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4/4/93: LOCAL PILOTS ASKED TO AVOID CAPE CANAVERAL RESTRICTED AREAS
DURING LAUNCH OF SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY
George H. Diller April 4, 1993
KSC Release No. 32-93
A delay in the launch of the Space Shuttle in mid-January
was narrowly avoided when a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
patrol aircraft intercepted a Cocoa pilot who crossed the Indian
River and proceeded toward the launch pad. The intruding
aircraft was escorted out of the restricted area and legal action
against the pilot was taken.
Shuttle launch delays are expensive and sometimes jeopordize
mission objectives. One of the ways NASA can help assure an
on-time liftoff is to keep operational airspace clear of aircraft
that have no direct involvement in launch activities.
The launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-56
mission is scheduled for Tuesday, April 6 at 1:32 a.m. As is
customary, the airspace around the Kennedy Space Center and Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station will be closed to general aviation
aircraft beginning three hours before the scheduled liftoff time.
Activating the restricted airspace within the launch danger
area is primarily intended to protect private aircraft from
potential harm during launch activity. However, this also
protects the Space Shuttle and the astronauts aboard.
During the final portion of the countdown, official aircraft
supporting the launch will be in the air. The surrounding air
space will be congested. For pilots desiring to view the launch
from their airplanes it is suggested that they remain outside an
area bounded by the west shoreline of the Indian River, above the
intersection of U.S. 1 and State Road 3 on north Merritt Island,
and south of Port Canaveral and the Bee Line Expressway (SR 528).
The boundaries of Cape Canaveral Restricted Areas 2931 through
2935 are shown on the Jacksonville Sectional chart and the
Orlando Terminal Control Area (TCA) chart.
Notices to Airmen (NOTAMS) regarding restricted airspace are
available from the St. Petersburg Flight Service Station which
may be reached by radio on 123.6, or on the telephone by dialing
1-800/WX-BRIEF (1-800/992-7433). Real time advisories are also
available from Patrick Approach Control on 134.95, NASA Tower on
128.55, or from Space Center Executive Tower on 118.9.
As is customary, FAA aircraft will be enforcing restricted
airspace on launch day if they observe or are advised by Patrick
Approach Control of violations. Pilots should also be aware that
some aircraft insurance companies are cancelling policies of
intruders convicted of an airspace violation involving the Space
Shuttle.
Pilot cooperation will be greatly appreciated as it will
assist NASA in achieving an on-time liftoff.
# # #
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT 4/5/93
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
STS-56 L-1 DAY
Monday, April 5, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
Mission: STS-56/ATLAS-2/SSBUV Orbital altitude: 184 sm
Vehicle: Discovery/OV-103 Inclination: 57 degrees
Location: Launch Pad 39-B Crew Size: 5
Mission Duration: 8 days/6 hours KSC Landing: April 14, 7:30am
Launch Date: April 6 Launch Window: 1:32 - 3:57am
Operations at launch pad 39-B are running smoothly and
without problem for the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on
mission STS-56. Launch remains on schedule to occur at the
opening of the window at 1:32 a.m. Tuesday.
The countdown clock is currently holding at T-11 hours. This
13 hour, 12 minute hold will last until 11:12 a.m. today.
Rotation of the service structure away from the vehicle was
delayed a few hours earlier this morning as managers waited for
weather to clear and winds at the pad to subside. RSS rotation is
expected to occur before 10:00 a.m. today.
At this time, late stowage of time critical items and
payloads is underway.
Later today, the launch team will begin to make a final
purge of the fuel cell lines, mission control in Houston will
configure communications networks, and Discovery's purge system
will be switched from air to gaseous nitrogen.
The countdown clock will enter the planned one hour hold at
the T-6 hour mark as last minute checks are made prior to loading
the external tank with over 500,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen
and liquid oxygen. Once the pad is cleared of all personnel,
tanking will begin at about 5:12 p.m. today. This operation takes
about three hours. Following tanking, the ice team will be
deployed to the pad for final assessments of the vehicle.
All the payloads in the payload bay have been closed out for
flight and require no specific monitoring prior to launch.
The five members of the flight crew have been divided into
two shifts for around-the-clock operations once in orbit. The
blue team consists of commander Kenneth Cameron, pilot Stephen
Oswald and mission specialist Ellen Ochoa. The red team is
Payload Commander Michael Foale and mission specialist Kenneth
Cockrell.
The weather forecast for launch tomorrow morning indicates a
20 percent chance of violating launch constraints during the
window opening at 1:32 a.m. The primary concern is a possible
cloud ceiling below 8000 feet and potentially excessive
crosswinds at the Shuttle Landing Facility.
There is a 20 percent chance of violating tanking constraints
due to lightning within 5 miles of the pad.
The 24 hour and 48 hour delay predictions show a 20 percent
and a 30 percent chance of violation, respectively.
-- more --
SUMMARY OF STS-56 LAUNCH DAY CREW ACTIVITIES
Monday/Tuesday
8:37 pm Wake up
9:07 pm Breakfast/Dinner
9:37 pm Weather briefing (CDR, PLT, MS2)
9:37 pm Don flight equipment (MS1, MS3)
9:47 pm Don flight equipment (CDR, PLT, MS2)
10:17 pm Depart for launch pad 39-B
10:47 pm Arrive at white room and begin ingress
12:02 am Close crew hatch
1:32 am Launch (April 6, 1993)
# # # #
Mission: STS-55/SL-D2 Orbital Altitude: 160 nm
Vehicle: Columbia/OV-102 Inclination: 28.45 degrees
Location: Launch Pad 39-A Crew Size: 7
Mission Duration: 8 days/22 hours KSC Landing: May 3
Target Launch Date: NET April 24
IN WORK TODAY:
* Securing of main engines following replacement
* Hydraulic operations
* Close rudder speed brake
* Cavity purges
* Preparations to open payload bay doors today to replace GAUSS
camera film
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Continue electrical checks on main engines
* Reaction control system regulator flow checks (Tuesday)
* Preparations to enter spacelab to service experiments
(Thursday)
WORK COMPLETED:
* Main engine installation
* Thruster drying and inspections
* Liquid hydrogen actuator hose leak checks
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt.: 250 nm
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Vehicle Assembly Building Crew Size: 6
Mission Duration: 7days/23 hours Target KSC Landing: May 26
Target Launch Date: May 18
IN WORK TODAY:
* Shuttle interface test
* T-0 umbilical closeouts and leak checks and cavity purge
* Reposition body flap and rudder speed brake
WORK SCHEDULED:
* SRB hydraulic tests
* Begin main engine installation April 12
* Rollout to pad 39-B targeted for NET April 19
WORK COMPLETED:
* Electrical mates between orbiter and external tank
* Hydraulic circulation and sampling
* Liquid oxygen monoball closeouts
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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Daily News/TV Sked 4/5/93
Daily News
Monday, April 5, 1993 Two Independence Square, Washington, D.C.
Audio Service: 202/358-3014
% Pre-Launch Preparations for STS-
56 mission;
% Cosmonauts Named for STS-60.
Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr, pilot; and mission
specialists Franklin R Chang-Diaz; N. Jan Davis,
and Ronald M. Sega. The flight of a cosmonaut on
the STS-60 mission is one element of the
Implementing Agreement of NASA/RSA Cooperation
in Human Space Flight, signed by NASA and The
Russian Space Agency on October 5, 1992.
Also NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin and
Russian Space Agency Director Yuri Koptev have
signed a contract with a potential value of $ 1.5
million to fly two U.S. Mars Oxident Experiments
instruments on the Russian Mars '94 Mission.
Targeted for launch in November 1994, the Mars '94
Mission will deploy small landing stations and
penetrators and carry a number of instruments
which will study the surface and atmosphere of the
planet Mars.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Here's the broadcast schedule for Public Affairs events on NASA
TV. Note that all events and times may change without notice and
that all times listed are Eastern. Live indicates a program is
transmitted live.
Monday, April 5, 1993
Noon NASA Today News Show.
12:15 p.m. Aeronautics & Space Report.
12:30 p.m. Looking Ahead and Back.
1:00 p.m. Update for Teachers: Microgravity.
Live 2:00 p.m. STS-56 Pre-Launch Press Conference.
3:00 p.m. The Birth of NASA.
3:30 p.m. Around the World & On The Way.
Tuesday, April 6, 1993
Noon NASA Today News Show.
12:15 p.m. Aeronautics & Space Report.
12:30 p.m. America's Wings.
1:00 p.m. Flight of Apollo 7.
1:30 p.m. Our Star, The Sun.
2:00 p.m. Launch Box 3.
2:30 p.m. Ingredients for Space Travel.
3:00 p.m. Gemini, The Twins.
3:30 p.m. Around the Moon
The STS-56 mission is scheduled to launch at 1:32 am EDT, regular programing
will be interrupted to carry the launch from lift-off to landing.
NASA TV is carried on GE Satcom F2R, transponder 13, C-Band, 72 degrees West
Longitude, transponder frequency is 3960 MHz, audio subcarrier is 6.8 MHz,
polarization is vertical.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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=--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_12_7.TXT
Mir element set 990 (5 Apr 93)
Mir
1 16609U 86 17 A 93 95.15406211 .00007396 00000-0 10403-3 0 9907
2 16609 51.6200 226.1584 0001114 143.1402 217.0027 15.57792370407745
Satellite: Mir
Catalog number: 16609
Epoch time: 93095.15406211
Element set: 990
Inclination: 51.6200 deg
RA of node: 226.1584 deg Semi-major axis: 3656.6642 n.mi.
Eccentricity: 0.0001114 Apogee altitude: 213.1374 n.mi.
Arg of perigee: 143.1402 deg Perigee altitude: 212.3227 n.mi.
Mean anomaly: 217.0027 deg Altitude decay: 0.0116 n.mi./day
Mean motion: 15.57792370 rev/day Apsidal rotation: 3.7408 deg/day
Decay rate: 7.3960E-05 rev/day~2 Nodal regression: -5.0087 deg/day
Epoch rev: 40774 Nodal period: 92.3769 min
G.L.CARMAN
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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STS-56 SHUTTLE WEATHER UPDATE
L-2 DAY WEATHER FORECAST FOR STS-56
4/4/93
UPDATED 2 P.M.
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center
At the opening of the launch window at 1:32 a.m. on Tuesday
conditions are forecast to be:
Clouds:
2,000 scattered
8,000 scattered
22,000 scattered
Visibility: 7 miles or greater
Wind - Pad 39B: W/12-18
Temperature: 67 degrees
Dewpoint: 56 degrees
Humidity: 68%
Precipitation: none expected
Primary weather concerns: Ceilings below 8,000 feet
RTLS crosswind
Probability of launch weather criteria violation: 20%
Probability of tanking constraint violation: 30%
Chance of violation at launch time on Wednesday: 20%
tanking: 0%
Chance of violation at launch time on Thursday: 30%
tanking: 0%
Cape Canaveral Forecast Facility
4/4/93
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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4/4/93: LOCAL PILOTS ASKED TO AVOID CAPE CANAVERAL RESTRICTED AREAS
DURING LAUNCH OF SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY
George H. Diller April 4, 1993
KSC Release No. 32-93
A delay in the launch of the Space Shuttle in mid-January
was narrowly avoided when a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
patrol aircraft intercepted a Cocoa pilot who crossed the Indian
River and proceeded toward the launch pad. The intruding
aircraft was escorted out of the restricted area and legal action
against the pilot was taken.
Shuttle launch delays are expensive and sometimes jeopordize
mission objectives. One of the ways NASA can help assure an
on-time liftoff is to keep operational airspace clear of aircraft
that have no direct involvement in launch activities.
The launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-56
mission is scheduled for Tuesday, April 6 at 1:32 a.m. As is
customary, the airspace around the Kennedy Space Center and Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station will be closed to general aviation
aircraft beginning three hours before the scheduled liftoff time.
Activating the restricted airspace within the launch danger
area is primarily intended to protect private aircraft from
potential harm during launch activity. However, this also
protects the Space Shuttle and the astronauts aboard.
During the final portion of the countdown, official aircraft
supporting the launch will be in the air. The surrounding air
space will be congested. For pilots desiring to view the launch
from their airplanes it is suggested that they remain outside an
area bounded by the west shoreline of the Indian River, above the
intersection of U.S. 1 and State Road 3 on north Merritt Island,
and south of Port Canaveral and the Bee Line Expressway (SR 528).
The boundaries of Cape Canaveral Restricted Areas 2931 through
2935 are shown on the Jacksonville Sectional chart and the
Orlando Terminal Control Area (TCA) chart.
Notices to Airmen (NOTAMS) regarding restricted airspace are
available from the St. Petersburg Flight Service Station which
may be reached by radio on 123.6, or on the telephone by dialing
1-800/WX-BRIEF (1-800/992-7433). Real time advisories are also
available from Patrick Approach Control on 134.95, NASA Tower on
128.55, or from Space Center Executive Tower on 118.9.
As is customary, FAA aircraft will be enforcing restricted
airspace on launch day if they observe or are advised by Patrick
Approach Control of violations. Pilots should also be aware that
some aircraft insurance companies are cancelling policies of
intruders convicted of an airspace violation involving the Space
Shuttle.
Pilot cooperation will be greatly appreciated as it will
assist NASA in achieving an on-time liftoff.
# # #
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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=--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_44_7.TXT
STS-56 Predicted Orbital Elements/State Vector
Since April 6 is back on again as nominal launch date, my prelaunch
element set JSC-005 is the one to use.
STS-56
1 00056U 93 96.29075346 .00055200 00000-0 16200-3 0 56
2 00056 57.0020 177.4323 0011289 286.7156 73.2672 15.91759473 20
Satellite: STS-56
Catalog number: 00056
Epoch time: 93096.29075346 = ( 6 APR 93 06:58:41.10 UTC)
Element set: JSC-005
Inclination: 57.0020 deg
RA of node: 177.4323 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-56
Eccentricity: .0011289 Prelaunch Keplerian Elements
Arg of perigee: 286.7156 deg Launch: 6 APR 93 05:32 UTC
Mean anomaly: 73.2672 deg
Mean motion: 15.91759473 rev/day G. L. Carman
Decay rate: 5.52000e-04 rev/day~2 NASA Johnson Space Center
Epoch rev: 2
G.L.CARMAN
STS-56 PREDICTED FLIGHT DAY 1 VECTOR
STS-56
FLIGHT DAY 1 STATE VECTOR (PREDICTED)
ON ORBIT OPERATIONS
(Posted 04/05/93 by Roger Simpson)
The following vector for the flight of STS-56 is provided by NASA
Johnson Space Center, Flight Design and Dynamics Division for use in
ground track plotting programs. The vector represents the
predictied trajectory of Discovery during on orbit operations, after
the OMS-2 maneuver. The vector assumes an on time launch.
Questions regarding these postings may be addressed to Roger
Simpson, Mail Code DM4, L. B. J. Space Center, Houston, Texas
77058, Telephone (713) 483-1928.
Lift off Time : 1993/096/05:32:00.000
Lift off Date : 04/06/93
Vector Time (GMT) : 096/06:11:37.730
Vector Time (MET) : 000/00:39:37.730
Orbit Count : 1
Weight : 226210.0 LBS
Drag Coefficient : 2.00
Drag Area : 1250.0 SQ FT
M50 Elements Keplerian Elements
----------------------- --------------------------
X = 21625753.7 FT A = 3606.8795 NM
Y = -2634617.3 FT E = 0.000769
Z = 2232596.4 FT I (M50) = 57.03115 DEG
Xdot = 3832.167081 FT/S Wp (M50) = 155.44198 DEG
Ydot = 13509.654128 FT/S RAAN (M50) = 176.86540 DEG
Zdot = -21119.722462 FT/S / N (True) = 17.57853 DEG
Anomalies \ M (Mean) = 17.55193 DEG
Ha = 161.0500 NM
Hp = 159.3600 NM
Mean of 1950 (M50) : Inertial, right-handed Cartesian system whose
Coordinate System origin is the center of the earth. The epoch
is the beginning of the Besselian year 1950.
X axis: Mean vernal equinox of epoch
Z axis: Earth's mean rotational axis of epoch
Y axis: Completes right-hand system
A: Semi-major axis
E: Eccentricity N: True anomaly
I: Inclination M: Mean anomaly
Wp: Argument of perigee Ha: Height of apogee
RAAN: Right ascension of ascending node Hp: Height of perigee
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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