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"921205.DFC" (9486 bytes) was created on 12-05-92
05-Dec-92 Daily File Collection
These files were added or updated between 04-Dec-92 at 21:00:00 {Central}
and 05-Dec-92 at 21:00:13.
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STS-53 TV SKED, REV E
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NASA SELECT TV SCHEDULE
STS-53/DOD-1
12/5/92
REV E
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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 descretion.
-------------------------Saturday, December 5--------------------------
FD 4
53 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING 03/08:06 03:30 PM
Flight Director- Milt Heflin
56 CREW SLEEP 03/13:00 08:24 PM
57 REPLAY OF FD4 ACTIVITIES JSC 03/13:36 09:00 PM
---------------------------Sunday, December 6--------------------------
FD 5
62 CREW AWAKE 03/21:00 04:24 AM
68 * P/TV08 CREW CONFERENCE TDRE 04/06:15 01:39 PM
T=15:00 JSC/KSC
69 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 04/08:06 03:30 PM
Flight Director- Milt Heflin
73 * CREW SLEEP 04/13:00 08:24 PM
73 REPLAY OF FD5 ACTIVITIES JSC 04/13:36 09:00 PM
---------------------------Monday, December 7--------------------------
FD 6
78 CREW AWAKE 04/21:30 04:54 AM
84 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 05/08:06 03:30 PM
Flight Director- Milt Heflin
88 CREW SLEEP 05/13:30 08:54 PM
88 REPLAY OF FD6 ACTIVITIES JSC 05/13:36 09:00 PM
--------------------------Tuesday, December 8--------------------------
FD 7
94 CREW AWAKE 05/21:30 04:54 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
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 07/05:00 12:24 PM
(not televised)
115 * NASA SELECT ORIGINATION KSC 07/05:30 12:54 PM
SWITCHED TO KSC
(time of switch approx.)
115 * KSC LANDING KSC 07/06:00 01:24 PM
LANDING REPLAYS KSC TBD
POST LANDING PRESS CONFERENCE KSC TBD
ASTRONAUT DEPARTURE KSC TBD
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DEFINITION OF TERMS
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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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=--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_41_9_11.TXT
MISSION CONTROL STATUS REPORT #9
6 a.m. CST Saturday, December 5, 1992
In honor of Commander Dave Walker, the sound of bagpipes awakened the crew of
Discovery to begin its fourth day in space. The medley was performed by the
Houston Highlanders Pipe Band (Medley: Bonnie Dundee, Gary Green and The Eyes
of Texas).
Once awake, the crew began work on several of the secondary experiments
including BLAST, FARE, HERCULES and GCP.
The Battlefield Laser Acquisition Test is an Army space project that uses a
spaceborne laser receiver to detect laser energy from ground-based test
locations. Data obtained will be used to develop Department of Defense sensor
technology. Thus far the experiment has been hampered by poor weather
conditions at the various ground sites.
Crew members will continue work with the Fluid Acquisition and Resupply
Equipment investigating the transfer of fluids from one container to another in
hopes of developing the technology to prolong the life of space vehicles such
as Space Station Freedom, satellites and long-duration flights aboard the
Shuttle.
The equipment called HERCULES is designed to pinpoint locations on the Earth's
surface using a modified camera system that can find locations within about two
nautical miles. Hopes are that a system similar to this can be used as a
valuable tool in more precisely locating military troops or environmental,
oceanographic and meteorological points of interest.
The Shuttle Glow/Cryogenic Heat Pipe Experiment or GCP continues to gather data
for scientists on Shuttle surface interaction with atomic oxygen as well as
testing advanced ways of removing excess heat from sensors, instruments and
space vehicles. The heat pipe is a simple, but dependable way of rejecting
heat away from instruments by using liquids to absorb heat and then releasing
that heat to space when the liquids condense.
Flight controllers continue to evaluate the problem preventing deploy of the
six calibration spheres in support of the Orbital Debris Radar Calibration
System. The deploy was put off when data that was supposed to be relayed from
the equipment in the payload bay was not received on the flight deck of
Discovery during Friday's release attempt. The next opportunity to release the
spheres is about 5 p.m. tomorrow.
Discovery's 15th flight continues to go smoothly as the orbiter and crew circle
the Earth every 90 minutes at an altitude of 175 nautical miles. Landing
remains scheduled for Wednesday afternoon in Florida or California.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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STS-53 Status Report #10
4pm CST Saturday, December 5, 1992
Mission Control Center
The five man military crew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery continued their
work with a variety of science and technology investigations on behalf of the
Department of Defense and NASA today.
The crew conducted a number of successful observations and data takes with the
HERCULES electronic still imaging device, locating and documenting precise
targets on the ground below. The system produces an electronic image of the
ground target and correlates the latitude and longitude of it's position on the
globe.
In a pretaped television broadcast, the crew also demonstrated the transfer of
fluids from one container to another in microgravity. The experiment, called
FARE, is designed to investigate the dynamics of fueling spacecraft in orbit
and should provide valuable information for the design of fueling systems for
the Space Station and other extended duration spacecraft.
The decision was made today not to pursue the deployment of the Orbital Debris
Radar Calibration Spheres any further. The deployment was halted yesterday,
when the experiment, located in a canister in the payload bay, failed to
communicate with the payload controller on the flight deck of Discovery. After
extensive review of all available data, including manufacturing and processing
records, it was determined that the likely cause is a dead battery - however it
will be impossible to verify that theory until the hardware is returned to the
investigators.
Throughout the early afternoon, flight controllers in Houston, kept the
military crew well informed of the progress of the traditional annual Army/Navy
football game. Discovery's all-military crew consists of two Army officers,
one Navy, one Marine, and one Air Force officer.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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