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#180 by pippin on 19 Jun, 2007 15:53
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Some of those bio experiments on ISS got out of control?
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#181 by sts1canada on 19 Jun, 2007 15:54
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They point in different directions as they are fixed to the P4 and S4 array truss after the SARJ joint and the when the SARJ joint turns to track the sun, the arrays and the attached radiators will turn too, this is normal.
Richard
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#182 by Ford Mustang on 19 Jun, 2007 15:55
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#183 by MKremer on 19 Jun, 2007 15:56
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Looked to be from aft. Different speeds and directions.
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#184 by cookiejar500 on 19 Jun, 2007 15:56
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OK stupid question but I have to ask now, does only one side of the array generate power and the side with the radiator does not?
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#185 by rfoshaug on 19 Jun, 2007 15:56
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That "space worm" looked as if it went behind the ISS. I guess that's not very likely as it would then be several (as in at least more than one) meters long...
It also loked flexible, but that might have been due to its shape and rotation.
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#186 by Chris Bergin on 19 Jun, 2007 15:57
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Looked to be from aft. Different speeds and directions.
Yeah. Anyone seen this before at this stage of the flight? Thinking it must be ice from RCS.
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#187 by dawei on 19 Jun, 2007 15:57
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I'm sure JimO can help out here, but I would guess the slowly drifting things in the foreground were ice or other debris. The rapidly flashing lights moving from left to upper right might have been satellites passing overhead?
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#188 by ApolloLee on 19 Jun, 2007 15:57
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Ah, the good old ice aliens.
One of them must have been rotating in the way it reflected sunlight.... Made me wonder for a second how a passenger plane could get that high with its flashing winglights :-)
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#189 by jarthur on 19 Jun, 2007 15:58
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sts1canada - 19/6/2007 9:54 AM
they are fixed to the P4 and S4 array truss after the SARJ joint
Richard
Of course, I guess I would have expected them both to be on the opposite side of the SAW's than the sun so as they are more shaded and therefore more effective at rejecting heat. Instead one is like I described and the other will always be in the sun. -
#190 by Ford Mustang on 19 Jun, 2007 15:58
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#191 by DaveS on 19 Jun, 2007 15:58
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Nope. Both sides generate power.
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#192 by ApolloLee on 19 Jun, 2007 15:58
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You're going to miss this in 2010 onwards.
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#193 by eeergo on 19 Jun, 2007 15:59
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rfoshaug - 19/6/2007 5:56 PM
That "space worm" looked as if it went behind the ISS. I guess that's not very likely as it would then be several (as in at least more than one) meters long...
It also loked flexible, but that might have been due to its shape and rotation.
Nah, I think it looked like it because the station was overexposed. Looked like a string of fabric or something like it...
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#194 by Chris Bergin on 19 Jun, 2007 16:00
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Officially classed as an FOD. Requests for analysis may be forthcoming (this is off the loop we use on L2 - which is what the managers, controllers, techs and engineers etc "speak" on - well they type anyway).
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#195 by dawei on 19 Jun, 2007 16:00
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Wow. The fade to black at sunset is always amazing.
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#196 by Almurray1958 on 19 Jun, 2007 16:00
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correct, pretty much all Semi-conductor based Solar electric blankets have a sink, so only the active component side generates electricity. the tell-tail is the active component side is shinier than the back-side. there is often a glass or other translucent covering on the active side.
The radiators are designed to work by pointing away form the sun, so should be in the shadow of the collectors.
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#197 by Ford Mustang on 19 Jun, 2007 16:00
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Orbit night!!
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#198 by Blade_Pride on 19 Jun, 2007 16:01
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They timed the loop nicely with the sunrise and sunset.
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#199 by ApolloLee on 19 Jun, 2007 16:03
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Did I say "Wow!"?
Oh yeah, and wow...
and wow....
Wow...
