STS-88 (56Kers warned)

PeriscopeDepth · 11-01-08, 07:07 PM

I'll try and make this a bit less cluttered and more sensible...

OMS circularization burn in 10 minutes. OPS105 tells us the burn will move us 103 miles and last 1 minutes and 9 seconds.

External shot of the burn.

After the burn I manually rotate the orbiter to the proper orbit attitude.

During this time I'm also setting up the computer for orbit, disabling the MPS and dumping its remaining propellant, activating all the heaters necessary to keep equipment at the right temperature, opening the payload doors, deploying the radiators, and activating navigation systems (star trackers, GPS, KU antenna). Here is a shot from the commander's seat looking out the window.

View of the payload bay doors coming open from the rear window.

Monitoring the fuel cells after they were purged using the aft CRT.

Endeavor in orbit on the dark side of earth, payload bay doors open and radiators deployed. All the post ascent housekeeping is taken care of and my next task will by to grapple the Unity module with RMS and attach it to the shuttles docking system. Then I will rendezvous with the Zarya module and attach the Unity module.

PD

11-01-08, 07:07 PM	#11
PeriscopeDepth Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 1,894 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I'll try and make this a bit less cluttered and more sensible... OMS circularization burn in 10 minutes. OPS105 tells us the burn will move us 103 miles and last 1 minutes and 9 seconds. External shot of the burn. After the burn I manually rotate the orbiter to the proper orbit attitude. During this time I'm also setting up the computer for orbit, disabling the MPS and dumping its remaining propellant, activating all the heaters necessary to keep equipment at the right temperature, opening the payload doors, deploying the radiators, and activating navigation systems (star trackers, GPS, KU antenna). Here is a shot from the commander's seat looking out the window. View of the payload bay doors coming open from the rear window. Monitoring the fuel cells after they were purged using the aft CRT. Endeavor in orbit on the dark side of earth, payload bay doors open and radiators deployed. All the post ascent housekeeping is taken care of and my next task will by to grapple the Unity module with RMS and attach it to the shuttles docking system. Then I will rendezvous with the Zarya module and attach the Unity module. PD Last edited by PeriscopeDepth; 11-01-08 at 07:29 PM.