There was a glitch just as control was about to be handed over to the on-board computers but, others than that, it was a good launch.
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
BJ,
The glitch was a non confirmation of the gaseous vent arm retract. They turned a camera to it and validated that it had in fact retracted and resumed the count from there. about a 2 minute hold.
A nominal launch, good enough to eliminate the OMS-1 Burn.
73 Rick K7TEJ
---- B J top_gun_canada@yahoo.com wrote:
There was a glitch just as control was about to be handed over to the on-board computers but, others than that, it was a good launch.
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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--- On Fri, 7/8/11, saguaroastro@cox.net saguaroastro@cox.net wrote:
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The glitch was a non confirmation of the gaseous vent arm retract. They turned a camera to it and validated that it had in fact retracted and resumed the count from there. about a 2 minute hold.
I heard that being mentioned.
I was surprised, however, that the count resumed at T-31 seconds where it was halted. I thought that it would be restarted at a point earlier in the sequence, such as T-9 minutes. I don't ever recall a launch, even as far back as Mercury, in which a countdown was stopped so close to ignition and then continued from where it left off.
A nominal launch, good enough to eliminate the OMS-1 Burn.
I noticed that.
It's too bad that there was no live TV transmission of the ET separation seen from the tank itself. I always liked the view of the orbiter heading off.
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There was a glitch just as control was about to be
handed over to the on-board computers but, others than that, it was a good launch.
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
---- B J top_gun_canada@yahoo.com wrote:
--- On Fri, 7/8/11, saguaroastro@cox.net saguaroastro@cox.net wrote:
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BJ,
I was surprised, however, that the count resumed at T-31 seconds where it was halted. I thought that it would be restarted at a point earlier in the sequence, such as T-9 minutes. I don't ever recall a launch, even as far back as Mercury, in which a countdown was stopped so close to ignition and then continued from where it left off.
I too thought they'd recycle it back, they probably didn't have to since the hold occurred just prior to Guidance release. The platform would still be locked and would not need to be realigned, Either that or the hold was short enough that the error was not significant enough to matter.
It's too bad that there was no live TV transmission of the ET separation seen from the tank itself. I always liked the view of the orbiter heading off.
I saw the ET sep. It was there. Not sure why you missed it. They kept talking about how the CDR would now turn the spacecraft so a crewmember could get photo's of the ET as it dropped away.
73 Rick K7TEJ
The web accessible (or iPhone etc) Nasa TV feed showed it. What were you watching?
Gregg Wonderly
On 7/8/2011 11:45 AM, B J wrote:
--- On Fri, 7/8/11, saguaroastro@cox.netsaguaroastro@cox.net wrote:
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The glitch was a non confirmation of the gaseous vent arm retract. They turned a camera to it and validated that it had in fact retracted and resumed the count from there. about a 2 minute hold.
I heard that being mentioned.
I was surprised, however, that the count resumed at T-31 seconds where it was halted. I thought that it would be restarted at a point earlier in the sequence, such as T-9 minutes. I don't ever recall a launch, even as far back as Mercury, in which a countdown was stopped so close to ignition and then continued from where it left off.
A nominal launch, good enough to eliminate the OMS-1 Burn.
I noticed that.
It's too bad that there was no live TV transmission of the ET separation seen from the tank itself. I always liked the view of the orbiter heading off.
<snip>
There was a glitch just as control was about to be
handed over to the on-board computers but, others than that, it was a good launch.
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
--- On Fri, 7/8/11, Gregg Wonderly w5ggw@cox.net wrote:
From: Gregg Wonderly w5ggw@cox.net Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Atlantis Now In Orbit To: "B J" top_gun_canada@yahoo.com Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Received: Friday, July 8, 2011, 2:56 PM The web accessible (or iPhone etc) Nasa TV feed showed it. What were you watching?
I was watching the NASA JPL feed via Ustream.
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I used to watch NASA TV via RealPlayer. In the past, there was the irritating tendency for the video to freeze while the audio continued.
As I mentioned in a different post, all I saw was a view of the ET from the orbiter right after SRB sep and as I heard that there apparently wouldn't be any TV downlink of the ET sep, I didn't think anything was out of order.
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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