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#420 by Felix on 09 Jun, 2007 01:19
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psloss - 9/6/2007 3:13 AM Yikes, the air really came out of that press conference quickly. An L2-style technical briefing would have been better.
"no news is good news"
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#421 by spaceshuttle on 09 Jun, 2007 01:20
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They aired the JSC ones, but have the KSC...KSC replays aired yet?
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#422 by kneecaps on 09 Jun, 2007 01:21
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Lee Jay - 9/6/2007 2:16 AM
Since the press usually want to talk about anomalies, I love it when they're speechless!
No bird poo to entertain them this time
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#423 by Felix on 09 Jun, 2007 01:23
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Payload bay doors are open
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#424 by psloss on 09 Jun, 2007 01:23
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Go for orbit ops.
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#425 by Felix on 09 Jun, 2007 01:24
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POST PLBD OPS RAD CONFIG complete
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#426 by AstroRJY on 09 Jun, 2007 01:28
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They aired 9 replays from T+18 mins - T + 44 mins: TV-5, 070, TV- 7, TV-21, TV-20, TV-50, TV-23, LC-41 roof (the spectacular high-angle 2-pad shot), and then the whole 9 minutes of the ET camera.
They haven't yet aired the runway cameras, TV-2 and TV-11, the DOAMS trackers, or any of the other pad cameras. I don't know why, they had another good half hour of air time before the post-launch news conference. Sometime they'll wait and air those others right after the news confernece, but ...so far, not yet.
There's also another series of ET engineering trackers, 6 or 7 of them, that are aired about 6 hours after lift-off. Look for those around 2 a.m.
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#427 by psloss on 09 Jun, 2007 01:33
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AstroRJY - 8/6/2007 9:28 PM
Are they still using the WB-57 for launch video? (Don't recall seeing any video for STS-116.)
Then the WB-57 chase plane tapes will be aired in another day or two and the SRB cameras should be recovered and played 2 or 3 days after launch.
The SRB cameras may be interesting with the different lighting...we probably won't see them until FD 5 or 6.
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#428 by Felix on 09 Jun, 2007 01:41
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KU antenna deployment and activation are complete
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#429 by Ford Mustang on 09 Jun, 2007 01:44
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Would anyone happen to have any PLB door opening videos? Just wondering.
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#430 by AstroRJY on 09 Jun, 2007 01:48
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psloss - 8/6/2007 9:33 PM
QuoteAstroRJY - 8/6/2007 9:28 PM
Are they still using the WB-57 for launch video? (Don't recall seeing any video for STS-116.)
Then the WB-57 chase plane tapes will be aired in another day or two and the SRB cameras should be recovered and played 2 or 3 days after launch.
The SRB cameras may be interesting with the different lighting...we probably won't see them until FD 5 or 6.
Good question... I recall them saying at a press conference a couple days before before STS-116 even though it was at night, Wayne Hale said "we're still going to fly the WB-57" but I never saw those tapes either. I don't know if they flew tonight or not, maybe they only did it as an "as needed" Return-to-Flight item and are satisfied it's not essential footage now? Don't know. -
#431 by James (Lockheed) on 09 Jun, 2007 01:53
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Ford Mustang - 8/6/2007 8:44 PM
Would anyone happen to have any PLB door opening videos? Just wondering.
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#432 by Ford Mustang on 09 Jun, 2007 01:55
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I know there's no KU, but I've seen it before, James. I was just wondering if they downlinked anything, and if so, if anyone had a copy.
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#433 by psloss on 09 Jun, 2007 01:58
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AstroRJY - 8/6/2007 9:48 PM
There was at least one article here about possibly canceling WAVE, but I don't recall what the result of that was:
I don't know if they flew tonight or not, maybe they only did it as an "as needed" Return-to-Flight item and are satisfied it's not essential footage now? Don't know.
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=4993
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#434 by SpaceCat on 09 Jun, 2007 02:04
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Interesting- from approx. 100 miles downrange, the contrail clouds were still quite visible at 8:48- one hour and ten minutes after launch!
Guess what little upper level winds there were, was blowing them south. Wish I'd had an apporpriate camera handy for a shot- they were very wispy and dispersed, but you could still make out a big distorted "Y" from SRB sep. Illuminated by set sun- beautiful! -
#435 by psloss on 09 Jun, 2007 02:07
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Ford Mustang - 8/6/2007 9:55 PM
Hard to do without Ku unless there's a ground station nearby, even before STS-107; it's possible since RTF that post-insertion procedures have changed to make it even less likely.
I know there's no KU, but I've seen it before, James. I was just wondering if they downlinked anything, and if so, if anyone had a copy.
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#436 by MySDCUserID on 09 Jun, 2007 02:07
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SpaceCat - 8/6/2007 10:04 PM
Interesting- from approx. 100 miles downrange, the contrail clouds were still quite visible at 8:48- one hour and ten minutes after launch!
Guess what little upper level winds there were, was blowing them south. Wish I'd had an apporpriate camera handy for a shot- they were very wispy and dispersed, but you could still make out a big distorted "Y" from SRB sep. Illuminated by set sun- beautiful!
There is a great picture of it here:
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=A9&Dato=20070608&Kategori=NEWS02&Lopenr=608010&Ref=PH -
#437 by psloss on 09 Jun, 2007 02:09
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SpaceCat - 8/6/2007 10:04 PM
Every once in a while we'd get that sunset effect in the LA area after a Vandenberg rocket launch...
Interesting- from approx. 100 miles downrange, the contrail clouds were still quite visible at 8:48- one hour and ten minutes after launch!
Guess what little upper level winds there were, was blowing them south. Wish I'd had an apporpriate camera handy for a shot- they were very wispy and dispersed, but you could still make out a big distorted "Y" from SRB sep. Illuminated by set sun- beautiful!
The KSC MMedia Gallery posted a couple of shots from today's launch:
http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=4
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#438 by AstroRJY on 09 Jun, 2007 02:10
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Spectacular photos!!! Nevere seen the contrails all wispy like that before.
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#439 by marsguy on 09 Jun, 2007 02:40
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Will the executive packages be available from NASA for this mission?
