Wednesday, September 8, 2004

STS-64 (Discovery)

 1994-059A


STS-64 was another research mission. The Spartan 201 solar observatory flew once more, and was joined in the payload bay by the LITE experiment. LITE used a laser ranger to study the atmospere.

The highlight of the mission was a spacewalk to test out the new SAFER backpack.

Discovery also carried out tests of the SPIFEX contamination experiment, a long lance-like probe attached to the end of the RMS.


STS-64 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1994 May 26   Tow to VAB for storage  VAB/2 
1994 Jun 8   Tow to OPF  OPF 
1994 Sep 9  2222:55  Launch 
 2224:58  T+2:03 SRB sep 
 2231:30  T+8:34 MECO  42 x 254 (STSMR) 
 2231:49  ET sep 
 2259:04  OMS-2 2:05 64m/s 
 2353  PLBD open  89.68 252 x 264 x 57.0 
 2355?  ET reentry 
1994 Sep 10  0245:25  RCS trim 5s 0.4m/s 
 0333:09  RCS trim 10s 1m/s 
1994 Sep 10  2033:08  RMS grapple SPIFEX  89.70 253 x 266 x 57.0  
 2041:32  SPIFEX unberth 
1994 Sep 11  0237:55  RCS trim 2s 0.1m/s 
 1525:38  RCS trim 25s 0.5m/s 
1994 Sep 12  1556:02  RMS reberth SPIFEX 
 1559:14  RMS ungrapple SPIFEX 
1994 Sep 13  1514:24  RCS trim 6s 0.4m/s 
 1600:34  RCS trim 5s 0.4m/s 
1994 Sep 13  2040:20  RMS grapple Spartan  89.68 252 x 265 x 57.0 
 2048:24  RMS unberth Spartan 
 2129:57  RMS release Spartan  
  RCS sep-1 
  RCS sep-2 
 2220   89.71 255 x 264 x 57.0 
1994 Sep 14  0119   89.70 253 x 265 x 57.0 
1994 Sep 14? 1350NC3 1m/s 
 1445NC4 1m/s 
 1715 89.67 251 x 264 x 57.0 
1994 Sep 15? 0210NCC 0.3m/s 
1994 Sep 15  1238   89.64 250 x 262 x 57.0 
 1542   89.61 249 x 260 x 57.0 
1994 Sep 15  1844  TI 1m/s 255 x 259 
 1935  MC2  
 1947  MC3 
 1956  MC4 
 2047?  Spartan rendezvous 
 2056  Ready to grapple 
 2100:55  RMS grapple Spartan 
 2228:04  RMS berth Spartan   
 2229:51  RMS ungrapple SPTN 
1994 Sep 15  2251:47  OMS 3R (HITE) 17s 5m/s  
 2336:46  OMS 4L (CIRC) 17s 5m/s  
 2337   89.34 235 x 248 x 57.0  
1994 Sep 16  0303   89.33 235 x 248 x 57.0 
1994 Sep 16  1428  EVA-1 depress start 
 1438  EVA-1 zero p 
 1439:14  EVA-1 zero p (STS-MR) 
 1439:28  HO (STS-MR) 
 1442:00  EVA-1 official start 
 1453  Hatch open (TC?) 
 1454  Lee egress 
 1459  Meade egress 
 1516  Lee on SAFER, first flight 
 1723  Lee off SAFER 
 1740?  Meade on SAFER 
 1950?  Meade flight complete, SAFER still on 
 2127  Hatch closed 
 2131:21  EMUs on orbiter power 
 2133:16  Repress, NASA time 6:51, vac time 6:54 
 2140  Cabin pressure equalized89.32 234 x 247 x 57.0  
1994 Sep 17  1324:17  RMS grapple SPIFEX 
 1349:21  RMS unberth SPIFEX 
 2107:04  RMS reberth SPIFEX 
 2109:02  RMS ungrapple SPIFEX 
1994 Sep 19  1450  PLBD closed 
 1837  PLBD open (KSC 159 waveoff) 
1994 Sep 20  1449  PLBD closed  89.31 233 x 247 x 57.0 
 1844  (KSC 175 waveoff)  
 2017:00  OMS DO (3:01) 98m/s  13 x 243 
 2041:03  Entry 
 2112:53  MGTD Landed RW04 EAFB 
 2113:02  NGTD 
 2113:54  Wheels stop 

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