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07-Dec-92 Daily File Collection
These files were added or updated between 06-Dec-92 at 21:00:00 {Central}
and 07-Dec-92 at 21:02:12.
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12/07/92: ADVANCED SOLID ROCKET MOTOR TRANSPORTERS ARRIVE AT KSC
George H. Diller Dec. 7, 1992
Kennedy Space Center
KSC Release No. 165-92
The first major items of ground support equipment for the Advanced Solid
Rocket Motor (ASRM) arrived at the Kennedy Space Center yesterday by barge.
Called Kneel-Down Transporters, or KDTs, they are special-purpose trucks
designed to carry ASRM segments when loaded on special transportation pallets.
Each segment with pallet weighs 795,000 pounds.
The two KDTs are the first of four transporters that have been ordered
from KAMAG Transportation Company of Germany. They were moved from Germany by
cargo ship to Jacksonville, Fla. where they were loaded onto NASA's external
tank barge for transportation to KSC. These transporters will eventually be
taken to the Yellow Creek, Mississippi manufacturing site for ASRM when these
facilities are complete. The cost of the first set of transporters is $5.8
million dollars. Two more identical KDTs will be delivered later for use by
KSC and will cost somewhat less money.
The term "kneel down transporter" refers to both the action of the
transporter in kneeling down to pick up the pallets, as well as the
configuration of a wheel set, or "bogie." Looking at an individual bogie, one
can see that its supporting leg does indeed have a pivot point like a
knee--hence the term kneel down transporter.
The mission of the transporter includes several tasks:
- move the filled and unfilled motor segments during the
manufacturing process at Yellow Creek, Mississippi.
- load the completed rocket motor segments onto the barge at
Yellow Creek for transportation to Kennedy Space Center, Stennis
Space Center, Miss., or Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville,
Ala.
- unload the rocket motor segments from the barge at KSC for
transportation to and between ordnance storage facilities and the
Vehicle Assembly Building.
The transporter can also be configured for a variety of other general
purpose applications.
A 600-horsepower diesel engine furnishes the primary power for the
transporter and its associated electrical and hydraulic systems. The
transporter provides precision speed control ranging from creep to a maximum
of 10 mile per hour. The transporter is highly maneuverable, having a turning
radius of only 30 feet. The front and rear bogies pivot at different angles
about the two center rows of bogies, which are fixed. Combined with the
precision speed control, this maneuverability allows the operator to position
the transporter precisely under the load.
The operator's glass-enclosed cab at the front of the transporter is
raised to provide good visibility. The driver's seat swivels 180 degrees and
the controls are arranged so that the transporter can be driven forward or in
reverse with equal ease.
Redundant systems includes an emergency steering system and a fail-safe
braking system. The maximum braking force is limited to prevent an
overturning force when carrying a rocket segment in the vertical position.
An operator from KAMAG arrived with the first two transporters to drive
them off the barge to their storage area which is north of the Vehicle
Assembly Builiding. He will then assist in training the drivers who are to be
furnished by the KSC Shuttle processing contractor, the Lockheed Space
Operations Co.
Kneel-Down Transporter Statistics:
Weight: 177,628 pounds Fuel capacity: 200 gallons
Length: 66 feet Number of wheel bogies: 24
Width: 20 feet Number of axle rows: 11
Height: 13.3 feet Number of tires: 96
Plaftform size: 20 ft. x 56.8 feet
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KSC SHUTTLE STATUS 12/7/92
SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Monday, December 7, 1992
Mitch Varnes
Kennedy Space Center
Vehicle: OV-103/ Space Shuttle Discovery
Location: on-orbit; conducting mission STS-53
* Crew and vehicle are performing well
* Landing is targeted for the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday,
December 9. There are two opportunities at KSC on Wednesday:
2:16 p.m. EST & 3:50 p.m. EST
* * *
Vehicle: OV-105
Location: Launch Pad 39-B
Mission: STS-54/ TDRS-F
Mission Duration: Six days
Target launch date: Mid-January 1993
IN WORK TODAY:
* Orbiter/TDRS-F Interface Verification Test
* Preparations for pre-launch loading of propellants
* Preparations for helium signature leak check
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Helium signature leak check scheduled for late this evening
WORK COMPLETED:
* Installation of TDRS-F into Endeavour's payload bay
Areas of concern:
STS-55/ SL-D2
* Pre-launch preparations of the orbiter Columbia are continuing on schedule
toward supporting a late February launch. However, managers have decided to
delay completion of solid rocket booster stacking while the lefthand forward
center segment undergoes troubleshooting. The segment has failed two
low-pressure leak checks since it was stacked last week. It is believed that
the failures are attributable to faulty ground support equipment, but managers
have decided to destack the left forward center segment to confirm this
theory. This single segment will be destacked following assembly of the
righthand booster. This unplanned operation is expected to have no impact on
the launch of STS-55.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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12/07/92: GALILEO EARTH-MOON FLYBY BRIEFING SET FOR DEC. 8
Paula Cleggett-Haleim
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. December 7, 1992
Jim Wilson
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
NOTE TO EDITORS: N92-105
Galileo officials will describe the Earth-Moon flyby at a briefing on
Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 1 p.m. EST. The briefing will originate from NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif. Reporters can participate from
the NASA Headquarters auditorium, 400 Maryland Ave., S.W., Washington, D.C.
NASA's Galileo spacecraft swings past the Earth on Dec. 8 for its last
gravity assist on the way to Jupiter, with a closest approach to Earth at
10:09
a.m. EST.
Project Manager William J. O'Neil and Mission Director Neal Ausman will
describe the flyby, mission plans and Galileo's status. Project Scientist
Torrence V. Johnson and other members of the science team are expected to
discuss ongoing Earth-Moon scientific activities and present some of the
earliest results.
Galileo is scheduled to continue observing Earth and Moon for a week or
more, and a preliminary science briefing at JPL is set for Dec. 22 at 1 p.m.
EST.
A program, called "Blue Room," will provide up-to-date information on
mission and science operations and present sample images starting at 9:30 a.m.
EST. The conference and some of the Blue Room activity will be carried live on
NASA Select television, Satcom F2R, 72 degrees west longitude, Transponder 13,
C-Band.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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Mir element set 749 (7-Dec-92)
Mir
1 16609U 86 17 A 92342.70113582 .00013856 00000-0 19746-3 0 7497
2 16609 51.6204 100.5242 0001946 128.3083 231.8079 15.56613989389273
Satellite: Mir
Catalog number: 16609
Epoch time: 92342.70113582
Element set: 749
Inclination: 51.6204 deg
RA of node: 100.5242 deg Semi-major axis: 3658.5094 n.mi.
Eccentricity: 0.0001946 Apogee altitude: 215.2872 n.mi.
Arg of perigee: 128.3083 deg Perigee altitude: 213.8633 n.mi.
Mean anomaly: 231.8079 deg Altitude decay: 0.0217 n.mi./day
Mean motion: 15.56613989 rev/day Apsidal rotation: 3.7341 deg/day
Decay rate: 1.3856E-04 rev/day~2 Nodal regression: -4.9998 deg/day
Epoch rev: 38927 Nodal period: 92.4469 min
G.L.CARMAN
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STS-53 Keplerian Elements and State Vector
STS-53
FLIGHT DAY 7 STATE VECTOR
ON ORBIT OPERATIONS
(Posted 12/07/92 by Roger Simpson)
The following vector for the flight of STS-53 is provided by NASA
Johnson Space Center Flight Design and Dynamics Division for use in
ground track plotting programs. The vector is valid for flight day
7 through landing operations. The vector represents the trajectory
of Discovery during on orbit operations. 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 : 1992/337:13:23:59.957
Lift off Date : 12/02/92
Vector Time (GMT) : 342/20:34:59.957
Vector Time (MET) : 005/07:11:00.000
Orbit Count : 84
Weight : 203983.0 LBS
Drag Coefficient : 2.00
Drag Area : 2751.0 SQ FT
M50 Elements Keplerian Elements
----------------------- --------------------------
X = 12286002.6 FT A = 3613.2932 NM
Y = 5576853.7 FT E = 0.001307
Z = -17355214.1 FT I (M50) = 57.10886 DEG
Xdot = -17716.868232 FT/S Wp (M50) = 81.02691 DEG
Ydot = 16529.699392 FT/S RAAN (M50) = 148.12450 DEG
Zdot = -7238.394827 FT/S / N (True) = 169.05731 DEG
Anomalies \ M (Mean) = 169.02884 DEG
Ha = 174.2010 NM
Hp = 169.9480 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
POSTED BY RSIMPSON AT VMSPFHOU ON VMSPFHOU.VMBOARDS:PAONEWS
STS-53
1 22259U 92 86 A 92342.37153544 0.00052925 00000-0 25599-3 0 152
2 22259 56.9982 151.0118 0010415 274.0091 85.9790 15.82039048 774
Satellite: STS-53
Catalog number: 22259
Epoch time: 92342.37153544 (07 DEC 92 08:55:00.66 UTC)
Element set: GSFC-015
Inclination: 56.9982 deg
RA of node: 151.0118 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-53
Eccentricity: 0.0010415 Keplerian Elements
Arg of perigee: 274.0091 deg
Mean anomaly: 85.9790 deg
Mean motion: 15.82039048 rev/day Semi-major Axis: 6702.8073 Km
Decay rate: 0.53E-03 rev/day*2 Apogee Alt: 331.40 Km
Epoch rev: 77 Perigee Alt: 317.44 Km
NOTE - This element set is based on NORAD element set # 015.
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
Mark T. Severance
VG/Orbiter Engineering Office
NASA-JSC
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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***********************************************************************
NASA SELECT TV SCHEDULE
STS-53/DOD-1
12/7/92
REV H
***********************************************************************
NASA Select programming can be accessed through GE Satcom F2R, transponder 13.
The frequency is 3960 MHz with an orbital position of 72 degrees west
longitude. This is a full transponder service and will be operational 24
hours
a day.
This NASA Select television schedule of mission coverage is available on
Comstore, the mission TV schedule computer bulletin board service. Call
713-483-5817, and follow the prompts to access this service.
* Denotes change from previous television schedule.
Launch occured at 7:24 AM CST on Wednesday, December 2.
NOTE: On-orbit television will be downlinked at crew discretion.
---------------------------Monday, December 7--------------------------
FD 6
84 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 05/08:06 03:30 PM
Flight Director- Milt Heflin
88 * CREW SLEEP 05/13:00 08:24 PM
88 REPLAY OF FD6 ACTIVITIES JSC 05/13:36 09:00 PM
--------------------------Tuesday, December 8--------------------------
FD 7
93 * CREW AWAKE 05/21:00 04:24 AM
96 NASA SELECT ORIGINATION JPL 06/01:21 08:45 AM
SWITCHED TO JPL
96 GALILEO/EARTH/MOON FLY-BY JPL 06/01:21 08:45 AM
COVERAGE BEGINS
96 GALILEO CLOSEST APPROACH TO JPL 06/01:53 09:17 AM
EARTH/MOON
(NOT TELEVISED)
98 GALILEO PRESS CONFERENCE JPL 06/04:36 12:00 PM
100 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 06/08:06 03:30 PM
Flight Director- Milt Heflin
102 Ku BAND ANTENNA STOW 06/10:00 05:24 PM
(not televised)
104 CREW SLEEP 06/13:30 08:54 PM
105 REPLAY OF FD7 ACTIVITIES JSC 06/13:36 09:00 PM
-------------------------Wednesday, December 9 ------------------------
FD 8
109 CREW AWAKE 06/21:30 04:54 AM
114 * DE-ORBIT BURN 07/04:52 12:16 PM
(not televised)
115 * NASA SELECT ORIGINATION KSC 07/05:22 12:46 PM
SWITCHED TO KSC
(time of switch approx.)
115 * KSC LANDING KSC 07/05:52 01:16 PM
LANDING REPLAYS KSC TBD
POST LANDING PRESS CONFERENCE KSC TBD
ASTRONAUT DEPARTURE KSC TBD
***********************************************************************
DEFINITION OF TERMS
***********************************************************************
CST: Central Standard Time
DOD: Department of Defense
FD: Flight Day
JPL: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
JSC: Johnson Space Center
KSC: Kennedy Space Center
MET: Mission Elapsed Time. The time which begins at the moment
of launch and is read: days/hours:minutes. Launch=00/00:00
P/TV: Photographic/Television activity
STS: Space Transportation System
TDRE,W: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, East and West longitudes.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STATUS REPORT #13
Monday, December 7, 1992, 7 a.m. CST
"Anchor's Aweigh" was played for crew members Dave Walker and Bob Cabana,
both graduates of the U. S. Naval Academy, as the STS-53 crew began their
sixth
flight day in space.
Much of the planned crew day involves work with the many site acquisition and
life sciences projects being flown aboard Discovery.
In addition to continued operations with the secondary experiments by Mission
Specialists Guy Bluford, Jim Voss and Rich Clifford, routine pre-landing
orbiter checkouts will be conducted in preparation for Wednesday's planned
return to Earth.
Walker and Cabana will make sure the vehicle's flight control surfaces on the
wings and tail are in proper working order for the landing phase when the
spacecraft begins entering the atmosphere. The two also will fire all of the
small thruster jets in the nose and tail to ensure they are ready for the
entry phase. The checkout is scheduled to begin about 10 this morning.
Checking out the orbiter systems is usually done the day before landing, but
was moved up to ensure uninterrupted data gathering in support of the orbiter
glow experiment on Tuesday, the first day that the orbiter will actually pass
into darkness due to the time of launch last week.
After the FCS checkout and RCS hotfire, a small eight foot per second burn of
one of the orbital maneuvering system engines also will be performed today to
add a second landing opportunity on Thursday at the Kennedy Space Center
should
weather conditions delay landing until then. The orbit adjust burn is
scheduled for 1:15 CST this afternoon.
All systems aboard Discovery continue to perform well on its fifteenth
mission. The latest projected landing time for Wednesday's opportunity at KSC
is 1:16 p.m. Central completing the 114th orbit.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-53 Status Report #14
Monday, December 7, 1992, 3 p.m. CST
It was a busy morning for the Discovery crew as they continued with payload
operations and performed a series of tests that verified the vehicle's
readiness to return to Earth Wednesday.
Today's activities included a Flight Control System checkout. This test is
conducted to check out mechanical and hydraulic systems which are required for
landing. The FCS checkout also tests various displays and sensors the crew
will use during the entry. Later in the morning, the crew conducted a
Reaction Control System hot fire test, which is a test of various thrusters
and of the plumbing and other mechanisms associated with that system.
Following the crew's midday meal, a fifth orbital maneuvering system burn was
performed to lower Discovery's orbit and set up the geometry that will provide
an extra landing opportunity at Kennedy Space Center on Thursday. The orbital
adjustment was performed to maximize Discovery's landing options given
marginal weather forecasts for each of the three Shuttle landing sites in the
United States.
NASA still plans to bring Discovery home to Kennedy Space Center at the
nominal time on Wednesday with a deorbit burn at 12:16 p.m. CST and a landing
at 1:16 p.m. CST.
The orbiter systems continue to function very well with only minor problems
reported on this 15th flight of the vehicle.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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