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SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS SUMMARY Page 186 - STS-122/1E Revision T, PCN-2 August 2009 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS SUMMARY Page 186 - STS-122/1E LANDING SITE/ SSME-TL CREW LAUNCH SITE, RUNWAY, NOM-ABORT SRB ORBIT PAYLOAD MISSION HIGHLIGHTS (6+1 UP/6+1 DN) FLT ORBITER LIFTOFF TIME, CROSSRANGE EMERG RSRM FSW WEIGHTS, (LAUNCH SCRUBS/DELAYS, NO. LANDING SITES, LANDING THROTTLE AND INC HA/HP PAYLOADS/ TAL WEATHER, ASCENT I-LOADS, TITLE, NAMES, ABORT TIMES TIMES PROFILE ET EXPERIMENTS FIRSTS, SIGNIFICANT ANOMALIES, ETC.) & EVA'S FLT DURATION, ENG. S.N. WINDS Revision T, PCN-2 August 2009 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS SUMMARY Page 186 - STS-122/1E STS- OV-104 CDR: KSC 39A KSC 15 (KSC 104/104/109 BI-132 51. DIRECT OI- CARGO: BRIEF MISSION SUMMARY: STS-122/1E 122/ (Flight 29) Stephen N. Frick 038:19:45:30Z 67) % 6 INSERTION 32 40296 LBS (24th ISS mission) delivered the European ISS 1E ATLANTIS (Flt 2 - STS-110) 2:45:30 PM EST 051:14:07:09Z RSRM (24) (2) Space Agency’s Columbus research (P) 9:07 AM EST PREDICTED: 99 POST OMS- PAYLOAD laboratory module to the ISS. Columbus, SEQ OMS P748/R276/V192/M2 2:45:30 PM EST Thursday (11) 100/104.5/ 2: CHARGEABLE: measuring 23 ft in length and 15 ft in FLT# 121 PODS: 42 (A) 02/21/08 (7) 104.5/72/ ET-125 124.0X118. 32941 LBS diameter, is ESA’s largest contribution to LPO4-29 Tuesday (35) 104.5 8 NM the expansion of the ISS. Also delivered PLT: 2/07/08 (9) DEORBIT SLWT DEPLOYED: KSC-121 RPO1-36 BURN: ACTUAL: 29 were ESA experiments and two ESA Alan G. Poindexter 30657 LBS astronauts with one of them to join the FRC4-29 P749/R318/M274 LAUNCH 051:12:59:52.0 100/104.5/ PAD 39A- WINDOW: Z 104.5/74/ ISS crew for operation of Columbus NON- 44 MS 1/R: 5M1S 104.5 research. This mission also saw the Leland D. Melvin (PLT IN-PLANE) XRANGE: 408 ET DEPLOYED: Columbus Control Center in MLP-1 P750/R319/M275 NM 1 = 2059 (2) IMPACT 2162 LBS Oberpfaffenhofen, near Munich, EOM PLS: KSC 2 = 2052 (6) Germany, brought on-line for initial 24TH MS 2/EV1: TAL: ZZA ORBIT DIR: A/L 3 = 2057 (3) MET MIDDECK: checkout and future operations of the SHUTTLE Rex J. Walheim TAL WX: MRN, 38 1:14:07 122 LBS laboratory. FLIGHT (Flt 2 - STS-110) BEN TO ISS AIM PT: LAT: SHUTTLE KSC W/D: OPF: 121, VAB HB-3: 7, PAD A: 76 = P751/R277/V193/M24 NOMINAL 36.619 ACCUMULATE 204 Total Work Days (+1 holiday @ OPF 3 SELECTED: S D Processing + 10 holidays + 4 contingency days RTLS: KSC 15 MLGTD: 2344 WEIGHTS: @ PAD) MS 3/EV2: N/N FT LONG: DEPLOYED: Hans Schlegel TAL: ZZA 30L 051:14:07:09Z M 3 EOM: 158.79 DEORBIT: 1393585 LBS LAUNCH POSTPONEMENTS: (Germany) N/N VEL: 197 KGS 6W HA 187.6 - Added STS-122 to FDRD - launch date of (Flt 2 - STS-55) AOA: NOR 23 194 KEAS WEIGHT: NM 10/17/07 on 10/05/06. N/N HDOT: -2.1 FPS 207295 LBS HP 23.1 NON- - Postponed to 12/06/07 on 04/16/07 due to STS- DEPLOYED: P752/R163/V194/M1 1ST DAY PLS: NM 117 rollback. 43 EDW 04 N/N TD NORM 195: X CG: 1600348 LBS - After 12/06/07 scrub, see LAUNCH SCRUBS 2200 FT 1078.2 IN below, launch was reset for 24-hr turnaround MS 4/EV3: TDEL: ENTRY CARGO TOTAL: on Friday, 12/07/07. Stanley G. Love 0:000(P) DRAG CHUTE LANDING: VELOCITY: 3862333 LBS - Later, on 12/06/07, during MMT Scrub P753/R320/M276 0.212(A) DEPLOY: 25860 FPS Turnaround Meeting, it was decided to extend 188 KEAS WEIGHT: PERFORMANC to a 48-hr turnaround for Saturday, 12/08/07 MS 5 UP/EXP 16 FLT MAX Q NAV: 051:14:07:10Z 207215 LBS ENTRY E MARGINS launch to allow additional time to address all ENG: 756.21(P) RANGE: (LBS): concerns. Leopold Eyharts 755.17(A) NLGTD: 5175 X CG: 4403 NM FPR: 2651 - At Friday, 12/07/07 MMT, it was determined (ESA) FT 1080.4 IN FUEL BIAS: that necessary discussion could not be finished (also flew on MIR SRB STG: 051:14:07:17Z 1063 in time for Saturday 12/08/07 launch attempt. Feb 1998) 2:04.16(P) VEL: 157 KGS FINAL TDDP: The launch was moved to Sunday 12/09/07 P754/R321/M277 2:04.16(A) 155 KEAS with a new Launch Commit Criteria (for this HDOT: -4.9 2402 RECON: 3435 launch only) requiring four of four valid ECO MS 5 DN/EXP 16 FLT PERF: FPS sensor readings (rather than three of four) ENG: NOMINAL prior to launch. In addition, the following two Daniel M. Tani BRK INIT: 91 PAYLOADS: conditions were added: 1) Launch Window was (Flt 2 - STS-108, 2 ENG TAL KGS PLB: limited to in-plane +1 minute (to provide STS-120 up) (MRN): ISS 1E additional ascent fuel margin), and 2) 2:35(P) 2:38(A) DRAG CHUTE (COLUMBUS utilization of new in-flight ECO circuit voltage P755/R272/V191/M2 JETTISON: MODULE) readings (successfully tested on STS-118 and 38 NEG RETURN: 54 KGS ICC-LITE STS-120 by ground flight controllers to 3:51 3:54 051:14:07:46Z ECSH recommend manual engine shutdown by the SS EVA 114 PDGF crew, if required. PTA (U/S 161 DOCKED QUEST EVA BRK DECEL - After second scrub on 12/09/07, see LAUNCH FPS): MIDDECK: SCRUBS below, launch was rescheduled to NET 37 2 EMU/TETHERED EVA 5:04 5:05 FPS : ISS 1E 01/02/08 contingent on development and AVE 4.6 PK 6.9 MAUI implementation of fuel ECO sensor system 107 SE TAL (ZZA troubleshooting plan. SCHEDULED EVA 106 104): WHEELS STOP: - Postponed to 01/10/08 on 12/13/07 dependent DURATION 7:58 6:04 6:082 5 CRYO TK on resolution of the problem with the fuel 051:14:08:07Z S122-E-007873 (11 Feb. 2008) --- SETS 10911 FT Photographed from ISS, the station's sensor system. Slip was to allow “as many SS EVA 115 PTM (U/S 167 robotic Canadarm2 moves the Columbus people as possible to have time with family RMS 78 DOCKED QUEST EVA FPS): ROLLOUT: laboratory from Atlantis' payload bay to and friends at the time of year when it means 38 5:58 6:02 the most.” Tanking test using add-on Time 8567 FT ODS EMU/TETHERED EVA 58 SEC Domain Reflectivity (TDR) instrumentation on 108 Continued… OBSS 12/18/07 isolated ECO Sensor System failures SCHEDULED EVA 107 SSPTS to open circuit in the three-part “pass-through DURATION 6:45 connector.” TPS removal on the tank was Continued… authorized at the pad to begin moving toward removal of the hardware, if required, to solve Continued… the problem. Launch date remained unchanged. - Postponed to TBD on 01/03/08; however, PRCB Revision T, PCN-2 August 2009 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS SUMMARY Page 186 - STS-122/1E Revision T, PCN-2 August 2009 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS SUMMARY Page 187 - STS-122/1E LANDING SITE/ SSME-TL CREW LAUNCH SITE, RUNWAY, NOM-ABORT SRB ORBIT PAYLOAD MISSION HIGHLIGHTS (6+1 UP/6+1 DN) FLT ORBITER LIFTOFF TIME, CROSSRANGE EMERG RSRM FSW WEIGHTS, (LAUNCH SCRUBS/DELAYS, NO. LANDING SITES, LANDING THROTTLE AND INC HA/HP PAYLOADS/ TAL WEATHER, ASCENT I-LOADS, TITLE, NAMES, ABORT TIMES TIMES PROFILE ET EXPERIMENTS FIRSTS, SIGNIFICANT ANOMALIES, ETC.) & EVA'S FLT DURATION, ENG. S.N. WINDS STS- Continued… Continued... Continued... Continued... 122/ ISS 1E SS EVA 116 SE PRESS 104 WINDS: - New “work to” launch date of NET 02/07/08 DOCKED QUEST EVA 6:55 6:55 1.9T 0.6R KTS established on 01/14/08. Testing of removed Continued 39 OFFICIAL: ECO connector confirmed problem in the … EMU/TETHERED EVA MECO CMD: 31003P05 KTS connector. 109 8:22.9 8:22.8 5H 2L KTS - Officially postponed launch to 02/07/08 on SCHEDULED EVA 108 01/28/08. Slip was due to ECO sensor DURATION 7:25 VI: DENS ALT: problems experienced during December 25819 25818 77 FT launch attempt and implementation of ECO MCC WHITE FCR (51) sensor connector soldered mod. (Also, LCC OMS-2: FLT DURATION: went back to the standard three of four valid FLIGHT DIRECTORS: 37:46 37:40 12:18:21:39 ECO sensor readings.) SHUTTLE: 159.6 FPS158.1 ASC - N. D. Knight FPS S/T: LAUNCH SCRUBS: LD/O1 - M. L. Sarafin 1137:06:46:18 - Thursday, 12/06/07 launch attempt was O2 - A. J. Ceccacci terminated 2 hours into tanking when two of PLNG - P. F. Dye OV-104: four engine cutoff (ECO) low-level LH2 fuel ENT - B. C. Lunney 258:07:05:40 sensors failed wet/dry test. (The 5% sensor MOD - P. L. Engelauf also failed wet during drain-back.) The ECO DISTANCE: sensors are required for backup engine Team 4 - M. R. Abbott 5,296,842 sm shutdown command to avoid catastrophic ISS: failure in the event of early fuel depletion. LD/O2 - S. P. Davis TOTAL Launch was scrubbed at 8:56 am CST. O1 - R. C. Dempsey SHUTTLE Technical Scrub. O3 - J. R. Spencer DISTANCE: - Sunday, 12/09/07 launch attempt was Team 4 - K. L. 461,345,650 terminated when one of previously failed Alibaruho sm sensors failed again during tanking, a couple of IP FD - A.
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