yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (04/14/89)
[Courtesy of Martyn Shortley of the University of Bristol, we now have the
STS-30 trajectory sequence of events in readable form. Thanks Martyn! -PEY]
STS-30 TRAJECTORY SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
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RELATIVE
EVENT MET VELOCITY MACH ALTITUDE
(d:h:m:s) (fps) (ft)
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Launch 0/00:00:00
Begin Roll Maneuver 0/00:00:09 183 .16 774
End Roll Maneuver 0/00:00:17 365 .32 2,825
SSME Throttle Down to 65% 0/00:00:30 711 .64 9,043
Max. Dyn. Pressure (Max Q) 0/00:00:59 1,368 1.35 35,133
SSME Throttle Up to 104% 0/00:01:02 1,428 1.43 37,284
SRB Staging 0/00:02:05 4,212 3.93 153,405
Negative Return 0/00:03:58 6,915 7.39 319,008
Main Engine Cutoff (MECO) 0/00:08:31 24,286 22.70 362,243
Zero Thrust 0/00:08:38
ET Separation 0/00:08:45
OMS 1 Burn 0/00:10:31
OMS 2 Burn 0/00:44:27
Magellan/IUS Deploy (orbit 5) 0/06:18:00
Deorbit Burn (orbit 64) 3/23:53:00
Landing (orbit 65) 4/00:53:00
Apogee, Perigee at MECO: 85 x 3 nm
Apogee, Perigee post-OMS 1: 160 x 51 nm
Apogee, Perigee post-OMS 2: 160 x 160 nm
Apogee, Perigee post-deploy: 176 x 161 nm