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"921206.DFC" (8485 bytes) was created on 12-06-92
06-Dec-92 Daily File Collection
These files were added or updated between 05-Dec-92 at 21:00:00 {Central}
and 06-Dec-92 at 21:01:11.
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STS-53 TV SKED, REV G
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NASA SELECT TV SCHEDULE
STS-53/DOD-1
12/6/92
REV G
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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 discretion.
---------------------------Sunday, December 6--------------------------
FD 5
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 04/21:00 04:24 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
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 07/05:00 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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STS-53 MISSION CONTROL STATUS REPORT #11
6 A.M. CST
Sunday, Dec. 6, 1992
The United States Air Force theme song awoke Colonel Guy Bluford and the rest
of Discovery's crew to begin their fifth day in space.
Today they will continue work with several of the secondary experiments
including BLAST, FARE, HERCULES and GCP. The Battlefield Laser Acquisition Test
is an Army space project designed to use a spaceborne laser receiver to detect
laser energy from ground-based test locations. FARE, or Fluid Acquisition and
Resupply Equipment investigates the transfer of fluids from one container to
another in hopes of developing the technology to prolong the life of space
vehicles on long missions, such as Space Station Freedom. HERCULES pinpoints
locations on the Earth using a modified camera system that can find locations
within about two nautical miles to more precisely locate 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 orbiter surface interaction with atomic oxygen and also on
testing advanced ways of removing excess heat from space vehicles.
Also today, the crew will participate in a press conference with news media
located at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in
Houston. The press conference is scheduled to begin at 1:39 p.m. CST.
Discovery is performing exceptionally well as it circles the Earth every 90
minutes at an altitude of 175 nautical miles, allowing the crew to devote its
full attention to the experiments on board.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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STS-53 MCC Report #12
3 p.m. CST
Sunday, December 6, 1992
The Discovery crew continued a variety of scientific and engineering studies on
their fifth day in space and also took time out to speak with reporters in a
press conference from low Earth orbit.
Meanwhile, with an eye on marginal landing weather predictions for mid-week,
Mission Control asked the crew to perform a power-down of non-critical
equipment to save electricity. This will add to Discovery's power margins in
the event that a landing waveoff is required, but Mission Control has made no
decision to extend the flight and all planning is centered on a nominal end of
mission with a Wednesday landing.
"We'd like to bank some cryo margin," spacecraft communicator Sam Gemar
explained to the crew Sunday afternoon. The amount of electricity available
aboard a Space Shuttle is directly tied to the amount of supercold (or
cryogenic) hydrogen and oxygen stored in tanks located beneath the cargo bay.
Those tanks supply cryogenic hydrogen and oxygen to the three fuel cells, which
employ a chemical reaction to produce all of the electrical power the vehicle
uses in flight. The hydrogen and oxygen are stored in their respective tanks
at cryogenic temperatures and supercritical pressures. The storage temperature
for liquid oxygen is minus 285 degrees F and the temperature for the liquid
hydrogen is minus 420 degrees F. The powerdown performed by the Discovery crew
will lower the rate at which those fuels are used to produce electricity.
Mission Control estimated the powerdown would account for a savings of about
1.6 Kilowatts below the normal usage.
During their press conference, Commander Dave Walker reflected on Discovery's
15th flight, the first since a major overhaul was performed on the orbiter
earlier this year. "As an old Navy guy, I've taken ships out of the yard
before, but never one in better shape than Discovery," Walker said.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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