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ATLAS-2 STATUS REPORT &4
ATLAS 2 Public Affairs Status Report #4
6:00 p.m. CDT, April 9, 1993
1/17:31 MET
Spacelab Mission Operations Control
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville, Alabama
Solar instruments aboard the the second Atmospheric Laboratory for
Applications and Science (ATLAS-2) completed their first eight
orbits of observations at around noon CDT today, and the mission's
second session of atmospheric observations is in progress.
Scientists need both types of data to fit into the "big picture" of
factors which influence this planet's atmospheric life-support
system, especially its protective ozone layer. "The sun is the
energy driver of our atmosphere and our climate system," said
Mission Scientist Dr. Tim Miller. "We cannot measure the
atmosphere and understand all the processes taking place there
without an accurate knowledge of the energy which goes into it."
Science teams for the four solar instruments at Spacelab Mission
Operations Control in Huntsville report their observations went
very smoothly and the quality of the data collected looks good.
The Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (ACRIM), from
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Belgium's Solar Constant
experiment (SOLCON) each made extremely precise, independent
measurements of the total solar irradiance, or total energy from
the sun received by the planet Earth. This quantity is known to
vary by about 0.1 percent over an 11-year solar cycle. Computer
models suggest that even small variations in the total solar
irradiance could have significant impacts on climate. Therefore,
these instruments measure this quantity to a long-term accuracy of
plus or minus 0.1 percent or better. All SOLCON commands were sent
from their remote control facility in Brussels.
France's Solar Spectrum (SOLSPEC) experiment and the U.S. Naval
Research Laboratory's Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
(SUSIM) concentrated on the sun's output as a function of
wavelength. SOLSPEC measured ultraviolet, visible and infrared
radiation, while SUSIM focused on ultraviolet rays, the form of
solar radiation with the greatest fluctuation and the most impact
on photochemical reactions in the atmosphere.
The Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SSBUV) instrument, from
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, completed a lengthy cooling
period, then made its first observations of the mission during the
last two orbits of the solar period. Scientists will compare those
measurements with readings of ultraviolet radiation scattered back
from the Earth's atmosphere, which SSBUV is taking during the
remaining atmospheric observation periods of the ATLAS-2 mission.
Ozone absorbs different wavelengths of ultraviolet light at
different altitudes, so comparisons of the incoming ultraviolet
radiation with backscattered radiation gives scientists a highly
accurate map of the total amount of ozone in the atmosphere, as
well as its distribution by altitude.
Atmospheric observations resumed at around 1 p.m., with
remote-sensing operations by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's
Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS) experiment,
Germany's Millimeter-Wave Atmospheric Sounder (MAS) and SSBUV.
Dr. Mike Gunson, principal investigator for ATMOS, reported his
instrument is working extremely well. Gunson said the engineering
data his team is receiving at Spacelab Mission Operations Control
indicates ATMOS operations are fully nominal, even though there
continues to be a problem preventing high-rate science data from
being downlinked.
As was the case during yesterday's atmospheric observations, all
ATMOS observations are being recorded on a new onboard experiment
recorder and will be retrieved after landing. The onboard recorder
has a storage capacity for more ATMOS data than was taken during
the entire ATLAS 1 flight. "The only difference is that we don't
have that nice, warm, fuzzy feeling of seeing our data on the
ground," said Gunson. Payload controllers hope to come up with a
workaround to get some ATMOS observations from the Shuttle High
Data Rate Recorder downlinked at a lower rate, allowing the ground
team to confirm the quality of their science data. ATMOS measures
a wider variety of trace gases than any other space instrument,
providing vital information about which atmospheric processes are
becoming more relevant in determining ozone distribution.
The Millimeter-Wave Atmospheric Sounder (MAS) is in the midst of an
extended period of chlorine monoxide observations. The ground
control team worked around a pointing problem by commanding their
instrument's parabolic antenna to remain stationary, while the
Shuttle itself controls pointing. Chlorine monoxide, formed mainly
from the breakdown of chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's) in the middle
atmosphere, plays an important part in ozone loss. Evidence
suggests that great increases in chlorine monoxide concentrations
cause high ozone loss rates during the Antarctic's spring season
and participate in forming the ozone "hole." Those increases also
may have played a role in low levels of ozone observed this past
winter at high Northern latitudes. The MAS team is working to
pinpoint the cause of their pointing command problem and hopes to
develop a software patch to correct it later in the mission.
Atmospheric observations will continue throughout the next shift.
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STS-56 MCC STATUS #7
MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-56 Status Report #7
Saturday, April 10, 1993, 5 a.m. CDT
Discovery's crew and flight controllers spent a quiet night steadily working
through the planned experiments for STS-56 and remaining on the flight's pre-
planned schedule.
Work for the Blue Team -- Commander Ken Cameron, Pilot Steve Oswald and Mission
Specialist Ellen Ochoa -- began early this morning and remains under way. One
of the first tasks for Cameron and Oswald was to evaluate a rowing machine as a
possible method of exercising aboard the shuttle, while causing little
vibration which might disturb onboard experiments. Along with the rowing
machine being tested, a stationary bicycle also is being used by the crew
during the flight for exercise to counteract the effects of weightlessness on
the body.
Later, Cameron spoke with students at the Sedhenberg School in Cumbria,
England, by ham radio as part of the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX).
The students had an opportunity to ask Cameron about a dozen different
questions as Discovery flew overhead. Later today, more school contacts are
planned for Cameron with students in Portugal and South Africa.
The crew also sent Mission Control seven images taken with the HERCULES camera,
a camera that prints the latitude and longitude of the area being photographed
on the film at the time the photo is taken. STS-56 is the first flight to
carry a HERCULES camera with the ability to send photographs to the ground, and
the camera's investigators are now analyzing the quality of images received
from Discovery.
Flight controllers are continuing to evaluate difficulties with the ability to
transmit high-rate data from Discovery to the ground for the ATMOS instrument
of the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science. Although the
information obtained by ATMOS cannot be sent live to the ground, it is being
recorded onboard Discovery for later analysis. One plan currently in work by
flight controllers may allow a portion of ATMOS information to be sent down at
a slow rate of transmission to provide scientists on the ground the opportunity
to verify that the instrument is making the proper observations.
Other possible methods of increasing the amount of data ATMOS can obtain during
the flight also are being sought by controllers.
No new problems with any of Discovery's equipment were seen overnight and the
spacecraft continues in a 160 nautical mile high orbit.
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STS-56 MSFC STATUS REPORT &5
ATLAS 2 Public Affairs Status Report #5
6:00 a.m. CDT, April 10, 1993
2/05:31 MET
Spacelab Mission Operations Control
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville, Alabama
The second mission for the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications
and Science (ATLAS 2) continued overnight as three scientific
instruments gathered data about trace gases in the Earth's
atmosphere and their distribution levels by altitude.
With the cargo bay of Discovery opened toward Earth, the Shuttle
Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SSBUV) experiment measured solar
radiation as it scattered back from the atmosphere during the
daylight portions of each orbit. From the Shuttle's vantage point,
high above the middle atmosphere, this instrument can look down on
the Earth, and measure the amount of ozone present in the
stratosphere.
The SSBUV instrument was developed by the Goddard Space Flight
Center in Maryland, to provide precisely calibrated observations of
ozone to instruments aboard National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration satellites. SSBUV information will help scientists
solve the problem of data accuracy caused by degradation of optical
components of instruments on these free-flying satellites.
The Millimeter-wave Atmospheric Sounder (MAS) scanned the
atmosphere, looking for levels of chlorine monoxide, ozone, and
water vapor in the atmosphere. MAS studies the chemistry of the
middle atmosphere by measuring the strength of millimeter waves
radiating at the specific frequencies of these molecules.
Principal Investigator Dr. Gerard K. Hartmann of the Max Planck
Institute for Aeronomy, Germany, and his colleagues in the U.S.,
Switzerland and Germany, will use the MAS data to better understand
the distribution of these trace gases in both the Southern and
Northern Hemispheres.
The MAS science teams successfully designed a computer software
"patch" to allow the MAS instrument to correctly interpret
positional signals from the Shuttle's Guidance, Navigation and
Control Systems. Earlier efforts to compensate for the problem had
been successful, and good data continues to be received via the low
data rate communications channel.
The Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS) instrument
viewed the stratosphere during orbital sunsets and sunrises to get
a more detailed picture of the concentrations of trace molecules
there. ATMOS measured solar infrared radiation after it passed
through the atmosphere, a technique known as occultation limb
sounding.
ATMOS has the ability to measure the distributions of a greater
variety of gases in the stratosphere than has any single
space-based instrument. Dr. Michael R. Gunson, ATMOS Principal
Investigator from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,
Calif., and colleagues world-wide, will be analyzing the data from
this ATLAS 2 flight to provide greater understanding of the complex
chemical processes governing the composition of the stratosphere.
Since high data rate downlink capabilities have not yet been
restored, Dr. Gunson's data from these observations will be
retrieved, after landing, from an onboard experiment tape recorder.
Throughout the next 12 hour period, the ATMOS, MAS and SSBUV
instruments will continue to observe the chemical and physical
components of the middle atmosphere.
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STS-56 MCC Status Report #8
MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-56 Status Report #8
Saturday, April 10, 1993, 12:30 p.m.
Using an alternate telemetry path through Discovery's dish antenna, flight
controllers successfully transferred important science data from the
Atmospheric Trace Spectroscopy experiment through the orbiter's high data rate
recorder to the ground.
Additional tests at higher data rates are planned later today, but expectations
are high that this method will allow investigators to get all of their data for
the mission.
Commander Ken Cameron, Pilot Steve Oswald and Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa
spent portions of their work day talking to school children in Portugal,
England, South Africa, and England using the on-board ham radio.
Earlier today, Discovery's main experiment computer experienced a problem and
had to be reset. While that was being done, the experiments in the payload bay
were shut off for a short period of time until the computer could be brought
back on line.
Oswald also worked with the HERCULES camera that identifies and prints latitude
and longitude data of the area being photographed. Several photos have been
sent down from Discovery using the electronic still camera.
Earth observation became the prime focus of the crew during one particularly
clear overflight of the Caribbean and the Western coastline of South America.
Discovery remains in a stable, 160 nautical mile high orbit circling the Earth
every 90 minutes.
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ATLAS 2 Status Report 6
ATLAS 2 Public Affairs Status Report #6
6:00 p.m. CDT, April 10, 1993
2/17:31 MET
Spacelab Mission Operations Control
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville, Alabama
Atmospheric instruments aboard the ATLAS-2 Spacelab continue to use
a variety of remote-sensing techniques to define the chemical
composition of Earth's atmosphere. The chemistry of the middle
atmosphere is very complex, involving many gases. Accurate
measurements of a large number of trace molecules are needed to
verify computer models of how that chemistry works, so atmospheric
changes which occur naturally can be distinguished from those that
are induced by human activity.
Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa and ground controllers quickly
reloaded the experiment computer software after a trap occurred in
the system early this morning. Experiment operations successfully
resumed within about 45 minutes, with minimal impact on science
gathering. It is possible one Atmospheric Trace Molecule
Spectroscopy (ATMOS) sunset observation might have been affected,
but this will not be known until the data being recorded onboard is
retrieved after the mission.
ATMOS continued to view the sun's infrared radiation through the
narrow band of Earth's atmosphere during orbital sunrises and
sunsets, making global measurements of the composition of the
troposphere, stratosphere and mesosphere. Data is still being
recorded on the experiment's dedicated recorder. A "tiger team" of
specialists from Marshall Space Flight Center, Johnson Space
Center, and Goddard Space Flight Center have developed several
potentially encouraging options for downlinking ATMOS data from the
Spacelab High Data Rate Recorder at lower rates. Data controllers
and science teams in Huntsville are evaluating the results of tests
of those options.
This morning, Mission Scientist Dr. Tim Miller told the Discovery
crew the Millimeter-Wave Atmospheric Sounder (MAS) is operating at
"full efficiency" since last night's software correction, adding
that the MAS team also was pleased with the quality of the data
collected in a contingency mode prior to the software patch. The
MAS instrument is similar to a radio receiver. Its antenna scans
the atmosphere for emissions of important molecules at well-defined
frequencies, in much the same way that a radio dial is tuned to
various stations. MAS completed an extended period of chlorine
monoxide observations, and it is now switching modes to map water
vapor and ozone in the middle atmosphere.
The Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Experiment (SSBUV) peered
through the atmosphere to the Earth's surface to identify both the
total amount of ozone present and its distribution by altitude.
the SSBUV team has already done preliminary processing of some
ozone science data and are extremely pleased with its quality.
During the current atmospheric observation period, SSBUV has
completed nine concurrent measurements with the its sister
instrument aboard the NOAA-11 spacecraft. The primary purpose of
SSBUV is to verify the accuracy of data being gathered by
free-flying satellites.
For daylight portions of several orbits, Shuttle video cameras
transmitted pictures of the cloud-covered Earth. These visual
images will allow the SSBUV science team to verify readings by
their cloud-cover radiometer, which tracks cloud reflectivity
throughout Earth observations. Ozone absorbs different wavelengths
of ultraviolet light at different altitudes. The cloud-cover
readings are factored into the SSBUV data to ensure the ozone
wavelengths are not being biased by light reflected off the clouds.
Though the Solar Spectrum (SOLSPEC) experiment is primarily
designed for solar observations, it joined the atmospheric
instruments in viewing the Earth for much of the last 12 hours.
SOLSPEC viewed both ultraviolet and visible light scattered back
from the Earth to make ozone measurements, using a simplified
technique similar to that of SSBUV. SOLSPEC tested their
Earth-viewing, or "nadir pointing," capability for several orbits
during ATLAS 1, but this mission is the first time it has been put
into extended operation.
Atmospheric observations will continue to be the primary focus of
activity throughout the next shift. The ATLAS instruments will be
put on temporary standby Sunday morning for the SPARTAN deployment,
after which the mission's second solar pointing period will begin.
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STS-56 Elset GSFC-010 10 Apr 93
STS-56
1 22621U 93 23 A 93100.61115846 0.00060906 00000-0 17653-3 0 105
2 22621 57.0037 167.8988 0004603 270.8271 89.2279 15.92485654 392
Satellite: STS-56
Catalog number: 22621
Epoch time: 93100.61115846 (10 APR 93 14:40:04.09 UTC)
Element set: GSFC-010
Inclination: 57.0037 deg
RA of node: 167.8988 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-56
Eccentricity: 0.0004603 Keplerian Elements
Arg of perigee: 270.8271 deg
Mean anomaly: 89.2279 deg
Mean motion: 15.92485654 rev/day Semi-major Axis: 6673.4618 Km
Decay rate: 0.61E-03 rev/day*2 Apogee Alt: 298.15 Km
Epoch rev: 39 Perigee Alt: 292.00 Km
NOTE - This element set is based on NORAD element set # 010.
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
STS-56
FLIGHT DAY 2 STATE VECTOR (ACTUAL)
ON ORBIT OPERATIONS
(Posted 04/09/93 by Bruce Williamson)
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 is valid for flight
day two. The vector represents the trajectory of Discovery after
the OMS-2 maneuver. Questions regarding these postings may be
addressed to Don Pearson, Mail Code DM4, L. B. J. Space Center,
Houston, Texas 77058, Telephone (713) 483-8052.
Lift off Time : 1993/098/05:28:59.950
Lift off Date : 04/08/93
Vector Time (GMT) : 099/13:30:00.00
Vector Time (MET) : 001/08:01:00.05
Orbit Count : 22
Weight : 224876.0 LBS
Drag Coefficient : 2.00
Drag Area : 2750.0 SQ FT
M50 Elements Keplerian Elements
----------------------- --------------------------
X = 4453511.8 FT A = 3599.8507 NM
Y = -12175603.3 FT E = 0.000537
Z = 17629159.4 FT I (M50) = 57.01746 DEG
Xdot = 24651.987451 FT/S Wp (M50) = 318.68275 DEG
Ydot = 430.344756 FT/S RAAN (M50) = 172.03355 DEG
Zdot = -5921.325652 FT/S / N (True) = 147.49768 DEG
Anomalies \ M (Mean) = 147.46460 DEG
Ha = 160.544 NM
Hp = 157.192 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 JBWMSON AT VMSPFHOU ON VMSPFHOU.VMBOARDS:PAONEWS
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STS-56 TV SKED, REV C
***********************************************************************
NASA SELECT TV SCHEDULE
STS-56/ATLAS-II/SPARTAN-201
4/10/93
REV C
***********************************************************************
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.
Two hour edited programs of each flight day will be replayed for Hawaii
and Alaska on Galaxy 6, transponder 19, channel 19. The orbital
position is 99 degrees West Longitude, with a frequency of 4080 MHz.
Audio is 6.2 and 6.8 MHz. The programs will begin on launch day and
continue through landing, airing at 11pm Central Time.
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.
LAUNCH-Thursday, April 8, 1993 KSC 00/00:00 12:29 AM
------------------------ Saturday, April 1 ----------------------------
FD 3
ORBIT SUBJECT SITE MET CDT
----- ------- ---- --- ---
41 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRE 02/13:40 02:09 PM
T=10:00
42 * P/TV94 MAS PAYLOAD OPERATIONS TDRE 02/14:50 03:19 PM
T=5:00
43 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRE 02/15:22 03:51 PM
T=6:30
45 FD3 ACTIVITIES REPLAY JSC 02/18:31 07:00 PM
47 * P/TV100 MAS EXPERIMENT TV TDRW 02/22:05 10:34 PM
T=10:00
47 RED/BLUE (FD4) HANDOVER 02/22:30 10:59 PM
48 SPARTAN CHECK-OUT TDRW 02/22:45 11:14 PM
(TV opportunity)
T=20:00
------------------------ Sunday, April 11 -----------------------------
FD 4
48 SPARTAN GRAPPLE TDRW 02/23:50 12:19 AM
(TV opportunity)
T=10:00
48 P/TV09 SPARTAN DEPLOY OPS TDRW/E 03/00:00 12:29 AM
(TV opportunity)
T=90:00
48 SPARTAN UNBERTH 03/00:05 12:34 AM
49 SPARTAN DEPLOY 03/00:45 01:14 AM
49 CONFIGURE Ku TO RADAR 03/00:55 01:24 AM
(not televised)
49 CONFIGURE Ku TO COMM 03/01:37 02:06 AM
(not televised)
52 VTR DUMP TDRE 03/05:30 05:59 AM
SPARTAN DEPLOY OPS
T=25:00
53 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRW 03/06:20 06:49 AM
T=30:00
55 MISSION UPDATE JSC 03/09:31 10:00 AM
55 P/TV96 SOLSPEC EXPLANATION TDRE 03/10:20 10:49 AM
T=5:00
56 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRW/E 03/11:24 11:53 AM
T=30:00
56 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 03/12:31 01:00 PM
MSFC
57 BLUE/RED (FD5) HANDOVER 03/12:45 01:14 PM
58 P/TV102 SOLCON ACTIVITY TDRE 03/15:03 03:32 PM
T=6:00
59 P/TV99 ATMOS EXPLANATION TDRW 03/16:29 04:58 PM
T=5:00
59 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRE 03/16:40 05:09 PM
T=7:00
60 WEATHER CHANNEL INTERVIEW TDRW 03/17:15 05:44 PM
T=20:00
61 FD4 ACTIVITIES REPLAY JSC 03/18:31 07:00 PM
62 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRW 03/21:14 09:43 PM
T=10:00
------------------------- Monday, April 12 ----------------------------
FD 5
65 SPARTAN RENDEZVOUS OPS BEGIN TDRW/E 04/00:36 01:05 AM
(TV opportunity)
65 RED/BLUE (FD5) HANDOVER 04/01:00 01:29 AM
67 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRE 04/04:03 04:32 AM
T=25:00
71 MISSION UPDATE JSC 04/09:31 10:00 AM
72 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 04/12:31 01:00 PM
MSFC
72 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRE 04/11:59 12:28 PM
T=6:30
73 BLUE/RED (FD6) HANDOVER 04/12:45 01:14 PM
74 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRE 04/14:02 02:31 PM
T=8:00
74 P/TV100 MAS ACTIVITY TDRW 04/14:32 03:01 PM
T=10:00
75 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRE 04/15:40 04:09 PM
T=5:00
76 SCI-FI CHANNEL INTERVIEW TDRW 04/17:25 05:54 PM
T=20:00
77 FD5 ACTIVITIES REPLAY JSC 04/18:31 07:00 PM
79 CONFIGURE Ku TO RADAR 04/21:45 10:14 PM
(not televised)
80 RED/BLUE (FD6) HANDOVER 04/23:15 11:44 PM
----------------------- Tuesday, April 13 -----------------------------
FD 6
80 SPARTAN RENDEZVOUS OPS 04/23:49 12:18 AM
Ti TIG
(not televised)
80 SPARTAN CAPTURE POSITION 04/23:57 12:26 AM
(not televised)
80 P/TV09 SPARTAN RETRIEVE OPS TDRW/E 05/00:00 12:29 AM
(may not be televised)
T=150:00
81 CONFIGURE Ku FOR COMM 05/01:30 01:59 AM
(not televised)
81 SPARTAN GRAPPLE 05/01:48 02:17 AM
82 SPARTAN BERTH 05/02:00 02:29 AM
82 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRE 05/02:20 02:49 AM
T=30:00
84 VTR DUMP TDRE 05/05:50 06:19 AM
SPARTAN RETRIEVE OPS
T=20:00
85 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRW/E 05/06:50 07:19 AM
T=30:00
86 MISSION UPDATE JSC 05/09:31 10:00 AM
87 P/TV97 ACR EXPLANATION TDRE 05/10:40 11:09 AM
T=5:00
88 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 05/13:31 02:00 PM
MSFC
89 BLUE/RED (FD7) HANDOVER 05/13:45 02:14 PM
91 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRW 05/16:42 05:11 PM
T=5:00
92 FD6 ACTIVITIES REPLAY JSC 05/18:31 07:00 PM
----------------------- Wednesday, April 14 ---------------------------
FD 7
97 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY 06/00:51 01:20 AM
T=5:30
97 RED/BLUE (FD7) HANDOVER 06/01:00 01:29 AM
98 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRE 06/02:59 03:28 AM
T=11:30
99 P/TV10 CREW CONFERENCE TDRW 06/03:40 04:09 AM
WITH JSC/KSC/MSFC PARTICIPATION
T=20:00
99 P/TV101 SSBUV/CLOUDS ACTIVITY TDRE 06/04:19 04:48 AM
T=25:00
100 P/TV101 SSBUV/CLOUDS ACTIVITY TDRE 06/05:52 06:21 AM
T=12:00
101 P/TV101 SSBUV SCIENCE TV TDRW 06/07:15 07:44 AM
T=4:00
102 P/TV100 MAS ACTIVITY TDRW 06/08:45 09:14 AM
T=10:00
102 P/TV101 SSBUV SCIENCE TV TDRW 06/08:55 09:24 AM
T=5:00
102 P/TV 100 MAS SCIENCE TV TDRW 06/09:00 09:29 AM
T=1:00
102 MISSION UPDATE JSC 06/09:31 10:00 AM
103 CHANNEL ONE INTERVIEW TDRW 06/09:45 10:14 AM
T=20:00
104 WGN/CHICAGO MUSEUM TDRW 06/11:25 11:54 AM
OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY INTERVIEW
T=20:00
106 BLUE/RED (FD8) HANDOVER 06/13:00 01:29 PM
104 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 06/13:31 02:00 PM
MSFC
107 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRW 06/16:51 05:20 PM
T=4:30
108 FD7 ACTIVITIES REPLAY JSC 06/18:31 07:00 PM
----------------------- Thursday, April 15 ----------------------------
FD 8
114 RED/BLUE (FD8) HANDOVER 07/03:30 03:59 AM
115 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRW 07/04:57 05:26 AM
T=5:00
116 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRW/E 07/05:37 06:06 AM
T=30:00
117 P/TV98 SUSIM EXPLANATION TDRE 07/07:50 08:19 AM
T=5:00
118 MISSION UPDATE JSC 07/09:31 10:00 AM
119 P/TV92 SSBUV EXPLANATION TDRE 07/10:55 11:24 AM
T=5:00
120 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRW 07/11:32 12:01 PM
T=18:00
120 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 07/13:31 02:00 PM
MSFC
123 BLUE/RED (FD9) HANDOVER 07/16:15 04:44 PM
124 FD8 ACTIVITIES REPLAY JSC 07/18:31 07:00 PM
125 P/TV101 SSBUV ACTIVITY TDRE 07/20:03 08:32 PM
T=3:00
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FD 9
129 Ku BAND ANTENNA STOW 08/01:20 01:49 AM
(not televised)
131 DEORBIT BURN 08/05:05 05:34 AM
(not televised)
132 KSC LANDING KSC 08/05:58 06:27 AM
LANDING REPLAYS KSC TBD TBD
POST LANDING PRESS CONFERENCE KSC TBD TBD
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DEFINITION OF TERMS
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ACR: Active Cavity Radiometer
ATMOS: Atmospheric Trace Module Spectroscopy
CDT: Central Daytight Time
CST: Central Standard Time
DOD: Department of Defense
FD: Flight Day
JSC: Johnson Space Center
KSC: Kennedy Space Center
MAS: Millimeter Wave Atmospheric Sounder
MECO: Main engine cut-off
MET: Mission Elapsed Time. The time which begins at the moment
of launch and is read: days/hours:minutes. Launch=00/00:00
OPS: Operations
P/TV: Photographic/Television activity
RMS: Remote Manipulation System
SAREX: Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment
SOLCON: Solar Constant Experiment
SOLSPEC: Solar Spectrum
SPARTAN: Solar Wind Generation Experiment
SSBUV: Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Experiment
SUSIM: Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
STS: Space Transportation System
T=: Time equivalent; Used for duration of event.
TBD: To be determined.
TDRE,W: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, East and West longitudes.
TIG: Terminal Initiation; on-orbit shuttle burn.
VTR: Videotape recorder.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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