STS-115 Atlantis
SHUTTLE COUNTDOWN CLOCK
Rollback to VAB:
Dienstag, 29. August 2006
14:00/16:00 CEST (around 8 or 10 a.m. EDT)
KSC, Vehicle Assembly Building and Atlantis on Launch Pad 39B
(update every 60 seconds)
Ernesto Forces Atlantis Rollback Preparations
28 August 2006
NASA mission managers announced at a midmorning briefing today
that rollback preparations are proceeding, ensuring that Space Shuttle
Atlantis would be safely back in the Vehicle Assembly Building before
effects from Tropical Storm Ernesto would be felt at the Kennedy Space
Center on Florida's east coast.
Leroy Cain, mission management team chairman, explained, "We pretty
much did what we said we were going to do. We got together this morning
and talked about it and didn't see any significant change for the good."
"We'd like to get off the pad tomorrow morning if at all possible," said
Launch Director Mike Leinbach. "Based on tomorrow afternoon's local
weather, we'd much rather be back in the VAB earlier rather than later."
Shuttle Weather Officer Kathy Winters described the effects that the
Kennedy Space Center could receive from Ernesto if the current track and
strength holds, predicting tropical storm force winds Wednesday morning
and hurricane force winds by 5 p.m. EDT (23:00 CEST).
Earlier in the day, mission managers decided to scrub Tuesday's
scheduled launch attempt, since rollback would need to start by mid-day.
NASA's launch window extends to Sept. 13, but mission managers were
hoping to launch by Sept. 7 to avoid a conflict with a Russian Soyuz rocket
also bound for the International Space Station. Officials are talking with
our Russian partners about the issue. Atlantis would require eight days of
launch preparations once it was returned to Launch Pad 39B.
Quelle: NASA.gov
Mission Status Report
MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2006
16:20 CEST (10:20 a.m. EDT)
At launch pad 39B, the offloading of the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen
reactants from the fuel cell storage tanks beneath the payload bay of
space shuttle Atlantis is underway. That operation should be completed
around noon today, launch director Mike Leinbach says.
The pad will be reopened to workers after this hazardous operation is
finished, allowing the rest of rollback preparations to continue in earnest.
Disconnection of ordnance will occur this afternoon.
NASA had been targeting the 4-mile rollback of Atlantis to begin around
2 p.m. (20:00 CEST) on Tuesday. But given the weather outlook, Leinbach
has told the teams to look at ways to do some work in parallel so that the
timeline could be compressed. That would allow the shuttle to begin the
6-to-8-hour trip back to the Vehicle Assembly Building around
8 or 10 a.m. EDT (14:00/16:00 CEST).
Hurricane force winds are expected at Kennedy Space Center by late
afternoon or early evening on Wednesday.
17:00 CEST (11:00 a.m. EDT)
Cape Canaveral is now under a hurricane watch.
The 11 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center indicates
Ernesto is down to 40 mph sustained winds as it interacts with Cuba. But it
is expected to regain hurricane strength after emerging over water before
striking Florida.
The projected track, which continues the trend of shifting eastward, is
available below.
17:45 CEST (11:45 a.m. EDT)
The mobile launch platform with half of one solid rocket booster intended
for the December shuttle launch is beginning to pull out of the Vehicle
Assembly Building right now. The platform is being transferred to clear
this bay within the VAB for Atlantis' arrival tomorrow afternoon. The
partially stacked SRB will be parked in the spare bay on the west side of
the VAB.
Quelle: spaceflightnow.com
Tropical Storm "Ernesto"
Coastal Watches/Warnings and 5-Day Cone
Tropical Storm Wind Force Wind Speed Probabilities
Images: nhc.noaa.gov
Video Gallery
28 August 2006
STS-115 - Launch Status Update ... 31.8 MB
Quelle: space-multimedia.nl.eu.org / NASA TV
NASA TV
Wikipedia: STS-115
SHUTTLE COUNTDOWN CLOCK
Rollback to VAB:
Dienstag, 29. August 2006
14:00/16:00 CEST (around 8 or 10 a.m. EDT)
KSC, Vehicle Assembly Building and Atlantis on Launch Pad 39B
(update every 60 seconds)
Ernesto Forces Atlantis Rollback Preparations
28 August 2006
NASA mission managers announced at a midmorning briefing today
that rollback preparations are proceeding, ensuring that Space Shuttle
Atlantis would be safely back in the Vehicle Assembly Building before
effects from Tropical Storm Ernesto would be felt at the Kennedy Space
Center on Florida's east coast.
Leroy Cain, mission management team chairman, explained, "We pretty
much did what we said we were going to do. We got together this morning
and talked about it and didn't see any significant change for the good."
"We'd like to get off the pad tomorrow morning if at all possible," said
Launch Director Mike Leinbach. "Based on tomorrow afternoon's local
weather, we'd much rather be back in the VAB earlier rather than later."
Shuttle Weather Officer Kathy Winters described the effects that the
Kennedy Space Center could receive from Ernesto if the current track and
strength holds, predicting tropical storm force winds Wednesday morning
and hurricane force winds by 5 p.m. EDT (23:00 CEST).
Earlier in the day, mission managers decided to scrub Tuesday's
scheduled launch attempt, since rollback would need to start by mid-day.
NASA's launch window extends to Sept. 13, but mission managers were
hoping to launch by Sept. 7 to avoid a conflict with a Russian Soyuz rocket
also bound for the International Space Station. Officials are talking with
our Russian partners about the issue. Atlantis would require eight days of
launch preparations once it was returned to Launch Pad 39B.
Quelle: NASA.gov
Mission Status Report
MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2006
16:20 CEST (10:20 a.m. EDT)
At launch pad 39B, the offloading of the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen
reactants from the fuel cell storage tanks beneath the payload bay of
space shuttle Atlantis is underway. That operation should be completed
around noon today, launch director Mike Leinbach says.
The pad will be reopened to workers after this hazardous operation is
finished, allowing the rest of rollback preparations to continue in earnest.
Disconnection of ordnance will occur this afternoon.
NASA had been targeting the 4-mile rollback of Atlantis to begin around
2 p.m. (20:00 CEST) on Tuesday. But given the weather outlook, Leinbach
has told the teams to look at ways to do some work in parallel so that the
timeline could be compressed. That would allow the shuttle to begin the
6-to-8-hour trip back to the Vehicle Assembly Building around
8 or 10 a.m. EDT (14:00/16:00 CEST).
Hurricane force winds are expected at Kennedy Space Center by late
afternoon or early evening on Wednesday.
17:00 CEST (11:00 a.m. EDT)
Cape Canaveral is now under a hurricane watch.
The 11 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center indicates
Ernesto is down to 40 mph sustained winds as it interacts with Cuba. But it
is expected to regain hurricane strength after emerging over water before
striking Florida.
The projected track, which continues the trend of shifting eastward, is
available below.
17:45 CEST (11:45 a.m. EDT)
The mobile launch platform with half of one solid rocket booster intended
for the December shuttle launch is beginning to pull out of the Vehicle
Assembly Building right now. The platform is being transferred to clear
this bay within the VAB for Atlantis' arrival tomorrow afternoon. The
partially stacked SRB will be parked in the spare bay on the west side of
the VAB.
Quelle: spaceflightnow.com
Tropical Storm "Ernesto"
Coastal Watches/Warnings and 5-Day Cone
Tropical Storm Wind Force Wind Speed Probabilities
Images: nhc.noaa.gov
Video Gallery
28 August 2006
STS-115 - Launch Status Update ... 31.8 MB
Quelle: space-multimedia.nl.eu.org / NASA TV
NASA TV
Wikipedia: STS-115
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