Wednesday, June 18, 2003

STS-7 (Challenger)

 1983-059A


Challenger's second flight began on 1983 Jun 18. After re-rendezvous with SPAS, the astronauts carried out a total of 5 retrievals with the RMS arm. The next day, the SPAS was unberthed again for tests of the dynamics of the loaded RMS arm. SPAS was placed in various positions near the orbiter and the thrusters were fired to see how much the arm wobbled; the satellite was reberthed at the end of the experiment. STS-7 was to have been the first Shuttle landing at KSC but bad weather diverted Challenger to Edwards.


STS-7 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1983 Apr 17    OPF Bay 1 
1983 May 21    VAB Bay 3 
1983 May 26   Rollout  LC39A 
1983 Jun 18  1133:00  Launch  LC39A 
 1135:06  SRB sep, 45.5 km  -6250 x 65?  
 1141:20  MECO, 110.2 km 
 1141:38  ET sep, 111.7 km  86.15 8? x 157? x 28.5 
 1143:20  OMS 1 (2:20) 69.2m/s 96 x 297  
 1145:39  OMS 1 CO 
   88.47 102 x 294 x 28.5 (dV) 
 1217:30  OMS 2 (2:00) 59.0m/s  
 1219:28  OMS 2 CO 
 1220  ET breakup 
 1257  PLBD open  90.50 294 x 302 x 28.5 
 1408  OSTA 2 on 
 2046  Anik sunshield open 
 2102:00  Anik C2 deploy  
 2116:29  OMS 3 sep (5s) 3m/s   
1983 Jun 19  1251   90.81 306 x 321 x 28.5 
1983 Jun 19  1333:00  Palapa B1 deploy 
 1351:10  OMS 4 sep (5s) 3m/s 
 1648  SPAS activation  90.70 296 x 320 x 28.5 
1983 Jun 20  1129   90.71 296 x 321 x 28.5 
1983 Jun 20  1450:11  OMS 5 (3s) 2m/s  296 x 314 x 28.5 
 1535:33  OMS 6 (13s) 7m/s  90.39 291 x 295 x 28.5 
1983 Jun 21  2335   90.39 291 x 296 x 28.5 
1983 Jun 22  0700?  RMS grapple SPAS 
 0740? RMS unberth SPAS 
 0805  RMS deploy SPAS - Fabian 
 0806  RMS grapple SPAS - Fabian 
 0835  RMS deploy SPAS  
 0835  RCS sep to 300 m 
  Range 300m 
 1150? 180m range 
 1200? V-bar Rendezvous with SPAS 
 1225? Grapple SPAS - Fabian? 
 1232? Release SPAS for rotating capture test 
 1236? Grapple SPAS - Thagard 
 1450? Release SPAS for second phase prox ops 
  Short range 60m operations, plume tests 
 1536   90.39 291 x 296 x 28.5 
 1640? Begin flyaround for regrapple 
 1725? Regrapple SPAS - Ride 
 1730? Release SPAS - Ride 
 1730? Regrapple SPAS - Ride, manual mode 
 1738? RMS reberth SPAS 
 1746  RMS reberth SPAS   
 2102   90.37 289 x 295 x 28.5 
1983 Jun 23   Loaded arm tests 
 0850?  RMS unberth SPAS 
 1225?  RMS reberth SPAS 
1983 Jun 24   PLBD closed  90.36 289 x 294 x 28.5 
1983 Jun 24  1256:00  OMS DO (166s) 94.5m/s 
 1258:46  OMS DO CO  87.52 9 x 294 x 28.5 
 1325:58  Entry 
 1356:59  Landing  RW15 EAFB 
 1357:19  NGTD 
 1358:14  Wheels stop 
1983 Jun 28   SCA 905  Kelly AFB,TX 
1983 Jun 29   SCA 905  KSC SLF 

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