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#240
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Chris Bergin
on 03 Jun, 2006 02:51
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galileo - 3/6/2006 1:09 AM
BI-127 (RSRM 94) Stacking Update
The RAB has been secured to the MLP and all four studs have been tensioned. The LAB is in HB-3 and should be hard down on the hold down posts on the MLP by midnight tonight. The LAC segment will be transferred to the VAB on Monday and lifted and mated on 2nd shift Monday and/or 3rd shift tuesday.
ET-118
LM told program at PRCB on thursday that the tank will be complete and ready to ship Monday 6/5. However, late today MAF contacted KSC to arrange a very cryptic telecon for 9am tomorrow (sat) morning with very high level ET folks (NASA, USA, & LM) at KSC. Rumor has it they will in fact be unable to complete all the work they promised by 6/5 and a significant amount of work as well as MAF tech will be coming to the cape. As of right now, all open MAF work is expected to be completed in parallel with normal KSC ET processing activities in the HB-4 checkout cell. Also, a special SICB is being held tomorrow to discuss whether R&R'ing the ET-118 ECO's is necessary (among other topics). If flight rationale can be developed that gets us out of having to swap out the ECO's then a substantial amount of contingency days can be gained in the schedule.
As of today, only 1 day of contingency exists in the STS-115 flow. Basically what that means is every thing has to go perfectly right in order to have the vehicle completely ready for the aug 28th launch date.
Yeah, we've got some documents outlining this issue. Basically, MAF have asked KSC to do the ET-118 R&R on the ECOs....but this time with TPS repair (from the manhole in the aft of the tank) to be done in the vertical this time. Causing some headaches on the process.
All PRCB documents on this on L2...article to come.
Check your PMs by the way
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#241
by
shuttlefan
on 03 Jun, 2006 15:04
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Thanks for the translation Chris!!
Do you think we will hear anything on the results of these meetings ( telecon, etc. ) later today?
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#242
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Chris Bergin
on 03 Jun, 2006 21:19
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#243
by
shuttlefan
on 04 Jun, 2006 20:43
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Am I correct in assuming that the SRB stacking for STS-300/115 will take approx. a month?
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#244
by
Chris Bergin
on 05 Jun, 2006 03:46
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#245
by
dutch courage
on 05 Jun, 2006 13:40
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Another SRB part is arriving in the VAB.
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#246
by
HKS
on 05 Jun, 2006 15:37
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#247
by
psloss
on 05 Jun, 2006 19:19
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#248
by
psloss
on 06 Jun, 2006 21:15
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And, from the same place, a few pictures of a window installation...
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#249
by
dutch courage
on 07 Jun, 2006 15:12
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Yet another SRB segment is arriving.
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#250
by
DaveS
on 07 Jun, 2006 15:18
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SRM transporter now backing away from the newly delivered SRM segment.
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#251
by
DaveS
on 09 Jun, 2006 20:46
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Mission: STS-115 - 19th International Space Station Flight (12A) -
P3/P4 Solar Arrays
Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1
Launch Date: No earlier than Aug. 28, 2006
Launch Pad: 39B
Crew: Jett, Ferguson, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean and Stefanyshyn-Piper
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
In Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1, engine #3 was installed in
Atlantis and leak checks of the system are under way. Testing and
checkout of the orbiter boom sensor system is complete. Window #2 was
replaced, with plans to replace window #5 next week.
In the Vehicle Assembly Building, stacking of the STS-115 solid rocket
boosters continues. The right forward center section was lifted into
high bay 3 and onto mobile launcher platform no. 2 on Wednesday.
The external fuel tank for STS-115, ET-118, is scheduled to arrive via
barge at the KSC turn basin late this afternoon and will be
transported to the Vehicle Assembly Building this evening. It will be
lifted into a checkout cell in the VAB this weekend, so that
technicians can begin processing the tank for launch.
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#252
by
psloss
on 09 Jun, 2006 23:26
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#253
by
psloss
on 09 Jun, 2006 23:27
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And perhaps anticipating arrival of the tank in the transfer aisle?
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#254
by
shuttlefan
on 09 Jun, 2006 23:37
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Are those the nose cones for the STS-115/300 boosters there in the background?
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#255
by
shuttlefan
on 09 Jun, 2006 23:39
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It seems as though booster stacking for STS-300/115 is going faster this time being the right forward center section was stacked on Wed. already. Any idea when the nosecones are set to be added?
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#256
by
DaveS
on 09 Jun, 2006 23:41
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#257
by
shuttlefan
on 10 Jun, 2006 00:17
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Being they are going to replace the ECO sensors entirely in the vertical this time, can they even perhaps mate the tank to the SRBs and then do the ECO sensor R&R just to save a little time, or am I missing something here?
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#258
by
eeergo
on 10 Jun, 2006 12:53
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Now fully visible in the VAB, technicians are beggining to congregate around it.
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#259
by
Jim
on 10 Jun, 2006 14:11
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shuttlefan - 9/6/2006 8:04 PM
Being they are going to replace the ECO sensors entirely in the vertical this time, can they even perhaps mate the tank to the SRBs and then do the ECO sensor R&R just to save a little time, or am I missing something here?
Don't have good access to the bottom of the ET on the MLP.
