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"930111.DFC" (25523 bytes) was created on 01-11-93
11-Jan-93 Daily File Collection
These files were added or updated between 10-Jan-93 at 21:00:00 {Central}
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KSC SHUTTLE STATUS 1/11/93
SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Monday, January 11, 1993
George H. Diller
Vehicle: OV-105/Endeavour Mission Number: STS-54
Location: Launch Pad 39-B
Primary Payload: TDRS-F/IUS-13 + Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer (DXS)
Launch Timeframe: January 13 8:52 a.m. EST
Mission Duration: 5 Days 23 Hours 33 Minutes
Inclination: 28.45 degrees Crew Size: 5
Nominal Landing: KSC Jan. 19 8:24 a.m. EST
IN WORK TODAY:
- Launch countdown operations in Firing Room 3
- cryogenic reactant loading operations until 4:30 p.m.
- main engine final preparations
- IUS battery voltage checks
- communications system activation
- inertial measurement unit checkout
- potable water microbial sample
- commander and pilot Shuttle Training Aircraft flights
- astronaut fit checks of launch and entry suits
WORK COMPLETED:
- astronaut arrival at KSC 3:30 p.m. Sunday
- payload bay door closure at 7:10 p.m. on Sunday night
- navigation aids activation
- pad washdown and initial debris inspections
- mass memory unit checkout
- main engine controller checkout
STS-54 WORK SCHEDULED:
- demate orbiter mid-body umbilical tonight
- install flight crew mission items and personal effects tonight
- closeout tail service masts on Tuesday
- retract rotating service structure 11 a.m. Tuesday
- final launch pad debris insepctions Tuesday
- payload mid-deck late stowage including rodents Tuesday
- IUS guidance system calibration Tuesday night
- activate inertial measurement units Tuesday night
- check main engine steering (gimbal check) Tuesday night
- begin external tank fueling loading 12:32 a.m. Wednesday
ISSUES & CONCERNS: None
SPECIAL TOPICS: Launch Weather Forecast
At the opening of the launch window at 8:52 a.m. on Wednesday
conditions are forecast to be:
Temperature: 67 degrees
Dewpoint: 61 degrees
Humidity: 80%
Wind: SSW-8 knots
Visibility: 7+ miles
Significant clouds or weather: Chance of showers and cloud
ceilings below 8,000 feet.
Chance of acceptable launch weather conditions: 70%
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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DAILY NEWS/TV SKED 1/11/93
Daily News
Monday, January 11, 1993
Two Independence Square,
Washington, D.C.
Audio service: 202/358-3014
% Shuttle countdown underway for Wednesday launch of Endeavour;
% Hawaii and Alaska residents to get two-hour synapses of STS-54 mission;
% Student group expects to launch ozone-monitoring balloon today
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Test Director Al Sofge said this morning that the
countdown for Wednesday's 8:52 am EST launch of Endeavour for the STS-54
mission got underway as planned yesterday. The team is tracking no problems
and expects the remainder of the countdown to go smoothly, according to Sofge.
The flight crew will enter Endeavour's crew cabin at about 5:32 am EST on
Wednesday.
Ed Priselac, KSC weather officer, said this morning that the launch weather
forecast looks pretty good for Wednesday with no current concerns. Priselac
said that should the launch be delayed one day, Thursday's weather looked
moderately good with only a 30 percent probability of a launch weather
constraint violation. Overall, the launch team expects the weather to be
favorable for a launch Wednesday, Jan. 13, and to remain favorable through the
end of this week.
The mission is scheduled as a 5-day, 23-hour flight with a nominal
end-of-mission landing at the Kennedy Shuttle Landing Facility on Tuesday, Jan.
19, at 8:24 am EST.
Tomorrow, Jan. 12, NASA will hold a series of briefings from the Kennedy Space
Center on the countdown, mission and payloads for Endeavour's flight. At 9:00
am EST, the launch team will brief on current countdown status. At 9:30 am
EST, scientists from the Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of
Wisconsin-Madison will brief on the Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer payload. At
10:30 am EST, representatives from the commercial sector will brief on their
payloads. At 11:00 am EST, NASA and KSC management will present the
traditional pre-launch press conference. All the briefings will be carried
live on NASA Select television.
NASA will provide continuous live television coverage on NASA Select of the
STS-54 mission beginning at 6:00 am EST on Wednesday, Jan. 13, through the
egress of the crew following landing. Also, NASA will again provide a two-
hour edited program containing daily highlights of the mission on a different
satellite for the benefit of interested individuals and organizations in Alaska
and Hawaii. Beginning with this mission, the two-hour programming will be on
transponder 19 (4080 MHz, audio at 6.2 and 6.8 MHz) on the Galaxy 6 satellite
located at 99 degrees West Longitude. Transmission times for the two- hour
highlights program are from midnight through 2:00 am EST each day of the
mission.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
A NASA-sponsored university group was to have launched a high-altitude research
balloon today from the South Shore Harbor Resort and Convention Center, League
City, Texas, at 9:00 am EST. The 76-foot diameter balloon is to ascend to an
altitude of 110,000 feet (33.5 kilometers) and fly across the Gulf of Mexico to
Florida, measuring ozone data and relaying video pictures to a Utah State
University chase-van. This program inaugurates a cooperative NASA-university
ozone-measurement program. The program also involves other individuals serving
as radio relay operators who will follow the balloon's progress from fixed
stations in the states between Texas and Florida. The cooperative program is
sponsored by the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Here's the broadcast schedule for Public Affairs events on NASA Select TV. Note
that all events and times may change without notice, and that all times listed
are Eastern. Live indicates a program is transmitted live.
Monday, January 11, 1993
Live 12:00 pm NASA Today news program.
12:15 pm Aeronautics & Space Report.
12:30 pm Space CAD.
1:00 pm Space Navigation.
1:30 pm Reach for Tomorrow.
2:00 pm Launch Box program #1.
2:30 pm Assignment: The Stars.
3:00 pm Total Quality Management program #19 from
the University of New Mexico series.
at 4:00 and 8:00 pm and 12:00 midnight the broadcast
schedule of the day repeats.
Tuesday, January 12, 1993
Live 9:00 am Countdown status briefing from Kennedy
Space Center with Mike Leinbach, Shuttle Test Director,
and Todd Corey, KSC STS-54 Payload Operations Engineer.
Live 9:30 am Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer payload
briefing from KSC with Chris Dunker, Goddard Space Flight
Center mission manager, and Dr. Wilton Sanders,
University of Wisconsin-Madison principal investigator.
Live 10:30 am Commercial payloads briefing from KSC with
Dr. Louis Stodieck, Bioserve project manager.
Live 11:00 am Pre-launch press conference for STS-54
mission from KSC with Charles Force, Associate
Administrator for the Office of Space Operations, Al
Diaz, Deputy Associate Administrator for the Office of
Space Science and Applications; Leonard Nicholson, Space
Shuttle Director, Robert Sieck, Kennedy Space Center
Launirector, and CPT Dean Hazen, US Air Force Weather
Liaison Officer.
Wednesday, January 13, 1993
Live 6:00 am Begin continuous coverage of STS-54
mission.
Live 8:52 am Scheduled launch of Endeavour for STS-54
mission.
NASA Select TV is carried on GE Satcom F2R, transponder 13, C-Band, 72 degrees
West Longitude, transponder frequency is 3960 MegaHertz, 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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Mir element set 813 (11-Jan-93)
Mir
1 16609U 86 17 A 93 11.29031185 .00013774 00000-0 18773-3 0 8133
2 16609 51.6214 287.2278 0001271 228.8113 131.2596 15.57828394394662
Satellite: Mir
Catalog number: 16609
Epoch time: 93011.29031185
Element set: 813
Inclination: 51.6214 deg
RA of node: 287.2278 deg Semi-major axis: 3656.6078 n.mi.
Eccentricity: 0.0001271 Apogee altitude: 213.1384 n.mi.
Arg of perigee: 228.8113 deg Perigee altitude: 212.2089 n.mi.
Mean anomaly: 131.2596 deg Altitude decay: 0.0216 n.mi./day
Mean motion: 15.57828394 rev/day Apsidal rotation: 3.7405 deg/day
Decay rate: 1.3774E-04 rev/day~2 Nodal regression: -5.0088 deg/day
Epoch rev: 39466 Nodal period: 92.3748 min
G.L.CARMAN
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STS-54 TV SCHEDULE
***********************************************************************
NASA SELECT TV SCHEDULE
STS-54 TDRS/IUS/DXS
January 11, 1993
***********************************************************************
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 11 pm 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.
ORBIT SUBJECT SITE MET CDT
------------------------ Tuesday, January 12 -------------------------
L-1
COUNTDOWN STATUS BRIEFING KSC 08:00 AM
DXS BRIEFING KSC 08:30 AM
PARE BRIEFING KSC 09:00 AM
CHROMEX BRIEFING
SSCE BRIEFING
COMMERCIAL PAYLOADS BRIEFING KSC 09:45 AM
PRE-LAUNCH PRESS CONFERENCE KSC 10:30 AM
----------------------- Wednesday, January 13 -------------------------
FD1
ORBIT SUBJECT SITE MET CDT
NASA SELECT COVERAGE BEGINS 03:00 AM
LAUNCH KSC 00/00:00 07:52 AM
NASA SELECT ORIGINATION JSC 00/00:04 07:56 AM
SWITCHED TO JSC
MECO 00/00:08 08:00 AM
1 NASA SELECT ORIGINATION KSC 00/00:13 08:05 AM
SWITCHED TO KSC
1 LAUNCH REPLAYS KSC 00/00:13 08:05 AM
(APPROX. 5 MIN. AFTER MECO)
T=30:00
1 NASA SELECT ORIGINATION JSC 00/00:43 08:35 AM
SWITCHED TO JSC
2 NASA SELECT ORIGINATION KSC 00/01:08 09:00 AM
SWITCHED TO KSC
1 POST LAUNCH PRESS CONFERENCE KSC 00/01:08 09:00 AM
2 NASA SELECT ORIGINATION JSC 00/02:08 10:00 AM
SWITCHED TO JSC
3 NASA SELECT ORIGINATION
SWITCHED TO GOLDSTONE GDS 00/02:54 10:46 AM
3 GROUNDSTATION VALIDATION CHECK/ GDS 00/02:54 10:46 AM
PAYLOAD BAY VIEWS OF
TDRS PRE-DEPLOY CHECKOUT
T=16:00
3 NASA SELECT ORIGINATION JSC 00/03:10 11:02 AM
SWITCHED TO JSC
3 TDRS PRE-DEPLOY CHECKOUT MIL 00/03:13 11:05 AM
T=5:00
5 TDRS/IUS DEPLOY 00/06:13 02:05 PM
(NOT TELEVISED LIVE)
5 NASA SELECT ORIGINATION KSC 00/06:45 02:37 PM
SWITCHED TO KSC
5 LAUNCH ENGINEERING REPLAYS KSC 00/06:45 02:37 PM
T=30:00
6 Ku BAND ANTENNA DEPLOY 00/07:10 03:02 PM
(NOT TELEVISED)
5 NASA SELECT ORIGINATION JSC 00/07:15 03:07 PM
SWITCHED TO JSC
6 VTR PLAYBACK OF TDRS DEPLOY TDRW 00/08:00 03:52 PM
T=10:00
8 CREW SLEEP 00/10:30 06:22 PM
8 REPLAY OF FD1 ACTIVITIES JSC 00/11:08 07:00 PM
----------------------- Thursday, January 14 --------------------------
FD2
13 CREW WAKEUP 00/18:30 02:22 AM
18 P/TV04 FLIGHT DECK ACTIVITIES TDRW/E 01/01:35 09:27 AM
T=40:00
18 P/TV05 MIDDECK ACTIVITIES TDRW/E 01/02:40 10:32 AM
T=35:00
21 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 01/06:08 02:00 PM
23 CREW SLEEP 01/09:30 05:22 PM
26 REPLAY OF FD 2 ACTIVITIES JSC 01/11:08 07:00 PM
-------------------------- Friday, January 15 -------------------------
FD3
28 CREW WAKEUP 01/17:30 01:22 AM
31 P/TV05 MIDDECK ACTVITIES TDRE 01/21:35 05:27 AM
T=16:00
34 DSO 802 - PHYSICS OF TOYS TDRW 02/02:53 10:45 AM
AUDIO/VIDEO CHECKOUT
T=15:00
35 DSO 802 - PHYSICS OF TOYS TDRE 02/03:23 11:15 AM
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WITH JSC
BRONX, NEW YORK
WILLOUGHBY, OHIO
PORTLAND, OREGON
FLINT, MICHIGAN
T=40:00
36 P/TV05 MIDDECK ACTIVITIES TDRE 02/04:55 12:47 PM
T=20:00
37 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 02/06:08 02:00 PM
38 CREW SLEEP 02/08:30 04:22 PM
40 REPLAY OF FD 3 ACTIVITIES JSC 02/11:08 07:00 PM
----------------------- Saturday, January 16 --------------------------
FD4
43 CREW WAKEUP 02/16:30 12:22 AM
46 P/TV05 MIDDECK ACTIVITIES TDRW 02/20:30 04:22 AM
T=50:00
52 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 03/06:08 02:00 PM
53 CREW SLEEP 03/07:30 03:22 PM
56 REPLAY OF FD 4 ACTIVITIES JSC 03/11:08 07:00 PM
59 CREW WAKEUP 03/15:30 11:22 PM
------------------------ Sunday, January 17 ---------------------------
FD5
60 EVA PREP TDRE 03/18:00 01:52 AM
T=35:00
61 EMU CHECK TDRW 03/19:02 02:54 AM
T=20:00
61 EMU PRE-BREATHE AND AIRLOCK TDRW/E 03/19:30 03:22 AM
DEPRESS T=45:00
62 AIRLOCK EGRESS TDRE 03/20:15 04:07 AM
T=15:00
62 EVA TDRW 03/20:40 04:32 AM
T=15:00
63 EVA TDRE 03/21:15 05:07 AM
T=55:00
64 EVA TDRW 03/22:10 06:02 AM
T=12:00
64 EVA TDRW/E 03/22:40 06:32 AM
T=27:00
64 EVA TDRE 03/23:15 07:07 AM
T=30:00
64 EVA TDRW 03/23:50 07:42 AM
T=17:00
65 EVA TDRW 04/00:15 08:07 AM
T=30:00
65 AIRLOCK INGRESS TDRE 04/00:45 08:37 AM
T=10:00
68 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 04/06:08 02:00 PM
69 CREW SLEEP 04/07:00 02:52 PM
73 REPLAY OF FD 5 ACTIVITIES JSC 04/11:08 07:00 PM
74 CREW WAKEUP 04/15:00 10:52 PM
----------------------- Monday, January 18 ----------------------------
FD6
77 P/TV08 CGBA ACTIVITIES TDRE 04/18:20 02:12 AM
T=23:00
77 P/TV08 CGBA ACTIVITIES TDRW 04/19:10 03:02 AM
T=17:00
83 Ku BAND STOW 05/03:25 11:17 AM
(NOT TELEVISED)
84 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 05/06:08 02:00 PM
85 CREW SLEEP 05/07:00 02:52 PM
88 REPLAY OF FD 6 ACTIVITIES JSC 05/11:08 07:00 PM
90 CREW WAKEUP 05/15:00 10:52 PM
------------------------- Tuesday, January 19 -------------------------
FD7
110 DE-ORBIT BURN 06/22:30 06:22 AM
(NOT TELEVISED)
111 LANDING AT KSC KSC 05/23:32 07:24 AM
LANDING REPLAYS KSC 07:44 AM
POST LANDING PRESS CONFERENCE KSC TBD TBD
***********************************************************************
Definition of Terms
***********************************************************************
CGBA: Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus
CHROMEX:Chromosome and Plant Cell Division in Space Experiment
CST: Central Standard Time
EVA: Extra Vehicular Activity
FD: Flight Day
IUS: Inertial Upper Stage
JSC: Johnson Space Center
KSC: Kennedy Space Center
Ku: Ku Band Communications Antenna
MECO: Main Engine Cut Off
MET: Mission Elapsed Time: day/hour/minute
PARE: Physiological and Anatomical Rodent Experiment
SSCE: Solid Surface Combustion Experiment
STS: Shuttle Transportation System
T=: Total Time of TV Downlink
TDRE: Tracking And Data Relay Satellite, East Longitude
TDRS: Tracking And Data Relay Satellite Payload
TDRW: Tracking And Data Relay Satellite, West Longitude
VTR: Video Tape Recorder
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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STS-54 FLIGHT DAY ONE STATE VECTOR (PREDICTED) ON ORBIT OPERATIONS
(Posted 01/11/93 by Roger Simpson)
The following vector for the flight of STS-54 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 one. The vector
represents the predictied trajectory of ENDEAVOUR during on orbit operations,
after the OMS-2 maneuver. This vector assumes an on time launch. 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.
****ATTENTION****
****THIS VECTOR WILL NOT BE UPDATED UNTIL POST IUS/TDRSS DEPLOY****
Lift off Time: 1993:013:13:52:00.000
Lift off Date: 01/13/93
Vector Time (GMT) : 013:14:35:00.000
Vector Time (MET) : 000:00:43:00.000
Orbit Count : 001
Weight : 248287.3 LBS
Drag Coefficient : 2.0
Drag Area: 1250.0 SQ FT
M50 Elements Keplerian Elements
----------------------- --------------------------
X = 17158160.5 FT A = 3608.0483 NM
Y = 10032508.9 FT E = 0.000521
Z = -9223989.3 FT I (M50) = 28.56997 DEG
Xdot = -14697.604738 FT/S Wp (M50) = 258.69307 DEG
Ydot = 19840.008844 FT/S RAAN (M50) = 151.85886 DEG
Zdot = -5751.755438 FT/S / N (True) = 342.97764 DEG
Anomalies \ M (Mean) = 342.99511 DEG
Ha = 162.4034 NM
Hp = 159.9997 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
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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GALILEO MISSION STATUS
December 30, 1992
The Galileo spacecraft is operating normally in the dual- spin mode and is
transmitting coded telemetry at 1200 bits per second. It is about 16.5 million
kilometers (10.25 million miles) from Earth, and about 152 million kilometers
(94 million miles) from the Sun.
Yesterday, December 29, after approximately 20 hours of warming in
sunlight, the antenna-deploy motors were turned on to "wind up" the system and
then pulsed to "hammer" it in an effort to free the stuck ribs of Galileo's
high-gain antenna. The procedures began at 6:55 a.m. PST and continued until
2:48 a.m. PST this morning, December 30. A total of 2160 pulses were executed
by the motors during this period. The stuck ribs were apparently not freed.
This morning the spacecraft was returned from the warming attitude to the
normal cruise mode.
No spacecraft activities are scheduled during the holiday weekend.
Activities will resume next week.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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MARS OBSERVER MISSION STATUS
January 5, 1993
The Mars Observer spacecraft is being prepared for the outer cruise flight
sequence. Adjustments to point the high-gain antenna directly at the Earth are
continuing through Jan. 6, 1993, at which time the antenna will be powered on
to begin receiving and sending engineering and science data.
The spacecraft team reports that all spacecraft subsystems and instruments
are performing well. The camera "bakeout" to prepare the instrument for
operation will continue through Jan. 14, followed by a focusing test on Jan.
18.
Today the spacecraft is about 43 million kilometers (27 million miles)
from Earth, traveling at a speed of about 36,000 kilometers per hour (23,000
miles per hour) relative to Earth. The spacecraft is traveling at a
heliocentric velocity of about 97,000 kilometers (61,000 miles per hour).
One-way light time is approximately 128 seconds.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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ULYSSES MISSION STATUS
January 5, 1993
All spacecraft and science operations are performing well. Ground
controllers are carrying out routine data-gathering activities and experiment
reconfigurations as required. The 34- meter ground antennas are being used for
ranging when the spacecraft is sending data at a low bit rate. Seventy-meter-
antenna ranging passes are also performed periodically.
Earth-pointing maneuvers were carried out on Dec. 27 and 30, 1992, and on
Jan. 3, 1993. The next maneuver is scheduled for Jan. 7, 1993.
Today Ulysses is about 688 million kilometers (428 million miles) from
Earth, traveling at a heliocentric velocity of about 32,000 kilometers per hour
(21,000 miles per hour). Ulysses is about 15.5 degrees south of the ecliptic
plane in which the planets orbit, slowly looping its way back toward the sun.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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