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#80 by jacqmans on 04 Aug, 2006 19:06
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08.04.06
Tracy Young
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
STATUS REPORT: S-080406
NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT
Mission: STS-115 - 19th International Space Station Flight (12A) -
P3/P4 Truss Segment and Solar Arrays
Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
Location: Launch Pad 39B
Launch Date: No earlier than Aug. 27, 2006
Launch Pad: 39B
Crew: Jett, Ferguson, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean and Stefanyshyn-Piper
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
Early on Wednesday, Space Shuttle Atlantis rolled from high bay 3 in
the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B. Early Thursday, the
orbiter's auxiliary power units were successfully test fired. Also on
Thursday morning, the rotating service structure was moved to the
mate position and is now surrounding the orbiter as it sits on the
mobile launch platform. Functional tests and checkout of the shuttle
and pad systems are under way.
The STS-115 payload is scheduled to be installed in Atlantis' payload
bay on Saturday. The payload for STS-115 is the Port 3/4 truss
segment, the next major addition to the 11-segment integrated truss
structure that will eventually span more that 300 feet. The P3/P4
truss, with its two large solar arrays, will provide one-fourth of
the total power generation capability of the completed station.
Mission managers made the decision to move the opening of Atlantis'
launch planning window to Aug. 27. The decision was made after it was
determined that lighting conditions for launch and external tank
separation were sufficient to support imagery analysis.
Next week, the STS-115 crew will visit KSC for a launch dress
rehearsal, called the terminal countdown demonstration test.
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#81 by rdale on 04 Aug, 2006 20:20
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MarkD - 4/8/2006 2:30 PM
What is the track of the storm? Will it miss Florida or go there?
It's just a depression, barely any storm activity. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov is the place to go for the latest... -
#82 by Austin on 04 Aug, 2006 21:54
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rdale - 4/8/2006 1:07 PM
QuoteMarkD - 4/8/2006 2:30 PM
What is the track of the storm? Will it miss Florida or go there?
It's just a depression, barely any storm activity. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov is the place to go for the latest...
Let's hope that Chris remains depressed!!
(not you C.B.)
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#83 by astrobrian on 04 Aug, 2006 22:36
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Were the onboard cameras going to differ from STS-121 or stay the same? Just wondering if we will be treated with the same great camera angles off the SRBs.
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#84 by Mark Dave on 04 Aug, 2006 22:49
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My guess is the same. The only difference is after the spacewalk this week by Expedition 13, we'll see new images from orbit. They added new cameras to the exterior of the station as well as other tasks for maintanence.
Though one of the cameras on rollout would make a coo launch view. A camera atop the RSS has a great view, but so far all I've seen from that camera are still photos. Such as this one http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-121/lores/sts121-s-049.jpg . No video from this camera. That would be cool to see. -
#85 by Chris Bergin on 05 Aug, 2006 10:32
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Austin - 4/8/2006 10:41 PM
Quoterdale - 4/8/2006 1:07 PM
QuoteMarkD - 4/8/2006 2:30 PM
What is the track of the storm? Will it miss Florida or go there?
It's just a depression, barely any storm activity. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov is the place to go for the latest...
Let's hope that Chris remains depressed!!
(not you C.B.)
Still a long way off the launch window, so we'll have to wait to see what the weather is like in a few weeks.
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#86 by shuttlefan on 05 Aug, 2006 13:58
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Payload installation today!!
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#87 by shuttlefan on 06 Aug, 2006 01:49
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Has anyone heard whether or not the payloads were successfully installed into the payload bay today?
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#88 by punkboi on 06 Aug, 2006 04:11
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shuttlefan - 5/8/2006 6:36 PM
Has anyone heard whether or not the payloads were successfully installed into the payload bay today?
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#89 by MKremer on 06 Aug, 2006 04:31
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I hope KSC Multimedia will have a few installation pics, but since this was during a weekend we may only get some already-installed pics late Monday or Tuesday.
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#90 by shuttlefan on 06 Aug, 2006 15:02
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Up here in Canada, it's a Civic Holiday Monday. Is it a holiday south of the border? If that's the case, there likely won't be any pics. of the payload installation until Tuesday.
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#91 by Jim on 06 Aug, 2006 15:45
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no holiday monday
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#92 by punkboi on 06 Aug, 2006 18:21
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shuttlefan - 6/8/2006 7:49 AM Up here in Canada, it's a Civic Holiday Monday. Is it a holiday south of the border? If that's the case, there likely won't be any pics. of the payload installation until Tuesday.
August is the only month where we don't have a holiday here in Yankee land
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#93 by Jon_Jones on 06 Aug, 2006 19:21
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we should have a space holiday for august... how about "Orbiter Week" followed by "Mercury, Gemmni, and Apollo Week" then a "Constalation" day preceeded by "VSE eve" and "Space Science Thursday" .....
hopefully we'll get out of an entire month of work. or perpaps I'm just a dreamer on behalf of all lazy people. It's my personal assertion that August is too hot for working. -
#94 by dutch courage on 07 Aug, 2006 12:33
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STS-115 Crew is due to arrive at Kennedy Space Center today for a few days of training and a countdown dress rehearsal.
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060807/NEWS02/608070319/1007
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#95 by Wisi on 07 Aug, 2006 19:23
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Is there any information/imagery about successful payload installation yet?
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#96 by punkboi on 07 Aug, 2006 22:08
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STS-115 crew arrived at KSC around 5:35 PM EDT
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060807/BREAKINGNEWS/60807025/1086
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#97 by jacqmans on 08 Aug, 2006 03:04
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#98 by Terry Rocket on 08 Aug, 2006 13:46
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#99 by Chris Bergin on 08 Aug, 2006 13:59
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Too far out to predict I'd say.
Still a long way off the launch window, so we'll have to wait to see what the weather is like in a few weeks.