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- From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
- Subject: Schedule of next five DC-X flights
- Message-ID: <1993Sep27.190041.12492@iti.org>
- Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow
- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 19:00:41 GMT
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- Here is the current schedule for the next few DC-X flights. Looks like
- the turnaround test will be after the next flight. After that, it's
- four flights in two weeks. Not bad.
-
- Altitude Qbar Velocities Time
- Date (feet) (psf) (fps) (sec) Comments
- 9/30/93 1200 15/5 120/75 73 Gimabl Roll, 90 degree Cn data
- (Vt = 30), balloons
- 10/13/93 2850 15/10 120/100 120 AVS 'tack' maneuvers (50 fps,
- small lat accels), ascent/decent
- drag, RCS roll, wind limits
- 10/16/93 4350 20/10 140/100 130 Curved ascent to 1000', 90 degree
- Dn data (Vt - 50 fps), ascent/
- decent drag (M=10), no roll, wind
- limits
- 10/20/93 7000 <=40/20 <=200/140 145 Alternate pad, curved ascent to
- vertical over landing pad, GPS
- aiding, flap data
- 10/27/93 7000 <=40/20 <=200/140 145 Gimbal controlled rotation at
- apogee.
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- +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | Allen W. Sherzer | Mordecai: "What do we do after we do it?" |
- | aws@iti.org | Marshall Duncan: "Ya live with it." |
- +--------------------1158 DAYS TO FIRST FLIGHT OF SX-2----------------------+