Monday, May 26, 1997

Navstar 34

 1993-068A


Navstar SVN 34 (USA 96) was launched in 1993 Oct 26 by Delta 7925. It was to be retired in 2015.


Navstar 34 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1993 Oct 26  1704:00 Launch by Delta 7925  CC LC17 
 1705  T+1:03 SRM 1-6 off 
 1705  T+1:05 SRM 7-9 on 
 1705  T+1:06 SRM 1-6 sep 
 1706 T+2:09 SRM 7-9 off 
 1706  T+2:12 SRM sep 
 1708  T+4:20 MECO 
 1708 T+4:28 Stage 1 sep 
 1708 T+4:34 SES-1 
 1708 T+4:44 Fairing sep
 1714 T+10:28 Delta SECO-1  185 x 185 x 34? 
 1723 T+19:51 SES-2 19s 
 1724 T+20:10 SECO-2  180? x 697? x 34.6? 
 1725 T+21:02 Stage 2/3 sep 
 1725 T+21:40 TES 
 1727 T+23:07 TECO 
 1729  T+25 Stage 3 sep 184 x 20382 x 34.86 
 1832?  T+1:28? SES-3 depletion  94.45 451 x 532 x 35.2 
1993 Oct 28  1338? Star 37XFP burn  710.45 19849 x 20143 x 55.1 
1993 Nov 22   In service 
1993 Dec 1   Nav service official 
1997 Feb 1   Operating at slot D-4 

Friday, May 16, 1997

Kosmos 1904

 1987-106A


Kosmos-1904,like some other Parus satellites of the time,occasionally provided communications support for the Mir space station whenever its orbital plane allowed.


Kosmos-1904 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1987 Dec 23  2022:40 Launch by 11K65M  Plesetsk 
  T+2:10 St 1 MECO 
  T+2:12 St 1 sep 
  T+2:12 St 2 burn 59km 
  T+2:27 Fairing 76km 
 2030?  T+8:03 St 2 MECO 150 km  150 x 1003? x 83 
  T+1:02:19 St 2 MES2 
  T+1:02:30 St 2 MECO2 
 2125?  T+1:02:50 St 2 sep
1988 Jan 15  967x1008x82.9

STS-34 (Atlantis)

 1989-084A


The fifth flight of Atlantis was another planetary deployment mission. The Galileo space probe with its IUS booster were mounted on an IUS tilt cradle in the payload bay. Special payload bay modifications handled the cooling of the probe's nuclear RTG power system. Galileo was successfully deployed only six hours after launch, in a 295 x 303 km x 34.3 deg orbit. The major secondary payload on this flight was the Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet experiment to measure the ozone concentration in the upper atmosphere; it was carried in GAS cans on the bay sidewall. The STEX and MLE experiments, IMAX camera and plant and polymer experiments were also carried. Atlantis landed at Edwards on Oct 23.


STS-34 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1989 Aug 21   Tow to VAB 
1989 Aug 29   Rollout  LC39B 
1989 Oct 18  1653:40  Launch from LC39B 
 1655:44  SRB sep 
 1702:12  MECO  72 x 291 x 34.3 (PK) 
 1702:30  ET sep  88.22 74 x 298 x 34.3 (OMS dV) 
 1733:35  OMS-2 2:21 67m/s  
 1735:56  OMS-2 CO 
 1821PLBD open  90.51 295 x 303 x 34.31 
 2140IUS tilt table raised 29 deg 
 2315:03  Galileo/IUS deploy 
 2330:02  OMS-3 sep burn 17s 9m/s 
 2330:19  OMS-3 CO 
1989 Oct 19  0223   90.84 299 x 332 x 34.3 
1989 Oct 21  0700 90.86 299 x 333 x 34.3 
1989 Oct 23  1300  PLBD closed  90.83 297 x 333 x 34.3 
 1531:45  OMS DO (2:46) 98 m/s  
 1534:31  OMS DO CO  87.49 2 x 296 x 34.3 (OMS dV) 
 1602:15  Entry  
 1633:01  Landed RW23 EAFB 
 1633:11  NGTD 
 1634:01  Wheels stop 
1989 Oct 28  1445SCA takeoff  EAFB 
 1830SCA landing  Biggs AAF TX 
 2110SCA takeoff   
 2245 SCA landing  Columbus AFB MS 
1989 Oct 29  1900SCA takeoff  Columbus AFB MS 
 2305  SCA landing  KSC SLF 
1989 Oct 30  0150Tow to OPF/1 

Resurs 48

 1991-052A


Resurs F-1 14F43 No. 53 was launched in Jul 1991 carrying the Priroda 4 payload of KFA-1000 long focus cameras and KATE-200 topographic cameras.


Resurs F-1 14F43 No. 53 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1991 Jul 23  0905  Launch by Soyuz-U  PL LC43/3 
 0913 Blok-I sep  88.65 182 x 233 x 82.33 
1991 Jul 24  0230  Orbit raise  89.81 257 x 272 x 82.33 
1991 Jul 30  0230   89.72 255 x 266 x 82.33 
1991 Jul 31  0230   89.82 257 x 273 x 82.33 
1991 Aug 6  1200   89.76 254 x 270 x 82.33 
1991 Aug 7  1430   89.75 254 x 270 x 82.33 
1991 Aug 8    
 0450?  Deorbit 
 0502? PO sep 
 0514? Entry 
 0529? Landed 

STS-51-J (Atlantis)

 1985-092A


The first mission of Atlantis left pad 39A on Oct 3, 1985. Mission 51-J was a classified Department of Defense mission and few details were released at the time. The main payload was a pair of DSCS III military communications satellites mounted on a single IUS solid booster. The payload was deployed early on Oct 4; Atlantis backed away and the IUS first stage fired an hour later. Atlantis remained in orbit for three more days, landing at Edwards on Oct 7. The crew carried out a number of mid-deck experiments for the Space Test Program. 


STS 51-J 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1985 Apr 6   Rollout  Rockwell Palmdale 
1985 Apr 9   Tow to EAFB 
1985 Apr 12   SCA takeoff  EAFB 
  SCA landing  Ellington AFB TX 
1985 Apr 13   SCA takeoff  Ellington AFB 
  SCA landing  KSC SLF 
1985 Apr 14   Tow to OPF  OPF/1 
1985 May 10   Storage  VAB/2 
1985 May 28   Tow to OPF  OPF/2 
1985 Jun 18   Storage  VAB/2 
1985 Jul 13   Tow to OPF  OPF/1 
1985 Aug 12   Tow to VAB  VAB/3 
1985 Aug 12   ET mate  
1985 Aug 30   Rollout  LC39A 
1985 Sep 12  1950FRF (0:20)  LC39A 
1985 Oct 3  1515:30  Launch from KSC LC39A 
 1517:34  SRB sep 
 1524:02  MECO 
 1524:20  ET sep  ? 60? x 470? x 28.5 
 1557:55  OMS 2  94.05 469 x 476 x 28.5 
 1602:07  OMS 2 CO 
 1638  ET-25 breakup at 65 km 
 1648:19  PLBD open 
 2111   94.07 470 x 476 x 28.5 
1985 Oct 4

 

0148?  DSCS/IUS deploy 
 0203:24  OMS-3 sep  
 0203:45  OMS-3 CO 
 0203   94.53 475 x 515 x 28.5 
1985 Oct 5    94.53 476 x 515 x 28.5 
1985 Oct 7  0500  94.55 478 x 515 x 28.5 
 1228:49  PLBD L close 
 1322:31  PLBD R close 
 1600:37  OMS deorbit 
 1630:21  Entry interface 
 1700:08  Landed RW23 EAFB 
 1700:15  NGTD 
 1701:13  Wheels stop 
1985 Oct 11  1355  SCA takeoff  EAFB 
 1625SCA landing  Kelly AFB TX 
 1845SCA takeoff 
 2210  SCA landing  KSC SLF 
1985 Oct 12  0250Tow to OPF/1 

Kosmos 395

  1971-013A


Kosmos-395,a Tselina-O ferret satellite, was launched in Feb 1971 and entered a 95.4 minute orbit.


Kosmos-395 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1971 Feb 17  2104?  Launch by 11K65M  PL 
 2106? Stage 2 burn  
 2115?  Stage 2 coast 
 2140? Stage 2 burn 2 
 2140? Stage 2 sep  
1971 Mar 2  0700   95.41 529 x 546 x 74.04 
1980 Apr 6   Reentered 

Thursday, May 15, 1997

Luna 13

  1966-116A


Following the successful missions of the lunar orbiter E-6S and E-6LF craft, a final E-6M, No. 205, was sent aloft as Luna-13, and repeated the landing achieved by Luna-9. The spacecraft was originally No. 14, developed by OKB-1.


Luna-13 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1966 Dec 21  1017  Launch by Molniya  KB 
 1022  Blok-A sep 
 1022  Blok-I burn 
 1026  Blok-I sep 
 1117? BOZ burn 
 1118? Blok-L burn 
 1122? Blok-L sep 
1966 Dec 22  1841  TCM 
1966 Dec 24  1759 Modules sep 
 1759  Retro burn 70 km 
 1800  DU sep 
 1801  Landed on Moon 18 52N 62 03 W  
 1805  Petals unfold 
 1806  Soil penetrator test 
1966 Dec 26   Additional imaging 
1966 Dec 28  
End of transmissions 

Polyus

 1987-U01


The first launch of the Energiya booster carried a 100 tonne spacecraft, 17F19DM Skif-DM, which was a prototype of the Polyus (pole) station. Skif-DM was built around a TKS-type FSB (Funktsional'no-sluzhebnovo blok, Operations/service Unit), No. 162, with an enormous payload section carrying a mockup prototype laser weapon.

The Polyus was 37.57 m long and 4.1m in diameter, with a planned in orbit mass of 88 tonnes. It may have included a set of subsatellites which were to have been used for a missile defense sensor technology experiment, similar to the US Delta 181 mission,  although these may have been cancelled prior to launch.

Launch was at 2130 Moscow Time. Energia No. 6SL launch mass was 2365 tonnes. The Blok A strapons carried 1240t fuel, Blok Ts carried 710t fuel, Blok A dry was 250t, Blok Ts was 86t, leaving 80t for the payload.

After separation of Skif-DM from Energiya, Skif began a planned 180 degree rotation. The rotation should have been stopped at 180 degrees but was not; the DKS engines fired at apogee while Skif completed two whole revolutiions in pitch. The engines should have changed the orbit by 87 m/s to a 155 x 280 km orbit; a second burn at 1830 UTC would have circularized the orbit at 280 x 280 km x 64.6 deg.


Skif-DM 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1987 May 15  1730:01  Launch by Energiya 6SL  KB 
  T-14.4s Blok Ts MES 
  T-3.2s Blok A (1-4) MES 
  Zenit strapons sep 
 1733  T+3:32 GO (fairing) sep, 2 sections, 90 km 
 1737 T+7:36 Energiya core to low thrust 
 T+7:39 Energiya engines cutoff 
 1737  T+7:40 Energiya/Skif-DM sep at 110 km  -15 x 155 x 64.61 
 1738  T+8:32 Skif-DM orientation mvr begins 
 1739  T+9:25 DO (Donnovo obtekatel') sep 
 1739  T+9:28 BB Side fairings sep (2?), SBV exhaust cover sep 
 1739:29 T+9:28 Polyus ODU burn, 384s 87m/s 
 1745  T+15:25 Apogee 155 km; DKS burn fires in wrong direction   
 1822 T+52:07 Polyus impact in Pacific 

Aviation Week: December 16,1996

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Raduga 23

 1989-048A


The first Raduga-1 satellite was launched on 1989 Jun 21.


Raduga-1
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1989 Jun 21  2335:00 Launch by Proton-K  KB 
 2344  Stage 3 sep  188 x 197 x 51.6 
1989 Jun 22  0052?  DM burn 1 T+1:17 
 0615?  DM burn 2 
 0619?  DM sep 
1989 Jun 22    1474.87 36483 x 36601 x 1.5 GEO 84.2E+9.5W 
1989 Jun 27    1456.27 36137 x 36223 x 1.5 GEO 46.1E+5.0W 
1989 Jul 1    1436.23 35765 x 35813 x 1.5 GEO 49.3E 
1989 Jul 17    1436.17 35764 x 35811 x 1.4 GEO 48.8E 
1990 Apr 18    1435.91 35770 x 35795 x 0.7 GEO 49.4E 
1991 Feb 2    1436.11 35782 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 48.7E 
1992 Feb 8    1435.93 35774 x 35792 x 0.9 GEO 48.9E 
1992 Feb 9   mv out 
1992 Mar 11  mv in 
1992 Mar 20    1436.24 35785 x 35703 x 1.0 GEO 70.0E 
1992 Dec 18    1436.16 35774 x 35801 x 1.7 GEO 69.9E 
1994 Feb 13    1436.08 35774 x 35797 x 2.6 GEO 69.5E 
1995 Aug 12    1436.07 35770 x 35801 x 3.8 GEO 69.8E 
1996 Dec 20    1436.07 35772 x 35799 x 4.7 GEO 69.8E 

Aviation Week: March 24,1997

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Town and Country: November 1996

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Aviation Week:December 9,1996

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Teen: March 1997

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Wednesday, May 14, 1997

Navstar 42

 1997-F01


The first 2R satellite (SVN 42, IIR production no 2, PRN 12) was destroyed seconds after liftoff. Mass was 2032 kg. It would have been PRN 12 at slot F5.

Photos showed smoke escaping from the No. 2 solid rocket motor (S/N K-404) followed by fire at the base of the motor and detonation of the entire vehicle. As onlookers raced for cover, fiery debris rained down on complex 17. The investigation found that the SRM split along its length, with the split propagating forward prior to complete failure at 12 seconds when the vehicle first stage self-destruct activated. The RSO sent destruct at 22 seconds, destroying the second and third stages. The payload and fairing were destroyed on impact with the ground. The PAM-D left an 8-m dia crater. It was concluded the SRM had been damaged at some point prior to launch.


GPS 2R No. 2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1997 Jan 17  1628:00  Launch by Delta 7925  CC LC17A 
 1628:02  Telemetry interruption (T+2s) 
 1628:07  SRB No 2 (K-404) burnthrough (T+7s) 
 1628:13  SRB exploded (T+13s) alt 0.48 km 
 1628:13  Vehicle exploded (self-destruct) T+12.6s 
 1628:22  RSO destruct sent (T+22.3s) 
 1628  Debris impact LC17A 

Monday, May 12, 1997

Kosmos 1585

 1984-077A


TLEs are missing for the first week of flight,but the orbit has been reconstructed from various observations. A TG beacon was detected throughout the flight.


Kosmos-1585 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1984 Jul 31  1229:54  Launch by Soyuz  KB 
 1238?  Blok I sep 
1984 Jul 31    181x324x65 
1984 Aug 6    89.28 168 x 309 x 64.7 
1984 Aug 11    88.88 162 x 275 x 64.7 
1984 Aug 11   Orbit raise 89.55 162 x 344 x 64.7 
1984 Aug 16    89.17 158 x 307 x 64.7 
1984 Aug 16   Orbit raise  89.55 172 x 331 x 64.7 
1984 Aug 24    89.08 166 x 291 x 64.7 
1984 Aug 24   Orbit raise  89.56 172 x 333 x 64.7 
1984 Aug 30    89.21 167 x 303 x 64.7 
1984 Aug 31   Orbit raise  89.92 180 x 360 x 64.7 
1984 Sep 5    89.68 179 x 338 x 64.7 
  Orbit lower  89.14 173 x 290 x 64.7 
1984 Sep 7    88.96 171 x 274 x 64.7 
1984 Sep 7   Orbit raise 89.55 173 x 330 x 64.7 
1984 Sep 12    89.31 171 x 308 x 64.7 
1984 Sep 13   orbit raise  89.77 183 x 343 x 64.7 
1984 Sep 25    89.13 176 x 286 x 64.7 
1984 Sep 26   Orbit raise  89.57 175 x 330 x 64.7 
1984 Sep 28  
 89.45 174 x 320 x 64.7 
1984 Sep 29 
 1910?  Deorbit 
 1924?  Entry 
 1936?  Landed 

Booklist: March 1,1997

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Kosmos 1776

 1986-067A


Four low RCS objects were released by Kosmos-1776 prior to the start of releases of the 0.2 sq m objects.


Kosmos-1776 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1986 Sep 3  0900:00  Launch by 11K65M  PL 
 0908  Stage 2 MECO-1 
 0933?  Stage 2 MECO-2 
1986 Sep 3    (67B) 465x516x74.0 
1986 Sep 3    473x516x74.0 
1986 Oct 8   release 67C-67F (4f) 
1986 Dec 24   release 67G-67K (4f) 
1987 Jan 27  release 67L,M (2f) 
1989 Dec 15  reentered

No  Object  RCS  Release (approx)  Decay  

 Kosmos-1776  28.1   1989 Dec 15 
 S3 rocket  20.1   1989 Oct 26 
S1  C  0.01  1986 Oct 6  1987 Oct 30 
S2  D  0.02  1986 Oct 6  1987 Oct 14 
S3  E  0.02  1986 Oct 6  1987 Nov 8 
S4  F  0.01  1986 Oct 6  1987 Oct 24 
1  G  0.22  1986 Dec 24  1987 Dec 9 
2  H  0.28  1986 Dec 24  1987 Nov 29 
3  J  0.23  1986 Dec 24  1987 Nov 23 
4  K  0.17  1986 Dec 24  1987 Nov 14 
5  L  0.23  1987 Jan 27  1987 Dec 4 
6  M  0.19  1987 Jan 27 1987 Nov 9 
7  N  0.17  1987 Jan 27 1987 Dec 27 
8  P  0.17  1987 Jan 27  1987 Nov 22 
9  Q  0.18  1987 Feb 23  1987 Nov 24 
10  R  0.24  1987 Feb 23  1987 Dec 28 
11  S  0.25  1987 Jun 2  1988 Jan 13 
12  T   1987 Jun 2  1988 Feb 7 
13  U  50.1  1987 Oct 22  1988 Sep 20 
14  V  0.16 1987 Oct 22  1988 Sep 14 
15  W  0.24  1988 Feb 10  1988 May 28 
16  X  0.24  1988 Feb 10  1988 Jun 13 
17  Y  0.24  1988 Aug 10  1988 Oct 18 
18  Z  0.23  1988 Aug 10  1988 Oct 1 
19  AA  0.19  1988 Aug 23  1988 Oct 20 
20  AB  0.22  1988 Aug 23  1988 Oct 10 
21  AC   1988 Sep 29  1988 Nov 8  
22  AD   1988 Sep 29  1988 Oct 31 
23  AE  2.45  1989 Oct 2  1989 Oct 5 

Wednesday, May 7, 1997

STS-49 (Endeavour)

 1992-026A


Endeavour left the pad for the first time on 1992 May 7. On May 10, Endeavour completed its first rendezvous with the Intelsat satellite. Thout and Hieb left the airlock at 2039, and by 2153 Endeavour was stationkeeping with the target. Thout contacted Intelsat with the Capture Bar at 2157:04, but failed to grapple it and the satellite started coning. Brandenstein flew Endeavour toward the satellite again at 2208, and again at 2214, with Thout making a total of 4 contacts. At 2228 the rendezvous was abandoned, with a sep burn half an hour later, and the astronauts reentered the cabin at 0008, closed the hatch at 0012, and repressurized the airlock at 0016 after 3h 51m.

On May 11 at 2102, Endeavour was approaching Intelsat for the second time as Thuot and Hieb depressurized the airlock again, entering the bay at 2107. At 2318 Thout placed the capture bar against the Intelsat, but no grapple ensued. Four more contacts were unsuccessful and once again the rendezvous was abandoned. At 0228 Thout and Hieb, temporarily defeated, repressurized the airlock.

The third try on May 13 began with the airlock depressurized to 5 psi at 1912. The Transfer Initiate (TI) burn to begin the third rendezvous was at 2058 following a one orbit delay because of a software problem. The airlock was depressurized completely at 2109 and the hatch opened at 2112, with three astronauts emerging into open space for the first time. Thuot, Hieb and Akers completed assembly of the lower plane of the ASEM structure by 2219 as Brandenstein began braking the Orbiter.

Akers stood on the ASEM structure, Hieb on the starboard payload bay sill, and Thuot on the PAD foot restraint attached to the RMS arm. The Orbiter remained motionless beneath Intelsat as the astronauts watched it rotate between them. At last, a few seconds before midnight UT, the three astronauts grabbed hold of the errant satellite. They held it motionless for 45 minutes, and then Thuot was moved slightly on the RMS to allow Hieb and Thuot to begin attaching the capture bar. They finally got the bar attached at 0122:57 and hard docked at 0132:55. At 0137 Thuot stepped off hte RMS and Melnick used the arm to grapple the capture bar at 0147. The RMS then moved the Intelsat and capture bar over to the Orbus kick motor. At 0300 the satellite was firmly attached to Orbus. Akers, his consumables running low, moved back to the airlock at 0347.

At around 0415 the grapple extensions on the capture bar were removed, and by 0424 the Orbus motor was electrically connected to the satellite. The RMS was back in its cradle at 0428, and by 0432 all the astronauts were back in the vicinity of the airlock. Thornton gave the command to redeploy the satellite at 0440, but nothing happened. After two further failures, an electrical reconfiguration fixed the problem and at 0453 the Intelsat VI F-3, with its new Orbus 21S kick motor attached, glided out of the payload bay. Hieb reentered the bay for EVA cleanup while two sep burns were made.

At 0541 the three astronauts began repressurizing the airlock; the repressurization was almost complete by 0551. The EVA had lasted 8h 29m. The main goal of the mission achieved, attention now switched to the fourth and final EVA. The hatch opened at 2107 as Thornton and Akers entered the bay. The astronauts constructed the ASEM pyramid, a 4.5m high structure meant to simulate part of the Space Station Truss. Akers also evaluated the Crew Propulsive Device, a hand held gas-powered maneuvering unit. Next, a "leg" was attached to the MPESS pallet, and the RMS arm grappled and unberthed the entire MPESS, which was then attached to the ASEM pyramid. After the MPESS was undocked from the ASEM, the astronauts removed the "leg" and the MPESS was reberthed. The RMS was used to make a photo survey of the latches used to lock down the MPESS, and the ASEM was disassembled (with the base plane left in place). The astronauts returned to the airlock at 0437 and the hatch was closed at 0444. Repressurization was at 0452 after a 7h 45m EVA.

As well as the CPD, STS-49 carried a set of four further devices as part of the CSR (Crew Self Rescue) experiment: the Astrorope, the Bistem Pole, the Inflatable Pole, and the Telescope Pole. However, the extra time taken for Intelsat Rescue operations meant that none of these could be tested.


STS-49 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1991 Apr 25   Rollout  Palmdale 
1991 May 3  
SCA takeoff  Palmdale 
  SCA landing  Biggs AAF, TX 
1991 May 5   SCA takeoff 
  SCA landing  Kelly AFB TX 
1991 May 6   SCA takeoff 
  SCA landing  Ellington Field, TX 
  SCA takeoff   
  SCA landing  Columbus AFB, MS 
1991 May 7   SCA takeoff 
  SCA landing  KSC SLF 
1991 May 8   Tow to VAB/2  VAB/2 
1991 Jul 26   Tow to OPF  OPF/1 
1992 Mar 7   Tow to VAB  VAB 
1992 Mar   ET mate  VAB 
1992 Mar 13   Rollout  LC39B 
1992 Apr 6  1513  FRF (0:22)  LC39B 
1992 May 7  2340:00  Launch  LC39B 
 2342:07  SRB sep 
 2348:29  MECO  88.50 63 x 337 x 28.3 (OMS dV) 
 2348:48  ET-43 sep  59 x 330 x 28.3 
1992 May 8  0019:58  OMS 2 2:04 59m/s 90.53 263 x 337 x 28.3 
 0022:02  OMS 2 CO 
 0053   90.49 258 x 339 x 28.3 
 0115  PLBD open 
 0452:44  OMS 3 (LH 16s) 4m/s 90.67 278 x 336 x 28.3 
 0453:00  OMS 3 CO 
 2045:12  OMS 4 (RH, 18s) 4m/s 90.83 278 x 351 x 28.33 
 2045:30  OMS 4 CO 
1992 May 9  0500?  RCS burn, NC2 
 0824   90.79 275 x 350 x 28.3 
 1800  RMS survey, DTO 325 
 2011:01  OMS 5 NSR (46s) 22m/s  
 2011:47  OMS 5 CO 
 2039  91.54 347 x 353 x 28.33 
 2117:40  OMS 6 NPC (RH, 12s) 3m/s  
 2117:52  OMS 6 CO 
 2139   91.57 349 x 352 x 28.33 
1992 May 10  0409   91.57 349 x 352 x 28.31 
 0419   91.60 352 x 353 x 28.31 
 1542:50  OMS 7 L 18s 4m/s 
 1543:09  OMS 7 CO 
 1730?  Planar null NH2 burn 
 1835  NCC  
 1933  TI  
 1942  RMS power up 
 2004  In AL 
 2017  Begin AL depress 
 2023  MC2 
 2022  EVA-1 Depress complete? 
 2025  EVA-1 depress 
 2025  HO 
 2033  MC3 
 2039  EVA-1 egress 
 2112  On V-bar, rendezvous 
 2157  Failed capture  91.87 364 x 367 x 28.31 
 2300?  RCS sep 
 2327  PLB cleanup 
1992 May 11  0008  Ingress 
 0012? HC  
 0016  EVA-1 repress  
 0016   91.90 365 x 369 x 28.31 
  Phasing burn 
 0450   91.86 361 x 370 x 28.31 
 1658:07 NCC OMS 8 L 9s 2m/s 
 1658:16 OMS 8 CO 
 2002  TI 2m/s  
 2006  AL inner hatch closed 
 2030  Begin depress 
 2053  At zero pressure EVA-2 
 2100  NC3 
 2102  EVA-2 depress 
 2110  NC4 burn  91.83 358 x 370 x 28.31 
 2115  EVA crew gathering tethers 
 2127  Preparing capture bar 
 2145  Range 50m 
 2200  Flyaround Intelsat 
 2217  (Re?-)Egress airlock  
 2220  Stationkeeping 
 2253  Final approach 
 2305  Failed to contact Intelsat 
 2312  Back off 
 2315  Reapproach 
 2318:24  Contact Intelsat 
1992 May 12 0016  Reapproach 
 0028  Contact Intelsat 
 0032  Contact Intelsat 
 0042  Contact Intelsat 
 0100  Contact Intelsat 
 0136  PLB cleanup, working on cap. bar 
 0139  Ingress? 
 0145  RCS sep 
 0149  RCS sep  91.85 359 x 370 x 28.31 
 
 0225  Ingress? 
 0228  Ingress, EVA-2 repress 
 0231  Repress (STSMR) 
 0301  Repress cabin 
 1717?  NC7 RCS  
 1719   91.79 355 x 369 x 28.3 
 2100  Test of 3 crew in airlock 
 2202   91.78 353 x 370 x 28.3 
1992 May 13  
 1225NC8 RCS   
 1536?  RCS adjust 
 1621  NC9 RCS phasing  91.79 354 x 369 x 28.3 
 1829?  RCS NCC 
 1830  TI convergence failed 
 1929  TI delay  
 1930  Airlock at 5 psi? 
 2057:55  TI  
 2109  EVA-3 depress 
 2110  EVA-3 HO (STSMR) 
 2109  Depress complete 
 2112  Battery power 
 2119:37  MC1 
 2147  In bay attaching tether reel to arm 
 2153:49  MC2 
 2203:49  MC3 
 2213:49  MC4 
 2219  Braking 
 2300  Working with capture bar 
 2315  Stationkeeping 
 2359:31  Manual 3-astro capture of Intelsat VI F-3   
1992 May 14  0100?  Capture bar attached to Intelsat by Hieb 
 0124  Soft dock (of CB to Intelsat?) 
 0133  Hard dock at both ends 
1992 May 14  0147:41  RMS grapple CB/Intelsat  91.79 355 x 369 x 28.31 
 0207  At PFR for shower cap removal? 
 0224  Removed shower cap from Orbus 
 0258  Berthing on Orbus 
 0300  RMS berth Intelsat on Orbus 
 0300  RMS ungrapple Intelsat 
 0351  Stowing extension beams 
 0354  PAD stowed 
 0424? Head for airlock 
 0440  First deploy command, failed 
 0453:22  Intelsat deploy 
 0516  RCS Sep-1 
 0539:22  OMS-9R Sep-2 19s 5m/s  
 0539:42 OMS-9 CO 
 0536  HC  
 0541  EVA-3 repress  91.60 344 x 361 x 28.31 
  EVA-4 for ASEM 
 2054  Begin depress 
 2104? Depress 
 2104  HO  
 2107  EVA-4 begin; assemble ASEM 
 2107? EV3 suit problem 
 2130? Egress 
 2203?  Begin ASEM assembly 
 2306  ASEM assembly complete 
 2310? CPD flight by Akers 
 2312? RMS grapple MPESS 
 2318? RMS unberth MPESS 
 2339  CPD experiment completed 
1992 May 15  0027? Beginning attachment of MPESS to ASEM 
 0033  Soft dock MPESS/ASEM 
 0040  Attach ASEM 'legs' to MPESS 
1992 May 15  0110? RMS docked MPESS to ASEM 
 0210  Removing legs 
 0241  RMS reberthed MPESS 
 0245  RMS ungrapple MPESS 
 0310  Disassemble ASEM pyramid 
 0340  PLB cleanup 
 0434  Ingress 
 0440  RMS stowed 
 0440  TC closed 
 0445?  HC 
 0450  Power to SCU 
 0452  EVA-4 repress 7:45 
1992 May 16  1400   91.58 343 x 361 x 28.32  
 1734PLBD close 
 1955:15  OMS DO 2:48 96m/s 
 1958:02  OMS DO CO 
 2027:03 Entry 
 2057:21  Gear down 
 2057:38  Landing  RW22 EAFB 
 2057:50  NGTD 
 2057:51  Drag chute out 
 2058:36  Wheels stop 
1992 May 27  1945SCA 911 takeoff  EAFB 
1992 May 280230SCA 911 landing  Biggs AAF TX 
1992 May 29  1730SCA 911 takeoff 
 1850SCA 911 landing  Kelly AFB TX 
1992 May 30  1030SCA 911 takeoff   
 1450 SCA 911 landing  KSC SLF 

1615Tow to OPF  

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