Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Earth Orbiter 1

 2000-075A


EO-1 is the first Earth observing mission in the New Millenium Program, managed by NASA-GSFC. This is a next generation Landsat flight demo and will fly in the same orbit as Landsat 7 for comparisons, about one minute behind. Formation flying will involve a hydrazine thruster.

A PPT plasma thruster, with an SI of order 1000s, will be used for experimental attitude control.

The spacecraft frame is built by Swales Aerospace/Colorado Springs with heritage based on the MIDEX bus (also used for MAP). Mass is 588 kg full 566 dry (22 kg hydrazine). 2 kg of hydrazine will be used to reach initial orbit. Shape hexagon + 1 panel. 1.25dia 0.73high. Span about 5.5m.

The ALI has multispectral (30m) and panchromatic (10m) bands from 4000A to 2.5 microns, with a 36 km swath with a 0.12m SiC telescope.

In 2005, EO-1 entered an extended mission. It was taken out of formation with Landsat-7 and the orbit was slowly lowered while science operations continued. Orbit lowering was intended to reduce orbital life but in Mar 2017 when it was retired still in relatively high orbit, it was expected to stay up for another 4 decades.


EO-1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2000 Nov 21  1824:25 Launch by Delta 7320-10  V SLC2W 
  T+1:04 SRM 1-3 out 
  T+1:39 SRM 1-3 sep 31 km  -6350 x 35?  
  T+4:24 MECO 
  T+4:27 VECO 
  T+4:29 St 1 sep   
  T+4:37 SES-1 112 km 4.84 km/s  -4900 x 150 ? 
  T+4:57 Fairing sep 126 km 4.90 km/s  -4830 x 165 ? 
 1835:41 T+11:16 SECO-1  185 x 713 x 98.2 
 1920:00 T+55:35 SES-2 
  T+55:45 SECO-2  705 x 705 x 98.2  
 1924:25 T+1:00:00 EO-1 sep 
 1937:45 T+1:13:20 DPAF sep 
  T+1:24:51 SES-3 
  T+1:25:09 SECO-3  685 x 705 x 98.3 
 1955:10 T+1:30:45 SAC-C sep 
  T+1:48:20 SES-4 depletion 
  T+1:48:31 SECO-4  697 x 1800 x 95.4  
 2014:25 T+1:50:00 Munin sep 
2000 Dec 31    98.83 701 x 703 x 98.2 
2005 Sep 27    98.83 701 x 703 x 98.2 
2005 Sep 28   Orbit lower  98.72 696 x 698 x 98.2 
2005 Nov 15   Orbit lower  98.70 694 x 698 x 98.2 
2005 Dec 14   Orbit lower  98.67 693 x 697 x 98.2 
2006 Feb 14   Orbit lower  98.63 689 x 696 x 98.2 
2006 Mar 1   Orbit lower  98.61 687 x 696 x 98.2 
2006 Apr 5   Orbit lower98.59 686 x 695 x 98.2 
2006 Aug 4    98.59 687 x 695 x 98.2 
2017 Mar 17    98.34 671 x 686 x 98.2 
2017 Mar 30   end of ops

Payload:

  • ALI Advanced Land Imager, visible and SWIR (MIT-LL)

  • Atmospheric Corrector, hsi to measure reflectance

  • Hyperion Imaging spectrometer, 30-m res and 220 bands.

  • Primex Teflon pulsed plasma thruster

Monday, December 25, 2017

LKW-2

 2017-084A


Land Survey Satellite 2. Launched 2017 Dec 23 to LTDN SSO. Rumoured to be a CAST-developed high resolution imaging spy satellite. Launched into the same plane as LKW 1 but 180 degrees part in phase.


LKW 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2017 Dec 23  0414  Launch by CZ-2D  JQ 
 0423? Stage 2 sep  489 x 502 x 97.5 
 0431?  Stage 2 deorbit 
 0457? Stage 2 impact Antarctic?

LISA Pathfinder

 2015-070A


ESA/Airbus ST-7/SMART-2, a single spacecraft with separate NASA (ST7) and ESA (SMART-2) payloads as a LISA/DARWIN technology demonstrator. One satellite which will carry the LTP (Lisa Technology Package) and the DRS (NASA Disturbance Reduction System) in a 1.0m high 2.3m dia octagonal box. A liquid propulsion module will take it from LEO to L1. Launch by Vega.


LISA Pathfinder 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2015 Dec 3  0404:01  Launch by Vega  
  T+1:53 St 1 sep 
  T+1:54 St 2 on 
  T+3:37 St 2 sep 
  T+3:49 St 3 ig 
  T+4:19 Fairing 
  Stage 3 burnout  
  T+6:30 St 3 sep 
  T+7:29 St 4 MES-1 
 0420 T+16:23 MECO-1 428 km 7.30km/s  208 x 1166 x 6.0  
 0454:07  T+50:46 Apogee 1165km 6.48 km/s  
 0545 T+1:41:19 MES-2 
 0546 T+1:42:53 MECO-2 215 km 
 0549 T+1:45:33 LP sep  200 x 1540 x 6.5 
 0559 T+1:55:10 AVUM MES-3 7s burn 
  T+1:55:17 AVUM MECO-3 
  PM burns 
 0330:00 Test burn  207 x 1567  
 0332:55  End burn, 8.88m/s 
2015 Dec 7 0501:36  ARM-1 28m  123.65 293 x 3394 x 6.0 
 0530:00  ARM-1 end, 393.2m/s 
 1720:50  ARM-2 33m 440 x 7091  
 1754:42  ARM-2 end, 552.3 m/s 
2015 Dec 8  0730:47  ARM-3 20m  557 x 14137  
 0801:50  ARM-3 end, 603.1 m/s 
 2105:52  ARM-4 34m 806 m/s  733 x 43641  
 2138:58  ARM-4 end, 806.7m/s 
2015 Dec 10  0033:31  ARM-5 15m  748 x 124805  
 0048:19  ARM-5 end 398.2m/s 
 0500:00 RCS TCM test burn 
 0500:26 TCM test end, 0.30m/s 
2015 Dec 12  0518:23 Insertion (ARM-6) 9m  250m/s L1 transfer traj 
 0527:00 Insertion end, 233.9m/s 
 1832  Pass EL1:4 
2015 Dec 23  0200:00  TCM-2 
 0203:49  TCM-2 end, 2.87m/s 
2016 Jan 3  0000? Enter L1 region (GSEx past 1.2Mkm) 
2016 Jan 20   TCM 64s, L1 arrival 
   500000 x 800000 around L1 
2016 Jan 22  1130  PRM sep 
2016 Feb 15   1st Test mass released 
2016 Feb 16   2nd Test mass released 
2016 Mar 10  1010  PRM GSEx below 1.2Mkm 
2016 Jul 5  1306  PRM perigee 23300 km  16950 x 1240000 x 39.8 
2017 Mar 18   DRS operation 
2017 Apr 9  1200 Departure burn, 1 m/s towards solar orbit 
2017 Apr 29   DRS operations end 
2017 Jun 30   end of ops 
2017 Jul 18  1757 Decomissioned

Payload:

  • LTP LISA Technology Package, Prototype LISA optical bench with two gravity sensors 30cm apart, and proof mass sensing (ESA/) - test masses Jake and Elwood

  • DRS Disturbance Reduction System (ST7), two gravity sensors, drag free control, and laser interferometry.

Friday, December 22, 2017

Eros B

 2006-014A


IAI, 500 km SSO, 0.7m res. pan camera. 290 kg; 2.26m high, 1.23m dia, 3.6m span. In 2014 it was reported that the satellite was expected to continue operating until 2022.


EROS B 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2006 Apr 25  1647:16  Launch by Start-1  SVOB 
 1648? T+1:26 St 1 sep, Stage 2 burn 
  T+1:54 sep of 4 SO1 interstages 
 1649? T+2:27 St 2 sep, Stage 3 burn 
  T+3:28 St 3 sep 
  T+4:48 GO sep 
 1655:47 T+8:31 Stage 4 burn 
 1656:41 T+9:25 Stage 4 burnout, DDU burn 
 1700:14 T+12:58 DDU burnout 
 1702:53  T+15:37 St4-DDU sep from payload EROS-B 503 x 513 x 97.3  

Payload:

  • Imager, 0.7m resolution

Monday, December 18, 2017

Fenghuo 2

 2006-038A


Fenghuo-1 02 xing (\uni{ 烽火一号卫星(02星))}{ } will go to 98E for tactical communications.


Zhongxing-22A 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2006 Sep 12  1602 Launch by CZ-3A XSC 
  T+2:25 Stage 1 MECO 
  T+2:27 Stage 2 MES, Stage 1 sep 
  T+3:52 Fairing sep
  T+4:15 St 2 MECO 
  T+4:20 St 2 VECO 
  T+4:21 St 2 sep, St 3 MES 
 1612? T+10:19? St 3 MECO-1  200 x 200 x 28.5?  
 1622? T+20:00 St 3 MES-2 
 1624? T+22:00 St 3 MECO-2 
 1627  Sep from Stage 3 
2006 Sep 12    752.00 202 x 41826 x 25.0 
2006 Sep   Apogee burns 
2006 Sep 19    1436.60 35758 x 35834 x 0.3 GEO 97.8E+0.13W/d 
2006 Oct 2    1436.08 35756 x 35816 x 0.4 GEO 98.0E+0.0W/d 
2008 Jun 18    1436.08 35778 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 98.1E 
2008 Jun 25   Move in at 103E  1436.10 35785 x 35787 x 0.0 GEO 103.3E 
2009 Dec   NSSK ends 
2011 Jan 23    1436.17 35768 x 35807 x 1.1 GEO 103.2E 
2012 Nov 4    1436.10 35776 x 35796 x 2.6 GEO 103.3E 
2012 Nov   Drift to 101.5E 
2012 Dec 17   Move in at 101.5E  1436.08 35779 x 35793 x 2.7 
2015 Nov 14    1436.10 35755 x 35181 x 4.8 GEO 101.4E 
2017 Nov 21   1436.11 35745 x 35828 x 6.1 GEO 101.2E 
2017 Nov 24   Begin drift 
2017 Dec 6    1437.16 35768 x 35847 x 6.1 GEO 101.4E+0.4W/d 
2017 Dec 12    1439.00 35827 x 35860 x 6.1 GEO 97.4E+0.7W/d 

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Friday, December 15, 2017

Alcomsat 1

 2017-078A


ASAL comms satellite using CAST DFH4 bus. Control from Medea and Ouargla. Called Algeria yi hao tongxin weixing (Algeria No. 1 Communications Satellite) by China.


Alcomsat-1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2017 Dec 10  1641  Launch by CZ-3B  XSC  
  T+2:07 Booster sep 
  T+2:27 St 1 sep 
  T+3:52 Fairing 
  T+5:32 St 2 sep 
  T+5:32 St 3 MES-1 
 1651? T+10:31? MECO-1  160? x 450? x 28.5? 
 1702? T+21:21? MES-2 
 1705? T+24:20? MECO-2  200 x 41991 x 26.4 
 1707?  St 3 sep 

Sunday, December 10, 2017

LKW-1

 2017-077A


Land Survey Satellite 1. Launched 2017 Dec 3 to 1030 LTDN SSO. Rumoured to be a CAST-developed high resolution imaging spy satellite.


LKW 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2017 Dec 3  0410 Launch by CZ-2D  JQ 
 0420? Stage 2 sep  489 x 502 x 97.5 
 0428?  Stage 2 deorbit 
 0454? Stage 2 impact Antarctic? 

AGILE

 2007-013A


AGILE (Astrorivelatore Gamma ad Imagini Leggero, Light Gamma-Ray Imaging Astronomical Detector) was developed for ASI using Carlo Gavazzi Space Spa/Milano MITA bus and CGS project management. PSLV to 550 x 550 x 6 deg, mass 352 kg. Perigee was a little low (523 km instead of 550 km).

PSLV modified to carry light payload; no PSOM and 400 kg of prop offloaded from the PS4 stage.

Sensitivity less than EGRET on-axis, but much better off-axis performance. 2.5 sr FOV. GRID has 5' to 20' resolution. The GRID MC (MiniCalorimeter) will also detect bursts in the 0.3-200 MeV range and Super-AGILE will give simultaneous hard X-ray data.

The AGILE (Light Imager for Gamma Astrophysics)

Launched with PSLV Advanced Avionics Module (180 kg) inside the Dual Launch Adapter.

SUPER AGILE 4 x 1D coded masks bibcode NIM-A 581, 728F Feroci et al 2007 45 sources seen to date, mostly XBs, some AGN, 2 GRB

In 2009 the reaction wheel malfunctioned, ending AGILE's ability to point at targets. Following this, AGILE was spun around the sun-pointing axis at 1 degree per second, surveying 70 percent of the sky each day.


AGILE 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2007 Apr 23  1000 Launch by PSLV C-8  SDSC SLP 
  T+0:53 Sep PS1 50 km 1.737 km/s  -6240 x 70? x 6 
  T+0:53 PS2 burn 50 km 1.736 km/s 
  T+3:23 Fairing sep 116 km 2.95 km/s  -5900? x 130? x 6 
  T+4:23 PS2 sep 147 km 4.743 km/s 
  T+4:24 HPS3 burn 148 km 4.7842 km/s  -4900? x 150? x 6 
 1008 T+8:38 HPS3 burnout 283 km 7.581 km/s  -450? x 510 x 6 
 1017 T+17:13 PS4 burn 508 km 7.317 km/s  -450? x 510 x 6 
 1022 T+22:11 PS4 burnout 550 km 7.583 km/s 
 1022 T+22:53 PS4 sep from Agile 
2007 Apr 24    95.40 523 x 552 x 2.5  
2009 Oct 18   Reaction wheel failed 
2009 Nov 4   Spinning mode 
2014 Mar 14   Mission restarted 

Payload:

  • GRID Gamma-ray Imaging Detector 30 MeV-50 GeV detector using a Si/W tracker, CsI mini-calorimeter (GRID-MC) and anticoincidence system.

  • GRID-MC CsI mini-calorimeter 0.3-200 MeV

  • Super-AGILE Hard X-ray detector 15-45 keV, FOV 0.8sr, 3' res

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

RazakSat

 2009-037A


Abdul Razak bin Haji Dato' Hussein Al-Haj (1922-1976), politician

Malaysia's MACSat (Medium size Aperture Camera sat), named RazakSat after Tun Abdul Razak Dato' Hussain, former Malaysian PM is based on a Korean satellite bus, the SI-200 (KitSat-3 and STSAT-1). Mass is 200 kg.

The ATSB/Kuala Lumpur project is cooperatibe with SatReci/Daejeon, S Korea. Size 1.20m dia 1.20m high hexagon+ 3 panels, 3.0? span.

Launch by Falcon 1.

MOSTI Ministry of Sci Tech and Industry.

The Angkasa (AAN, Agensi Angkasa Negara, National Space Agency) is also involved, and possibly the MACRES (Pusat Remote Sensing Negara, Malaysian Center for Remote Sensing). 


RazakSat
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2009 Jul 14  0336  Launch by Falcon 1  Omelek 
 0338 T+2:41 MECO  
 0338 T+2:42 St 1 sep 
 0338 T+2:45 St 2 burn  
 0339 T+3:15 Fairing sep
 0339 Engine Bands sep  
 0342  230 km alt 
 0342  243 km 3800m/s 
 0343  255 km 4150m/s 
 0343  4800m/s 265 km 
 0344  T+8m 5400 267 km 
 0346  T+9:00 6400 266 km 
 0346  T+9:35 SECO  266? x 688?  
 0424?  SES-2 
 0424?  SECO-2 
 0426?  Sat sep 
2009 Jul 14    98.30 665 x 688 x 9.0 
 0438 Stage 2 depletion? 
2009 Jul 14   Stage 2 orbit 97.77 616 x 687 x 9.0 
2009 Jul 29    98.30 664 689 x 9.0 
2014 Jul 21   End of ops 

Payload:

  • MAC 0.30m telescope-camera with CCD arrays

Monday, November 20, 2017

Sentinel 5 Precursor

 2017-064A


S5P is a gapfiller between Envisat and Sentinel 5. It flew in a 800 km polar, 1330LTDN SSO orbit, studying atmospheric chemistry at high temporal and spatial resolution. Sentinel 5's main payload will fly on Metop Second Gen.


S5P 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2017 Oct 13  0927:44 Launch by Rokot  Plesetsk 
  T+2:15? St 1 MECO 
  T+2:16 St 1 sep 
  T+3:03 GO sep 
  T+5:17? Stage 2 MECO 
 0933:03 T+5:19 Stage 2 sep   
 0933 Briz-M MES-1 
  SOZ-1 CO 
 0941 T+14:19? MECO-1   
 1045? T+1:18:10? MES-2  
  MECO-2   
 1046 Briz-KM sep  816 x 820 x 98.7 
 1124? Briz-KM depletion 434 x 774 x 98.7 

Payload:

  • Tropomi UV/VIS/NIR/SWIR spectrometer tropospheric monitor (DutchSpace/) 2700A-4950A, 7100-7750A, 2.30-2.39 mu

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Kodama

 2002-042B


DRTS, a Data Relay Test Satellite for data relay and intersatellite communications, was built by Mitsubishi. DRTS was named Kodama ('echo'). Originally two satellites were to be launched, but DRTS-E was cancelled in 2001 and only DRTS-W was retained.

DRTS was a box + 2 panels + antenna, mass 2800 kg launch, 1500 kg BOL. 1300 kg dry. Size 2.2 x 2.4 x 2.2m with 17m span. The 1700N IHI COMETS UPS was downrated to 500N for a gentler burn. Ka/S band 3.6m dia dish. At 90E. Kodama was launched in 2002 by H2A. The third apogee firing failed due to oxidizer depletion. RCS firings later got Kodama to GEO at 90.8E.

Carried out the High Speed Data Relay Experiment, 240 Mbit/s; High Accuracy Acquisition and Tracking Tech Expt., for onboard acquisition of the satellites that DRTS relays from and to; and the Communications Network Experiment, with time allocation methods on user satellites. Kodama relayed some Earth images from Midori-II; after that satellite failed, Kodama had to wait for the launch of Daichi.


DRTS 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2002 Sep 10  0820 Launch by H2A 2024  TNSC 
  T+1:10 SSB 1-2 on 
  T+1:46 SRB-A sep 
  T+1:47 SSB 3-4 sep 
  T+2:24 SSB 1-2 sep 
  T+4:10 upper fairing sep 
  T+6:28 MECO (earlier than this) 
  T+6:36 Stage 1 sep 
  T+6:42 SES-1 
  T+12:58 SECO-1 (later) 
  T+13:48 USERS sep 
  T+16:18 Lower fairing sep (2 pieces + adapter) 
  T+26:17 SES-2 
  T+28:42 SECO-2 
  T+29:18 DRTS sep 
2002 Sep 11  0021 LAM1 Apo 2, 60 min burn  780.99 7414 x 36013 x 12.0 
2002 Sep 12  0221 LAM2 Apo 4, 60 min burn 
2002 Sep 13  0126 LAM3 Apo 5; failed after 103s of 204s 
2002 Sep 14   AOCS burn to correct for GEO 
2002 Sep 15   Deploy antennas  
2002 Sep 19    1446.16 35936 x 36029 x 0.1 GEO 134.4E-2.5W/d 
2002 Oct 6    1441.04 35832 x 35934 x 0.1 GEO 93.4E-1.2W 
2002 Oct 10    1436.56 35777 x 35814 x 0.1 GEO 90.8E 
2002 Oct 11   On station 
2003 Jan 10  Declared operational 
2003 May 9    1436.11 35779 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 90.8E 
2003 Oct 29   Safemode after solar flare 
2003 Nov 25   Operations resumed 
2006 Jan   Tests with Daichi scheduled 
2006 Aug 6    1436.11 35774 x 35799 x 0.1 GEO 90.7E 
2017 Jul 28    1436.07 35778 x 35794 x 5.1 GEO 90.9E 
2017 Jul 31   Orbit raise 
2017 Aug 3   Orbit raise  1450.33 35971 x 36167 x 5.1 

Insat 3C

 2002-002A


Mass 2750 kg launch, 1050 kg dry. Size 2.8 x 1.7 x 2.0 m with 15.4 m span. This was the last planned Ariane 42L launch, and used a trajectory with a high initial perigee of 570 km. 3C will be placed at 74E.

Insat 3C was colcated with Kalpana 1 at 74E.

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Insat 3C 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2002 Jan 23  2347  Launch by Ariane 42L  CSG ELA2 
  T+2:19 PAL sep 
  T+3:13 St 1 sep 
  T+3:16 St 2 MES 
  T+3:39 Fairing sep
  T+5:25 St 2 sep 
  T+5:30 St 3 MES 
  T+12:15  -2900 x 507  
2002 Jan 24  0005  T+18:30 MECO 
 0007  T+20:52 Insat 3C sep 
  T+22:52 end of V147 mission
2002 Jan 24    638.54 580 x 35790 x 4.0 
2002 Jan 25   LAM-1 817.02 9363 x 35780 x 1.7 
2002 Jan 27   LAM-2 1015.11 18365 x 35794 x 0.8 
2002 Jan 30  LAM-3  1428.37 35490 x 35779 x 0.19 GEO 67E+2E/d 
2002 Feb 1  Deployment of solar panels 
2002 Feb 9   LAM  1435.90 35760 x 35804 x 0.1 GEO 74E 
2002 Jul 20    1436.11 35767 x 35805 x 0.0 GEO 74.0E 
2004 Jul 21    1436.10 35771 x 35802 x 0.0 GEO 74.0E 
2006 Aug 3    1436.09 35765 x 35807 x 0.1 GEO 74.0E 
2017 Jan 12    1436.10 35764 x 35808 x 0.3 GEO 74.0E 
2017 Jan 13   Move out 
2017 Feb 27   Move in  1436.08 35756 x 35815 x 0.4 GEO 93.5E 
2017 Jul 16    1436.17 35777 x 35798 x 0.7 GEO 93.3E

Monday, October 23, 2017

STS-120 (Discovery)

 2007-050A


Mission 10A with Node 2 Harmony.

Landing mass 90713 kg. OMS prop 11308 kg. Node2 + PDGF mass 14371 kg per media reports, or 14355 kg per MR. Assume PDGF is 33 kg.

MBSU 2nd spare ORU on GABA beam up on STS-102, stow on ESP-2 nadir. The GABA beam is 80 kg, 122 kg including interface plate assembly. The ORU integrated assembly is 238 kg. SASA mass transferred from ISS 108 kg.

Another beam carries FSE to support the return of a SASA antenna to Earth.

RMS 202; IBA 203.

Parazynski is EV1 (STS EMU 3004), Wheelock is EV2 (STS EMU 3003), Tani is EV3 (3018), Whitson EV4 (3018), and Malenchenko EV5 (3006).

EVA-1. Para/Wheelock, retrieve SASA, prep Node 2, disconnect P6 umbilicals and install SSU shroud.

EVA-2 (Para/Tani), P6 disconnect, detach; node 2 outfitting, prep MBSU, install PDGF on Node 2.

EVA-3 (Para/Wheelock): P6 install on P5, connect, transfer MBSU.

EVA-4 (Para/Wheelock): T-RAD DTO 848.

EVA-5 (Whitson/Malenchenko): Umbilicals, CBM work, mate cables.

Pre-OMS-2 mass 116298 kg; post OMS-2 113665 kg.


STS120 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2007 Sep 23   Roll to VAB 
2007 Sep 25   ET mate 
2007 Sep 30   Roll to LC39A 
2007 Oct 23  1538:19 Launch  LC39A 
 1540:22 T+2:03 SRB sep 
 1540:32  OMS ASS 
 1542:29  OMS ASS CO 
 1546:44 T+8:24 MECO  
 1547:06 T+8:50? ET sep  59 x 228  
 1615:38  T+38:18 OMS-2 2:33 70.7m/s 
 1618:10 OMS-2 CO  228 x 296 x 51.6  
 1618   89.75 228 x 295 x 51.6 
 1652?  ET-120 reentry 
 1718:09  PLBD open 
 1831:08  OMS-3 NC-1 26.0m/s 
 1832:02  OMS 3 CO 
 2329   90.64 292 x 319 x 51.6 
2007 Oct 24  0113   90.64 293 x 318 x 51.6 
 0850:44  OMS-4 burn 6m/s 
 0850:57  OMS-4 CO 
 1608  90.8 312 x 321 x 51.6 
 1927?  burn 1m/s  90.89 313 x 322 x 51.6  
2007 Oct 25  0726:20  OMS-5 burn 7.5m/s 
 0726:36  OMS-5 CO 
 0813:12  OMS-6 R 
 0813:23  OMS-6 CO 
 0955:25  OMS-7 L TI 
 0955:37  OMS-7 CO 
 1109:41  MC3 
 1119:11  MC4 
 1134  Begin RPM, 180 m below station 
 1143  Complete RPM 
 1150  On -Rbar, begin flyaround 
 1200  On +Vbar at 119m, begin approach 
 1239:58 Docking with PMA-2/Destiny 

1439  HO to ISS 
 1612  Tani IELK transfer 
2007 Oct 26   EVA-1 Wheelock, Para  91.37 339 x 343 x 51.6 
 0949  At 2 psi 
 1001  Depress, 0.5 psi 
 1001  HO 
 1002  Battery power 
 1006  Egress Para 
 1012  egress Wheelock 
 1032  Remove SASA from Z1 
 1125  Mounted SASA on FSE in bay 
  Prep Harmony for unberth 
 1200  PDGF unberthed by EV 
 1206  PDGF tethered to Harmony 

1315  SSRMS grap Harmony 
 1340 Unberth Harmony 
 1430  P6/Z1 NH3 disconnects removed 
 1538  Harmony soft capture at CBM on Unity stbd(?) 
 1543  Wheelock ingress 
 1545? Para ingress 
 1558  HC 
 1610  Ungrap Harmony 
 1616  Repress, end EVA-1 (NASA 6:14) 
 1622  At 3.5 psi 
2007 Oct 28   EVA-2 Para, Tani  
 0051   339 x 343 x 51.6 
 0827?  SSRMS ungrapple Lab 
 0912  2.0 psi  
 0917? SSRMS grapple P6 
 0927  0.8 psi 
 0927? Depress 
 0932  HO  
 0932  Battery power  
 0948? Para egress 
 0950?  Tani egress 
 1053  P6/Z1 bolts released 
 1103  P6 unberthed from Z1 
 1154  SSRMS and P6 in park position  
 1300  Tani inspecting SARJ at S3/S4 
 1330  Para installing handrails on Node-2 
 1430  Tani working S0 cabling in prep for P6 
 1445  Begin work on PDGF install 
 1535  PDGF installation complete 
 1540  Tani prep to ingress 
 1550  Ingress Tani 
 1553  Ingress Para 
 1554  Closing TC 
 1600  HC 
 1605  Repress (NASA 6:33) 
 2211   91.38 340 x 343 x 51.6 
2007 Oct 29    
 0530? S1 radiator 1 deploy 
 0550  S1 radiator 3 deploy 
 0704  RMS grapple P6 
 0832  SSRMS ungrapple P6 
  MBS translate from WS4 to WS8 
 1252  SSRMS in motion 
 1314  SSRMS grapple P6 
 1321  RMS ungrapple P6 
2007 Oct 30   EVA-3 Para, Wheelock 
 0834  Airlock at 2 psi 
 0835  1.5 psi 
 0840  0.9 psi 
 0841 0.7 psi, Depress 
 0843  0.5 psi, go for HO 
 0844  HO  
 0845  Battery power 
 0851  WHeelock egress 
 0900  Para egress 
 0947  P6 at preinstall on P5  
 1015  First contact P6/P5 
 1017  Capture claw engaged 
 1110  P6 bolted to P5 
 1131  SSRMS ungrapple P6 
 1250  P6 radiator deploy 
 1253  P6 radiator deploy complete 
 1310 Para Inspect port SARJ 
 1352  Wheelock on RMS translating from Node1 to bay 
 1401  At MBSU 
 1407  Wheelock on RMS carrying MBSU 
 1429  MBSU docked on ESP3 
 1441  P6 2B one bay deployed 
 1532  P6 SAW 2B fully deployed 
 1540? Ingress 
 1542  In airlock  
 1545  Hatch closed 
 1553  Repress 
 1609  4B deploy begin  
 1624:38  4B array tears; abort deploy  91.38 340 x 343 x 51.6  
 
2007 Nov 2  0946 MT WS8 to WS3 
 1258  SSRMS unberth OBSS  91.38 339 x 344 x 51.6 
 1340  SRMS grapple OBSS, SSRMS release 
 1500  MT WS3 to WS8 
2007 Nov 3   
  EVA Para, Wheelock 
 0852  SSRMS grapple OBSS 
 0909  SRMS ungrapple OBSS 
 0949  2.5psi 
 1000 0.7 psi DEPRESS 
 1002  HO 
 1003  Battery power 
 1012  Egress Para 
 1019 Egress Wheels 
 1110  Para on boom  91.38 340 x 344 x 51.6  
  Wheelock along truss to base of 4B 
 1203  Para parked near 4B 
 1228  Completed inspection of site 
 1250  Cufflink 3 one end installed 
 1309  Cuff 3 installed 
 1341  Cut hinge wire 
 1352  Cut guide wire 
 1418  Prep for cuff 1 
 1425  Cuff 1 installed 
 1432  Cuff 2 installed 
 1447  Cuff 4 installed 
  Cuff 5 installed 
 1511  Extending array 
 1523  Deploy complete 
 1532  SSRMS moving Para back home 
 1605  Egressing APFR 
 1629  Prep for ingress 
 1635  Lose loose pliers 
 1640  Stowing stuff at airlock 
 1642  Ready for 4B tensioning 
 1655? Wheelock ingress 
 1706  Para ingress 
 1712  HC  
 1722  Repress 
 1746  SRMS grapple OBSS 
  SSRMS ungrapple OBSS 
2007 Nov 4  1946  HC on OV side 
 2003  HC 
2007 Nov 5 
 1032:02  Undocking 
 1038  +V 25m 
 1100  +V begin flyaround 100m 
 1110  +R 150m 
 1123  -V 
 1133  -R nadir 
 1146  +V Sep-1 
 1214  +R Sep-2  91.38 339 x 344 x 51.6 
2007 Nov 6    91.39 340 x 344 x 51.6  
 1348  Maui burn  
 1954:19 OMS-8 both, orbit adj 30m/s 56s  234 x 339 x 51.6  
 1955:13  OMS-8 CO 
2007 Nov 7    
 1418:45 PLBD closed 
 1658:49  OMS DO 1:53 
 1700:43  OMS DO CO 65.5m/s  15 x 339  
   22 x 348 (MR) 
 1729:43 Entry interface 
 1801:18 MGTD KSC RW33 
 1801:32  NGTD 
 1802:13  WS 


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