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#260
by
shuttlefan
on 10 Jun, 2006 14:36
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Thanks for the answer--never thought of that!
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#261
by
eeergo
on 10 Jun, 2006 15:30
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#262
by
shuttlefan
on 10 Jun, 2006 15:34
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Does this delivery of the tank to KSC give engineers more hope of making the STS-115 end-of-August launch date?
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#263
by
Chris Bergin
on 10 Jun, 2006 17:56
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Right, documents acquired claim that the "all vertical" ECO R&R can't be done and it'll be just like the ET-119 process. That adds a few more days to getting the job done. I've got a timeline and I'm doing a story this evening UK time, once I've sobered up from watching England win in their World Cup opener
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#264
by
shuttlefan
on 10 Jun, 2006 18:28
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Chris, you will probably be in bed when I watch the Edmonton Oilers try to ' lift off ' tonight to try to have a shot at winning the Stanley Cup in the National Hockey League. ( I thought I could probably get away with talking sports on this site by using the words ' lift off '!! )
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#265
by
shuttlefan
on 11 Jun, 2006 18:58
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Anyone know how SRB stacking is going for 115/300 and what segments are already stacked on the MLP?
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#266
by
DaveS
on 12 Jun, 2006 09:19
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Early morning delivery:
Right SRB forward segment.
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#267
by
dutch courage
on 12 Jun, 2006 10:53
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How can you tell the difference between the left and right SRB segments? Only the two top ones are distinct with the black ring on the left/port SRB.
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#268
by
DaveS
on 12 Jun, 2006 11:12
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The location of the SRB systems tunnel. See the greenish line going vertically across the sgement? That's where the SRB systems tunnel is located and it always on the outboard side of the SRB.
And since it is visible to the camera and high bay 3 is to right in the image I conclude that it is the forward segment of teh right SRB.
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#269
by
dutch courage
on 12 Jun, 2006 11:27
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I assume the SRB segment will not be rotated else it could also go on the left side?
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#270
by
shuttlefan
on 12 Jun, 2006 13:48
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Is the left booster being stacked in parallel with the right one or will the stacking of the left one ( besides the aft-segment already on the MLP ) only begin once the right one is complete?
And any idea when the nose cones will be added?
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#271
by
psloss
on 12 Jun, 2006 23:26
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The right forward segment is on its way into High Bay 3...
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#272
by
eeergo
on 14 Jun, 2006 18:22
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Yet another segment... the left upper-medium one (not sure about designation
), I think...
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#273
by
DaveS
on 14 Jun, 2006 18:43
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The correct designation is left forward center SRM segment. Each SRB is made up of the aft segment with the aft skirt, aft center segment, forward center segment and forward skirt with the frustrum and nosecap.
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#274
by
norm103
on 16 Jun, 2006 08:58
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no thats the aft center segment cus this is the forward center segment. and dose any one know why they have been doing the staking at night
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#275
by
shuttlefan
on 16 Jun, 2006 13:49
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"....and does anyone know why they have been doing the stacking at night?"
I believe it's a 24/7 operation....
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#276
by
Wisi
on 16 Jun, 2006 17:02
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how many segments are yet to come? only left forward? and when wil the nose caps be put on?
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#277
by
DaveS
on 16 Jun, 2006 17:26
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That's the left forward center segment. Next is probably the right forward skirt with the frustrum and nosecap.
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#278
by
norm103
on 16 Jun, 2006 20:12
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any one know why the fire dep. is in the VAB
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#279
by
DaveS
on 16 Jun, 2006 23:17
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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, closeout work on Atlantis
continues. Window No. 5 was replaced. Preparations for servicing of
freon coolant loop No. 2 are under way. The coolant loop is part of
the system that cools the avionics bays in the midbody and the aft of
the orbiter. Main propulsion system leak checks are complete and the
point sensor box was replaced.
In the Vehicle Assembly Building, stacking of the STS-115 solid rocket
boosters continues. Mating of the left aft center segment was
completed Thursday, and the left forward center segment is scheduled
to be lifted into high bay No. 3.
Processing of the external fuel tank, ET-118, continues in the Vehicle
Assembly Building. Workers from the Michoud Assembly Facility in
Louisiana are at KSC and will remove and replace the tank's liquid
hydrogen engine cutoff sensors, or fuel gauges, next week.
