Friday, October 29, 2004
Monday, October 25, 2004
Excerpts from a cycle of Degrassi plays I wrote back in the day
Mia: I'm Mia Farrell. You see that blonde lady over there,
the one whose dress you were admiring?
Her name's Erica,she's my mother,
she had me when she was eighteen,
and my daughter Isabella was born on my fifteenth birthday:
I guess we Farrell women like to have our kids young!
I go to Degrassi,like you do: aren't you JT Yorke?
JT: Yeah,that's me,alright.
——————
Erica (cont’d):Just be home no earlier than 11,
not a minute before,and remember that
tomorrow is Saturday,so you can relax
as much as you wish to.
Mia: Thanks,Mom. You're the best
and I'll IM you plenty of pictures,
and OF COURSE I'll be on my best behavior:
I always am at these dances,you know me!
C'mon,JT,let's leave right now
and we can get there about ten minutes
ahead of the first dance.
JT:Right on,Mia,right on. Bye,Mrs Farrell,
I hope you and Izzy have a good time
without us in your way!
Erica winks JT's way. Exit Mia and JT.
Scene 15: Degrassi High school,the gymnasium and environs,evening. The 2003 Spring Formal is underway.
Enter Emma,Manny,Ellie,and Paige from one side,JT and Mia from the other.
Emma:Mia! JT! Glad you could make it!
Liberty’s over there if you want to talk to her!
My mom lent us 50 dollars to split among us,
and we can get some snacks with it.
Pretty good money,wouldn’t you guys say?
Paige:You bet,Emma. Oh,there’s Terri by the doors,
I’m going to apologize to her for the last dance,
since I did her pretty dirty that night.
Manny:Now that’s an understatement!
Exit Paige. Emma turns to Mia.
Emma:How’s Aunt Heather doing? Mom said to me
that she hasn’t heard from her in a while.
She’s still living in Plata Hills,right,
still being a screenwriter,dating handsome actors,
living the good life?
Mia:Mom talks to her every day when she can,
I talked to her on Tuesday. She’s got a contract
to write the script for a high school movie,
dealing with a class’ ten year reunion.
Emma:To think that ours will be in 2016!
That’s a pretty long time away from now.
I hope a few of us’ll be able to organize
and hold a reunion somewhere in Newmarket.
I’d be happy to attend:just think,me and you
and Manny and Spinner and Terri and Liberty
and Alex and Paige and Ashley,well,all of us,
just hanging out and having some fun!
Mia:That’ll be the day! So,how are Caitlin and Joey?
I heard they’re now in Welserland. Isn’t that
known as the Jungle Province? It’s down in South America,isn’t it?
Emma:I believe so! I hear it’s got rainforests,and you know
how I feel about them:their biodiversity means
they should be protected from certain people
and corporations who’d do them harm.
After Caitlin and Joey leave,they’ll go to LE
and visit Heather,then some of her family
who live in the area,then it’s back home for them.
I’m glad I have her for an honorary aunt
just like your mom and aunt:they’re all good people
and good friends to me and Mom both.
————
Liberty: Does his being a half-monster
necessarily have to say he's bad?
Maybe he's really got a human heart
beneath his monstrous look and body!
And the reason I say this is that I know him,
that's why I spoke so familiarly to him at the dance:
my brother Danny is friends with his brother,
who like him can transform and assume many shapes:
his name is Amfortas,and he works for the UPA government
helping to maintain the safety of their species
against people who'd have them killed or abused.
—————
These are Xekal and Nourgrim and Menwy the bold,
Wigalois of the Shadows, immortal Lamatur,
Balcmeg and Ynerden, brothers of a hundred battles,
and young Timuras from the Zhanin kingdom:
over there is Rodmund of the Seven Souls,
he whom once Earth knew as the great Sir Perceval,
and whose deeds are immortal in legends.
JT: Perceval? As in the one who sought the Holy Grail?
My grandpa read that to me as a bedtime story.
With Galahad and Bors he was one of only three
who was worthy enough to see the Grail in person
before it was taken to heaven along with Galahad.
But I thought he died soon after then,
his holiness making him too pure for Earth.
Drake: Not so,JT! He merely gave up a single soul.
On Emrys' advice he led a solitary life for many years
ere he returned among his fellow men.
The Emrys I refer to was Emrys Moridunius,
the seer whom today's legends know as Merlin.
Monday, October 18, 2004
Saturn S-IVB-512
1972-096B
SA-512 was launched on 1972 Dec 7 at 0533. The S-IVB-512 stage impacted the lunar surface on Dec 10. Location 4.21S 12.31W.
Impact was at 35.0 deg to vertical at 2.544 km/s at 83 deg W of N implying a -524 x Inf x 7 deg orbit.
| S-4B-512 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 Dec 7 | 0533 | Launch | |
| 1972 Dec 7 | 0535:19 | S-IC center engine cutoff | |
| 1972 Dec 7 | 0535:41 | Outboard engine cutoff | |
| 1972 Dec 7 | 0535:43 | S-IC stage separation, S-II ignition | |
| 1972 Dec 7 | 0535:45 | Interstage separation | |
| 1972 Dec 7 | 0536:19 | LES separation | |
| 1972 Dec 7 | 0540:41 | S-II center engine cutoff | |
| 1972 Dec 7 | 0542:19 | S-II outboard engine cutoff | |
| 1972 Dec 7 | 0542:19 | S-II stage separation | |
| 1972 Dec 7 | 0542:21 | S-IVB-512 ignition | 67.21 -1977 x 173 x 28 |
| 1972 Dec 7 | 0544:42 | S-IVB-512 main engine cutoff | |
| 1972 Dec 7 | 0544:52 | Orbit insertion | 167 x 172 |
| 1972 Dec 7 | 0845:37 | S-IVB-512 reignites for a 5m51s TLI burn 3.157km/s | |
| 139842 kg at TIG, 180 kg alt | |||
| 1972 Dec 7 | 0851:38 | Translunar injection (TLI) at 280 km 10.846km/s | |
| 201 x 457377 x 28.47 | |||
| 200 x 455279 x 28.47 | |||
| 1972 Dec 7 | 0915:29 | CSM separates from S-IVB/SLA | |
| 1972 Dec 7 | 0929:45 | CSM 114 docks with LM 12 (attached to S-IVB) | |
| 0930 | Hard dock, partial latch problem | ||
| 1972 Dec 7 | 1018:00 | CSM 114/LM 12 separate from S-IVB-512 | |
| 1036:00 | S-4B sep mvr APS evasive 80s 2.9m/s | ||
| 1052 | CVS vent | ||
| 1057 | CVS vent complete | ||
| 1057:20 | S-4B LOX dump 48s 9.1m/s | ||
| 1125 | S-4B APS-1 targeting 98s 4.1m/s | ||
| 1630 | S-4B APS-2 adjust burn 4.3m/s | ||
| 68 x 424169 x 28.42 | |||
| 1972 Dec 10 | 2312:40 | Impact | |
Sunday, October 17, 2004
Saturday, October 16, 2004
Navstar 59
2004-009A
GPS 2R-11 (SVN 59) was launched in 2004 to plane C, slot 3 to replace SVN 31, which had developed a suspect Navigation Data Unit.
Launch mass 2032 kg. Spin rate 55 rpm at launch injection.
| GPS 59 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 Mar 20 | 1753:00 | Launch by Delta 7925-9.5 | CC SLC17B |
| T+1:05 SRM 7-9 on | |||
| T+1:06 SRM 1-6 sep | |||
| T+2:11 SRM 7-9 sep | |||
| T+2:02 dog-leg 20s | |||
| T+4:23 MECO | |||
| T+4:31 St 1 sep | |||
| T+4:36 SES-1 | |||
| T+4:43 dog-leg 10s | |||
| T+4:58 Fairing sep | -3600 x 140? x 36.9 | ||
| 1803:44 | T+10:44 SECO-1 | 174.0 x 199.1 x 36.85 | |
| 1855:30 | T+1:02:30 SES-2 | ||
| 1856:10 | T+1:03:10 SECO-2 | 187 x 1152 x 37.20 | |
| T+1:04:00 Spinup | |||
| 1857:03 | T+1:04:03 St 2 sep | ||
| 1857:40 | T+1:04:40 TES | ||
| 1859:07 | T+1:06:07 TECO | ||
| T+1:06:50 Third stage NCS (nutation thruster) blowdown | |||
| T+1:07:43 end NCS blowdown | |||
| 1901:00 | T+1:08:00 St 3 sep | ||
| 1901:02 | T+1:08:02 St 3 yo deploy | ||
| 1939 | T+1:46:40 SES-3 | ||
| 1940 | T+1:47:07 SECO-3 depletion | ||
| 2004 Mar 20 | 355.69 183 x 20318 x 38.9 | ||
| 2004 Mar 23 | 0256? | AKM burn over 62E 7S | |
| 2004 Mar 28 | 718.02 20089 x 20276 x 55.1 | ||
Kosmos 1217
1980-085A
This was reportedly the first second-generation Oko satellite launched.
| Kosmos-1217 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 Oct 24 | 1053 | Launch by 8K78M | Plesetsk |
| BVGD sep | |||
| GO sep | |||
| T+4:46 Blok A sep | |||
| T+4:56 KhO sep | |||
| T+8:46 Blok-I MECO | |||
| 1101 | T+8:50 Blok-I sep | ||
| T+1:00? BOZ burn | |||
| 1153? | T+1:00? BOZ sep | ||
| 2BL burn | |||
| 2BL MECO | |||
| 1156? | T+1:03 2BL sep | ||
| 1980 Oct 24 | 92.67 210 x 600 x 62.8 | ||
| 1980 Oct 24 | 725.3 596x40131x62.9 | ||
| 1980 Oct 30 | 718.08 607 x 39752 x 63.0 | ||
| 1981 Feb 14 | 717.78 777 x 39576 x 63.0 | ||
| 1981 Feb-Mar | mv to new node | ||
| 1981 Feb 25 | Move down | 712.95 791 x 39324 x 63.0 | |
| 1981 Mar 7 | 713.05 806 x 39314 x 63.0 | ||
| 1981 Mar 9 | Move up | 717.37 809 x 39525 x 63.0 | |
| 1981 Sep 12 | 717.83 1054 x 39303 x 63.5 | ||
| 1983 Feb 12 | end of ops | ||
| 1983 Jun | 717.96 1543 x 38819 x 65.3 | ||
Friday, October 15, 2004
DSP-16
1991-080B
DSP 16 was carried into space by the Shuttle on mission STS-44; it was nicknamed `Liberty' by the crew. The satellite was placed in geostationary orbit by the IUS upper stage and replaced DSP 12.
| DSP 16 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 Nov 24 | 2344 | Launch by STS | |
| 1991 Nov 25 | 0602 | IUS-14 deploy | 91.80 358 x 367 x 28.5 |
| 1991 Nov 25 | 0702? | IUS SRM-1 | |
| 0704? | SRM-1 burnout | ||
| 1213? | IUS SRM-1 sep | 636.8 380 x 35899 x 26.9 (UN) | |
| 1216 | IUS SRM-2 (12:32) | ||
| 1239 | IUS-14 sep from DSP | 1421.9 35795 x 35787 x 2.5 (UN) | |
| 1991 Nov 26? | Cover sep | ||
| 1991 Nov | GEO 180E dr | ||
| 1991 Dec 10 | GEO 130W | ||
| 1992 Feb 1 | GEO 70E | ||
| 1997 Jun? | GEO 70E | ||
| 1997 Jul? | mv out | ||
| 1997 Aug? | mv in | GEO 8.5E | |
| 1999 Jan | GEO 8.5E | ||
| 2000 Oct? | mv out | ||
| 2001 Mar? | mv in 165W | ||
| 2003 Mar | GEO 165W | ||
| 2003 Nov | GEO 165W | ||
Wednesday, October 6, 2004
NOAA-11
1988-089A
NOAA H (NOAA 11), the fourth ATN satellite, was launched at 1002 on 1988 Sep 24 from Vandenberg. Its initial orbit was 102.1 min, 848 x 866 km x 98.9 deg; elements on Sep 25 gave the orbit as 102.1 min, 850 x 865 km x 98.9 deg. This satellite did not carry the ERBE and SUV payloads, but added sunshades for the instrument platform to allow a nodal crossing nearer noon. It was in an 8am/8pm orbit.
Payload:
- AVHRR Advanced Very High Res Radiometer with optical and IR bands: 0.55-0.9,0.725-1.3,10.5-11.5,3.53-3.93 mu
- SEM Space Environment Monitor (EEPAT,HEPAT,POD,TED)
- DCS Data Collection System
- TOVS Tiros Operational Vertical Sounder (temperature and humidity measurements by imaging in narrow bands: 3.7, 4.3 (CO2), 9.7, 11.1, 7x 15 (CO2), 3x 18 (rotnl bands) mu. Includes HIRS/2, SSU (Stratospheric sounding unit), and MSU.
- APT APT on 136.77 MHz
- SAR COSPAS-SARSAT receiver
| NOAA 11 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 Sep 24 | 1002:00 | Launch by Atlas E | V |
| T+2:01 BECO | |||
| T+2:04 BPJ Booster Package Jettison | |||
| T+2:30 NFJ Nose Fairing Jettison | |||
| T+5:10 SECO | |||
| T+5:29 VECO | |||
| 1007:35 | T+5:35 Atlas sep | -2850? x 810? x 98.7 | |
| 1015:48 | T+13:48 Star 37 burn | ||
| 1016:32 | T+14:32 Star 37 burnout | ||
| T+14:37 RCS start | |||
| T+14:50 RCS stop | |||
| T+17min? Hydrazine blowdown | |||
| T+30min arrays and booms deployed | |||
| 1988 Nov 8 | Operational afternoon satellite | ||
| 1994 Sep 13 | AVHRR failed | ||
| 1995 Apr 10 | Placed on standby | ||
| 1995 Jun 7 | Replaced by NOAA 14 | ||
| 1997 May | Reactivated after NOAA 12 HIRS problem | ||
| 2002 Jun | Still partly active | ||
| 2004 Jun 16 | 1625 | end of ops | |