STS-130 - Endeavour - Kennedy LC-39A - 08.02.2010 09:14 UTC

[andybe29]

Пуск STS-130 перенесён на понедельник на 0914GMT

[ЛюдмилаЛ]

А что сейчас показывают? Это астронавты к выходу что ли готовятся?

[Dude]

Cудя по спутниковым снимкам, на этот раз облака помешать не должны.

[Salo]

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts130/status.html

0824 GMT (3:24 a.m. EST)
The Zaragoza landing site in Spain has rainshowers in the area and the Istres site in France is experiencing unfavorable clouds. Moron, Spain has several weather constraints. NASA requires at least one of the three sites have acceptable weather before clearing the space shuttle to launch.

0821 GMT (3:21 a.m. EST)
The cloud cover at the Kennedy Space Center has scattered out enough for the weather officer to announce that ceiling rule isn't being violated any longer. So all launch weather rules are "go" at this time.

Weather at the abort landing sites in Spain and France continue to be watched closely, however.

0820 GMT (3:20 a.m. EST)
T-minus 9 minutes and holding. Countdown clocks have gone into the planned 45-minute, 50-second built-in hold. Launch is targeted for 4:14:07 a.m. EST.

Трансляция уже идёт.

[Salo]

0840 GMT (3:40 a.m. EST)
Local weather in Florida is "go" but the problem is the weather at the emergency abort landing sites in Spain and France. That is the wildcard right now.

0837 GMT (3:37 a.m. EST)
At launch, the space station will be flying 212 miles over western Romania at 46.0 north latitude and 20.5 east longitude. Liftoff at 4:14 a.m. EST is timed to place Endeavour on course to dock with the station two days from now.

[Salo]

0900 GMT (4:00 a.m. EST)
The poll by NASA test director Jeff Spaulding confirms there are no technical issues or constraints standing in the way of launch at 4:14 a.m. EST. The Range also reports "go" on the local weather. And Mission Control says that weather at the abort landing site in Zaragoza, Spain is acceptable.

0858 GMT (3:58 a.m. EST)
Seven minutes are remaining in this built-in hold. There are no technical issues being worked by the launch team. Final readiness polls will be conducted over the next few moments.

0854 GMT (3:54 a.m. EST)
We're now 20 minutes from Endeavour's launch on an eight-and-a-half minute trek to space. At main engine cutoff, Endeavour will be flying on a suborbital trajectory with a high point of 136 statute miles and low point of 36 statute miles, inclined 51.6 degrees to the equator. A half-hour later, the twin orbital maneuvering engines will be fired to place the shuttle into a 142 by 98 statute mile orbit.

0851 GMT (3:51 a.m. EST)
The weather folks responsible for the abort landing sites are working very hard on the conditions at the emergency landing sites in Spain and France. Zaragoza in Spain has been selected as the primary site for Endeavour to use today in the unlikely event of an emergency landing. It has the best chance for acceptable weather.
0844 GMT (3:44 a.m. EST)
Powering space shuttle Endeavour throughout its eight-and-a-half minute climb to orbit will be the three main engines built by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne. The cryogenic powerplants are fed with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen stored in the external fuel tank.

In the engine No. 1 position today is the Block 2-2059 engine now making its fourth launch. It has accumulated 2,051 seconds of total firing time on the previous missions, plus ground testing. STS-117 was its debut flight.

Making its first launch is the Block 2-2061 in the engine No. 2 position. This powerplant has 1,560 seconds of firing time during ground tests.

And Block 2-2057 is engine No. 3 on Endeavour. It has four previous flights, starting with STS-114, and some 2,564 seconds of firing time.

[Salo]

Семь минут до старта.

[Liss]

Семь минут до старта.

Ага. Галерею для посадки экипажа отвели.

[Salo]

0906:37 GMT (4:06:37 a.m. EST)
T-minus 7 minutes, 30 seconds. The Ground Launch Sequencer has started pulling the orbiter access arm away from the crew hatch on the port side of the vehicle. The arm was the passage way for the astronauts to board Endeavour a few hours ago. The arm can be re-extended very quickly should the need arise later in the countdown.
 
0906:07 GMT (4:06:07 a.m. EST)
T-minus 8 minutes and counting. Pilot Terry Virts has flipped the switches in the cockpit of Endeavour to directly connect the three onboard fuel cells with the essential power buses. Also, the stored program commands have been issued to the orbiter for antenna alignment and management during launch.

0905:07 GMT (4:05:07 a.m. EST)
T-minus 9 minutes and counting! The Ground Launch Sequencer has been initiated. The computer program is located in a console in the Firing Room of the Complex 39 Launch Control Center. The GLS is the master of events through liftoff. During the last 9 minutes of the countdown, the computer will monitor as many as a thousand different systems and measurements to ensure that they do not fall out of any pre-determine red-line limits. At T-minus 31 seconds, the GLS will hand off to the onboard computers of Endeavour to complete their own automatic sequence of events through the final half minute of the countdown.

0904:07 GMT (4:04:07 a.m. EST)
Now 10 minutes from blastoff.

0903 GMT (4:03 a.m. EST)
The countdown will resume from the T-minus 9 minute mark at 4:05:07 a.m. EST.

0901 GMT (4:01 a.m. EST)
NASA launch director Mike Leinbach has conducted his poll and given approval to resume the countdown for liftoff at 4:14 a.m. EST!

0900 GMT (4:00 a.m. EST)
The poll by NASA test director Jeff Spaulding confirms there are no technical issues or constraints standing in the way of launch at 4:14 a.m. EST. The Range also reports "go" on the local weather. And Mission Control says that weather at the abort landing site in Zaragoza, Spain is acceptable.

[Salo]

0909:07 GMT (4:09:07 a.m. EST)
T-minus 5 minutes. The "go" has been given for for Auxiliary Power Unit start. Pilot Terry Virts is now flipping three switches in Endeavour's cockpit to start each of the three APU's. The units, located in the aft compartment of Endeavour, provide the pressure needed to power the hydraulic systems of the shuttle. The units will be used during the launch and landing phases of the mission for such events as moving the orbiter's aerosurfaces, gimbaling the main engine nozzles and deploying the landing gear.

Over the course of the next minute, the orbiter's heaters will be configured for launch by commander George Zamka, the fuel valve heaters on the main engines will be turned off in preparation for engine ignition at T-6.6 seconds and the external tank and solid rocket booster safe and arm devices will be armed.

0908:37 GMT (4:08:37 a.m. EST)
T-minus 5 minutes, 30 seconds. APU pre-start is complete and the units are ready for activation. The orbiters flight data recorders have gone into the record mode to collect measurements of shuttle systems performance during flight.

0908:07 GMT (4:08:07 a.m. EST)
T-minus 6 minutes. Pilot Terry Virts has been asked by the orbiter test conductor to pre-start the orbiter Auxiliary Power Units. This procedure readies the three APU's for their activation after the countdown passes T-minus 5 minutes.

[Salo]

0910:07 GMT (4:10:07 a.m. EST)
T-minus 4 minutes. Activation of the APUs is complete. The three units are up and running normally.

And the final helium purge sequence is underway in the main propulsion system. This procedure readies fuel system valves for engine start. In the next few seconds, the aerosurfaces of Endeavour will be run through a pre-planned mobility test to ensure readiness for launch. This is also a dress rehearsal for flight of the orbiter's hydraulic systems.

0909:07 GMT (4:09:07 a.m. EST)
T-minus 5 minutes. The "go" has been given for for Auxiliary Power Unit start. Pilot Terry Virts is now flipping three switches in Endeavour's cockpit to start each of the three APU's. The units, located in the aft compartment of Endeavour, provide the pressure needed to power the hydraulic systems of the shuttle. The units will be used during the launch and landing phases of the mission for such events as moving the orbiter's aerosurfaces, gimbaling the main engine nozzles and deploying the landing gear.

Over the course of the next minute, the orbiter's heaters will be configured for launch by commander George Zamka, the fuel valve heaters on the main engines will be turned off in preparation for engine ignition at T-6.6 seconds and the external tank and solid rocket booster safe and arm devices will be armed.

[Liss]

Покачали движками корабля.

[Salo]

0911:07 GMT (4:11:07 a.m. EST)
T-minus 3 minutes. Orbiter steering check is now complete and the main engine nozzles are in their start positions.

0910:37 GMT (4:10:37 a.m. EST)
T-minus 3 minutes, 30 seconds. The main engine nozzles now being moved through a computer controlled test pattern to demonstrate their readiness to support guidance control during launch.

[Liss]

Две минуты.

[Salo]

Летит!

[Liss]

Пошла...

[Salo]

Есть отделение ТТУ!

[Dude]

Хорошо ушел! Тяжело командир докладывал, видать придавило.
Nominal MECO. OMS-1 not required.

[Salo]

Бак сброшен.

[Liss]

Есть выключение SSME... Есть отделение.