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"930624.DFC" (14355 bytes) was created on 06-24-93
24-Jun-93 Daily File Collection
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KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT 6/24/93
STS-51 SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Thursday, June 24, 1993
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center
Vehicle: OV-103/Discovery Mission number: STS-51
Location: VAB High Bay 1 Orbital altitude: 184 sm
Primary payload: ACTS-TOS/ORFEUS-SPAS Inclination: 28.45 deg
Launch timeframe: NET July 17 Landing site: KSC
Mission duration: 9 + 1 days Crew size: 5
STS-51 IN WORK:
- Shuttle Interface Test (mechanical/electrical)
- hydraulic testing of solid rocket booster control systems
- main engine/main propulsion system interface leak checks
- external tank/orbiter interface leak checks
- payload rollout from Vertical Processing Facility at 8:30 p.m.
STS-51 WORK SCHEDULED:
- installation of payloads into Pad B payload changeout room
- retraction of VAB access platforms Friday
- positioning crawler transporter beneath MLP Friday
- Space Shuttle rollout from VAB to Pad B Friday at 7:30 p.m.
- Space Shuttle hard-down on launcher pedestals 2 a.m. Saturday
- move rotating service structure 11:30 a.m. Saturday
- power-up Discovery 4 p.m. Saturday
- crew hatch functional check Saturday
- installation of payloads into Discovery Sunday
- mate orbiter mid-body umbilical unit Sunday
- KSC Launch Readiness Review Monday
- STS-51 Flight Readiness Review Thursday, July 1
STS-51 WORK COMPLETED:
- installation of main engine heat shields
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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DAILY NEWS/TV SKED 6-24-93
Daily News
Thursday, June 24, 1993
Two Independence Square, Washington, D.C.
Audio Service: 202/358-3014
% EURECA safely grappled;
% ATMOS recorder obtains ozone data.
Endeavour's crew members successfully grappled the EURECA satellite earlier
today. The crew will continue operations to berth the EURECA satellite in the
payload bay. An extravehicular activity is scheduled for tomorrow morning.
Astronaut Sherlock reported getting excellent photography of the Bahama Islands
for the CAN-DO project. The CAN-DO project is student experiment that features
a camera which will be used to take more than a thousand photos of the Earth
for studies of the environment. The second part of the CAN-DO project is study
of the effects of space on hundreds of different materials.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
The on-board data recovery system captured 103 orbital sunrises and sunsets
observed by the Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS) instrument
during the STS-56 mission in April. This data was obtained despite transmitting
problems encountered during the mission.
ATMOS has flown on the Shuttle before, but the STS-56 mission was an
engineering test flight for the ATMOS recorder subsystem. Part of the second
Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS 2), ATMOS measures
up to 40 gases that affect global ozone levels.
The ATLAS series is part of NASA's Mission to Planet Earth, which uses the
global perspective available from space to study the environmental changes.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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.
NASA TV will provide continuous coverage
of the STS-57 mission from lift-off to
landing.
Thursday, June 24, 1993
Live 1:00 pm STS-57 mission update.
7:30 pm Replay of flight day four activities.
Friday, June 25, 1993
Live 1:00 pm STS-57 mission update.
Live 2:30 pm STS-57 status briefing.
Live 7:00 pm SCOUT/RADCAL laVandenberg.
7:30 pm Replay of flight day five activities.
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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6/24/93: TWO ASTRONAUTS APPOINTED TO HEADQUARTERS POSITIONS
Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington D.C. June 24, 1993
RELEASE: 93-120
NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today announced the appointment of
two astronauts to senior management positions at NASA Headquarters, Washington,
D.C.
Appointed are William M. Shepherd and James D. Wetherbee as Assistant
Deputy Administrators - Technical. They will assist the Administrator and the
Acting Deputy Administrator in providing technical oversight of NASA's
programs.
In addition to serving in this capacity, they have been designated as
acting leaders of the transition activities for the Redesign Space Station
program under the direction of Bryan O'Connor, the Director, Space Station
Redesign.
Shepherd, a 1971 Naval Academy graduate, received the degrees of ocean
engineer and master of science in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology in 1978. He is a veteran of 3 Space Shuttle missions,
STS-27 in December 1988, STS-41 in October 1990 and STS-52 in November 1992.
Wetherbee is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and a 1974
graduate of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. He served as the project officer
and test pilot for the weapons delivery systems and avionics integration for
the F/A-18 aircraft. He is a veteran of 2 Space Shuttle missions, serving as a
pilot on STS-32 in January 1990 and as commander of STS-52 in November 1992.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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MCC Status Report #8
MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-57 Status Report #8
Thursday, June 24, 1993, 3:30 p.m. CDT
Endeavour's crew captured and stowed the EURECA satellite at 11:36 a.m. CDT
today when the payload retention latches and keel latch locked down onto the
special berthing platform in the aft cargo bay.
The European Retrievable Carrier's two solar panels retracted and latched into
place as planned. But, EURECA ground controllers could not get the two radio
antennas completely into position for a positive latch indication. The number
one antenna was about four degrees from complete retraction and the number two
antenna was two degrees from its stowed position. After an additional attempt
to drive both latch motors in the primary and redundant modes, payload
controllers and the Mission Control team decided to berth the satellite with
the antennas unlatched. The remotely operated electrical umbilical was locked
into place at 11:42 a.m. CDT. The umbilical supplies electricty from
Endeavour's fuel cells to the EURECA satellite's thermal control units to keep
instrument temperatures at the proper levels.
The EURECA payload controllers and Mission Control teams are refining three
options to latch down the two EURECA antennas. The first option calls for the
two spacewalking astronauts, David Low and Jeff Wisoff, to manually hold down
the antenna booms while EURECA controllers send computer commands to drive the
latches closed. The second option has the spacewalkers removing the two
antennas from the satellite and stowing them inside Endeavour's crew cabin at
the end of the spacewalk. The third option would have the astronauts tie down
the antenna booms to the main satellite structure.
During the crew's sleep period tonight, the Planning Team will refine the
details of the three options for a final decision before the spacewalk begins
at 8 a.m. CDT Friday.
Janice Voss wrapped up the Spacehab module experiments for Thursday a few
minutes after 2 p.m. CDT.
Endeavour's circles the Earth every 94 minutes in a near-circular orbit with a
high point of 260 nautical miles and a low point of 255 nautical miles.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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MCC Status Report #7
MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-57 Status Report #7
Thursday, June 24, 1993, 5 a.m. CDT
Endeavour is on course with all activities proceeding as planned to recapture
the European Retrievable Carrier, or EURECA, at about 8:27 a.m. central time
today.
The next milestone in the process of intercepting EURECA will be an engine
firing by Endeavour, called the Terminal Interception burn, or TI burn, at
about 6:27 a.m. Performed when Endeavour is eight nautical miles directly
behind EURECA, the TI burn will begin the last phase of the rendezvous with the
European satellite. About an hour after that burn, Endeavour's Commander Ron
Grabe will take manual control of the shuttle's flight controls for the
approach to EURECA. Payload Commander David Low will then use the shuttle's
mechanical arm to capture the satellite and tuck it into the cargo bay for the
trip home.
EURECA controllers in Darmstadt, Germany, are ready for the retrieval, and the
next milestone for them will come during the final phase of Endeavour's
approach when they remotely command the satellite's solar panels to fold up.
Following that, they will command its two antennas to retract as well.
Endeavour's crew was awakened at midnight Houston time to the 1974 tune
"Rendezvous'" performed by The Hudson Brothers. At 5 a.m. CDT, Endeavour was
25 nautical miles behind EURECA and closing slowly. A course correction burn
is next up for the shuttle, scheduled for 5:29 a.m. CDT.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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=--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_45_2.TXT
STS-57 KEPLERIAN ORBITAL ELEMENTS
SPACELINK NOTE: Spacelink contains an IBM MS-DOS/Windows program (V2L9322.ZIP)
that will convert M-50 state vectors into the 2-line format preferred by many
callers. Enter IBM at the GO TO prompt and check out the section on satellite
tracking programs. This program may prove useful on occasions when the M-50
elements are more current than the 2-line elements.
STS-57 element set GSFC-014 (orbit 49)
STS-57
1 22684U 93 37 A 93175.64821865 0.00000990 00000-0 30148-4 0 145
2 22684 28.4591 292.0278 0005299 194.1335 165.9112 15.29165967 493
Satellite: STS-57
Catalog number: 22684
Epoch time: 93175.64821865 (24 JUN 93 15:33:26.09 UTC)
Element set: GSFC-014
Inclination: 28.4591 deg
RA of node: 292.0278 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-57
Eccentricity: 0.0005299 Keplerian Elements
Arg of perigee: 194.1335 deg
Mean anomaly: 165.9112 deg
Mean motion: 15.29165967 rev/day Semi-major Axis: 6856.4363 Km
Decay rate: 0.99E-05 rev/day*2 Apogee Alt: 481.68 Km
Epoch rev: 49 Perigee Alt: 474.42 Km
NOTE - This element set is based on NORAD element set # 014.
The spacecraft has been propagated to the next ascending
node, and the orbit number has been adjusted to bring it
into agreement with the NASA numbering convention.
R.A. Parise, Goddard Space Flight Center
G.L.CARMAN
STS-57
FLIGHT DAY 4 STATE VECTORS
ON ORBIT OPERATIONS
(Posted 06/24/93 by Roger Simpson)
The following vector for the flight of STS-57 is provided by NASA Johnson
Space Center, Flight Design and Dynamics Division for use in ground track
plotting programs. The vector represents the trajectory of Endeavour
during on orbit operations after the rendezvous with Eureca.
***NOTE***
THE FOLLOWING IS THE SCHEDULE TO BE USED TO UPDATE THE ORBITER VECTOR
BEING POSTED ON THE JSC PAO BULLETIN BOARD:
FLIGHT DAY 5: FRIDAY, 2000 GMT, 3:00 p.m. CDT
FLIGHT DAY 8: MONDAY, 1400 GMT, 9:00 a.m. CDT
Lift off Time : 1993/172/13:07:21.953
Lift off Date : 06/21/93
Vector Time (GMT) : 175/18:47:21.953
Vector Time (MET) : 003/05:40:00.000
Orbit Count : 051
Weight : 243584.0 LBS
Drag Coefficient : 2.00
Drag Area : 2750.0 SQ FT
M50 Elements Keplerian Elements
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X = 14493930.9 FT A = 3705.2990 NM
Y = -16708000.7 FT E = 0.001032
Z = 4101483.1 FT I (M50) = 28.24192 DEG
Xdot = 15598.841162 FT/S Wp (M50) = 61.18081 DEG
Ydot = 16235.131015 FT/S RAAN (M50) = 290.74579 DEG
Zdot = 10924.454241 FT/S / N (True) = 321.48173 DEG
Anomalies \ M (Mean) = 321.55535 DEG
Ha = 259.876 NM
Hp = 254.590 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
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.
Dear Customer, we are in the process of reviewing the contents of
this product and are interested in determining if it fits your needs.
If you use these state vectors, please drop us a postcard and
let us know what we can do to improve your use of this product.
POSTED BY RSIMPSON AT VMSPFHOU ON VMSPFHOU.VMBOARDS:PAONEWS
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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