Live: STS-115 Flight Day 9/Undocking

• #20 by psloss on 17 Sep, 2006 13:04
• Orbiter in free-drift, 3 minutes to undock.
  
• #21 by nathan.moeller on 17 Sep, 2006 13:04
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  psloss - 17/9/2006  7:44 AM
  
  

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  nathan.moeller - 17/9/2006  8:43 AM
  
  Will they do the one and a quarter lap around ISS or will they just do the quarter lap over the top like STS-121 did?  I'd like to think they'll do the entire fly-around to document the complex.

  Yes, this was covered yesterday in briefings and press conferences; they have enough "gas" to do a full lap-plus.
  

  
  Very good!  Shuttle now it free drift for separation in two minutes.
• #22 by psloss on 17 Sep, 2006 13:07
• ODS hooks open...
  
• #23 by nathan.moeller on 17 Sep, 2006 13:07
• We have separation!
• #24 by Avron on 17 Sep, 2006 13:08

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• #25 by psloss on 17 Sep, 2006 13:09
• Station back to attitude control...orbiter verniers selected...
  
• #26 by Avron on 17 Sep, 2006 13:13
• I hope we get some KU soon...
  
  TCS2 vs Filt.. any ideas?
• #27 by Wisi on 17 Sep, 2006 13:21
• now 200 feet away, 30 minutes after undocking. waiting for the station to come into daylight..
• #28 by DaveS on 17 Sep, 2006 13:22
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  Wisi - 17/9/2006  3:08 PM
  
  now 200 feet away, 30 minutes after undocking. waiting for the station to come into daylight..

  13 minutes, not 30.
• #29 by Wisi on 17 Sep, 2006 13:23
• yeah your right. I should stop believing in NASA TV without thinking... ;-)
• #30 by Avron on 17 Sep, 2006 13:26
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  Wisi - 17/9/2006  9:10 AM
  
  yeah your right. I should stop believing in NASA TV without thinking... ;-)

  
  
  Yip they just said that stations arm will be used to check the heat shield... good luck at a range of 70 miles...
• #31 by psloss on 17 Sep, 2006 13:28
• Flyaround has started...getting orbiter TV.
  
  
• #32 by Avron on 17 Sep, 2006 13:29
• At last

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• #33 by psloss on 17 Sep, 2006 13:30
• Nice wide shot...
  
• #34 by Avron on 17 Sep, 2006 13:30

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• #35 by Avron on 17 Sep, 2006 13:32
• New arrays look great..

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• #36 by Avron on 17 Sep, 2006 13:33

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• #37 by nathan.moeller on 17 Sep, 2006 13:34
• That is just beautiful...
• #38 by Avron on 17 Sep, 2006 13:35
• Agreed

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• #39 by Avron on 17 Sep, 2006 13:37

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