulating composite cable conduit with a flat cap.