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01-Mar-93 Daily File Collection
These files were added or updated between 28-Feb-93 at 21:00:00 {Central}
and 01-Mar-93 at 21:00:34.
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KSC SHUTTLE STATUS 3/1/93
SPACE SHUTTLE DAILY STATUS-STS 55
Monday, March 1, 1993
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center
Vehicle: OV-102/Orbiter Columbia Mission: STS-55
Current location: Pad 39-A Orbital altitude: 184 sm
Payload: Spacelab D-2 Inclination: 28.45 degrees
Launch timeframe: March 14 10 a.m. Landing: KSC 3/23 8:05 a.m.
Mission Duration: 8 days 22 hours Crew size: 7
STS-55 IN WORK:
- alignment of orbiter Inertial Measurement Units (IMU)
- main engine eyelid installation
- GAS can experiment battery charging at Hangar S
STS-55 WORK SCHEDULED:
- begin contingency EVA spacesuit installation overnight tonight
- Flight Readiness Test (FRT) on Tuesday
- Helium Signature leak check on Wednesday
- begin stowage of flight crew equipment into crew cabin Wed.
- hypergolic propellant loading Thursday and Friday
- begin aft compartment closeouts Saturday
- reinstall GAS can experiments Saturday
- primary orbiter refrigerator/freezer
interface verification test (IVT) pending
STS-55 WORK COMPLETED:
- leak checks of liquid oxygen high pressure turbopumps
- main engine heat shield installation
- reinstall GAUS experiment film magazine
- removal of GAS cans for experiment battery charging
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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=--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:930301.SKD
DAILY NEWS/TV SKED 3/1/93
Daily News
Monday, March 1, 1993
Two Independence Square,
Washington, D.C.
Audio service: 202/358-3014
% STS-55 Launch date set;
% Galileo Update;
% Magellan mission status.
NASA managers scheduled March 14, 1993 as the launch date for Shuttle Mission
STS-55. Space Shuttle Columbia and her seven-member crew will fly a mission
dedicated to the German Space Agency.
The major payload, Spacelab-D2, will allow the astronauts to perform a wide
range of experiments in the microgravity environment of space. About 90
experiments are planned during the mission.
The launch window extends from 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. EST. The STS-55 crew
will be divided into two teams. Each team will work a 12-hour shift to allow
science operations to be carried out around the clock. The Spacelab-D2 mission
will last 9 days and will conclude with a landing at the Kennedy Space Center's
Shuttle Landing Facility.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Galileo, which is enroute to Jupiter is performing well, although the high-gain
antenna is still only partly deployed. Galileo is transmitting science and
engineering data via the low- gain antenna. The spacecraft is scheduled to go
into orbit on December 7, 1995. The Project is now planning the Jupiter
mission and the August 1993 encounter with asteroid Ida assuming dependence on
the low-gain antenna.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Magellan, which was launched on May 4, 1989, is continuing its survey of the
gravitational field of Venus. The spacecraft is utilizing precise navigation in
the near-Venus portion of its orbit through May 15, 1993. Magellan has
radar-mapped more than 99% of Venus's surface from September 1990 to September
1992.
Here's the broadcast schedule for Public Affairs events on NASA Select TV. Note
that all events and times may change without n are Eastern. Live indicates a
program is transmitted live.
Monday, March 1, 1993
Live 12:00 pm NASA Today news program; includes stories on appointment of
Joseph Shea to oversee redesign of Space Station Freedom;
Topex/Poseidon report; a LeRC fuel-effecient engine; DOE's
National Science Bowl
12:15 pm Aeronautics and Space Report.
12:30 pm Pictures in the Mind.
Live 1:00 pm Images of the Universe from the HST
1: 30 pm Ingredients for Space Travel
2:00 pm Starfinder #7
2:30 pm Our Star, the Sun
3:00 pm TQM #46
Tuesday, March 2, 1993
Live 12:00 pm NASA Today news program;
12:15 pm Aeronautics & Space Report
12:30 pm Looking Ahead and Back
1:00 pm STS-55: the D-2 Project
1:30 pm Kids in Space: Project Space Shuttle
2:00 pm Starfinder #8
2:30 pm Mercury: exploration of a Planet
3:00 pm TQM #47
NASA Select TV 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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=--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_43_7.TXT
STS-55 Predicted Keplerian Elements for March 14 launch
STS-55
1 00055U 93073.67556033 .00120200 00000-0 36300-3 0 33
2 00055 28.4697 228.7025 0003812 314.2100 45.8202 15.90487610 23
Satellite: STS-55
Catalog number: 00055
Epoch time: 93073.67556033 =====> (14 MAR 93 16:12:48.41 UTC)
Element set: JSC-003
Inclination: 28.4697 deg
RA of node: 228.7025 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-55
Eccentricity: .0003812 Prelaunch Keplerian Elements
Arg of perigee: 314.2100 deg Launch: 14 MAR 93 15:00 UTC
Mean anomaly: 45.8202 deg
Mean motion: 15.90487610 rev/day G. L. Carman
Decay rate: 1.2020e-03 rev/day~2 NASA Johnson Space Center
Epoch rev: 2
G.L.CARMAN
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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=--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_8_3_4_55.TXT
MAGELLAN STATUS 2/26
Magellan Status
Status Report of Magellan for Friday, February 26, 1993:
1. The Magellan spacecraft is operating normally under the G3043 command
sequence. Starcals and desats continue to be very successful. Spacecraft
temperatures are in the expected range.
2. During the tracking pass over the Canberra DSN station Thursday morning,
the Magellan telemetry signal was suddenly lost. The station personnel
reported an increased receiver temperature and speculated that it looked like
the uplink was bouncing off the moon. A quick check by Eileen Dukes of the
Spacecraft Team, using a planetary ephemeris program on her personal computer,
verified that the moon had indeed occulted Venus and the Magellan signal.
3. The Magellan Project has been requested to work with the MESUR Project in
finding facility space on the second floor of Bldg. 230 to co-locate the MESUR
personnel in the next few months. The Project is working a plan to accommodate
this change with minimal impact to preparations for TEX and LMGT.
4. Magellan has completed 6863 orbits of Venus since August 10, 1990. We are
now 88 days from the end of Cycle-4 and the start of the Transition Experiment.
Magellan is 88 days from the end of Cycle 4.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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