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#60 by psloss on 11 Oct, 2006 14:49
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nathan.moeller - 11/10/2006 10:15 AM
Hint: that's answered on L2.
Is pad A empty right now? I remember going out there in 2004 and they had stored an MLP on there that wasn't used for Columbia. Just wondering if they'll need to do a little pad clearing before February
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#61 by Chris Bergin on 13 Oct, 2006 14:41
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ET-124 making good progress through Cell A at MAF, still a long way behind.
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#62 by jacqmans on 13 Oct, 2006 20:15
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Mission: STS-117 - 21st International Space Station Flight (13A) -
S3/S4 Truss Segment Solar Arrays
Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1
Launch Date: No earlier than Feb. 22, 2007
Launch Pad: 39B
Crew: Sturckow, Archambault, Reilly, Forrester, Swanson and Olivas
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
Technicians continue performing post-landing inspections on orbiter
Atlantis and are nearly finished with the review of the thermal
protection system. The orbiter boom sensor system is scheduled to be
removed from the payload bay on Saturday.
During inspections, a 0.1-inch diameter impact was noted on Atlantis'
right-hand payload bay door radiator. The cause of the damage has
been preliminarily identified as micrometeoroid orbital debris, which
passed through the radiator's face (outer) sheet, interior honeycomb
structure and inner sheet. The debris did not impact the payload bay
door itself. Technicians removed the damaged area and will begin the
repair next week.
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#63 by James (Lockheed) on 15 Oct, 2006 00:32
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ET-124 moving through closeout well. Still behind and all eyes now on IFR design decesion.
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#64 by Chris Bergin on 15 Oct, 2006 10:30
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Copied over from L2 (12/13 Standup Report)
OV-104 (STS-117)/OPF-1
Post flight inspections are about 94% complete and tracking less PRACA than 103 saw.
OMS Pod functional completed last night.
MPS Repliset continues.
Fuel Cell 3 R&R is in work. We have the old unit out and have a nutplate to changeout and will install the new unit on Saturday. -
#65 by James (Lockheed) on 16 Oct, 2006 19:47
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And ET-124 is due to be shipped third week in December.
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#66 by Wisi on 16 Oct, 2006 20:09
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And ET-124 is due to be shipped third week in December.
With the old or new IFR design? -
#67 by James (Lockheed) on 16 Oct, 2006 20:36
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Wisi - 16/10/2006 2:52 PM
QuoteJames (Lockheed) - 16/10/2006 9:30 PM
And ET-124 is due to be shipped third week in December.
With the old or new IFR design?
That's the $64 million question! IFR re-design is for ET-124 and should support, but it certainly adds to the flow. -
#68 by MKremer on 17 Oct, 2006 02:49
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James (Lockheed) - 16/10/2006 3:19 PM
QuoteWisi - 16/10/2006 2:52 PM
QuoteJames (Lockheed) - 16/10/2006 9:30 PM
And ET-124 is due to be shipped third week in December.
With the old or new IFR design?
That's the $64 million question! IFR re-design is for ET-124 and should support, but it certainly adds to the flow.
But have they even completed the studies and agreed on a final IFR redesign?
If there's any sort of delay for that, I would imagine -124 would flow with the current IFR, yes?
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#69 by nathan.moeller on 17 Oct, 2006 03:18
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MKremer - 16/10/2006 9:32 PM
But have they even completed the studies and agreed on a final IFR redesign?
If there's any sort of delay for that, I would imagine -124 would flow with the current IFR, yes?
Last time I heard anything about the IFRs Hale and Gerst said they had agreed on an "interim" design that would fly on ET-124 or ET-117. They'll review its performance and try to keep it flying with the redesign until a final design comes along seven or eight flights later. It doesn't make much sense to me why they'd keep trying for a final design that would fly maybe five times at the tail end of the program. That point is driven home even more so when you consider the great performance of the current design in flight. But heck...what do I know. Hope this helps. -
#70 by Wisi on 17 Oct, 2006 08:12
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That's what I found on CBS News:
"NASA managers are considering a design change for so-called ice-frost ramps on the shuttle's external tank. One flight test option under discussion is to modify the top three ice-frost ramps on the liquid hydrogen section of the tank slated for STS-117."
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#71 by SimonShuttle on 17 Oct, 2006 12:44
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Wisi - 17/10/2006 2:55 AM
That's new to me. Looks like they don't have the time to modify all the ramps.
Not new at all. There's five presentations on this on L2 from the PRCB two weeks ago which show there's different requirements for the LH2 IFRs and the LOX IFRs. -
#72 by Chris Bergin on 17 Oct, 2006 14:56
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Yes, but they were about a week's worth of reading I'm still going back and looking through them, for reference on when they make a decision.
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#73 by DaveS on 17 Oct, 2006 23:14
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Does anyone know if the MLP-2 rolloff from pad 39B is still on for tonight?
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#74 by DaveS on 18 Oct, 2006 13:32
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DaveS - 18/10/2006 12:57 AM
Crawler on it's way to roll MLP-2 off 39B:
Does anyone know if the MLP-2 rolloff from pad 39B is still on for tonight?
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#75 by eeergo on 19 Oct, 2006 20:08
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Some new photos of Atlantis' processing for STS-117, featuring the installation of the OBSS in the payload bay, have been uploaded in KSC Media Archive, like this one:
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#76 by Chris Bergin on 20 Oct, 2006 20:25
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Mission: STS-117 - 21st International Space Station Flight (13A) -
S3/S4 Truss Segment Solar Arrays
Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1
Launch Date: No earlier than Feb. 22, 2007 (under review)
Launch Pad: 39B
Crew: Sturckow, Archambault, Reilly, Forrester, Swanson and Olivas
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
Technicians continue performing post-landing inspections on orbiter
Atlantis and are beginning to prepare the vehicle for its next
flight, STS-117. The orbiter boom sensor system was installed in the
payload bay on Thursday. A single-cell voltage test of the fuel cells
is set to be completed today.
During inspections, a 0.1-inch diameter impact was noted on Atlantis'
right-hand payload bay door radiator. The cause of the damage has
been preliminarily identified as micrometeoroid orbital debris, which
passed through the radiator's outer sheet, interior honeycomb
structure and inner sheet. The debris did not impact the payload bay
door itself. The repair is scheduled to begin today.
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#77 by George CA on 23 Oct, 2006 03:50
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That picture is great. Shows how big the cargo bay really is.
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#78 by Chris Bergin on 24 Oct, 2006 23:09
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Selective comments from the full Standup/Integration report on L2:
OV-104 (STS-117)
Rollover moved to February 7th. Have 95 cavities at this point. Expect about 160 cavities. Vendor scheduled to perform chin panel repair this week. Plan to power down probably Thursday to complete ECO sensor wire instrumentation mod. Should stay down about a week, and then finish testing on orbiter.
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#79 by FransonUK on 26 Oct, 2006 06:24
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ECO's are dirty initials to mention
