Monday, December 25, 2006

STS-92 (Discovery)

 2000-062A


Discovery remained in the VAB until Atlantis launched because of concerns about having two stacks on the pads during hurricane season.

Launch mass was 115125 kg. Landing mass was 92739 kg (press kit values). Mass at docking is 111023 kg. At Oct 16, docked mass is 171784 kg. ISS mass is 69445 kg? STS mass is 102339 kg? At Oct 21 mass is 97911 kg.

Cargo transfer of 9978 kg including 8324 kg Z1 and 1156 kg PMA-3, 498 kg other. That 498 kg includes internal cargo transfer; it may also include the ETSDs (188 kg?) and the DDCUs (116 kg), or these may be included in the Z1 mass. For the time being I will assume it is internal cargo. SODB says deployed is 9978, retrieved 133. Non-deployed bay cargo of 2122 kg includes the 300? kg ICBC, the 1400 kg pallet, about 160 kg of DDCU carriers, and 262 kg remaining - which may be extra pallet-attached hardware.

The SGANT deployed is 374 kg per a prelaunch (DAC9) analysis. I have 88 kg for antenna, 34 kg for SGTRC, leaving 252 kg for the boom and attach hardware. The total of Z1 ORUs is then 2267 kg; if Z1 is 8324 kg total, then it is 6057 bare. Another source gave 8765 kg for Z1 mass which would require the other figures to be adjusted accordingly.

On Oct 5, a concern about the ET explosive bolts caused a scrub. Weather forbade on Oct 9 attempt. On Oct 10 a small loose pin lying on the ET noticed by the ice team caused a scrub.

The Ku-band system failed, taking out live TV and requiring the crew to use the TCS laser rangefinders and optical star trackers for navigation during rendezvous.

On Oct 14, a power spike took out the keel camera and the SVS during RMS uncradle, but backup systems restored the SVS.

In the first EVA, the Z1-to-Unity umbilicals are connected. The SASA (S-band) is moved from the DDCU install location to a deployed location. The SGANT (Ku-band) is moved to a new location on Z1 and deployed.

On EVA-4, Wisoff and Lopez-Alegria finished up the work. They cycled the Z1/P6 latch, deploy an ammonia coolant attachment panel, and move the Z1 keel pin to a storage location. They then tested the SAFER backpacks, making semi-free flights with a slack tether.

After two waveoffs, landing was at RW22 EAFB for the first Edwards landing in 4 years.


STS-92 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2000 May   SRB stacking 
2000 Aug 21   Tow from OPF/1 to OPF/3 
2000 Aug 24   Tow to VAB/3 
2000 Aug 25   Mate to ET/SRB  
2000 Sep 11   Rollout to LC39A 
2000 Oct 5   Scrub T-10?hr   
2000 Oct 9   Scrub WX T-10?h 
2000 Oct 10   Scrub T-20min  
2000 Oct 11  2317:00  Launch  KSC LC39A 
 2319:03  SRB sep 
 2319:13  OMS Assist 
 2319:54  OMS Ass CO 
 2325:26 MECO  74 x 323 x 51.6  
 2325:46  ET sep 
2000 Oct 12  0000:32  OMS-2 53.6s 24.9m/s  89.31 158 x 322 x 51.6 
 0001:27  OMS-2 CO 
 0054 PLBD open 
 0235:58  OMS-3 NC1 31s 14m/s 89.80 179 x 349 x 51.6 
 0236:30  OMS-3 CO 

1517s RMS uncradle 
 1639:55  NC2 27s 2m/s 89.80 180 x 349 x 51.6  
 1800? RMS berth 
 2353:52  OMS-4 NC3 139s 46.6m/s  91.41 311 x 375 x 51.58 
 2355:31  OMS-4 CO 
2000 Oct 13  1228:55  OMS-5 NC4 33s 15.4m/s  
 1229:27  OMS-5 CO 
 1311:17  RCS NCC 0.4m/s 

1409:00  OMS-6 L TI burn 16s 4.0m/s  92.12 375 x 381 x 51.6 
 1409:17  OMS-6 CO 
 1428  MC1 
 1505  MC2 
 1522  MC3 
 1539s At -Rbar 180m 
 1604s At +Rbar 75m 
 1616s Skeep at 52m on +Rbar 
 1715  Resume approach 
 1745:10  Docking with PMA-2 
 1757:55  Hard dock 
 2030  PMA-2 entry 
 2115  Unity entry 
2000 Oct 14  1250? RMS uncradle 
2000 Oct 14  1257  Power spike 
 1557:14  Z1 grapple 
 1615  Z1 unberth from PLB 
 1820  Z1 dock to Unity 
 1840  Z1 install complete 
 1905:30  RMS ungrapple 
 1910  Z1 attachment complete 
  RMS ungrapple 
2000 Oct 15   EVA-1 McArthur, Chiao 
 1406 RMS uncradle 
 1411 Begin depress 
 1425:39  Depress 
 1425? HO 
 1427  Battery power 
 1430 TC open 
 1446 McArthur egress 
 1450 McArthur on RMS, to Unity, get APFR 
 1455? Chiao egress 
 1600 Connect Z1 cables 
 1610  Relocate SASA-1, unbolt from Z1 
 1627  SASA-1 reinstalled 
 1800  Remove Ku dish. 
 1846 Deploy Ku band Space-to-Ground (SGANT) antenna 
 1930  ETSD-1 off PLT 
 1940 Install port ETSD box from PLT to Z1 
 2040? Ingress 
 2050? HC 
 2054:42  Repress begins 6:28 (NASA) 
2000 Oct 16   EVA-2 Wisoff, Lopez-Alegria  92.10 374 x 381 x 51.6 
 1345  RMS powerup 
 1355  Begin depress 
 1357  Hold depress for leak 
 1400  Resume depress 
 1403  At 5 psi 
 1407  Resume depress 
 1412:07  Depress 
 1412?  HO 
 1414  TC already open 
 1415  Battery power 
 1421  Wisoff (Safer-3) egress 
 1429  Lopez-Alegria egress 
 1543:30  RMS grapple PMA-3 
 1556  Unbolting PMA-3 
 1602  PMA-3 unlatch from SLP 
 1614  PMA-3 unberth 
 1705  PMA-3 near CBM 
 1735  PMA-3 soft dock 
 1740  PMA-3 capture 
 1743  PMA-3 bolted to Unity 
 1759:35 RMS ungrapple PMA-3 
 2030? Lopez ingress 
 2103  Reboost-1 30:34 2m/s 
 2109  Wisoff ingress 
 2110  Close TC 
 2115  HC 
 2121:30  Repress: 7:07 (NASA) 
 2133  End reboost 
2000 Oct 17  EVA-3 Chiao, McArthur  92.16 379 x 381 x 51.6 
 1414  EVA-3 depress begin 
 1427:01 EVA-3 depress complete? 
 1428? HO  
 1430  EVA-3 on battery 
 1433  TC open 
 1439  McArthur egress (SAFER 4) 
 1446  Chiao egress (SAFER 3) 
 1451  Depress valve cap released 
 1606  port DDCU unberthed 
 1615 Install DDCU-HP 4B 
 1648 Installed DDCU-HP 3B 
  Z1 umbilicals attach 
 1750  ETSD unberthed 
 1800  ETSD install 
  Transfer tool bag to ETSD 
 1930  Z1 Keel pin moved 
 2015 Z1 Keel pin relocated 
 2113  Ingress 
 2114  HC 
 2117:28  Repress 6:48 (NASA) 
 2245:59  Reboost-2 32:20 2m/s 
 2318  Reboost stop 
2000 Oct 18  0000   92.22 381 x 385 x 51.6 
  EVA-4 Wisoff, Lopez-Alegria 
 1443  Begin depress 
 1448  5 psi hold 
 1450?  Depress complete 
 1458:03  Depress (MR) 
 1458?  HO 
 1500  Battery power 
 1507  TC open 
 1507  Egress 
 1530 Z1 claw latch tested 
  Z1 FRGF grapple fixture relocated on Z1 
  Z1 truss tray deployed 
 1850  Setup for SAFER 
 1855  Wisoff semi-free SAFER test from FGB to bay 
 1939  Wisoff end SAFER flight, 46min or less 
 1949  Lopez-Alegria semi-free SAFER test 
 2016  L-A end SAFER flight, 27min 
 2145  Ingress 
 2146  TC closed? 
 2149  HC 
 2156:32 Repress 6:56 (NASA) 
 2223  Reboost-3 29:32 2m/s 
 2253  Reboost stop 
2000 Oct 19  1400  Enter Unity and Zarya  92.28 381 x 391 x 51.6 
2000 Oct 20   
 1317s  Hatches closed to ISS  92.27 381 x 390 x 51.6 
 1427s  Reboost 
 1508:21  Undocking 
 1518  At 45mm begin half loop 
 1531 RCS burn 0.6m/s 
 1552:59 RCS burn, sep 15s 1.2m/s  92.24 379 x 389 x 51.6  
2000 Oct 22  1457 PLBD closed 
 1637 DO cancelled, PLBD open 
2000 Oct 23  1815 PLBD closed 
 2143 DO cancelled, PLBD open 
2000 Oct 24  1701 PLBD closed 
 1952:00 OMS DO 3:06 104.1m/s  92.24 378 x 389 x 51.6 
 1955:04 OMS CO  39 x 387 x 51.6 
 2028:17  Entry interface 124 km 
 2033  At 50 km 
 2059:41 MGTD EAFB RW22 
 2059:54 NGTD 
 2100:49 WS 
2000 Nov 1   Mate to SCA 
2000 Nov 2  1651  Depart EAFB on SCA 

2000Arrive Altus AFB, OK 

 Arrive Whiteman AFB, Missouri 
2000 Nov 3  1823  Depart Whiteman 

1910Arrive Robins AFB, GA 

2135  KSC SLF 
2000 Nov 40330Tow to OPF/1 

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