No sooner than date.
ISS mission 12A.
Mission: STS-115 - 19th ISS Flight (12A) - P3/P4 Solar Arrays
Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
Location: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1
Launch Date: TBD
Launch Pad: 39B
Crew: Jett, Ferguson, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean, Stefanyshyn-Piper
Technicians continue to process orbiter Atlantis in Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1 for its mission to the International Space Station. The right-hand payload bay door was lowered to support stowing the KU-band antenna on Wednesday.
In the Space Station Processing Facility, the P3/P4 cargo element is undergoing testing to verify functionality for on-orbit operations. The test, known as a "startup test" was originally performed on the element in 2002. The element flight batteries were replaced earlier this year requiring another "startup test." In order to cool the batteries and dissipate the heat generated from the test, ammonia is circulated in a continuous loop from ground-support equipment chiller carts through the flight element.
In addition to testing functionality, an orbital rate capacity test is performed to determine the current capacity of the flight batteries. The capacity data is used to estimate battery capacity at time of launch and predict on-orbit battery life capacity. The P3/P4 cargo element will attach to the P1 Truss on the port side of the integrated truss segment of the station. With its two large solar arrays, P3/P4 will provide one-fourth of the total power generation capability of the completed station.
Nothing on STS-115 from yesterday's conference, although given the issues to get STS-121 up on time this is understandable.
Have they fixed Atlantis' Point Sensor Box?
Flightstar - 25/10/2005 9:34 PM
Super George - 19/10/2005 7:21 AM
Have they fixed Atlantis' Point Sensor Box?
A few issues remain.
You got to be joking, flight...
Remember, they didn't have many spare ones and had to build them from scratch, so this is only a question of testing I'm sure.
Terry Rocket - 26/10/2005 6:42 AM
Remember, they didn't have many spare ones and had to build them from scratch, so this is only a question of testing I'm sure.
Yes, sorry if I sounded over dramatic.
Terry Rocket - 26/10/2005 7:42 AM
Remember, they didn't have many spare ones and had to build them from scratch, so this is only a question of testing I'm sure.
Who runs a billion dollar program, without spares???
Management 101...