yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (04/28/89)
KSC SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING REPORT - THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1989
AFTERNOON STATUS
STS-30 - ATLANTIS (0V 104) - PAD 39-B
All countdown activities are continuing on schedule and
going smoothly. At 8 a.m. today, at the T minus 11-hour mark, the
countdown entered the third and longest of the seven built-in
holds. This hold will extend to 11:34 p.m. tonight.
During the hold, the launch team is activating and warming
up the orbiter's inertial measurement units, configuring
equipment at the pad for launch and installing film in over 100
cameras at the pad.
Retraction of the Rotating Service Structure is scheduled to
begin at about 6 p.m. tonight when access to the vehicle is no
longer needed.
At about 5:34 a.m. EDT, loading of the external tank with
its flight load of a half million gallons of liquid oxygen and
liquid hydrogen propellants will commence. The loading operation
takes about three hours and should be complete by 8:34 when the
count will enter the T minus three hour hold. The clock will hold
for two hours, during which time the flight crew will be awakened
and the ice inspection team and closeout crew are released to the
pad.
The next hold occurs at the T minus 20 minute mark and lasts
for 10 minutes. The last hold, at the T minus 9 minute mark,
will be 40 minutes in duration to give the launch team time to
resolve any issues following the flight crew's entry into the
cockpit.
Weather forecasts are good for the time of launch. Winds
are forecast to be coming from the east to southeast 10 to 15
knots. A single layer of scattered clouds is predicted at the
4,000 ft. level and the temperature expected is 87 degrees.
Today the five-member STS-30 flight crew received a status
briefing on the vehicle, payload and weather. They are scheduled
to be awakened at 8:59 a.m. tomorrow in preparation for launch,
have breakfast at 9:29 p.m., don flight clothing and equipment at
9:59 and depart for the pad at about 10:39 a.m. The astronauts
will begin entering the crew cabin at about 11:04 a.m. and the
hatch is scheduled to be closed at about 12:30 p.m.
Launch of mission STS-30 remains scheduled for April 28 at
2:24 p.m. (EDT) with a window of 23 minutes.aviator@athena.mit.edu (Joakim Karlsson) (04/28/89)
In article <24572@ames.arc.nasa.gov> yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) writes: > > KSC SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING REPORT - THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1989 > > Today the five-member STS-30 flight crew received a status > briefing on the vehicle, payload and weather. They are scheduled > to be awakened at 8:59 a.m. tomorrow in preparation for launch, > have breakfast at 9:29 a.m., don flight clothing and equipment at ^^^^ If they start eating at 9:34, will the launch be delayed 5 minuteds? :) Joakim Karlsson || iceman@bellerophon.mit.edu Flying Fanatic in Training || {backbone}!mit-eddie!bellerophon.mit.edu!iceman "Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings"
stadler@Apple.COM (Andy Stadler) (04/29/89)
In article <24572@ames.arc.nasa.gov> yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) writes: > > At about 5:34 a.m. EDT, loading of the external tank with > its flight load of a half million gallons of liquid oxygen and > liquid hydrogen propellants will commence. The loading operation > takes about three hours and should be complete by 8:34 when the > count will enter the T minus three hour hold. The clock will hold > for two hours, during which time the flight crew will be awakened > and the ice inspection team and closeout crew are released to the > pad. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > [...] > Weather forecasts are good for the time of launch. Winds > are forecast to be coming from the east to southeast 10 to 15 > knots. A single layer of scattered clouds is predicted at the > 4,000 ft. level and the temperature expected is 87 degrees. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Why bother? --Andy stadler@apple.com