LIVE: STS-117 Flight Day 10 - EVA 4

#160 by Zachstar on 17 Jun, 2007 19:39
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#161 by sts1canada on 17 Jun, 2007 19:41
Sunset on this orbit 141 occurs at 3:52 PM EDT (7:52 PM GMT), sunrise will occur again at 4:27 PM EDT (8:27 PM GMT), we pass out of TDRS-East comm at 4:00 PM (8:00 PM GMT) when we enter a ZOE of 13 minutes, expect loss of KU shortly before 4 PM EDT.

Richard
#162 by Zachstar on 17 Jun, 2007 19:42
Pat installing a portable foot restraint.
#163 by Zachstar on 17 Jun, 2007 19:46
Steve working on the shield.

Stuck bolt!
#164 by Zachstar on 17 Jun, 2007 19:48
And fixed!
#165 by Zachstar on 17 Jun, 2007 19:55
MMOD Bolts complete.

Clearing the railway.
#166 by jarthur on 17 Jun, 2007 19:59
Why no more get aheads? They still have the LAN cable on the node and removing the GPS antenna, amongst others, that they could do...
#167 by Analyst on 17 Jun, 2007 20:01
And they will. He is only carring the "trash" to the airlock.
#168 by sts1canada on 17 Jun, 2007 20:01
Now in the ZOE, 28 minutes to sunrise, this ZOE is 13 minutes long, and we leave it at 4:13 PM EDT (8:13 GMT) but we may get some KU through TDRS-Z towards the end of this ZOE period.

Richard
#169 by jarthur on 17 Jun, 2007 20:04
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Analyst - 17/6/2007 2:01 PM

And they will. He is only carring the "trash" to the airlock.

Oh OK. Have they removed the SVIS target yet?
#170 by sts1canada on 17 Jun, 2007 20:06
Since we are in the ZOE, for anyone who wants to try out a great satellite tracking program like I am using, STSPLUS, here is a link for it that I found that I hope is helpful to anyone here.

Unfortunately, the author of the program, Dave Ransom has passed away and his website called dransom.com where I got a copy of it, is gone.

STSPLUS is a DOS program so to set it up properly you should be using DOS or go to a DOS prompt in Windows, it runs well in Windows 98 and XP with no problems, however in Vista 32 bit, you have to run it inside a program called DOSBOX.

Go to this site (it may be slow, be patient) after you read the note below:

http://www.wpusa.dynip.com/files/SPACE/

NOTE: STSPLUS files are distributed as self-extracting archive files with
filetype ".EXE". Place these files in a directory named STSPLUS and execute the self-extracting archive file to obtain the component files for the program. Here is a link for the program file, you need to download it and run it in DOS to install the program:

http://www.wpusa.dynip.com/files/SPACE/SOP0223.EXE

A help manual I believe is included inside this package, it is now considered freeware as the author has died. I hope this helps you out.

Richard
#171 by hornet on 17 Jun, 2007 20:06
They are gong very fast with getting stuff done, what do they have left to do?
#172 by sts1canada on 17 Jun, 2007 20:08
Back to EVA coverage, we have KU through TDRS-Z, this KU pass should last longer this orbit than the last ZOE pass. 7 minutes to the end of the ZOE, 20 minutes to sunrise.

Richard
#173 by Zachstar on 17 Jun, 2007 20:12
View as they troubleshoot the problem.
#174 by sts1canada on 17 Jun, 2007 20:13
3 minutes to TDRS-West, 16 minutes to sunrise, still have KU through TDRS-Z, almost out of the ZOE, when the KU drops, we will have passed out of KU comm with Z.

Richard
#175 by sts1canada on 17 Jun, 2007 20:16
Passing into TDRS-West comm coverage now, will be on TDRS-West comm for the next 55 minutes, sunrise in 13 minutes, KU still through TDRS-Z but not for much longer.

Richard
#176 by jcm on 17 Jun, 2007 20:17

Thanks again - I must have read that doc but missed this very useful figure.
So I have: (provisionally)


2002 Apr 14       (8A/STS-110)    MT installed at launch pos
2002 Apr 15 1322                  Launch pos to WS4
2002 Apr 15                       WS4 to WS5
2002 Apr 15 2340                  WS5 to WS4
2002 Jun 10 1303  (UF2/STS-111)   MBS berthed on MT
2002 Nov 30 1621  (11A/STS-113)   WS4 to WS7  (UHF collision)
2002 Dec                          WS7 to WS4
2005 Dec 16                       MT TUS cable problem; at WS4
2006 Jul 10       (ULF-1.1/121)   MT EVA repair of TUS
2006 Jul 12 1015  (ULF-1.1/121)   WS4 to WS5
2006 Sep 11       (12A/STS-115)   WS7? (attach P3/P4)
2006 Sep 15 1650? (12A/STS-115)   WS7 to WS8
2006 Sep 15 1835? (12A/STS-115)   WS8 to WS4
2006 Dec?                         WS4 to WS8
2006 Dec 12       (12A.1/STS-116) WS8? (attach P5)
2006 Dec 13 0400? (12A.1/STS-116) WS8 to WS3
2006 Dec?                         WS3 to WS4 (?) (via WS2?)
2007 Jun?                         WS4 to WS2 (to attach S3/S4)
2007 Jun 13 0248  (13A/STS-117)   WS2 to WS3
2007 Jun 16 0403? (13A/STS-117)   WS3 to WS5
2007 Jun 16 1858? (13A/STS-117)   WS5 to WS1

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anik - 17/6/2007 3:12 PM

I think that good addition to Analyst's post is image below from (...)

WS1 is on S3's bay 17 accordingly...

#177 by jmjawors on 17 Jun, 2007 20:18
All done with S3/S4! Awesome work!
#178 by Zachstar on 17 Jun, 2007 20:18
All done on the new truss!

Pat already on his way back to the Airlock to trade tethers and get new tools.

3:52
#179 by sts1canada on 17 Jun, 2007 20:20
10 minutes to sunrise, complex passing southwest of Australia, expect loss of KU in the few minutes from TDRS-Z as we travel away from its line of sight KU coverage zone.

Richard