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Space Shuttle Missions Summary Revision T, PCN-2 August 2009 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS SUMMARY Page 171 - STS-116/12A.1 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 171 - STS-116/12A.1 STS- OV-103 CDR: KSC 39B KSC 15 (KSC 104/104/109 BI-128 51. DIRECT OI- CARGO: BRIEF MISSION SUMMARY: STS-116/12A.1 (19th (Flight 33) Mark L. Polansky 344:01:47:35Z 64) % 60 INSERTION 30 35690 LBS ISS mission) continued ISS construction with 116/ DISCOVER (Flt 2 - STS-98) 8:47:35 PM EST 356:22:31:58Z RSRM (20) (4) the delivery and installation of Integrated Truss ISS Y (P) 5:31:58 PM EST PREDICTED: 95 POST OMS- PAYLOAD Segment P5 and began the process of 12A.1 P717/R262/V185/M22 8:47:35 PM EST 100/104.5/ 2: CHARGEABLE: reconfiguration and redistribution of the power OMS 8 (A) Friday 14 104.5/72 ET-123 134.7x122. 22502 LBS generated by the pair of U.S. solar arrays. P6 SEQ PODS: Saturday (6) 12/22/06(15) 104.5 7NM truss was relocated to its final assembly position FLT# 117 LPO1-36 PLT: 12/09/06 (8) SLWT William A. Oefelein DEORBIT ACTUAL: 25 DEPLOYED: after 6 years atop the Unity Module. RPO3-34 5748 LBS KSC-117 P718/R302/M262 LAUNCH BURN: 100/104.5/ FRC3-33 WINDOW: 356.21:30:53Z 104.5/74 KSC W/D: OPF 105, VAB 8, PAD 28 = 141 days MS1: 5 Minutes 104.5 NON- total PAD 39B- Nicholas J. M. Patrick (PLT in-plane) XRANGE: 813 ET DEPLOYED: 53 (Flt 2 - STS-105) NM 1 = 2050 (5) IMPACT 16572 LBS LAUNCH POSTPONEMENTS: EOM PLS: KSC 2 = 2054 (6) - Baselined OV-104 launch date of 06/05/2003 MLP-1 P719/R303/V186/M26 TAL: ZZA ORBIT DIR: AR 3 = 2058 (1) MET MIDDECK: on 05/05/2002 3 TAL WX: MRN, 13 1:14:00 182 LBS - Postponed launch date to 07/24/2003 on 20TH FMI ALL THREE 10/08/2002; delays due to engine flowliner SHUTTLE MS2/EV1: AIM PT: CLOSE SSME’S LAT: SHUTTLE crack repairs FLIGHT Robert L. Curbeam, SELECTED: IN BLOCK II 36.83S ACCUMULATE - Postponed launch date to NET 12/18/2003 on TO ISS Jr. RTLS: KSC 33 D 03/13/2003. Slip due to Columbia accident. (Flt 3 - STS-85, STS- N/N MLGTD: 1825 LONG: WEIGHTS: 98) TAL: MRN 20 FT 159.1W - Postponed launch date to NET 03/01/2004 on N/N 356:22:31:58Z 04/17/2003. Slip due to Columbia accident. P720/R225/V167/M19 AOA: NOR 17 VEL: 196 KGS DEPLOYED: - Postponed launch date to NET 05/13/2004 on 5 N/N 208 KEAS 1281231 LBS 05/28/2003. Slip due to Columbia accident. PLS: EDW 22 CI HDOT: -2.9 - Postponed launch date to NET 09/13/2004 on MS3/EV2: FPS NON- 07/29/2003. Slip due to Columbia accident. Christer Fuglesang TDEL: DEPLOYED: - Postponed launch date to NET 04/14/2005 on P721/R304/M264 0:00 0.232 TD NORM 205: 1585492 LBS 10/03/2003. Slip due to Columbia accident. 2015 FT - Delete flight from FDRD on 03/22/2004 MS4: MAX Q NAV: CARGO TOTAL: - Re-baselined STS-116 launch date to NET Joan E. 760 764 DRAG CHUTE 3701134 LBS 02/09/2006 on 12/09/2004 Higginbotham DEPLOY: - Postponed launch date to NET 04/23/2006 on P722/R305/F41 SRB STG: 191 KEAS PERFORMANC 05/23/2005. Slip reflected latest planning 2:04.162:04.64 356:22:32:04Z E MARGINS decisions. MS5 Up/EV3/EXP14: (LBS): Sunita L. Williams PERF: NLGTD: 5594 - Postponed launch date to NET 10/01/2006 on FPR: 2886 10/31/2005. Slip reflected latest planning P723/R306/F42 NOMINAL FT FUEL BIAS: 356:22:32:11Z M 3 EOM: decisions. MS5 Down/EXP14: 2 ENG TAL VEL: 140 KGS 921 - Postponed launch date to NET 11/16/2006 on Thomas Reiter (MRN): 152 KEAS WEIGHT: FINAL TDDP: 03/16/2006. Slip reflected latest planning (M/S5 Up on STS- 2:31 2:28 HDOT: -7.0 226476 LBS 3768 decisions. 121) FPS DEORBIT: RECON: 4559 - Postponed launch date to NET 12/14/2006 on P724/R299/M260 NEG RETURN: X CG: HA 184.5 04/04/2006. Slip reflected latest planning 3:55 3:52 BRK INIT: 79 1077.4 in NM PAYLOADS: decisions. SS EVA 98 KGS HP 168.1 PLB: - Advanced launch date to NET 12/07/2006 on DOCKED QUEST EVA PTA (U/S 160) : LANDING: NM ISS 12A.1 - ITS 09/28/2006. 18 4:55 4:56 DRAG CHUTE SPACEHAB SM EMU/TETHERED EVA JETTISON: WEIGHT: ICC (W/STP-H2 LAUNCH SCRUBS: 91 SE TAL ( FMI) : 52 KGS 224041 LBS ENTRY UTILIZATION - Scrubbed Thursday 12/7/06 EST launch SCHEDULED EVA 91 6:07 6:03 356:22:32:36Z VELOCITY: PAYLOAD) (12/8/06 GMT day 242) while holding at T-5 DURATION 6:36 X CG: 25837 FPS PTM (U/S 160): BRK DECEL 1079.6 in minutes. The window opened at 2 MIDDECK: 342:02:30:48Z and closed at 342:02:40:48Z SS EVA 99 6:07 6:02 FPS : ENTRY ISS 12A.1 AVE 5.3 PK 6.1 RANGE: with a Preferred Launch Time of DOCKED QUEST EVA RAMBO 342:02:35:48Z. TAL1 (ZZA) was forecast and 19 SE PRESS 104: 4263 NM 6:54 6:56 WHEELSTOP: MAUAI observed GO at TAL landing time and was EMU/TETHERED EVA selected as Prime TAL site. TAL2 (MRN) was 92 356:22:32:51Z SCHEDULED EVA 92 MECO CMD: 9980 FT forecast NO-GO thunderstorms WI 20 NM and DURATION 5:00 8:22.5 8:23.8 BKN30 and observed NO-GO BKN. TAL3 (FMI) ROLLOUT: was forecast and observed NO-GO SS EVA 100 VI: 8155 FT BKN30/BKN35. Launch Director counted down DOCKED QUEST EVA 25819.0 53 SEC and held at 5 minutes until window closed. 20 25819.0 Scrubbed launch due to Range Safety violation EMU/TETHERED EVA Continued… of clouds below 6000 feet, thicker than 500 93 OMS-2: feet (verified at 5500 feet). MMT opted for a SCHEDULED EVA 93 37:07.4 37:10 48-hour turnaround and top off cryos and DURATION 7:31 187.2 FPS188.5 FPS weather forecast was NO-GO. Launch date set for 12/09/06 EST (12/10/06 GMT). Weather SS EVA 101 Scrub.. DOCKED QUEST EVA Continued… Revision T, PCN-2 August 2009 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS SUMMARY Page 171 - STS-116/12A.1 Revision T, PCN-2 August 2009 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS SUMMARY Page 172 - STS-116/12A.1 LANDING SITE/ SSME-TL CREW LAUNCH SITE, RUNWAY, NOM-ABORT SRB ORBIT PAYLOAD MISSION HIGHLIGHTS (7) 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 172 - STS-116/12A.1 STS- Continued... Continued... Continued... Continued... 116/ ISS MCC WHITE FCR (47) WINDS: 14H/2R 5 CRYO TK LAUNCH WINDOW: 12A.1 Kts SETS - Total launch window was 10 minutes with FLIGHT DIRECTORS: OFFICIAL: Continued 6 N2 TANKS window open at 344:01:42:35Z and close at SHUTTLE: 159/14 RMS 74 344:01:52:35Z. Preferred Launch Time was … A - J. S. Stich 14/2R Kts 344:01:47:35Z (In-Plane Time) for a launch E - N. D. Knight RMS USED window of 5m00s. NOTE: In October, the self- LD/O 1 - A. J. Ceccacci DENS ALT: FOR imposed post-Columbia daylight launch O 2 - M. R. Abbott 1229 FT RMS/OBSS constraint was relaxed, thus clearing STS-116 O 3/PLNG - R. E. SURVEYS for a night launch. LaBrode FLT DURATION: AND Team 4 - R. S. Jones 12:20:44:23 GRAPPLE/ MOD - P. L. Engelauf UNBERTH P5, LAUNCH DELAYS: ISS: S/T: HANDOFF TO - None. Launch occurred on time at LD/O 2 - J. M. Curry 1082:19:54:33 SSRMS 344:01:47:35Z, 8:47:35 PM EST on Saturday, O 1 - J. D. Hassmann 12/09/06. O 3 - J. R. Montalbano OV-103: TEAM 4/PLNG - D. J. 276:11:34:05 TAL WEATHER: Weigel - All three TAL sites were forecast and observed DISTANCE: GO. MRN was selected as Prime TAL site. MRN CAPCOMS: 5,330,398 sm S116-e-05983 - Curbeam (left) and had best TD energy, ZZA had low TD energy, SHUTTLE: and FMI had balloon problems. A/E - K. T. Ham TOTAL Fuglesang conduct EVA1 tasks for SHUTTLE - C. J. Ferguson installation of P5 Truss. New Zealand and PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS: (Wx) DISTANCE: 438,715,036 Cook Strait are seen in the background. - Include the standard set plus: (1) PE LD/O1 - K. A. Ford sm Operational High Q WIN/DEC, (2) OMS Assist, O2 - K. M. McArthur (3) 52 nm MECO, and (4) Del Psi O3/PLNG - S.
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